Lame Duck Lenroot Lands Court Post After Senate Exit
Washington review notes how veteran lawmakers cling to influence after defeat. Irvine Lenroot, Wisconsin, confirmed as judge on the Court of Customs Appeals, exemplifies the idle churn of a lame duck season. He aided the Coolidge administration and aligned with special interests while remaining a visible floor figure.
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Irvine Luther Lenroot
Wisconsin
Senate
Court of Customs Appeals
Lenroot
House
Lenrost
John J. Blaine
LaFollette
Coolidge
Lenroot Hoover Nominations Stir Senate Row
The article traces Lenroot's rise to a Hoover nomination and the Senate’s resistance over his past loyalties. It notes Nor of Nebraska's claim that Lenroot traveled south to mobilize colored delegates and describes reactions from Coolidge and La Follette supporters.
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Lenroot
Hoover
King
Nor
Nebraska
Coolidge
Senate
la Follette
Congress
LaFolelette
A Thought for Today Proverbs and Seneca Quotation
A brief reflection cites Proverbs 21 23 about guarding the tongue and soul. It notes silence is learned from life’s misfortunes and adds a Seneca line on silence.
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Seneca
Return Book Day Touted by Ohio Newspaper
The Messenger advocates a Return Book Day to curb lost borrowed volumes. C F E Knight of Guysville proposed June 20 as the observance, urging readers to reclaim or return books by June 2. The piece links lending with personal libraries, warns of missing valuables, and contrasts practical publicity with lengthy state data drives.
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C. F E. Knight
Guysville
Mr. Knight
Ohio
the Messenger
Illinois Home Coal Drive Promotes Local Fuel Use
The article argues for direct action to boost Illinois coal over Kentucky and West Virginia imports, citing a past Ohio effort led by Mayor E C Woodworth that successfully encouraged burning local coal. It contrasts regional strategies and emphasizes home production and consumer use to stabilize markets. The second piece outlines Haugen bill aims and fund use, detailing loans to farm cooperatives to market agricultural commodities and support storage, clearing houses, insurance, and working capital.
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Chambers of Commerce
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Illinois
E. C. Woodworth
Athens
Federal Farm Board
Gilbert N. Haugen
Iowa
Farm Journal
National Agricultural Monthly
Haugen
Farm Board
Bowery Yesteryear Faces Modern Night Scene
May 28 report sketches a Bowery transformed by nightlife with lookalike clubs, doormen, and flash venues drawing slummers from Manhattan. It recalls Hoboken’s rise, a mind reader incident, Hollywood chatter, and gate crashers as gatekeeping shifts amid urban change.
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Gilbert Swan Messenger
New York
Humpty Jones
Hairlip Pete
Bowery
Hoboken
Napoleon inscription reflects love of France and bloody history
The excerpt notes Napoleon wishing burial beside the Seine among the French people he loved and mentions his harsh toll on them. It contrasts Republican praise with the violence of his era, claiming the public clings to glory rather than the bloodshed.
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Napoleon
Seine
France
Slory
Crossword puzzle fragment with scattered clues
A jumbled OCR fragment shows a horizontal crossword with golf terms, animal names, metals, and other clues. It includes incomplete items and stray letters, making reading and solution uncertain.
Health and Diet Guidance From Dr Frank McCoy Column
Dr. Frank McCoy offers fish fillet guidance and cooking methods, plus health tips on bowel elimination and psychoanalysis for intestinal poison cleansing. Reader questions address curving nails, raw vegetables for mineral intake, and health as a key to happiness.
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Frank McCoy
Resting Place Description of Timur the Great
A historical note calls Timur the Great a merciful and mighty lord, titled conqueror of the earth. The description venerates the Asiatic ruler as illustrious and supreme among conquerors, aside from Genghis Khan.
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Tamerlane
Genghis Kahn
Timur
Dementia praecox and its cure questions
Mrs. M asks what dementia praecox is and if it can be cured after a doctor told her brother he has it. The term refers to an old psychosis diagnosis now termed schizophrenia and treatment varies. no universal cure, management focuses on symptoms and support.
Ohio freshmen win silver cup in interclass schedule
The Ohio University freshmen captured the silver cup for the interclass schedule. Russ Finsterwald finished second with a splendid game for the losers. Abe Jourdan of Athens appointed guard in the Ohio Penitentiary.
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Ohio University
Russ” Finsterwald
Abe Jourdan
Athens
Ohio Penitentiary
Beach Calls Special Meeting for July 4 Celebration Plans
President F B Beach of the Athens Commercial Club convenes a special meeting with the Retail Merchants' Association to map out events for the Independence Day celebration.
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F. 8. Beach
Athens Commercial Club
Retail Merchants’ Association
Tamerlane’s Treasures and True Tyranny in Samarkand
The conqueror Tamerlane built upramids of human skulls lit from within, a chilling monument to fear. Yet he rebuilt Samarkand magnificently, a city once ruled by Genghis Khan, and later the scene of Alexander’s drunken rage that felled his friend Clytus.
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Tamerlane
Samarkand
Genghis
Alexander
Clytus
Fragmentary note hints at mass construction industry stoppage
The text suggests a scenario where work would halt, thousands of workers lose jobs, and the construction business, capital, and machinery would be immobilized, with no quarrel between parties implied.
Such Stupidity Angers American Mechanics
A rant blaming unions for public disapproval. The writer derides actions as stupid and alienating workers, arguing dues and strikes are tedious when jobs are plentiful and public sympathy is weak.
British power expelled and ruler ship of India restored
A report states British authority in India is removed and the Rajahs regain dominion under a constitutional government. The emphasis is on a shift of sovereignty returning local rulers to power within a constitutional framework.
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India
Native princes and rulers threaten ancient customs in India
A discussion argues that restoring native rule would revive harsh practices such as suttee the burning of widows with their husbands, child marriage and other misery, warning against mistreatment of the untouchables and the vulnerable under revived rule.
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India
Scott's Big City Minstrels Draw Crowds Nearby
The act tours nearby areas with a lineup that includes Ruel Finsterwald Harry Elder Scott McVay Campbell D R Clayton Hill Ned Bean and Mac Bethe confirming strong local interest from audiences and venues.
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Scott
Big City
Ruel Finsterwald
Harry Elder
Scott, McVay
Campbell
D. R. Clayton
Hill
Ned Bean
Mac Bethe
Frank Gullum Visits College Friends
Science teacher Frank Gullum of Chillicothe High Schools is reported as visiting college friends, with no further details on purpose or dates.
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Frank Gullum
Chillicothe
Wheat Drops to New Season Low Despite Farm Relief Talk
The text notes it is easy to theorize about a special Congressional session for farm relief but such talk did not stop wheat from falling to a new low for the season last week.
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Congress
Farm relief urged as farms shift to organized modern methods
In a period of intense mass production farms suffer under old, disorganized practices. Relief is needed until farming adapts to modern systems. A craftsman in an old wheel-wright shop notes that no one can earn a living building automobiles under these conditions.
Two Singers Olive Palmer and Jessica Dragonette Debated
The National Broadcasting Company states Olive Palmer and Jessica Dragonette are two different people. The text questions Eddie Rickenbacker's nickname Hat-in-Ring Ace and asks why he was called that.
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National Broadcasting Company
Olive Palmer
Jessica Dragonette
Eddie Rickenbacker
Ace
Uniform Q and A from a historical column
A mixed set of questions and answers covers topics from average heights in the United States to military insignia, ship flag practices, the Jamestown church dating, and Pokagon Park acreage. The material references the 94th Pursuit Squadron, Roosevelt emblems, and a 1925 state park creation.
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A. Rickenbacker
94Th Pursuit Squadron
V First Pursuit Group
Roosevelt
Jamestown
Virginia
Pokagon Park
N.C
Steuben County
Indiana
City murder rates and Sinclair oil wealth outlined
The text compares murder rates with Chicago Detroit Cleveland Philadelphia New York and Los Angeles noting Chicago tops 4958 murders and Detroit shows a higher rate per 100000. It states Sinclair oil interests are worth about 56.0 billion and employs about 18 000 people. It mentions censorship began around 1503 in Venice and Louis Bromfield is married with two daughters.
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Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Philadelphia
New York
Los Angeles
Sinclair Oil
Ambassadors urged to yield alcohol imports in debt era
Sir Esme Howard, the British ambassador, suggests foreign representatives relinquish their right to import alcoholic beverages. His remark signals cooperation with administration during ongoing debt adjustment efforts.
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Esme Howard
Oreiign
French Embassy Responds On Diet While Abroad
The French embassy states it will not eat certain foods while abroad. They decline bird's nest soup and buckwheat cakes with sausage and reject ice water and ice cream in America.
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China
President Recover Views Teetotalism Abroad
President Recover, after observing world affairs, would not pursue forcing America’s teetotalism agenda on foreign representatives or impose restrictive practice beyond domestic policy.
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Recover
America
Unions in Samarkand threaten Chicago building tie up
Steamfitters and plumbers unions threaten to halt a major Chicago project valued at 500 9 000 over jurisdiction disputes. The organizations accuse each other of overlapping lines of work and fail to reach agreement, risking work stoppage on site.
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Chicago
Samarkand
Raleigh M Edgar Returns From Royal Air Force Service
Raleigh M. Edgar arrives home after one year in the Royal Air Force. He is greeted by his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Edgar of President Street.
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Raleigh M. Edgar
Royal Air Force
Mrs. W. J. Edgar
President Street
Banquet Toastmaster Named for Ex-Service Men Event
Rey Hinchman will toast ex servicemen at a banquet hosted by Masons with speakers Major Sam Johnson, Moaror Rafel Johnson, Capt. Connett and others scheduled to speak.
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Rey Hinchman
Masons Hero Psa
Major Sam Johnson
Moaror Rafel Johnson
Capt. Connett
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McCormick
Greater
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Pegs Jones
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Vectervear
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Paties
Pir
Arthur Brisbane
Britain
King Peatures Incorporated
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Bedaub
Treanean
Scarlow
V. M. G.aska
Bessie BB
Theodora Lawhead
East Side
Bill Ferguson
Florence Hamilton
John Foden
Helen Townsend
Laura Morris
Frederick van Meter
Thor Olson
Bill Ellia
Columbus
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Iit
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Uma Trile
United States
Public Health Service
Sinclair
R. W
Musur
Venice
Louis Bromfield
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