Age of Senators Highlights Shift to Younger Members
The piece notes Senator Nelson's long career from Civil War soldier to U S congressman and senator, dying at 80. It contrasts his age with a rising trend toward younger senators like Dill of Washington, Wheeler of Montana, and others aged 32 to 41, while Nelson’s death elevates Dillingham as the new Nestor.
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Nelson
Wisconsin
Minnesota
National House of Representatives
United States Senate
Bankhead
Alabama
Senate
Dill
Washington
Wheeler
Montana
Harrison
Mississippi
Butler
North Carolina
Lea
Tennessee
Wadsworth
New York
Gerry
Rhode Island
Dillingham
Vermont
Nestor
Senator Lodge
The Dancing Mania Frenzy Across States
A craze for long distance dancing records prompts authorities to enforce midnight closing laws. A New York woman set a 70 hour record by dancing across a moving van and ferries to New Jersey and Connecticut, while pedometers show she and others cover little distance. The piece links the trend to medieval dancing plagues and cites Dr. Hecker on historic cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New Jersey
Connecticut
J. F. D. Hecker
Chicago
France
Hecker
International police conference to discuss cooperation
The third annual international police conference in New York will cover traffic regulation street safety standardization of penalties and firearms controls. A key topic is an international police bureau and the use of fingerprint exchange to improve crime deterrence nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
International Police Bureau
Marathon Dancers Move From Fun To Fame And Cash
The piece notes dancers who once danced for fun now aim for fame and money, with contrast to the earlier amateur exhibitions. It mentions Goldsmiths reference in Deserted Village and the Irish lads and lassies who danced until exhaustion, highlighting the shift from simple pastime to monetary incentive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsmith
The Closed Oyster Season
The piece notes May to September as oyster offseason and discusses oyster habits and survival. It cites pollution threats from industry, notes Dr. Nelson’s warnings on extinction risk, and contrasts Atlantic abundance with Western limits and California climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Board of Shell Fisheries and State Experiment Station
New Brunswick
N. J
Atlantic
Pacific
California
Maine
Florida
Atlantic Coast Line
Hyena of the Seas Pirates Captured at Sea
The Hyena of the Seas sails from San Francisco in search of piracy and liquor running. Master Roy Been, mate William Stotte, and crewman Herb Been, ages 11 9 and 6, are captured after a tugboat tow dispute and surrender to police. They now pull weeds in Roy Been’s father’s garden.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Roy Been
William Stotte
Herb Been
Been
Durance
Roy
William
Herb
Unanimous Dinner Party Quip About Good-Looking People
A London Telegraph quip recalls a dinner party where a guest remarks that good-looking men stayed away, prompting a man to counter that good-looking ladies are present. The lady seeks to exclude present company, but the man clarifies he meant the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Telegraph
Ruth Gomes Back On Girls Charge
Ruth Gomes reports for Babe Ruth defense as counsel presents conspiracy charges to Acting District Attorney Pecora over the 50 000 suit by Dolores Dixon. Dixon claimed Ruth was father of her child. Ruth denies knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Babe Ruth
Pecora
Dolores Dixon
Bushel
Miss Dixon
Ruth
Duke of York Chooses Pearls for His Bride
London reports the Duke of York selects a pearl sautoir for Lady Elizabeth Lowes-Lyon. The necklace features several hundred medium pearls with diamonds at intervals, a large bottom diamond, and a final pearl drop mounted on platinum. The couple chose the piece together during a jeweler visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Elizabeth Lowes-Lyon
Duke of York
Passenger traffic at Croydon aerodrome rises last year
Twelve thousand eight hundred twenty eight passengers moved through Croydon aerodrome near London in the previous year with both arrivals and departures recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croydon
London
Tragedy at Hovey Farm Ends in Mass Slaying and Suicide
James E. Hovey killed his wife and three children at the Hovey farm 35 miles southeast of Malta then shot himself. He had a history of insanity and feared starvation. A 6-year-old girl survived, others died or were fatally wounded. Neighbors aided the two brothers who battled the assailant and retrieved the axe before the fatal act. No inquest will be held.
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Great Falls
James E. Hovey
Hovey Farm
Malta
Hovey
Montana
Minneapolis
Shanghai Germans Raise Fund for Ruhr Sufferers
Berlin dispatches reveal Shanghai's German community forwarded five hundred million marks to aid Ruhr region sufferers. Publicized here for the first time, the initial remittance amounted to about 70 000 gold marks or roughly 17000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Berlin
Ruhr
Edmond Bayle the Paris detective and chemist
Edmond Bayle chief of Paris police technical bureau works on material evidence not psychology. His lab in the Palais de Justice analyzes forged money bloodstains and other traces with apparatus for rapid crime records. He claims to photograph fingerprints even with gloves and maintains records on millions involved in crime.
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Paris
Edmond Bayle
Palais de Justice
Dr. Bayle
Bayle
Answers
London
Horoscope for May 1 1923 Taurus readers forecast
The May 1 1923 horoscope notes Jupiter and Uranus favorable in part and Neptune Venus adversity. It predicts new business starts and strong judgment, rising interest in public affairs and aviation, inventions, and potential scandals in high life. It forecasts travel luck for birthdates and happy marriages for Taurus girls.
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Jupiter
Lranus
Neptune
Venus
McClypre
Maeterlinck Secluded in Nice Awaits Inspiration
Paris dispatch reports Maurice Maeterlinck, after a decade in seclusion at his villa Les Abeilles near Nice, rarely visiting yet granting a brief interview. He says he is not ready to publish his philosophy, spending time in meditation and awaiting a great idea as inspiration. He reads little of his past work, finding it too sad, and longs for history to read instead.
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Paris
Maurice Maeterlinck
Les Abeilles
Nice
Materlinck
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Kite Ledner Company
Standard Publishing Company Publishers and Proprietors
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Butte
Weat Park Street
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Dillon, Roseman and
Philipsburre
MAIL
S and
Canada
Standard Publishing Company
Butte, Mont
THE
Prudden
King & Prudden, Inc
Fifth Avenue
Globe
Botton
Steger
Sharon
San Fernando
Los Angeles
Europe
America
Nikolai Lenine
Gus
Ruth Gomes
Prance
Sherlock
20Th Century Orchestra
Jimbo
Maeterlinck
Greece
Jesié
Iaaa
Kay
Willie
Tooi
Myrtle
Cte
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