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Associated Press
New Haven Railway Financing Sparks Investor Debate
The New Haven railroad faces a funding crossroad as it seeks to retire $43 million of government borrowings with a seven percent preferred stock issue. Present shareholders would be prioritized for par purchase, advantaging wealthy holders while smaller investors fear postponed dividends. A private broker’s bid to buy the government note looms, risking harsher terms if allowed.
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Mey Haven
New Haven
New Haven Road
Grover Cleveland
Treasury Department
Peaches dumped to hogs as tax folly shown
A Charlotte Observer item laments how a licensing tax drives ripe peaches to hog feed, leaving growers without return and households with canned fruit. The piece argues the tax harms producers and consumers, with hogs as the only slight beneficiaries. It suggests reducing tax pressure to avoid waste.
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Charlotte
N. C
Sandhill
Propaganda Claims Touched by French Budget Figures
In Williamstown the Institute of Politics heard that UK professor McVey was told France allotted funds for debt cancellation propaganda in the United States. The professor questioned the accuracy, noting France’s thrift and the lack of need, and urged locating the original source, suggesting it may come from an American critic with foreign ties.
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United States
New York
McVey
Wall Street
Institute of Politics
Williamstown
University of Kentucky
Pay of Movie Stars Shifts as Hollywood Considers Replacements
Hollywood producers plan salary reductions by sidelining top stars and promoting cheaper talent from the ranks. Chaplin remains unique, producing his own work, while many stars are deemed replaceable by new performers. Public taste favors solid acting and good films over inflated celebrity salaries.
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Hollywood
Charlie Chaplin
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It’s a Butler The Callahans and the Murphys Protest
The Stamford Advocate notes objections led to the withdrawal of a moving picture showing. The piece argues against ridiculing or misrepresenting any race and urges stage producers to keep entertainment free of such nuisances, stressing duty to the public and to oneself.
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America
Callahans
The
Murphys
Paying the Bills to Ward Off Village Gossip
A verse about avoiding gossip by appearing respectable, paid-up, and fashionably neat. The speaker contends with neighbors who speculate about debt, credit, and status, choosing to act squarely, settle bills, and keep up appearances to escape shameful talk.
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Jake
Josh
Jones
Sentence Sermons On What You Become And Do
Tomorrow hinges on what you are to do and your will. The moral from community to church and world rests on how you respond to neighbors and emergencies. The text hints at social behavior and discipline with a stray OCR fragment about spanking.
Pershing Called 100 Percent American by Foreign Critic
Captain B H Liddel Hart in the Atlantic Monthly lauds General Pershing as the decisive force behind the American Army. He notes Pershing’s vision to build a distinct American force, its impact on shortening the war, and Pershing’s ambition to lead a unique army rather than merge with Allied commands.
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America
United States
Manhattan Days and Nights in a Dazed City Scene
New York August 18. A breezy column notes the town is "dead" with a carnival of oddities from a cat in the wrong house to a waitress fending off gunmen with coffee. It mocks theatre ticket wars, padlocked road houses, and the return of summer visitors as streets fill with luggage and restless noise.
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New York
Louis Marshall
Marshall
Jersey
Political Pointers on Behrens and Ohio Presidential Odds
The item surveys Mayor Behrens gas depot politics ahead of the September 8 aldermanic session, notes Republican leader Arthur F Connor away in Maine, and discusses anti administration moves linked to the Young Men's Republican association. It weighs Ohio as a presidential candidate state, cites figures from Virginia and New York, and ends with quips on public life and everyday wisdom.
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Maine
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Hayes
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Sing Sing
Practical Peace by Dr. Fra
A 1927 column argues that war prevention needs both a logical system and a population willing to adopt it. It critiques League of Nations and other plans as theoretical, noting America and others failed to cooperate while asserting peace benefits business and humanity.
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New Dictionary Nearly Finished After 48 Years
Oxford, Eng August 18 The New English Dictionary nears completion after more than 48 years of work. The project, begun in 1679 by Sir James Murray, aims to illustrate the historical development of every English word using quotations from pre 1600 and later works. The Oxford dictionary surpasses Grimm Littre and Webster in scope with Dr Murray's Scrptorium and his garden at MI Hill.
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Associated Press
Samuel Johnson
James Murray
Dean Trench
Naugatuck Valley Plants to Merge in Steel Foundry Split
Farrel Foundry & Machine Company of Ansonia and Birmingham Iron Foundry Company of Derby plan a merger, pending stockholders' approval at a September 20 special meeting. Both firms are closely held with 41 and about 30 stockholders respectively, capitalizations of 23 million and 1.2 million dollars.
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Birmingham Iron Foundry Company
Ansonia
Derby
Tis
Farrell Foundry & Machine Company
Birmingham Iron Foundry
Durant to Sail on European Vacation Abroad
William C. Durant owner of the locomobile company will depart today for a seven week trip to Europe accompanied by Mrs. Durant. He will divide his time between stock-market activities and the production of his new line of cars while abroad, following a successful return to fortune.
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Locomobile
Europe
Questioned Faith and Policy in Daily Answers Page
The reader letter discusses compulsory military training versus prohibition, science and religion, wartime debts, and Christian teaching. Rev Dr 8 Peeeee Cuda defends prohibition, contrasts science with faith, argues for canceling Allied debts from early war, and warns about misinterpretation of scripture while urging progressive revelation.
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Worcester postal veteran Chase marks 54 years in service
Frederick W. Chase, chief stamp clerk at Worcester post office, is believed one of the oldest postal employees in New England with 54 years in service. He began at age 16, recalls horse drawn carriages, 14 clerks, and a 6:30 am to 6:30 pm schedule. He notes wages of 254 yearly to 4600 yearly, changes in currency and mailbox counts, and that he has served under six postmasters and even acted as postmaster briefly.
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Associated Press
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Main Street
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Ietter Cartier
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House and 3 Lots Sold at Auction
Adolph Lederer, former representative, sold at auction for Mrs. Michael Fitzgerald of 1471 Stratford Avenue. Four parcels changed hands including 1469–1471 Stratford, a 12 room home with sun parlor, two stores, and a four car garage bought by Nora T. Gibbons for 812,700. Other parcels sold to Sherif Thomas Clancy, Frank A. Lisak, and Joan Kerr, with bids starting at 800 and 926 respectively.
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Michael Fitzgerald
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Florida
Nora T. Gibbons
Coleman Street
Otis Street
Barnum Avenue
Sherif Thomas Clancy
Texans Avenue
East Main Street
Frank A. Lisak
Ohio Avenue
Madwind Street
Reade Street
Joan Nerr
Charles Istreet
Russell Neary
Giant Florida Indians Unearthed in Gulf Burial Ground
Archaeologists uncover giant pre-Spanish skeletons in a Florida swamp burial site near Tampa. The dug remains likely belong to a West Indies listed tribe called the Garlics, with skulls larger than typical, jaws with large teeth, and evidence of tribal battles. Bones dated to centuries past, sent for further study.
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Fis
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Minisonian Institute
Weather Update Shows Showers Coast to New England
Weather forecast notes showers along the New England coast with a cool trend. Frids fair elsewhere, northern districts remain cloudy with possible showers Friday. A disturbance moved northeast from Tennessee, centered south of Nantucket, with high pressure over Maine and Nova Scotia prevailing. Winds shift northeast to north along the coast.
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