Ponca City Oil Millionaire Lew Wentz Gifts Aid to Farmers
Oklahoma oil millionaire Lew Wentz lends 2 million dollars to cotton farmers without interest and proposes withholding 400000 bales from sale until market conditions improve. He has given 50000 to Oklahoma Agricultural College and the University of Oklahoma for loan funds, funded a crippled children program, and donated a swimming pool for Ponca City youth.
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Porea City
Okla
Lew ‘Wentz
Oklahoma
Wentz
Relief Commission
Commission
Oklahoma Agricultural College
University of Os Oklahoma
Ponca City
Ponca
Evering Sey
Is the Rubaiyat the most quoted poem everwritten
The piece ponders why Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat remains the most cited verse. It asks if popularity stems from pessimism or a universal appeal about life, meaning, and time. Philosophical lines are cited to illustrate its enduring pull and questions whether readers seek fleeting joy or deeper truth.
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Gray
Omar Khayyam
Fitzgerald
Mana
Milady
Mutiny in the Ranks Against Queen Marie of Romania
A chaotic tale from a royal tour shows internal dissension among Marie of Romania’s entourage. Tensions arise over who controls duties and who is to be paid for their service as the queen travels.
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Marie
Romania
Looking Glass Floor Opens Night Club in New York
A verbose reminiscence on an opening night featuring a million-dollar night club with a new looking-glass floor, social satire, and musings on future knowledge, science, and global affairs, citing elements and events from science to Los Angeles fossils.
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New York
Beauty Shop Boom Expands Across America
A Washington authority notes a southern city grew from one beauty shop to eighteen in five years showing rapid expansion in hairdressing, manicures, and cosmetics. Schools train operators, often leading graduates to start their own shops, creating new jobs and a widening network of beauty services nationwide.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Washington School
Wom
Manhattan Ramble of Notes and City Night Awake
Random notes from a ramble through Manhattan on electioneering, street life, and the East Side. The piece contrasts politics, clothing, and street scenes with airplanes over tenements, push carts, newsboys, and late night coffee houses as dawn nears and the city seems to sleep.
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Manhattan
Q and A: Beaux Arts, zoology, and royal titles
Questions and answers cover Man O War weight about 1275 pounds racing weight 1150 pounds. Beaux arts defined as painting sculpture architecture engraving and musical compositions. Only the two eldest sons of the English king have titles like Prince of Wales and Duke of York. others known as Prince Henry and Prince George. The average dog life is not compiled and mortality rates are not provided.
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England
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Prince Henry
Prince George of
Debates and Disasters Highlight Old News Chronology
Athens high school debating teams chosen with names for affirmative and negative sides. Reports from Galveston and Calumet describe German submarine activity and ship sinkings in the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Superior. Across the century, recall of a 20 year ago wreck involving President Ellis and local social notes on birthdays and enforcement of city ordinances.
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Athens ‘High School
Raymond Davis
Idwin Chubb
Gamaleil White
Gladys Wycoff
Edward Arpee
Russell Mingus
Joe Gieslecke
Wilbur Emish
Galveston
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Harrison
Calumet
Mich
Frontenac of
Cleveland
Manitou Island
Lake Superior
Radio Notes: Detroit Concerts and City Stations
Radio listings show Detroit concerts and various city stations airing music and variety programs. Notable entries include WGY Schenectady and WLW Cincinnati variety, WEAF New York orchestra, WGN Chicago Arabian Nights, and WRVA Richmond studio programming.
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Detroit
WGY
Schenectady
N. Y
New York
WLW
Cincinnati
New York—Orchestra
WEAF
New Pn
United States Gince
WJAR
WRC
Pittsburgh
WLS
Wera
Cleveland
Wdro
Winter Park
Fla
WTA
Gene Omrcet
WGN
Chicago
Arabian Nights Entertainment
Neinnati
Sam'n Henry
WTAM
Geytland—Orchestra
Cincinnati—Orchestra
WRVA
Richmond
Chicago—Musical
Draw Up Plans To Favor Aviation
The office of Assistant Secretary of Commerce MacCracken says commercial aviation can pay without subsidies if it gains enough business and public confidence. Plans include strict government supervision, rigorous plane inspections, mandatory pilot exams, conspicuous aircraft labeling, and identified operators to prevent careless handling and mismanagement.
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Washington
Commerce MacCracken
Department Aeronautic
MacCracken
MacCratken
Lso
Alderman Carey Heroically Rescues Drowning Child
Alderman G A Carey, aged 70, risked his life to rescue a child from drowning in Middlesborough England. He acted swiftly at the scene and brought the child to safety despite danger to himself. The event highlights civic courage in a small town setting.
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Hero
Middlesborough
Eng
G. A. Carey
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