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Srey Porpens
Renee
New Kansas City
Chicago
Aviante
West Virginia
West Virginis
West
God’s Moment Judgment Beyond Appearance
Quotations from Seneca cited as reflection on virtue and happiness contrasted with public opinion. The fragment presents a moral assertion about judging people by inner truth rather than outward success.
Hoover Likely Headed Ticket As Republican Convention Opens
Coming events build suspense as Kansas City hosts the Republican convention where Hoover seems best placed to win the nomination with Dawes as running mate. The platform aims to unite agricultural west and industrial east, with a tumultuous week ahead and uncertain results.
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Kansas City
United States
Hoover
Dawes
Business And Election Years Improve With Freight Traffic Rise
The piece notes gradual business improvement with a favorable trend through summer and fall. It argues presidential campaigns influence industry but history shows better years during campaigns. It cites freight car loadings surpassing one million for the week ending May 19 at 1,003,497, up 1,514 from the prior week.
National Crime Commission Urges Drastic Court Reform
The national crime commission proposes major changes in the general court system including expert study of individual offenders, parole only after psychiatric evaluation and rehabilitation, and permanent discharge of truly incurable cases. Newton D. Baker criticizes the report as inadequate and discusses insanity pleas as overused and poorly justified.
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National Crime Commission
Newton D. Baker
Cleveland
Nations Repute
Election Center Sees Question Over Fifth Ward Seat
The Graham municipal election proceeds while James Kahle’s eligibility to sit as fifth ward councilman is under challenge. Captain Jack Carter, ex Virginia senator, dies at his Carterton home. Minnie Harman of Tazewell takes a Washington post office auditors job. M. Gardner of Russell County dies at old age.
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Graham
James Kahle
Fifth Ward
Jack Carter
Virginia Senate
Carterton
Minnie Harman
Tazewell
Auditor’s Office
Post Office Department
Washington, D. C
M. Gardner
Russell County
Society must decide if criminals repent or reform
The commission argues for focusing on the criminal rather than the crime to determine punishment. It notes many criminals are morally and mentally deficient, but many others are fully responsible and deserve penalties. It urges ending jury sanity determinations and the use of expert psychiatrists who often disagree.
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Sldes
Educating the Vote on Campaign Expenditures
The piece reviews historical campaign costs in the United States, noting money influences but not newness. It cites figures from 1860 to 1924 and later, showing how spending grew with population and suffrage, and argues education of voters costs money.
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Thither
Yoo
Abraham Lincoln
Calvin Coolidge
Repubiicans
Hayes
Tiden
Garfield
Hancock
Grover Cleveland
James G. Blaine
Harrison
Cleveland
McKinley
Bryan
Roosevelt
Parker
Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Republcan
Hughes
Harding
Cox
Mr. Coolidge
Democrate
John W. Davis
la Pollette
Thos
A Child of Four Years Is My Heaven
A speaker asks for simple earthly joy rather than wealth or titles. The poem pleads for a four year old child to hold and cherish, claiming a personal paradise lies in a nestling head, a peach like cheek, and two arms that warm against the cold. The speaker channels Mary’s Paradise as a humble divine gift.
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Mary
West Virginia Editors Discuss State Conditions
Newspaper comment on public affairs politics and life in the Mountain State outlines state conditions, industrial development, and progress. It highlights editorial views on public policy and regional growth and the role of editors in shaping state discourse.
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West Virginia
Mountain State
Hydroelectric power output highlights energy gains nationwide
April hydroelectric generation reached 2.94 trillion kilowatt hours, equating to the coal needs of 27 million tons if produced by steam plants. Water power, described as cheap and clean, drives industrial growth and public improvement, yet West Virginia lags, with about 1.5 million horsepower potential underdeveloped to less than one tenth.
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United States
Selece
West Virginia
Union
Platform proposals for Bluefield area development
The plan outlines quarterly payments to city county and state similar to federal practice to fund safety regulations in mines educate operators and miners to reduce fatalities propose barriers and guard rails on curves and bank tops on state and county roads to protect motorists levy all vehicle taxes replacing personal property licenses push more factories for Bluefield area build a north side street from East End bridge to Midway connect with freight depot and College avenue toward South Bluefield form southern West Virginia counties development association organize Sunday elections emphasize self government sacredness uniform deputy sheriffs and constables municipal water supply city owned.
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Federa
Bluefield
East End Bridge
Midway
Feright
College Avenue
South
West Virginia
West Virginia Water Power Debate and Historic Notes
Proponents push rapid water power development in West Virginia citing two official commissions. The piece recalls Elk River history, wildlife protection laws, and a view of state progress from a WWI era press column. It includes a Washington diary segment noting Mussolini controversy and political chatter around the 1920s presidential race.
Kellogg Pact Quietly Met With Broad Global Praise
A wide range of editors and nations voiced approval of Kellogg’s antiwar treaty concept. Responses from Japan Britain France Germany and others praised the push toward renouncing war as national policy while flagging reservations to protect existing commitments and the League of Nations.
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Germany
New York Herald-Tribune
League of Nationa
Locarno
Springfield Daily Republica
Louisville Courier-Journal
League of Nations
Geneva Y
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Reno Evening Gazette
General Smuts
South Africa
United States
the Gazette
America
Wilson
Hartford
Ourant
New York Innes
Pasadena Star-News
Wheeling Intelligencer
Rooftop Tea Parties and Colorful New York in the Fifties
In Manhattan a wave of rooftop tea tables and awnings bright with rainbow hues transforms upper stories into surreal social scenes. Writers like Max Schuster host large roof gatherings, while celebrities such as Janet Gaynor and Greta Nissen mingle with daily street life. A quirky anecdote notes a lake concession profiting from lost golf balls near Van Courtlandt, illustrating playful city life above ground.
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New York
Manhattan
Max Schuater
Central Park
Houston Street
Chaney
Janet Gaynor
Greta Nissen
Hollywood
Earl Carrell
Broadway
William Anthony McGuire
Helen
Health of self supporting students at Oberlin college
Dr. R W Bradshaw reports self supporting students show higher infection rates and longer hospital stays than independent students. The common illnesses are colds sore throats and influenza with 36 percent more infections and 1269 hospital days per thousand versus 947 for non self supporting students. Public Health Service investigations corroborate these findings.
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R. W. Bradshaw
Oberlin College
United States Pubic Health Ser
German scientist claims atomic machine could cure cancer
Erich Graichen, a young German scientist, says his device can isolate and split atoms, potentially curing cancer but also capable of weapons. The piece weighs moral choices in scientific progress, noting civilization advances come with risks and that responsible handling decides outcomes. It highlights public recreation's importance for city growth and cites Patrick Hurley, a Detroit boy who built a sailboat and undertook a 300 mile Lake St Clair voyage before being rescued.
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Erich Graichen
Patrick Hurley
Detroit
Patrick
Alpena
Lake St. Clair
Student fatigue linked to work stress in college health study
The financially handicapped student working through college shows a higher illness rate than naturally independent peers. The extra workload and fatigue likely contribute to poorer health, suggesting work stress impacts student well being across locations.
Short Cuts From Exchanges
A collage of quips from various papers noting quirky remarks on daily life and weather. Items reference Florence Alabama Herald Rochester Times Union Worcester Evening Gazette Utica Observer Dispatch and Des Moines Tribune Capital.
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The
Worcester Evening Gazette
Throwing The Harpoon A Bargain Sale
A fragmented notice describes a bargain sale idea as a way a woman can ruin one salt and buy another. Mention of a New York City school for infants and a jazz band appears amid disjointed lines about movies and subtitles.
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New York City
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