William B. Wilson Fights Pa Corruption For Senate Seat
William B. Wilson of Pennsylvania, 66, contends against Boss William S. Vere in the 1926 senatorial election. He has spent years and substantial funds gathering evidence of election fraud in Philadelphia and surrounding counties, working with multiple lawyers and stenographers to prepare 533 pages of specifications for Senate review.
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William B. Wilson
Pennsylvania
William S. Vere
Philadelphia
Wilson
Pittsburgh
Ware
Waterman
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Privileges and Elections Committee
Reed Committee
A Thought for Today: Casting Out Scorners and Scorn
A brief quotation note echoes Proverbs and Milton on casting out the scorner and ceasing public reproach. It frames a moral reminder about removing contention and hostile hiss from public life.
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Milton
Ohio University reports low student failure rate amid probation policy
The Ohio University board notes more than two percent of students failed to return after the first semester, with fewer than eight percent warned and 177 placed on probation. The report defends stricter standards as essential to academic integrity and future success, contrasting with broader national trends.
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Ohio University
Univer
Higher
Ohio coal appeal shifts focus to quality and price
Glouster speaker urges Ohioans to support burning Ohio coal arguing quality and price drive markets. Propaganda from neighboring states undermines Ohio coal trade, with Senator LeFever of Glouster promoting the effort to awaken public buying.
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LeFever of
Glouster
Light and Strong Building Material Hastens 125 Story Skyscrapers
The American Ceramic Society, preparing for a Chicago exposition, reveals a new material so light and strong that skyscrapers 125 stories high could be built. It promises lower costs and bolder pinnacles, but raises questions about city congestion and whether such tall buildings should be allowed.
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American Ceramic Society
Chicago
America
Where College Students Come From Hat Class of the Population
University of Illinois study of 11000 students shows 5780 are children of business people. 2061 from skilled or unskilled workers, 1766 from farmers, 1719 from professions. About half from cities with 25000 or more. Chicago contributes over 3000. Findings illuminate student backgrounds for future leaders.
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University of Illinois
Chicago
Broadway In New York Appears Quickchanging To Visitors
Evening Broadway glows while daytime crowds see only gaudy fronts and tired theaters. The article notes tourists flock to sights in winter, while locals pass through as workers and shoppers. Visitors change with seasons as Broadway's mood shifts from glitter to routine.
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New York
Broadway
Immigrant pressures and global ice age echo in today’s talk
The speaker rails at happiness as idleness and cites Edison’s 1200 rubber plants with 40 to cultivate while noting Hoover, Firestone luncheon invitees. Cyrus Curtis reports 200000 yearly legal immigration and over a million since 1924 with a 10 million dollar illicit profits. Europe endures an ancient ice age effect, freezing towns from Scandinavia to the Balkans with ships trapped in the Baltic and Danube frozen, affecting Denmark Germany Greece and Turkey.
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MR. Edison
Herbert Hoover
Henry Jaden
Firestone
Europe
Scandinavia
Balkans
Gradsko
Turnips and health tips from Dr Fane McCoy featured
Health and diet advice cites turnips as a versatile, non starch rich food with minor flatulence potential. Recipes include boiled and mashed turnips, with tips on tops, varieties, and historical notes. Answers discuss kidney health nutrition, pomegranates for anemia, and feet circulation remedies.
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Fane McCoy
World News Snippets Reflect Early 20th Century Tensions
The piece notes Budapest’s record cold, urges gratitude, and contrasts Gulf Coast comfort with upheaval. It describes Wall Street’s return to activity after a weekend lull, warns against reckless speculation, and criticizes gambling. It cites Mexican revolutionary plots, Indian religious riots, and calls for church-state separation amid unrest. The King’s health and Prince of Wales’ fatigue are also mentioned alongside Welsh miners’ hardships.
Turnip and Split Pea Soup Directions
Wash turnips, cut small, cook in milk until tender, mix yolk, butter, salt, boil one minute, pour over turnips. Soak split peas overnight, simmer until tender, add chopped turnip tops and roots, boil until tender, season with salt, serve with butter and Melba toast croutons.
Shocking medical doubts voiced by reader Mrs. R C M A
Mrs. R C M A writes as a married woman in her early thirties who had a kidney operation years ago and is told by many that she will not live long. She seeks medical reassurance and questions prognosis.
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G. F. Ashe
T. B. Kidney
Lindbergh flight stirs public hopes amid royal praise
The piece lauds Charles Lindbergh as a prince of youth returning from Panama and urges President Hoover to offer work to keep him grounded. It also highlights Max Valier’s rocket car sled test reaching 235 mph on a frozen lake, praising scientific aspiration and national morale.
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Mr. Hoover
Colonel Lindbergh
Max Valier
Lake
Starnsberger
Apple wood and coal heating values and trivia from 1928
Q and A style excerpt covers comparisons of apple wood to coal in heating value, George McCutcheon death in New York City on October 23, 1928, Paris green and London purple origins, Richmond Virginia as modern Rome, and various trivia about prizes, animals, and geography.
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R.G. McC
George McCutcheon
A. G. B. McCutcheon
New York City
Jd. H. A
Rome
A. Richmond
Charlies Dickens
James River
Separation announced by Daniel Frohman and wife
Theatrical manager Daniel Frohman and his wife Miss Margaret Ellington announce their separation amid plans for eventual divorce. Across Ohio a historic storm disrupts telegraph lines and transport while politics and public notices unfold.
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Daniel Frohman
New York City
Margaret Ellington
History milestones from the early United States era
Entries trace explorations by La Salle and Tonti along the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, Adams and Washington as vice president after the 1798 electoral count, the Missouri slave state controversy in 1819, New York City's first police matrons in 1892, and a 1899 Tampa snow event.
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Congress
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