That He Who Drives May See
A Christian Science Monitor piece argues for better headlight control and safer night driving as cars advance. It notes glare from bright headlights, legislative attempts, and manufacturer efforts like direct lights and refraction glass, plus four wheel brakes. Massachusetts recorded 647 fatal automobile mishaps in 1927, many due to glare or poor lighting. The article urges safeguards to help drivers see clearly on crowded roads.
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United States
Seill
Massachusetts
Christian Science Monitor
Third Degree Debate Over Police Tactics
Decatur Daily discusses the Michigan police third degree methods used to elicit a confession from a 19 year old suspect tied to a teacher's murder. It questions legality and morality while noting Georgia death row witness coercion and the search for absolute truth without a universal rule.
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Gadsden Times-News
Michigan
Movie makers turn to literature for screen material
United Artists and major stars increasingly base films on novels and plays. Authors like Wergesheimer and Hurst collaborate on scripts while screen legends such as Colman Talmadge and Barrymore star in adaptations. The shift aims to turn classic and foreign works into intelligent, lavish pictures.
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United Artists Corporation
John Bergmore
Charles Chaplin
Ronald Colman
Norma Talmadge
Gloria Swanson
Mary Wickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Wilma Banky
Lillian Gish
Jennid
Devil's Island
Blair Niles
France
Sydney Howard
Joseph Wergesheimer
Hollywood
W. J. Locke
Cannes
California
Fanny Hurst
Miss Hurst
Herbert Brenon
Rupert Hughes
Eleanor Boardman
Alma Rubens
Dumas
Man With the
Douglas Iairbanks
Russia
Taros Stulba
Gogol
Pushkin
Jean Vipnaud
Venus
Constance Talmadge
Englund
Joseph Conrad
United Artists
Tom Lin
Cosimeks
Ine
Dicken
Barnaby Rudge
Old Curiosity Shop
Bleak House
Dunas
Columbus Enquirer-Sun
War case in Missouri highlights wartime veterans' fallout
A guardian bank in Missouri secures a divorce for a World War I veteran on grounds of general indignities after he was confined to a government hospital a year after marriage. The article notes the veteran is insane due to war injuries, pointing to broader toll: about 15,009 veterans there are mental cases in government facilities, 860 blind, 13,090 others in hospitals affected by war injuries over the years.
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Missouri
Rior
Permanent Mayor of New Bedford Holds Long Tenure
Charles Sumner Ashley was elected to his twenty fourth term as mayor, extending a 26 year run in New Bedford. At 70, he has dominated local politics for nearly three decades with an informal Ashley party. He carried the city by 1250 votes over four opponents and remains a central figure in local governance.
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Charles Sumner Ashley
New Bedford
Audley Bean
Cleveland
Ashley
Providence Journal
Salvation Army Faces Question of Future Government
The New York World notes the Salvation Army's growth since 1880 under William and Bramwell Booth and discusses the strain from Bramwell Booth’s illness. It reports the High Council in London planning a broader form of government to safeguard the Army’s permanence and vigor worldwide.
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Salvation Army
William Booth
Bramwell Booth
William
Bramwel Booth
William Gorth
Sen
Cieral
Evangeline Booth
High Council
London
New York World
Kansas City Star backs reapportionment mandate
Detroit News tribute notes Kansas City Star support for reapportionment, stating no argument against it and calling it mandatory amid potential loss of two congressmen in a 435 seat framework.
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Kansas City Star
Missouri
the Star
Farm reliefers perhaps
A Des Moines Tribune Capital item asks who sends Iowa millions to Wall Street for investment in loans amid sparse farming prosperity. The note reflects farmer discontent and curiosity about funding sources behind relief efforts.
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Des Moines
Wall Street
Batchelor's Buttons Grown by W. C. Batchelor
The piece notes buttons grown by W. C. Batchelor and ends with the warning that the guilty never go unpunished.
Fragmented Readings From a Fragmented Notice
The text presents a garbled, humorous pastiche mentioning onions in diet, ex-aviators in a cemetery, Christmas once a year, rheumatism delight, distilling long green, store bargain sales, unpaid Christmas bills, and a baffling query about rudeness of Mleseyy tre Falldren raising a question about future actions.
Casey of Pennsylvania House Profile Emerges From the Redhead Standout
John Joseph Casey, a durable Pennsylvania Democrat, is praised for his large family and labor roots. The veteran congressman, once a plumber’s apprentice and labor organizer, credits a presidential year win to his district’s support. He champions a federal employment service plan and blames postwar normalcy policies for job-market slowdowns.
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Washington
Casey
John Joseph Casey
Pennsylvania
John Joseph
Johnnie Morin
Pittsburgh
Johnnie
Congress
Andrew Augustine
Sarah Celestine
Federal Employment Service
Labor Department
Casey and
the Red Head
Public Domain Revenue From Mineral Leases in 1927-28
Washington reports a government revenue of 6.7 million dollars for the fiscal year 1927-28 largely from mineral lease royalties. Administrative costs totaled 2.2 million dollars.
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Washington
Paris Eiffel Tower station expands radio wave bulletin
The Paris Eiffel Tower station adds a complete bulletin of all phenomena influencing radio electric waves. The weather bulletin is expanded into a comprehensive meteorological astronomical and terrestrial service.
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Eiffel Tower
Paris
Kitchenettes and serving pantries under New York tenement law
A New Yorker recalls tenement practice where a kitchenette exists only if a window provides light. Without a window it becomes a serving pantry, illegal for cooking, and usable for food storage. Landlords and inspectors maneuver around rules while gas ranges hide in attics, basements, or closets until a full inspection returns the stove to use. Nightsticks are turning lignum vitae, a dense West Indian wood, into police clubs, replacing cocobolo. A forgetful man solves scheduling by sending self addressed postcards, only to drown in reminders of six engagements the next morning.
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New York
Greenwich Village
West Indies
Balanced Vacation For Children Then And Now
A household guidance piece by Mrs Agnes Lye urges balanced holidays for children combining outdoor play exercise and sociability. It stresses tact and family involvement, warns against overindulgence, suggests simple sociability, and notes a national hatchery contest offering a $10 000 prize for a 500 word letter with forty one prizes total.
Held For Wife's Death Charles Tylor Confesses
A Tennessee man named Charles Tylor, held in Helphis or Memphis area, confessed to authorities in Shreveport about a wife’s death in September, claiming it was caused after she nagged him.
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Charles
Tylor
Sheveport
Lawastenese
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