Daily Courier Herald editorial on a chain-store magnate scandal
The article discusses a prominent chain-store owner linked to a $500,000 Anti Saloon League bequest amid a divorce scandal. It questions moral contrasts, notes the League’s stance and profits motive, and reflects on Prohibition era economics and public policy. The piece cites Michigan authorities and the League’s counterpoints while inspecting societal shifts after the saloon era.
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Anti-Saloon League
Michigan Law Enforcement League
Nwo
League
Miguel
No One to Blame in Crime and Punishment Debate
Comment discusses Edward Hickman case and argues for personal responsibility in punishment. Questions whether heredity or environment should excuse crime, warning that removing accountability would undermine the entire framework of criminal law across societies and threaten public safety.
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Edward Hickman
the Fox
HH. R. Bey
Effective Temperatures And The Illusion Of Comfort
A Waterloo column notes the idea of an effective thermometer to measure human comfort rather than mere air temperature. It explains a new scale by the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers using temperature, humidity, and air movement to define the feels-like outcome. It also touches on work, optimism, and social views, ending with a memory of cheap meals and dining trivia.
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Waterloo
American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers
Personal Health Service Gingivitis and dental care humor
A columnist recalls a dentist visit revealing incipient gingivitis and the push to brush daily. He muses on gingivitis and autointoxication, notes his initial denial, and shares quirks about gums, hygiene, and patient guidance in a period tone.
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Tony
Mark Twain on Politics and the 1928 Campaign
A fragment of GLENN FRANK commentary quotes Mark Twain on voter limits and specialization. It argues most people form political views secondhand, urging focus on trustworthy leaders rather than broad issue debates. The piece juxtaposes another note about beauty standards affecting professional roles and nursing.
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Mark Twain
Glenn Frank
University(of Wisconsin
Century Magazine
McClure Newspaper
Mark
Aned
Cauragvougy
Gate crashers and glossy ideals in New York theatre culture
New York February 11 The most conspicuous gate crashers are One Eye Connelly and Tammy Young who seek free passes to theatres prize fights and wrestling bouts. They are part of a vast crowd posing as doctors bellhops critics and even police or firemen to slip past door keepers.
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Member
Audit Bureau of Circulatrous
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Prancisco
Story
Strooks & Finney, Representatives
Connelly
Tammany Young
Connolly
Young
Uncle Wiggily and the Fox Trap
Uncle Wiggily and the Fox discuss stopping snow and catching the rabble. The Fox and Bob Cat debate traps under a rock while snow blows across the fields, with the Wolf having also tried without success.
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Fox
Bob
Uncle Wigerly
Bob Cat
Fox Trap Guided by Bob Cat Lesson
A quirky exchange describes crafting a fox trap from wild grape vine. The Bob Cat explains using a leafless grape vine loop buried under leaves, affixing one end to a tree, then waiting for the fox to trigger the noose. The dialogue features a short triled bad chap and a rabbit-catching plan.
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Jassa
Big Tailed
Bob Cat
Uncle Wiggily trapped by grape vine loop plan
A comical chase unfolds as Fox and Bob Cat set a leaf covered grape vine trap for Uncle Wiggily. Peetin gets ensnared instead, Jackie and Uncle Wiggily free him, and the trap is gnawed apart by the dog team. The would be hunters return with no meal, snowballs in hand.
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Uncle Wiggily
Fox
Uncle Wigerly
Jackie
Peetie Bow Wow
Peetie
Peetin
Poetie
Jackie Tong
Wiggily
Bob Cat
Uncle Wiggly
Sweet Tree
Claire Ambler and the Tarkington boom amid flapper lore
A newspaper critique traces Booth Tarkington's Claire Ambler through three phases of her life. It notes the vivacious heroine's allure, her flirtations at a Maine resort, a Sicily setting with a dying lover, and finally her marriage in New York as she confronts aging and sensibility.
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Booth Tarkington
Claire Ambler
Jellybean
Claire
Tarkington
Miss Ambler
Maine
Tey
Nelson Smock
Swain
Mfe
Raona
Charles Orbison
Invard
New York
Walter Parkinson
Clakre
Walter
Sicily
Fifth Avenue
Lindbergh Tops Readers Vote As Greatest Living Hero
In Uncle Ray's Corner readers name Charles Lindbergh as the greatest living hero with 39 921 votes. Edison strong second with 23 576, Ford third, Coolidge fourth, Tunney fifth, and Dempsey sixth. Kids sent letters praising Lindbergh and Edison, noting their own inspirations and voting patterns.
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Lindbergh
Edison
Ford Turd
Tom MIX
Charles Lindbergh
United States
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Coolidge
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Thomas 'Edison
Elmot Hack
Eales Ford
Elinor
Vo Lindbergh
Neeeee Bogil
S. Edison Oes Peeeee
Ford Phereres
Tunney
Dempsey
Ainele Ray Ce Eiser
Prince of Wales
Babe Ruth
Hoot Gibson
Marconi
Fairbanks
King George
Red Grange
Gibson
Maynard
Richard Dix
Pred Thomson
Lonefellow
Stevenson
Alcott
Scott
Uncle Ray
Zane Grey
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Booth Tarkington
Ernest Seton Thompson
Star of Bethlehem belief questioned in local note
In Reinbeck Iowa a reader responds to the Burroughs Nature Club note arguing that the biblical nativity story is a factual historical event. The letter ties Caesar's taxation to Joseph and Mary traveling to Bethlehem and asserts the birth of Christ as a divinely timed event.
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Star of Bethlehem
Reinbeck
Burroughs Nature Club
Joseph
Mary
Bethlehem
Nazareth
Cheiat
Christ
Angela
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Ask Answers Tomorrow
A reader column from Burroughs Nature Club notes offers questions on wildlife, pests, and traits with forthcoming answers. It cites bird migration distances, methods to combat insects, deafness in white cats, and a humorous set of clipped newspaper quotes.
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Nature Notes
Canara
Gulf of Mexico
Antionn
Nova Scotia
South America
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