Republican Standard Bearers Reflect Harding Coolidge Ticket
The piece reviews Warren G Harding of Ohio and Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts as presidential and vice presidential nominees. It covers Harding's early life, printing career, newspaper ownership, and political rise including senate service and preparedness act ties. It notes Coolidge’s Plymouth Massachusetts birth July 4 1872, Northampton politics rise, governor tenure, and strong election majorities. It reports party acceptance and public reaction to the nomination.
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Hiitle
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Marton
Olio
Star
Benator Harding
Roosevelt
Senate
Calvin Goolidge
Plymouth
Tila Familly
Massachusetts
Northampton
TDOT
Iuiyor
Waite
Hut
Calvin Coviidge
Ione
Towton
Annte Gunrisnen
Special Delivery Stamp A Century of Fast Mail Service
New York report traces the special delivery ten cent stamp from 1885 birth to 1919 usage growth. Dr Charles Skinner recalls Congress debates, opposition, and eventual law enabling instant delivery for letters bearing the stamp, with decades of rising mail volume and delivery reach.
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New York
Congress
Charles BR. Skinner
Legislative Lbrarian
State Superintendent of Instruction
Doctor Skinner
State Service
New York State
Hatton
Edward M. Gates
Watertown
Measenger
Passenger airships eyed for New York to San Francisco route
Harvard professor describes a planned dirigible service linking New York and San Francisco with war department backing. Helium lifting gas and Langley field plant could enable military ready air fleets. Estimates suggest passenger travel at about five cents a mile, 180 to 270 miles per hour, with inside engine placement and safe, reusable envelopes.
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Cambridge
William N. Heneley
War Department
Davis
United States
Ives
Death of Kolchak under rebel firing squad report
Captain Webb narrates the execution of Admiral Kolchak after resisting orders to fire. Peppellayet and Premuler Peppellayek were killed as coercive forces refused to fire, while Kolchak smoked a cigarette and faced the squad before a commissar shot him. The account places the incident amid Hrutlah forven and international military figures arriving from Viedivestak.
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Webb
Kolchak
Columbus trio seals third marriage after two divorces
Harry C. Crookshaw and Kanes Olysabemas along with Boonie L. Crankshaw of Columbus have each been married and divorced twice and have now entered a third marriage, marking a notable turn in their personal lives.
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Columbus
Harry C. Crookshaw
Kanes Olysabemas
Boonie L. Crankshaw
Marit
Elege Heenan
Booze a Ancient English Word Traced by Professor Hulme
Western Reserve university Professor William H Hulme traces booze from its early spellings bouse bowse to dozen centuries of usage. He notes it signified drinking to excess in Middle English and developed into slang by 1600 with bousing and booser appearing later in English.
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Cleveland
William H. Hulme
Western Reserve University
Hulme
Bowse
Sugar more precious than cash in Clarketurg theft
Burglars broke into the Mlk Bot ting plant in Clarketurg West Virginia and carried off about 800 pounds of sugar. The theft focused on sugar rather than cash or other valuables. Local authorities investigate the break in and review security footage.
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Clarketurg
W. Va
Mlk Botting Company
Creeping Cat Latest Step in New Ballroom Dance
The article describes the creeping cat as a new ballroom dance known as the ear step. It features a creeping motion across three variations, described as simple and graceful, intended to join the fox trot and other waltzes in ballroom programs. Aleain Rautem is noted for introducing the dance in a Russian portal event.
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New York
Aleain Rautem
Rusaian
Poles Begin Kiev Evacuation Amid City Destruction
Polish forces withdraw to a new defensive line in Ukraine after destroying bridges over the Dnieper and key facilities in Kiev. Western and Bolshevik briefings note fighting on the northern front yields Polish gains while the evacuation triggers humanitarian concerns as epidemics loom.
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Shitomir
Red Crown
Kilev
Nowa
Warsaw
Balnhevill
Rydzmigly
Pilsudeki
Budenny
Denskine
Ukring
Dneiper
Dvina
Beresina
Vladmir
Albanian Chief Killed in Paris Shooting
Essad Pasha Toptani former provisional president of Albania was shot outside the Hotel Continental in Paris by Albanian student Rustem Aveni. Two bullets hit him in the chest and another missed. Emad died shortly after. The assassin said he acted after recognizing Essad Pasha as responsible for Albania's sufferings and claimed the act was not premeditated.
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Paris
Besad Pasha
Albania
Rue
Castiglone
Rustem Aveni
Hustem
Essad Pasha
Emad
Benad Pasha
Ruetem
Easad Pasha
Labor Leaders Disgruntled Over Republican Action
Organized labor at a convention attacks the Republican platform as anti labor and vows to seek Democratic recognition. AFL leaders Gomperts and Woll are instructed to present labor proposals to the Democratic convention in identical form. Also reports on a frail raft voyage for treasure seekers in Lake Erie and various unrelated incidents including a man shot in Chicago and a theatre bombing aftermath.
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Beore
Republican
Democrate
Montreal
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
Tabor
Samuel Gompers
Matthew Woll
Federation
San Fren
Clhienge
Below Par Danger Signals Warn Of Ill Health
A London writer notes that illness spreads from those who are below par as their vital strength, mood, and appetite drop. People may smoke less, overconcentrate, lose temper, feel fatigued, or be “off their feed.” Observing one’s own danger signals helps act in time.
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London
Manuel
Last Word in Dictionary Turns to Beer and Dragonfly
A Kansas City Star reader explains the last word in the dictionary and its quirky connections. It references a dragonfly with a large head and eyes, a malt beverage called aythum, and the journey from xyz to Zulder Zee with obscure terms like Zygaenidae.
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Webster's New International
Zulder Zee
Kansas City Siar
Fragmented Humble Telegram News Snippet
An elderly farmer encounters travelers on a rural road. A misread exchange appears in a garbled text segment, with phrases like I am dear and various odd lines about Betty Aunt Edith and a home routine, reflecting damaged OCR from a local column.
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