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Death on Wings and the Fear of Birds as Disease Carriers
A critic argues that birds may spread diseases like infantile paralysis, citing Dr. L H McCluskey of Moundsville West Virginia who reports paralyzed blackbirds in chicken pens and sickness in chickens during a West Virginia epidemic. Further research is urged to confirm birds as infection vectors.
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Pitched Ethics in Sports News Fraud Case Cited
A 12 year old son of a pitcher describes pivotal baseball battles to coach and secretary for shaping personal battle epoch stories. Jack Dempsey testifies in a lawsuit that he never wrote signed celebrity stories and often does not see them before publication. The piece condemns peddling signed stories by hacks as false pretenses and calls for intolerance of such misstatements.
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Water bootlegger ethics and legalities explored
A writer questions the ethics of selling water as a substitute for alcohol during Prohibition and wonders if a bootlegger owes lawful duties. The piece notes the federal treasury's finding that bootlegger profits are taxable income and asks if such a bootlegger could sue another for breach of contract or fraud without violating the Volstead Act.
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New Cocoa Byproduct Fertilizer Impresses Farm Journal
The United States Bureau of Soils touts a cocoa byproduct fertilizer with 4 percent nitrogen and a cocoa aroma. Labored claims say it smells like a fresh can of cocoa, easing field work and enticing farm youth to stay on the land.
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International gathering backs individuality in vida of Vierma
An international gathering at Vierma endorses personal individuality for women. The remark about the Samson bob is not linked to the event and is omitted. The text notes a man’s hair being shaved and references work as a consequence.
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Move We Now Have Recess Health Feature
A health column critiques school life and teacher discipline, urging the restoration of regular recess. It argues extended school days harm children, cites kidney trouble and chorea linked to confinement, and urges parents to challenge punishments for natural needs. The piece links health deterioration to no recess and calls for parental and administrative action.
Milk and hygiene tips for beauty and health
A reader notes advice from a stenographer column endorsing milk consumption for health and looks while condemning milky facial applications. The piece also covers allergy hive relief from chocolate and a brief explainer on artificial pneumothorax for tuberculosis, with instructions for physician replies via stamped envelopes.
Police Court Minds by Glenn Frank
President of the University of Wisconsin argues that public thinking mostly serves victory, not truth. He cites police court tactics, Santayana on philosophers, and how campaigns and university reforms reveal a shift from truth seeking to defending vested interests. The piece urges outgrowing the police court mindset to grow.
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The Gift of Youth and the Wisdom of Aging
The Philadelphia Public Ledger speaks of aging as a certainty rather than a hazard and urges preparation through reading, thought, imagination, and active affections. It argues that memory, faith in the future, convictions, and hope must be built in youth to grant old age grace and dignity.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Bleachers and bars: New York social commentary unfolds
New York society features a dozen or so “bleachers” who shield scandalous dating life, remain gossip immune, and mingle with high society. The piece traces their manners and tastes, from Palm Beach lunches to opera patrons, with notes on culture, wealth, and social rituals.
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Uncle Wiggily Tricks Wife With Tin Alligator
Uncle Wiggily, a rabbit gentleman, buys a toy tin alligator to surprise his wife and Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuazy. He plans a clever trick, winding the spring and imagining the toy will chase and startle them, just as it did him.
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Uncle Wiggily and the wind up toy alligator caper
The North Pole workshop toys thrill Uncle Wiggily and a dog, while mousie clerks stock a store. A wind up tin alligator escapes a live alligator, sparking a chase and a comic near-miss that ends with a safe prank.
Abe Martin on Pleasant Folk and Grumbling Folks
Abe Martin muses on a breed of grouches who long to be affable yet resist favors and constant listening to others. A nostalgic Gran-man Lark recalls bathing in wash tubs as a young lady and notes such habits were not repeated soon.
Tabor Wynne and Broadway Intrigue Unfold in Autumn
Tabor Wynne faces marriage strain as his wife June clashes with his Puritanic nature. Rascally Lance Fairless seeks help with a staged entanglement while Jennifer Challis, a poised stage woman, spurs tensions. Wynne’s health and secrets draw Monas schemes as Arlington maneuvers to secure talent including Jenny Desmond for next season.
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Cracks from Iowa Paragraphers
A collection of quips from Iowa newspapers including Boone News-Republican Cedar Rapids Gazette Council Bluffs Nonpareil and Ottumwa Courier reflecting on idle talk nature and what defines an average American.
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Misnomer Or Turkish Towels In Ohio Journal
Odd remark questions how Turkish towels came to be manned and notes skepticism about a Turk using one, reflecting a humorous or curious aside in the Ohio State Journal.
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Burroughs Nature Club Notes Collected Inquiries
Nature Notes column invites readers to submit questions on general nature topics to the Nature Notes Department. Answers appear in the column, under copyright by Houghton Miffin CQ in 1927, encouraging reader engagement with nature subjects.
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Nature Notes Answers on Snakes Narwhals and Canaries
Tomorrow's nature notes answer questions about why snakes cast skin and whether that is explained as shedding. They clarify that the narwhal is a real animal and discuss its classification. They also address whether tame canaries choose mates and outline the breeding season.
Journey to Mars through a child’s skeptical lens
Uncle Ray considers if travel to Mars is possible, noting astronomical distances and thinning air up high. He weighs airplanes, rockets, and human survival, doubts safe manned voyages, and suggests radio instruments as a future unmanned link to Mars with potential contact.
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