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Tests for Life's Work in Schools Aims to Classify People
The Neymann-Kohlstedt system proposes fifty questions to sort individuals into introvert or extrovert types. Originated at Northwestern University, it claims to identify personality inclinations without ethical judgments, suggesting introverts prefer solitude and extroverts seek social interaction, with notable figures cited as examples.
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K. D. Kohlstedt
Northwestern University
Evanston
Theodore Roosevelt
al Smith
William Howard Taft
Mussolini
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Charles A. Lindbergh
A Sensible Governor On Drunken Driving Clemency
Indiana Governor Harry C. Leslie refused clemency for a drunken driver and stated that operating a car under liquor is as dangerous as a crazed gunman. He backed up a 100 dollar fine and 90 day prison sentence in New Castle, urging courts to impose severe penalties to protect highway safety.
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Harry C. Lestie
Indiana
Leslie
New Castle
Slow but Sure Transit Across Years
A 1910 postcard mailed in Pittsburgh was delivered in Baltimore 19 years later. The message, from Blanche Tyler to her sister Belle, reflects on long delays and changes, noting the unseen effort of Uncle Sam to deliver mail for a single cent. The parcel confirms a postal contract enduring through decades and wars.
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Blanche Tyler
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School Spirit and its many effects in high school cheer
School spirit, a powerful force among students, drives major support for athletic teams, boosts cheering and colors, and sometimes influences grades during citywide meets. It features uniforms, streamers, and organized cheering, shaping school life across ages and settings.
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Rutgers
Massed loyalties and college football as a national spectacle
The piece contrasts high school and college spirit, noting greater spontaneous energy in high school and larger audience impact in college stadiums. It recalls homecoming and commencement loyalties, plus a robin’s plea for 30 days delay before northbound travel. It ends with the English sparrow praising feed and warning northern Iowa birds to wait until March.
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Southland
Mexico
Cuba
Iowa
Nervous wrecks get candid health advice from Brady
Personal Health Service by William Brady M D addresses nervous disorders with pointed, satirical tone. He mockingly criticizes “nervous” excuses, warns against miracle cures, and invites readers to send brief health questions. Letters to be answered by Brady with stamped self addressed envelopes.
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William Brads
Settling Conflicts in Glenn Wrank
This essay discusses how nations settle conflicts after elections or cabinet formation. It argues real settlement arises from one side defeating the other, or from compromise and finding common ground, a process shaped by political evolution rather than debate alone.
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Fragmented Clipped Notes on Culture and Society
A mosaic of quotations and snippets from early 20th century culture, satire, and social commentary. It references Wodehouse humor, balcony seating faux pas, Carl Sandburg, electricity altering strawberries, a gun deflection tale, and assorted aphorisms, alluding to literary blasts and daily life musings.
Brain Tests i MNY Evening Post puzzle item
The page describes an intelligence test from the Evening Post urging readers to classify each row or column of figures as odd or even by quickly adding totals. Letters above columns label figures, letters at row starts mark rows, and readers cross out letters followed by odd sums within a two minute limit.
Lent and My Home Week Topic and Prayer
The weekly topic centers on Lent and home life, with a memory verse from Ephesians 6:1. The meditation urges parental wisdom and affection guiding childhood, warns that abandoning discipline harms children, and highlights future misfortunes from spoiled conduct. The prayer asks God to bless children with dutiful hearts, consideration for others, and to ease parental burdens while bringing peace to parents.
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Diary notes and society scenes from a New York day
A diary style column recounts a day in New York with encounters at a St Regis dinner and a Riverside Drive stroll, plus gossip on cinema and theatre, brief asides on a Broadway gambler legend, and a Duchess County Milbrook hunt scene with colorfully described etiquette and expense. The piece weaves social keys, fashion, and hunting lore in a vivid, period voice.
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Mrs. Alvarado
Claire Windsor
Aubrey Eads
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Ed Nolan
Los Angeles
Bart Carroll
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Washington Daybook: Diplomatic attire grows simpler
Washington Daybook notes fading pageantry among ambassadors after World War I. Many envoys discard aristocratic uniforms for modern attire, though some Balkan, Finnish, Scandinavian, Chinese, Japanese, and British diplomats still display traditional court dress at state events.
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Witch-killer Blymyer spared electric chair in Pennsylvan ia
Boston Transcript notes Blymyer, a Pennsylvanian farmer jailed for murder tied to witchcraft belief, accepts life sentence at York. The piece argues the case exposes deep human weakness and suggests mercy in punishing a man driven by delusion while acknowledging strong public fear of witches.
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Boston Transcript
John Blymyer
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Blymyer
Pennsylvania
York County
My Thirty Years at Sea A Worcester Boy's Dream
A condensed memoir of Captain George Fried tracing his youth in Worcester Massachusetts, early attempts to enlist, and the relentless pursuit of a life at sea. He recalls Sailor Jack, home pressures, and discarded plans as he joins the sea’s call, detailing meager beginnings, makeshift craft, and a restless quest for adventure from youth to navy enlistment attempts.
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Retrogade influence spurs pleas for education reform
A historian warns against retrograde communities as Blymyer endures years in prison seeking release from his alleged hex. The piece urges public and private efforts to relieve these nighted areas by spreading education and enlightenment to curb their stagnation.
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