The Ten Books I Have Enjoyed Most
Eddie Cantor lists the ten books he has enjoyed, from The Bible and Shakespeare to The Jungle and Story of Mankind. He notes favorites across poetry, fiction, and history, reflecting a broad taste in literature and entertainment.
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U.S
Great Britain
North American Newspaper Alliance
Eddie Cantor
Wipling
Aesop
A. S. M. Hutehinson
van Leon
Shakespeare
Dumas
Sinclair
A. S. M. Hutchinson
Martin
Harry Leon Wilson
Just From Georgia by Frahe Stanton
A compilation of correspondence and small items from Arkansas and nearby towns. Notes include a local farm sale, a round bout in Calico Rock, a Texas farmer seeking multiple wives, and reminiscences about boyhood and old home state characters.
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Georgia
Frahe Stanton
John Tourney
Pearson
Huber Springs
Langley
Pike Courier
Calico Rock
Charlie Staxga
Oscar Wyatt
Culp
The
Stone Record
Arthur Watson
Mt. Ida
Mont-gomery County
Widder
Mr. Ida
Montgomery Counts
Dreaming Children
Civitan Convention Delegates Return Home From Washington
Julian Boehm international trustee of the International Associations of Civitan Clubs and Joe Reynolds and Dr Earl Quillian delegates for the Igea Civitan club have returned to Atlanta after attending the international Civitan convention in Washington. The convention was the most successful in Civitan history, despite the heat the program was thoroughly enjoyed.
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Julian Boehm
International Associations of Civitan Clubs
Joe Reynolds
Earl Quillian
Igea! Civitan Club
Atlanta
Washington
Civitan
Aliens Granted Citizenship by U S District Court
Thirty two alien residents from seven nationalities were granted U S citizenship in the district court presided by Judge Samuel H. Sibley. H B Read of the labor department conducted the examinations. Judge Sibley lectured the new citizens on the U S Constitution.
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United States District Court
Samuel H. Sib Co
H. B. Read
Department of Labor
Sibley
Bathing craze grips New York executives and guests
In New York June 1925 readers note a city obsessed with baths from offices to hotel rooms. Rich bath culture spreads through Manhattan, with marble sunken baths and spa amenities in luxury apartments. Journalists and novelists influence the trend as sensational headlines and satirical remarks follow.
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New York
Manhattans
Forty-second Street
Richard Harding Davis
Davis
Sleng
Robert W. Chambers
Hounds
Elinor Glynn
Upper Park Avenue
Pithy Paragraphs Readers Back at the Old Stands
The column praises readers and contributors to Pithy Paragraphs, notes returning writers and ongoing support, and promotes contests with prizes from Loew's Grand. It quotes jokes and quips from multiple contributors including Mrs. B. M. Turnipseed and Elizabeth M. Davin, with light humor about Fordism and daily life.
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Loew's Grand
B. M
Health Talks by William Brady M D Ivy Poisoning
Health discussions present treatments for ivy poisoning including prevention by immunization with rhus toxicodendron tincture and protective skin applications, cure via minute homeopathic injections, and relief through tepid baths calamine lotion and zinc oxide. Also notes on antiseptic solutions and iodine tinctures for seasonal immunization and homeopathic dosages.
Postoffice to Take Special Delivery Receipts in July
Beginning July 1 the post office will take receipts for special delivery mail as a business measure. Postmaster Edwin K Large says the move aligns with appropriation terms and restores a long-standing practice. Officials note special delivery speeds mail but does not insure safety. registered or insured mail protects currency or valuables. The department aims to provide true special service.
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Post Office Department
Edwin K. Large
Orientals Complete Terms for Violation of Narcotic Laws
Eight oriental seamen formerly confined for drug smuggling into America have been ordered deported, six Chinese and two Japanese, following Harrison Act violations. They began homeward journeys as immigration officials report. M A Coykendal said the action, as O W Munster of the bureau of immigration visited en route to Washington from New Orleans.
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America
M. A. Coykendal
Jitney Men Drop Suit Against City Restricting Bonds
The Jitney Bus Association led by Sam Schlesinger will drop a suit to block the city from enforcing a bond of $1,000 for jitney operators. Attorney James L. Key said plans for a permanent injunction hearing were abandoned because a new ordinance raising bonds to $5,090 takes effect July 1, which would render the current suit void.
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Savannah River
Savannah
Georgia
South Carolina
Augusta Meness
Augusta
South Atlantic
South
Altamaha
T. J. Hamilton
Augusta Chronicle
Congress
James F. Buyney
Harvis
Vinson, Brand and Moore
Dadwin
Atlantic Seaboard
Beaufort
N.C
Georgetown
Fhia
Norfolk
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Augustaill
House
Sam Schlesinger
Jitney Bus Association
James L. Key
Jitney
Key
Miscellaneous Q and A on science and etiquette
A scanned Q and A page tackles density if population were in Texas, hair function, early wireless telegraphy, auto ownership versus world, alfalfa origins, black business share, foreign born white population, climate differences, Oriental weight pickles, 1923 encampment timing, presidential naval command, social calling etiquette, gloves at dinner, favor phrasing, and the usage of pants versus trousers. The item compiles curiosities from science, demography, history, and social manners with multiple named subjects and dates.
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Texas
Monaco
Samuel Morse
Washington, D. C
Oerstedt
Denmark
Faraday
England
Henry
United States
Asia
Europe
Mexico
South America
Chile
California
Pacific
Rocky Mountain States
New York
Rome
Italy
Mediterranean
Milwaukee
Wis
Offenders Stem First Tricklings Of Whisky Tide
Prohibition officers led by Fred Dismuke captured illicit whisky laden cars bound for Atlanta during the convention run. A Saturday arrest yielded fifty quarts of corn whisky with two men admitting intent to supply the Ellis convention. Hall county and Spalding county seizures added seventy gallons and 460 quarts of rye white whiskey, hidden in camouflaged vehicles claiming Florida to Louisiana transport.
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Atlanta
Fred Dismuke
Dismuke
Florida youth held for tampering with mail boxes
Elmer Roberts a 12 year old from Hosford Florida was seen tampering with street mail boxes Sunday and placed under arrest. Inspectors reported he did not obtain any property. He pled guilty before a federal commissioner at Marianna and was held under bond in the grand jury.
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Elmer Roberts
Hosford
Fla
Post Office
Joe P. Johnston
Roberts
Marianna
Man and Wife Sue Local Cab Company over Injury
Mrs Mary Rootes and husband George F Rootes of 630 Edgewood avenue filed a $40 000 damage suit in Atlanta city court against a local cab firm. She claims injury May 28 when a cab’s machine hit a rough Edgewood Avenue revenue near the viaduct, seeking 25000 and 15008 for damages.
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Mary Rootes
George F. Rootes
Edgewood Avenue
Atlanta
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