Lightning Way Strike Anywhere in Democratic Convention
The Telegraph weighs the Democratic race backing McAdoo Smith Underwood and field contenders. It argues neither McAdoo nor Smith can unite their party and predicts a dry victory for the anti-Smith forces with Davis or Glass as strong prospects. The piece notes a large field of dark horses and a possible Bryan surprise.
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Dark Horse
McAdoo
Telegraph
Smith
Coolidge
Dawes
Oscar Underwood
Underwood
New York
John W. Davis
West
William Jennings Bryan
We Were Doing Twenty Years Ago Today
Miss Georgia Virginia Woodrum and A. A. Skeen wed in Pearlsburg. Norton's business district suffered a devastating fire. Dr and Mrs J F Fox visited the St Louis exposition. Company 1 received orders for summer encampment at Camp Kanawha. An unknown man in a dying condition was found on Raleigh Street. United Woolen Mills opened its twelfth Bluefield store.
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Norton
J. F. Fox
St. Louis Exposition
Kanawha
Raleigh Street
United Woolen Mills Company
Bluefield
Bryan’s Rising Influence Shapes Democratic Nomination Talks
The article notes Bryan’s broad personal following and the impact of his stance on the Democratic nomination. It suggests his support could determine the outcome against Coolidge and Dawes, with New York balloting watched for signs of how delegates may align.
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Chicago
Bryan
America
Col. Bryan
Coolidge
Dawes
New York
Untimely Explosion Highlights Naval Modernization Debate
An editorial argues the Mississippi turret accident does not prove fault in modernization. It urges safety and efficiency upgrades for ships, noting eight cruisers and six battleship refurbishments, including fire control upgrades, await Senate action due to delays.
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Mississippi
Congress
House
Senate
Naval
Time for a Telegraph: Bits of Wit and Weather
A collage of quips and aphorisms about time travel, golf, politics, manners, and everyday life. It muses on time as money, human folly, cultural quirks from China to America, and playful social observations.
Gold Mines in Wales Attract 7000 Workers
In Cardiff report that over 7000 men are employed in the old Welsh gold mines. The North Wales Labor Federation moves to defeat Lloyd George at the next election.
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Wales
Cardiff
Lloyd George
North Wales Labor Federation
Il Lloyd George
Editorials on baseball misplay and social hypocrisy
A Sunday column contrasts a botched bunt play with a harsh view of a sportsman and a riff on interviewing EB Harriman. It then recounts a Philadelphia Inquirer editorial condemning an adoption case where siblings, Elizabeth and Louis, marry and are imprisoned for consanguinity, urging mercy and justice.
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Elizabeth
Louis
Portsmouth
Philadelphia Inquirer
Tragic tale of Elizabeth Dart and Louis Rollins in New Hampshire
Authors pose a modern Sophocles inspired drama about Elizabeth Dart and Louis Rollins, orphans who loved and wed then were jailed on alleged incest in a civil New Hampshire community. The piece questions fate, civilization, and the crushed idyll of young love amid harsh social forces.
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Oedipus
Sophocles
Elizabeth Ruth Dart
Louis W. Rollins
New Hampshire
The Porcupine. Nature Provides for Emergencies in Woods
A column discusses the porcupine as a protected, sometimes misjudged animal, noting its role as an emergency food source for lost travelers. It explains why humans may kill porcupines, how quills are delivered, and compares methods used by a fox and a man with a club, reflecting on natural law and human behavior.
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Nature
Mr. Pore
Internal rift tests Coolidge campaign unity at Cleveland
President Coolidge faces a split risk within the GOP as rival factions led by C Bascom Slemp and William M Butler clash over campaign control. Slemp and Butler clash, Slemp plans advisory role, while Butler remains top commander amid party tensions.
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Ashington
Coolidge
C. Bascom Slemp
William M. Butler
G. O. P. National Committee
Cleveland
Butler
Slemp
Borah
The Dream Garden and Global Outlook in a Brief
The essay argues if everyone paid 200 dollars toward the national debt, it could be cleared, but most cannot. It notes the debt around 21.348 billion dollars after treasury cash deduction and highlights reductions since 1919 due to salvaged materials. It contrasts debt service with taxes and cites global observations on efficiency, labor, and economic behavior. It also discusses Japan China trade, synthetic gin, traffic costs in Manhattan, and urban delivery losses.
Fables on Health Morning Brekusses
After Mr. Mynn of Anytown did morning exercises for weeks he began to rush them and feel lethargic. The note warns that enthusiasm in exercise matters as much as the activity itself and urges wanting to do them and dispelling distracting thoughts.
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Mornling Brekusses
Mr. Mynn
Anytown
Daily Exercise Beats Boredom and Boosts Energy
The text urges getting up earlier to fit exercises before trains or cars. It notes exercise yields better results than extra sleep and that emotional interest helps, though boredom can deter activity. It emphasizes daily physical recreation to avoid quitting.
See A Chocolate Colored School Teacher
A fragment hints at a humorous vignette with dialogues about cleverness and right conduct. It features a lawyer's quip on a long suit and a servant’s exchange about service in France. The piece closes with a faded cue to a chocolate colored school teacher.
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France
Uncommon noun pants discussed as singular at top plural at bottom
The statement notes that the word pants is unusual in grammar because it is singular in form at the top and plural in form at the bottom, highlighting its irregular usage.
SHORT CUTS From Exchanges
A collection of quips and lines from various papers including the Baltimore Evening Sun Jersey City Journal Detroit News and Harrisburg Telegram. Topics range from prohibition to sermons and jokes about uniform style and fraternal lodges with a note on River steel tensile strength 53 000 psi.
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Potas Fuel Company Incorporated
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Norfolk
Newport News
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Ohio
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London
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