Who Sat for Mona Lisa editors tease famous smile
The Nashville Banner editorial explores theories about the sitter of the Mona Lisa, recalling the famous smile and suggesting possible attribution to an Italian merchant’s wife Francesca del Giaceno. It notes Leonardo da Vinci’s affection and the painting’s later history, including rumors about the sitter and medium.
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Nashville Banner
Albany Herald
Francesca del Giacendo
Leonards de Vinci
Paver
Franci
Pot da Vinci
Uncle Howe Predicts Greatest Book In The World
The 62 year old Uncle Ed Howe is recovering from surgery in a Baltimore hospital. He plans to write what he calls the greatest book, begun two years ago, and believes readers will see it as unlike any before. He hopes a publisher will print it monthly, promising candor and unusual revelations.
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ED Howe
Baltimore
Tam
Hlm
Batchelor's Buttons Grown by W. C. Batchelor
A garbled local item references Batchelor and buttons grown by W. C. Batchelor. The text mentions work, pay, and commission government hints, but the readable content is fragmentary with no clear event, date, or outcome to anchor a fuller summary.
Suitability of Hats Misread in Public Life
A Washington Evening Star exchange notes the phrase Aren't some of the hate women wear ah eard. Tex, Miss Cayenne argues that hats can seem appropriate in certain public settings. The remark invites reflection on fashion and social expectations in daily discourse.
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Tex
Miss Cayenne
Washington Evening Star
Deke Talks Budget For Dining With Many Girls
Fragmentary line suggests a remark about affording expensive restaurant outings with multiple girls, noting a pre-entry question about weight. Mentions West Virginia Mountain context in brief, unclear on specifics.
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Virginia Mountain
Note of Bufificion on Abe Satin’s rising career
The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot reports Bariey M. Gelwab expresses confidence that Abe Satin will emerge from Unie Gypression grid to greater heights than in the past. The tone suggests renewed unease about his prospects.
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Bubficion
M. Gelwab
Abe Satin
Tme
Virginian-Ptiot
Waley and gang tied to ransom plot in crime spree
The article narrates Waley the kidnapper and his wife linked to a Tacoma ransom plot. It notes repeated releases and parole failures, a failed $215,000 ransom, and calls for harsher penalties for habitual criminals. It condemns parole boards and a lenient justice system.
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Waley
Woeyernacuser
Nhe & True
Coward
Democratic party fights back in editorial clash over policy
A muddled political squabble features anti-administration factions pledging reform, opposition to a leader's price-cut plan for autos, and education reform push, while pundits critique minor league baseball officials actions and a freed athlete faces return to the pros.
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Legix
Latera
Brother Bibd
Graves
Alabama
Sing Sing
Be Awarded Honorary Degree by Sewanee University
BE receives an honorary Doctor of Civil Law from Sewanee University and is referred to as Per John Temple Graves. The note observes many newspaper men becoming doctors and judges, questioning what the craft is becoming.
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Sewanee
John Temple Graves
Twenty Years Ago From The Files Of The 180
The item recalls a local past with names like Henry Wale, Sidney Beker, RL Saver, Robert Newman, and Mary Enzor. It notes social visits, relatives, business arrivals, a cabinet resignation mentioned in passing, and a funeral for Mrs Jenne Superintendent of City Schools. It also records a Baptist Sunday School gathering at Headend Avenue with talks by Mr Brown and local clergy.
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J. V. Brown
Headend Avenue
Thoms
Mr. Brown
Davia
Brown
Fennings
Vetenting
Malone
Washington Letter on Roosevelt Advisors and Liberal Opposition
Washington Letter reports intrapolitical conflict over electrocution clauses in the Wheeler-Rayburn bill. It describes liberal and conservative lobbying, notes a president-approved reform school alternative, and cites Senate reactions, key figures like Cohen Corcoran and Carter Glass, plus observers of shifting alliances and timing ahead of votes.
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Washington
Swingt
Roosevelt
White House
Hyde Park
Fromat
Senate
Dietrich
Leet Hook
Minnor
Detrich
Oetrich
Wheeler
Cian
Ben Coed
Sene
Cohen
Ble
Thomas Corcoran
New York Letter Celebrates Autograph Friends
A New York Letter recalls collecting autographs of famous writers artists and athletes to adorn a room. The piece lists Sinclair Lewis Rupert Hughes Irvin Cobb John McCormack Rube Goldberg Paul Whiteman Will Rogers and others, praising friendships and acts of kindness that shaped the author’s career and resolve.
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New York
Sinclair Lewis
Rupert Hughes
Irvin Cobb
John McCormack
Rube Goldberg
Paul Whiteman
Will Rogers
Theodora Crateer
Roy Howard
Grantland Rice
Charles GQ. Martin
Willam Gaxton
Will H. Hays
Courtney Ryley Cooper
Jack Dempsey
Fragmented Verbal Fragments From Various Poets
A garbled list of literary lines and attributions names such as Calderon Lindsay Van Dyke Gay Swift Shaw Andersen and others. The text mixes phrases like Life is and life is in tragedy with misspelled or corrupted author references and stray words.
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Tate
Dream —Calderon
Righeré Burton
Vachel Lindsay
Henry van Dyke
John Gay
Swift
Wampire
E. Hantey
Tatea & Fortress
Napoleon
George Reenard Shaw
Mairy Tale
Hens Christian Andersen
West
Ambrose Blereo
Fragmentary Sideshow Quip Reflects Mountaineer Oddities
A garbled exchange hints at a humorous moment involving a Mountaineer from Virginia. The clipped lines reference action in a crowded scene with confusion over a person’s movement and intent, capturing a playful, incomplete dialogue fragment.
Heat Cramps and Water Intoxication Explained by Doctor
Dr Ingo Goldstein explains heat cramps as a result of excessive water intake in hot work. Symptoms include cramps headache dizziness weakness and nausea. Prevention involves small frequent sips of water or salt water and caution with forced hydration in fever cases.
Peacocks and Voices in Parenting
A Mrs Brooks Peters column warns that a harsh loud voice from a mother can trigger heated conflicts at home. It argues a soft soothing voice reduces quarrels, aids child responsiveness, and promotes peace through self control and deliberate vocal modulation.
Day in Congress Synthetic Skimmers Report
A fragmentary piece details fashion frock work in Le Bavre and Chanel influence, then follows film production steps in Ohio and Waterville Maine. It notes Hing Estabrook crew shooting winter scenes, studios compiling backgrounds, and Janet Gaynor and Henry Fonda set to star with a Santa Cruz exterior shoot planned for a New England farmhouse setting.
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Studlo Research Department
Hing
Eatabrook
Ohio River
Pennsylvania
New York
Waterville
Hollywood
William Daring
Janet Gaynor
Ey Fonda
William J. Hurburt
Santa Cruz
New England
Tod
Griffiths Way Down East schedule spans thirty six days
Hollywood reports D W Griffith labored months on the screen fights for Way Down East and planned a 36 day talking production. Lillia Gish and Richard Barthelmess joined scenes while Janet Gaynor and Henry Fonda remained in California as Fox set ahead with method ready schedules and optioned rights in December.
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Borbin
COONS
Hollywood
D. W. Griffith
Jim
Lillia Gish
Richard Barthelmess
Griffith
Janet Gaynor
Renry Fonds
California
Tuttle Blaip Parker
Fox
Diez
Henry Hingwen
Estabrook
Rip Missing After Long Walk With Lambs
A London AP dispatch recalls Willy Nilly and companions returning from a walk with Rip missing. The group recalls their hoped reunion with Rip, imagining his greeting and supper, but Rip does not answer as they search the area near the house. The report notes a later item about gloves with diamond studs and a blue leather pair.
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Willy
Willy Nilly
Rip
Wily Mily
Willy Nuly
Rup
London
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