Mecca for Newlyweds in Washington D C
The national girl scouts headquarters in a small green and white house on New York Avenue draws brides and grooms on wedding trips. The house, donated by the National Federation of Women's Clubs, showcases early American design and a fully equipped kitchen, cost about seven thousand dollars to build, and funds go to the girl scouts.
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Washington
Treasury
Army and Navy
Red Cross
New York Avenue
New England
Nantucket
National
Girl Scout
Girl Scouts
National Federation of Women’s Clubs
John Howard Payne
Harding
America
Gertrude L. Bowman
Debt in Europe 1926 per capita and national totals
The article reports 1926 European debt figures with Poland lowest per capita debt at 29.40 and total 370.943 million, Finland least overall at 103.00 million. It lists United Kingdom 37.473 billion and Germany 32.047 billion as top heavy debts, plus ratios to wealth. It contrasts with US per capita debt 167.60 and wealth 2919.20, and notes high debt ratios for Germany France Italy and the UK. It also mentions a fictional register tax on a London case and a police notice about address changes.
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Poland
Europe
Germany
France
United Kingdom
Rmany
Belgium
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Netherlands
Finland
Greece
Norway
United States
Gas industry grows fastest rate in history says AGA official
Alexander Forward of the American Gas Association notes the industry is expanding rapidly with 2,000,000 people served and uses widening. He adds there has been no annual sales decrease in twenty years and 1926 sales were the largest on record.
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Alexander Forward
American Gas Association
Stay-at-Home Voters Outpace Elections Across Decades
The piece notes rising stay-at-home rates from 1896 to 1928, citing 27 million abstainers in 1920 and 28 million in 1924 with 51.2 percent turnout of 29 million of 57 million eligible in 1924. It argues low civic participation is a national disgrace and urges higher voter engagement.
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Eighhy
It’s the Law and a Bridge Plan Stirring Debate
A London court convicts Eggy O Neil in absentia for aliens act violations and a ten dollar fine. The piece links postwar fears to identity cards and policing while contrasting a proposed bridge across the Grand Canyon money split with Native communities and oil profits.
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Eggy O'Neil
London
Grosvenor Street
Cadogan Gardens
Britain
Grand Canyon
Uncle Sam
Reporter deaths and Mussolini moves stir world tension
Arthur Brisbanes reflection contrasts reporters who cover suicides with their own lives. He notes Italian ambition moving forward under Mussolini, flying routes from Rome to Turkey and the East, while France shows fragmented politics delaying progress.
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Paris
Mussolini
Rome
Turkey
Italy
France
Mussolini Italy watched as a one man shows power
A critical editorial notes that the world will study Mussolini and Italy to gauge what a single leader can achieve. It argues France remains strong and must prove it can govern democratically without relying on weak pretenders or dictatorial figures.
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Mussolini
Italy
France
Curls Return Rumors Stir in Fancy Hair Talk
A professor of physiology notes curls are resurging while playful terms like puff girls and shingle appear. The essay hints at bob hairstyles dominating fashion rhetoric and jokes about Martha Washington’s look.
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Martha Washington
New Baby Brightens Days Says Doctor
A doctor notes a newborn brings joy, especially as teething makes nights lively. A western reformer calls dog races a menace, arguing people should not attend such events just for entertainment.
Facing Credit Pressure
A reflective line notes that in some cases the challenge is to evade creditors rather than satisfy them, highlighting strategic avoidance over repayment amid financial strain.
Health and Diet Advice by Dr. Frank McCoy
Dr McCoy explains etiology as disease causes and links overeating and poor food choices to heart disorders. He notes gas pressure from digestion strains the heart and may injure valves, urging athletes to keep stomachs and intestines empty before contests and promising more on heart trouble causes tomorrow.
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Frank McCoy
Rambling notes on New York's bustle and vanished village life
By the Way in New York recalls a day in Manhattan from a child evangelist at Pennsylvania Station disrupting commuters to the wrecking of Greenwich Village. The piece wanders to old Washington Square houses dating to 1800 and the area’s famed artists and writers. It mentions Poe, Irving, Twain, Burr, and Grace’s Garret while noting Marie and the Players Club dinner with Von Marquis, Merivale, and Bea Irvin, and Marquis’s recollections of Tribune days.
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New York
Manhattan
Pennsylvania
Greenwich Village
Pacific Northwest
Washington Square
Thompson Street
Potter's Field
Rose Butler
Frank Norrig
Washington Irving
Mark Twain
Thomas Paine
Aaron Burr
Burr
Poe
Anne Lynch
Fifth Avenue
Marie
Dick Hoffmann
Players Club
von Marquis
Philip Merivale
Hannibal
Rome
Bea Irvin
Marquis
the Tribune
Gaining Weight and Canned Vegetables Advice
Reader asks about gaining flesh and malted milks while another questions using canned vegetables. The response urges balanced eating and proper exercise for weight gain, and endorses canned produce when fresh is unavailable, noting no strong evidence of vitamin loss and recommending spinach asparagus string beans corn artichokes pineapple and olives.
Answers to Questions by Frederick J. Haskin
A compilation of Q and A covers money order limits, Chaliapin in Boito's Mefistofele with luminous body paint, steak edible material at 94.5 percent, and Columbia University journalism graduates. Data show 434 graduates replied. 291 answered. 67.7 percent response rate. 52 percent in editorial work. 2.6 percent full-time teachers. about 19 percent in related fields. 73 percent followed related paths. 6.8 percent women retired from work. 4.4 percent in advanced study. 13 percent in nonjournalistic occupations. 2.4 percent unemployed. Ohio notes no wide open cities as enforcement improves.
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Boito
Chaliapin
School of Journalism
Columbia University
Prohibition Convictions Rise in Year to 2535
Columbus reports 2535 convictions for prohibition violations in the year ending September 1, with $1,569,606 in Crabbe Act fines. The Alcohol Prohibition Department conducted 4708 inspections, seized 538 stills, made 5236 arrests, and 192 transporters were captured. Operating cost was $146,778.89.
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Columbus
U.P
McDonald
Donahey
State Prohibition Department
Dow-Aiken
Castoria Advertisement Promotes Burdened Baby Drops
An old advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as a 30 year old pleasant substitute for Castor Oil Paregoric Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups. It claims no narcotics and lists directions on the package with physicians recommending the product. The genuine bottle bears a signature.
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Fletcher
Schools Delayed Across Franklin County and Columbus
Opening of all Franklin County and Columbus public schools is postponed due to an infantile paralysis outbreak. City schools stay closed two weeks beyond the planned start, while county schools are delayed one week with possible extensions.
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Franklin County
Columbus
U.P
666 Prescription for Colds and Fevers
The note claims 666 as a medicine for colds grippe flu dengue bilious fever and malaria and asserts it kills the germs.
Woman Finds New Health On Sunlit Road
In an Oklahoma pasture a dairy worker named Mrs. Cora Short describes fatigue and poor health from dairy labor and boarder care. After seven bottles of FB Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound her health improves, energy returns, and she weighs 125 pounds up from 115.
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Oklahoma
Pinkham
Cora Short
Oklahoma City
Okla
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