Students and Low Brow Controversy Over Hardy Knowledge
In Warren a debate on how many people know Thomas Hardy’s works continues from a column discussion. The piece argues many readers favor lighter material, but many nontraditional readers also enjoy high culture. It notes varied backgrounds and self-taught interest in literature, hoping to settle the ongoing argument.
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Ohio
Bobbie Burns
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Decency and Crime News Dilemma in Tribune Editorial
A debate on printing crime stories and decency arises as editors wrestle with how much graphic detail to publish. The Tribune and Editor and Publisher discuss the Hickman confession and the boundaries of responsible reporting amid horror and public reaction.
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The Hickman confession and press restraint discussed
A Washington Star note defends omitting revolting crime details to protect readers and decency. The Washington Daily News echoes this stance, arguing editors must judge each story’s merit and balance public right to know with conscience and decency. Automatic and economic penalties follow violations.
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On First Looking into Chapman's Hunter Poem Echoes
Poem reflects on journeys through literature and imagined worlds. The speaker compares discovering Chapman's translation to sighting new lands, likening the moment to a watcher witnessing a new planet or Cortez spotting the Pacific, the crew silencing one another in awe.
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Darien
Retrospective From Tribune of One Two Three and Four Years Age
A collage of 1924 to 1927 items notes oil quota actions in Pennsylvania, highway projects from Waterford to Corry, Cres cent Furniture reports, a Warren refinery crash, leadership changes in Boy Scouts, a wildcat tale near Kinzua, a YWCA banquet with Federation of Business Girls, and a 90 year old man in Michigan reportedly getting a new set of teeth through a humorous line about his daughter.
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Just Folks The Puzzle Of Life Reflections On Wealth Work And Health
A poem titled Just Folks presents puzzled musings on life comparing wealth to peace health to happiness and labor to contentment. It wonders why riches do not guarantee joy and notes workers ache while some souls prosper without perfect health. The verse implies happiness comes from mindset rather than possessions.
Betty Hea.2 Chat With an Australian Mother
Betty Turner from Summerville near Boston visits Australia and meets a friendly family of Kangaroos led by Daddy Kangaroo and Mama Kangaroo. She learns how young kangaroos are born blind and naked, how the mother carries them in a pouch, and how the family senses danger and fights if threatened before hopping away toward home.
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Oleander Road Memories at Monte Carlo Casino
The narrator recalls oleander trees along a Napoleon road from Nice to Monte Carlo and his boyhood tubbed plant. He describes fear of frost, then visits Monte Carlo where many casino patrons are older women. A passport inspector initially blocks entry but then grants admission, sparking curiosity about what will unfold inside the famous gambling hall.
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Peace talk in Washington France and Kellogg clash over war limits
Washington and Paris discuss a nonwar treaty under Kellogg Briand ideas. Briand’s shift on offensive defense and possible League of Nations constraints spark fresh questions about how a universal peace arrangement could work. The process remains secretive as diplomats negotiate terms and potential enforcement.
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Diet and Beast e Answers to Correspondents
New guidance on sweet potatoes in the diet notes that both white and sweet varieties are wholesome and can be eaten regularly by children and adults. Potatoes are energy rich, with baked portions providing about 100 C per three ounces, and sweet potatoes offering slightly more vitamin A while containing more sugar. The discussion covers calories, vitamins, protein content, and the alkali forming nature of potato starch, with a tease for a Balanced Diet article and a request for an enamel cream prescription inquiry.
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State Department
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Rarnnabarn Wallace
The Daybook of a New Yorker and Film Society Jest
A New Yorker columnist riffs on a grotesque foreign doll at Christmas and a stage prank in The Love Nest play, noting audience offense and the clash of New York satire with regional piety. The column shifts to a home remedy for scalp care using precipitated sulfur and instructions for applying it, plus hygiene tips and prenatal guidance via letters to the editor service.
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Robert Sherwood
Ring Lardner
Beverly Hills
Rodin
Forbes
Dimmer Stories Not on Empty Stomach
A fragment from a dialogue about writers and beer signals a humorous contrast between appetite and writing. Isabel questions the empty stomach challenge while a struggling young poet admits preference for writing with paper, leaving the scene unfinished with the undertaker looming.
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