California State Wide Primary Focus on Johnson Moore Race
California voters head to the polls for a state wide primary to select party candidates for U S senator governor 11 congressional districts and various state offices and judicial posts. The key contest is the Republican nomination for U S senator between incumbent Hiram W Johnson and Charles C Moore of San Francisco.
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San Fraincisco
California
United States
Ator
Hiram W. Johnson
Charles C. Moore
San Francisco
Ford Fights to Squelch Profiteers in Coal Crisis
Detroit Aug 28 Henry Ford declares plants will close Sept 16 over coal industry conditions and vows a fight for a great principle. Sources say the move aims to curb profiteering and pressure on labor and fuel supply.
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Detroit
Associated Press
Henry Ford
Ford to Fight Alleged Coal Profiteering Across Industry
The Detroit manufacturer says he leads a campaign against coal profiteering to protect workers and manufacturers. He denies a coal shortage while claiming brokers hold vast stocks and prices could surge 100 to 300 percent. Ford notes coal could fill a 10 acre tract if exploited but would resist if brokers hoard, urging rail linkages to ease Lakes region supply.
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Ford
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn
Detroit
Ford Company
Louisville & Nashville
Toledo
Ironton
Lakes
Kentucky
Printing in Cambridge and the First American Press Story
The Vermont Historical Society exhibits recall the birth of printing in America. Rev Joseph Glover sailed to convert Indians and brought a press to Cambridge. Stephen Daye managed the press at Harvard and later Samuel Green led operations for decades, shaping early American printing and its spread from Cambridge to Vermont.
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Vermont Historical Society
Joseph
Jesse Glover
Sutton
Surrey
England
America
Stephen Daye
Glover
Haynes
Winthrop Square
Cambridge
Dunster Street
Harvard Square
British America
Dunster
Harvard College
Samuel Green
Green
Timothy Green
Vermont
Spooner
Hf. Houghton
Riverside Press
Houghton Mede
Early statement compares presses to original Dunster Daye press
The speaker notes a reasonable probability that a press identified is among the two identical presses used to print earliest in the country. He judges the press to match the original scope used by Dunster or Daye.
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Dunster
Daye
Poiret predicts longer skirts and bold boots for American fashion
Fashion expert Paul Poiret declares American women three years behind Paris. He notes flapper skirts will give way to ankle length and eventually ground covering hemlines. Poiret previews red gowns and colored leather high boots while fitting chorus members at the Fulton Theatre.
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New York
United News
Paul Poiret
Poiret
Fulton Theatre
Porter
Paris
Canfield Boy Not Married Says Guardian
Providence judge Louis W. Dunn, guardian of Howland Canfield, denies reports that the late gambler's son secretly wed a Providence girl named Valentine before his Honolulu voyage and death at sea. Dunn says he would have known of any marriage and doubts the poisoning claim.
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Providence
R. I
Howland Canfield
Dick"’ Canfield
Valentine
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Louis W. Dunn
Canfield
Coal imports from Britain to Boston continue amid rail strike
British and Welsh coal shipments keep arriving in Boston as rail strikes hobble alternative routes. Steamers Turkestan and Sirrah delivered 6998 and 5102 tons respectively, bringing total British coal since June 27 to 172,912 tons via 28 vessels. In the next two weeks, 31 more coal laden steamers are expected.
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Great Britain
Boston
Europe
Montreal
Turkestan
Newcastle
England
Immingham
Boston Harbor
State Plans Health Drive and Public Health Card Series
The State Department of Health with the American Red Cross launches a picture postcard health campaign for children. Cards promote cleanliness milk intake safe drinking habits and guidance on diet air and growth including warnings about risky foods and childhood medical issues. A gray blue georgette cape with rose collar is described in the campaign imagery.
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State Department of Health
American Red Cross
Driving in a Dangerous Manner Leads to Three Month Sentence
Judge Edward A. Counihan of Cambridge District Court sentenced Michael McCarthy of 23 Concord Avenue Cambridge to three months in the House of Correction for driving in a dangerous manner. The court held it criminal to operate a poorly maintained car. McCarthy’s zigzag ride on the Charles River Parkway occurred on August 14.
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Edward A. Counihan
Cambridge District Court
Michael McCarthy
Concord Avenue
Cambridge
House of Correction
Charles River Parkway
Defendant said he stopped to fix his machine on appeal
The defendant stated he paused several times to repair his machine and then appealed the sentence.
The Mental Hazard by Clarence Budington Kelland
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine presents Clarence Budington Kelland's Married Life story The Mental Hazard exploring romance and social expectations in a mid century American context. Kelland portrays a couple facing choice and consequence amid suburban pressures and personal loyalties.
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Clarence Budington Kelland
Next Boston Sunday Post
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