Texas Jack Garner
A national view of Speaker Jack Garner shows a boom, collapse, and cautious revival as he navigates the House amid tax fights and economy bills. His leadership, public stance, and delegation support shape a fragile path toward a possible Chicago nomination.
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Rodney Dutcher
NEA
NEA Service, Inc
Washington
Jack Garner
House
Garner
California
Roosevelt
al Smith
Chicago
Peterson's Ointment Claims Quick Healing Of Sores
Ad copy asserts Peterson's Ointment reliably heals old sores and ulcers. One application stops itching and pain, with a 35 cent box promising banishment of eczema and infection. Sold at all drug stores.
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Peterson
Ady
Calotabs Liver Cleansing Pills Ad
An old fashion advertisement touts Calotabs as a safe liver and system purifier. One nightly tablet with water yields a morning cleanse and appetite, with refund offered if not delighted. Beware of imitations and purchase only from branded checkerboard packaging.
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Bo Deusen
Ady
Black-Draught Promoted By Mr. A. L. Cone
Perkinston resident Mr A L Cone endorses Thedford’s Black-Draught as a reliable laxative. He reports it regulates his bowels and cleanses the system. The ad notes two bottle sizes 25 and 50 cents.
Is Castor Oil a Bladder Physic
Advertisement claims juniper oil as a bladder physic to cleanse impurities and acids causing nightly urination, weakness, and pain. Bukets contains juniper and buchu leaves. a 25 cent test box offered with money-back guarantee. Sold by Eckerd's of High Point and Mann Drug Stores.
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Eckerd's
High Point
Mann Drug Stores, Inc
Ady
Sunny Jim Bottomley Hit Costs 25 000 in 1928 Verdict
ST. LOUIS A federal court jury awarded Curtis W Wood of Venice Illinois a 25000 judgment against Sunny Jim Bottomley of the St. Louis Cardinals for a 1928 incident described as a hit. The case arose from a long legal dispute over a backdated action and damages.
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ST. Louis
Sunny Jim” Bottomley
St. Louis Cardinal
Curtis W. Wood
Venice
Til
Hawley Bill Criticized as a Great Mistake by Tariff Official
Robert L. O'Brien, chairman of the tariff commission, told the house ways and means that enacting the Hawley bill to raise tariffs against nations with weak currency would be a great mistake. He argued debasing currency does not boost productive capacity and warned against changing the value yardstick to alter costs.
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Garner
Ways and Means
House
Washington
Robert L. O’brien
Tariff Commission
O’brien
Congress
Landis Defends Red Haired Operator in Court Appearance
High commissioner of baseball Landis returns to courtroom in defense of Julia Laci ett, a red haired telephone operator, as the former federal judge appears as a lawyer after twenty years. He jokes that his dogs are tired and requests to sit.
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Chicago
Kenesaw Mountain
Biggest Fish Story in Wallace tale of gunfire
Earl Elstone, reputedly truthful, shot a pine tree when a hawk caught a fish in its beak. He discarded his rod and fired, striking both the hawk and the fish in the tree, according to local lore.
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Wallace, Maho
Earl Elstone
Elstone
Aycock Statue To Fill North Carolina Hall of Fame Niche
Washington May 19 North Carolina will dedicate a bronze statue of Charles Brantley Aycock the education governor in the congressional hall of fame. Josephus Daniels will present the statue for the Aycock Statue Commission Lindsay C Warren will accept for Congress Dr J Joyner and Dr Samuel Judson Porter will participate in the ceremony Governor O Max Gardner will attend The statue by Charles Keck will stand beside the La Follette marble and joins Zebulon Vance as NCs two hall of fame entries.
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Washington
North Carolina
Congressional Hall of Fame
Charles Brantley Aycock
Tar
Aycock
Josephus Daniele
Raleigh
Navy
Wilson
Lindsay C. Warren
Congress
J. ¥. Joyner
Samuel Judson Porter
First Baptist Church of
Capitol
Zebulon Baird Vance
United States
Amateur Explorer Uncovers Vast Lost Mayan City In Mexico
Dallas explorer Cr. L. Lundell reports the discovery of a vast Mayan city around a long lake in Campeche Mexico with 190 foot pyramids and up to 15 room stone houses. Tulane and Carnegie researchers call it a major link in Mayan history and name the site Calakmul meaning two mounds together.
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Mexico
New Orleans
Cr. L. Lundell
Dallas
Tex
Guatemala
Lundell
Central America
Campeche
Frans Blom
Tulane University
Chitsen-Itza
Blom
Sylvanus G. Morley
Carnegie Foundation
Calakmul
Uaxactun
Morley
Southern Methodist University of and
Columbia University
Dempsey Home Sells in Hollywood Auction
The house once linked to Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight champion, was sold at auction along with its contents. Items tied to his broken romance with Estelle Taylor were sold as part of the sale while Taylor expanded her Malibu Beach cottage nearby.
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Dempsey
Hollywood
Cal
Jack
Jack Dempsey
Tts
Taylo
Malibu Beach
Eyebrow Veil Becomes Fashion Buzz In France
A well known French actress sports a eyebrow veil shown here. The veil is embroidered with two long thin lines of natural hair on the veil as the latest fashion fad.
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Satis
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