Moderation and Cheerfulness Define a Long Life
The article contrasts aging figures Chauncey Depew and John D. Rockefeller with Col. William Shine and others, praising moderation, cheerfulness, and routine as keys to longevity. It notes politicians and leaders face unfulfilled promises, but personal health discipline shapes a life worth while.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
John D. Rockefeller
Depew
Mr. Depew
Rockefeller
Ife
Business
Col
William Shine
Sidney
Shine
Air commercialization era hoped after ship investment
The article discusses an $8,400,000 original investment in three large ships and argues that, with Dr Eckener's figures, the venture would justify the undertaking. It asserts time will dispel patron fears and herald an era of air commerce.
Do Laws Make Crime
A dense editorial discusses whether laws themselves create crime and how enforcement, public opinion, and ignorance affect crime punishment. It cites Rabbi Levi of Chicago, Justice Stone, and Coolidge era ideas, noting laws can spur departures from lawfulness if foolish, while urging strict enforcement and repeal through public opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabbi Levi
Chicago
Dr. Levi
Levi
Justice Stone
United States
Depew’s Birthday Note on Training for a Century
Chauncey Depew at 91 cites moderation and cheerfulness as his life rule. Other centenarians like Cole and Rockefeller emphasize vigor through discipline, diet, and recreation, while noting that longevity outlives peers despite medical advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey M. Depew
Cole
California
John D. Rockefeller
Chauncey Depew
Depew
Daily
Dogen
Aley
Mie
Airships and airplanes both share future commercial role
Dr. Hugo Eckener argues airships have advantages in long distance travel and all‑weather landings, while airplanes show rapid progress in speed capacity and safety. The article notes Los Angeles and Shenandoah flights influence outlook, estimates potential transatlantic times and revenue, and forecasts growth in air transport and freight under mixed systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo Eckener
Los Angeles
Germany
America
Aero Digest
Eckener
Shenandoah
Bekener
Europe
North America
New York Letter by 0. o0 McIntyre sketches fashion shifts and nightlife
The writer notes silk shirts returning, plain white fabrics, and slim watches replacing wrist watches as fashion moves away from jewelry. He cites theater dodges with foreign plates, jokes about cabaret culture, a Detroit burlesque spoof, and a string of nightlife anecdotes from Omaha to Fifty First Street, including a new club named The Bank and another The Gyp Joint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fifty First Street
the Bank
Gyp
Destruction of Madison Square Garden Recalled in 1925 Column
Rob T. Small muses on the demolition of Madison Square Garden after the 1924 Democratic convention, recalling Stanford White’s death there and the garden’s role in New York life. The essay contrasts American destruction and rebuilding with European reverence, noting the cathedral ground breaking with a steam shovel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton Daily News
Washington
Alabama
Oscar W. Underwood
Madison Square Garden
New York College
Europe
United States
America
New York
New Yorker
Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
William Jennings Bryan
al Smith
Red Fire
Stanford White
Harry K. Shaw
White
Thaw
Philadelphia
Madison Square Tower
Bon Vivants
Tower
Paris
Madrid
Pekin
Cathedral of St. John the Devine
New York City
San Francisco
Hughes Honored by New York Chamber of Commerce
The New York Chamber of Commerce elevates former Secretary of State Hughes to honorary member, joining Edison Root and Goethals. The ceremony at Morse statue in Central Park links Morse as artist and inventor, noting his early artistic promise and later telegraph triumph. The piece reflects on Hughes as a leading American statesman amid global comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Ita
America
Chamber of Commerce
State of
New York
Thomas Edison
Flida Root
General Goethals
Hughes
Lfe
Samuel I’. B. Moree
Morse
Central Park
London
Telegraph
Arctic expedition sparks nationwide debate on MacMillan voyage
A chorus of editors across the country weigh the MacMillan Arctic expedition against Amundsen and Algarson plans. They stress discovery and science over competition, noting support from the National Geographic Society and the navy, with emphasis on mapping, radio experiments, meteorology, and potential new land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacMillan
Arctic
National Geographic Society
Navy
Pole
Amundsen
Algarson
Washington
North Pole
Seattle Times
Hoald Amundsen
Times
Portland Oregonian
The
Oregonian
Louisville Courier Journal
MacMillan Isa
Hig
Arctic Circle
Asia
Tampa Times
Dayton News
Chattanooga
Short Pickings from Various Papers
A collage of brief remarks from several papers notes comment on news tone in Altoona and Greensboro, a quip about crime coverage from Los Angeles, a terse line about French army in Missouri, and a remark on college education tied to stunts from Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Express
It Seems To Me By Heywood Brom
Heywood Brom writes from New York on resisting social labels and radical chic. He laments pressures to conform in dress and behavior while arguing a single, regular stance may improve persuasive effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heywood Brom
New York
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Legislative Halla
General Assembly
Jam Reed
Missouri
Thero
Chauncey Depen
Mer Reler
Tradia Vm
Col. Shine
Joseph Chamberlain
Henry Jenkins
Anyon
Bass
Thomas Parr
Andy Wieldd
All Law
Coolidge
Diana
Calvin
Mathewson
Wagner
Daily Thought
Depew and Others
McIntyre
Salaa
Detroit
Mlle
Broadway
Men and Affairs
Rob T. T. Small
S J. Paul's
W. R. Inge
Strand
Acheron
Hades
Charlotte Observer
New York Evening Post
Flint
Jou Real
Macmillan’s
Baltimore Sun
Fayetteville
Sheridan Post Enterprise
Calcutta
Niagara
Altoona Mirror
Greensboro
Atheville
Vcollege
Terre Haute
Tam
Ifea
Tesul
Regula
New York World
Prose Public Company
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