Mayflower the Presidential yacht stands for dignity and utility
The Mayflower, 273 feet long and 86 feet beam, serves as the President’s yacht noted for speed, safety, and comfort. Captaine Adolphus Andrews commands. 165 crew plus Marines. radio and film facilities aboard. weekly services led by Chaplain Shrum. hosted visits by FDR era officials. historically linked to Roosevelt and the 1620 Mayflower Compact ideals.
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President Coolidge
United States of America
United States Navy
Navy Department
President Roosevelt
Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Roosevelt
White House
Harding
New England
United States
George Washington
Grand Lake
Colorado Rockies
Seven Seas
White Court
Swampscott
Mass
Washington
White House No. 2
Navy Band
Broadway
R. W. Shrum
George L. Watson
Mous Svritish
Watson
Adolphus Andrews
Edgar Allen Poe
Ogden Goelet
Portsmouth
N. H
Russia
Japan
Woman Walks 80 Miles to Defend Suit in Court
Mrs Catherine Foyle sixty four walked from Southampton to London with her dog to appear in chancery division. She defended a motion to restrain selling goods and soft drinks from a stall in the New forest and from lighting a fire without permission. The crown won the order and agreed to pay her travel costs.
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Southampton
London
Catherine Foyle
London Graphic
Chancery
New Forest
Pollock
Crown
Quotes and quips from a tongue in cheek collection
A jumble of witticisms and aphorisms on life love work and society. The notes mock serious motives and social pretenses with lines about marriage generosity prejudice and laundry tip. The fragmentary piece carriesdated tone and advertisement cues from local grocers.
Bricks Dropped On Friend In Accident Policy Plan
The prisoner Flaherty confesses to dropping a stack of bricks on Nolan to exploit Nolan’s accident policy. The judge questions the motive as Flaherty explains Nolan sought money and that Ol would help him, revealing a deadly scheme.
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Flaherty
Nolan
Forbes Magazine
Cuticura Soothes Baby Rashes Advertisement Note
Ad copy promotes Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum for baby rash relief with baths and gentle applications. Ends with a curio about alligators diet and a quip about a man in a hole.
Preventing Fogged Windows With Calcium Chloride
The article explains using a flat glass or porcelain dish with calcium chloride to absorb moisture and prevent fogging on Loxed-In show windows. Dishes should be refreshed every two to three days and the calcium chloride dried before reuse.
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Popular Science Monthly
Women in France Eligible for Top Postal Posts
France grants women eligibility for high posts in the postal and telegraph service. Women may become office chiefs, managers, and inspectors, advancing through government promotions in a leading department. The piece ends with a proverb about pride.
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France
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TE Tiayflower
Carl Adolphus Andrews
John Dickinson Sherman
Sntiter Weill
FLO
George Elliot
Baby
MATOL
Aspirin
Bayer
Beecham
Eleanor Wilcox Newburgh
N. Y
B. F. Allen Co
Canal Street
New York Bay
Beecham’s
Bellans
Kansas City
Northwestern Yeast Co
North Ashland Ave
Chicago, Ill
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