Women Voters Propose Policy Planks at National Conventions
The National League of Women Voters outlines three policy planks for the two major parties at their conventions. They call for child protection and education, unemployment relief with free employment services, and support for the World Court and Paris Pact enforcement. The focus is on educating members and influencing public policy rather than immediate political outcomes.
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National League of Women Voters
League
Paris
The Home Economics: Interest in Better Homes
A survey shows 50 640 students in 584 institutions study home economics with 37 619 pursuing degrees. Most plan to teach, not practice, yet training promises extensive demand for scientific home management and efficient home life improvements.
Anglo-Saxons in China gunboat clash on Yangtse
An American gunboat clashed with Chinese regulars on the upper Yangtse River, reportedly inflicting heavy casualties. The incident occurred after Chinese troops attacked two British ships, and American gunners, instead of defending American lives, acted to aid British interests, reflecting mixed international implications in the region.
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Yangtse
Asia
Orient
Protecting Our Forests A warning on careless campers and fires
California officials urge care for forests after a camper was jailed until it rains for leaving a camp fire burning. Forests are a vast asset yet yearly vast areas burn due to careless campers, motorists and discarded cigarettes. The National Board of Fire Underwriters cites about half a billion dollars in property losses and about 10,000 deaths annually.
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California
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Did You Know Daily Quiz and Anniversary Note
A collage of trivia questions on corn, forage crops, and tobacco crop losses appears with a brief anniversary entry noting Lafayette’s reinforcement on this day in 1781. The page answers include alfalfa as the leading forage, with a stated production figure of 396,300,00 pounds and a horoscope indicating strong but moody personalities.
The Silent Observer and Public Teasers
A collage piece notes quick quips on politics, society, and habits from a late era page. It mentions the payroll question for Congressmen, humor about family, manners, and consumer excess, plus brief historical notes and names of notable figures and birthdays.
Notable anniversaries from early American figures listed
A compilation of historical anniversaries highlights figures such as William E. Eustis born in Cambridge and a former secretary of war, Joseph Bartlett famed lawyer and wit from Massachusetts, and Robert T. Conrad Philadelphia jurist and orator. The list also recalls Pauline Cushman the Union spy, Rebecca Felton Georgia writer and one day U. S. Senator, and Edwin Arnold a popular figure from 1832.
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William E. Eustis
Massachusetts
Cambridge
Mass
Boston
Joseph Bartlett
Plymouth
Wass
Robert T. Conrad
Philadelphia
Pauline Cushman
New Orleans
San Francisco
Rebecca Laviner Felton
Georgia
U. S
DeKalb Co
Atlanta
Edwin Arnold
Sued Over Hedge Fence Dispute In Fort Worth
In Fort Worth Texas Mrs Eva Maddox faced a $10 fine plus court costs after being sued by her neighbor in country court over a hedge fence barring summer breezes from the neighbor’s home.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Eva Maddox
Costa
Fragments Describe Unspecific Home Riddling Message
A garbled domestic note mentions preserving beverages in a refrigerator, singing a tune, taking vitamins, and addressing a thirsty person with unclear meaning, leaving readers uncertain about intent or context.
Termites alarm Elyria Kiwanis audience at luncheon
W R Comings of Elyria spoke to the Kiwanis at the Newell Hotel warning of termite danger. He described their stealth, damage costs, and spread from Cleveland to Memphis, urging prevention and immediate action to protect homes and property. Paul M. Cummings attended as a visitor and A H West reported on the Inter-Club meeting.
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W. R. Comings
Elyria
United States
Comings
Europe
Vatican
Rome
Ohio
Ohio State University
Cleveland
Memphis
Paul M. Cummings
Cleveland Kiwanis Club
Atty. A. H. West
United States Now Own Civil War Prison Camp
Sandusky Ohio reports Johnson Island, once a Union prison camp off Lake Erie, has become U.S. property. The isolated island housed over 3,500 Confederate prisoners at Civil War’s height and serves as the burial ground for 604 Confederate officers and soldiers. The first monument to southern soldiers in the north was erected there in 1910.
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United States
Sandusky
Johnson Island
Lake Erie
River des Peres Drainage Project Completion
The gigantic River des Peres drainage work in St Louis has been completed at a cost of 11 million dollars. The concrete tubing, 28 feet in diameter, lies submerged 10 to 16 feet underground and carries the river beneath the city for several miles, hailed as a major engineering feat since the Panama Canal.
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3FEAT
ST. Louis
Panama Canal
River Des Peres
Ontario doctor predicts end of private medicine in 50 years
Dr. J. H. Radford, president of the Ontario Health Officers' Association, forecast a future in which private medical practice disappears within fifty years. He said only state and preventative medicine would remain, with emphasis on prevention.
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Toronto
J. H. Radford
Ontario Health Officers’ Association
Americans Hunt Culture Club In Belgrade Expedition
An American archaeological team backed by Peabody Museum and Harvard arrives in Belgrade to resume digs in South Serbia and through the Danube Morava and Vardar valleys. Vladimir Fuchs of the Fog Museum states the goal is to trace Europe’s prehistoric culture to Jugoslavia.
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Belgrade
Peabody Museum
School For Prehistoric Research
Fog Museum
Harvard University
Europe
Jugoslavia
Vladimir Fuchs
Starcevo
Pancevo
Czechoslovakia
Rucha
Danube Valley
Aegean Sea
Asia Minor
Moon Described As Immense Burned-Out Cinder
The description portrays the moon as a vast, burned-out cinder. It likens its surface to charred remains and evokes a stark, celestial resemblance to a scorched, lifeless orb.
First Flight Nears Disaster in Mansfield
Mrs Stensall aged 104 narrowly escaped disaster during her first airplane flight in Mansfield England after waiting 103 years to fly She asked Sir Alan Cobham to take her aloft for a loop the loop a party of 17 including the Mayor and Mayoress witnessed the perilous landing with two wheels down and a wing dragging but no one was hurt and she called the sight grand
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Mansfield
England
Stensall
Stansall
Alan Cobham
Paris to London for Smart Clothes
Paris designers bring Paris luxury to London due to cost pressures from the economic crisis. English shoppers gain access to Paris maisons service in Britain, with models not yet revealed in the French capital.
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Paris
London
Rue de la Paix
Paris Coutourieres
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Second Continental Congress
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Christian Science Publishing Society
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Iowa
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