What We Were Doing Twenty Years Ago Today
Eewin French was injured when struck by an automobile as he alighted from a street car. Miss Ann Herabrum of Welch was betrothed to Teodore Katzen of Heyatone. Mrs Ann Mark widow of B A Mark died in Roanoke. Ten years ago today Lewis Wirt, 20, drowned in the Norfolk and Western Dam at Falls Mill. Mrs A M Sample, sister of Rev S W Moore, died in Fort Pierce Florida. Miss Audrey Pearl Rimmer and J W Grimey were married in Bluefield.
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Eewin French
Ann Herabrum
Welch
Teodore Katzen
Heyatone
Ann 5. Mark
B. A. Mark
Bluefield
Roanoke
Lewis Wirt
Falls Milla
A. M. Sample
S. W. Moore
Fort Pierce
Fla
Audrey Pearl Rimmer
J. W. Grimey
Warning If You Tire Of Me My Dear
A brittle assurance in verse about clinging to a relationship. The speaker vows to remain enticing and memorable, preferring to wear gold or blue and recounting familiar scents to lure back a former lover. The tone is coy and defiant, claiming no lack of appeal and a determined bid to reclaim affection.
Nad Dana Suess Emerges From Louisiana In Tin Pan Alley Rise
Dana Suess, a mere 18 from Shreveport, tops Tin Pan Alley chatter with "Whistling in the Dark" and "Oh Hum" among best sellers, after years as a child prodigy and performer for clubs and private gatherings. Lydia Roberts, Margaret Sullavan, Jimmy Cagney, Sylvia Sydney also spark Broadway chatter as new faces and striking talents rise in a lean year.
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New York
Tin Pan Alley
Nad
Louisiana
Dana Suess
Indovetry
Tin Pao Alley
Dow
Manhattan
Shreveport
Way Points
Big City
Crenery
Justice Roberts surprises in naturalization vote
Washington editor Kirke Simpson reports Justice Roberts diverged from the liberal bloc in a naturalization case involving MacIntosh and Bland. Roberts concurred with Sutherland, prompting questions about oath interpretations for federal officeholders and whether a Quaker like Hoover could become president.
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Justice Roberts
Kirke Simpson Washington
Ustice Owdn Roberts
Eupreme Court
Capitol
Macintoch&Bland
Holmes
Brandeis
Stone
Hughes
Dr. MacIntosh
Miss Brand
Congress
Hughese
Herbert Hoover
Townley forms new Northwest nonpartisan group
St Paul reports A Townley, once called an oratorical whirlwind for founding the Nonpartisan league in the Northwest, seeks leadership of a new nonpartisan organization. With former supporters, he aims to take North Dakota political power again on a platform proposing a five year moratorium on interest payments to counter Depression and centralization.
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St. Paul
Minn
Townley
Nonpartisan League In
Northwest
Bin
Congress
Thera
Jeremiah 838 and the call to repentance in verse
A fragmented text mixing biblical references Jeremiah 838 and themes of repentance. The lines show a speaker hearing voices that speak wrongly and people turning to their own course as a horse rushes into battle, with stray phrases like BPENTANCE and Socken.
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Jeremiah
Go to Work Hustle More During Hard Times
The piece urges resilience and mental control during downturns. It encourages teaching children to face fears, acknowledge unemployment as psychological, and insists a hustler’s mindset is needed to improve. It stresses drawing energy, staying determined, and doing better than ever despite adversity.
Safety by Legislation for Driving Proved Futile
A Wheeling Intelligencer column argues against Sen. Jim Davis Pennsylvania plan to introduce a bill in Congress to ensure safe driving. It contends government cannot legislate judgment and care, and that penalties must deter reckless behavior after accidents cause vast personal injuries and property damage.
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Wheeling Intelligencer
Jim Davis
Pennsylvania
Morona
Machinery a foe to man by Edwin Arleigh Brown
Edwin Arleigh Brown a Celiornia sociologist argues machinery is a foe to man and would junk labor saving devices to save jobs He claims inventions distress humanity and that the only solution is to control machines rather than rely on them to solve economic problems.
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Edwin Arleigh Brown
Mr. Brown
Society Will Regulate Machine Mastery for Humane Progress
The passage argues civilization would not confess incompetence to machine control. Humanity will devise laws to keep the machine in check while preserving progress. If regulation fails, machines could be junked, but the author believes society will always master the machine and ensure human well being.
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Mr. Brown
Education and Deportment in the Crime Problem
George W Wickerham, former US attorney general, urges Syracuse University graduates that education must be the right kind to curb crime, but warns character is essential. He notes many high-status, well-educated violators still break laws, and stresses moral development over curriculum alone. The piece also touches on cultural topics and public figures in a pithy, era voice.
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George W W. Wickeraham
United States
National Commission On Law Observance and Enforcement
Syracuse University
Wickersham
Editors Plan Federal Safety Drive For Motorists
Opinion pieces from Hnator Davis of Pennsylvania advocate a federal program to fund a broad safety education campaign for drivers amid rising costs and concerns over accidents. The letter cites 1929 losses, calls for stronger police enforcement, and notes dubious appropriations but emphasizes the nation’s need for ongoing safety education for motorists.
Screen Life in Hollywood by Hubbard Keave
Hollywood investigator reveals a medal rental business run by A Hazelton that supplies film studios with copies of medals for scenes. Rents range from 1.25 to 75 dollars weekly, with Victoria Cross and other orders popular. American medals are restricted by law. use requires War Department permission and daily return of the piece.
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Hubbard Keave
Hollywood
A. Hazelton
Haxelton
Hazelton
Fhrow Harpoon and Oddities Text Fragment
Fragmented OCR notes describe throwing a harpoon and travel, a young woman returning from abroad, fishing metaphors about hooks and sinkers, a mortician business line, a Minnesota column on ri k law, and a claim of 480000000 dollars in gold in citizens teeth.
Tariff Fight Likely in Next Congress With No Clear Result
The piece argues a noisy tariff skirmish will unfold in the next session. It notes the Hawley Smoot act will be attacked by Democrats and Progressive Republicans, but officials expect little concrete change. Key senators Costigan Hull Lewis and Rep Lewis will lead the anti tariff push, amid divided party lines.
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Ashington
Congress
Norma
Nebraska
Ihose
Repubicans
Costigan
Colorado
Hull
Tennessee
David J. Lewis
Maryland
Lewis
Senate
Tariff Commission
Long-lived ancestors linked to lifespan claims
Health writer notes Raymond Pearl and Oliver Holmes on heredity of longevity. Johns Hopkins study of 100000 Baltimore area records finds parents and grandparents from long-lived lines tend to pass on longer life expectancy. Sons of older or surviving fathers show higher expected lifespans across ages.
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Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Tiygela
Raymond Pearl
Professor Pearl
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Department of Biology
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopking Univerally
Baltimore
Day News Briefs From Associated Press World Roundup
Series of brief items report a police sergeant killed and officers wounded in New York, anti Catholic protests in Rome, murder charges against Oklahoma deputies, miners in Steubenville seeking union recognition, a Dayton family attacked, Poseidon submarine reportedly sunk, Manchurian leader Typhoid death, Indiana judge ruling on a death sentence, West Virginia politics and court actions, and Elysee reception of American mayors by President Doumergue.
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Associated Press
New York
Rome
Vatican
Ardmore
Okla
Steubenville
Dayton
London
Poseidon
Nanking
Chang Kee Tay
Valparaiso
Ind
Virgil Kirkland
Arlene
Craven
Bethany College
Moundeville
West Virginia Christian
Martinsburg
Allen N. Noll
Berkeley County
Charteston
Supreme Court
Elzie Erwin
Cabal County
Charleston
West Virginia
State Board of Public Works
Huntington
Edgar Blankenship
H. Clay Worth
Common Pleas
Ira M. Dodd
Philippi
Broaddus College
West Virginia Briefs Associated Press Update
Moygantown reports five hundred sixty students graduate from West Virginia University at a 64h campus event. Bethany notes sixty five students re-affirming commitments as part of regional academic summaries.
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Associated Press
Moygantown
Stuents
West Virginia University
Bethany
Kenova Names Officials as Huntington Mayor Elected
Huntington W Va June 9 Fr E Way elected mayor of Kenova for a fourth term defeating J K Paine 832 to 881 Independent candidates swept general offices. John Shelton beat A I Moore for police judge. Four council members chosen Andy New Jr D C Staton Sherrill Eider Grady Marcum.
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Kenova
Huntington
W. Va
FR. E. Way
Way
J. JK. Paine
Electan
John Shelton
A. I. Moore
Andy New
D. C. Staton
Sherrill Eider
Grady Marcum
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Lydia Roberts
Europe
Brooklyn
Fanchon and
Marco
Lou Holtz
Broadway
Margaret Sullavan
Jimmy Gnagney
Cour Broadway
Ann Sylvia Sydney
Gilbert Swan
Postoffice
Associated Preon
Una
Carriera
INCE
Roberts
Sutherland
Miss Bland
Towley
White
Nonpartisan League
Tex Guinan
Kay “Cuties
France
Broad_way
Austin
Bishop Cannon
Juit
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Nicel
Chicago
Scotland Yard
Department
Wendon
Hnator Davis
Plana
Wheeling
Intel- Spencer
Gail T. Dudgeon
McDowell County
Dudgeon
Republican Party
Ile
Falruong
Welch Daily News
Wwe
Hfe
Parkersburg
Glarksburg
Screen Life IN
War Department
Lily Damita
John Gilbert
Ruth Weston
Minnesota
Spring Madness
Fadiuies
Bill
Republican National Committee
Jim Watson
America
Administration
Republicana
Althar
Connery
Daily Health Service
Elysee Paris
Gaston Doumergue
Elyses Palace
Tours
Chouteaux
Athens Telephone Company
Postal Telegraph Sable Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Bluefield Telephones Company
West Virginia Water Service Company
Huntington Water Company
Beckley Water Company
Aegor Water Works
Mullenry Water Works
Oak Hill Water Company
Water and Electric Company
Kimball Light and Water
West Virginia Utilities Company
Interstate Bus Lines
Capitol Greyhound Lines
Cannonball Transit
Cannonball Transportation Company
Greyhound Lines, Inc
Interstate Motor Transportation ¢ Company
Interstate Transit Company
L. and A. Bus Tne
Pocahontas Transportation Company
White Star Lines
Angie Star Lines, Inc
Preston County Bus and Garage Company, Inc
Iuwtastate Bus Lines Group
Atheny-Princeton Transporation Company
Blus Ridge Transportation Company
Blue and Granny Transit Company
Railway Express Agency, Inc
Express Company
Pipeline
Carbide and Carbon Chemical Corporation
du Pont de Nemours and Company
Fruit Growers Express Company
San Diego
Cal
Moss B. Garrison
Hazel Bradshaw
A. Fairchild
Garrison
Laura Lee, Inc
Mefica Dept
Minneapolis
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