Fraternity Rivalries And Local Incidents From Older Times
Twenty years ago Phi Delta Theta defeated Beta, while Theta Pi led a fraternity league. Liberty Joan reflects on a baseball win 18 to 0 as reports filtered in. In Athens, four people on average appeared before the mayor on intoxication and disorderly conduct charges. A class of twelve graduated from Buchtel high school and five nearly drowned when a boat overturned near Pomeroy. George B. Cox, a Hamilton County leader, opposed the primary election idea.
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Phi Delta Theta
Beta
Flrat Theta Pi
Liberty Joan
Hagenback
Wallace
Alius
Athens
John
Pomeroy
George B. Cox
Hamilton
Turne
Ohio faces budget crisis calls for governor and legislature action
In a critical editorial, Hamilton Evans urges the Governor and the Legislature to cooperate to solve a 13,000,000 deficit and fund current expenses before the session ends. The piece warns against partisan blame, stresses revenue measures, and pubs the Commonwealth’s standing and institutions at stake.
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Ohio
Comans
General Assembly
Commonwealth
What Equality Means and Mental Ability Gaps
A national principle of equality is about rights and opportunity, not inborn talent. Professor V M O Shea of Wisconsin reports a study of public schools showing only 35 percent meet normal mental age, 23 percent at that level, and the rest below it, highlighting unequal potential and the need for equal chance to develop abilities.
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Am. V. O'Shea
University of Wisconsin
The Decline of the West Reflections on American Symbols
A brief excerpt discusses Oswald Spengler and his idea that civilized life is read as symbols. It invites applying the concept to American society and asks which traits are signaled by events like the Gray-Snyder Fore case the Sacco Vanzetti case Ford Motor Babe Ruth cinema and bathing beauty contests.
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Oswald Spengler
Gray-Snyder
Ford ‘Motor Company
Lloyd George on China Japan relation and New Orleans flood update
Lloyd George predicts China may become a new giant like Japan after the current struggle, but notes Chinese diversity and lack of Japanese character. A New Orleans flood report warns of a widening breach at Poydras levee, with millions in water and hardship, while river levels compare to 1922. Also mentions lobster and oyster cruelty debate and NYSE seat values.
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Lloyd George
China
Japan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
India
New Orleans
Poydras
Air purifier idea amid Coolidge presidency
A report notes President Coolidge installed an air purifier on his desk to keep the air in the presidential office fresh amid constant visits from Congress and political delegations. The piece quips the innovation should have come long ago.
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Coolidge
Re House
United States
Congress
Vegetable Acreage Cut in United States for 1927 Can Merchants
The acreage for vegetables grown for canning has fallen sharply in 1927 with reductions from 2 to 26 percent and about 25 percent on average. Reports show April stocks of peas far below last year, suggesting a total rationed pack due to overproduction, while canners hold substantial but insufficient reserves. Wisconsin leads in pea canning, with 1924 1925 peaks and 1926 pack near 2.26 million for New York, Utah holding third place with around 1.7 million.
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Washington D. C
Wisconsin
New York
Utah
New York Little Theater Scene Spreads as Venues Evolve
The piece surveys shifts in the tiny theater world from Greenwich Village to Provincetown noting venues like Cherry Lane and the old Provincetown theater, and highlights how figures such as Susan Glaspell and Eugene ONeill helped shape historic American theater while new cities like Dallas and Duluth rise as future hubs. It reflects on aging writers, shifting venues, and the ongoing allure of intimate stages.
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Ty Gilgert
New York
Yeaterday
Attle Theater
Provincetown
Greenwich
Eugene
Gomie
Susan Glaspell
Bean
Frank Shay
Village
Terre Loving
Paris
Vienna
Way Points
Floyd Dell
Hurison River
Harry Kemp
Lterary Vagabond
Garret
Farret
East Ride
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Roscoe MacGowan
Chicago
Eugene O'Neill Grays
Jnstant
Marco Millions
Jwho
Httle Theater
Dallas
New ‘Orleans
Duluth
Cleveland
Manhattan
Senate May Force Showdown Over Third-Term Issue
Rodney Dutcher reports that the 1928 presidential race faces a Senate test on a proposal against a president serving more than eight years. The measure, likely to be reintroduced by La Follette, could shape Coolidge’s renomination plans and affect Senate prestige amid party splits and opposition.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Senate
Coolidge
Clive Shipstead
Ware
Smith
Bérab
Norris
Brookhart
Howell
Brazier
Johnson
Nye
Blaine
la Follette
Follett
la Foltette
Springer
Illinois
Grant
House
Hatse de Telle
Questions and Answers on Various Topics
A reader asks about renewing an old file with cleaning and dipping in acids, and the answer outlines steps. Other questions cover laurel species, a snow capped mount in a quarterly equater, meat vs fat weight, life insurance for President Harding, and American Legion membership requirements.
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W. C. Fla
Bureau of Standards
United States
Mount Kenta
Yirivish
Prince of Wates
I!p
Alverta
B.S
Harding
Iba Mdise
American Legion
He Legion Convention
Paris
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Arthur Brisbane
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Great Lakes
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New York Stock Exchange
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American Fur Company
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