Plans and lessons from history on laws and regimes
A column argues that laws and planned economies fail to tame greed, citing Plato, Bacon, and More. It contrasts ideal states with human selfishness, notes weather and crop shocks derailing plans, and critiques Russia under Soviet rule and the limits of attempted economic security.
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Plato
Solomon the Wise
Saint Paul
Bell System Long Distance Network and Universal Reach
The article explains how the 24 Bell System companies form separate long distance networks linked by AT&T trunk lines to create a nationwide system. It notes 9 of 10 long distance calls succeed on the first try, 92 percent of the world’s telephones are reachable, and four long distance rate reductions have occurred, all under a unified policy believed to benefit users.
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Bell System
Just Enough Prosperity Keeps People Good
Claude Callan muses that wealth breeds arrogance and despondency, arguing people need balance between prosperity and restraint. He observes rich heirs lose discipline when fortunes fade, then notes a shift toward dolomitic limestone as a fertilizer filler in agriculture.
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Bob
Fat Folks Lose Weight Feel Fine Ad Claim
Mrs. Jessie Martin of San Francisco reports losing 14 pounds in one month using Kruschen Salts and says she plans to continue. The ad claims readers can lose up to 100 pounds, reduce high blood pressure, and ease bloating and breath shortness. It promotes a half teaspoon in hot water every morning before breakfast and lists Kirkpatrick Pharmacy as a retailer.
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Jessie Martin
San Francisco
Kruschen
Kirkpatrick
Through A Woman Is Eyes By Jean Newton
A New York Supreme Court judge rules a wife’s request for separation over her husband’s affection for other women is not cruelty. He says marriage is not monastic and a man is not a social leper when bonds remain strong. He dismisses the wife’s hysterical claim of monopoly on his kisses and questions double standards.
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Supreme Court
Peter Sehiuck
New York
Chinese dishes and home economics lessons shared
The article highlights Chinese cuisine and cookery methods with notes on chop suey and sauces. It describes preparing a pork and mushroom dish with bamboo shoots and water chestnuts and outlines a fish and soy sauce stock. It also notes North Carolina colleges teaching stockings design and weaving in home economics.
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America
North Carolina
Witty Kitty by Nina Wilcox Putnam
A witty dialogue from Nina Wilcox Putnam features a couple discussing marriage and control. The bride asserts independence and ends with a rejection over a boastful suitor, highlighting comic irony and social expectations.
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Witty Kitty
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Beef Reserve Not In Danger Amid Drought Slaughter
The Nation’s great reserve beef herd is not expected to be seriously depleted by government slaughter in drought regions. Estimates indicate a cattle population drop of about 1,000,000 head, a small fraction of a stated surplus of 3,000,000 to 6,000,000 cattle on stressed pastures.
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Chicago
Drouth
Making Yeast Cakes At Home In Cass County
Mrs H S Adams a Cass County home demonstration club member shows how to make yeast cakes from one commercial cake. Seventeen to twenty cakes yield a strong dough and require longer rising times. The process uses soaked yeast water flour potatoes scalded meal salt sugar and drying in the shade to prevent molding.
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Linden
H. S. Adams
Home Demonstration Club
Cass County
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