Prohibition Sentiment Grows Worldwide With Embassies Going Dry
The British Embassy will stop importing liquor and issue no more drink orders, signaling a stronger temperance push. Mexico under Portes Gil advances a prohibition-like program, Russia tightens alcohol access, and both educate children on drink’s harms. Hoover’s inaugural appeal is well received as temperance momentum rises globally.
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Washington Diplomatic Corps
Washington
Mexico
Russia
Portes Gil
Soviet Union
America
Hoover
Eight Americans honored with NYU Hall of Fame busts
The New York University Hall of Fame adds eight American figures to its roster. William Cullen Bryant, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Madison, Henry Clay, Francis Parkman, Emma Willard, and Oliver Wendell Holmes are celebrated with new busts donated by universities, alumni groups, and friends. Henry Clay’s famed motto I would rather be right than President is highlighted as a testament to his legacy.
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London
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William Cullen Bryant
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Longfellow
James Madison
Henry Clay
House of Representatives
Francis Parkman
Emma Willard
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Bryant
New York Evening Post
Bowdoin College
Hawthorne
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American Academy of Arts and Letters
Princeton University
Madison
Clay
Museum of the American Indians
New York
Emma Willard School
Troy
New Yor
American Hall of Fame
Laughing Around the World and the Frankie Frisch tale
California based Brooklyn fan recalls World Series 1923 moment when he and friends paid for a wire to hear play by play of Frank Frisch at bat. The fan rages at an umpire after a called strike three he believes was outside the plate.
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Giants
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Frisch Tooter
Nan Carries Secrets in a Torn Love Triangle
Nan Carroll loves her employer Morgan though he loves Iris. After Crawford’s acquittal Iris leaves town as Nan acts as long distance house keeper, then Morgan divorces Iris and marries Nan. A murder case and a strained wedding day test their bond as Nan fights despair and protects Morgan.
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Nan Carroll
John Curtis Morgan
Iris
Nan
Morgan
Bert Crawford
Crawford
Little Curtis
David Blackhall
Nina Blackhall David
Nina Blackhall Plot Deepens In Blackhall Murder Case
Nan and Morgan speculate Nina Blackhall lured David with romance to secure Nina’s gain after the murder. They note the will leaving nearly all to Nina and suggest Chicago departure followed by a staged scandal to force the old father's approval, with the son’s actions blamed on Nina.
A Usual Night of Murder Plots and Wedding Plans
Nan and Morgan discuss Nina Blackhull as the prime suspect in a murder scheme tied to a new will. They consider an accomplice and reveal suspicions about a missing chauffeur named Bassett. Nan hints at wedding-night secrets as Estelle leaves and Pat family members settle in above the garage.
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Chicago
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Blackhull
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Hope
Estelle
O'Briens
Big Pat
Little Pat
Maude
Curtis
Guiding Your Child Toward Dynamic Growth
Alice Judson Peale argues parents should value dynamic attitudes over fixed habits. Children thrive when encouraged to express thoughts freely, engage with others with friendly feelings, and explore own methods to learn, rather than rigidly taught routines.
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Alice Judson Peale
Modern Pepys Sees Big Liner Dock at Port
Diary style notes from New York City dated June 24 recount a liner docking, a Christening at St Thomas, and a stroll in Central Park with observations of a horse, scenes with Keats, Florence Speed, and Vincent Lopez. The day includes wry vignettes on clubs, hay rides, finishing-school graduates, a private detective presence in the park, and assorted social quirks.
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PEPYS
D. C. McIntyre
New York
Modern Pepys
Dean Palmer
Irvin Cobb
Will Hogg
South America
St. Thomas Tol
Clare
Lorraine Manville Gould
Central Park
Keats
Florence Speed
Vincent Lopez
Poignant clue in a lovers triangle and a wedding night
In a tense scene Nan discovers a love poem corrected to imply another woman will suit her husband. The note quotes Rupert Brooke and a dedication from John Curtis Morgan. Nan imagines the adulterous link as she clings to memory, ending with Pride as her companion.
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Nan
Iris
Rupert Brooke
John Curtis Morgan
Trousseau
Nan Carroll Morgan
Wing Star Shaped Flower List Puzzle Items
A fragment list reads like a glossary of cryptic clues and terms. It includes flower names, tools, animals, actions, and common nouns arranged as scattered entries with phrases such as wing star shaped flower marble used as a shooter earthen cooking vessel and to allot.
Nan Reads Poem Amidst Domestic Turmoil
Nan, unsettled by her mother Iris Morgan’s departure for love, seeks solace in a poetry volume. A penciled bookmark hints John Curtis Morgan had read the same poem while working on a Nolan cease less appeal, deepening Nan’s uneasy thoughts about family and fate.
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Nan
John Curtis Morgan
Nolan Cease
Burgess Bedtime Stories: Happy Jack Outfights Robber
In a tale from 1929 Burgess, Happy Jack Squirrel defends breakfast against Robber the Rat. Robber, famed for fighting, is outmatched as the two clash atop a wall and in a tree, with Happy Jack showing unexpected ferocity and not fleeing. The episode ends with Robber defeated and planning escape.
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Happy Jack
Happy Jac
Chatterer
Jac
Jack
Robb
Robber
Rat
T. W. Burgess
Hindenburg to Join Treaty Proclamation June 28
German Foreign Minister Streseman announced in the Reichstag that President Hindenburg would join the cabinet on June 28 to issue an official proclamation against the Versailles treaty. The address from Berlin dated June 24 outlines a formal move against the postwar pact.
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United Press
Berlin
Gustav Streseman
Reichstag
Paul von Hindenburg
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