Governor Ritchie Delays Education Spending Plan Expansion
Governor Ritchie faces planned expansion of state education funding as a deficit nears seven million dollars for 1923. The Department of Education seeks 4 million and the University of Maryland about 3.8 million, with slashing likely across agencies. Mr. Cook champions a central equity fund to aid weaker counties, signaling sustained support amidst fiscal restraint.
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Ritchie
State Department of Education
Universiy
Maryland
Woods
Symons
Cook
Department of Eduation
Echools
Mr. Cook
Cantilever Shoes Promote Health For Teachers And Mothers
Advertises Bible's Cantilever Shoes as the best choice for school teachers and mothers. Claims natural foot fit, flexible arch, and no hidden shank, with comfortable toes and moderate heels. Promotes physical and mental well being and urges wearers to set a sensible example for young women.
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Tvory Cofiin
Bikle
Governor faces budget battle over Education funding
The governor and officials spar over whether the Department of Education should receive a 1.25 million dollar advance beyond current year appropriations. Secretary Cook and the State Superintendent push for funds, while opposition, including long‑time advisers, cautions about paying for ambitious programs without tax increases.
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Department of Education
Ehtate Board of Education
University of Mary-land Te
Cook
Regal Canter Through Tokyo Sparks Curious Gaze
A newly proclaimed regent of Japan, Hirohito, enjoys a brisk canter through the streets of Tokyo drawing curious looks as he adapts to pace and crowds. The scene blends state symbolism with everyday public life in a moment of ceremonial repose.
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Hirohito
Japan
Tokio
Dictionary’s Last Word Zyxt Stands As Final English Term
A Kentish dialect word Zyxt, meaning seest, may outlast zymology terms as the last word in English. Oxford dictionaries, started in 1844, note Zyxt in the Fourteenth Century lineage and doubt any later word will displace it.
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Murray
English Philological Society
New Archbishop Michael Curley Installed in Baltimore
Rev Michael J Curley is shown in robes before entering the Baltimore cathedral to be installed as Archbishop succeeding the late James Cardinal Gibbons. The ceremony marks Curley’s elevation within the Catholic Church in Baltimore. He assumes leadership of the archdiocese and succeeds Cardinal Gibbons.
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Michael J. Curley
Baltimore
James Cardinal Gibbons
Cultivate Observation and Imagination for Insight
Cultivate observation by noting daily birds, beasts, people, and objects. Question nightly what you have seen. early answers are brief but grow richer. Imagination, allied to observation, lets you see things as they might be, using the mind's eye along with the outward gaze.
Ancient rights and sneezing cures appear in period column
The article notes a sneeze suppression method by pressing the upper lip, explains the reflex involving the articulatory nerve, and cites psychological proof through nerve paralysis. It also references ancient Babylon records of a woman’s college and equal property rights, plus musically biased gender observations and a light exchange cartoon about debts.
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Babylon
Clty
Burna
New Weapon for War on Rats Cars exhaust drives rats from holes
A new method uses automobile exhaust to repel rats that resisted earlier efforts. The gas is directed into a rat hole, forcing the rodents to scamper from other passages as well.
French Engineer Claims Sahara River Once Ran North
A French engineer asserts evidence of a prehistoric river flowing northward across the Sahara to the Mediterranean. He describes ancient communities thriving along the course, suggesting a vanished waterway reshaped North Africa's ancient landscape.
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Sahara Desert
Mediterranean
When Men Fought In Steel Armor Size Weights
The excerpt describes heavy armor from thirty pounds for chain mail to a hundred pounds or more for plate, plus horse armor. It notes mobility when well made and worn with padded undergarments, and mentions Japanese trial by ordeal and the meticulous writing of a word with a brush to reveal theft.
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Japan
Self-determination and plain determination in nationhood
A compact musing on how self-determination guides new nations, while plain resolve powers progress. The quote suggests determination as the engine behind nationhood and achievement, beyond theory alone.
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Boston Transcript
Cor-Wreckt. Bert quips on love triangle outcomes
A light cartoon caption notes Al Bert asking how love triangles end with Phil Bert replying that most end in a wreck tangle. The joke satirizes romantic entanglements as comic mishaps typical of Science and Invention content.
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al Bert
Phil Bert
Science and Invention
Metamorphouls Painted as Bull Life Portrait in Vienna
A fragment notes Metamorphouls stating the work was painted as Bull Life and exhibited as a landscape but sold as a portrait at Front Die Muskete in Vienna. The remark highlights mislabeling of the piece.
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Die
Vienna
A Man's Works in Post Clay Formations
A brief note on potters shaping clay as they please, each man guided by his own skill. It hints at crafted items and personal achievement in the craft, reflecting on how one’s labor forms outcomes through individual effort.
Pike's Peak Discovery and Tourist Access Through Time
General Zebulon Pike reportedly saw the peak in 1808 marking a claimed first ascent though disputed. A later 1820 note by Dr Tomes cites an earlier discovery. Today many tourists reach the summit by automobile each summer.
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Pike's Peak
Zebulon Pike
United States Army
Tomes
Pike
Crabbe attacks Maryland Prohibition officials
Maryland Anti-Saloon League leader George W. Crabbe charged Senator O H Weller and the Prohibition Commissioner with creating a political machine in Maryland. He accused the commissioner of bias and inaction despite violations, urging enforcement and calling the state enforcement code lacking. He said the league acts as a clearinghouse for information to aid officers amid staffing shortages and delayed appointments.
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United States
O. H. Weller
Prohibition
Maryland
George W. Crabbe
Maryland Anti-Saloon League
Washington
Crabbe
Anti-Saloon League
Maryland elects trusted legislature amid Republican split
The piece notes reactions to appointments and Maryland voters repudicating the Weller machine. It cites a 58,000 majority for Harding last year and a 14,000 margin for Senator Weller, contrasting with Maryland’s current vote against the Republican machine and praise for moral, educated leadership in the state legislature.
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Maryland
Waa
Harding
Senator Weller
Weller
Republican Party
Friction Match History and 1827 Invention Claim
The friction match, attributed to John Walker the druggist, was introduced in 1827. His match used a wooden stem coated with chemical mixtures and lit by drawing it against a roughened surface, such as sandpaper.
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John Walker
Walker
Anthony
Words cheaper than stones lesson in building a dream
A visitor critiqued an author's half finished house comparing it to grand settings from his books. The author replied words are cheaper than stones, explaining the gap between imagination and reality.
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