Prohibition Ruling Reinforces Federal Ban and Politics Ahead
The Supreme Court upheld the federal prohibition amendment and the Volstead Act enforcement, clearing the way for a formal constitutional ruling. Observers note no surprise as states already backed the national ban, and the issue remains a political battleground with possible changes to intoxicating liquor standards.
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United States Supreme Court
Congress
Elihu Root
Supreme Court
New York
New Jersey
Its Own Remedy by Chancellor McCormick at Pitt
Samuel Black McCormick, chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh, argues in the baccalaureate sermon that there is no patent cure for unrest. He urges returning to normal activity, adherence to just laws, and self-government to avoid disaster, warning against quick political fixes and emphasizing internal reform and economics.
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Samuel Black McCormick
University of Pittsburgh
McCormick
United States
Kansas
Klenda
Railroads face car shortage, threaten Ohio industry and fuel supply
Rail managers admit under supply of freight cars across the United States burdening mines factories and farms. The Interstate Commerce Commission seeks faster car movement but shortages of 100000 or more cars and recent strikes loom over Ohio plants and lake trade, prompting calls for stronger railroad shipper cooperation.
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United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
D. F. Hurd
Pittsburgh Vein Operators Association of
Ohio
Northwest
Italian stance shifts over Fiume crisis
A report suggests Rome might accept the Jugo-Slavs expelling D Annunzio from Fiume as a resolution to the standoff. The note implies a potential shift toward international settlement and reduced Italian unilateral action.
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D'Annunzio
Fiume
Gompers Defends Strike Amid Kansas Debate
The AFL president Samuel Gompers answers Governor Henry J. Allen in New York defending the strike as a worker right while miners and railroad employes favor arbitration. He argues public rights do not supersede workers’ rights and criticizes arbitration as costly to workers and the public. Active Republican candidates show little enthusiasm for a dark horse.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
New York
Mr. Gompers
America
Gompers
Compera
Waste Paper Drives St Louis Schools to Profit and Pride
More than 100000 pupils in 135 St Louis schools recycle waste paper, with an expected 15000 dollars in receipts for the year benefiting the Teachers' Benevolent Annuity Association. The program boosts thrift, funds retiree annuities, and addresses white paper shortages while teaching civic responsibility.
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City of
St. Louis
Treasury
Teachers’ Benevolent Annuity Association
Department of Commerce of the
United States
School of St. Louis
Just Stub Ends Dy J Reed Amused Reflections
The excerpt offers aphorisms on doubt opinion religion ambition and domestic trouble. It notes people avoid giving honest opinions and prefer flattery, and that converting ambition to action matters. It also observes neighbors disputes and farmers returning to the soil as common beliefs.
Varied Verses Celebrate Individuality and Witty Observations
A collage of humorous clippings and poems extols being different and the humor of everyday life. Short quips from multiple papers touch on fashion, charity, and personal quirks, concluding with light anecdotes about misadventures and civic ideals.
Mundelein's Silver Jubilee Mass Draws Roman Prelates
Most Rev George W Mundelein Archbishop of Chicago is honored in a silver jubilee celebration in Chicago today. His career includes service as auxiliary bishop of Brooklyn and archbishop of Chicago since 1916. Born in 1872 in New York he studied in Rome and later held key diocesan offices. He joined the Ancient Academy of Arcadi in 1907, an American first.
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George W. Mundelein
Chicago
Brooklyn
New York
Manhattan College
Rome
the Propaganda
McDowell
Ancient Academy of Arcadi
America
Old Clothes Man Sees Business Wrecked by Prohibition Era
The old clothes man has nearly disappeared as prohibition-era visitation hurts his business. An inebriate once sold clothes for liquor, a practice now gone, signaling the exit of the old clothes man.
Baltimore Symphony Plays Sundays Defying Blue Laws
Baltimore's city funded symphony, led by Frederick R. Huber, starts its sixth season with twelve classical Sunday concerts. Police allow noncommercial performances, while critics and reformers debate the city’s blue laws. The sixty-piece orchestra, cost-effective for the public, attracts large crowds and supports city bands and school programs through the Peabody Institute.
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Municipal Music
Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra
United States
Frederick R. ‘Huber
Maryland
Huber
Ministerial Union
America
Gustave Strube
New York
Boston
Henry L. Mencken
Menchen
Peabody Institute
SIDE TALKS REMEMBERING MISERIES AND FORGETTING PAST FAILURES
Ruth Cameron notes how memory fades as people repeat mistakes. The column cites a cousin visit, an old cottage-sharing fiasco, and weather nostalgia to argue forgetfulness softens life, while business travelers’ memory helps avoid errors but may dull happiness.
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Gladys
Ruth
Louise
Anniversary notes trace royal, state, and literary milestones
A chronological list recalls past anniversaries including the British Lords secret committee on Queen Caroline, Sarah Siddons death in London, Governor Dewey’s Wisconsin message, Francis Joseph’s Hungary crowning, the 1872 mail free delivery act, Georges Sand’s death, and first woman Chicago street inspector. It ends with today’s birthdays: Charles B. Henderson Edgar Saltus John M. Holcombe Dr Samuel Marquis.
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Caroline
Sarah K. Siddons
London
Dewey
Wisconsin
Francis Joseph
Hungary
Buda-Fpesth
Congress
George Sand
Madame Dudevyant
France
Paris
Chicago
Charles B. Henderson
United States
Nevada
San Jose
Calif
Edgar Saltus
Bor
New York City
John M. Holcombe
Hartford
Conn
Samuel Simpson Marquis
Sharon
Ohio
Rough on Hobbies Polish Women Celebrate End of Lent
Polish women in Pennsylvania coal mining towns celebrate Lent’s end by washing hands with water in a playful local tradition. The event reflects regional customs and communal festivity among miners’ communities.
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Pennsylvania
Trivia and Answers From KWIZ Pending Registration
A compiled recap of yesterday’s KWIZ Q and A covers topics from arm positions for defense to peony origins and ouija etymology. It lists the Drew acting family and defines terms like diaphragm and diagram while noting patent infringement suits.
Inside Earth's Interior A Classic Debunked Myth
The Electrical Experimenter argues against the belief that Earth’s interior is a vast liquid mantle. It notes volcanic eruptions as proofs for liquid heat but questions the uniform rise in temperature with depth and challenges the notion of a completely molten core.
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Earth
Tire factories for China loom large in coming boom
The rubber tire industry in China is expanding with manufacturers planning to build their own plants. Although Beijing has under 1000 autos, thousands more motor vehicles are expected soon. Jinrikisha carts use rubber tires as 50,000 pass through the central Pekin rateway daily.
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China
Peking
A Dilemma Shifts Between Grace Draper and Graceful Deception
In a tense scene, the narrator plots to reach Lillian unseen as Dicky mocks Grace Draper and Bess Dean. A planned escape south hinges on secrecy, while Grace's release and the art world loom as threats to the narrator’s schemes. The mother’s summons and urgent phone orders press the deadline.
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Madge
Bess Dean
Dicky
Miss Drose
Grace Draper
Ieno
Lillian
Lilian
Ley Grace Drapcon
Harry U
Dickys
the Draper
Miss Dean
Richard
Prison reform efforts diverge from Japanese mil itary model in China
Dr Yamei Kin notes reformers face a clash between Japanese trained officials and Chinese ideals. In Tientsin a Chinese led prison trains inmates in trades and literacy, with women inmates taught weaving and embroidery. Officials guide humane, useful labor to foster self respect instead of mere uniformed authority.
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China
Yamei Kin
Japan
Boston Christian Science Monitor
Yamei
Sayil
Christi Science Monitor
Tientsin
Morning Mocha Trade Routes Mentioned in Arabian District
An old note outlines Mocha coffee transport from the Sara center to Aden about 200 miles and to Hodeida about 1 1/2 miles. Goods move by camel caravan though a railroad near Aden to Lahey has recently opened.
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Arabia
Sara
Aden
Hodeida
Lahey
Snuff From Snowdrop 1 Noted for Crafting Substance
Fragmentary text describes making snuff from snowdrop petals and mentions crushing petals to produce an unidentified substance. The readability is limited and lacks clear context or complete instructions.
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