City manager issue frames Coffin Keane ticket
The piece argues Coffin pushed Keane onto the ticket to show power and to block the city manager law. It notes grossbrenner’s position and urges defense of civic progress against patronage and political manipulation. It cites Hoover's stance on patronage and calls for judges to uphold integrity in office.
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Keane
Council
Boss Coffin
Coffin
Supreme Court
Grossbrenner
Duvall
Glossbrenner
Prohibition Prosecutions Rise in Federal Courts 1929
The Justice Department reports 56 786 prohibition cases in fiscal year 1929 an increase of 1 057 from the prior year. The figure exceeds half of civil and criminal court activity and shows prosecutions nearly double 1921 levels. The text questions whether current enforcement can sustain prohibition given widespread violations.
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Department of Justice
Patronage Factions Faced by Hoover in Florida Mess
The President stresses public duty over patronage causing Republican leaders to clash over jobs. Hoover delivers strong action in Florida and rebukes party officials as the dispute over patronage deepens and public responsibility is highlighted.
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White House
Hoover
Florida
Senate tariff amendment win cited by consumers counsel
A Consumers counsel for the public supports a Senate tariff amendment as the tariff commission notes 32 tariff increases vs five decreases. Senator Reed calls his vote cynical yet necessary for consumers. The piece highlights lobby power versus public interest and recounts remarks on Edison and other heroes. An Ohio truck driver faces two robberies of tires.
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United States
United States Tariff Commission
Senate
Commission
Reed
Pennsylvania
Satirical Atoms and Anecdotes From A Bygone Era
A collage of provocative quips on naval disarmament, politics, and culture. The item jokes about sea power yielding to air power, recalls public figures, laments civic life, and mocks Hollywood vanity while noting petrified trees in Montana and vanished old American families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Reclamation
Montana
Capitol Hill
Presidential
Dean Inge
London
United States
Italians, Bachelors, and Birth Rates in Public Debate
A fragmented column contrasts Mussolini's push for early marriage with Italy's falling birth rate and Doherty's oil conservation campaign in Memphis. It critiques lawyers' power to enforce policy and laments bureaucratic quibbles that hinder practical action.
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Italy
Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Henry L. Doherty
America
Doherty
Memphis
American Bar Association
Fragmentary Almanac Items from Aged Journal
A rough OCR fragment asks about biblical phrases and race, cites James 4 17, Theodore Parker, and identifies Homer as Father of Poetry. It also includes a dated query about Sept 10 1876, asking which day falls on Sunday, and odd stray terms about airships and machinery.
Diet and Lifestyle Control Gout Says Dr Fishbein
Daily Health Service outlines gout as a body chemistry disorder with sodium urate deposits around joints. It notes heredity, links to rich foods, and stresses a long term severe diet low in protein, with milk eggs fish as primary proteins, and avoiding alcohol.
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Germany
The Liver Rations of Central Park Dogs
A Times column imagines a small old lady feeding wild dogs in Central Park as a humane, democratic act. It contrasts city sounds and restrictions with the dogs natural, freer life, ending with a reflection on the wild instincts of animals and civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Birth Anniversary of Thomas Pinckney Highlighted
The 179th anniversary marks Thomas Pinckney born in Charleston on October 23, 1750. A diplomat and soldier, he served in the Continental Army, governed South Carolina, led the ratification of the Constitution, and held roles as minister to England and Spain. He also ran for vice president in 1796 and was a major general in the War of 1812. He died in Charleston in 1828.
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Oday
Thomas Pinckney
Charleston
S. C
England
Camden
South Carolina
Spain
United States
Mississippi
Congress
Number of stars in universe given by Jeans
Science note summarizes J H Jeans estimation of two quadrillion stars in the observable universe, combining Mt Wilson telescope data with Einstein theory. It cites Hubble on galaxy counts, curved space, and finite yet unbounded cosmos, with implications for telescope reach and light travel time.
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Space
J. H. Jeans
Royal Society of London
Mt. Wilson Observatory
California
Jeans
E. P. Dutton & Co
Dutton
Eos
Mt. Wilson
Earth
Hubble
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Indianapolis Times
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Indianapolis
Marion County
Roy W Howard
Florida State Republican Committee
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Edison
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Fraternity of Science
Harry Sinclair
Smithsonian Institution
Ohio
Suandis
Neptune
Ramsay MacDonald
Syracuse
Rochester
Harding
Supreme Bench of
The
Justice Stone
Holmes
Brandeis
Down East
Stone
New York City
Boston
Ngland
Kansas Board of Health
Hollywood
M. E. Tracy
Princeton
Runceton
Cherty
Daily Thought
James
Theodore Parker
Homer
Uburas
Daily Health Service
Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association
Hygeia, the Health Magazine
Heywood Brown
Nile Country
the Times
Forbidden City
Lhasa
Thibet
David Dietz
Septillions
Society Brand
Raglan
Wilson Bros. Furnishings
Doty's
North Meridian Street
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