Snell’s Rules Block Muscle Shoals and Boulder Dam Bills
In Washington May 2 the House stalls Muscle Shoals and Boulder Dam bills as Bertrand Snell, chair of the Rules Committee, flexes control over the calendar. He opposes government ownership and keeps Norris Muscle Shoals in his pocket while praising private operation ideas.
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House of Representatives
Bertrand Snell
New York
House Rules Commue
Snell
House
Muscle Shoals
Senate
Boulder Dam
Rules Committee
Upstate
Norris
Mr. Snell
Contempt Anger Edge Quote by Bacon
A Bacon quote notes contempt sharpens anger more than the wound itself highlighting temper and offense as key drivers of emotion and response.
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Bacon
Know Ohio Week Promotes Scenic Spots in Southeastern Ohio
The Know Ohio League launches a campaign May 21 to 28 urging residents to explore home state beauty spots. The Messenger cooperates to boost civic pride and encourage local touring, with readers already praising winter and spring trips and planning more.
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Ohio
Ohio” League
Messenger
Lindbergh Visitor Delights Ohio Crowd At Small Field
The encounter near Belpre featured Charles Lindbergh arriving for fuel with a Gates Flying Circus crew. A crowd of about fifty gathered after word spread to Parkersburg and Marietta, but Lindbergh departed before surfacing for interviews. The event recalled his barnstorming days to locals.
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Charles Lindbergh
Belpre
Lindy
Washington
St. Louis
Gates Flying Circus
Athens
Parkersburg
Marietta
Gates
Lindbergh
Ohio
May Day Scramble Signs A Late Spring
The writer notes a long winter lingered into 1925 with slow foliage and backward fruit bloom in Hocking country. A month-old coal reserve advice paid off and warm sun delays frost, while pastures recover slowly yet prospects for fruit and overall conditions look encouraging.
New governance concept urges city states for urban issues
Prof. Charles E. Merriam of the University of Chicago argues that the nation must adopt new governmental methods. He predicts city states may replace sprawling regions and cites Greater Chicago with about 1500 governing agencies as evidence that more compact organization is needed to run urban areas.
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Charles E. Merriam
Department of Political Science
University of Chicago
New York
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
The Gentle Art of Walking Across Country
The piece highlights cross country walking as recreation with C C Pyle's bunion derby and Eleanora Sears 70 mile hike in New England. It urges beginners to start slowly as feet and legs toughen and promises fresh air and sun as rewards.
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C. C. Pyle
Eleanora Sears
Boston
New England
Flying and politics cross oceans in postwar era reflections
In Berlin and Dublin today Mayor Walker and German Irish fliers exchange polite greetings as radio shrinks the world. Italian Caproni shops in Milan build a massive six engine heavier-than-air ship. Lady Mary Bailey arrives in Cape Town after a London to South Africa flight. Lindbergh and the Spirit of Saint Louis are lauded. A morocco murder tale and colonial rebellion violence are noted with grim religious commentary.
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Mayor Walker
Berlin
Dublin
New York
Europe
Nobile
North Pole
Caproni
Milan
Lady Mary Bailey
Cape Town
London
Britain
South Africa
Lindbergh
Washington
Mystery of Mexican Cave Mummies Raises Funeral Burials
One hundred men women and children found mummified in a Mexican cave are believed buried alive. Contortions show acute suffering before death, with some mummies tied together by the thumbs.
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Mexico
Ancient beliefs and origins mix in regional myths
The article explores ancient Mexican sacrifices to a god linked to earthquakes and notes belief in an earth dragon among the Chinese. It adds a controversial claim that Mexicans originated from Asia, reflecting a compilation of mythic ideas and cross continental lore.
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Asia
Old Age and Poverty Cited as Modern Harshness
The author cites Reolus on ancient brutal practices of killing the elderly and contrasts it with modern neglect in poverty and poorhouses. He argues civilization has shifted from direct execution to slow social death after usefulness ends.
Oil Wagon Drives Oil Stocks Higher Despite Higher Money Cost
A dealer notes that raising call money to 6 percent aimed to curb vice and stock speculation. The tactic slowed some traders but failed to deter oil stock speculators. The oil market remains the hour’s focus as oil shares surge.
Postmaster General Presses Hoover in Pro American Rhetoric
Postmaster General New lauds Secretary Hoover as a true American and says no man has done more to show American intelligence. The British mock Hoover’s alleged Great Britain leanings while Britain presses Egypt to obey its terms. Britain warns Afghanistan and orders the Mediterranean fleet toward Egypt to enforce pacification if needed.
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Hoover
Great Britain
British Rubber Trust
Yankees
Britain
Egypt
Afghanistan
Aiken Hosts Ax Club Prizes for Grandmothers
In Aiken South Carolina an ax club offered prizes for grandmothers skilled with the tool. The humorous note suggests it’s never too late to end a marriage.
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Aiken
South Carolina
Health and Diet Advice by Dr Frank McCoy
Dr McCoy answers health and diet questions in this feature printed in this paper. He discusses canned foods their sterilization methods dangers signs when opening cans and lists nutritious canned options such as spinach asparagus beans corn artichokes pineapple and olives.
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Frank McCoy
McCoy
Causes of lump in throat may stem from thyroid derangement
The reader asks about a lump in the throat and nervous feelings. The advisor replies that nervousness likely stems from a thyroid issue such as a small goitre, noting the long ten years of trouble and offering diagnosis guidance.
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A. J
By the Way in New York Essays on Barrooms and Poets
A social column sketches New York life from Bre men crew buttons hawked in subways to poetry scenes in Greenwich Village. It notes bar workers prospering amid prohibition, a shift of Hippodrome toward films, and village poets relying on patronage including a coffee millionaire. It ends with a jab at subsidized art and a poem about feeding poets.
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New York
Bremen
Times Square
Lapeer County
Mich
Tin Tan Alley
Walter O'Keefe
Henry Ford
Bartenders’ Union
Garrets
Greenwich Village
Yesteryear
Middle West
Fourth Street
New England
Answers to Questions by Frederick J Haskin
Answers cover cooking eggs by double boiler method and timing for soft or hard results. Explanations on biblical neck verse Benefice of clergy, patent device success rate, government headstones, thermic winds, and origin of the Pittsburgh Pirates name. Also notes on the Department of Agriculture tenure.
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H. G. Bb
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Louis Bierbauer
Department of Agriculture
Wealth growth and education topics in early 20th century Canada
The piece notes Canada’s wealth rising from 1921 to 1926 from 22.195 billion to 25.673 billion, with Ontario and Quebec richest provinces. It also discusses American high schools as origins of the US system and describes the hippopotamus “blood sweat” phenomenon.
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Ing
Texas
College Station
Canada
W. E
Dominion
Bureau of Statistics
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan
M. V
Boston
Birth of girl to Mrs Leonidas H Moore in Coshocton county
Report from Columbus dated May 1 states the birth of a girl to Mrs Leonidas H Moore aged 52, with the father listed as 72. The birth was recorded by the state division of natal statistics.
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Columbus
U.P
Leonidas H. Moore
Coshocton County
State Division of Natal
Notable May 2 historical milestones across years
On May 2 1785 Thomas Jefferson became American minister to France. In 1851 San Francisco suffered a major fire destroying 2 500 buildings with huge losses. In 1868 Stonewall Jackson was accidentally wounded by his own men at Chancellorsville. In 1865 Lincoln offered 100 000 reward for Jefferson Davis. In 1890 Oklahoma became organized as a territory. In 1912 Congress funded 750 000 for post office improvements and a pure post system.
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Thomas Jefferson
France
San Francisco
Stonewall Jackson
Chancellorsville
Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Oklahoma
Receivership Lifted On Realty Company
The four year old receivership of The Representative Realty Company and six affiliated concerns was lifted today in Cleveland. Assets valued at $525,000 will be sold to a reorganization committee under terms agreed before Common Pleas Judge James B. Ruhl and Chief Justice Homer G. Powell.
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Cleveland
U.R
Representative Realty Company
Common Pleas
James B. Ruhl
Homer G. Powell
De Groot Brother Emerges as Stanford Track Prospect
Fort De Groot, brother of former Stanford football center Dudley De Groot, has joined Stanford as a freshman and shows potential to become an outstanding track athlete for the university.
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Fort de Groot
Dudley de Groot
Stanford
Cross Word Clues From A Jumbled Page
A fragmentary crossword style list with scattered clues spans topics from clothing and rhetoric to geography and anatomy. The noisy OCR yields stray numbers and garbled phrases such as feverential fear and harbors, along with partial phrases like the eye socket and the eye.
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