Ruthenberg Found Guilty by Jury in Syndicalism Case
Charles E. Ruthenberg of Cleveland convicted at St. Joseph on Michigan anti syndicalism law charges. He faces up to ten years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Ruthenberg, executive secretary of the Workers Party of America, was among 16 Communists arrested at a Michigan convention last August.
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Charles E. Ruthenberg
Cleveland
St. Joseph
Michigan
Ruthenberg
Workers’ Party of America
W. Z Foster
Foster
Minerva Olson
American Legion
Communist Party
Portrait of Judge Dingeman as One Man Grand Jury In Mich
A Detroit era portrait describes Judge Harry Dingeman of St. Joseph Michigan as a one man grand jury in the House of David investigation. Mary Purnell wife of King Benjamin testifies that she received a divine revelation and refuses to answer certain questions citing the law as basis. She relates a marriage in 1880 and notes two children including a daughter killed in a powder plant explosion and a mentally irresponsible son aged forty two.
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Harry Dingeman
St. Joseph
Mich
House of David
Benton Harbor
Michigan
Mary Purnell
Benjamin Purnell
Mary
Grand Jury
Benjamin
Man
Jesus Christ
Hip
Uncle Joe Cannon Celebrates 87th Birthday in Danville
The veteran legislator known as Uncle Joe Cannon marked his eighty seventh birthday and a belated welcome home from Washington with an all day Danville celebration. A parade cake speeches and a handshake tour highlighted the event. Cannon urged neighbors to trust in America and its government and to show faith by works.
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Joe” Cannon
Danville
Washington
Joe
Leu
Congress
America
Annie Jump Cannon Named Among Twelve Greatest American Women
A special National League of Women Voters committee selected Annie Jump Cannon as one of the twelve greatest living American women. Cannon, born Dover Delaware in 1863, became Harvard College Observatory assistant in 1887 and curator of astronomical photographs in 1921. She compiled extensive catalogs and discovered many variable stars and spectroscopic binaries.
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League of Women Voters
Jane Addams
Carrie Chapman Catt
Julia Lathrop
Edith Wharton
Annie Jump Cannon
Harvard College Observatory
Dover
Del
Wellesley
University of Delaware
University of Groningen
Holland
Royal Astronomical Society
Cambridge
Road Building in Britain Widens Highways to 120 Foot Standard
Dispatch from London reports Britain plans to widen roads to a 120 foot right of way with 100 foot minimum as a future standard. Officials cite heavy motor traffic and unemployment timing for road building, aiming to make London a model for roaded areas while the United States studies British experience for its interstate system.
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London
Great Britain
England
United States
Canada Plans Big Road Build Across Western Provinces
Canada will spend a million dollars on road building in British Columbia this year. The plan links branch highways with main roads to create a unified western network. Prairie provinces mirror the program to speed movement of crops and connect cities with markets.
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Canada
British Columbia
Prairie Provinces
Western Canada
Western
Establish Highways on Narrow Rights of Way
States build main highways on narrow rights of way and add permanent improvements raising adjacent land values. Widening in the future would cost huge sums, but broad original rights of way could prevent this. farmers could continue cultivation where the road is not yet required. No costly current work would occur on the future widening width.
Ohio Highway Department Campaign Against Advertising Signs
The Ohio state highway department launched a drive against roadside advertising placards tearing down nine truckloads of signs under a state law. It aims to remove unlawful or distracting displays along highways and enforce compliance.
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Ohio State Highway Department
Roade In Canada Helps Nation Fund 1922 Highway Plan
At year end 1922 federal aid agreements covered 274 highway projects across Canada with an estimated cost of 35,706,001 dollars for 5,786 miles. The Canadian Highways Act governs funding and development in multiple provinces.
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Canada
Ford
Coastline Forces in a Rapid Earth Change Across the U S
The article details rapid coastal erosion along the U S southeast and northeast, citing Cape Henry Virginia, Cape Cod and Nantucket. It describes dunes advancing inland, forests buried, beaches widening and sea and wind driving persistent landward advances. It also notes historical shore changes and the process of dune formation.
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Cape Henry
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic
South Atlantic
United States
Lynnheven
Rockaway Beach
Long Island
Nag Head
North Carolina
Aeene Widitch
Jem
Marblehead
Cape Cod
Chatham
Martha's Vineyard
Nantucket
Portland
Cape Florida
Biscayne Bay
Florida
Coast Line
New Jersey
Hatteras Island
Professor Cobb
Cape Hatteras
Great Woods
Puff and Push: Pull vs Push in Job Power
A New Orleans States editorial notes that influence matters in hiring. It contrasts the man with pull who secures easier work with the man who has push who earns higher wages, highlighting how perceived clout affects pay opportunities.
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New Orleans States
Improved Lesson Subject From Uniform Series
The entry notes a Sunday lesson by Rev P B Fitzwater D D teacher of English Bible at Moody Bible Institute Chicago and cites copyright details with Western Newspaper Union.
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P. B. Fitzwater
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Be Sure of Happiness and the Secrets of Courtship
This fragmentary piece quotes Rochedoucauld Gibbon and Bulwer on happiness history and courtship. It presents maxims about comparing desires with others and the vanity of showing delight in oneself. The text reads as reflective aphorisms from historical authors.
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Ad from Jamestown NY
A testimonial from Mia Davis of Jamestown New York endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter describes relief from nervousness fatigue and backache and invites others to use the product to ease symptoms of life changes. The sponsor emphasizes its availability for general women's health concerns.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Mia
Allice
Heavy Oil Cars Tested Against Gasoline Drive
Under control of the Automobile Club of France a test compared a heavy oil motor with a gasoline engine. Two identical cars traveled Paris to Ferte-Bernard and back, 207 miles, at an average 81.4 mph. Gasoline use was 3 1/3 gallons per 62 miles. heavy oil slightly less. Gasoline cost four times petroleum.
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Automobile Club of France
Paris
Ferte-Bernard
Clerk Improper Call At Central Avenue Drug Store
An Indianapolis News report recounts a drug store clerk at Central Avenue overheard calling a wholesale house. The clerk jokes about being a dumbbell and asks how to spell ipecac as a lady seeks to buy it.
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Central Avenue
Ello
Indianapolis News
Freezone Promises Quick Relief for Corns and Calluses
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless corn and callus remover. It claims a tiny bottle, sold by druggists for a few cents, stops aching instantly and lets the corn be lifted off with fingers without soreness.
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John Oliver LA Gorce
National Geographic Society
Virginian
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Rio Grande
Jeremiah
the Prophet OF
Courage
Judah
Jerusalem
Egypt
Jonadah
God
Jonadab
Matthew Henry
Heron Neck
Maine
Rochefoucauld
Bulwee
Woman
Lydia E. Pinkham
Winslow
Avery Label
Alan Druga
Tetas
Hall & XC Werlge
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