Four kinds of marriage in New York City provoke public debate
A column notes Mrs. Phillips Barton’s dual engagements decided by a coin toss and other nuptial gambles in Fall River Pawtucket and Ingfield. It contrasts these casual unions with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Comnette renewing their golden wedding to reaffirm a serious, sacred marriage.
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New York City
Phillips Barton
Fall River
Mass
Abbie
L. Schremmer
Mar
Pawtucket
R. I
James Eaton
Charles Comnette
A Facetious Debate on Dictator Talk in America
An Ohio State professor warned that the United States might someday need a dictator if public interest in governance declines. The piece argues democracy already constrains leaders via the power to remove them, and warns a Mussolini style ruler would be his own boss and unremovable unless disciplined.
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America
Williams College
Ohio State ‘University
High Minds Red
Institute of Politics At
Will Own
United States
Italy
Russia
Spain
Portugal
Who Controls The Air A Debate On Federal Versus State Flight Authority
The article weighs whether air travel will fall under federal control or stay with states. It notes interstate flying challenges a state boundary concept and cites broader regulatory practice from railroads to courts. It argues federal oversight has weight as airplane ranges cross states. It mocks overoptimistic utopian thinking and contrasts literacy in Natal and Egypt with royal bread and jam imagery.
Coolidge says I do not choose to run in nineteen twenty eight
On the ship Aquitania while en route to Cherbourg a reporter quotes President Coolidge saying he does not choose to run in 1928. The piece interprets his remark as a refusal to seek re election, while noting the political implications and the writer's take on the intended meaning.
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S. S. Aquitania
Aquitania
Cherbourg
Coolidge
Parker
New York Telegram
President Coolidge silent on second election talk at White House
The writer recalls a year ago the President noting that a second election was hardly a friendly idea He said carrying the load to March 1929 would merit a rest Cabinet members Mellon and Hoover told the writer that public opinion would compel a second run Coolidge remained tight lipped as usual keeping to his practiced silence
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White House
Mellon
Hoover
Coolidge
Red Ranger
Heflin
Crutchfield
Coolidge May Face First Ballot Nomination Question
The piece contemplates a potential first ballot nomination for Coolidge at the Republican convention. It notes his public stance that he does not seek a second nomination and would act in line with the people’s will, stressing his duty over personal wishes.
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Republican Convention
Coolidge
Chicago to Host Major Fight on Soldiers field
The board discusses only the President's announcement as other news arrives by radio. Chicago is to host a major fight on Soldiers' field with a serious tone. The Cubs lead and Sussex cricketer M Tate posts a season milestone with 1000 runs and 100 wickets. Britain plans air battle ships with foghorns and riding lights to be based at Singapore, signaling a warning to Asia.
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Chicago
Chicago Cubs
M. Tate
Sussex
Britain
Singapore
Asia
Lindbergh Lost in East Fog Amid Flight
The report notes Lindbergh encountered dense fog while flying east. The line suggests several presidential hopefuls face uncertain paths amid uncertain conditions.
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Lindbergh
Poincare Calls Distinction Between People and Rulers
In a wartime speech French President Poincare urged separating the German people from their rulers when judging guilt. The remark comes as wartime tensions ease with the war’s end.
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M. Poincare
August Heckscher’s Lifespan Advice and Fiscal Notes
The 79 year old philanthropist endorses vigorous body slaps for longevity, noting it depends on the recipient. A 98 year old New Yorker cites cash business as a rule of life. Geneva arms talks and a Borah probe are reviewed like bedside bulletins, with Europe noted to see America first as money is raised. All news arrives by ether to the floating city, amid Coolidge’s do not choose.
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August Heckscher
New York
Coolidge
McCoy Offers Health Diet Qs to Readers
Dr. McCoy invites readers of the Athens Messenger to send personal health and diet questions. Send inquiries with an addressed, stamped envelope for reply.
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Frank McCoy
McCoy
Coffee and Pie Contests Highlight Sunday Picnic Debates
A Sunday School picnic tale contrasts pie eating contests with concerns about coffee and breakfast habits. A Texas real estate man’s record of one hundred cups in seven hours is noted, while cautions about cream and sugar affecting mental performance after coffee are discussed, based on repeated breakfast tests.
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Texas
Minneapolis
Weather, Pearl Identification, and Pledge Questions in 1923 Text
Readable excerpts cover thunderstorm safety indoors, how to distinguish genuine from imitation pearls, and the 1923 U S pledge of allegiance. The weather bureau notes center room is safest during storms, while pearls show specific gravity around 2.6 and iridescent surface. the pledge changed at the June 14 1923 National Flag Conference.
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The
Weather Bureau
Wwe
United States
Fake Nobles in New York Top Society Deceptions
In Manhattan, bogus titled foreigners and heirs prey on romance hungry socialites. A fake aviator and other con artists pose as captains or commissioners to win trust, marry, or steal valuables. Burglaries mirror this bluff, with counterfeit identities and elite club cover.
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Gilbert Swan
New York
Manhattan
Hotel Dansants
Lindbergh
Bimeek
Heflin biography praised as moral youth tale from Alabama
Senator Heflin’s autobiography “Boyhood Days of J Thomas Heflin” is recommended as a stirring Horatio Alger style read. Rodney Dutcher outlines Heflin’s early life in Louina Alabama, from cotton work and fox hunting to prayers, charity, and a schoolyard fight, highlighting his rural upbringing and public persona.
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Rodney Dutcher Messenger
Washington, Aug.s
J. Thomas Heflin
Alabama
Horatio Alger
The
New Menace
United States
Heflin
Louina
Ala
Rich at 55 and the Dewney Economics Table
The text asks how many will be rich 55 and how many poor or dead. It cites a table where one will be rich, 13 well to do, 40 of moderate means, 23 worth nothing, and 23 dead. It also notes Winfield Scott nicknamed Old Fuss and Feathers and traces Washingtons at Sulgrave Manor across Tudor to early Stuart reigns for about 120 years.
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L. B
Dewney
E. C
Washington
Sulgrave Manor
Henry VIII
Edward VI
Queen Mary
Queen Elizabeth
James I
James
Detective Elly Joins Boston Police in Subway Bombing Probe
Detective Christopher Elly of the New York bomb squad travels to Boston to aid in the subway bombing investigation. A Packard sedan seen near the Interborough blast with a Massachusetts plate is linked to an Italian resident of Boston through a license number.
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New York
Boston
U.P
Christopher Elly
Massachusetts
Interborough
Former Gloucester Resident C L Foraker Dies in Illinois
A former Gloucester resident C L Foraker died August 5 at his Canton Illinois home after suffering a stroke on July 21. His death was reported today with his children and grandchildren at his bedside.
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Glouster
C. L. Foraker
Canton
Lil
Mr. Foraker
Coast guards seek missing boy near Edgewater Beach
In Cleveland on August 8 authorities planned to drag Lake Erie near Edgewater Beach after a boy’s clothes were found in the bathing beach check room by Harry Mead, assistant bath house superintendent.
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Cleveland
U.P
Coast Guards
Lake Erie
Edgewater Beach
Harry Mead
Asmura Relief Gains National Attention From Ohio Doctor
An Ohio physician in Highland promotes Asmura after 18 years of study and a special patient analysis method. The remedy claims to relieve asthma and hay fever with a personalized questionnaire for accurate prescribing, drawing demand from across the United States.
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Ohio
Asmura
United States
Asemura
Anderson-McCoy Laboratories
Highland
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Egypt
Arthur Brisbane
Geneva Arms
Senator Borah
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Commtate
Edward Austus Singlefield
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Elisha Kert Kane
Frederick J. Haskin
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By the Way
Frent
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Braucher
Kane
Hans Hendrik
Greenland
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Mmapeee
the Grolier Society
Hefling
A. Winfield Scott
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