Harlem God Declared Insane and His Wandering Path
A New York report recalls Father Divine known as John Doe alias God who proclaimed peace in Harlem while described as a short bald man in blue suits. His Georgia trial in 194 kept him from the state, he left after un sound mind findings. His real name appears to be George Baker, with many aliases across decades of evangelism.
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Report discusses legal and moral questions surrounding Father Divine and his followers. Observers note followers surrender wages and possessions for "peace" while Father Divine himself rents properties and travels in a secondhand Rolls Royce. The piece questions personal jurisdiction and financial operations amid a devout movement.
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Father Divine’s New York Arrival and Sayville Years
The article outlines Father Divine arriving in New York in 1915 with followers who found work en route and pooled wages in a form of religious communism. It notes Sayville, Long Island as a flourishing center with Sunday dinners that attracted Harlem emissaries and spread his fame, leading to later arrests, appeals, and a controversial public image.
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Annual Flowers Make Best Bouquets
A gardener with surplus cut flowers should favor annuals for color, variety, and reliability. Planted by May first, they bloom from July 1 to frost, ideal for renters and small beds. Suggested annuals include sweet alyssum, ageratum, nasturtiums, marigolds, zinnias, verbenas, and more.
Wrathful recourse and English self content in debates
The piece condemns harsh English reactions to abdication, noting slander and cruelty amid the era's discourse. It highlights non Kaiserish annotations, diplomatic tensions over the Egyptian treaty, and a critique of public manners, education costs, and health expenditures cited for several U.S. cities as a contrasting note.
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Real Wages Reach Peak in American Industrial History
Industrial wages rise faster than living costs according to Mundanery Institute data. Hourly factory wages and weekly earnings show record highs, while prices for cars and appliances remain a fraction of prewar levels due to improved production and efficiency. Real earnings today exceed those of earlier years by substantial margins.
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New York aims $75 childbirth medical care plan
Article discusses maternity aid flaws, cites Dr. Martha Eliot, and notes New York Legislature's vote to provide $75 in medical care for mothers at birth. It argues for national use of Social Security Act funds to cover actual delivery costs and improve obstetric care nationwide.
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Zeppelin Flight to United States Opens FirstSeason Trip
FRANKFURT ON THE MAIN Germany Seven Americans sail as passengers on the Zeppel in a first-season US bound flight. The airship left at 6 30 p m local time and was reported over Cologne at 9 25 p m. The article also notes a California leafing tree and mentions doctors and nurses in obstetrics.
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Norma Shearer to Return to Movies in Cal Ed Film
Norma Shearer, retired after her band’s death, plans a comeback with producer Irving Thalberg. Louis B. Mayer confirms she will act in a planned project while MGM reconsiders Zweig’s Marie Antoinette and Polemular prejudice.
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