America Leads in Bachelors Matrimony Declining Marriages Cited
Census bureau reports about 18 million adult males remain unmarried in the United States while about 1,000,000 marriages occur annually. Housing shortages and widespread unemployment are cited as key factors in the decline of matrimony, with younger marriage ages noted and debates over women entering the workforce.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
America
Japan
England
Germany
Cost of Collecting Income Taxes Figures and Facts
An analysis of federal income tax collection costs shows 1920 costs about 55 cents per $100 and 1921 about 87 cents per $100, with total collections and expenses including enforcement. The difference reflects broader program costs, including child labor narcotics and prohibition enforcement.
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Washington
Colorado
Tunchicon
Internal Revenue Department
Sunken Gold Hunters Target War Losses in Global Sweep
War and Navy officials report a flood of inquiries from salvage firms aiming to recover gold and valuables worth millions from ships sunk in the great war. International interest grows as engineers test new deep diving devices while a Spanish Armada wreck off Scotland draws English salvage attention.
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Washington
United States
England
War
Navy Departments
Customs Service
France
Lusitania
Patent Office
Scotland
Northbridge veteran elected constable for 52nd term
Frank A. Cross of Northbridge was elected constable for the fifty second time at the Whitinsville annual town meeting. He is seventy seven years old and noted for long service as a local public official.
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Whitinsville
Mass
Frank A. Cross
Northbridge
Opossum Plays Dead on Rail Near Middleport
An unusually large opossum was killed on the Eastern Pennsylvania railroad at Middleport after it lay on the track pretending to be dead to dodge capture. A trolley car nearly stopped to save it, but the animal was struck and fatally split.
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Pottsville
Eastern Pennsylvania Railroad
Middleport
Hires Cripples to Beg for Him in Brooklyn Court
In Brooklyn a court heard John Stefan admit employing two crippled women a crippled boy and an armless man to beg for him. He said their wages were eight dollars a day with board and liquor when they wanted it as witnesses testified.
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New York
Brooklyn
John Stefan
Women Emancipation Gains Momentum in Palestine
An article notes rapid emancipation of Palestinian women who were once treated as chattel. They gain freedom and begin contributing as artisans. A Haifa exhibit showcased pottery weaving and embroidery, signaling broader equality at home and in work.
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Palestine
Haifa
Apples Ripen Feeds Bragging Young Matron at Dinner
A suburban gathering at the Young Matron's home ends with a pie debate. The bride praises her culinary feats while noting the apples were green and sugar may have been short. The crust browns perfectly as guests sample a tentative fruit pie.
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Chicago Journal
The Ways of Women Quote Excerpt
A compact, period feel excerpt discusses female admiration, dress, crisis coping, and luxury. The passage notes that admiration among women correlates with husbands, shoulders versus souls, clothing habits, and responses to crises, ending with a quotation from Sidney Tremayne.
Why is it that eminence brings weariness
In a public quip from the Birmingham Age Herald a citizen asks why lofty rank wears a person down. Mr. Godspur offers two possibilities: the effort of rising to prominence or the fatigue caused by everyone meeting a man in the world.
Dorothy and Mamma at the Party Conversation
A brief dialogue shows Dorothy promising to be well behaved at a party while her mother asks who she listened to. Dorothy answers that she listened to one person, identified as T, for the evening.
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Dorothy
Policemen Never Give a Rap for Law Abiding Citizens
A brief editorial comment argues police should not target or harass citizens who follow the law, urging fair treatment and accountability across law enforcement.
What Ailed Her Pulse
A short excerpt describes Louise recovering from fever with a quick pulse. She pleads for more food, saying her appetite drives the rapid pulse, while her mother hesitates to give more until her vitals stabilize.
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Louise
Mother
Hide and Seek Scene Sparks Quiet Household Mystery
Children Jane Robert and Helen hid in a half clothes press behind a curtain. Margaret searched the next room as dead silence fell. A voice from behind the curtain urged Robert to shut his eyes, warning Margaret would see. The fragment ends with a wry proverb about inevitability and shortcuts.
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Jane
Robert
Helen
Margaret
Sentimental Socialism questioned by industrial leader in New York
President Philip T. Dodge of International Paper dismissed Sentimental Socialism once popular with Shaw and Wells. He argued the underdog is not guaranteed virtue when on top and contrasted Bolshevik rule with Harding or George. A Bolshevik sympathizer on a soap box provoked hecklers about aid and desert.
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Philip T. Dodge
International Paper Company
New York
Bernard Shaw
H. G. Wells
Harding
Lloyd George
Lenin
Trotzky
Sure Signs of Care and Blind Love
A fragment recalls Billy with a wrinkled face and worn clothes as signs of care versus disregard. The piece muses on love as blind and how intuition may drive affection, reflecting a terse, emotive reflection on personal perception.
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Billy
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Arras
War and Navy Departments
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Wrigley
Heckler
Postum
Postum Cereal Co., ‘Inc
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