Voters cross parties over league issue in late 1920s contests
The New York Evening Post notes a cross party drift toward Johnson and Hoover driven by support or opposition to the league. Democrats and others split, with McAdoo leading among Democrats, Wilson close to Edwards, Bryan strong, and Southern voting still light.
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New York Evening Post
Literary Digest
Johnson
the Post
Hoover
League
McAdoo
Wilson
Edwards
Bryan
McAdgoo C.ccosecess
Cox
Yok Sdaes
Palmer
Nominees for Fame Hall List of American Dead Figures
The hall of fame nominees include Mark Twain Edward Everett Hale Grover Cleveland Philip Francis Thomas Borden Parker Bowne Carl Schurz Joel Chandler Harris Francis Marion Crawford Charles A Dana Thomas Bailey Aldrich Donald Grant Mitchell Henry Charles Lee Edmund Clarence Stedman Bronson Howard Charles Elliott Norton Richard Watson Gilder Augustus Saint Gaudens Charles Follen McKim John Quincy Adams Ward Winslow Homer. Chief Justice Brantly of Montana’s supreme court is electoral college member voting in October. The Standard notes it would support Mark Twain if possible.
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Hall of Fame
Mark Twain
Edward Everett Hale
Grover Cleveland
Philip Francis Thomas
Borden Parker Bowne
Carl Schurz
Joel Chandler Harris
Francis Marion Crawford
Charles A. Dana
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Donald Grant Mitchell
Henry Charles Lee
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Bronson Howard
Charles Elliott Norton
Richard Watson Gilder
Augustus Saint- Gaudens
Charles Follen McKim
John Quincy Adams Ward
Mothers Day Origin and Purpose Highlighted
The 1913 congressional resolution established Mothers Day to be observed on the second Sunday in May, with the first national proclamation issued for May 1914. The piece notes the universal appeal of mothers and cites quotes praising maternal love from poets and thinkers.
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Congress
Coleridge
The Joy of Living in Russia Exposed by Danish Consul
The Danish consul at Kieff reports that large wheat stocks awaiting blockade relief are mythical. He says peasants hoard grain as government confiscation ends private ownership and paper money loses value. Bolshevism reportedly favors peasants over city workers despite an eight hour day, with many required to work 10 to 13 hours daily and workers’ councils powerless.
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Kieff
Russia
Digest Poll Highlights Gaps Between Popular Vote and Delegates
The Digest reports on week four of its nationwide poll nearing 11 million voters. It shows Wood leading Johnson and Hoover in declared Republican votes while delegate tallies differ, with Hoover’s strength split roughly evenly between Republican and Democratic voters, reflecting surprising alignments and divergences noted by the Times.
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Literary Digest
the Digest
Wood
Hughes Aaa i Bongon Wsoccceseerlis
Olgi Harding
Orree Pee
Hevsesesacc SP Medicoomers Os Ccecacce
Johnson
Chicago
Hoover
New York Times
Ravalli
Ominous Uprising as Vegetables Attract Hotel Guests
The New York Evening Sun notes rising vegetarian orders in New York hotels with one seventh to one fifth of patrons skipping meat at lunch and dinner. While hygienic progress is claimed, concerns grow over vegetable price hikes and a potential return to meat in a bid to curb costs. The potato and other vegetables are depicted as causing a market upheaval and economic friction.
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New York Evening Sun
New York City
Hotel
Pennsylvania
CHICKEN FEED and presidential quips on coins
A gossipy column notes Frelinghuysen's proposal for 7 and 8 cent coins to ease change, while New York bankers back a 2 cent piece. It highlights the Roosevelt memorial coin push, jokes about Debs and Hearst, and jests at Herbert Hoover's prospects amid quake jokes and political chatter.
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Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
New York
Woman's Roosevelt Memorial Association
Congress
Senator Johnson Satisfied With Outlook
Senator Johnson expresses satisfaction with the outlook and remains optimistic about future prospects. The remark suggests a confident and positive view of upcoming developments.
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Senator Johnson
Humor of the Day snippets from civic quips and cartoons
A collage of light hearted quotes from various papers. Jokes range from wages and barbers to marriage impulses and clock humor featuring lines about cooks, a bachelor, a barber shop, a quick consumption gag, a four month clerk, and a cuckoo clock alarm designed to crow like a chicken for a cheerful wake up.
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Louisville Courte Journal
Birmingham Age-Herald
Florida Times-Union
Sububi
Boston Transcript
Cincinnati Enquirer
Washington Star
Exit Hoover as California primary ends bid for nomination
The Montana papers note Hoover's heavy defeat in California likely ending his presidential hopes for the Republican ticket and diminishing any chance Democrats would back him. Other items discuss Hiram Johnson's potential Dixie trip for delegates and shifts in party momentum ahead of the Chicago convention.
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Herbert Hoover
California
Lewistown
Democrat-News
Hiram Johnson
South
Dixie
Hiram
Miles City
Witty Press Snippets Reflect 1930s Opinion Splits
A collage of editorial quips and satirical lines from multiple papers critiques Washington politics and public discourse. It notes Democratic rifts over the League of Nations, print shortages, Mars talk, and prohibition enforcement, ending with a jab at political booms and audience response.
Neighbors’ Jury of Three Rules on Brunk Separation
In Liverpool a three neighbor jury decided that Rev W W Brunk and his wife should separate. Both testified, their daughter Lillian testified the couple could not agree on many things. The jury ruled for separation and the couple signed terms the next day.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Liverpool
W. W. Brunk
Brunk
Lillian
Syracuse University
96 Year Old Sister Seeks Brothers in St Louis
A 96 year old sister asks St Louis police to locate John and Michael Kraft, two brothers who settled in the city over 80 years ago after arriving from Germany. Gus Bruehl of Butler Maryland reports he last heard from them as they left the East for St Louis.
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ST. Louis
O’brien
Gus Bruehl
Butler
John
Michael Kraft
Germany
Bruchl
Bruch
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