Wilson’s Legacy and Coolidge Dissent in Editorial View
The piece reflects on Woodrow Wilson’s impact and the enduring League of Nations while noting critical distance for fair appraisal. It also includes Miss Bina West’s stance on President Coolidge not seeking another term and calls for party unity in selecting a strong candidate.
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Woodrow Wilson
Staunton
Julius Caesar
Napoleon
George Washington
Wilson
Washington
League of Nations
League
Wartorn
Europe
Miss West
Bina M. West
Republican National Committee For
Michigan
Coolidge
Charles D. Hilles
New York
William M. Butler
Uncle Sam and Europe debate reparations debt links
The piece argues that German reparations, allied debts to the United States, and private American loans form a complex web. It notes French opposition to altering the Dawes plan without debt revisions and suggests America’s role as a creditor influences the payments dynamic. It ends with a critique of relying on pre digested literature and the Nation’s habit of outsourcing reading choices.
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Uncle Sam
Europe
United States
Parker Gilbert
Germany
Mellon
Gilbert
America
Sam
Archie Roosevelt
R. Louise Fitch
American Association of University Women
C. D. Barr
American Cast Iron Pipe Company
Heroic Medal Hero of the Lost Battalion Named
Abraham Krotoshinsky of New York is cited for a heroic rescue mission during the Argonne Forest action. He volunteered under heavy fire to carry word of the surrounded 306th Infantry battalion, dodging bullets and surviving a shell hole dash. President Coolidge then made him eligible for appointment in the general executive service of the United States.
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306Th Infantry
Forest de la Buvnonne
Argonne Forest
Nathan Hale
Paul Revere
Abraham ‘Hrotoshinsky
New York
Abraham Krotoshisky
Tragic Dawn Amphibian Flight Ends in Loss
Mrs Frances Grayson and three companions vanished with the Dawn during a winter ocean flight. Experts say such winter sea crossings are practically impossible and warn the venture offered little scientific or aviation progress. The tragedy may curb similar attempts.
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Frances Grayson
Measure of Culture claims Cleveland as most cultured city
A minister's two year survey ranks Cleveland top for culture citing high library per capita while noting the flaw in equating book ownership with culture. He jokes about wealth and books and laments easy campaign style politics and modern attitudes.
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Cleveland
United States
New York
Bridge Me Another Card Study With Answers
A reader puzzle from W W Wentworth discusses bidding strategies for three hands. The article presents each scenario with suits and high cards and provides concise answers: 1. bid one spade. 2. bid one heart. 3. bid one spade.
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W. W. Wentworth
Public Snooping Protests Stirring in Rhode Island Case
The Rhode Island incident prompts editorials condemning meter readers spying for liquor law enforcement. The piece warns such warrantless searches threaten rights, risk corruption, and may erode support for prohibition while urging lawful, privacy-respecting methods. It also notes Ft Wayne fire inspections violated rights and calls for strict limits on snooping. It then shifts to Republican Women voters and the need for informed, intelligent voting as women gain full citizenship.
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Ft. Wayne
Rhode Island
Secret Service
Munele Press
United States
Aristophanes Targets Euripides In The Thesmophoria
In Durant’s retelling, Aristophanes attacks Euripides as a conservative Athenian opposing new ideas. Euripides disguises as a woman to defend his views at a Thesmophoria meeting, while Mnesilochus argues mercy for Euripides though women uncover the ruse and threaten him.
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Aristophanes
Euripides
Aritophanes
Martyr
Marathon
Athens
Alcibiades
Ceres
Droserpine
Mnesilochus
Letter Golf Rules Summary
The rules describe letter golf: change one letter at a time to reach a target word in par strokes. Each step must form a valid common word, only one letter changed per jump, and letter order must remain fixed.
Aristophanes and Utopia in Durant’s 1927 piece
Durant surveys Aristophanes attacks on Euripides and Utopia themes in The Birds and Ecclesiazusae. He praises poetic flights by Shakespeare Calderon and Shelley while noting Aristophanes’ hatred of middle class wealth and his dream of a Utopia where such wealth is removed and Athens could again produce great art.
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Aristophanes
Utopia
Euripides
Plato
Pericles
Greece
Praxagora
B. C
Shelley
Symonds
Shakespeare
Calderon
Solon
Athens
Will Durant
Question and Answer column tests readers with quick facts
The Indianapolis Times presents a readers quiz from its Washington Bureau covering topics from Quaker membership in Great Britain to reasons oceans freeze differently, Holland's area and Amsterdam’s size, Russian calendar, Latin legal terms ex post facto, and Academy age limits. It includes notes on prisoner exchanges in WWI and brief bios of figures like Fair Rosamond and Clara Bow.
Library Shelves Groan At Manufactured Crime In Art
A writer argues against sensational crime in literature and asks why society glorifies crime for art. He cites cases of deception for reward, moral dilemmas on kindness versus cruelty, and notes related questions about life support and medical ethics. The piece ends with a series of trivia questions about films, pipe preparation, and crop yields.
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Hickman
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Kunepolis Times Publishing Co
Soccyland Beret
Indianapoli Ind
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Seipeereese Erence
Roy Aiden
Frank G. Morrison
Iess
United Press
Aper Enterprise Association
Dante
Scrippi
Howard
Mrs
Lindbergh
Billy Sunday
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Oia
Washington Bureau
New York Ave
Washington, D. C
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Quakers
Great Britain
Ireland
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Amsterdam
Queen of
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Berne
Switzerland
Rosamond
Lord Clifford
Henry II
Woodstock
Eleanor
Red River
Elbow Lake
Minnesota
Mississippi
Edward William Morley
Michaelson
Clara Bow
Alice Louise Cameron
Lolly
Pierre
Lewis Stone
United States Military Academy
West Point
Regular Army
National Guard
M. E
Tracy
Te Texas Bankers Association
Stanton
C. C. Bayes
Lee Smith
Bayes
Smith
Maine
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Texas
Alma
Alfred Frick
Walter Booth
Colorado
Ina
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Dr. Osler
Rough Riders
San Antonio
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