The Old Family Doctor in West Virginia Hopeful Meeting
The West Virginia State Medical Association hosts Chief Field's visit as doctors celebrate medical advances yet lament the fading era of the old family physician. The piece argues against widespread specialization and urges preserving general practice to serve rural communities.
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West Virginia
State Medical Association
Bhiefield
Godtor
Joe
United States
Ard
Eles
The Old Family Doctor in an Era of New Women
An essay praising the village physician as a Wise counsellor and friend. It laments losing old fidelity to the elderly doctor while celebrating twentieth century women who embrace health and athletics. It argues robust health, appetite, and mental vigor reflect fashion and utility in modern life.
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Wari J
Len
Nature
Brown
Poem Echoes on Fame and Summer Reading
A reflective piece blends verse and prose as a chorus mocks the rush for wealth and status. It recalls childhood trees and stars, then shifts to a speech from the Charleston Gazette about U S forestation, Buckeye State myths, and West Virginia pride. It ends with a Wheeling anecdote about a bachelor describing a newborn.
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Martin J. Davey
Ohio
Davy
Ohio County
West Virginia
Kentucky
Washington
Kansas
Virginia
Maryland
Idaho
Ashe
Brooke County
Harrison County
Buckingham Palace
White House
New York
Wheeling Register
Editorial: Goverment Move To Transfer Mines Bureau
Selected editorial opinions argue the transfer of the Bureau of Mines from the Interior to the Commerce Department is natural and proper with Herbert Hoover at the helm. The piece contrasts Hoover's leadership with Franklin K Lane and suggests financial and distribution reforms are needed, noting coal industry benefits if Hoover teaches those lessons.
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Asie Goverment
Washington
Bureau of Mines
Interior Department
Department of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Commerce Department
Secretaries of the Interior
Pranklin K. Lane
Franklin K. Lanes
Hoover
Lana
Morgantown Fost
The Ship Called Bookland Sails A Summer Dream
Walt Whitman’s travel longing shines through as readers imagine distant lands and peoples. The piece contrasts travelers chasing real ports with stay-at-homes who voyage via imagination aboard the ship Bookland, visiting Venice, the Taj Mahal, and the Rialto through literature.
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Walt Whitman
Bookland
South Sea Islands
Fables on Health Fly Control and Typhoid Link
The article argues flies spread typhoid, noting August peaks and December decline. It describes a homemade fly trap two to three feet high with a cone shape, placed outdoors, plus sticky flypaper and fly swatters for indoor use. It warns against spraying poison flies, as poisoned ones may drop from ceilings.
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Fies
Chicago Tax Fight Could Redraw State Representation
Last Night's Mail argues Cook County's tax take without proportional legislative representation violates the constitution. The piece foresees federal court action, potential Supreme Court review, and a rural-urban political shakeup as Chicago leads a new approach to urban influence over state policy.
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Charles P. Stewart Ashington
Cook County
Illinois
Herrupon
Supreme Court
Washington
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
St. Louia
Kansas City
New Orleans
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Cleverness in a Pennsylvania Visit Malaprop
A fragmented comic scene shows a boss ordering a store-boy to be ready at 71 oclock and a flapper wondering who would not drink or smoke. A hardware dealer asks about a black eye, a farmer recalls a tail flick and a brick tied to it, and a bemused wife laments splinters while a somewhat unophoeti cated old body visits Pennsylvania.
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Specter
Burbank
Hye
Egypt
Nature
Economy clash in east and west stirs political fealty
The piece argues Coolidge’s plea for economy delights eastern states that pay more taxes and appropriations, while western and southern regions demand more aid. It muses on states rights versus funding, and notes a public wish for “the other fellows.” It also reflects on past illuminations in Paris and St Petersburg, and ends with a quip about a tele phone girl being a calling rather than a business.
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Presidenr Coolidge
Shrallatty
United States Supreme Court
Oregon
America
United States
Aupreme Court
Ita
Supreme Court
Fragmented musings and quotes from a New York American item
The column strings together aphorisms and reflections on marriage, religion, evolution, and current events. It cites Burbank, the Oregon school case, and general social observations, ending with a worldly, satirical note. The tone imitates a late 19th to early 20th century clippings collage.
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Baily
Machike Shott
Salter
Telngraph
The
Associated Press
Howear
Chicano
San Francisco
Atlanta
Auding Times
Carda of
Thanka
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bluefield
Pontaffice
Hiueheld
W. Va
Republic Assass
All News
Secon
Advancs
Chester T. Brown
Galt
Pelf
God
Pep, —Iiohn Oliver
China
Insussia
Japan
Charleston Gazette
Johnson
TNE Mines Bureau
Germany
Italy
France
Spain
Ruseta
Kinole
Flapper
Pennsylvania
BY Williams
Coolidge
East
Chester H. Rowell
Paris
St. Peters
al Burbank
Bryan
IOM Sims’ Telegraph Ticklers
Milwaukee
London
Michigan
New York American
Binefield Furniture Company
Rinceton
Raleigh
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