Over crowded prisons and the prohibition debate
Polemic outlines crowded state and federal prisons, argues alcohol laws failed to curb crime, cites 1930 figures showing 7 158 prohibition violators among 127 940 inmates, asserts theft burglary forgery and hold ups drive prison populations, and urges moral reform as solution.
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New York
Nevada
Montana
Arizona
New Hampshire
Louisiana
North
United States
Embarrassing Moments From Frances Jane Sigafoose
Frances Jane Sigafoose shares an incident from grade 3 after a toy game led to knocking out a tooth. She asks the editor about the other girl’s emotions and notes the moment she discovered her missing upper plate. A reader offers fifty cents to retrieve it.
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Frances Jean
Frances
College Presidents Affirm Safer Drinking Conditions Under Prohibition
County publicity director reports 246 college presidents replied to a WCTU inquiry on drinking amid prohibition. Most say student sobriety holds and campuses are safe. 140 report less drinking, 44 say none, 46 say only casual drinking, and few note changes or increased drinking. Presidents blame parents for remaining issues.
Poling 8A: Fragments of humor from a public school class
A friend of mine recounts humorous snippets shared by a missionary school student in China, including Stevenson paraphrases, quick comebacks, a peanut roaster remark, a name pun, and a class anecdote about thinking before speaking. The collection reflects light newspaper column humor and student wit.
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China
Tam Sure
Stevenson
Inimitable Word Featured In Daily English Lesson
Daily Lessons in English by W L Gordon presents the word INIMITABLE defined as not capable of being imitated. It notes pronunciation guidance and emphasizes expanding vocabulary by mastering one word daily through example and practice.
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W. L. Gordon
By The Way Cartoonish Daily Musings and Humble Wins
A patchwork column riffs on everyday life and light social satire. It touches on work, a daring swimmer named Bobby Marble, a TV yearning, a domestic couple, a restaurant life, and a playful quiz wrap feature inviting readers to submit an answer to How To Play Post Office with a prize.
Fragmented newspaper quips and court mentions mix of light vignettes
A dated jumble of brief lines covers domestic drama, a radio joke on PontzOffice rules, a Berlin scene, a divorce over a newsreel to a strange woman, and a remark on second best poker hands as part of a miscellaneous column.
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Berlin
ER. P. Schlagel
K.P. Schlagel
Admiral Rodman
Mike
Washington
Indianapolis Firm Tests Industrial Democracy in Soup Plant
In Indianapolis Columbia Conserve Co. workers gain control of 51 percent of stock and a say in wages and policy. President William P. Hapgood remains only while workers approve, with a weekly council shaping policies and a plan to reach full worker ownership.
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CONC
Indianapolis
William P. Hapgood
Columbia Conserve Co
Hapgood
Workers Council
Hapgood Brothers
Haprood
Columbia
America
Crawfordsville Ladies Aid and Willing Workers Social Notes
Nellie Manners correspondent reports Crawfordsville July socials at the Methodist and Presbyterian churches. Ladies Aid committee included Mrs. Pearl McNrs and Mrs. Rex. Strawberry ice cream, cake and coffee served. About 40 Willing Workers attended with several July birthdays observed.
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Crawfordville
Ladies Aid
The
Methodist Church
Usta
Pearl McNrs
William Hens
Alice Mitchels
Rex
Presbyterian Church
Local social notes from Palestine on July 9
Leona Vondrasek hosts and visits fill day as Norma Rose spends Tuesday with Dorothy and Marie Vondrasek. Numerous families from Adolph Havel to Roy Havel and Walter Kron share meals, visits, and housework in this community roundup.
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Earl Kos
Leona Vondrasek
Joe Soukup
Roy Havel
LeRoy
Adolph Havel
Super
Wes Ramsey
Irene Vondrasek
Betty Kiefer
Raleigh Kloepfler
Albert Ryan
Donald
Anna Lear
Treasa Schnoebelen
Charles Schnoebelen
Eon LeRoy
William Lukavsky
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T. U
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Boston Transcript
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Bobby
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Post Office
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Klein Klothing KO
Tory
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Nellie Manners
Palestine
Herman’s
West Side Squar
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