Dark Horses and the Ego in Public Life
The piece argues that ego and self-assurance shape political discourse, warning against self-proclaimed experts who dismiss established authorities. It hints at a 1928 presidential dark horse while criticizing high tax rates as confiscatory and harmful to enterprise, urging prudent fiscal policy in a free America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stiny
Bradstreets
Dun
Chambers of Commerce
Roosevelt
Congress
America
Do the People Want Prohibition in Automobiles?
The piece weighs the public mood on Prohibition, noting two opinion sets and the straw vote in The Literary Digest. It highlights the auto danger from drunk driving, citing Henry Ford and the need to curb drinking to protect motorists, with modern roads intensifying the risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Literary Digest
Henry Ford
Fifth Avenue
Midland Trail
West Virginia
Prohibition Dilemma and Driver Sobriety Debate
The piece argues liquor use by automobile drivers endangers public safety and contrasts it with railroads where crews are restricted from drinking. It notes the difficulty in policing drunk driving and questions whether prohibition enforcement should loosen limits. The commentary also parodies university funding politics and gasoline price as satire.
Dawes Plan Aims To Ease German Reparation Burden
The Dawes plan's first year shows Germany paying no annuity directly, using external loans and railway bond interest. Success hinges on Germany balancing budgets and building foreign balances while avoiding exchange disruption through the transfer committee. Experts stress a balanced budget and stabilized currency before large reparations, with provisional 1924 25 budgets showing deficits only in part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Dawes
Berlin
Dawes Committee
Standard Oil Ads Push Policy in Gasoline War Debate
Standard Oil of Indiana ran a full page ad in 120 South Dakota newspapers last week. The campaign will continue for months, addressing political and economic issues in the gasoline war, challenging Governor Gunderson and his predecessor’s policies. The piece notes a long history of newspaper advertising by Standard Oil and links it to public opinion efforts in Ohio and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
South Dakota
McMasters
Gunderson
Standard Oil Organization
Ohio
Charles {. Kurtz
Columbus
Strange Strike Saga Pervades Coal Mines And North Pole Myth
Fragmented OCR notes recount a chaotic labor strike over wages and conditions in coal mines. References mix miners families, owner profits, and wartime fears with digressions on explorers, frogs, and Arctic imagery, creating a surreal, debated scene of labor conflict and societal strain.
BUG-A-BOOS 1925 Rew Youk American Twe
Fragmentary OCR notes a miscellaneous 1925 scene with garbled names and events. It mentions Virginia Infantry at a fort, a captain and orders, a Lieutenant Dewey, and a disputed capture of a man named Pelun GG. Boothe and Donde are named in a fort tale, with chaotic dialogue about paint and a rainbow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WH. M. Meredith
Virginia Infantry
Balington
Dewey
Lemerton
Arda
Heoning Company 2
Pelun GG
Boothe
Vontedernie Syeaut
Arrbelegg
Gus Donde
Dawnil
Campany
Carpantan
Wyuad
Hata
Serail
Remy
Artors
Manry Reguidy
Arpenieres
New York Day by Day oddities and crowded cartoons
A chaotic collage of clipped phrases and garbled names depicts New York life with scattered references to visitors, shoppers, and street scenes. The garbled OCR blends stray remarks about events, people, coupons, pets, and city sights into a dense, fragmentary snapshot of daily urban bustle.
Jenny Wren and the Nest War in Brearpatch
In a vivid tale set in Brearpatch, Jenny Wren and neighbors debate interfering with rabbit nests and neighboring wrens. Mr Wren and Mr Beater discuss preventing birds from raising families to secure food for their own young, revealing tensions over shared resources and wildlife protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betor
Jenny Wren
Mr Wren
Tare
Beater
Jennny
Aline
Woma
Poem fragment by Edgar A. Guest 1928 note
Fragmentary OCR presents a poetic text credited to Edgar A. Guest dated 1928. The garbled lines reference themes of sentiment, virtue, pride, and reminiscence, with unclear phrasing and scattered imagery across likely verse.
Woman Slayer Surrenders After Eluded Capture
Elkins August 21 Mrs Meardy Green admitted slaying Elmer Ryder during an incident near Valley Head in the hours before officers arrived. Ryder remains at large with expected capture today. Green said she acted after confronting Ryder and that she followed him into the woods before surrendering at the Valley Head home. She told officers she killed Elmer Ryder and offered no denial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peachy Green
Valley Head
Elkins
London Schools to Open Sept 7
London schools set to open Monday September 7 with about 1000 pupils and a 30 member faculty. Principal Donald M. McIntyre leads the London district while Jesse Hughes oversees the graded school and nineteen teachers remain on staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wea
Donald M. McIntyre
Prin~cipal
Rich School
Jesi
H Hughes Reveal
Watch
Day in Washington sketches drift from lean postwar era
Fragmented OCR recalls talks on economy and government posts. Names like Thomas Cooper and Admiral Bostwick appear amid policy notes and a hint of the coal strike and Mine Workers prompts. A jumbled domestic interlude featuring Jenny Wren and Peter Rabbit closes the snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas I. Cooper
Kentucky
Chick
Bureau B
Admiral Bostwick
Alams
United Pleety
Bert
Waney
Shipping Board
Cavalhy Stainer
Coole Idee
United Mine Workers
Burt
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Banger
Tod
North Pole
Ty Arthur Amnshank
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Eulaintiy
Niud
Eil
Lewis
Atelier
Tenry
Pord
Erga Toys
Lylae
Mepmane
Wien
Dosschevik Governient
Uae
Bugs
Bada
Baby
Muni
Opiehins
Iepp
Bly Vugineas Oylien Tha
Bord Nursery
Vowra
New York
Metr Tyre
Anil
Liu
Edessa
Asia
Aerors Dharrie Merton Baeth
Bray Achuae
Soren
Brovnuch Alwas Tay
Lavan
Moma
Nike
Chris Uprppie
Herbhes
Bane
Stover Nave
Heaton
Oweuthyy
FLY
Thomeon W. Burgess
Jenny Wein
Konto Fale
Ura
Athens
Sleper Muebbin
Jenny
Peter
Wren
Toma
Hence
Fonny
Jonny
Deny
Yours
Ae Vo
Howard M. Gare
Capitol Building
Chaplenton
Wy Va
Roy
Edgar A. Guest
Woman Slayer
South Charleston Institution
Wiliam A. Mace Corkle
American Business Men's Clu
Ruffner Hotel
Mquor Canes
Hill
Bessie Hill
Hi Wits
Slackstree
J. Walter Bariws
Picisant Valley
Mts
Harnes
Family Association
Hopement
Tomeey and
Trunty
Hewn
Miherculisis Sunitarium
Schools For the Deaf and Blind
Hove Industrial School
Che
Coventry
Ene
Mia
Washington
Kay
Geo
Rimwell
Mr. Wren
Fenny Wren
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