Elevator crowding prompts hatless chivalry in city
An elderly resident notes eight years of service and courtesy in a quiet downtown elevator. The piece reflects on politeness, hats, and old fashioned chivalry as women still expect formal etiquette.
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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1925
Page
3
An elderly resident notes eight years of service and courtesy in a quiet downtown elevator. The piece reflects on politeness, hats, and old fashioned chivalry as women still expect formal etiquette.
Elevator operators report most business and hotel crews still remove hats when women enter, though in offices the practice has declined. Men differ in habit and mood, while both sexes generally praise courteous service as elevators buzz between floors.
State Prohibition Commissioner McDonald announced he will travel to Cleveland within days to pursue an investigation linked to a protest lodged by State Senator George H Bender against a raid on the senator's home by five state agents under W. J. Patrick's supervision.
Columbus August 25 Announcement today that Rev Joseph Taylor Britan pastor of the Central Presbyterian church accepted a call to the First Methodist church West Palm Beach Florida. The late William Jennings Bryan a close friend had recommended him to the West Palm Beach church.
Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas announced in Berlin that the United States is expected to join the world court by next December after his European tour. He arrived in the German capital during the trip and voiced the prediction.
Edward Cassidy, welder and boiler repairman, warned Chief Engineer John Grand that sailing from Pawtucket was unsafe. He did not perform repairs as the Mackinac sailed, boiler explosions killed 50 on the return trip from Newport. Cassidy testified before federal steamboat inspectors, with hearings postponed pending George Mullen’s recovery.
Buckhorn Collieries Co. filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court in Cleveland. The miner company lists liabilities of 384,184 dollars and assets of 3827,736. The petition was filed by G. Walters, president of the firm, naming mines and options in Tuscarawas and Guernsey counties.
The Peary of the MacMillan Arctic expedition returns south arriving at Ip Houng Murchison Bay ten miles south of Etah Greenland dispatch to the navy department from Commander R E Byrd states Bowdoin follows with Commander MacMillan aboard.
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