Variety of Jokes and Quips From Readers
A column of light humor and anecdotes including diners squabbling over hot soup, a divorce case testimony about a closet guest, a January tip about fighting summer colds, a Long Island car crash report, camp water supply chatter, a father and son exchange over scriptural injunctions, and quick one liners about canaries diet and a noisy headache remedy.
Overview of the Bill of Rights and its core protections
The article reviews the first ten amendments adopted in 1791, highlighting freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. protections against unreasonable searches. due process and double jeopardy limits. rights to a speedy trial and counsel. prohibitions on cruel punishment. and the reserved powers doctrine of the Ninth and Tenth Amendments guiding government authority.
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United States
Survey Finds 1 in 20 Employed Hold Second Jobs
Census Bureau data from July shows about 3.5 million workers hold more than one job, similar to the year earlier. Married men more often work two jobs, with most holders maintaining full-time regular hours plus evening or weekend part time work.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Bureau
Good Old Days in Longfellow Era Economics
Portland Maine recalls Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's birth and early schooling costs. Doctor fees in 1807 were $5, Bowdoin College tuition $8, weekly Bowdoin board $27 for 1342 weeks, and chamber fees $3.30 per term.
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Portland
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Longfellow
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin
Modesty Delays Rescue At Fire In Culver City
A Culver City man Charles O'Neill aged 50 nearly perished in a residence blaze when he stripped to avoid being seen nude in the street. Policeman Jack Whitehouse wrestled him free after a brief struggle to safety, as O'Neill refused aid insisting he could not go outside in that state.
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Culver City
Calif
Charles O'Neill
O'Neill
Jack Whitehouse
Whitehouse
Put It Back Superior Teens Ordered to Jail or Inflate Tires
Superior Wisconsin a judge ordered LeRoy Jacobson and Edwin Saunders both 19 to spend five days in jail or inflate four tires apiece by mouth after a patrolman overheard them boasting they had deflated a state highway patrolman's car tires.
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Superior
Wis
LeRoy Jacobson
Edwin Saunders
Moonshine Price Rises to Nine Dollars a Gallon
In Nashville Tennessee federal agents report the home made moonshine market sees prices jump from five to nine dollars per gallon reflecting inflation. The piece notes readers of the want ads eye the market.
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Nashville
Tenn
Texas Focuses on Water Conservation and Tidelands Defense
Gov Price Daniel named water conservation and tidelands defense as key achievements in his first year. He said Texas trails neighbors in conservation but can catch up and urged upcoming action against the federal government. The tidelands suit seeks three miles offshore. Wilson, Hart, Ludlum, Rogers, and Dougherty will support the defense effort.
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Austin
Price Daniel
Texans
Daniel
Texas
U. S
Supreme Court
James P. Hart
Attorney General's Department
Tidelands
Wilson
James N. Ludlum
James H. Rogers
Chrys Dougherty
Broiled liver served with varied meat accompaniments
A recipe note suggests broiled liver as the main dish and lists accompaniments such as Canadian bacon Bologna pork sausage and smoked shoulder butt to vary the meal.
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