Broadway Glimpses of Stars From Dorothy Francis to Constance Bennett
In New York on May 2 the author notes encounters with Dorothy Francis the prima donna designer Beatrice Burton Sylvia Field Willie Howard Ina Claire Roger Wolfe Kann Ernest Boyd John Emerson Anita Loos James Stephens Constance Bennett Owen Moore and others. The piece also notes home-seekers facing lease dates beginning October 1 and the crowded timing of moves to New York.
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New York
Broadway
Dorothy Francis
Beatrice Burton
August d’ Thomas
Sylvia Field
Willie Howard
San Ina Claire
Roger Wolfe Kann
Otto Kahn
Angel
Ernest Boyd
Charles Evans Hughes
John Emerson
Anita Loos
Europe
James Stephens
Constance Bennett
Gotham
Night Life
Owen Moore
Broadway Rehearsal Rush Amid City Housing Woes
The piece notes swaying saws on Broadway and weekday after work, with many men relocating for work yet unable to find housing. Groundbreaking for an 80 family Brooklyn project drew leased units before first floor work, while rehearsal space floods Times Square area. A piano man in an empty storefront signals looming dance routines as dancing girls rehearse in lofts and halls.
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Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn
Times Square
James W. Dean
Though for Today
Fragmentary text references mercy for the poor and a biblical citation. The readable lines mention a person named E Landon and a brief moral reflection on compassion toward the less fortunate. Overall this appears as a devotional snippet rather than a full news item.
Fundamentalism and the danger of enforced ignorance
The text argues that harm lies not in fundamentalism but in enforcing ignorance through law. It contrasts religious and scientific fundamentalism, warns that banning modern doctrines destroys historic institutions, and calls for free knowledge in education and public life. It notes Tennessee's law as a test case for whether modernism can be taught.
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Osdick
Church of England
America
Bryan
Newspapers Free to Publish Federal Income Tax Lists
The Supreme Court decides newsrooms may publish federal income tax lists opened to public inspection. Editors likely print such lists again this year as readers show interest. Publicity deters tax dodging and can boost pride in reported incomes, though exemptions affect the measured income.
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Supreme C
Mae
Treasury
The Riftian Revolt and the World Revolving Eastward
A historical analysis links the 1902 Anglo Japanese alliance to a broad rise of color and Islam. It traces how Arab, Indian, Chinese, and African movements challenge Western supremacy from Morocco to Morocco, Persia to Egypt, and India to Japan, forecasting a world rebalanced by a new Renaissance in the East.
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Washington, D. C
Japan
Pacific
Australia
New Zealand
Britain
Jealor
Chine
Persia
Russia
Turkey
Egypt
Africa
Pary
Europe
Lusky
Rke
India
Aravé
Ghandi
China
North
Italy
Tripoli
Algeria
Tunisia
France
Morocco
Spain
Central Asia
Paris
London
Rome
Istry
Fables on Health Warn About Spring Colds
Practical guidance for preventing and treating colds linked to spring weather. Advises removing heavy wraps when indoors, then cooling to chill, using saline laxative for relief, foot or hot sponge baths, thorough drying, bed rest, hot lemonade, and keeping covers on to induce perspiration for faster recovery.
Stowaways in a Trinket Trunk by Hal Cochran
A nostalgic poem recalls a trunk packed with junk and keepsakes. The speaker reflects on how worthless items like snapshots and toys still spark memories and delight, comparing the enduring pull of mementos to a child's attachment to a baby’s first dress.
Editorial Bits From Ohio Dailies
A collage of quips from Ohio papers notes common political chatter. The Akron Beacon Journal and Youngstown Vindicator mock bashfulness and travel, while Newark’s American Tribune warns of a new mayoral coalition. Defiance Crescent News and Columbus Dispatch comment on debts and reform.
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Ohio
Donahey
Newark
American Tribune
Abd el Krim Phrase Confuses French Readers in Canton
A Canton Ohio News brief notes that Abd-el-Krim translates roughly to ser vant of the All Merciful while the average French reader fails to understand the expression.
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Abd-el-Krim
With planes transporting pianos Who says there isn't music in the fair
A Cincinnati Times-Star item notes planes carrying pianos to an event prove music can travel with modern transport, blending aviation and orchestral spectacle at the fair.
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Cincinnati Ohio Times-Star
Traffic Cop Patience Hint Amid Air Quality Oddity
A Philadelphia note urges restraint with a traffic officer who lets impatience show. It hints the officer may be affected by involuntary carbon monoxide exposure influencing conduct.
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Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger
British Rubber Control and U S Costs in 1925
The piece argues Britain dominates the rubber market and can arrange one company to cover what it owes the United States. It predicts production limits and price hikes will push 1925 rubber costs to about 400 million dollars, up from 185 million in 1924. It references Henry Ford’s rubber experiments in Florida and notes insect-led national lessons.
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Britain
England
United States
Henry Ford
Florida
Egypt
Presentation of American women at court fuels State Dept debate
Charles P. Stewart examines the embassy court scene in London where American women seek social presentation. He compares ideals of reason and diplomacy to the pressure of favors, reporting on how ambassadors manage limited commands amid protests of favoritism. He notes European reactions to debt and the shifting power of social standing.
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Charles P. Stewart Messenger
Washington
State Department
Nes
London
United States
Ambassador Houghton
Lesson From War Finances Aims To Prevent Future Pumping
The speaker argues that recovering the ten thousand million dollars is unlikely and stresses that the key is learning the lesson from WWI missteps. He rebukes the water over the wheel and money drained from American pockets into the European war under Woodrow Wilson and urges avoiding future pumping.
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Woodrow Wilson
Answers to common knowledge questions from a 1920s quiz
The text presents brief Q and A on topics including golf origins, New York City zoning, the meaning of Balto, free verse poetry, landscape gardening history, cake failures, wasp predation on spiders, identifying gold ore, and the Carolina paroquet’s extinction status per the Biological Survey.
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England
Scotland
New York City
Lenotre
The
Geological Survey
Blastirng
Plecer
Carolina
Biological Survey
Florida
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