Miss Lillie Faris Addresses Belmont County Teachers
Miss Lillie A. Faris, critic teacher at the normal college model school, spoke before the Belmont County Teachers association in Barnesville. The report also notes a 4 percent raise for Hocking Valley railroad engineers and a burglary at Floodwood’s Black Cat saloon with theft of coins and whisky. Continuous oil development questions in Rome township suggest future field potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie A. Faris
Model School of the Normal College
Barnesville
Belmont County Teachers’ Association
Black Cat
Floodwood
A Thought for Today and Dryden Quote
A religious line from James 1 12 blesses endurance under temptation and the faithful crown. A Dryden couplet urges shunning bait rather than fighting it, reflecting moral counsel.
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James
Fire insurance rates and the Board of Fire Underwriters
The National Board has not set rates since 1876. Territorial rating bureaus set charges, often by state law, after inspecting properties and advising on ways to reduce fire risk. National Board engineers diagnose municipal fire hazards and grading schedules, based on water supply, equipment, alarms, topography, wind, and other factors, for cities served at no charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Insurance Rate Authority
National Board of Fire Underwriters
United States
National Board
Stay With The Ship: Coolidge Urges Steady Economic Policy
In a Congress address Coolidge stresses national economy as urgent, notes government revenues burden all people, links farmer distress to postwar inflation, and argues agriculture is recovering from 1921 1922 depression. He calls for continuing successful existing policies rather than new ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
Congress
Tariff Issue Dominates 1928 Campaign Debates
Tariff and agricultural relief top the 1928 campaign despite widespread doubts. Senators returning from Europe urge lower tariffs to aid import growth and pay debts, while protectionists warn against risky tinkering. Major duties largely protect farmers and raise prices, with 65 percent of imports still duty free.
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United States
Europe
Cuba
Argentine
London heiress donated vast sums in will
Ady Houston in London inherited six million pounds and, in her misery, began giving away small bequests of about 100 thousand dollars to gardeners housekeepers a nephew and an old friend. Money meant nothing to her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ady Houston
London
Palace tour reveals wealth in callous confession
A weary interview reveals a wealthy woman boasting of luxury assets including yachts, cars, homes, horses, and art treasures as she leads the interviewer through her palace, dismissing money as unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pean
Prince William's Africa Trek Impresses Forum Guests
Mr Leach of the Forum hosts Prince William second son of the Swedish king for luncheon and views his moving pictures of Africa. The prince shows a mountain gorilla killed at close range, a leopard feeding, African pygmies and a nursing mother.
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Leach
Forum
William
Africa
Prince William
Notable editors and Roosevelt brothers in hunting book tale
The passage notes Leach gathered notable figures including Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Kermit Roosevelt alongside other editors. It mentions their father's Africa hunting book that sparked the Prince’s interest in that topic.
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Mountains of
The
Moon
Mr. Leach
Roosevelts
Theodore, Jr
Kermit
Africa
Prince
Notable Figures Mentioned In Brief Historical Reminiscence
The passage names Ernest Thompson Seton who could interpret a gorilla’s thoughts after a bullet, Stefansson praised for his knowledge of the North, and Mr MaCrea head of Dutton & company noted for publishing quality books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Thompson Seton
Stefansson
Prince
Mr. MaCrea
Dutton & Company
Coolidge on Nicaragua Rebels and Mexican Aid
President Calvin Coolidge comments on rebels in Nicaragua receiving support from Mexican President Calles. He compares them to American rebels of 1776, notes that the Nicaraguan government also has U S backing, and questions how Mexico might view the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
Congress
Nicaragua
Calles
Mexico
Carroll convicted for perjury over drunken bath tub party
Earl Carroll was found guilty of lying under oath regarding a drunken naked bath tub incident intended to amuse guests. The United States court sentenced him to one year and one day in prison, warning that nude wine parties and deceitful testimony carry severe penalties.
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Earl Carroll
Carroll
United States
Opera Companies Plan Public Broadcasts For Fame
On Friday the Chicago Civic Opera will air its entire performance to the public boosting publicity. The Metropolitan Opera in New York plans a similar broadcast later to gain benefit. Artists recording talking machine records recognize the value of such publicity.
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Chicago Civic Opera Company
Metropolitan Opera
New York
Metropolitan Opera to open new house with affordable seating
Mr. Kahn and associates in New York plan a new opera house with good seats at reasonable prices. The venture aims to offer a superior viewing and listening experience, comparable to exhibition venues for pearls and diamonds.
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Mr. Kahn
New York
Metropolitan Opera
Opera House
Atlantic Ocean Shrinks in Telegraphic Frost Forecast
The article notes the Atlantic Ocean, once vast, is shrinking in imagination as telecommunication advances promise rapid distances. It hints at future freezing conditions as science predicts colder trends.
How Salt Is Produced as Article of Food
Washington coverage explains salt’s global importance and the evolution of its production from ancient mines in Austria and Germany to modern U S processes. It details Wieliczka and Sperenberg mines, U S deposits in New York Michigan Ohio and more, and outlines the contemporary brine evaporation and crystalization stages desde brine into cube and granulated salt with settling tanks grainer and final kiln drying.
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Washington, D. C
Europe
Wieliczka
Austria
Sperenberg
Germany
Virginia
United States
New York
Michigan
Ohio
Louisiana
Kansas
Texas
California
Nevada
Utah
Pennsylvania
West
Kansas Fields
M. H. Joffe
Colonial Salt Company
Akron
Joffe
Inside Broadway Offices Atypical Paths To Power
In New York, January 13, the author describes Broadway theater executives’ offices as often located on creaky stairs or in aging over the theater buildings. The piece contrasts glamorous myths with shabby hallways, crowded with staff and gossip as morning passes.
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New York
Broadway
Stage Managers' Office Not Places of Beauty
Gilbert Swan notes that the stage managers’ office behind a theater front is hidden on the third floor, cluttered with clippings and staff, with dingy stairs and crowded halls contrasting Manhattan’s theatrical glamour. The piece reflects on tradition and atmosphere in arts administration.
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High Court
Manhattan
Gilbert Swan
Government answers science and history Q&A roundup
A compilation of terse inquiries and replies on air needed to burn fuel oil, a U S fur farm at Saratoga Springs, ages at Soldiers Home Washington, motor tours, the largest cake, Franklin to Washington cent stamp head change, North Pole temperatures, tobacco analysis, bread loaf sizes, and violin varnish versus construction.
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Bureau of Standards
Government Experimental Fur Farm
Saratoga Springs
New York
United States
Canada
Soldiers’ Home
Washington, D. C
American Automobile Association
G. BE
Frederick William I
Prussia
Franklin
Washington
North Pole
Asia
Irkutsk
J. P
Bill for Widow Causes Turmoil in Congress over Imbrie fund
The Senate foreign relations committee and House foreign affairs panel clash over funding Mrs. Katharine G. Imbrie widow of Major Robert W. Imbrie. Competing proposals seek to allocate part of $116,000 designated for Persian education or warship costs, with bills advancing in both chambers and talks of a conference to settle final disbursement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kellogg
House Foreign Affairs Committee
State Department
Robert W. Imbrie
Teheran
Katherine G. Imbrie
United States
United States Treasury
Congress
Treasury
House
Imbrie
New Bedford
Mass
Charles L. Gifford
Joseph W. Martin
Kejamin Fairchild
New York
Feaing
Martin
Fairchild
Butler
Massachusetts
Senate
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China
Pine _ ae
the Messenger
Hocking Valley Railroad Company
Rome
Township
Kians
Athens Township Board of Education
Ohio Association of College Women
Irma E. Voigt
Ohio University
J. H. Cross
Hocking Valley Railroad
Dryden
O. K
OPERA
Arthur Brisbane
Atlantic Ocean
Frederick J. Haskin
Ecuador
Colonial Works
Aide de Camp
Bill
the Romance OF America
Carson
Sacramento
Redner
Braucher
Colorado River
Neasenvice, Nc
Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Doitinitess
Phillips
U. S
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co
Charles H. Phillips
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