Blight on Government and the Civil Service Question
A Toledo Blade reprint argues that civil service protections hinder reform, blaming bureaucrats for blocking modernization of post office accounting. It warns against public reaction favoring repeal of civil service laws and links bureaucratic inertia to political power and waste.
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Charles Dawes
Postoffice Department
Dawes
Civil Service
Washington
Sam Blythe
United States
Congress
Toledo Blade
Two Political Incidents in This District Recurring in History
The Martin County Tribune recalls a 1892 Democratic congressional convention in Shoals where a county changed its vote, costing Cyrus E. Davis the nomination and elevating John L. Bretz. The piece links the surprise victory to a heavy snowfall that election night, a rare weather-electoral coincidence in the district.
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Carlos T. McCarty
Martin County
Opera House
Shoals
Cyrus E. Davis
Green County
Davis
Democratic Party
John Ll. Bretz
Jasper
Bretz
Dubsis County
Col. A. M. Hardy
Washington
Congress
Brett
Cleveland
Frendricks
Lincoln
Benjamin Harrison
Farm price rise linked to exports and public waste
The piece argues farm product prices rose above prewar levels while exports increased in 1920s and 1921. It blames high taxes and public extravagance for government debt and urging economy amid rising taxes, chronic government waste, and expanding bureaucracies. It cites the Joint Commission of Agricultural Inquiry and U.S. Statistics.
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United States
America
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Joint Commission of Agricultural Inquiry
Bureau of Foreign Camerea
Commission
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Budget Bureau
Jefferson
Buchanan
Europe
Norris questions direct primary as voice of voters
Nebraskan United States Senator George W. Norris asks why the presidency and other top offices are decided by political tosses instead of direct primaries, arguing for the true voice of the voters.
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United States
George W. Norris
Love at last for Jack and Priscilla after a mother’s ruse
In a New York brownstone district Jack Ashton, a wealthy socialite with yacht and polo, discovers he loves Priscilla Higgins only after his mother reveals a staged flirtation. Priscilla, humiliated then relieved, overhears and, with Mrs. Ashton’s urging, agrees to marry. The parents reconcile as the couple’s future brightens.
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Ashtons
Jack
Jack Ashton
Priscilla Higgins
Jeremiah Higgins
Priscilla
Childhoood
Judy Ashton
New York
Couse
Mamma
Mrs. Ashton
Leviathan Whale Size Described In Plain Terms
The article explains the whale's immense size comparing it to 50 elephants, 600 men, and a hundred tons of weight. It notes a 75 foot, 100 ton whale, and that despite such bulk it feeds on tiny sea organisms and jellyfish, highlighting its diet.
Sicilian Wedding Customs Shape Bride and Groom Attire
In Sicily the bride is veiled until marriage and the groom shops for the bride’s trousseau while she makes his outfit. Many brides wed at fifteen, and a daughter’s father keeps unmarried sisters away from home, taking them to a cafe. The couple’s outfits include a lace mantelline, silk handkerchief, waistcoat, shirt and trousers.
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Sticily
Trousseau
Sicily
Music as life’s fourth necessity in mid century talk
Ubert Urquhart told a convention that music remains a basic need alongside food shelter and clothing. He noted history mirrors its era in popular music and warned that rising wailing tunes reflect a discouraged public mood as the national temperament shifts with new trends.
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Ubert Urquhart
Ancient Welsh Customs and May Day Traditions
The text notes a Welsh girl giving a birchen branch to her lover as acceptance and describes the village May pole as a birch. It mentions the bedwen as a constant village green feature and the bedwell theft as a celebrated event. Walpurgis night is linked to these mid night marauding outings and witchcraft lore.
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Wales
Walpurgis
Yakima Legend of Mount Adams Footprints
On Mount Adams in Washington 186 human footprints remain in mud hardened to stone. Native tradition says the great canoe landed after the flood and the prints mark those who stepped ashore.
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Mount Adams
Washington
Look In the Glass Farm Lite Confessional Ad
A terse ad urges self control by addressing the single man in the world you must corral. It tells readers to take out square hold the man in the mirror and force him to behave, framed as farm lite guidance.
Old fashioned matinee ends with tears and powderless sighs
In a nostalgic matinee scene a crowd recalls past formalities. The quote contrasts memories of an era with present grooming, noting a shift from visible emotion to a more subdued, polished display.
Mountain Goat Quip Becomes Lesson Moment
A classroom exchange features a student named Willie answering a teacher’s question about the highest form of animal life. Willie answers mountain goat, prompting a learning moment about nature.
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Willie
Old-Fashioned Kind in a Noisy Typewriter Exchange
A witty exchange from the Boston Evening Transcript contrasts a noiseless typewriter with a chatterbox model. The quip raises timeless humor about mechanical writing devices and communication.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Creation of Man and the Grizzly King Tale
Ford C Frick presents a Navajo Ute legends style story in which Manitou creates animals and grants the grizzly rule over them until a maiden is abducted. The child of the maiden and the grizzly seeks justice, prompting Manitou to punish the grizzly and establish the Red Man as ruler. Note cites Ute Comanche Shoshone tribes and Ignacio Colorado as the tribal home.
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Heaven
Trewis
Manitou
Red Man
Earth
Mountain District
Ignacio
Colo
Little Pitchers and Sister's Hero Dialogue
A brief London Answers quotation features playful banter between Teddy and Sister about their father planning to map the floor with Little Pitchers and Sister's Hero. The line hints at domestic humor and family dynamics in a light exchange.
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Teddy
London
Neighborhood Gossip Sparks Tension Over Quiet Street
A quarrel over rumors surfaces as Mrs Exe-She is accused of spreading gossip in the neighborhood. Exe-Come counsels restraint and urges not to engage in the gossip contest.
They Grow 'em Big In North Dakota
The report spotlights Jobo Ansen of Minot by 24 years old with unusual size pursuing acting after a distress call from screen star Harold Lieyd. Ansen becomes part of a film project and travels a new path into the movies.
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North Dakota
Jobo Ansen
Minot
Harold Lieyd
Most Difficult Things in Life Noted by Danish Readers
A Danish paper asked readers what is hardest to do. Replies include toe dancing at 206 pounds, returning borrowed books, trimming nails in boxing gloves, and diving without telling a lie. some responses were serious about the moral challenge.
Orcers Is Orders and the New York Engineer
A dated quip recalls a Montana shepherd tale and a New York efficiency engineer reply. A foreman writes of hardship and snow while lambing proceeds, and the engineer orders a stop to launches, reflecting old farmer humor.
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New York
Montana
Sheppomimch
Watice
Ancient Salutation and its Anglo-Saxon Decline
The salutation of English speaking races shaking hands is very ancient. It is mentioned by Tromer Aris tophanes and by Vireil as a confirmation of a bargain. It remains largely relegated to Anglo-Saxon races today.
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Tromer
Aristophanes
Vireil
Montpelier Medical School Celebrates Seven Hundredth Centennial
The University of Montpelier in France traces its medical school to the tenth century. In coming celebrations, a monument to Rabelais, a notable alumnus, will be unveiled as part of the official recognition of seven hundred years of the school's existence.
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University of Montpelier
France
Rabelais
Scientific American
Shakespeare Sail Oratory Metaphor In Praise Of Travel
Fragmentary quotation praises Shakespeare with ornate travel imagery and gilded imagery. It compares his voyage to quicker movement than cheap materials, attributed to Francis Jeffrey in a literary remark.
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Shakespeare
Tim
Francis Jeffrey
Value of Styne in painting and writing power
A reflection on how value and style in painting mirror the control over materials in writing. Sir Joshua Reynolds discusses how both arts convey conceptions through chosen colors or words, emphasizing the craft of expression.
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Joshua Reynalds
Island Forest Belt Encircles the Island
The ishadi of Madeneuscar describes a forest belt twenty miles deep that fully surrounds the island, forming a continuous green ring around its coastline.
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Island
Madeneuscar
Command of French Troops Seized Ruhr District
The speaker asserts that Gen Deyoutte commands French troops and controls the Ruhr district of Germany. It claims troops have crossed basin boundaries and invaded neutral territory at certain points.
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Yee
Deyoutte
Ruhr
Germany
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