Romantic elopement blocked by marriage laws across counties
A disjointed reminiscence recounts young lovers and legal hurdles to wed, noting how underage would-be groom Cudahy faces clerks’ resistance in California. The piece contrasts rich and poor access to marriage and cites a tale of a Middletown, N.Y. actress romance thwarted by age rules.
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Orange County Group
Leon
Ernest
Gertrude Ova
Wea
Clie
Nertee
Ewe
Emma
Allene
Fiery
N.Y
Orange County Record
Wesblngtomalie
Michael Gfice
Suddietown
N.S
Cudahy
Middletown
Udahy
Perieusiv
California
Chen
America's 1776 Idea Moves China
A historic essay notes how China now awaken to nationalism, transforming its long peace devotion into a rising national spirit. It warns nationalism can be powerful and dangerous, likening it to July 4 heritage and noting foreign interference risks as China industrializes and asserts identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
China
Tie
Peking
Shanghai
Great Britain
Money and True Love in a Gilded Romance
Fragmentary OCR passage notes money as the key driver in romantic plots. Mentions Herbert and evolving relationship tensions driven by wealth concerns within a talky narrative style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Money Jlst
Ald
Herbert
Silent diplomats abroad in seeds from American Legion
The advance guard of the American Legion, fresh from its 1927 Paris convention, travels with sacks of Douglas Fir seeds as symbols of goodwill. Hundreds of pounds will reach Great Britain France Belgium and Italy as reforestation messengers, supported by Charles Lathrop Pack and British French and Italian forestry officials. The project aims to aid battlefields and mark a foreign policy expressed through tree plantings.
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The
American Legion
Paris
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Italy
Charles Lathrop Pack
American Tree Association
Lord Lovat
British Forest Commission
M. Sartiges
Forestry Departments
Lowion
Please Be Brief The American Skeptic Of Brevity
A critical essay condemns Americans for valuing speed and brevity over substance. It argues that fundraisers exploit hurried judgment, pressuring quick donations while Americans chase efficient, machine-like communication. The piece laments a culture of rapid, impersonal persuasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tn Nin
Spectacular Lake Erie Rescue Fever Grips City
A boy skater drifted away on a detached ice cake in Lake Erie as tug boats and planes scoured the lake for days. Spectators watched a dramatic search, while the city debated the spectacle over harsher realities of urban life.
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Lake Erie
Soimeone
Great Authors Preceded Modern Book Market
The piece notes that Sir Walter Scott sold the English rights to his eight volume Life of Napoleon a century ago for 52500 and earned 87000 in royalties later. It argues big readership and royalties are not unique to modern times.
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Walter Scott
Napoleon
Path to Cosmopolitan Editor Ray Long’s rise in magazines
Ray Long, Hearst magazines editor in chief, recounts in Bookman how ambition shaped his career from Indianapolis telegraph messenger to editor of Cosmopolitan. He credits persistent pursuit of a single goal and models who inspired him, noting the reward of hard work and the payoff of a definite heart’s desire.
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New York
Ray Long
Hearst
Bookman
Long
Telegraph
Indianapolis
Richard Harding Davis
Cosmopolitan
Davis Ote
John Brisben Walker
Magazin
Caesar
Alexander the Great
Napoleon
Mussolini
Lord Northcliffe
Napoleonia
Dante
Virgily
Victor Hugo
Homer
Hampton’s
Cleveland Press
Red Book
Irony in China's Militant Education and Western Ties
Washington notes point to the irony of nationalist China led by young Western educated Chinese who gained training in the U S. They returned a portion of Boxer indemnity money and funded studies for Chinese youth abroad, influencing the anti foreign movement in southern China. The piece also touches on Teeland Iceland and Spain with a wine trade ultimatum linked to Dry laws.
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China
West
United States
Orange Blossoms And Public Inquiry In Local Notes
Fuzzy fragments describe an alleged foul deed near Jamies and West Main streets and urge a public investigation. The page includes jumbled mentions of Kiwanis Kapers 1928, Dr Holt exams, jokes about Chicago police and April Laugh Month, plus ads praising Dinky corn cob pipes for nerves and sleep.
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Jamies and
West Main
Ng Sang
Oscar Paul Spiffenwhitfie
Middletown
Adjusting to Speed in a World of Traffic Change
A 1927 reflection argues people have adapted to faster city driving, where speed reduces congestion and accidents feel routine. It notes a shift from anger after minor crashes to a calm exchange of information and tolerance for minor fender damage.
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City of
Washington
Stanhope
Jellow Springs
Jimtown
Shane
Galt
Early Methodism in Middletown Forms a Church Legacy
The article recounts Middletown’s 1820s Methodist beginnings led by cobbler Edward from Danbury, the formation of a society, and the 1838 establishment of The First Methodist Episcopal Church of South Middletown. It covers trustees, circuit shifts, moral strictness, debt battles, and a 1855 expansion reopening.
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Middletown
United States
St. Paul’s
Edwards
Danbury
Coon
West Main Street
West Main
Grace Chirey
Gothic Wall
Monhagen Lake
Montgomery
Walden
Bloomingburg
Bethel
Otisville
Mount Hope
Valentine Buel
David Webster
Spsee
Anna Sears
South Street
John M.tuthill
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
South Middletown
William L. Dann
Ebenezer Mills
Elias Woodward
Alfred Goodale
Johnn H. Little
Wiliam L. Dann
John G. Smith
Matthew VanDusen
Morris D.C. Crawford
Jesse T. Peck
Mr. Crawford
Peace with Germany Declared 1921 and Treaty Signed
Questions and Answers recount dates. War with Germany ended July 3 1921. Treaty signed August 24 1921 in Berlin. Ratification advised October 18 1921 and announced October 21 1921. German ratification notice November 2 1924 with exchange on November 11 1921. Treaty proclaimed November 14 1921.
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United States
Germany
Berlin
United States Senate
Nelson
Valentine Parties bulletin offers living tips and coupon
A Washington Bureau issue titled Valentine Parties provides invitations, decorations, games and refreshments ideas for Valentine parties. It includes a coupon order form for the bulletin, asking readers to mail five cents in stamps or coin and fill in their name, city, and state to receive the pamphlet.
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Daily Herald and Times-Presa
Washington
New York
Ve. Ie
Washington, D. C
Gul-Tor
Daily Herald and Times- Press
New York Avenue
U. S
ST. & NO
Peas City
Daily Herald and Times-Press
Various trivia and Q A style questions on finance sport and history
A collection of trivia questions and answers covering short selling stock market basics Babe Ruth 1926 World Series homers Wisconsin state flower rain color Captain Alcock and Brown Atlantic crossing and prize king of Spain per capita wealth New York Court reporter requirements origins of the gamecock with unrelated passages and factual tidbits.
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Stock Exchange
Babe Ruth
Bell
Haines
Wisconsin
Alcock
Brown
British Air Service
Atlantic
London Daily Mail
Spain
Leon Ferdinand Maciam
Jacques Isidore
Pascal Antoine Bourbon
Alfonso XIII
New York State
New York
Nevada
India
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Tecland
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Sam
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Leeland
Kiwanis Kapers
Dr. Holt
Dick Whitlock
Chicago
Wilbur E. Surtron
Copsright
EFS
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