Hughes plan eyed for German reparations commission
The Hughes proposal for an international commission to study Germany’s ability to pay reparations gains appeal in England France Belgium and Italy. Britain backs the idea and funds its debt while France seeks to avoid international secession and a blunt rebuff of the United States. The commission would be auxiliary to the reparations board, with member selection by governments. its impartial findings could help fix a reasonable payment, though France and one other ally may or may not be bound by the decision.
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Germany
England
Belgium
Italy
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Maryland truck farm camps reveal harsh housing for child laborers
A Children’s Bureau study of four Maryland counties describes seasonal workers on truck farms living in one room shanties with straw bedding, lack of sanitation, and overcrowded pens. Many children lose four to six weeks of school yearly while working in Anne Arundel Worcester and nearby counties.
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Near East
Maryland
Children's Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Anne Arundel
Wicomica
Somerset
Worcester
Iowageams by Frank Grane
An opinion piece argues that New England has changed due to immigration with the old Mayflower stock eroded in Massachusetts and neighboring states. The essay contrasts demographics across Massachusetts Iowa and other areas, noting shifts in heritage and identity.
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Frank Grane
New New England
New England
Massachusetts
Nantucket
Boston
Worcester
Lowell
Luwa
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Missionary Work Urged Within Five Miles of Baltimore
The report notes a call for missionary efforts and relief funds within a five mile radius of Baltimore, highlighting a perceived local need for outreach and aid initiatives.
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Baltimore
America
In the Spotlight: Steinmetz and Kellogg in Early 20th Century Reflections
The article presents Steinmetz valuing work over money and a simple life with resources like a house, lab, and an insurance policy funded by General Electric. It also discusses Coolidge selecting Frank Kellogg as ambassador to London amid midwestern political tensions and critiques Beloit College students forming Gamma Lambda, a beauty-focused sorority, while hinting at local Omaha political pushback with a slogan about a “wallowe'en Voltce.”
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Steinmetz
General Electric
Rome
Pigs and Gold Mines in Iowa Farm Math Fuss
A Newton area farmer faces a playful arithmetic problem from the Times-Republican about a pig breeding line stretching over 20 years. The tale uses a Mrs Hog and her offspring to pose how many pigs could be produced and their value at market, then how many 160 acre farms could be bought with that money.
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Marshalltown
Better Girth Control and Health Advice
Dr William Brady discusses obesity as a controllable condition. He argues weight should be managed by diet and daily exercise, notes age related risks, and cautions against drastic reductions for under 19. He advises physician guidance for obesity with medical complications.
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Pigs and Gold Lots Spark Iowa Farm Talk
Rural chatter compares pig rooting on Iowa farms to uncovering gold, wonders how much treasure the towa pigs yield annually, and touches on political views about President Coolidge and dry statutes amid 1920s party debates.
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Knoxville Express
FRIEND WIFE BY ROB FULKERSON
An excerpt describes a shift in social order as Americans gain access to aristocrats and luxury service, with jokes about princes, counts, and nobles being hired for modest wages. The tone satirically contrasts old pretensions with new egalitarian convenience and comic mishaps.
Royal fantasies and domestic musings spill in column
A narrator imagines encounters with a duchess and a prince, joking about household chores and a snow cleanup king. The voice teases a grandiose role for royalty in everyday life, then shifts to a jab at a partner who obsesses over a single idea.
Three Cousins and a Boy Picnic Mischief Ends
A country summer tale where Susan hosts cousins Mary Frances and their brother John. John teases dolls and hides in a big oak with a worm box to spook the girls during a woodland picnic, planning mischief until an unexpected change occurs.
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Rover
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Abe Martin Echoes of Schooldays and Stranger Laws
In a fragmentary scene Abe Martin muses on college life and a boy named Ike Lark. A boy called John sits in a tree as a paw questions a law about wages for rent and the impact of dropping math for trombone.
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Owl Fright Traps John in Tree Tale
John dives from a tree to a fright when a feathered creature with a large beak looms over a worm on a string. Susan and Frances and Mary mock his scream while the owl sits still watching. John promises not to scare the girls again for the summer.
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Iin
Hite
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Permutation and Combinations from Waterloo to Chimes
A reader asks how many changes may be rung on 12 bells and the time for 19 changes to fit one minute and a year of 365 days. The answer given is 479 001 600 changes in 61 years 26 days 22 hours 41 minutes.
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Waterloo
Ghorch Smitis
Bram Tests By Sam Loud
A cryptic brain teaser leads to the answer zebra by performing a series of operations on letters. A youth aged 19 calculates a yearly bee value of 228 dollars and on his twenty first Manday he would have earned 4788 dollars.
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Bram
Sam
Heritage of Sabra and Ralph in a Western City
Ralph Kenton, a young architect, marries Sabra Moore a wealthy elder widow. Sabra guides his career, arranges a business conference with Arthur Belknap, and promotes Kenton’s dream of Kentmora Park near Los Angeles. Their marriage stabilizes, while Sabra monitors his youthful dalliances and leverages influence to secure his success.
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Los Angeles
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Pasadena
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de Hultantes
Drues Excite the Kidneys Drink Water Ad
Advertisement urges Americans to prevent kidney trouble by drinking soft water and taking four ounces of Rad Salts before breakfast. It claims the salts from grape and lemon acid with lithia flushes kidneys, neutralizes system acids, and relieves bladder issues.
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Answers and Questions
Readers are invited to send Natura subject questions to the Nature Notes Dept. The column presents answers to readers’ inquiries about specimens, birds, snakes, and perfumery from flowers.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifelin OO
Nature Notes Dept
Pinex Cough Syrup Remedy From Pine Extract
A home made cough syrup blends Pinex 24% with sugar syrup to make a pint of cough medicine. It claims rapid relief from coughing throat irritation and bronchial symptoms and suits bronchitis croup and hoarseness. Pinex is described as a concentrated Norway pine extract used for generations.
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Ft. Wayne
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