Night clubs on Broadway seen as clubs not cabarets
In New York a columnist explains Broadway night clubs as places where revelry, high cover charges, and stage celebrities create a glossy atmosphere. The piece contrasts signs against actual behavior and notes pricey “apple champagne” and bold hostess roles amid mixed social scenes. A second item remarks on a Paris to Rouen air race prize won for 80 cents total cost, illustrating rapid transport advances.
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New York
Broadway
Elmer Roessner
Cleveland
California
Elmer
Paris
Rouen
Drouhin
Detroit
Florida
Mother's Exam Probed Moral Weather in Kansas City Classrooms
The Parent Teacher Association mails mothers a moral quiz on teens and behavior settings. It questions how to handle Mary reading banned books and Johnny's social life, urging parents to set standards at home to curb deviance and nurture self-control.
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Parent-Teacher Association of
Kansas City
Mary
Johnny
Reading Psalms Amid Arsenic and Economic Ruminations
A column contrasts a woman who harmed neighbors with arsenic to finding comfort in Bible reading, praising the Psalms. It then shifts to economic ideas on prosperity, stable prices, and the relation between price levels, demand, and employment, noting prices have cooled and suggesting balanced, steady pricing as ideal.
Pipes for Women and Men A Pipe Advice Letter
A Boston minister urges women to smoke a pipe if they must smoke, while a surgeon notes pipes burn the tongue and may cause cancer. Nicotine exposure ranks cigars highest, pipes next, cigarets least, though tar products in old pipes can be more harmful. The article concludes it is safe to advise women to smoke a pipe, but few will.
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Boston
Darrow on Capital Punishment Debate in Washington
Clarence Darrow argues against capital punishment during a Washington tour debate. He cites crime rates, historical reforms, and the idea that hanging does not deter crime, while noting juveniles and the poor bear the heaviest burden in the death penalty system.
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Washington
D.C
Clarence Darrow
Darrow
Chicago
Leopold
Loeb
United States
Mr. Darrow
Criminal Court
Darrel
England
Newgate Prison
Roman Empire
Stanley
New York
Michigan
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
Missouri
North Dakota
Oregon
South Dakota
Theodore Roosevelt Letters Reveal Harsh Private Assessments
The late president’s correspondence shows sharp judgments on contemporaries like W. J. Bryan and Woodrow Wilson, describing Bryan as a demagogue and Wilson as a physical coward. The letters, published posthumously with family consent, also include reflections on birth limits and the role of surroundings in shaping potential.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Cabot Lodge
W. J. Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Inheritance and virtue in human heredity says Morgan
Professor T H Morgan of Columbia University explains that people possess a high inheritance of good traits from ancestors with about 99 percent positive influence. He notes blue eyed parents produce blue eyed children and that drug or drink preferences are not inherited, emphasizing ninety percent of hereditary forces support virtue and success. News from Paris may interest railroad men.
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T. H. Morgan
Columbia University
Morgan
Secretary Wilbur Sees Warships Fail To Hit Air Target
A New York Times dispatch quotes Secretary Wilbur worried as eleven warships with full anti-aircraft fire fail to score a hit on an aircraft target. He suggests building four thousand fast airplanes and questions battleships usefulness. He imagines bombing airships might have changed the outcome.
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Wilbur
New York Times
Japan preps swift light cruisers to guard shipping
Howard P. Curtis reports from Japan five years of military buildup. Japan aims to deter foes with intelligence and a fleet of fast light cruisers, including the Yura, carrying 3 foot diameter torpedoes and twenty one feet long, among the most powerful ships built.
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Howard P. Curtis
Japan
Odds and Ends From Tom Sims Wit and Wisdom
A humorous collection notes quirky sayings about driving homes budgeting and writing. It includes lines about crazy drivers and convenient yet costly homes alongside playful quips on authors seeds stashes steno gear and missing shoes.
Republicans and Democrats blur at the Capitol
The article analyzes how La Follette, Brookhart, Frazier, and Ladd are treated as insurgents or regulars, with party lines blurring at the Capitol. It notes Republicans and Democrats alike show flexible loyalties, and that expulsions hinge on cross party votes. The quartet keeps their votes and voices, facing diminished patronage but potentially stronger support at home.
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Charles P. Stewart
NEA
Washington
Capitol
la Follette
Brookhart
Frazier
Ladd
Brookhaert
Borah
Norris
Capper
Child Visits From Dad Surprise Tales
A playful note on children waiting for a traveling father to return. The piece recalls how a youngster, sick or well, eagerly checks dad’s suitcase for a gift, highlighting family warm moments and the familiar question What did you bring me today.
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Dad
Pop
Hal Cochran's Daily Poem Presents Fatherly Gift Theme
A light verse notes a father returning home with a present for a well behaved child. The narrator brags of singing of such true facts and jokes about being outdone by the child in generosity. The piece reads as a playful reflection on parental duties and pride.
Editorial Wisdom Cr axis Compiled By T N S
A collection of editorial quips from various papers noting political humor and social commentary. It cites lines about a war staff avoiding fighting, women voting, Senate grievances, sugar tariff judgments, and a California congresswoman’s platform.
First transcontinental excursion by Boston Board of Trade
The Bureau of Railway Economics notes a transcontinental trip begun in Boston on May 24, 1870, reaching San Francisco on May 31, 1870, as the first coast to coast excursion.
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Bureau of Railway Economics
Boston Board of Trade
Boston
San Francisco
United States
Bergonzi
L. W. P. A. Hart
Guiseppe Guarneri
Stradivari
Bergonazi
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Port Phillip
Melbourne
Australia
Yokohama
Japan
New York City
Bombay
India
London
England
Liverpool
Hamburg
Germany
Antewerp
Belgium
New York
Antwerp
Gulf of Osaeka
Kobe
China
John of Monte Corvino
Polo
Europe
Rome
Cambalia
Peking
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Gorry
Antz
Tom Sims
Hal Cochran
Sonny
CRAX
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Buffalo Evening Post
United States Senate
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