Hospital shakeup marks leadership clash in city politics
The Indianapolis Times notes the city hospital superintendent Dr Richard A Poole has been dismissed by the board of health amid friction with officials. It references past struggles under prior administrations and suggests a broader political shift with La Follette style reform bloc gaining traction in Congress.
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Reckless Speeders Targeted by Courts to Protect Pedestrians
A editorial argues reckless driving is criminal and should lead to jail. It highlights Arthur Mitchell whose wife was killed by a speeding driver to show the human impact and urge stricter enforcement.
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Arthur Mitchell
1775 Virginia land sale uncovered in deed discovery
W. E. Watson finds a 1775 deed transferring 100 acres in Virginia for $1.25. The seller Warner Washington, cousin of George, reflects on land value and the single tax claim that wealth from labor ends up in rising land prices as prices shift over time.
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Virginia
Warner Washington
George
Progressive Bloc Forms To Counter Privilege In Government
A new progressive bloc unites EPUBLICANS Democrats and independents led by Senator La Follette to curb special interests and push reforms in agriculture labor railroads resources and taxation. The group backs direct primaries and a corrupt practices act to curb Newberryism and restore government to the people.
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Robert M. la Follette
Clever Miscellany of Odd Statements from TOM SIMS
A playful roundup of quirky quips and mini-news notes. It mixes oddities about Clemenceau eggs winter radio feats European cabinets and a Boston hat incident with light gossip about Yale tests and a French count in a new movie hero.
Van Sweringen Rising as Midwestern Rail King Through Merged Lines
The article profiles Oris P. Van Sweringen, age 41, and his brother Mantis J. Van Sweringen as they consolidate the New York Chicago & St. Louis, Lake Erie & Western, and Toledo St. Louis & Western into a large Midwest system. It notes a planned Cleveland union station project costing 60 to 80 million dollars, details Van Sweringen’s background from farm origins to real estate, and describes him as a persuasive, media shy go-getter with a calm demeanor.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Chivalry and Feminism Clash in Old Verse
A 1922 NEA Service piece features a dialogue on chivalry versus feminism. The Good Old-Fashioned Person laments lost courtly manners while the modern woman argues equality and shared labor. The exchange lampoons dated gender roles with playful satire.
Progressive Bloc Denies Bolshevik Link Amid Controversy
Labor leaders reject Bolshevik accusations against the Progressive Bloc. Senators and AFL officials defend the movement as an antidote to Bolshevist propaganda, arguing some old guard politicians seize on radicalism to attack reform initiatives.
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United States
Chester M. Wright
American Federationist
United News
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Senate
Politics Shapes the Life of Harry Daugherty
A profile of Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty highlights how politics defined his career from boyhood to the Harding era. He won one elective office in 1889, faced defeats for governor and a Senate nomination, and later worked in Columbus while playing a leading role in Ohio and national Republican circles.
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America
Harry M. Daugherty
Daugherty
Ohio
Hanna Group
Myron T. Her Poe
Harding
Ibery
John Sherman
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Marriage a la Mode in Albanian customs
The passage describes Albanian marriage beliefs where a wife without sons or with daughters is blamed on an enemy binding nettles with magic. If a man remarries quickly after losing a wife, her relatives pour water on the grave to ensure the “second wife” remains childless.
Sky Writing Aviator Turns Sky Into Ad Space
British aviator Captain Cyrus Turner writes messages in the sky two miles up above New York using a thick jet of white smoke. He plans a American tour advertising cigarets cosmetics and more and says the letters appear a mile long from 10 000 feet. Turner reports 125 mph flight and a 250000 cubic feet per second smoke output and notes thousands of calls from the public after publishing his number in the sky.
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New York
Cyril Turner
England
Turner
Pennsylvania
America
Europe
Ancient Cliff Dwellers Used Tobacco in Religious Services
Question and answer列 reveals that clay pipes found in Mesa Verde National Park indicate tobacco smoke was part of cliff dwelling religious ceremonies linked to agriculture and rain symbolism. Other Qs include presidents who were tailors and origins of Oregon, with brief remedies and quotations.
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Science Service
Mesa Verde National Park
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