The Jungle Underworld Threatens Cities and Officials
An Akron councilman’s drive against vice dens is attacked as a broader urban jungle issue. The piece cites threats to Kyle Ross and a Canton editor’s murder as evidence of persistent lawlessness beneath modern city life, urging collective action to uncover and remove the cause.
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Kyle Ross
City OF
Akron
Ross
Athens
K. I
Claw
Fang
Don Mellett
Canton
Don Melletti
Kyle Rosses
Praise for the wife’s cooking sparks appreciation at home
A columnist cites popular husbands who praise their wives cooking and even flatter friends by extolling their skills. The piece argues wives deserve applause after long hours in the kitchen, noting many men remember only a single dish like canned pineapple.
Thrill of Mountain Driving in a Cloudburst Storm
A vivid travel piece describes driving through storm struck mountains where clouds burst into heavy rain, streams flood into rivers, and roads vanish under yellow floodwaters. The journey involves long grades, cliffside lanes, landslides, and trees toppled across routes adding danger and rare thrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highlands
Kellogg peace pact praised but alarm over European militarism
Arthur Brisbane argues the Kellogg peace pact seeks renunciation of war yet warns Europe arms remain large. He notes France Italy and England troop numbers and calls for American preparation alongside peace efforts. He highlights Briands praise of Kellogg and Stresemann while cautioning about strings and League of Nations.
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League of Nations
Europe
France
Italy
England
Germany
Russia
Durant Offers 25000 For Essay On Enforcing Prohibition
Automobile magnate Mr W C Durant announces a prize of 25000 dollars for the best essay under 2000 words on how to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment. Durant asserts prohibition is a worthy policy and invites participants to submit proposals detailing enforcement strategies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Durant
Prohibition Law Enforcement and Societal Hypocrisy
Mr Durant cites Lincoln to argue institutions survive a citizenship half law abiding half lawless. He notes the prosperous class ignores small laws and disdains prohibition, suggesting true enforcement would make alcohol purchase a felony with imprisonment and heavy fines, profits to bootleggers and informers spared.
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Mr. Durant
Abraham Lincoln
Respectability and bootlegger plot risk analysis
A high society group contemplates aiding a bootlegger to defy Prohibition, but rejects the plan due to fear of later blackmail. The discussion hinges on reputation and potential coercion in a period crime context.
Prohibition Depends on Majority Support
Prohibition can be enforced if a majority of the people want it. If they don’t want it, it cannot be enforced. Changing a people’s habits by law is not easy. The old French king could not prevent subjects from wearing shoes with toes bent backward and tied to their knees.
Hague Sees Jersey Victory and Hoover Margin Rise
Jersey City mayor claims New Jersey will vote for Hoover. Helen Wills backs Hoover and leads the Women’s Committee. The piece notes Wall Street Republicans shifting to Democrats. Mrs. Cohan, George M. Cohen’s mother, dies, remembered for the war song Over There.
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Jersey City
Smith
New Jersey
Hague
Helen Wills
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Wall Street
Usury Critique Targets High Money Costs and Usurers
The Guaranty Trust company warns that high money costs threaten business. Federal Reserve actions blamed for driving global money control from the U S to England. An authority says interest rates, 8 percent on Wall Street, amount to usury and calls for action.
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Guaranty Trust Company
Coolidge
Wall Street
Federal Reserve Board
United States
England
Health and Diet Advice From Dr McCoy on Arthritis
Health and diet guidance from Dr Frank McCoy author of The Newest Way to Health. He explains arthritis causes joint swelling pain and bone deformity from toxins and fermentation and notes diet and fasting as part of treatment plus cautions for non starch vegetables and remedies for breath holding in children.
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Frank McCoy
Eye swelling and discharge near the eye urged doctor visit
R G reports a swelling at the left eye corner with discharge from a pin point opening in the lower lid and fears of facial bone disease. The answer advises consulting an oculist for diagnosis and cause. Mrs Jerry B notes enjoying health articles and radio talks.
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R. G
Jerry B
Jhealth
Courtroom shows clash of Old World code with American law
In a New York East Side courtroom a judge weighs conflicts between Jewish and Sicilian traditions and American law. A girl saved a dowry, was betrayed, and a menacing marriage broker figure emerges. A Sicilian girl says she shot to defend honor amid crowded tenements. The judge seeks understanding between cultures and youth and parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Swan Messenger
New York
East Side
Odessa
First Avenue
South Italy
East Tenth Street
Schadschen
America
Answers to Questions by Frederick J Haskin
Question and answer column covers terms and facts from early 20th century knowledge. Topics include abbreviations like F R I A, rulers in India, the meaning of Selah, Masons of Adams, causes of Will o the Wisp, Red Cross memberships, U S treasurer, English pronunciation of schedule, and a note about Amelia Earhart's Friendship voyage and 11th century instruments.
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India
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Germany
England
Scotland
Japanese Red Cross
CC. I. A
Fea ‘Cross
United States
M. A
H. Theodore Tate
United F.0
Tate
Treasury Department
Gom Imander Byrd
Miss Earhart
Frederick Guest
New York Sun backs Hoover for presidency in shift of support
The New York Sun announces support for Herbert Hoover over Alfred E. Smith, noting Hoover’s alignment with Coolidge era prosperity and tariff policies. It defends Smith’s abilities but argues party history and prohibition disputes split Democrats, favoring Hoover to maintain economic balance and national policy continuity.
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New York
New York Sun
Herbert Hoover
President Coolidge
Sun
Smith
Coolidge
Kansas City
the Sun
Alfred E. Smith
Mr. Smith
Albany
Governor Smith
William Allen White
Hoover
The
United States
South
Athens Welcomes Taft as Republican Candidate Arrives
Thousands gather in gala procession to honor William Howard Taft and hear the nation’s next president in Athens. The event marks a high spirited public welcome with city attire and civic pride on display.
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Athens
William H. Taft
Island city of Montreal at confluence of St Lawrence and Ottawa
The text notes Montreal is situated on an island 36 miles by 10 miles at the confluence of the St Lawrence and Ottawa rivers, one of North America's oldest cities. It also references farm loan banks assets and liabilities as of June 30 1928 and asks about Alaska's time belt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Ottawa
North America
Federal Farm Loan ‘Banks
Farm Loan
Federal Land Banks
Alaska
Dates of milestones in American history on August 29
On this date in 1642 the first representative assembly met in New York. In 1778 Lafayette rode from Providence to Boston in six hours to beg D Estaing to return with the French fleet to Narragansett. 1809 marks the birthday of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Brigham Young, former leader, died in 1877.
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New York
Lafayette
Providence
Boston
D'Estaing
Narragansett
Oliver Wendel Holmes
Brigham Young
Formor
Cross Word Puzzle Aids and Clues
A jumble of crossword entries and clues across horizontal and vertical lines. Terms include horse carriage tent colony possessive pronoun conscious fasten constellation gift recipient ostrich bird nest talisman vehicle reverence chewing animal victim slicing and more with scattered garbled letters and an earlier day’s solution note.
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Br. Maas
Harris
Pan
Robert Charge
Cards Ward, Inc
Fifth Ave
Sooth
Wabash Avenue
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Jersey
Arthur Brisbane
Briand
Stresemann
Kellogg
Woodrow Wilson
Napoleon
California
Mr. Coolidge
McCoy
By the Way
Israel
Frederick J. Haskin
Royal Society of Arts
Athens Messenger
J. T. Merwin
Margaret
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Canada
Frank R. Gross
Bremen
Mrs. Byron Wolfe
Miss Estelle Finney
Logan
Picardy
Myrtle Mitchell
Columbus
Mrs. Earl Lemons
Fred Lawrence
Manilla, P. L
Fred Donzy
Toledo
Carl Mansfield
Morris Avenue
Carrie Newman
Dayton
E. C. Kinney
Richland Avenue
Alice
Reta Kircher
New York City
Agnes E. Foley
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