Road project push cited as Alabama groups seek state help
The article discusses efforts to surface a major road along the Florida Midwest Highway corridor, with local groups seeking county or state support and a survey. It notes traffic growth and urges finding funding through next state program allocations or by securing engineering staff for surveys. It also covers Mobile library improvements and a Birmingham geologic incident with a sunken garage amid subsidence fears.
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Intermountain
Rocky Mountain
Alabama
Birmingham
Adams
University
Blocking the Streets
The practice of crowding curbside streets beyond the hour parking zone with cars for work or rest is condemned as obstructing traffic and hindering fire department access. While recognizing parking pressures and small repair shops, the article argues streets are public and should not be usurped for private enterprise, threatening public welfare.
Americans Plan Expedition From Mt Sliman Peak
A party of Americans led by Prof. Alonzo md of Beloit College prepares to scale Mt Sliman in Africa seeking prehistoric lore and new scientific knowledge. The expedition departs August 12 to explore geology and regional resources.
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Columbus
Peary
North Pole
Mt. Everest
Mt. Sliman
Expn
Alonzo md
Béloit College
Ninety Year Old Farmer Fends Off Robbers in Cupboard
From Jackson Michigan a ninety year old farmer fights two attackers who bound gagged and hid him. He frees himself and uses a pocket knife and improvised sword cane to drive them away. The News Item endorses his admission as a deprensator.
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Jackson
Michigan
Society of the
Forty Not A Limit Says Representative MacGregor
Representative MacGregor notes in a summer economics course at Cornell that the belief men cannot learn after forty is bunk. The remark counters the common view held by many older men who feel learning ends at forty. The piece also recalls Wall Street rumors about Henry Ford as the urban rumor capital.
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MacGregor
Cornell
Wall Street
Henry Ford
The Rise of Specialization Across Professions
The piece argues dentistry medicine and law have moved toward specialization. It notes specialists command higher pay and broader mastery of narrow fields. It cites a carpenter and a lawyer example and urges concentrating effort on a single line to advance pay and competence.
Salome and Jane tease about malted milk joke
A brief Harvard Lampoon exchange features Salome asking why Jane feeds her cat malted milk and Jane replying she tries to make a mal tese out of her. The cartoonish banter continues with a pun about affection and letters.
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Salome
Jane
Algy
Monty
Harvard Lampoon
Newer Sweater Sparks Humorous Wordplay
In a Passing Show sketch from London, Dolly and her uncle trade a joke about clothing terms. The exchange mocks language choices, with the uncle proposing perspirator as a witty alternative to sweater.
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Dolly
London
Blazing a Trail in Wartime Newspaper Snips
A collage of short jokes and quips from era humor columns. It features a fire scene who guides others to safety, crossword wordplay, household gags about babies and maids, a golf mishap, and a punch line about a family choosing summer plans between Uncle Henry or Uncle Sam.
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Anes
Louie
Spike
Ger
Henry
Sam
Proverbial Reflections on Conduct and Family Life
A fragmentary surge of old sayings contrasts lazy living with burial, warns against disturbance, notes the prodigal son’s return, and jokes about authority in marriage via a telephonic pun. The tone resembles a late 19th or early 20th century moralizing column.
The Uncles Dreamer Scams and Final Grave
Ebenezer, a gullible man, trusted clever con artists selling false farms in New York City. He poured money into schemes and fell deeper into debt until he died, with family recalling his naivety and warning against trusting fakers who peddle honeyed lies.
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Ebenezer
New York City
Mark
High Corners Reflections On Youth And Age In A Tiny Flat
Elizabeth recounts a two week stay in High Corners with Marcia visiting old friends and memories. She praises rest and companionship while confronting aging, teasing a harvest-dance plan with a kindly doctor and affirming plans to stay young together in their modest home.
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Elizabeth
Marcia
Ben
Liz
Etta Smith
Lizzie
George
Reformers and a Nation of Megecoin Voices
A Buffalo Evening brief notes that reformers must recognize the nation’s need for a society built around megacoins of voice, implying a new public discourse mechanism. The item presents a provocative, editorial stance rather than a report of events.
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Buffalo
Know What He Believes A Fundamentalist Advantage
A Baltimore columnist notes that a fundamentalist gains an edge through certainty in his beliefs, contrasting confidence with doubt in broader religious discourse. The piece reflects on conviction shaping public and personal life.
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Baltimore
Longlegs Fights Reddy Fox in Bursting Woodland Duel
In Thornton Burgess style a woodland clash unfolds as Longlegs the snipe repels Reddy Fox from a crowd of frightened animals. Reddy backs off leaving Longlegs hailed as brave while others deride him before praising his courage.
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Thornton W. Burgess
T. W. Burgess
Peter Rabbit
Eee Brook
Peter
Reddy Fox
Reddy
Jack Squirrel
Jack
Sammy Jay
Sammy
Longlegs
Long
Happy Jack
Happy Jack Squirrel
Lee
They Do Take Their Time
A reflective caption from the New Orleans Times-Picayune hints that patience defines everyday scenes. The aged man by a telephone booth suggests a moment of delay and waiting for service.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune
Wealthy Investor Minds Show Slow Learner Habits
A Milwaukee Urnal financial writer laments investor mental indolence and suggests studying the cerebral activity of the wealthy gentry to gain insight into smarter money management.
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Milwaukee
UrDal
Mystery at Headon Hill unfolds in a perilous trap
Liable to danger, Wilmot abducts Adela Larkin while a deciphered letter drives a scheme of blackmail and planted clues. Private detective Adrian Klyne aids Margaret and Sir Francis Lathrop in tracing conspirators including Luzin and Silas Stampage as Hangman’s Heath plots loom.
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Lemuel Honeybun
Francis Lathrop
Adrian Klyne
Margaret
Youn Roake T
Guy Lathrop
Adela Larkin
Klyne
Wilmot
Monkey-Face
Adela
Missy
Lord Bulpeter
Hangman’s Heath
Spector
Trevor Hardman
The
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Mr. Larkin
Larkin
Ting
Tor
Fig
Nees
Aes
Silas Stampage
Ruxton
Lfe
Suffolk
Silas
Honeybun
Miss Larkin
Watching the Parade by John Pilgrim
A neighbor feud with the Perritons is played out through social barbs and proposed reconciliations. Mrs Merriweather Jones pressures both sides while Frank and Prank Perriton drift between mild landmines of golf and fishing invites as they seek uneasy peace.
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Frank Perriton
Bretherton
Pilgrim
I Tordi
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