Crime Wave Tied to Imported European Elements
An New York study by a doctor-led committee concludes U S crime is largely imported from Europe. It cites Chicago murder cases and bootlegging feuds among foreign-born individuals, asserting native Americans and Mayflower descendants are rarely involved and urging tighter immigration scrutiny.
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Europe
United States
Mayo
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Chicago
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Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason at the sea shore
A poetic urban vignette about neighborly rivalry and envy as the speaker compares himself with a wealthy neighbor. The verse mocks vanity and material pursuit, noting debts, a luxury car and boat, and the sheriff’s pursuit while claiming a shared plight among the poor.
San Francisco Celebrates California Diamond Jubilee in 1925
Mart White receives a San Francisco Call issue honoring California's diamond jubilee. Ringling brothers story notes San Francisco's grand celebration with an expansive illumination program and relics of the 49er era as the city and state mark 75 years since the gold rush era.
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Mart White
San Francisco
California
Mart
Ringling Circus
Matt
Codification Session Sought by Interparliamentary Union
Lawmakers may ask President Coolidge to convene a conference to codify international law following the twenty third Interparliamentary Union meeting in Washington. The American group hub lists Sen McKinley and Rep Montague as leaders with executive secretary Call handling operations.
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Congress
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Virginia
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McSwain
South Carolina
Arthur Deerin Call
Sioux City Hotels Report Anderson Sightings
Sioux City hotel staff say George Dutch Anderson the noted bandit and Chapman ally stayed at a leading hotel for two to three days last week. Clerks and bellhops identified the pictured fugitive from posters received Friday and believe he checked in Monday and left Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Sioux City
George “Dutch” Anderson
Gerald Chapman
Anderson
Oonce
Morning Frivolities and Miscellany From a Distant Page
A fragmented excerpt mixes jokes and quips about weather mishaps and misheard lines. It references a hail storm reaction, a bell incident with a water-filled crash, and a string of humorous exchanges among characters about cats, mouses, and a divine sheik.
Notable Motherhood Influence Cited By Writer
A writer calls a mother’s influence on her daughter powerful, arguing it surpasses the sway of an 18 year old sheik. The remark highlights the enduring impact of maternal guidance on youth.
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Sheik
The Modern Trend and Old Sayings in Verse
A fragment from a Montgomery Alabama Advertiser column mocks changing customs and slang. It cites Spencerian's Department with William Allen White noting prohibition era dangers and stresses obeying the law. The piece ends with a note about a man visiting a cathedral.
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William Allen White
Emporia Gazette
End of Season Soup Eater Rivalry Quip
A humorous exchange centers on a West friend praised as the greatest soup eater. He compares past eaters and jokes about how the friend saved soup by gulping it rather than slurping. The playful taunt highlights friendly rivalry and a shared sense of humor.
Think Victory and Winning Mindset Moment
The passage urges a positive mindset to attract success and peace while warning that fear and doubt invite gloom. It contrasts hopeful thoughts with negative ones and ends with a rallying line about thinking to win and becoming a winning mentality.
Funny Anecdotes and Witty Exchanges
A collection of light jokes and quips about a crossing mishap a train joke dating misheard dialogue a hair restoration gag and a pair of boastful retorts about running away. The humor relies on wordplay and social quirks.
Professor Lord Dies
Professor Henry C. Lord 59 longtime director of the Emerson McMillen Observatory at Ohio State University has died in Columbus on September 17 after 21 years leading the observatory.
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Ohio
Henry C. Lord
Emerson McMillen Observatory
Ohio State University
Herbert Parsons Dies Former New York Congressman
Herbert Parsons of New York and Lennox a former congressman and prominent New York Republican leader died at House of Mercy Hospital Pittsfield Massachusetts on September 17.
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Herbert Parsons
New York
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House of Mercy Hospital
Cheese and Pie Custom Traced to Digestive Belief
A historical custom links eating cheese with pie to a belief that cheese aids digestion. The practice reflects older dietary ideas and regional eating habits.
Woman Scientist Studies New Race in Western Siberia
Madame A. P. Mitusova of the Russian Academy of Sciences spent a year with a newly discovered people in Arctic Western Siberia. The Neshen, about 600, call themselves forest people and live near the Samoyede, with darker hair, a distinct language, and no R sound. Bi Gorodkov notes no civilized contact before 1993 and cites a 1923 expedition report locating them on the River Pura.
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A. P. Mitusova
Russian Academy of Science
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Samoyede
Bi. N. Gorodkov
Russian Academy of Sciences
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