Precedence for Dinner Is Settled Ahead of MacDonald Visit
Washington officials announced an agreement on ceremonial precedence for Prime Minister MacDonald's arrival. Vice President Curtis relinquished seating near Mrs. Hoover, and Mrs. Gann gave up hers to sit near the president. MacDonald will escort Mrs. Hoover, with Lady Isabella Howard to the president's right.
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Washington
MacDonald
Washington Society
Edward Everett Gann
White House
State Department
Curtis
Hoover
Gann
Isabella Howard
Esme Howard
Ishbel
Poor Fellow. She. Do Opposites Make Best Marriage Partners
A brief dialogue from Pages Gaies Verdon explores marriage theory with a humorous exchange. He asserts he seeks a rich wife as the reason opposites might make good partners, while she questions alternatives.
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Gaies, Verdon
Veteran Boss Hustler Keeps Big Circus Alive Forty Years
In a feature on Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey shows, 77 year old Tom Lynch, who has spent 52 years with the big circus, praises the baggage stock. He notes 400 of nearly 700 horses are working vaudeville stock and that the stable yard houses the animals when the ring stock performs.
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Boss Hustler
Big Circus
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey
Tom Lynch
Baggage Stock Department
Quote from Mostique on influenza and bills in Charleroi
A Charleroi reader signs in with a wary jab about influenza and lingering debt. The note expresses irony that dread lies more in consequences than illness and mentions an unpaid medical bill.
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Mostique
Charleroi
North Carolina Public Schools System Began in 1839 Law
Raleigh report notes state and local funding began with 1839 law establishing public schools and joint support from the Literary Fund. It traces earlier steps from the 1776 constitution to 1825 Literary Fund and reforms after the Civil War, including the 1903 loan fund conversion and direct appropriations.
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North Carolina
Olicy
Van Orman Again Seeks Balloon Race Victory
Ward T. Van Orman, pilot of the Goodyear VIII, appears to win the Gordon Bennett balloon race with a 355 mile distance to a point north of Troy Ohio. Other American entrants reached Ohio while foreign balloons landed in Indiana and Illinois. Captain De Muyter of Belgica reported a 230 mile leg near Corydon Indiana.
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ST. Louis
Ward T. van Orman
Ernest DeMuyter
Belgica
Chamber of Commerce
Corydon
Ind
Louisville
William E. Kepner
U. S. Army
Celina
Ohio
Air Board
U. S&s. Navy
T. W. G. Settle
Faton
Captain de Muyter
Wiozwin
America
Kepner
United States
van Orman
Dr. Ail
Paris
France
Bridington
England
Maurice Bienamie
Moscow
Pie pride and a bending man in a Tit-Bits brief
A short Tit-Bits note recalls a small restaurant owner famed for his cooking who is challenged by a young salesman criticizing a pie. The anecdote ends with the cook boasting he made pies before the salesman was born, then questioning why the sales effort continues.
Parade of War Veterans Grips Legion Convention
In Louisville on October 1 1930 more than 30000 visitors joined the eleventh American Legion convention as business paused for a grand parade. Officials prepared for two major on floor battles: choosing the next convention city and electing national officers with Boston and Los Angeles vying to host.
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Louisville
American Legion
Boston
Los Angeles
Slick Trick Wins Lifeboat Race and Convention Vote
Slick Trick wins the lifeboat race last night as the committee adopts a report saying either could entertain legionnaires. The convention will vote after inviting city representatives present their claims. Election of officers set for Thursday with no declared candidates. O. S. Bodenheimer of Eldorado, Ark. among the most mentioned for commander.
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Legion
O. SL. Bodenheimer
Eldorado
Ark. As
Farmers and students share tough early mornings
Bert L. Cox of Raleigh Ralph T. O Neil of Topeka and Ned White of Connecticut are quoted from The Humorist asking what is hardest to learn about farming. An agricultural student replies that waking up at five in the morning is the toughest task.
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Bert L. Cox
Raleigh, N. C
Ralph T. O'Neil
Topeka
Kans
Ned White
Connecticut
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American Sugar Refining Company
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National Bellas Hess
Progres
Sive
Gordon Bennett
Slick Trick
Snd Americano
Hudson River
New York
Husky
Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra
N. B.C
Americem Tobaccco Co
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