Dr. Barton Opens New Lincoln Room
Dr William E Barton unveils a Lincoln room at Foxboro Massachusetts housing a Lincoln dictionary photograph album life mask and Wilk Volk bust on August opening attended by scholars and friends The collection combines artifacts from New Salem to private and public holdings shaping Bartons Lincoln biography material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
Springfield
Foxboro
Mags
Lincoln
Dr. Barton
Barton
Sunset Lake
Lincoln and Berry General
New Salem
Illinois
Bobbs-Merrill
Hanks
Kentucky
Lincon
Leonard Volk
Volk
Jules Berchem
Oak Park
Wlingis
Library of Congress
Milneis State Historical Society
Harvard University Library
Chicago. Historical Society
Gunther
Eldroyd
William H. Lambert
Philadelphia
Judd Stewart
New York
Hugh McLellan
Champlain
N. Y
Daniel Fish
Minneapolis
J. B. Oakleaf
Moline
Major Lambert
Los Angeles
Public
McLellan
John D.rockefeller, Jr
John Hay
Brown University
Judge Fish
Fish
Horton
Clark P. Bissett
University of Washington
F. G Tallman
Wilmington
Delaware
du Pont Company
Oliver R. Barrett
Barrett
Oh My God Charley and the era of social swearing
An essay on casual expletives among children and society's reaction, recalling the “My God Charley” nickname once given to actor Charles Thorne for his dramatic use of the phrase. The piece links evolving propriety, theatrical history, and shifting attitudes toward profanity. It ends noting a Canadian Pacific Railway world tour promo offering golf stops in multiple countries, but no Venice street play.
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West Side
Last Chance, Gulch
Sydney Rosenfeld
Charles Thorne
Charley Thorne
Charley
Canadian Pacific Railway
Japan
China
India
Egypt
Java
Ceylon
Venice
Dairy Commissioner Norris Goes on Western State Tour
A state dairy official G A Norris, titled Dairy Commissioner, leaves for Gallatin county fair and plans a weeks long itinerary of fairs stock sales and fall festivals across the western state. He aims to regulate the dairy industry and protect consumers by collecting samples and analyzing them for substitutes and adulterants while compiling dairy statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Norris
State Department of Agriculture
Gallatin County Fair
Norris
Bowman
Jerome Locke
Newra Club
Dixon
Jerry
Young Norris
Indus
Dairy Commissioner Cast As Carnival Visitor At State Fairs
A writer ridicules Montana dairy officials for chasing alleged dairy frauds while touring fairs with official mileage books. The piece mocks the dairy commissioner who supposedly attends expositions with a bottle of imitation milk and defends dairy interests, critiquing focus on fairs over real duties and noting carnival cheese sampling and milk statistics at events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Harvester Company
Dairy Commissioner
Montana
Garfield County
European view on American prohibition shocks Londoner and senator
Captain T. J. O Connor a British delegate said American prohibition is a farce of law enforcement and noted more intoxicated people on Detroit streets in a day than in England in a year. Senator T. J. Walsh after Europe says there is little talk of prohibition in Washington except in New York, and there is no sentiment against prohibition according to Dr Nicholas Murray Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. O'Connor
Interparliamentary Union
Washington
Detroit
England
T. J. Walsh
Montana
Europe
New York City
National Capitol
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Welsh
Best Editorial From Great Falla Tribune Critique of Publicity
A Great Falls Tribune editorial condemns the practice of newspapers freely promoting philanthropy and public campaigns in exchange for free publicity. It argues publicity becomes a commodity, with promoters requesting cash gifts after initial coverage and even implicating papers in contributing to worthy causes. The piece condemns press agents and government bodies for relying on unpaid favors, urging newspapers to reject such solicitations.
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Press Association
Universal
Hughtwad
United States
ST Olin
The Haskin Letter on U S Navy History and Navy Day
The piece traces the U S Navy from the Revolution through World War I, noting its pivotal battles at Yorktown and Lake Erie, the Civil War blockade, and the World War I convoy effort. It discusses shifting public recognition, the 1910s Pan American Union pact on naval power, and Navy Day observed on October 27 to honor the service and Roosevelt era advances.
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Washington
D.C
United States
Yorktown
de Grasse
Chesapeake
Cornwallis
Atlantic Ocean
Lake Erie
Lake Champlain
Old England
Confederacy
Spain
Antoiicott Navy
America
Pan- American Union
Washinston
Red Wing city theatres earn over thirty thousand profits
Red Wing Minnesota became the first northwest city to take control of its show business. The municipal theater system now reports profits exceeding 30000 with surplus planned for a new pipe organ. The project is managed by the city through a municipal unit, ensuring continued operation and set license rates to curb competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Wing
Minn
Hy Associated Press
Northwest
United States
T. B. Sheldon
Navy Day and the Early American Navy History
A historical look at the origins of the U S Navy noting Congress in 1776 proposing ships, the idea of a navy before independence, and a Navy Day observance. It highlights Navy League cooperation, open ship visits, and a comparison of naval spending to national insurance. It also cites increasing commerce and merchant marine shares since 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
America
Department of the Navy
Navy League of the United States
Navy Yards
Secretary of the Navy
Robert W. Kelley
Navy League
Kelsey
United States
National Capital News On French Debt Mission Arrives
The French debt mission arrived as Secretaries Vteuver and New testified before the aircraft hoard. In Congress a tax reduction right of way was promised by Republican Leader Tilson.
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Vteuver
New
Congress
Tilson
Princess of Italy Weds Hesse Scion at Mafalda Castle
The Italian princess Mafalda wed a Hesse prince in a civil ceremony at a Savoyard castle. About 200 nobles and royals from across Europe attended, witnesses included Victor Emmanuel and Crown Prince Rumbert. The event blended Catholic and Lutheran dynasties with a papal dispensation for Catholic rites.
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Princess
Italy
Hesse
Martin Luther
Europe
Victor Emmanuel
Itay
Mafalda
Rumbert
Prince of
Hesen
Man Identified as Reich Denies Affiliation After Stroke
Philadelphia dispatch reports Dr. Nathaniel Reich of Dropsic College, head of Egyptology, stating he has no relatives in the far west and is mystified after a man matching his name and profession was found paralyzed and blind on a highway near Vancouver, Washington. The incident follows a hospital stroke that left the man unable to walk though his mentality remained intact.
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Blackburn
Nathaniel Reich
Philadelphia
Associated Press
Dropsic College
Vancouver
Wash
Far West
Bethlem Hospital
Bedlam
Charing Cross
London
Barking
Bridge of Sighs
Venice
Rio Della Paglia
Carceri
Woolenwear For Women To Be Cheaper
New York September 23. Average price reductions of 5 to 10 percent from a year ago announced by the American Woolen company on its lines of women’s wear fabrics for next spring. Many offerings cut 10 to 36 cents a yard. broken pile coatings escaped cuts due to current value. The reductions reflect lower wool, labor, and overhead costs and competition from silk goods in ready to wear. A radical departure is the introduction of rayon mixtures in women’s coating and suiting fabrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
American Woolen Company
Women's Wear Fabrica
Next Enring
Rayod
Jewels Stolen in Roosevelt Hotel Robbery
In New Orleans two jewelry salesmen Otto Sedmith Cole and Victor Gilbert were robbed of diamonds valued at $60,000 in a Roosevelt Hotel room. They were bound with cord, gagged with handkerchiefs, and towels tied around their heads by two assailants who stalked them in disguise.
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New Orleans
Associated Press
Otto Sedmith
Denver
Cole
Victor
Gilbert
New York
Hotel Roosevelt
Heinrich
Chilean Revolution Shapes Proan Confaran Plan
Geneva November 23 Associated Press dispatch reports the political commission of the League of Nations adopted a plan to pave the way for an international program conference as Chilean upheaval influences the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Associated Praday
Politcal Commission
League At Nations Assembly
Answers to Questions from the Helena Independent Information Bureau
A compilation of questions and answers covering topics from dirigible flights to family name derivations, wild horses in the West, Native tribes, German church amplifiers, Kalri domesticization, dew worms, boxing weight comparisons, and the Bridge of Sighs in Venice with explanations of origins and historical notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Atlantic
East Fortune
Scotland
Long Island
New York
Berlin
Lakehurst
New Jersey
West
Forest Service
Virginia
Maryland
Smithsonian Institution
Susquehanna
Piscataway
P. B
St. Sevtrin’s
Cologne
Mickey Walker
Harry Greb
Greb
Walker
England
Mimic British Battle Has London as Goal
In Wiltshire on Sept 23 the red army led by General Godley and London defenders under General Chetwoode maneuver for position in a major engagement with about 50 000 British troops involved. A northwest tactical gain could shorten the war by hours, while rain slowed activity and locals joked that the day resembled a regatta.
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Wiltshire
England
Associated Press
Red Army
Alexander Godley
London
Philip Chetwoode
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Great Falla
Roy L. Smith
Simpson M
Haskin Letter
State Hughes
Mr. Hughes
Great Britain
Wales
Ireand
American Plains
Roosevelt
Pacific
City
Minnesota
Johnson
Auditorium
National Capital
Germany
Ning
Denmark
Greece
Rumania
Jugo-Slavia
Belgium
Austria
Montenegro
Reich
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