Washington County Responds to Flood Relief Appeal
The county reports generous response to flood relief with about 2000 raised locally. The piece urges continued giving to aid flood victims in the South, noting statewide and national totals could reach 200000 and 10000000 respectively if trends continue. It emphasizes food clothing medical aid and shelter for thousands losing belongings.
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Washington County
United States
South
Southland
French aviators cross Atlantic in peril and mystery
Reporters note no word from the French fliers who launched from France aiming for New York. They carried fuel for forty hours and more have elapsed with no sight or sound. Possible outcomes include landing at sea, reaching land in North America, or a fatal crash into the ocean.
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France
New York City
North America
Not a Vanishing Race in Modern Indian Health
A historical note rebuts the idea of a vanishing Indian population. Advances in health are increasing numbers and vigor among Native Americans, with Minnesota hosting a reg ular Indian health service. While romantic scenes fade, the present condition is better than tribal warfare and honor measured by scalps.
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United States
Minnesota
PROPITIATION DEFINED AS CONCILIATION IN DAILY LESSONS
A daily vocabulary note presents PROPITIATION as the act of conciliation and atonement. It cites a quoted line about propitiation not influencing a deceived person, illustrating usage in a cautionary context.
Cold love and grim fate in the Snyder Gray case
The piece recalls Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray's execution for murder of Ruth's husband. It laments the couple's doomed future while condemning passion and greed as the cause. It underscores how the victims' family bears the lasting stain of the tragedy.
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Ruth Snyder
Judd Gray
Mrs. Snyder
Judd
Ruth
Two Views on Bishop Brown as Communist Propagandist
William Montgomery Brown, ex bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church, tours America addressing communist meetings. At Los Angeles he extols revolution, mocks Heaven, and declares belief in God and devil irrelevant. He attacks American capitalism and praises the Russian revolution amid boisterous applause.
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William Montgomery Brown
Protestant Episcopal Church
Los Angeles
John Brown
Douglas Robson
William Brown
Bishop” Brown
Heaven
Earth
America
Len‘n
Russia
Rostovtzeff Attacks Bolshevik Rule in Russia
Yale scholar Professor Michael Rostovtzeff denounces the Bolshevik government as the worst in Russia’s history. He cites corruption red tape and police control, economic collapse, rising prices, homeless children, and moral decay, doubting any national progress while the regime lasts.
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Michael Rostovtzeff
Yale University
Sterling
St. Petersburg University
Oxford University
England
Russia
Lunacharsky
The Conquerors Versus Christ in a Final Daly Contrast
The verse contrasts historical conquerors like Ghengis Khan Alexander Caesar Napoleon and Attila with Christ who comes as a swordless figure on an ass. It notes their mortal demise and the enduring sweep of history as Jesus conquers the centuries.
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Christ
Harry Kemp
War blame and oddity items in a 1920s miscellany
A columnist blames peace groups for possible war with Mexico under Coolidge. Read of a New York farmer finding nails and metal in a cow’s stomach. A London parrots’ tale recalls a 1801 capture in India. Coolidge lacks a desk phone and uses a booth. Vesuvius history and a cucumber apple trend close the notes.
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United States
Mexico
Coolidge
Sesnowski
State Department
New York State
Amos Tash Says Only Regret Is One Wife for Country
A humorous aside has Amos Tash stating he regrets only having one wife to send to the country. An Atlanta paper praises a joint showing of women's spring styles, prompting quiet giggles at the ambiguity.
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Amos Tash
Atlanta
Cities and apartments reshape by demand
The text asserts cities reflect human will and effort and notes a new apartment design where rooms fold into walls to save space, implying progress and architectural innovation when builders act with duty. The line compares cities built by demand to compact living solutions.
Banker dinner reads own bad poem in New York
A banker at a New York bankers dinner shared a poem he wrote and faced little action while a poet writing a bad check is likely to face consequences, highlighting different responses to literary missteps.
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New York
People Can Be Happy If They Stay Out of Sight
A reflective note argues that happiness arises when certain individuals refrain from intrusion and allow others space. The message emphasizes personal peace and privacy over conflict or attention.
Estimating Town Size Reveals Slogan Size Contrast
A compact study notes smaller towns appear to use bolder municipal slogans to project scale. Researchers compare population estimates with slogan rhetoric, finding inverse correlation between crowd size and slogan ambition.
God knows I am hungry bemoans a five year old
A brief humorous anecdote recounts Freddie, while visiting his aunt, asking if God knows everything and declaring with conviction that God knows he is hungry as dinner grows late and the aunt reflects on wisdom and patience.
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Freddie
Judge
Father puzzled as son saves enough gas for garage
A voiceover dictates a curious demand about saving gasoline to fuel a car into a garage. The speaker, Mr Kaplovits, requests twelve two-by-tens to be sent immediately and stored beneath a house, prompting Buchanan to ask for a duration.
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Meester Kaplovits
Buchanan
Man Stays in Old Clothes to Avoid Buying New
A saying notes that many men wear old clothes because they cannot or will not afford new ones. The observed pattern suggests frugality or financial constraint shapes wardrobe choices despite availability of newer options.
Broadway Nights at the Fox Stars Lois Wilson
Amusements note the Fox screens Broadway Nights a fast moving city themed film. Lois Wilson leads a cast of Broadway celebrities in a jazzy chorus girl role backed by Philip Strange Louis John Bartels and Sam Hardy in supporting parts. The plot traces an amateur turning vaudeville player to Broadway revue star amid Manhattan atmosphere with backstage glimpses and a mother love theme.
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Robert Kane
the Fox
Lois Wilson
Manhattan
Philip Strange
Louis John Bartels
Sam Hardy
John Fleming Rites Noted In Seventy Six Neighborhood
Friends and neighbors were shocked by the death of John Fleming a long time resident of the Seventy Six area. Death is reported as heart failure Henry Henderson of Keota offers condolences and aid to the family.
Newest Definition of a Dumbbell in whispered jest
A night owl man confesses a tremor on his lips to Margaret who teases him about shaving it off. The dialogue hints at a comic domestic scene with wordplay on a washwoman and a curious vanity.
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President Coolidge
Margaret
Local residents share visits and events across Keota and Washington
Keota and Washington area residents report social calls visits and farm activity including Mrs Clarence Redlinger Mrs Loid Stoutner and Martha from Keota visiting Monday Art Romines painting Albert Dayton helping Henry Flander John Powell hog sale 18 head at 9.50 each and other neighborhood movements and weather related loss at Henry Henderson hog house along with seventh and eighth grade exams at Washington and various weekend travels and visits.
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Clarence Redlinger
Loid Stoutner
Martha
Art Romines
Albert Dayton
Henry Flander
John Powell
John Fleming
Albert Pimme
West Chester
Frank Wilson
Wellman
Glenn Yearns
Henry Henderson
William Shaeffer
Ruth Endicott
Arthur Romine
Washington
Carl Mayers
Mary Martha
Early corn planting in Seventy Six area noted
In Seventy Six the first corn planting acknowledged. Mr. Durst reports twenty acres and Mr. Ollinger nearly fifty acres. Sunday rain hindered farmers as they resume spring work.
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Mr. Durst
Mr. Ollinger
Fastnesses of the Soul and Love's Deep Jewels
A fragment reflecting on inner fastnesses hidden in the soul where love dares to descend. It returns with undreamed jewels whose true luster appears only as they move from one open hand to another.
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Mnaeterlinek
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