Marathon Dances Stir Cleveland Politics and Gossip
Staff correspondent William J. Huske reports a wave of marathon dancing amid city controversy over its physical toll and showbiz earnings. Helene Mayer and Madeline Gottschick set records and inked large theater contracts as Cleveland clings to hopes for the 1924 Republican convention amid述 uncertainty about hosting.
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Veland May J
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Cleveland
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Paenaiers
Helene Mayer
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Grass Widows Question Tax on Property Rights
Akron May 1 Internationl News Service reports that grass widows cannot understand why they must pay taxes on property formerly belonging to their husbands. Summit County assessors say widows insist on using the property yet resist taxation, arguing household goods belong to ex wives for utilitarian use.
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Akron
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Summit County
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Cleveland Faces Proportional City Government Change
Ohio politics loom as Democrats eye support for President Harding in Ohio in 1922. Cleveland undergoes a major charter shift to a 25 member city council elected by proportional representation with a city manager. no mayor after January. The transition follows 1921 charter changes upheld by the State Supreme Court. Chief Clerk Hirstius warns of a colossal ballot count, seeking the largest U.S. hall for clerks. Mayor Kohler, amid managerial talk, cites a prior deficit-to-surplus turn as bolster.
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Ohio
A. J. Hirstius
Board of Elections
United States
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Bible not literal say Yale scholar in Columbus
Dr Charlten Reynolds Brown of Yale University told a Columbus audience that the Bible is a plant and beautiful poem and should not be judged by literal truth. He said spiritual truth is evident and some passages must be read to separate local and essential lessons from universal ones. He urged study and experience to test the Bible rather than ecclesiastical dogma.
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Ohio
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