Proclamation of Emancipation and Capitol Pig Tale
The article recalls the Proclamation of Emancipation written in Washington and contrasts civil rights aims with racial bias in the era. It profiles Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas and his famous Pig Cubs story about a boy loaned money to buy a pig, repaid from herd profits as a symbol of opportunity and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wien
Tical Campaign School
Columbia
Retel
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Capper
Senate
Maliére
Capper’s youth clubs foster futures for Kansas pigs and poultry
Capper funds and mentors pig clubs for boys and poultry clubs for girls, advancing over $100,000 without security to build character and initiative. He argues the program yields more than money, shaping principled, productive citizens. Also noted is Teddy Roosevelt Jr campaigning for Republicanism to graduating college voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capper
Kansas
Burns Healed Without Leaving A Scar
An old notice touts San Cura Ointment as a miracle burn remedy after a sister’s facial burns. It claims rapid healing with no scar and notes uses for sores, plies, cuts, bruises, and chapped skin. Also promotes San Cura Soap for complexion with price details and local pharmacy availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie S. Pitts
Iowa Circle
Washington, D. C
Houk
Daugherty
Homer City Harmacy
Camp Schedule Teems With Routine And Activities
The fragment outlines a day program at a camp with sections for Bible study, recreation, swimming, meals, and special events. Timings list sessions from 7:00 morning hissing calls to 9:45 evening taps, including hikes, fishing, and group instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inlente
Benttad
Tate
U S Flyers On The Wing Toward Tokio In World Flight
U S Army aviators nearing Minato after reaching the Japanese coast with Minato 400 miles from Tokio authorities warned bad weather might push the leg onward. Major Frederick L. Martin, world flight commander, recovering from a crash, is aboard the Catherine D. and not expected here until next Sunday.
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Tokio
United States Army
Minato
Toko
Enela
Oss
London
Ted
Yotoforu Island
Contested honors listed for skill contest winners across towns
A long list of names, towns, and medal types appears detailing honors and honorable mentions in typing and shorthand events. Names include Latrobe, Punxutawney, Etna, Indiana, Kittanning, and Johnstown among others, with gold, silver, and honorable mention distinctions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doreth Ly Prato
Franklin
Halen Barnet
Latrobe
McVey Pitcairn
Mary Kukan
Lansford
Alt Kent
Cotta Gruskin
Kittanning
Aiiver
Wilmar
Radakow
Joseph B. Gromel
Duryea
Sherthand
Fiat
Helen R. Hill
Juniata
Sara Smith
Steelton
Olive P. Fisher
Mt. Pleasant
Betty Hoffman
Johnstown
Alice Levins
Conway
Paul Noel
Frances Schaffner
DuBois
Mildred Seeger
Tyroné
Alice M. Schied
Etna
Virginia Horner
Uniontown
Jeanna Farmeris
Dorothy Boyer
Punxavtawney
Mary George
Kittsnning
Florence Gross
Bloomsburg
Eileen Bittner
Ellwood
City
E. Serdan
Indiana
Rose M. Floro
Frances Arrigo
Wilson
Geraldine Folke
Carl Reagen
Margaret Giegrich
Indians
Mildred J. Freidman
Farrell
Sarah Ellenberger
I Grace Tuttle
Christine DeBoise
William Gribble
Grindstone
Edith Powell
Florence Ropp
Gertrude Bowman
Harrisburg
Ruth Thomas
Cornelia Anderson
Canoe Seidel
A 1S Smith
William Moore
Alice M. Schield
State of Ohio steamer burns at Cleveland docks
A fire at dawn destroyed the steamer State of Ohio at the Cleveland and Buffalo Transit docks. One man, night watchman John Lee who had worked over forty years, is missing. The blaze started shortly before 1:00 a.m. and quickly engulfed the vessel, forcing crew from the ship while efforts to save it failed as flames spread, endangering nearby structures and the great lakes shipping. The cause remains undetermined and the vessel value is listed at about 100000 dollars.
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Cleveland, O
State of Ohio
Cleveland and Buffalo Translt Company
John Lee
Ke Lee
Grea Lakes
Ieee
Ohio
Veterans Bonus Insurance Plan Seeks Applicants At Ten Thousand Daily
The Veterans Bureau announces rapid issuance of soldiers' bonus insurance with a daily cap of ten thousand applications. Applications require full military history, dependents' names and addresses, and fingerprints. Loans up to 90 percent of current face value are available after two years, with early cash options before January 1, 1928.
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Acs
Bago
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Frank T
Hines
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Street paving schedule gets council's OK and local changes
Oak Street paving and the borough share were approved. A no parking repeal was urged for Philadelphia Street area from Carpenter Alley to Sixth Street. Hammers Alley name changed to Rex Avenue. Sewer and street improvements noted on School Street and Elm Street culvert. councilman vacancy filled by T B Clark. Lighting ordinance for Philadelphia Street to the B R P Station approved.
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George D. Lydie
Indiana
Philadelphia Street
Carpenter Alley
Sixth Street
Hammers Alley
Rex Avenue
16Th
16Th Streets
McCreary Arm
School Street
Elm Street
Street Committee
Charles Books
T. B. Clark
A. E. Longwill
Ordnance
Ninth Street
B., R. and P
Double murder victims buried in Marysville mystery
Marysville May 20 ENS State police search the mountains for moonshiners as they seek to solve a double murder. Leah Ellene Berar a Hallidegeburg pen teacher and Sor aweetheart Harry L Ganster a high school student were buried today. The girl’s burial will be at Duncan five miles away with the entire gradual class acting as pallbearers. The boy’s burial will be at a separ te o tery here. Theories link the tragedy to a monthlong issue in Ww Poy on credence with the i ory word by Cilns von Ganates.
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Marysville
Leah Ellene Berar
Hallidegeburg
Harry L. Ganster
Ganster
Duncannon
Separ le
Cilns von Ganates
Butler Visit By Train Of Pittsburg Chamber In Beavervalley
A Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce trade train toured Beaver Valley towns including Rochester New Brighton Beaver Falls and New Castle with Mayor William H Dunlap and Chamber officials welcoming the party. The Butler stop featured entertainment by the Golden Rule Quartet and speakers including George R Wallace with plans for Greensburg events the next day.
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Butler Secretion Committee
H. W. Graham
T. C. Patterson
John H. Allman
John W. Mellon
Rolland Spaido
George Worrall
Charliesutman
J. T. McPherson
Thomas Brown
R. B. Greer
Ira McJunkin
Lavi M. Wise
W. G. Douthett
Walter Morris
Roy Meloure
G. B. Chase
George I. Woner
C. N. Boyd
Simeon Nixon
Cart
Cheeseman
Farrell Hoch
Clyde Fowler
J. W. Ritts
T. M. Baker
Wm. Purvis
John Younkins
Frank Troutman
Elias Ritts
Louis Stein
Russell Dixon
William Fletcher
E. Baker
George C. Stewart
Douthett
J. F. Hutzler
Rochester
Chamber of Commerce of
Beaver Valley
W. S. Townsend
J. J. Fellow
Ambridge
Burgess Hartzell
New Brighton
Burgess C. F. Kraisa
Fred J. Roth
Business Men’s Association
Roy B. Velock
Beaver Falls
Burgers
George R. Hemphill
Havinghurst
Alexander C. Hoyt
New Castle Board
P. K. Stevenson
Butler
George R. Wallace
Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh
Golden Rule
Burton H. Mustin
Chauncey R. Pargong
Vincent Kroen
Fred G. Rodgers
Eb, M. Hicks
J. Oliver Riehl
Don F. Stitt
Jack Thampson
Pittsburgh
Humphrey
Greensburg
How To Strengthen Eyes In A Simple Guide
Reader-friendly note outlines a basic eye-strengthening routine using camphor and witch hazel based mixtures. Mentions a small bottle, a pharmacy, and a drug store name, with unclear product guidance and brand references.
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Alan
Party reorganization tops Philadelphia political talks
In Philadelphia on May 90 insiders discussed Republican plans ahead of the national convention. William Ware was named to challenge Senator Georg W. Pepper for the national committeeman post. Treasury Secretary Mellon and other delegation leaders were referenced as the party contemplates a June meeting to select delegates and officers. W. Harry Baker, Joseph O. Clark, and Thomas W. Cunningham were set for leadership roles, with Hannah Durham and Mrs. Charles E. B. Pugh favored for vice chair and assistant secretary. President Coolidge's renomination was anticipated to be endorsed unanimously.
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Philadelphia
Harmon
Cofiz
Ware
Georgs. W
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrei Mellon
Epper
Reeds
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Cominten
Nation
W. Harry Baker
Joseph O. Clark
Thomas W. Cunningham
Trassurer
Hannah Durham
Charles EB. Pugh
Bucks County
Agant
Coolidge
Lye
Presbyterians Affirm Faith in General Assembly Clash
At the sixty fourth General Assembly in San Antonio Texas in May the Presbyterian Church United States reaffirmed core faith amid tensions between modernism and fundamentalism. Rev J Lyons of Atlanta led fundmentalists against a strong declaration but supported a cautious substitute accepted by the assembly.
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San Antonio
Tex
Presbyterian Church
United States
J. Lyons
Atlanta
Assembly
Lyons
Firemen Injured In Dual New York Blazes
Eighty firemen were injured, many overcome by smoke, as two fires raged in Manhattan. One blaze on the waterfront destroyed an old pier, while a stubborn Lower Broadway fire damaged a five story loft building with rubber, leather, and cotton goods. A temporary hospital was set up to treat the prostrations and injuries.
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New York
Battery
Broadway
Emerald Oil Promises Vein Relief in Two-Ounce Bottle
An old ad urges readers to seek a two-ounce bottle of Emerald Oil from a druggist to treat varicose and swollen veins. It guarantees reduction in days with full-strength application and offers a money-back promise if swelling does not improve, also claiming relief for glands and other ailments.
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Ineuann Raonet
Anager
Saltor
Teddy Roosevalt
College Bureau
Ublican National Committee
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Mr. Nurich
Rutgera Chanticleer
Sam Page
U.S
Faust
Saibeessing
Gonkey
Big Lake
O. K
Oak Street
Taylor
Paige
Bank A
Avery
Lehman
Thos. Brown
B. and C
Euaer
Dale
Base Board of Commerce
L. C. Holman
Elliott Owens
Punxsutawney
Jaffa Temple
Altoona
Gleckler
Rav. Deitrich
Ainging
America
W. J. Dickson
Fred Ferry
Maryean
George L. Glen
Emporium
Driftwood
Coudersport
Pidgeway St. Marya
Brook
Curwensv Fe
Reynoldsvilla
John J. McMurray
Regorder
TaneUree Ae Miner
Munn
Edwar Bearneart
W. J. Smith
Nightingales
Aie Fc
Fivat
Borwell
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