Washington social precedence rules reviewed in 1920s
Washington observers weigh the social seating standings of Mrs. Dolly Curtis Gann and others as President Hoover seeks to keep government out of hostess politics. The State Department avoids future seating decisions, with the vice president and cabinet leading the order, and Congress newcomers facing thousands of calls.
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Noise Age Drives Youth From Front Yards To Back
A column laments the modern motor age as the noise age with late night traffic and street noise. It recalls past front porch living, front yards, and social lawn gatherings, contrasting them with today’s retreat to backyards and safer quiet spaces amid urban bustle.
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Back Yard Itis Spreads Through Old East Towns
The piece notes historic housing built on street lines with front steps into the street and back-yard living. It observes a cyclical shift as communities move back toward those original layouts and urges exploration of older East towns.
Costly mistake halts giant Detroit suspension bridge
A large suspension bridge over the Detroit river faced a costly setback when the main cables were found defective after a third of the floor was laid. The entire structure was taken down and rebuilt at a cost of about 1.5 million dollars.
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Stimson’s Good Taste and Social Affairs Polarity
Secretary Stimson earns praise for ending the State Department’s role in social matters. He argues a democracy should focus on larger issues rather than who sits at the dinner table. The piece hopes capital social climbers can resolve their town disputes.
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Hat check graft in Manhattan tied to three young millionaires
The hat check racket in Manhattan is controlled by three affluent young men who rose from Broadway night life to city wide influence. They manage high value concessions in hotels and clubs, use tips and decoys to keep workers, and rack up significant earnings amid a widespread public event circuit.
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Miss Guinan Urges Light and Smile In City Life
Miss Guinan praises a bright mood and home life while noting modern problems seen by clergymen. She sends a playful greeting to Mabel Walker Willebrandt and jokes about enforcement, as dramatic crime notes follow with bullion theft in New Jersey and a bank robbery in Chicago.
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Health and Diet Advice From Dr Fane McCoy Letter
Reader questions on mountain travel nutrition focus on dried beans and compact foods. Advice covers combining beans with non starch vegetables, dehydrated produce, canned vegetables, dried fruits, dried meat or fish, and edibles from wild herbs, plus lean guidance for a long outdoor diet.
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Quiz Notes and Answers From a Historic Reading Card
The page compiles scattered Q A items on history law spelling and science. It cites Seven Champions of Christendom and asks about Grant Coolidge Jefferson Lincoln and other figures while detailing topics on eggs shorthand report appointment and English Channel widths.
Irresistibly The Daily Study In Correct English
L Gordon presents a vocabulary note focusing on the word irresistibly meaning not to be resisted or overpoweringly. The piece contrasts misuse notes with guidance on pronunciation spelling and usage and urges readers to master one word daily.
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How Oriental Rugs Are Made In Hand Woven Frames
The article explains that Oriental rugs are woven on a single frame with two poles and two rollers. A warp of strong threads sets the width and fineness, and each warp thread receives knotted colored wool or hair to form the rug’s pile, with ends projecting to the worker.
Management changes at Sunday Creek Co stores announced
W L Douglas will move from Corning to Nelsonville, Clarence Tharp transfers from Modoc to Corning, and Chester Tharp shifts from Nelsonville to Modoc effective May 1. Frank Crumit injures ankle in baseball practice at Ohio University. Captain Thomas Bardin, 74, longtime B and O conductor, suffers a paralytic stroke in Portsmouth.
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