Daily Mail Exposition of Odd Local Laws and Snippets
A humorous survey cites oddities in state laws across the United States. Examples include Maine bear exhibits, Michigan treaty incitement, New Jersey insults, Kansas public snacking, South Carolina aviation rules, Oregon hotel greeting limits, Georgia dental cruelty, and Alabama theft of a cook or butler, highlighting quirky legal hazards.
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Maine
Michigan
New Jersey
Kansas
South Carolina
Oregon
Georgia
Alabama
Get One Hobby and Its Life Changing Power
A compact piece urging readers to cultivate multiple hobbies. It argues hobbies occupy the mind with worthwhile, educational activity, can lead to fame, and fit individual interests. The text notes famous Americans built talents through hobbies and invites everyone to start one that matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Memorial Day Reflections on Memory and Immortality
The piece contemplates Memorial Day as a moment to remember loved ones who have passed. It contrasts sorrow with hope, noting flowers at graves as a sign of enduring love and gratitude. It asserts that existence persists beyond death through the essence of memory and spiritual continuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
There Ought to Be a Law We Have Lost Old Laws
A brief column argues that society enacts new laws while ignoring existing statutes still on the books. It notes federal state and municipal efforts multiply, yet violations of lingering laws persist, urging clarity and relevance in legal codes.
Birth rate declines amid urban shift in U.S. populace
Dr. Frederick Osborn of the American Museum of Natural History notes a national birth deficit with cities replacing gains. He cites city replacements at 75 percent in large towns, villages with 4 for 3, and farms at 169 percent, urging higher births among capable parents to ensure a decent environment.
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Frederick Osborn
American Museum of Natural History
Academy of Afedicing
New York
United States
Osborn
Plan your work and work your plan
The text argues success depends on two rules Plan your work and work your plan. It says planning converts thought into possibility and working converts possibility into achievement. It claims success rewards concentrated effort, and wealth does not measure success while love of work signals it. It suggests evaluating a new law by which groups benefit from it.
Attorney General rules magistrates cannot reinstate licenses
Baltimore May 29 Attorney General William C Walsh ruled the commissioner of motor vehicles has no power to reinstate drivers licenses suspended by traffic court magistrates. He also said magistrates lack authority to shorten suspension once imposed. The decision came at the meeting of Chief Magistrate Robert France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
William C. Walsh
Trafic Court
Robert France
Rail reform advocate Jerome Frank shifts inside power in Washington
Washington Daybook reports Jerome Frank named chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a top figure in New Deal policy debates. It notes his rail financing proposals to replace old bond structures with common stock, the push for an expedited railroad bankruptcy court, and contrasts salaries amid WPA disputes. It also mentions the Panama Canal Zone purchase of 53.5 million dollars as the era’s costliest U.S. territorial buy.
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Washington
Jerome Frank
Securities and Exchange Commission
Wheeler
Montana
Congress
S.E.C
Frank
New York
New Deal
W.P.A
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Roosevelt
Fie
Rank
Unions fund sales drive to boost Atlanta dress sales
About 800 union garment workers in Atlanta contribute 50 cents each to a sales promotion campaign for 10 local dress plants. They raised 4100 to mail catalogs urging buyers in southern stores to buy Atlanta dresses and support industry, with literature claiming no sweatshops. The effort, led by International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, aims to secure 33 weeks of work annually and will repeat each dress season.
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Atlanta
John S. Martin
Union
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Martin
Prepare to Fight Back All Garden Enemies
A guide to garden defense outlines three arsenals: contact poisons to kill sucking insects, stomach poisons for leaf eaters, and fungicides for diseases. It notes nicotine sulphate, pyrethrum, rotenone, arsenates, Bordeaux mixture, and sulfur as examples, with spray or dust methods and a preference for dusting in some cases.
Man About Manhattan encounters famous priest and journalist
In Manhattan May 29 a world famous priest Father B J Flanagan and renowned war correspondent James A Mills cross paths on Lexington Avenue. Both visitors to New York pause, exchange a moment of recognition, then move on, unaware they have shared a brush with notable history. Mills recalls worldwide assignments while Flanagan enjoys a night out at a hotel lounge.
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New York
Lexington Avenue
James A. Mills
B. J. Flanagan
Mills
Manhattan
Flanagan
Metropolis
Father Flanagan
No Life on Planets Without Atmospheres
Scientific exploration of planetary atmospheres shows Earth likely unique in retaining gases. Mars Venus Mercury and outer planets differ greatly in temperature composition and gravity, making life as we know it improbable beyond Earth.
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Earth
Mars
Venus
Mercury
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Moon
Jeans
Space
Purple Martin Secrets
A reflective poem by Edgar A. Suest on the purple martins visiting the speaker's house each spring and summer. The narrator wonders how the bond between birds and humans began and who sustains it, noting the mystery of returning pairs and the mystery of the birds’ trust.
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Mail
the Mail Publishing
Summit Avenue
Kerstown
Maryland
Bawren
Borka
Eupers and
Mafroney
Chicago van Building
Stkats
Lexington Ave
Sta, Ga
Glenn Slag
Rails Mall
E. Phillips
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Sigimers
Haerstowh
Associated Press
Fpis
Preston Grover
Panama Canal Zone
Stainless
Peretro
Earles Dept
West
Washington Street
Second National Bank
Hagerstown
George Tucker
Jim Mills
News Association
Rockefeller Center
Yankee
Zog
Marie
Selassie
Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Jim
Gates of Heaven
Mahatma
Poona
Boris
Bulgaria
Chiang Kai-shek
Henry Pu-Yi
China
Burma
Siam
Indo-China
Bombay
Haile Selassie
Boys' Town
Nebraska
Europe
Nurito
By Edgar A. Suest
Yesteryear
Hurff
Orn
Miller’s Furniture Store
South Potomac Street
Aoanal
Ballers
Sta
Montgomery Ward & CO
Washington St
Einen Ay Oas
Triangle Food Stores
Kelvinator
Bohman- Warne, Inc
Phang
Franklin Street
Howard's
Baltimore St
Larvex
Larver
Ving
Everly
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