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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1925
Page
4
The Wakefield News notes Father’s Day on Sunday June 21 as the nation marks a day honoring fathers. The item reflects local publication cadence and historical print details from Wakefield Michigan.
The article argues that the new immigration policy cannot cure all ills. It notes heavy labor loss under the quota plan with more workers leaving the United States than entering in ten months. It cites the Industrial Conference Board finding higher wages despite rising living costs and claims the wage earners are about 30 percent better off than before the war. It ends with the line let the stricken deer go weep.
The July issue of The National Republic highlights notable independence era events tied to the Fourth. It recalls 1744 when the Blue Ridge country was bought from Indians, 1754 Fort Necessity fell to French and allied tribes as Franklin urged union, and 1750 Bradock’s defeat. It also notes 1722 Boonesboro attack and the Wyoming affair.
A summary of notable events tied to July 4 across generations. Included are Clarkes capture of Kaskaskia in 1778, annexation moves in 1848, California independence in 1826, Jefferson and Adams deaths in 1826 and 1831, Monroe’s death in 1831, construction on the Washington Monument begun in 1861, Lincoln’s 400000-man call in 1864, and news of Gettysburg victory and Vicksburg capture.
Figures from the Federal Department of Commerce cited by the Duluth Herald show 417 motor-vehicle deaths in the four weeks ending June 20, up 55 from the prior four weeks, with 779 deaths in eight weeks and 2,098 for the year by June 20, 1923 versus 2,016 the year before. Most deaths stem from recklessness or carelessness, such as eleven killed at railroad grade crossings last Sunday. Safety efforts grow but cannot prevent accidents if people are not cautious.
A scrambled OCR text offers a collage of odd lines about bosses, pay night, aviators, and slogans for chiropractors. It mentions phrases like blood is thicker than water, a germ in a lung, and a farmer’s bells on calves, hinting at a playful, nonsensical historical clipping.
The scene features a college returning son praising publicity, Farmer Brown skeptical about media influence on egg output, Coy Things offering a fatalistic quip, and a bachelor musing on next kiss. A barber greets a young lady who asks to have her hair cut like a boy's, saying she wants a boy's haircut.
A collection of snippets and one liners from town life. Dialogues touch on two girls walking from New York to San Francisco, a depot sighting, a no swimming sign, a boastful death by action reply, a vaccination gag, a lost ring, and a humorous account of a whipped dog look and a cook quitting at the opera, all framed as light local chatter.
A judge quips about the sun standing still as Joshua Briggs is called on illicit distilling charges. The reply from the accused Joshua clarifies his role, saying he instead made the moonshine.
A cheeky editor notes a trend among newly married women kneading bread with gloves and quips that he too needs bread in various outfits. He warns that if business fails to improve, he will need bread with nothing on. The piece satirizes domestic quirks and editor’s livelihood.
Health column summarizes Dr. Jesse Feiring Williams list of eleven indigestion causes from Personal Hygiene Applied. Items include improper foods and cooking, food idiosyncrasies, physical fatigue, worry, rapid eating, drinking cold water with meals, overeating, constipation, defective teeth, and various diseases such as appendicitis and potential gastric ulcers or stomach cancer in the elderly.
Fragments report a pro rich nation boast of $30 billion in European debt payoff, fees for guesses, and Arctic flight talk. Cancer society warns against quacks, urges early detection. Essays prize for electricity forecasts. drinking rises in the South. a mix of anecdotes on travel, food, and a tragic divorce warning.
Sallie and Ellie discuss married men and gossip as Warren Fisher's actions unravel their lives at the Divines. Ellie declares she will reform while Sallie resolves to end the reckless pursuit, seeking guidance from Father and a final cocktail before the chapter ends.
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