Bell study links longevity to inherited vigor and Hyde stock
Alexander Graham Bell argues longevity is an inheritable trait linked to a tough constitution. His Hyde family study of 8797 descendants from New England founders shows long lived parents tend to have longer lived children with higher rates of reaching age 80. The father’s longevity appears more influential than the mother’s, and overall race vigor grows across generations.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Hyde
New England
Bell
Hydes
Life as a Trade Narrative of Moral Decline
Excerpted essay on life as a trade rather than art argues men prioritize labor and quick gain over creative energy and inner peace. It laments that clever tricks and excessive expenditure substitute for genuine happiness, leaving only diversion and shallow fulfillment.
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Mabel Johnson Leland
Arne Garbore
The
Stratford Co
Birth control tale ends with a triplet joke
In Greenwich Village Will Irwin recounts Higgins who learns his wife has given birth to triplets. The boss awards a silver cup to Higgins in a company-wide toast, but Higgins asks if he now must win the cup three more years to keep it.
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Boston Globe
Will Irwin
Greenwich Village
Higgins
The Names of Love and Time in Verse
A misc read of verse and editorial snippets from a Cleveland paper and the New York World. The Three Loves poem elevates Tomorrow Yesterday Today as divinitys. a literacy test column questions immigration policy and calls for a stricter literacy standard.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
New York World
Luiga Bama
Puigsland
Misa Bama
Ellis Island
Miss Bama
The Silent Revolution in Haty Rome Italy
Italian industrial production shifts toward cooperative societies tied to unions and socialist groups. The consorzio coordinates multiple co operatives, pooling capital through social funds, handling big contracts, and overseeing governance. Membership grants voting rights with elder appeals and potential expulsion.
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Rome
Italy
Socialist Party
Co-Operative di Produzione
Consorzio
Consorazio
As Others See Us in Dearborn Independent Eye
The Dearborn Independent argues how Mexicans would view U S rights if an American city jailed two Mexican workers after a patrolman robbed them. It questions law and order perceptions and contrasts U S conditions with Mexican reactions, touching on prohibition rhetoric and press influence.
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Dearborn Independent
Mexico
United States
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Marked Improvement In Transportation
The Railway Age notes improvements in freight movement and car performance in July after the April switchmen's strike. Railroads with cooperation from the Interstate Commerce Commission reduced terminal car accumulations to 90,571 by July 30, with car shortages easing and freight volume rising above mid 1919 levels and surpassing June.
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Railway Age
Commission On Car Service
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad
Jane
Miracle at Cana disputed in St Louis letters
The writer critiques Pussyfoot Johnson and advocates that Christ did perform a real miracle at Cana. He argues wine turned to grape juice would negate the miracle and mocks those who claim otherwise. The piece ridicules attempts to explain away the event as unfermented wine.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Pussyfoot
Johnson
St. Louis
Cana
Christ
Gang
Goa
Mr. Bryan
Sunday
Neighbors Should Tame Barbed Wire Fence With Canada
A veteran urges a parcel post alliance with Canada noting Canada has postal relations with all nations except the United States. He argues friendly border ties reduce tension and that mutual cooperation benefits both nations despite old disputes and voices like Champ Clark.
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Canada
United States
W. A. Winter
Advisory Committee On
International Parcel Posts
Champ Clark
Incomes and Wealth and the War Millionaire Myth
The piece argues that labeling high earners as war millionaires was flawed, relying on arbitrary capitalization and year to year income shifts. It questions whether few actual mega earners exist and suggests Ford likely takes a larger percentage return on capital than Rockefeller, with tax-free securities distorting rates.
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New York Times
Treasury
Treasury Department
United States
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Ford
Ford
Mr. Rockefeller
State Farmers Complete First Freight Car Survey
The qa lindis agricultural association reports the first freight car census in the state. On the first day 9 294 cars were listed at all stations and 38 of them had not moved from the country point for seven consecutive days.
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Qalindis Agricultural Association
Cuticura Trio Ad Promises Clear Skin and Soft Hair
Advertisement extols Cuticura Soup for the complexion and Cuticura Soap and Ointment for cleanliness and whiteness. It adds Cuticura Toilet Trio for fragrance and appeal and ends with a humorous line about a husband and golf.
Diamond Dyes Text Mystery Hobbles Material Marks
A garbled fragment questions dye performance and material compatibility. The erratic line hints at color issues with Diamond Dyes and potential damage to fabric, but specifics are unreadable and no concrete actions or entities are clear.
Freezone Promises Painless Corn Removal
Advertising copy touts Freezone as a painless corn remover. It claims the product dissolves hard and soft corns and calluses between toes with immediate relief and easy lifting, sold by druggists in small bottles for a few cents.
Escaped an Operation by Taking Lydia E Pinkham Medicine
A letter from Mrs. J. R. of Cairo Illinois asserts she felt better after using Lydia E Pinkham herbal tonic and claims it allowed her to perform housework. The missive discusses surgical operation distrust and promotes the medicine as a cure for various female ailments.
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Lydia E. Fi
Sycamore Street
Cairo
Tate Z Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
One Woman Speech Sparks Petite Household Debate
A brief social quip exchange centers on a wife and spending limits, highlighting a witty disparity between desire and budget. The remark hints at domestic roles and budgeting within a Boston Tran script excerpt.
Forgiven. Quarter to a stranger in need in Birmingham
An exchange from the Birmingham Age-Herald shows a seedy man asking for help and Mr. Twobble offering a quarter. The piece juxtaposes this scene with a note on South Carolina negroes profiting from cotton wealth and a humorous car bumper anecdote about a cashier named Charlie.
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Mr. Twobble
Birmingham Age-Herald
South Carolina
Cap
Charlie
Yassir
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the Tribune
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Boston Transcript
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Mertes Constanthy
Motion Picture Capitol
Nem
Thor Contructions
Ee Thor Co
Clinton, Missoure
Q Jack
Bayer
Agony
Robert
Madge
Yonkers Statesman
Doan
Iowa
B. F. Shepherd
Oak Ave
Waterloo
Dean
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
N.Y
Opurine
Hank
Mortal Eye Remedy
Bellans
Water Gears’ Association
Ealt Lake City
Freckles Sameera
Sioux City Ptg. CO
Livestock Commission
Sioux City Stock Yards
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