Call for world peace echoes from St Albans crypt speech
The piece cites Pat Harrison at the Democratic convention in New York urging world peace and a Lane of Nations plank. It notes reactions from Lodge Watson Burton and Newton Baker as party factions weigh reservations. It ends with Wilson's cry to hold the torch high.
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Pat Harrison
Mississippi
New York
St. Albans
Madison Square Garden
Union
Henry Cabot Lodge
Harrison
Watson
Indiana
G. O. P. Old Guard
Cleveland
United States
League of Nations
Burton
Ohio
Toto
Newton D. Baker
Wilson
League
St Albans
Woodrow Wilson
Ambitious Man Seeks Red Town Paintings in Albania
Albania still wants Harry Sinclair for its ruler sort of oligarchy. Governor Hyde returns to Missouri as the sole avowed vice presidential candidate. A women’s convention debates more freedom, tied to fashion choices like hair and skirts.
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Albania
Harry Sinclair
Hyde
Missouri
Japanese Ahead of U. S. Navy
Japan begins rapid cruiser construction after the naval limitation treaty. With capital ships capped, Japan aims to build as many cruisers as possible while America appears unaware of this shift in naval balance.
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Charles P. Stewart
NEA
Ashington
Japan
America
To a Razor By HAL COCHRAN
A nostalgic verse praising a dependable razor that accompanies the speaker daily. The poem extols the razor as loyal, sharp, and wise in its grooming task, framing it as an old fashioned friend through years of use.
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Hal Cochran
NEA Service, Inc
Naval cruiser arms race shown in treaty limits
The text compares 1920s cruiser fleets of the United States, Britain and Japan, noting Japan plans four additional 7,500 ton ships and four 10,000 ton vessels, bringing its fleet to about 25 cruisers totaling 157,730 tons. It criticizes US imbalance and weak destroyer leadership, urging more capable ships to counter Japan and Britain.
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Japan
America
United States
Huron
Pittsburgh
Seattle
Britain
North Sea
Navy of the
Secretary of the Navy
Denver
Salem
United States Navy
R. E. Coontz
Culebra
Dolls on Fifth Avenue Capture City Gossip and Grief
New York feature details a chic Fifth Avenue shop selling mechanical and flapper dolls. Women and men visit the store where lifelike babies cry and express distress, while a widow from central Pennsylvania buys a doll after losing her husband and infant son. The creator of the realistic doll is a bachelor.
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Steve Hannigan
New York
Fifth Ave
Pennsylvania
Light airplanes poised for mass production and races
The article notes a rapid move toward common light planes with low cost production by major manufacturers. Europe pursues inexpensive lightweight aircraft, Germany reports a nine horsepower model, and France plans an August cross country race of 1500 miles. The United States aims to host a light plane air derby with a Rickenbacker trophy as a prize. Five planes have been built, and experts say a two person light plane may achieve sixty miles per gallon and store in a garage in three minutes.
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Europe
Germany
France
Appeal at Dice: Rich Litigant Seeks Second Chance
A prominent litigant left court for his country seat as judgment neared. Hours later his lawyer sent, Right has triumphed. He wired back, Appeal at dice. The note captures a gambler’s hope amid legal drama.
Americans Are Paid Compliment By Herbert Quick
The essay praises American resilience to foreign criticism and warns that a flood of advertising and a biased house organ distract from interior values. It notes how American propaganda, especially in the form of ventilated mouse trap imagery, distorts perception, shaping morale and views across politics sociology literature and art.
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McFee
No house for a man who smoked mosquitos out
A Florida man attempted to burn out mosquitoes with heated paper and ended up homeless. The piece weaves in reflections on politics, manners, and daily life with satirical vignettes about society and school closings.
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Florida
Family Fun Tough Luck
Newspaper item sketches humorous exchanges about marriage and domestic life with punchlines. Includes quips from Youngstown Telegram Pearson's Boston Transcript and Little Willie style jokes about husbands wives and family dynamics.
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Willie
Satan
Boston Transcript
Something New in Way of Slogans
New York reporting on a Democratic convention scene with delegates alternates and leaders arriving and marching at Madison Square Garden as crowds gather and chant. The piece notes the smoke from Pittsburgh and a chorus of cheerers, leaders, and spectators amid ongoing political display.
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Will M. Cressy
George Storm
York
Pittsburgh
Madison Square Garden
Readers Ask Times About Scarlet Letter and Celebrities
Question column from The Times details readers inquiries on Hawthornes Scarlet Letter symbol meanings birth dates addresses and celebrities. It provides brief answers including the A stands for Adultress Madre Dios meaning Mother of God Ramon Navarros nationality Spanish and mangrove swamp as a coastal tropical formation.
Political satire and trivia from a curious quiz section
A rambling column mixes political quips with a mock farmers bloc stance and a stream of trivia. It critiques campaign sentiments, laments mis spending, notes a bootlegger rumor, and concludes with assorted factual questions about agriculture, geography, and diving records.
A Thought on Strife and Self-Interest
A quotation from Lichtenberg warns that meddling in others affairs is like grabbing a dog by the ears. It suggests happiness comes when people focus on their own concerns instead of others matters.
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Lichtenberg
Teachers Discharge Opposed by Reader Letters
A Times reader condemns a school board for discharging teachers who are wives and mothers and urges ousting the board. The letter praises W J Bryan and criticizes calling him Bill. Another writer mocks modern fiction in favor of more realistic stories.
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the Times
William Jennings Bryan
Bill
United States
W. J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
B. D
Nature Giants Bees Build Tall Honeycombs in India
A report notes that wild bees in India construct honeycombs reaching up to eighteen feet in height. Scientists observe remarkable insect behavior and suggest environmental factors influence colony structure and activity.
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India
Tongue Tips by Mrs Wright Cites Women and Home Roles
Mrs J P Wright of Colorado Women’s clubs argues too many women are in industry now and would better devote time to homes and babies. The remark reflects early 20th century debates on women's societal roles.
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Jack C. Thurston
J. P. Wright
Colorado Women’s Clubs
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Scripps-Paine Service
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A. A. Brill
Washington
Ben Franklin
Roosevelts
Izzard
The
Indianapolis Times
New York Ave
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U. S. Navy
Concord
Science
Herbert Quick
Tom Sims
Alabama
Youngstown
Will Cressy
New York Age
Hawthorne
Ms. Murray
Metro Studios
W. Sixty-First St
New York City
Ramon Navarro
California
Johnson
Moses
New Hampshire
Coolidge
Vermont
Lodge
Massachusetts
Texas
Boston
Erin
White House
Oddie
Nevada
Rehabilitation Board
Department of Agriculture
Douglas Fairbanks
Canada
Northwest Territory
Quebec
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Everglades
Frank W. Crilley
Honolulu
Nature
Monterey Bay
Wilhelm Goétach
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
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