Public's Role in Railroad Problems Highlighted by Hal Ray
Atlantic subscribers may get evening delivery by calling 3879-R, a separate news desk number. Hal S. Ray, head of Rock Island Railroad Public and Personal Relations, argues railroads are the people's problem not just operators, urging public attention to rates, service, and investment. He notes interdependence of price, taxes, and service across all patrons and promotes esprit de corps and better medical and educational impacts from railroad support.
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Rotary
Hal S. Ray
Rock Island Railroad
Ray
State Commerce Commission
Rock Island Road
Pas
Rotarians and Lions share lively meeting in town
A large gathering of Rotarians and Lions filled the room for a joint meeting. Mr Ray spoke with clear insights and entertaining anecdotes, making it one of the most engaging programs staged by the clubs.
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Allele
Ray
Rotarians
Lions Clubs
Rocke feller church purchase sparks Straton attack
The Chicago Tribune quotes Rev John Roach Straton denouncing Rockefellers plan to build a Fosdick church near Columbia University. He says money obtained deviously will have a public forum and that modernism and wealth go hand in hand in religion. He defends Rockefeller as a benefactor despite the critique.
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Columbia University
Rockefeller
Fosdick
John Roach Straton
Rockefellers
Mr. Straton
The Press as a People's University in Democracy
The Nonpareil editorial extols the press as a vast public school and classroom for the nation. It argues newspapers educate through facts, foster informed citizens, and frame the Scopes era debate as a broad instructional experience in liberty and knowledge.
Hidden gold and Europe’s debt in the 1914 to 10 year view
Treasury notes that Europe hoarded gold across World War I, while Britain later restored circulation. If that gold earned 5 percent, a decade of inactivity would have saved Britain and cost Europe. France’s two billion hoard would yield a billion in interest, reducing American debt implications. The column argues economists may overdo or miscalculate savings.
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Charles P. Stewart
ANEA
Washington
Europe
Treasury Department
United States
Injaucest
England
Britain
France
Partment
The Press and Public Power in a Moving World
The passage asserts that progress hinges on the public’s ability to digest and use information gathered by the press. It argues railroads hold potential but only if people use it intelligently. otherwise the press cannot help those who do not help themselves.
Witty Prose Bits From 1925 NEA Service
A string of aphorisms on life, love, reliability, appearances, and work. The collection mixes social satire with gender remarks and playful maxims reflecting 1920s sensibilities and humor.
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason False Pride
A poem warns against vanity as business booms and pride inflates. It contrasts fleeting fame with lasting work, recalling past vainglorious figures who faded after death. The speaker muses that successors would replace the proud, often bettering their deeds.
Fragmented prose on fading names in history
The excerpt reflects on aging generations and the passing of heroes. It contrasts early Alexanders with later Alecks, noting how those who died from illnesses like gout or Spanish flu are forgotten, their dreams and pride vanquished as Caesar's cow.
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Ories
Alexanders
Alecks
Caesar
George’ Matthew Adams
Extras Risk Lives to Give It
Hollywood stars rely on doubles to perform dangerous on screen stunts. The piece highlights young women aged 19 to 25 who double for major stars, earning about 25 dollars a day. It cites Mary Pickford and others, recounting specific scenes and doubles like Elsie B. Ware and Marilyn Mills, whose risks kept films afloat.
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Hollywood
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Rudolph Valentina
Pola Negri
Gloria Swanson
Norma
Talmadge
Doubles Behind the Screen Powering Early Film Stunts
The article notes Hollywood doubles who perform dangerous feats for stars in action scenes. Loretta Rush and Janet Ford doubled for top actresses in perilous water and cliff stunts while others like Winna Brown and Ray Thompson also performed risky roles. It highlights how these nervous doubles keep stars safe and unseen in close ups.
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Loretta
Ineretta Rush
Dauntless Daredevo Ihey
Miss Rush
Shirley Mason
Fox Film Company
Virginia Valli
Janet Ford
Hollywood
Miss Ford
Priscilla Dean
Louise Lorraine
Norma Talmadge
Florence Gilbert
Anna Q. Nilsson
Louise Fazenda
Enid Bennett
Winna Brown
Miss Brown
Colleen Moore
Mother McGinn
Pola Negri
Dan McGrew
Bobby Rose
Ruth Roland
Harvey Perry
Red” Thompson
John Bowers J
Columbia River
Quincy Adame Sawyer
Leo Monis
Milton
Sis
Alivaya
Omaha Ready for Disabled Veterans Meet Next Week
Omaha, Neb. prepares for the fifth annual national convention of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War opening Monday June 22. Some four thousand maimed veterans are expected, with delegations already arriving as national and world figures are to attend the conclave. In Ottawa, prohibitionists urge Premier Mackenzie King to stop liquor smuggling along the border, labeling conditions on the St. Lawrence, Niagara, Detroit and St Clair rivers a disgrace.
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Omaha
Neb
Owaito
Ottawa
MacKenzie King
Ben Spence
St. Lawrence
Niagara
Detroit
St. Clair
Canada
Meaning in Birds Songs Weather Sign and Mood
Birds’ songs reflect mood and weather signals. When birds sing, they often indicate happiness and fair conditions, while silence may signal approaching bad weather. Birds respond to atmospheric changes and seem more sensitive to weather than humans.
Not Quite Useless Man in English Court
In English court neighbors complain of a dog said to be useless but it bit the landlord when he demanded rent, a case outlining local quarrels and property disputes involving a barking animal and payment tensions.
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