President Coolidge as Congressional Coach Promises Fewer Better Laws
The opinion piece urges President Coolidge to craft a legislative layout to keep Congress busy and focused on public welfare. It argues that one strategist can steer the drift toward fewer, better laws and less political spectacle, with P. Smith as exemplar in this role.
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House
Senate
Congress
P. Smith
Coolidge
Woman’s cooking debate prompts male training push
A piece notes a caterer’s claim that most American women lack cooking skill and suggests cafeterias increasingly replace home kitchens. It argues men must fill the gap with more boys trained in cooking through high school curricula as women’s rights reversals multiply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Caterers’ Association
Need for Motor License Test Presses
Hamilton County fatalities this year have surpassed one hundred with Sunday deaths raising the toll. Advocates urge licensing tests to weed out intoxicated and incompetent drivers and push education via safety councils, courts, and civic groups to improve traffic safety.
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Hamilton County
Safety Department
Tragedy Drives Push for Airplane Reliability
The missing air mail pilot Charles Ames is found dead in a wreck hidden by tree debris after a hillside crash. The piece decries the unreliability of early flight schedules while praising speed and power, arguing safer, more dependable air transit is essential for public safety and timely travel.
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Air Mail
Charles Ames
President Coolidge Prepares As Congress Sits Near
President Coolidge prepares at the foremast before Congress convenes, signaling careful travel through the holiday season amid looming fiscal and naval policy questions.
Dempsey’s Shift From Ring Boldness to Screen Era Poise
A compact reminiscence contrasts the old-time Dempsey who rushed foes with a punch in the nose to a tempered, film-era star. The piece notes his careful image makeovers, public reception, and caution in facing new challenges, while lampooning lingering bravado. It also references billboard scenery, China tensions, and wage-predicament jibes about coal.
For Your Welfare And Your Success Former AMA President
A brief note highlights the life of a former president of the American Medical Association focusing on public welfare and personal success in the profession. The piece underscores leadership and ongoing influence in medical advocacy.
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The
American Medical Association
Giants of pulp and walking New York tales fade
The piece chronicles Burt L Standish writer Gil Patten, alias Frank Merriwell author, his modest life in his 60s and modest earnings, plus vignettes on New York characters. It notes editor John H Finley walks daily and comments on clerks rising, ambulance sightings on Broadway, and Village gentrification, with no sensational detail.
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New York
George Jean Nathan
Frank Merriwell
Burt L. Standish
Nathan
Standish
Merriwell
Kelly Pool
Berton Braley
Clare Briggs
Ray Rohn
William Johnston
Ewing Galloway
Rohn
Gil Patten
Maine
Gil Pattens
Arthur Brisbane
Patten
Rich
America
John H. Finley
The
New York Times
Fifty Years Ago in Cincinnati October 13 1875
Election day in Cincinnati with Hayes leading Allén for Governor from precinct results. County races tight. local officials unsettled. Obituaries note Daniel Hannan’s death. unions and marriages feature Carrie Jones and John Havylin at Barr street home. Millinery shop opens at 154 West Fifth street. business changes include Cincinnati Soap Co sale to M Goldsmith. dissolutions and retirements in local firms.
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Hayes
Allén
John Havylin
Wood's Theater
Carrie Jones
A. J. Jones
Barr Street
Henry D. Jones
R. E. J. Miles
Grand Opera House
J. Webb, Jr
West Fifth Street
Charles Schoenhals
Cincinnati Soap Company
M. Goldsmith
Elder Street
Health and Economy in Meat Show Big Business Role
An educational bulletin from a national meat industry group highlights meat’s nutritional value and economy. It notes high protein and iron content, warns against misperceptions about health risks, and promotes affordable cuts to diversify daily menus. Tomorrow: The Importance of Being Yourself.
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Oery
King Feature Synd., Inc
Hawaii Collects Pacific Food Trees In Pan Pacific Grove
In Honolulu on June 19 the Prince of Chandaburi planted a tree from Siam at Pan-Pacific Research. The Pan-American Union in Hawaii says the effort will greatly aid scientific study and human welfare with cooperation from the U S Department of Agriculture. Willis T Pope helped initiate the project to preserve the vanishing breadfruit tree. Each Pacific racial group is expected to contribute a food tree.
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Pacific
Hawaii
Pan-Pacific Research
Honolulu
Prince of
Chandaburi
King of
Siam
Pan-American Union
Willis T. Pope
Federal Agricultural Experiment Station
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Notable quotes on courage and fortune from Confucius, Shakespeare, and Emerson
A collection of aphorisms on virtue courage and life paths. It presents lines on doing what is right, seizing opportunity, managing life as theater, and the duties of friendship. Each quote reflects a moral or practical reminder about how to live.
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Confucius
Y W C A dedication and town notes in Cincinnati
Twenty years ago in Cincinnati The Commercial Tribune recalls the dedication of the new Y W C A on East Eighth street with remarks from Miss Torrence and other clergy and civic leaders. Also noted is a Mexico return marriage of Harry M Smith to Florence Hancock and Salvation Army activities at 534 Walnut Street. Funeral of Jacob Krouse and the death of Prof John Larence Zienz are reported along with a weather note: clear and 52 degrees.
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Fifth Avenue
Bank
Richard Croker
Thomas A. Edison
John D. Rockefeller
James Stillman
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius N. Bliss
East Eighth Street
Miss Torrence
Bishop Vincent
Charles Frederic Goss
Charles Sumner Brown
George de Golyer
Davis Clark
Harry M. Smith
Guadalajara
Mexico
Florence Hancock
William McKibbin
Lane Seminary
Salvation Army
Walnut Street
William Escott
Gladiator of Liberty Quote Reflects on Moral Certainty
A philosophical line from Gladstone emphasizes that opposing wrong is a duty, yet mental constitution provides only a slender guarantee of being right, highlighting the tension between action and certainty.
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Gladstone
Quotations on Originality and Virtue From Classical Thinkers
A collection of aphorisms and maxims attributed to Goethe Young Cicero and Burke. The excerpts praise originality perseverance humility and resilience as paths to growth and mastery. Each line offers a compact moral or practical counsel.
Largest creature, sulfur bottomed whale spans ninety feet
The passage notes the largest creature known is the sulphur bottomed whale, living or extinct, reaching a length of ninety feet.
The Science of Diving Dives into Underwater Salvage
A 1925 overview explains diver roles and gear, from helmets and air hoses to heart and lung stress. It details risks like the squeeze, gas bubbles, and unconsciousness, and notes skills, training, and steady ascent key to safety in underwater salvage work.
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Bradley Kelly
Department of Plant and Structures
New York City
Ocean Transportation Company
By Press Publishing Co
Canyon of Death Navajo Massacre in Death Canyon
Arizona's Canyon of Death hides a brutal 19th or early 20th century massacre where Navajo villagers sheltered women and children in a cave. Mexicans, lured by revenge, encamped below and slaughtered the besieged group, leaving marked walls and bleached bones as grim evidence. The site became a feared, sacred place in Navajo memory.
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Arizona
United States
Feat. Ser., Inc
Transplant of Dead Body Organ Shows Successful Function
The article notes that moving an organ from a deceased donor to a living recipient is performed quite frequently and the transplanted organ continues to function well after the operation.
Domesday Book Treasures At London Record Office
The Record Office in London houses the Domesday Book from 1086 and an ironbound chest. other relics include papal Bulls, old treaties, letters from Nelson and Drake, a 1775 Olive Branch Petition, Chaucer’s 1389 royal letters, and the 1914 Belgian neutrality treaty called a “scrap of paper.”
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New York Times
Record Office
London
Palace of
Westminster
Great Britain
France
Russia
John Balrol
Edward I
England
Britain
Francis I
Wolsey
Thomas
Lord Darcy
Lord Nelson
Trafalgar
Alexander
Napoleon
George III
Erfurt
William Penn
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Olive Branch
Thomas Jefferson
Franklin
Adams
Geoffrey Chaucer
Kennington Charing Mews
National Gallery
John Knox
William Cecil
Mary
Francis Drake
Today’s anniversaries list historic religious and political figures
The page recalls events and births such as Francis Blanchet arriving in Oregon to become a bishop, Benjamin Keiley born in Petersburg, James H. Baker born Harmony Maine and died Denver, John Cockrill acquitted in St. Louis murder case, a Brantford Brant statue unveiling, Henry Irving’s death in Bradford, the Duke of Connaught becoming Canada Governor General, Aretas Fleming dying in Fairmont, with birth details noted.
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Francis N. Blanchet
Oregon
Benjamin J. Keiley
Savannah
Petersburg
Atlanta
James H. Baker
University of Colorado
Harmony
Maine
Denver
John Cockrill
St. Louis
Slayback
Joseph Brant
Brantford
Ont
Sir Henry Irving
Bradford
England
Duke of Connaught
Canada
Aretas B. Fleming
West Virginia
Fairmont
W. Va
Notable Birthdays Brighten National Figures List
Today marks birthdays of John G. Sargent Attorney General born Vermont sixty five years ago John Parker Gilbert Dawes plan Reparations Agent General born Bloomfield New Jersey thirty three years ago John R Commons longtime Wisconsin economist born Darke County Ohio sixty three years ago Mrs Langtry Lade de Bathe famed British stage figure born Isle of Jersey seventy three years ago Ben W Hooper Newport Tennessee chairman States Railroad Labor Board born fifty five years ago.
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John G. Sargent
United States
Vermont
Noar Parker Gilbert
Bloomfield
N. J
John R. Commons
University of Wisconsin
Darke County
Langtry
Lade de Bathe
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