Table of Contents By Brenden Guthmiller
Letter from the Editor………………....…..Page 1 Letters to the Editor……………………....Pages 3-5 Briefing…………………………...………..Page 6 Our Presidents:politics of the day………....Page 8 Society Article……………………………..Page 10 Economy Article………………….………Page 11 Prohibition: A Debatable Fact…….…...….Pages 12 & 13 Films and Flappers..…………………..…...Page 14 Sports of the Day……………...…………..Page 15 10 Questions……………….……………...Page 16
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Letter from the Editors
Our feature article this issue is prohibition. We debated for a long period of time. Although we all know that most people choose to ignore this law, it is a highly controversial issue and we believed it deserved the full two-page spread. We wrote about prohibition and the crime that was involved. We chose to write about prohibition and crime because of how common it is becoming. Many people are bootlegging liquor and getting caught. It is becoming a big part of our country, so we are going to tell you about what is happening if you have not heard.
We wrote about prohibition and the crime that was involved. We chose to write about prohibition and crime because of how common it is becoming. Many people are bootlegging liquor and getting caught. It is becoming a big part of our country, so we are going to tell you about what is happening if you have not heard. Crime is on the rise and although this is also partly caused by prohibition which lead to more about prohibition, we wrote about crime too. Usually when writing our feature article we think about what is most important that is going on right now and this was no exception. We had a lot of fun writing this issue, hope you enjoy reading this spectacular issue of TIME magazineit’s the cat’s pajamas! Sincerely, The Editors (Sarah Tomes and Emma Durian)
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Letters to the Editors
Dear Editors, I am absolutely outraged by the fundamentalists approach on banning the teaching of evolution in schools! I understand the need to remain true to the bible, but charging a man on teaching the subject is an outrage. Living in Tennessee while being an atheist is already frustrating as is, but this is absurd. I don't mean to be such a wet blanket about the issue, but something just has to change about this society! I know Scopes, and he is a very kind man who only wants to teach about what is real. Evolution is real. He only lost because the judge and jury were fundamentalists who were not going to sway to his side. And what evidence did they have? Absolutely nothing. And we have all of the proof that we need. In my opinion, if parents disagree with it, then they should just take their child out of school and teach it however they think it should be taught. Making such a big such a big deal out of this isn’t something that anyone needs to do. I just hope people come to their senses soon. -
Sarah Jones
(Sophie Waterman Hines)
Dear Editors,
It has come to my attention that young culture is being questioned. I think we should leave the younger generation alone and let them make their own decisions. Flappers are very controversial right now because of how they dress and act. Flappers are smoking and drinking in public for affection, they just need to be aware of consequences. They are dressing and acting different than the traditional behavior patterns before. They changed views when it comes to marriage and courtship rituals by now dating for the goal of fun instead of having the main idea be based off getting married. They are also being “rebellious” by cutting their hair short and showing off their ankles when wearing a dress, which has not been common before. Do not blame the children blame the magazines for “bad influence,” if anything blame them for starting it. Newspapers also have been giving trendy opinions on fashion, Dorothy Dix and other writers are becoming famous for their fashion columns. College is where the biggest change has been made. The sheiks have their hair back with slickum, often resembling their biggest idols. Shebas love all the attention and surprise of parents who are disgusted by what they are wearing. You would often see these boys and girls socializing together. So I am going to tell you right now the younger generations are not the problem and you have been making a big deal out of nothing. Sincerely, Claire Boppin
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Letters to The Editors
Dear Editors, I’ll never understand how those saps in the Bible Belt can sit put in the country! All of the social life is in the cities, and if I had to guess, over 50% of citizens live in large cities. There are tons of jobs, and that’s not even mentioning the better speakeasies. While we have light in our streets, they are stuck in the country, with barely even a penny to last them through the winter! We have clubs and the such, and depending on the location, I’m sure there’s some bible worshiping group they can find. Besides, it might do them some good to see some new faces. If they don’t wise up soon enough, then we might just have to bring city life to them. Sincerely, City Bird (Sarah Tomes)
Dear Editors, We who live in rural areas are more American than they who live in urban areas because farming has shaped the way our economy works. It is linked with notions of opportunity and liberty. Back in 1977 90% of us Americans were farmers and now all you people are moving into urban areas and abandoning our tradition. For the first time in our history the majority of our population is not rural but it is urban. You have marked us rural livers with poverty and forced us into an economic recession. We tried to lobby the federal government by forming a labor party to give us a political voice. We were able to get a law passed that increased tariffs on imported good. All of you foolish Americans who want to abandon our country’s tradition are attracted to cities with their “wonderful” factories. But what you don’t know is factory work is just as hard as farm work and can be very dangerous as well. Our rural life has now moved on to being centered by family farms. Family farms are a relentless amount of labor and you usually work all day. Also, if you are going to buy machinery you may have to group together with some farmers so that you can buy it. Now a lot of our rural population is also Hamlets, Villages and Small Towns. The population in Villages, Hamlets, and Small Towns increased by 3.6 million during this time. In these towns and villages one of the biggest attractions was their weekly markets where they would sell food weekly to customers. Sincerely Brenden Guthmiller
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Letters to the Editors
Dear Editors, I feel as a person that alcohol should be prohibited. For a starter, people such as the poor shouldn’t be using their money on a material want. They need to be using the money in a smart way and try to turn things around for themselves. When people are doing decent for themselves they can still turn south. When someone starts drinking most people get addicted and lose their money that they were using well. Next thing you know they lost their house and then their job. Then what is next, crime. People can turn to stealing when they can’t afford to buy it themselves. If they have the money it is a different argument. Alcohol is not a healthy thing to be doing with your body. Some people can be unpredictable with their actions when they are intoxicated. Some people are violent and some people are not, but why take the risk. Based on what has been happening i would say people cannot take care of themselves with alcohol and we should refuse to enable them any longer. If alcohol is illegal he could use his time that used to be for alcohol for something healthy or productive. Sincerely, Brock Barnett
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Briefing
Brenden, Sophie, and Emma
Baseball is America’s biggest pastime.
Jazz music is developing.
106.02 million people live in the United States.
Beginning of the 1920s electricity was in 35% of homes 10 cents per pound of cotton
1920: year urban population passed rural population
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Our Presidents: Politics of the Day
By Sarah Tomes
President Harding
President Harding, a man who though corrupt, helped better our values. although not the brightest bulb in the bunch, definitely one to make friends with them. Although after his death, a great many bribes and payoffs were found. although a great instigator, he was thought a fool by many.
President Coolidge
President Coolidge, a man merely coasting along in Harding’s footsteps. Although his great reign saw a rise in stock markets, our foreign policy has not improved much. so far, we have not seen near as much corruption from Coolidge as with the Harding administration, but we have yet to speak of the days to come.
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Women in Society By Sophie Waterman- Hines
The role of women in society has changed over the years. Women now live their lives independently from men. They drive cars, have jobs, and go against the used to be norm for the generations before them. These new women are modern and are going to shape our society to be better and newer. The flappers. These women are the cat’ s meow in the big cities. They were short dresses and cut their hair real short as well. They try to copy the way men look, by dressing in looser clothing. Not only that, but women are now setting the trend for everyone else. It used to be that all women had to have long hair and were not permitted to cut it. Not only that, but they had to wear long dresses, tight around their waist from the corsets. Now, everyone has gotten into the style of showing off their legs, and getting their hair cut into a bob. Jobs are also a new thing for women. When World War I began, all the men
A Flapper
had gone off to war. This is leaving many jobs open for women. Typing, text mills, as well as teachers and nurses are are very popular jobs now. Phone operators are also very popular among women. We predict this will continue for a while, and that the amount of jobs for women while continue to expand. Hopefully, the dolls and dames will stand up for themselves even more and get more of the same jobs as men. Women can vote! This is something that plenty of women of woman have been waiting for. Many of them have been thinking that they should have been able to vote a long time ago. “I wish America would have done this a while ago,” says a 34 year-old American mother,. “We can make great decisions now that we are allowed to vote. Even though it took so long, I think it’s fantastic!” Women led an uphill battle to get their right. Many people were opposed to the idea of women voting. Men held booths about voting against their wives and daughters to be able to vote. However, in the end, they won. Women are taking steps to become more and more important in society and shaping the ways of future generations. Is this good or bad? I suppose we shall see. But for now, it’s clear they are going far.
Women phone operators
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Economic Boom By Brock Barnett
Consumers are now able to purchase things with credit. Credit enables the consumer to purchase something without having the money right away. Using credit is like taking a small loan and the bank will charge you interest on using it. All you have to do is hand over the card and you bought whatever it is you want to buy. People are on the rage about credit so you should be to!
This is a must read! The auto industry is booming. Henry Ford is building what some call the greatest progression in our society today. Cars are being massed produced in factories so everyone can have a shot at owning a new car. Also the price is going to down to help as well! And it doesn’t stop there. Household products are also being mass produced, inspired by how Henry Ford took the line assembly into something brand new. Grab a catalog and start looking. The companies that are producing steel, rubber, glass, and oil are all following the auto industry closely. The demand is growing and the industries are booming. Even the roads are changing from dirt to brick or gravel.
Towns and cities are now in progress of construction. New towns and cities are being built up and if you are already in a large city don’ t worry we are expanding it! Attention farmers, move to the city because of the new available jobs. We need people to create roads and build cities. We are making plenty of room! If you are a women don’t be shy, come help to. We are accepting anyone to help build our new country into something bigger and better.
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Prohibition: a Debatable Fact
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rohibition is something that began
earlier in this decade. It is something that has its benefits and faults. This is planned to be something that will help our society in America, but so far all it has done is promoted crime in the cities. Many issues have been caused by the banning of alcohol. Speakeasies have been opening up on every corner, and many create and drink their own alcohol. Prohibition is banning the use and sale of alcohol and when they did this it caused many of us to illegally buy alcohol which raised crime rates. The Volstead Act is known as the national prohibition act that has been created to make sure the 18th amendment is followed. There has been a call to action for prohibition because prohibition is making people spend money on alcohol instead of for their basic necessities and this is causing families to lose money so something had to be done to stop it. Groups that support prohibition are drys or people that are against the sale and use of alcohol. The dry movement is led mostly by rural Protestants and social Progressives.
Prohibition is good for America and its citizens, in the fact that it has removed much of the alcohol from the streets. It prevents families from having the difficulty of drunkards in their home and neighborhood. Although some people have choose to blatantly disobey these laws, they have provided average American families with more money. It has allowed Americans to spend more time with their kin, and not with their bottle.
Prohibition has been passed as the 18th amendment; the National Prohibition Act banned all alcohol from the streets. President Hoover calls the act,"a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive." The 18th amendment takes 250,000 police officers in New York to enforce the rules. In three years,
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Prohibition: a Debatable Fact
Philadelphia grafters make an approximate $20 million. Bootleggers can sneak alcohol in their boots, coconut shells, and fake books. There was a man caught carrying two boxes of eggs, all were drained and filled with liquor. Carpenters have big pockets so many people dress up as a carpenter and sneak alcohol around. Most bootleggers and moonshiners end up in jail. What they do is they illegally sell liquor for more money than they got it for. Moonshiners used gangs and criminals to sneak the liquor around and get liquor. Bootleggers are called this because they often hide the alcohol in their shoes.. Most of them get the alcohol from Canada and Mexico, sneaking it into New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Washington, California, and and Florida. In 1924, the Commerce Department estimated $40 million worth of liquor was imported into the United States. Therefore, prohibition made a negative impact and made alcohol in the United States worse.
In order to help our country, we need to do the best for our people. It is just as simple as that. Our alcohol problem has only gotten worse from prohibition. If we are to benefit the American society, shouldn’t we see what is the result from our new laws? If this is causing us to make dangerous decisions and is only hurting us, then why should we continue with it. We want future Americans to look at our generation and think, “Well, they’re just the cat’s meow!” and not, “This generation should have just knocked off.” Al Capone is one of the more famous gangsters. Currently he is in a multi-million dollar operation for bootlegging, prostitution, and gambling. Al Capone is responsible for violent acts against people.
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Films and Flappers By Emma Durian
As most people know some of the first movies with sound are coming out, along with that we have noticed comedies becoming more and more popular. Charlie Chaplin is very famous for his films right now. He made the movies The Gold Rush (1925) and The General (1927). Movies are a really big deal right now and the new sound movies are really interesting! Walt Disney is also really popular right now, he is making animated short films for children. His first show was Alice in Cartoonland. Later he created his famous Mickey Mouse cartoons, the first and second cartoons were silent but are now coming out in audio. What a lot of people like about Mickey Mouse is the singing and the dancing. Blues and jazz music is really popular right now. Many people say that jazz in New Orleans is the best, others like Chicago where you can find good music in illegal bars. The Grand Ole Opry is the longest running radio show, it is a very famous country station, perhaps the best country station. Duke Ellington, Bix Beiderbecke, and George Gershwin are some of the best musicians of this time. Dancing is also very popular especially with flappers. The charleston is a dance in which is extremely common when going to a dance hall. In city life, dances at a club or lodges are common. Public dances are usually at hotels and have restricted guests. The most criticized is a taxi-dance ballroom, it is for women to hang out with other women and not their partners.
Flappers dancing at a dance hall in New York Babe Ruth is continuing to bring more and more fans to the ballpark to watch the Yankees. Bobby Jones is a golfer who is amazing people with his talent. Jack Dempsey was a poor western boy who would often get aggressive, now leading him to success competing in million dollar fights. Red Grange is a phenomenal football player, he is crazy fast and trained mainly on his summer job as a delivery man, now thrilling 1,000s of football fans. In this “Golden Age of Sports,� college football is making 21 million dollars a year, 100 million people have purchased season tickets to watch major league baseball, and Babe Ruth is making 80 thousand dollars a year.
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Sports Of the Day By Brenden Guthmiller
Babe Ruth “ The Great Bambino” Ruth is a baseball player who has been traded from the Red Sox to the Yankees. Why the Yankees would give away the best player in our time? I have no clue. Ruth was paid a ridiculous $20,000 a year. In his first ever season in the major leagues he hit a stunning fifty four home runs and also had a .847 slugging percentage. In that year he averaged a home run once every 11.8 at bats. Because of the way Ruth performed me and another million people set a record by going to watch the Yankees that year. Even though Ruth was amazing the Yankees still failed to make the pennant this year. The Summer Olympics In the Summer Olympics we, the USA won an astonishing 41 gold medals. While winning the gold medal a Hawaiian swimmer set the world record in the 100m freestyle and another by the name of Paddock received the nickname the “world’s fastest human.” The Gipper (Notre Dame) The University of Notre Dame has put together two consecutive 9-0 season. This mostly because of their star halfback George Gipp. Despite being the halfback Gipp would also kick field goals for the team. What Gipp is probably most known for though is scoring a game winning touchdown even though he had a broken shoulder.
Babe Ruth New York Celtics The New York Celtics are the best team and they are just full of basketball talent. They recently have taken off on a 205 game national tour. There main three leaders are John Beckham, Dutch Dennert and Nat Holman Ryder Cup The first ever Ryder Cup was brought home by us, the USA. It is called the Ryder Cup because Samuel Ryder donated a gold trophy that the winner of the tournament would receive. This tournament took place in Worcester, Massachusetts. The tournament was won by our own Hagen.
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10 Questions Interview with Babe Ruth By Brenden Guthmiller 1. Q: Where were you born?
8. Q: What is it like to play in the big leagues?
A: I was born at 216 Emory St. Baltimore, Maryland.
A: Honestly it's amazing because I get to have a lot of fun with a lot of my good friends while playing the game I love.
2. Q: When did you start playing baseball? 9. Q: What kind of charity work did you do? A: I started playing baseball on February 6, 1995. 3. Q: What are you most proud of in your career? A: I am most proud of my 54 homerun season in my first year in the MLB.
A: I went to hospitals and saw the sickest children and hung out with them to make their days. 10. Q: What is one of your favorite hobbies? A: In my free time I like to go out and hunt.
4. Q: How did you feel when you were traded from the Red Sox to the Yankees? A: To be honest, I was pretty shocked that the Red Sox had traded me given the success that I had with them. 5. Q: How did it feel to hit 54 home runs in your first year? A: I felt like it was just the beginning of what I could do and I would only get better. 6. Q: Why do you love baseball? A: I love baseball because it is a time when I can just play baseball and have no worries about anything. 7. Q: How do you hit so many homeruns? A: Well I hit a lot of homeruns because I practice
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