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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...This indicates the real strength of that empire of civilization which tomorrow's Italy will become. As Napoleon once dominated Europe through France, so this modern Italian financially dominates America through the United States...
...against Representative Madden in the April primary and lost by less than 12,000 votes, promised to contest Mr. De Priest's nomination in court. Up-and-coming younger Negroes said that Oscar De Priest was the oldtime Uncle Tom type, not well suited to represent the modern negro in Congress. There was, moreover, a vice-graft shadow on the De Priest record as a member of the Thompson machine, in which he had functioned as Chicago's first Negro alderman and as a Cook County commissioner...
Militance & Independence. So early as 328 B. C. Alexander the Great marched victoriously over the chill Hindu Kush mountain passes of Afghanistan on his way to conquer in India; but it is a rule of modern history that no Occidental people can conquer and then hold the bleak land of the fanatically warlike Afghans. During the last century Great Britain repeatedly occupied the Afghan capital of Kabul and the town of Kahandar (see Map) but her troops were always withdrawn and invariably with heavy losses. True the Afghan casualties were likewise heavy, but Britons have not forgotten that during...
...smart set of Des Moines (pop. 148,900), biggest city in Iowa, often amuse themselves with a parlor game: a modern variation of famed tiddledywinks. An ashtray is placed on the floor. The players (any number from two to eight), equipped with dimes and quarters, squat. In turn, they use their quarters to try to flick their dimes into the ashtray in a graceful arc. It is a game requiring firm thumbs, keen eyes. It was invented by that skillful player, John Cowles, 29, who is to Des Moines what a dynamo is to a powerhouse...
Heart Disease. The actual money loss from heart disease during the average lifetime is $21,000,000,000 for the U. S.; the loss from tuberculosis $27,000,000,000.-Dr. Haven Emerson of Manhattan. The strain, stress and storm of modern life is increasing the number of heart disease invalids. Alcohol, tobacco, coffee, do not seem to have a bad effect on the heart, as is commonly supposed. Nor do athletics necessarily cause enlargement of the heart. European studies show that oarsmen, skiers and cyclists are the only athletes with hearts affected by their exertions. Overeating and obesity...