Adams Named National Committee Chairman by Republicans
Washington May 18 The National Committee will elect Vice Chairman John T Adams to fill the chairmanship vacancy caused by Hays resignation The Republican Publicity Association says Adams is eminently qualified by ability experience and prior service as vice chairman He is a Iowa manufacturer with New England ancestry and strong Western campaign management credentials His selection signals endorsement from Iowa and the states and aligns with President Harding policies and party harmony
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Hays
Republican Publicity Association
Adams
New England
Iowa
Republican Party
Pennsylvania
Harding
Poisonous smoke candles threaten future warfare
A war era invention, the smoke candle, hid troop movements with dense white smoke. Researchers developed poisonous variants using coal tar vapors and zinc chloride enhanced by diphenylchlorarsine, capable of penetrating gas masks. Military leaders foresee widespread future use despite risks.
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War Department
The Facts About Rheumatism
More than nine in ten rheumatism cases are chronic or muscular and need no internal treatment. Apply Chamberlain's Liniment freely to the affected parts for relief, and you will be surprised by the results.
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Chamberlain
Retail Merchants’ Division
Trenton Chamber of Commerce
Trenton
Concept of Genius and Illiteracy in National Context
Dr George G Chambers of the University of Pennsylvania argues that illiterates and feeble minded persons form about 2 percent of the population, while genius is also about 2 percent but defined as high intelligence plus active use. The adaptable individual who uses knowledge defines true genius, not mere talent.
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George G. Chambers
University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Chambers
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Bicycle man turned thief tale from Boston Globe
A second-hand bicycle dealer wakes to a voice asking Georgie Smith’s borrowed bike must be paid for by the hour. The voice reveals a spill and more of the machine is being brought, an oil can hurled into the room as the scene escalates.
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Bill Spokes
Georgie Smith
Georgie
Boston Globe
Temptation Windows in Indiana Town Church
Six year old Willie reads the stained glass verses in a Methodist church and notes orange glass windows in a friend’s new house. He concludes the orange panes are “awfully religious” because they “keep out temptation” in a small Indiana town.
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Indiana
Methodist Church
Willie
Back to Medicine of Mayas
Prof William Gates president of the Maya society states that in Central America there have recently been discoveries of an ancient race with civilization as old as the Egyptians. They possessed a lofty mental attitude and high metaphysical qualities. Expected discoveries include native medical works already with the Maya society that will add valuable specific pharmacopoeia and medicinal knowledge to science here.
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William Gates
Maya Society
Central America
The Theater Seat Mystery Hat That Isn’t There
A correspondent describes stumbling in a dark theater and asking a young woman to remove a hat hiding the screen. The observer discovers she has a bobbed, fluffed hairstyle that visually mimics a hat, prompting a coy reply about flattery.
New Fuel Gas From Carbide and Sawdust Discovery
Popular Mechanics reports a Swiss engineer’s method to make a rich pew gas for internal combustion engines. He packs sheet-metal drums with alternate calcium carbide and sawdust saturated by crude oil, then adds water. The carbide reacts to produce acetylene and heat, cracking the crude oil to release more gases, which then mix to form a new fuel gas.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
The Hoodoo
A fading actress once nicknamed the hoodoo grapples with public scorn and a party of critics as she seeks a comeback. In a library she encounters a playwright who taunts the superstition before offering a chance to prove resilience. The exchange yields counsel that hard luck is a shell to be shattered.
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Margaret Breen
Garvis
Breer
Miss Breen
Kansas City congregation grants pastor a motorcar
A Kansas City congregation presents its pastor with a motorcar. The article hopes they will also provide a salary raise so he can maintain the new purchase.
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Kansas City
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