The Roaring

Twenties

August 1, 1928

Briefing page Election Updates- Page 1Rural vs. Urban opinions How is life in the country vs the city - Page 2All that Jazz/ Clubs Place to go and have fun - Page 4Wets Vs. Drys opinions alcohol and people - Page 5All about the Radio KOKA and company - Page 6Our Economy today adding to the big city- Page 710 questions and answers with Ford himself - Page 9Catch up sports latest news in baseball- Page 10The KKK death tolls are rising - Page 11Talk about the talkies all the talk about talkies - Page 12Religion VS. Science people question if science is worth it - Page 13All about the 19th Amendment Women and the right to vote- Page 14

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Editors- Serene’ and AminLayout - TessaGraphic- JuliaAdvertisement- Jessica and Blake

Herbert

Hoover

numbers:

Popular Vote:

58.22%

Electoral Vote:

83.6%

Gray- Herbert

Hoover

White- Alfred Smith

“Words without actions are the assassins of idealism” ~ Herbert Hoover

“It is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow… that are the aftermath of war” ~Herbert Hoover

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People Don’t ThinkNew York City, New York

The people that live

in the rural part of the state have no clue what they are missing out on. The city has more to offer than rural areas. In the city you can do all sorts of activities like go attend people playing jazz, speakeasies, go see talkies, go watch sporting events and watch Jack Dempsey hit up other people in the kisser . Another benefit of the city is that you have way more access to goods. Life in the city is way more hip than life in the boring old countryside. Looking at all these opportunities urban life has to offer I’m sure you’ll consider moving.

It’s hard living out here in the country so them city folks don't know they is talking ‘bout saying it’s better to live in the city. City folk have it easy and don’t learn the values of living in this nation. These days not many people tryin’ to buy much produce in Europe so it’s harder to make a living but, that doesn’t mean imma let my dignity go to waste by working in them city folks factories. Sadly, most farmers are dropping like flies to get a taste of the city life. We need our American culture back!

Bring Back The Country LifeAbbott, Texas

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All That Jazz

The Cotton Club and all its

glory, is the place to be in the early 20’s.

The Cotton Club is a nightclub located in

the Harlem neighborhood on Manhattan

Island, Northeast corner of 142nd street

and Lenox Avenue. Everyone who wanted

to have a good time goes there. People

come from everywhere to go to the Cotton

Club! The Cotton Club is whites only and

featured many black entertainers and jazz

musicians. It’s served as a hip meeting

place. “Celebrity night”, on Sundays, always

features celebrity guests.

Harlem is the Negro Capital of

the World. It was settled by the Dutch

originally and was named after a city in

Holland. Many middle class blacks are

moving up to Harlem when many jobs

opened up in the North. Harlem is filled

with blacks and whites not caring about

what their skin color was. Harlem is a place

people went to have fun, dance, listen to

jazz and drink.

Speaking of jazz, the 20’s is known

as the Jazz era. It’s when Jazz and

dance emerged. Jazz started down in

New Orleans and made its way up to

Harlem in New York. Most whites

wouldn’t have given them the time

or place because they were black

until the radio came along. The radio

stations were full of jazz, white

people started liking jazz and once

they found out that the musicians

were black they reconsidered how

they felt about them.

The radio helped many black

musicians in getting attention and

helped to the white people to realize

that black people aren’t that bad

after all. Jazz wasn’t the only thing

that brought them together, Harlem

and the Cotton Club helped out with

that too. Come on down to the

Cotton Club today!

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What’s wrong with alcohol?

Kathryn Avery, Manhattan New

York,

I like me and my

having fun. No one should be

tellin me I can’t go out. Go chase

yourself. I don’t got no handcuff

and I’m fine. People need to stop

being Mrs. Gundy! Taking

alcohol away is not good. Not to

mention crime keeps on

increasing! People enjoy gettin

ossified. You wurp people need

to leave us to our bootlegging.

We just tryin to have a good

time. Nothin wrong with that.

Ever since alcohol has been

illegal we have been havin to

rely on rumrunners. Or have to

make bathtub gin. It’s good but

still not the point. We people

want to have fun and drink. All

you Mrs. Gundy’s out there can

enjoy your noodle juice while I

have a quilt. That’s all I have to

say Lets blouse!

I’m Jane Porter and I’m a US Citizen. I’m a mother of five and a wife. I don’t think it’s

okay for people to have alcohol because it changes

their behavior. I’m a nonalcoholic and my

husband beats me when he’s drunk. He’ll get arrested or punished if he gets caught. There won’t be money for the family and I’ll be alone. I’ll have to support myself

and my family. I don’t want alcohol or drunk people around my children, it’ll

influence them negatively and I don’t want my kids to illegally drink or end up like

that. They should ban it. I hate the smell and

everything about it.

I get to choose what to put into my body, not the government.

Jane Porter, Chicago, Illinois

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The Radio Ship Act of 1912

makes the secretary of

commerce and labor responsible

for licensing stations and

operators. It limits all private

radio communications to a

single wavelength. It doesn’t

mention broadcasting. The first

station to broadcast is KOKA. It

broadcasts the returns from the

year’s presidential election and

religious services from Calvary

Episcopal Church in Pittsburg.

Harold W. Aarlin helps them

think of new ideas that’d appeal

to the audience. The Columbian

Broadcasting System is

conceived as a rival to the WBC.

The effects radio has on this nation

It was founded in 1927

as United Independent

Broadcasters, Inc. William S.

Paley bought and made the

network headquarters to

Madison Ave, NYC. Jazz

music is very popular and

plays on the radio all the

time. The radio is a new way

for people to receive news.

Instead of reading

newspapers you can hear

your news. There’s also

comedy stations, many

people love them but they

make a lot of racist jokes

that black people might not

enjoy.

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Economy of 1920

The 1920s is a time

for change. From the stock

market boom to a 400%

increase in construction,

America seems to be expanding

in every way at this point. This

is largely credited to the end of

the first world war.

Before the first world

war investing in stocks was

seen as a form of gambling by

the everyday civilian. This all

drastically changed after world

war one came to a conclusion.

Everybody now is trying to get

their fair share of earnings

from the stock market, even

chauffeurs and doormen are

discussing stocks. The economy

is flourishing so why not invest

in stocks now?

The growing skyline of Manhattan, New York City, New York

With demand growing

companies often accept the

challenge of increasing

supply, this is one area in

which Henry Ford excels.

His idea of the assembly has

revolutionized factories all

over the country. He also

introduced specialization in

the factory so workers

became knowledgeable in

one part of the assembly this

has drastically increased

production. Now instead of

creating one automobile in

12 hours, one is produced in

13 minutes!

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Ten questions with Henry Ford

1. Do you think that your business willchange as you start gaining more andmore money?

“Nothing can be made except bymakers, nothing can be managedexcept by managers. Money cannotmake anything and money cannotmanage anything.”

2. How did you overcome the problemsyou ran into while you were workingon the assembly line?

“Many people are busy trying to findbetter ways of doing things thatshould not have been done at all.There is no progress in merelyfinding a better way to do a uselesstask.”

3. Do you have any advice for youngerchildren who dream to do somethinglike you did?

“The most dangerous notion a youngman can acquire is that there is nomore room for originality. There is nolarge room for anything else.”

4. How did you decide you wanted tocreate something so revolutionary?

“We are always seeking for thosethings in the clouds, not for those thatlie at our feet.”

5. What do you have to say to those whoare still apprehensive about yourinvention?

“To resent efficiency is a markof inefficiency.”

6. . Who was an inspiration toyou while you were workingon the car assembly line?

“Children helped me a lot.”

7. You are creating many new jobopportunities, are youconcerned at all that you mightbe hiring previouscriminals or troublemakers?

“…we do not hire a man’shistory, we hire the man.”

8. While you were inventing theassembly line what are thingsyou had to keep remindingyourself when somethingdidn’t work?

“I believe 100% Theory and100% Practice. Theorywithout practical application isfutile.”

9. Did you use anybody else’sdiscoveries from the past tohelp you?

“I don’t read history. That’s inthe past. I’m thinking thefuture.”

10. How does it feel to be the headof your business?

“Every business is a monarchywith not a man but an idea asking.”

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Black Sox Scandal

Recently eight men

were thrown out of the game of baseball for therest of their lives. Joe Jackson, Claude Williams,George Weaver, CharlesRisburg, Fred McMullin,Eddie Cicotte, Oscar Felsch, and Arnold Gandilwere all indefinitely suspended from Baseball.

They were thrown out due to the loss of the series to the Cincinnati Reds. They were later accused of intentionally losing the games in exchange for money from gamblers. The players were found not guilty but however they were still banned from America’s favorite pastime, baseball. Joe Jackson and Eddie Cicotte later confessed about intentionally losing to the Chicago Grand Jury on September 28th, 1920. After the trial was over people all over came up with a new name for the case, “Eight Men Out.”

By Blake B.

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The Ku Klux Klan

` The Ku Klux Klanreturned and is targeting moregroups than before with themany different groups whohave immigrated to the UnitedStates. African Americans andmany European immigrantswho are Catholic were justsome of the main targets of theKlan. They are also againstabusive husbands, gamblersand other groups that don’tfollow their values. The menand women who make up theKlan are mostly middle-classcitizens that are white andProtestant Christians.Membership was most commonin the Midwest, and at that time90% of African Americans werein the south.

To gain members theyhave parades, and initiations fornew members to give off arespectable and inviting image.Business owners and otherwell-known people feltpressured to join the Klanbecause they didn’t want a badreputation. They also didn’twant to be hurt or potentiallykilled.

but even Warren G. Harding, thepresident of the United Statesshared the beliefs and values ofthe Klan. However, he was notable to join the Klan becausethey decided they didn’t want tobecome a political group.

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The Klan would often burncrosses in their victim’s yardsand stand there to watch itburn. You would think that thethings that the Klan did wouldhave been outlawed or wouldhave gotten them arrested

The Klan would drownpeople against them inswamps, burn them alive,lash them with whips andcall them “whippingparties”. Newspapers,magazines and sometimeseven the radio publicizeevents of the Klan whichalso made people feelthreatened to join.

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Actors have become huge role models to our kids and newly found adults. Anything they put on screen is bound to happen in real life. Screening these “plays” have made it easier to the rich and the poor to unite and feel equal to each other. While watching “Talkies” and Black & White films have become so popular nation wide, the new booming business has a capital of two billion dollars. America can only watch to see what new technology will come up next.

Us city folk are so excited to see the new “Talkies”. They seem so interesting! You can actually hear them talking and singing. The first “Talkie” came out on october 1927, They started off by having the plackers but then they changed it into the actor singing and it was amazing! i loved it! it was exciting to see the difference and seeing everyones reaction.

“Talkies” Have Changed Our Nation.

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People who are living in the country don’t get to have the same opportunities that people in the city have. We get to have fun at parties and then go to movies, while people in the country don't get to have as much fun. looking at the people in the city you can tell they take things from the movies seriously. They try to dress like the actors and smoke on pipes like some of the men actors.

Therefor, Most people love the new technology and anyone who thinks its bad for america is wrong about it or they haven’t even seen one! Actors will always have a huge effect on our children so producers should watch what they put on the screen but they should be able to have fun with it no matter what anyone thinks.

What’s Happening toReligionJohn Mathews, Cleveland, Ohio

What has gotten intopeoples heads thinking thattheir religious beliefs arewrong and science is right?Everything we believe in issomehow being proved wrongand we aren’t doing anythingabout it.

In my understandingof the Bible, things like this aresupposed to make our beliefsstronger. But folks, I think thisis doing the exact opposite.

Don’t follow the herd

Harold Williams, New YorkCity, New York

Throughout all the yearsscience has gotten us so far.The discovery of the atom,harnessing electricity, etc.The great thing aboutscience is that it’s alwaysbeing questioned by otherscientists, religion justexpects you to follow theherd. Scientific theories arealways being challenged byother scientists, in manycountries you can bepunished by law just fordenouncing religion.

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The 19th amendment

The 20th century has brought many new ideas, such as:

female equality, ability for women to join the workforce, the right

to vote, and have an effect on the economy. This movement (The

Women's Suffrage Movement) was largely pushed forward by

Jane Addams, other activists also contributed.

The recent ratification of the 19th amendment has shed new

light upon the women of our time. Gone are the days in which

women stood around the kitchen waiting for men to come home

with the paycheck. This change is greatly passed due. Women are

just as affected by elections as men are, so there’s no reason for

their voices to not be heard.

I don’t think it’s any coincidence that the 19th amendment

was ratified at this time. You continually see females of our time

becoming stronger and more independent. Many would disagree

with me but I believe this is a good change for these United States

of America. After all why would scowl women for fighting for the

same thing our troops did, independence?

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