Career Path of Joseph C. Grew From Tiger Hunts to Ambassador
The piece traces Joseph C. Grew from Groton and Harvard through a globe trotting youth and early diplomatic misadventures to becoming United States ambassador to Turkey. It notes his start in Cairo at $600 a year, bouts with malaria, and a long ascent via ties and political leverage culminating in a post as under secretary of state and now ambassador.
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Joseph C. Grew
Turkey
Grew
Groton
Harvard
India
Lahore
Kashmir
Himalayas
Baltistan
Straits of Malacca
Penang
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Perak
Foreign Service
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Australia
Tasmania
New Zealand
Ceylon
China
Japan
United States
Hay
Egypt
Young Grew
Cairo
Bellamy Storer
Austria-Hungary
Grews
Roosevelt
Vienna
Mexico City
A Thought for Today Unsellors Article Fragment
A brief dated proverb style note offering wisdom on safety and counsel, noting that the best guidance may come from women. The fragment reflects a moral tone common to the era and mentions Proverbs 11 14 as a guiding reference.
The Vacation Habit Foreener 0 TAKES A VACATION
An essay argues that modern Americans indulge in extended vacations, regardless of finances, draining August business and leaving merchants to cope with delayed payments. It critiques installment plans and the cultural shift toward leisure as wasteful, urging a shorter year of commerce.
McCoy to Supervise Nicaragua 1928 Election
Frank R. McCoy, a former Rainbow Division commander, sails to Nicaragua to supervise the 1928 election under President Coolidge’s guarantee of fairness. His background includes Spanish American diplomacy, Philippines operations, and relief work with Red Cross.
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Nicaragua
Frank R. M'Coy
Coolidge
McCoy
France
Philippines
Datto Ali
Mr. Taft
South America
America
Mexico
Red Cross Relief
Ece Siesta
Icaragua
Saskobie Thas
AERIAL SIGNPOSTS ARRIVE FOR AIRWAY MARKINGS
The federal Department of Agriculture highway bureau begins installing uniform aerial signposts to mark routes and airports. Instructions have been sent to chambers of commerce for nationwide cooperation, aiming to reduce hazards from pilots navigating unfamiliar areas and relying on road signs. The move replaces varied local fingerposts with standardized airway markings.
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Federal Department of Agriculture
Highway Bureau
Bureau of Aeronautics
Ashington
Chambers of Commerce
Pine Russian anarchist captured in York barber shop
A Pine Russian anarchist was captured in a York barber shop, an unlikely hideout that authorities described as a surprising last place police would search. The arrest underscores ongoing efforts to locate and detain fugitives linked to the movement.
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York
The Way of a Ship and a Floating City in 1927
A vivid, fragmentary travelogue on ocean liners like the Aquitania as floating cities. It contrasts modern deck life with old seafaring romance, noting fashion, perfumes, smoking, and the crowds aboard, while peppered with era-specific social commentary.
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Aquitania
White
Rip van Winkle
Health and Diet Advice by Dr Frank McCoy
Dr McCoy advises treating facial broken capillaries with ice for five minutes total, holding ice fifteen to twenty seconds on each spot to strengthen capillaries. He explains rheumatism and neuritis share toxemia origins and both benefit from eliminating toxemia. For Melba toast he prescribes white bread sliced quarter inch thick dried overnight and toasted until golden brown, with butter served at table.
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Irene L
Strength From Walking for Endurance and Vitality
The article argues real endurance comes from regular walking and gradual buildup. It prescribes an hour daily, starting with fifteen minutes and increasing by one minute daily to four miles in forty-five days, followed by a cold shower and proper dressing after the walk. It urges readers to begin tomorrow and persist for lasting vitality.
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Jone
Answers to Questions by Frederick J Haskin
The piece notes a church rally set for the first Sunday in October to emphasize family church attendance. It also lists a Civil War era comparison of European armies with France at 757,798 and Italy at 1596 troops.
New York Hit Myth Challenged by Tin Pan Alley Views
By The Way in New York writer argues real music sales rise from mid sized American cities not Manhattan. He notes Chicago as pivotal for sales while Tin Pan Alley acts push Broadway premieres as ads for broader fates. Creston Iowa and other towns supply most enduring hits.
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Phonograph
Tin Pan Alley
Manhattan
Chicago
America
Omaha
St. Louis
Denver
Kansas City
Des Moines
Toledo
Broadway
Moron term and 1866 U S Army figures lesson
The text defines moron as a person with arrested intellectual development comparable to a child aged eight to twelve. It notes January 9 1866 U S regular and volunteer army strength at 152 611 officers and men. It lists Dempsey Carpentier purses and discusses U S cruisers versus Britain and a highway distance of 377 miles from New City to Pittsburgh.
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Prussia
Russia
Great Britain
United States
New City
Pittsburgh
N. A
Plans for transatlantic flight from Curtiss Field
Lloyd W. Bertaud announces departure tonight in the monoplane Wid Giory for Rome if radio is fixed. He will fly with James Dewitt Hill, aiming to Rome and return. Weather en route favorable aside from disturbances off Newfoundland.
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Curtiss Field
N. Y
Lloyd W. Bertaud
Wid Giory
Rome
Bertaud
James Dewitt Hill
New Foundland
Skin Clear If You Take 8.8.8 Promises Health
Physicians link pimples boils and eruptions to internal imbalance and tout 8.8.8 as a remedy. Testimonials claim improved skin strength and energy after using 8.8.8 with a Cincinnati Ohio address and references to 5.5.5 sold in stores.
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J. W. Barker
Walnut Street
Cincinnati
Ohio
Good -Daun
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