The Duck’s Quack

The Duck’s Quack

Fashion! Pg 18

Interview with Babe Ruth! Pg 19Economics are

booming! Pg 11

Origins of Duke Ellington!Pg 15

Recent News

Table of ContentsBy Drew Thayer

Page 9 World Affairs - Disarmament

Page 11 Economics - Economy Expands!

Page 12 Entertainment - Talking Boxes?

Page 15 Music - Duke Ellington

Page 16 Wrestling - The Big Match!

Current ArgumentsPage 6 Religion Vs. Science

Page 7 City Vs. Rural

Page 7 Drys Vs. Wets

MiscellaneousPage 3 Briefing - What are we all about?

Page 4 Letter From The Editors

Page 19 Famous Interview!

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Briefing - EconomicsBy Drew Thayer

In this issue of, The Duck’s Quack you will find out fascinating new products of the decade! New things such as radios are becoming popular. Electricity is becoming more common, which increases the production of factory work as leads to lower prices! Our economy is booming!

“The myth of prosperity, is believed, will lead to inevitable catastrophe.”- Daisy W. Worcester

Everyone is believing the stocks and credit, but it will fall and lead to poverty.

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Teapot Dome ScandalBy Ana Crespo and Cade

How can we trust government officials after this scandal? Can we even depend on the government to look after private lands and prevent it from being used for companies? Many of us are skeptical about the trustworthiness of the government regarding this transgression. When the news came out, the scandal “leader”, Albert Fall, resigned from his position as senator. Fall took $360,000 in bribes to lease Teapot Dome, Wyoming to use as oil reserves.

“If Albert Fall isn’t an honest man, I am not fit to be president of the United States,” said Harding as he stood among his friends. After he said this, he died of a heart attack on August 2, 1923.

We are still wondering if we can trust the government with national properties, such as oil and land reserves. Presidents should choose carefully who they appoint to as senators.

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Science

Letters to the Editor

Religion!VS

By Drew Thayer

Science is our way of believing how the world began; our opinion. Just like any other religion out there. We deserve to behold this right under the 1st amendment! What kind of caper business is this? America was founded for a big reason of wanting more freedoms! We are promised freedoms and I believe we should be given them. We shouldn’t be restricted to what we don’t think is right!

By Amanda Aaberg

We’ve been taught creationism forever. How long has this silly idea of evolution been around? Only since 1859 and people believe something that’s only been around for less than 100 years. Would you believe something that’s been around forever or something that’s been around for less than .

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Get Wet? Keep Dry?BY Michael C

Alcohol would help factory owners and workers get relaxed and they supported prohibition. They believed that it helped them work inside the factories.

By Hanna Duncan

Alcohol is destructive force in families and marriage. Factory owners supported prohibition in their desire to prevent accidents and increase efficiency of the workers.

Country Life City Life

By Ana Crespo

Life in the city has helped many in their lives. People need to stop whining about how we need to go back to country life! That is not going to help us to get better in our life!

By Cade Bonde

Country life preserves the respective remnant of our history that entails the preservation of natural land, as well as simple resource production.

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GLOBAL POWERS AGREE TO DISARMAMENT

By Drew ThayerWorld Affairs

The 6th of February, 1921, five major world powers agree to disarm their naval warships. Meeting in Washington D.C., Japan, Italy, France, Great Britain, and the United States all agreed to sign a treaty to disarm military warships into scrap metal. This meeting was named the Washington Naval Conference.

With their noodle juice in hand, these 5 argued for days, but there were 3 treaties to be involved with the entire conference. The list of those 3 treaties include the Four-Power Treaty, Five-Power Treaty, and the 9-Power Treaty; those sure are creative names, aren’t they?

Those treaties all have to do with limiting the amount of warships one nation can contain, or to consult each other before a conflict arises in East-Asia. We are all getting 1 step closer to peace!

Within this conference America, and the rest of the world inches towards peace, as more and more nations decide against war and enemies, and to become but one whole happy nation.

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Cade’s Article

The economy of the Roaring Twenties was in a period of noticeable growth. New inventions changed the idea of labor in general, and the industry of the U.S. became more consumeristic as a result of the creation of new products, and mass production.

Recovery from the war drove the nation towards a decade that promoted economic growth. When Warren Harding occupied the office in 1921, the economy was in the depths of a depression, with sufficient unemployment rates as well as taxes that didn’t meet the needs of people. Harding promised to reduce national debt, lower taxes, protect farming interests, and cut back on immigration. While Harding didn’t live to see those things take place, most of his agenda was tended to by the Congress, and it led to the boom in Coolidge years.

Infrastructure was not left out of the revolution. The government largely funded the production of highways, and expressways were constructed. Industries replaced coal power with electrical power, which took much less effort. Power plants were constructed, which maintained the efficiency of electricity grids.

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KDKA on the RiseBy Hanna Duncan

The first U.S.radio station was launched in 1920, KDKA. It was broadcasted through a 100 - watt transmitter in a shack on the top of Westinghouse’s nine story factory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Origins of Duke Ellington

By Amanda AabergEdward Kennedy Ellington other known as Duke Ellington has

his New York style swing music flowin through the ears of Americans, but how was life before that? Duke isn’t a native New Yorker he was born in Washington D.C. April 29th 1899 son of a White House butler.

As a child Duke was good at art and music, his parents decided he should pursue both. As he grew older he dropped art and focused fully on music. Duke wrote his first song when he was 16 called “Soda Fountain Rag”.

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The Big Matchby Michael C

With 150,000 spectators watching and a prize of $2.6 million Jack Dempsey was out boxed by Gene Tunney on September 27, 1927. Jack Dempsey wanted back the title that he had for seven years at Philadelphia’s Soldiers field.

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FASHIONBy Ana Crespo

IN*bobbed hair*shorter skirts*Risen seams*Evening wear with trimmed furOUT*Long hair*Corsets

Be the bee’s knees and get the new fashion! Get your hair in a bob and either finger wave it, marcel wave it or permanently wave it! Wear pant suits, hats and have a cane for a sleek look. The new dresses have less cloth and are lighter than the old dresses because of new synthetic material. New shoes and stockings are a lot more noteworthy because they are more visible. Women’s underclothing provide more shape and support than having flattened chest due to the corsets. The new bathing suits now go to mid-thighs.

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Questioning Babe Ruth

1. Q: How was life growing up in Baltimore?A: Other than lack of parental guidance it was good.

2. Q: How many homeruns total have u got?A: I have total of 714.

3. Q: Do you get noticed a lot when you go out?A: Yes actually.

4. Q: How many kids do you have?A: I have two daughters.

5. Q: How tall are you?A: I am 6’2”

6. Q: What did you want to be growing up?A: I guess i always have a love for baseball.

7. Q: When your life started to change, did it dramatically? A: Yes it did.

8. Q: What are your childrens names?A: Claire Ruth and Helen Ruth.

9. Q: What keeps you going during the day?A: Knowing that i get to do what i love best everyday.

10. Q: Do you get to see your family often?A: Not really since I travel a lot

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