City Improvement Plan Highlights Transportation and Parks
The document outlines better city transportation facilities and adequate traffic regulations, with proposals for soft water for Canton, abatement of smoke nuisance, enlarged parks and playgrounds, and a sane program of city street and county highway improvement. It also emphasizes continued development of public schools.
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Canton
Bible Thought for Today Hope for the Lord
A devotional note quoting Psalm 34 10 and urging reliance on the Lord for sustenance and good things. The snippet emphasizes seeking the Lord to avoid want and hunger.
Coolidge Addresses Intolerance at American Legion Meeting
President Coolidge condemns both individual and national intolerance in a broad address to the American Legion. The speech urges a sober, dispassionate national repentance, defends military discipline, and calls for peaceful means over war in resolving international disputes.
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Coolidge
United States
American Legion
Ite
Brotherhood of Man
Col Mitchell
Smith Boom Fails To Formalize Gov Smith Presidential Run
The New York World reports a rising Smith boom after his New York triumph but notes no formal push or clear national stance. Critics say launching a 1928 bid now risks overreaching without a defined Democratic program or Smith's own national positions.
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Alfred E. Smith
New York City
Chicago
White House
Smith
New York World
George Brennan
Cook County
Eles
Democratic Party
Coolidge
House
Senate
Lev. Smith
New York State
Smith boom sparks Democratic party rift commentary
The World argues against an aggressive Smith push to avoid deep party divisions over religion and wetness, urging focus on New York leadership and national issues. It cites the Christian Science Monitor and notes the era’s broader political tensions and agricultural prospects.
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al Smith
Democratic Party
Smith
Asa
New York
Alfred Kk. Smith
al. Smith
Christian Science Monitor
Monitor
Wilbur criticized over Shenandoah tragedy and airship duties
Editorial argues Secretary Wilbur bears blame for administrative failures linked to the Shenandoah wreck. It compares him to Secretary Denby, notes false statements to the public, poor airship planning, and evasion of facts. Calls for resignation as appropriate response to incompetence.
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Navy
Wilbur
Denby
Shenandoah
Rodgera
Pacific Coast
Building Trades Quarrel Ends In Uion Accord
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor announces a settlement in the plasterers' and bricklayers' jurisdictional dispute. The accord releases about a quarter billion dollars in construction work nationwide and was achieved by the unions without outside intervention.
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Long Growing Weather Sets 1925 Record for Harvest Season
The seventh of October finds 1925 with unusually long growing weather and no killing frost in the region. September 20 is the Ohio average frost date, with earlier years bringing heavy tobacco losses. May frost damaged crops in 1925 but warm, dry periods later promoted strong yields in tobacco, corn, and vegetables, with abundant winter storage and vigorous pastures.
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Weather Bureau
Ohio
New York Letter on Impulses and Inhibitions by McIntyre
In a satirical New York letter, 0 C McIntyre notes a flood of tall domed speakers and lectures urging impulse over restraint. He jokes about personal inhibitions and mentions fear of acting on urges in daily life and public spaces, ending with observations on political figures and the value of staying power.
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New York
Gotham
Woolworth
Charlie Chaplin
Illiterate Mayors Slow Local Paris Administration
In Paris government offices have documents where mayors sign with a cross and the note states the mayor cannot write. These illiterate officials generally come from small remote villages lacking capable volunteers to serve without pay.
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Paris
France
Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest
The poem reflects a father observing his son growing up from a playful baby to a capable young man. It contrasts past infant scenes with present independence, expressively noting pride in the child’s maturity and the shift from a baby to a reliable companion.
Along the Way NY by Helen Welshimer
Small drops of gray rain become gray pain as the skies cry. A handkerchief of cloud could wipe tears, brighten the sky, and reveal a rainbow made from grief. The poem reflects on weather, sorrow, and relief when tears end.
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Helen Welshimer
Debated Morocco Flyers Stir Wide Legal Debate
A digest of opinions weighs whether American aviators in Morocco violate U.S. law by serving with French forces. The World and other papers question extraterritorial reach and status of Abd el Krim’s followers, while others argue enlisting factored by patriotism and treaty context.
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Foreign Legionnaire
State Department
New York World
United States
Abd-el-Krim
South Bend Tribune
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Tribune
France
Yakima Republic
Republic
America
Des Moines Tribune News
Hartford Times
Col
Sweeney
the Times
Atlanta Journal
Algerciras
Boston Transcript
Tangier
America Enters The War Recollections By Marshall
Thomas R. Marshall recalls the shift in American sentiment as World War I deepened. He recounts debates over pacifism and entry, the 1917 declaration, and the nation turning from peace to total war. He praises industrial sacrifice and notes government wartime conduct toward manufacturers and conscription.
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Thomas R. Marshall
New York Times
Eee
Aoe
Indiana
Americana
Europe
Capitol
Big Bertha
New Jersey
Justice White
Great Britain
America
South
United States
Turkey
Bulgaria
Congress of the United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
Galilee
Hin Pe
Sufin
Sen
Taeganas Mu Nat
Thavenge
Short Pickings and Witty Quips from Newspapers
A collection of brief, witty lines reflecting on politics, debt, reform, international affairs, and air service. Notable quips include remarks on debt collection in America, reformers and pie, and the cadence of oratory among Irish names.
Noble county verdict warns courts to enforce deadly speed laws
A Noble county jury convicted a man of deadly reckless driving and sentenced him to two years in the state penitentiary, setting a benchmark for harsher enforcement. The piece urges Oklahoma courts to apply existing laws to curb street murders and criticizes officials for delays in prosecuting speed-related fatalities. It contrasts this with plans for a skyscraper hotel on Fifth Avenue, noting its height relative to Woolworth and Metropolitan Life, and praising American architectural daring.
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State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Vanderbilt
Fifty-seventh
Fifty Eighth
Manhattan Island
Woolworth
Metropolitan Site
Egypt
America
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