Herbert Hoover as the fourth great American president
The author extols Herbert Hoover as America’s most international minded leader, noting his wartime relief work and global humanitarian impact. He praises Hoover’s organization, practical solutions, modesty, and potential to raise national prestige and worldwide goodwill.
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Herman Bernstein
United States
Washington
Lincoln
Wilson
Herbert Hoover
America
Mr. Hoover
Europe
Threat of the Jungle The wind bloweth where it listeth
A compact, period style note references a biblical verse about wind and fate, invoking language from scripture to evoke natural force and mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Revival of Mother Songs Set to Return in Tin Pan Alley Era
A report says mother songs, once popular in Tin Pan Alley, are set to return as blues jazz and home themes wane. Modern sheet music from New York writers allegedly influenced youths with sentiment and swing, prompting mothers to brace for several months of daughters at the piano while chores are done.
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Rom
Tin Pan Alley
New York
Duty and discipline for busy youth in early instruction
The text urges keeping youths busy with tasks and training, warning against overprotective parenting. It argues hard work builds character, cites a father’s pride in earning money from an early age, and warns against pampering children which may lead to later regret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Beyou
If War Vanishes and the World Adapts
A speculative essay argues that banning war would not halt population growth. It notes disease and famine have declined, science mitigates plagues, and if war ends other limits would challenge sustainability. The scene shifts to New York City with crowds gazing skyward as airplane radios play music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Ruskin’s Railroads Echoed by Lit Figures
The passage notes Ruskin’s dislike of railways for spoiling scenery yet accepts rail travel’s unavoidable presence. It contrasts Longfellow’s line about night filled with music with a modern-day daylit realization, implying a shift in perspective from prophecy to present experience.
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Ruskin
Longfellow
Railroads Report July Earnings Rise and Market Optimism
Thirty two American railroads show a 12.7 percent rise in net operating income for July as stocks rally. The piece cites federal policy aiding profits, urges avoiding selling the country short, and notes opinions from university and clergy on suffering, pain, and poverty alongside Hoover’s job plans.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Vacation Cost Mirrors Space Travel to Venus
A scientist calculates an airplane trip to Venus at 1.4 billion dollars, yet the United States offers vacation options that cost similar amounts. The contrast points to sky high travel expenses and luxury getaways within reach on Earth.
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Venus
United States
Automobile menace to wildlife sparks conservation debate
Michigan conservation officials call the automobile a menace to wildlife while noting uncertainty about experiments involving loading a vehicle with a small amount of gin. The fragment hints at debates over vehicles and wildlife impact.
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Michigan
Health and Diet Advice From Dr Frank McCoy Reader Q and A
Dr McCoy answers readers on Margarine types from animal fat and nut varieties and their food value versus butter. Advice covers how margarine costs compare, digestion of raw starch in nut margarines, and when to substitute margarine for butter.
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Frank McCoy
McCoy
Napoleon III
Meger Mouries
United States
By the Way in New York City Gossips and Ghetto Characters
Random notes from Manhattan describe Broad Street sidewalk work at night and a subway push for new tracks. The piece sketches fashion shops on Fifth Avenue, humorous city characters, and the Samovar man serving tea to sweltering crowds near Washington Square.
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Gilbert Swan
New York
Manhattan
Broad Street
Mike
Minnie
Fifth Avenue
Monsieur Whoozis
Daca
Frank Shay
New York University
Washington Square
Answers to Questions by Frederick J. Haskin
A compiled Q and A column covers animal combat outcomes ad ad advertising spend in 1927, bridge score squeeze, Mexican citizenship, visagraph, Olympic rowing, Hawai i bird and fish introductions, U S railroads, Great Salt Lake, Red Cross activities in Mexico, and urban rural population lines.
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Frederick J. Haskin
National Zoological Park
Automobile
J. Hd. A
Chrysler Sales Corporation
Willys-Overland, Inc
Chevrolet Motor Company
Chev- Tolet
Oakland Motor Company
Studebaker Corporation
Dodge Bros Inc
Hawai
D. F
Chicago
United States
Great Salt Lake
Red Cross
Mexico
Mexican Red Cross
Ur Bam
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Hamp
The
Red Cross Courier
Nations Likely to Sign Paris Pact Widely, U.S. Noted
Washington reports strong diplomatic momentum for the Paris Peace Pact with most nations expected to sign within a year. The Kellogg note links signatories to the Locarno pact, stressing universality and the benefits for smaller states joining a war renunciation treaty.
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Paris
United States
Locarno
Taft keynote in Athens campaign amid labor valley talk
Long ago column recalls Taft delivering the keynote during a brief Athens stay. He urged prosperity with the Republican party, denounced a dollar a day labor lie, and stated he had no apology for judicial rulings. He spoke in the labor heart of the Hocking Valley. Roy Shirley and Louis Snyder visited Nelsonville yesterday. Mrs Austin J Holmes visited Marshfield. Emmett French and Chester Fulton visited friends in Gloucester. The rural population was noted as over 2,500.
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Taft
Athens
Republican Party
Hocking Valley
Cross Word Clues Blend Vintage Puzzles and Names
A jumbled crossword style survey lists numerous clue fragments including references to Olympic swimmers Weissmuller and Tilden, mythic birds, body parts, and common objects, interwoven with partial phrases and stray letters suggesting a themed wordplay page from a historical puzzle. The text features disjointed hints and misprints typical of OCR from an old newspaper puzzle page.
August 30 events in American history
Columbus returns to Isabella in Haiti in 1498. Washington abandons Long Island in a fog in 1776. Nevada’s state capitol completes in 1871. A New Orleans fire causes 1.5 million dollars in damage in 1908.
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Columbus
Isabella
Haiti
Washington
Long Island
Nevada State Capitol
New Orleans
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We Publ
Chas. Harris
Charles Kingley
Mark
Arthur Brisbane
New York City
Federal Reserve Powers
United States Steel
Auer
Tufts College
Britain
Adam
Eve
Byrd Antarctic
Expedition
C. J
Martha D
By the Way
Board of Agriculture and Forestry
California
Roy Shirley
Louis Snyder
Nelsonville
Austin J. Holmes
Marshfield
Emmett French
Chester Fulton
Glouster
Marcus Loew
N. BL. B
A. Marcus Loew
Glen Cove, I. I
Nicaragua
L. H
France
C. C
Wayside Inn
Henry Ford
Solomon's Temple
Somme
J. B. Fulton
Oscar Fulton
Camp Meade, Md
C. H. Harris
Esther
Union County
Alice Henry
Warren
Institute
Public Schools
Constantine
Bethlehem
Greece
Charles Paddock
William Tilden
Eran Ce
John Weissmuller
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