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Survival of the Good Verse Quoted from Job
A brief religious note presents a verse from Job urging perseverance. The text emphasizes righteousness, clean hands, and strength growing through trials.
Walton bill Tightens Punishment for Poll Tax Bulk Payments
General Assembly has referred the Walton bill to the House Committee on Privileges and Elections. It tightens penalties for wholesale poll tax payments, proposing fines and jail terms for violators, citing Governor Price’s warning about bulk payments as a threat to good government.
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Walton
House Committee On
Governor Price
Michigan Now Ranked Eighth Largest East of Mississippi
Former governor Charles B. Osborn led a long effort to adjust Michigan’s area by counting water and lake bottoms under state jurisdiction. The revised totals add 39,960 square miles of Great Lakes waters, bringing Michigan to 97,940 square miles. Federal agencies accept the change for the 1940 census.
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Michigan
Mississippi River
Chas
Osborn
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Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Federal Census Bureau
United States Land Office
Geological Survey
Washington
Excess Baggage and the Backseat Driver Advocate
Noted figure Saylor G Soper backs intelligent backseat driving as a safety aid, arguing the passenger role helps monitor signals and guard against erratic drivers. Critics warn the idea ignores dangers and may distract the driver, urging limits on passenger interference.
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Saylor G. Soper
Ilinois @Ftoud Building Association
Soper
Editorial: Scrutiny of State Salary Increases Under Governor Price
The Richmond Times Dispatch argues Governor Price has not fully answered charges of wholesale salary raises since the 1938 budget. It cites figures from the State Comptroller, State Auditor, and budget director, noting increases total around two million dollars with salaries rising for department heads and officials. The editorial urges the General Assembly to persist and uncover the full details behind these pay raises.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Price
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Assembly
E. Blackburn Moore
Clarke County
Hodges
Commonwealth
Moore
L. McCarthy Downs
Downs
Rowland Egger
Egger
Price Administration
February 28 1900 news highlights for leap day omission
Editor notes that the column draws February 28 content for this year, as February 29 occurs only in leap years. The text explains the exception for 40 years ago when February 29 existed in 1900.
Health campaign picks new 4-H president and couple marries
State Health Department names Lilly Hook as Armel 4-H Club president with Gladys Hawkins as vice president. Announcement notes Ada Woore of Clearbrook wed Clarence J. Robinson yesterday. A campaign to eradicate diphtheria from county schools is planned by the department.
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State Health Department
Lilly Hook
Armel 4-H Club
Gladys Hawkins
Ada Woore
Clearbrook
Clarence J. Robinson
Editor Elon O. Henkel Dies After Long Illness
Five years after a long illness, 79 year old Elon O. Henkel veteran editor of the Shenandoah Valley at New Market dies. The obituary notes his service to regional journalism and his role in local press history.
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Elon O. Henkel
Shenandoah Valley
New Market
Shenandoah County seeks re survey over manganese deposits boundary
Shenandoah county requests a re survey of the Frederick county boundary because of rich manganese deposits nearby. Samuel A. Kerns, 63, dies of a heart attack while battling a fire along his Isaac Creek area fence line. Policeman John M. Massie is knocked down and injured by a passing auto near a sidewalk curb.
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Shenandoah County
Frederick County
Samuel A. Kerns
Isaac Creek
John M. Massie
Granddaughter of President Taylor dies at home on Braddock Street
Twenty five years ago report notes the death of Miss Sarah Knox Wood granddaughter of Zachary Taylor and daughter of General Robert Crook Wood at her North Braddock Street residence. Council leases city hall auditorium to Herman Hable for 100 dollars monthly. French and British ambassadors visit President Wilson to discuss Allies blockading Germany in response to submarine warfare.
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Sarah Knox Wood
Zachary Taylor
Robert Crook Wood
United States Army
North Braddock Street
Council
Herman Hable
Wilson
Germany
County citizen calls for horse. hearse sent by livery
A Winchester area report notes a well known county resident requesting a horse and a livery stable dispatching a hearse. Miss Bertha Zeiler and Clarke H Purcell wed, surprising many friends. The Star editorial urges right of way for volunteer firemen en route to blazes and praises them for keeping fire losses down in Winchester.
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Winchester
Bertha Zeiler
Clarke H. Purcell
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Daily Quiz Inquiries From Page 2 Answers
A historical quiz asks seven questions covering Bible locations Battle of Chancellorsville wartime context the Constitution amendments Confucius Eddie Arcaro sports and Supreme Court appointees. It also queries Nobel Prize coin rules Christ of the Andes location and retractable landing gear among submarines airplanes or dirigibles.
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Chancellorsville
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Eddie Arcaro
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Stanley Reed
Hugo Black
Felix Frankfurter
William Douglas
Frank Murphy
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Argentina
Knee Adjective Formation Explained in Common Error
A note on standard usage shows that forming adjectives from knees uses an apostrophe as in knock knee d or broken knee s e and cautions against other apostrophe placements in today’s writing.
Proving Our Children Have Superior Diets
Dr Logan Clendening argues modern children enjoy superior diets across social groups due to improved scientific knowledge of nutrition, advances in agricultural production, and better food variety and distribution. He notes transportation methods aid access to varied foods nationwide.
Diet and stature study links parental and child growth
A study from the Metabolic and Nutrition Clinic at NYU College of Medicine compares 261 parents with 240 young male adults. It finds children average height 5 ft 9.7 in and weight 159 lb, with diets differing in milk fruit and meat intake compared with their parents.
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New York University College of Medicine
Russia
Austria
Poland
Italy
Roumania
United States
Lenten Diet Plan For Friday Calorie Restriction
A historical note outlines a Friday observing a 1000 calorie diet for Lent. Breakfast includes grapefruit two wheat cakes with butter and syrup and coffee. Lunch features salad lettuce asparagus orange bread and butter with coffee or tea. Dinner lists bouillon fish stewed tomatoes toast orange ice and coffee with cream and sugar.
Health of families shows children healthier than parents
The passage notes that children aged a certain period received 450 grams of food daily while parents had 200 grams of milk and more bread. Vitamin B intake was adequate for parents via bread types, and children via other forms. Among children 42 percent were in excellent health, 47 percent good, nine percent fair, and two percent poor, with parents' health marked as below the children's group on rough estimates.
Causes and outcome of cartilage loss in feet
The answer states middle aged arthritis causes cartilage loss and it does not regrow. Cartilage does not bind bones together. An editor notes Dr Clendening offers seven pamphlets for 10 cents each including Diet Indigestion Infant Feeding and more.
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Clendening
Boston Police Strike Date Clarified
The question states the Boston Police Strike occurred on September 1919. The source confirms the event in that month and year, though the exact day is not specified. The strike began in early September 1919 and affected city policing.
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Boston
Christmas Eve Romance at Hayworths Unfolds in Paradise
Bax Romany and others join a festive gathering at the Hayworth home as Cholly and Dover face family scrutiny and a mounting betrothal. Carrie Hayworth reveals acceptance after a private talk with Cholly, signaling a hopeful union despite social tensions, then a Christmas dinner augurs happiness before news from the radio unsettles the couple.
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Santa Claus
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Carrie Hayworth
Trotter
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Carrie
Spene
Dove
Charlotte O'Neil
Voices on Prosperity and Peril of the New Deal
Walter I. Priest of Bluemont Virginia argues the New Deal has not delivered on jobs or wealth for Americans. He cites wage growth since 1881 and 1932, warns against public debt and restrictive regulation, and urges vigilance to protect free enterprise and thrift. He cites Roosevelt Dewey Wheeler and Farley in a call for clear thinking.
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United States
Farley
Roosevelt
Dewey
Wheeler
Answers to Questions by Frederic J. Haskin
Questions and answers cover Golden Rule Jones the Toledo reformer born 1846 who died 1904. Eddy Duchin hands insured for 100000. Burroughs Newsboys Foundation Boston camp. eight stamp issues printed last year. and the largest bill in general circulation is the $10000 note for federal reserve bank transactions.
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Frederic J. Haskin
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Washington, D. C
Golden Rule Jones
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Samuel Milton Jones
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