Teaching is a Dog's Life Contracts for North Carolina Teachers
A 1927 article describes strict conditions for teaching staff in a coastal North Carolina village. Promised duties include active Sunday school work, abstaining from dancing and improper conduct, limited social outings, modest dress, and health rules. Salary is 283 a month for seven and a half months in a small town with low literacy.
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Seacoast
North Carolina
China Presses for Unified Government Amid Global Tensions
The piece warns that China moves toward a unified government while fearing foreign interference. It notes Russia mobilizing in the north and rumors of Japan acting to safeguard interests, with several powers seeking to prevent a successful Chinese program.
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China
Japan
Russia
Far East
Reaching the Point Where It Hurts
Vaudeville impresario Alexander Avantages reveals he cabled Charles Lindbergh a $3 650 000 annual contract offer for his theatre event. He says turning down the proposition will test character and wonders how many in the world could resist such a temptation given its honorable moral appeal.
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Alexander Avantages
Vaudeville
Impressario
Lindbergh
Taimdbergh
Lindbergh Faces Mixed Rewards After Paris Landing
Captain Lindbergh endures a mixed reception in Paris and contemplates future duties. He faces loyal welcomes, duties, and meals provided during the homecoming while longing to return to his own work.
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Lindbergh
Paris
Pans
Irish Campaign Builds To Another Election Fight
The text describes upcoming Irish elections pitting supporters of the Irish Free State against opponents who seek a fully independent Irish Republic. Eamon de Valera campaigns against the treaty while the Free State advocates work toward peaceful implementation of its program.
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Ireland
Free State
Irish
Eamon de Valera
Man rejects large payout over staying at workhouse
A Warrensville workhouse inmate who has served time refuses a $30,000 offer to leave, choosing instead to remain at the workhouse. The tale contrasts public praise for virtue with the inmate’s preference for his current surroundings and routine.
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Warrensville
Lind_perch
Words on film kissing and domestic happiness
Representative La ardia of New York urged that husbands imitate stage and screen kissing at home to improve marriages and reduce divorces during a memorial occasion about films. He suggested practice at home after watching the movies.
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la Ardia
New York
Fragmentary 19th Century Notes On World Events
A garbled, OCR style summary listing various 19th century items. Mentions James Douglas Earl of Morton beheading in Edinburgh, North Carolina legislature, British Quebec boundaries, Ottawa traffic, US House actions on various matters, and notes on foreign wars, anniversaries, and Polish writers. Multiple unclear names and dates obscured by transcription errors.
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Quebec
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An unclear memorial note marks a fifth anniversary
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a death anniversary and various disjointed names and affiliations. The readable portion lacks coherent events, places, dates, or concrete actions to summarize into a fuller news item.
Odd phrasing hints at garbled note from local page
Fragmentary OCR text shows a humorous, slangy line about a fellow offering an olive save Lon g Moots and a person described with unclear attire and farm work. Likely a rural item with garbled dialect and no clear names or events.
Who's Who in the Day's News Flood Control Expressed
A scrambled account discusses Herbert Hoover and his roles in flood control and food administration. It notes his wartime leadership, the Mississippi flood context, and references to European relief efforts and relief actions during the era. The text weaves through Hoover’s career and the broader impact of flood damage.
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Merhert Hoover
United States
Herbert Clark
West Branch
Pres
Dent Coote
Hoover
Dent Wisam Fir
Europe
Poland
Grrivan
Armenia
Mississipa
Orleans
Mississippi
Cairo
New Orleans
Health Diet Advice and Spring Illness Remedies
An article offers a home health lesson urging a cleansing diet and daily enemas to prevent spring disorders. It recommends brisk exercise and a fruit fast, then hints at a future piece on a three week cleansing diet and diet for back pain questions from readers.
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Russian exile recalls travel and prison in Siberia era
Fragmented reminiscence recounts forced transport to Kolims near the taiga, years of harsh punishment, and later arrest during wartime tensions. The speaker describes escapes, indifferent guards, and a wish to forget.
Fragmented OCR Note Raises Dead End Confusion
The readable lines describe confusion over a levee, a cordon task, and a tense wall path with unclear subjects. Names and places are garbled, leaving a cryptic outline of a tense moment and questions about passage and use.
Flood Control Congress Meets in Chicago
In Chicago on June 2 a flood control congress gathered to prevent repeated flood disasters. Mayors and engineers from cities including New Orleans and St. Louis joined government officials and bankers in the effort, convened by Mayor William Hale Thompson to seek river protection improvements.
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Dent
Washington
Toorntor
Vermont Sare! Chamber of Commerce
Mavers
Chicago
St Louis
Aes Orfeans
Valles
Br Maror
William Hale Thompson
Chieage
Valor Vactor
Jo Miller
St. Louis
Arthur J. O'Keefe
New Orleans
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