Congress Charges Press Fails to Report All Proceedings
Washington editorials defend press coverage limits arguing vast legislative work cannot be fully conveyed. They cite 66th Congress totals with 16 289 public bills and 481 joint resolutions in House and over 6 000 in Senate, justifying selective reporting while affirming adequate coverage exists for notable acts to their readers.
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Senate
House
House of Representatives
Congresstself
Supreme Court Upholds Woman Suffrage Constitutionality
The Supreme Court in a unanimous decision led by Justice Brandeis upheld the nineteenth amendment. Maryland challengers argued the federal change required state ratification. the court rejected that view and dismissed procedural objections as immaterial.
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Supreme Court
Brandeis
Maryland
Oscar Lester
Baltimore
Lester
Remount Service Faces Budget Scrutiny and Depot Closures
Communications from horse breeders urge Congress to protect remount funding as the service runs 200 depots across 40 states. They note the program links army horse needs with farm work and protest the proposed Front Royal depot closure.
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Congress
War Department
Department of Agriculture
Armstrong
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Neal
Utah Cattle and Horse Growers’ Association
Front Royal
Fort Robinson
Neb
Fort Retro
Oklo
Fort Keogh
Mont
Navy cuts destroyers and other vessels to conserve fuel
Secretary Denby ordered 50 additional destroyers and nearly three dozen auxiliary ships placed out of commission. The action leaves 76 destroyers in full commission and 40 with reduced crews, plus oil ships, a collier, store ships, mine layers and sweepers, and 14 tugs. Two gun boats Albany and New Orleans will be retired and replaced in Asiatic waters by Sacramento and Asheville. The Navy has also sold 257 obsolete or auxiliary vessels and has 62 more on sale. The fuel bill was set at about 108.5 million with a four month limit of 6.3 million for fuel.
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Ecretary Denby
Albany
New Orleans
Asiatic
Sacramento
Asheville
Denby
Navy
Department
Denny
House
Senate
Navy Department
Low Curved Bails Trouble Ruth Says Lefties Trounce Ruth
Southpaws pose more trouble for Babe Ruth than right handed pitchers. A low curve outside is Ruth’s worst enemy and Nehf of the Giants struck him out three times with such a ball in the world series. Change of pace pitchers like Shocker and Kerr also trouble Ruth regardless of stance.
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Babe Ruth
Babe
Portsiders
Nehf
Giants
Ruth
Shocker
St. Louis
Kerr
Chicago
Athletic Young Engineers Breaks in Nebraska Football Margin
At Nebraska four gridiron regulars Wheeler Nixon House and MacGlasson won the Missouri Valley Conference title for the Cornhuskers while Bowman led every cross country meet this year. They are all students in the university's engineering school.
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Tech
University of Nebraska
Wheeler
Nixon
House
MacGlasson
Cornhusk
Bowman
Nebraska
Sullivan Faces Wild Pitches With Angels Squad
Billy Sullivan, famed catcher and former manager of the Cleveland Sox second team, guided a group of young pitchers on a spring trip to Los Angeles. In three of the first four games the Angels scored in the seventh inning, drawing laughs and suspense as runners rounded bases. Lena Blackburn urged Sullivan to throw to catch a runner flat-footed, but he quipped he had trouble keeping wild pitches inside the park and watching the bases.
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Billy Sullivan
Cleveland Sox
Hin
Spriey
Los Angeles Park
Angels
Expectaton
Lena Blackburn
Sullivan
Blackburn
Hogan Saves $2 At Expense Of Umpire
The article recalls George Hildebrand stories from the Coast League era. Umpire with three fingers fined Hogan $6 but only showing the three-finger hand. Hogan paid $8, then was suspended. The league president later ruled Hogan in the clear over the $2 balance. Warhop assignment moves to Columbia in the South Atlantic league after a national board decision.
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George Hildebrand
Thildebrand
Hap Hogan
Fang
Nick Altrock
Eircuit
Hogan
Hildebrand
Ump
Warhop
Columbia
Warrell
National Board
Jack Warhop
Grand Tripids
Will Shift Star Jimmy O Connell to Outfield for 1928
Star first baseman Jimmy O Connell, who moved from the San Francisco Pacific Coast club to the New York Giants for 75000 in a winter deal, is expected to play in the outfield for San Francisco this season. Manager Jack Miller indicated Mier will likely stay at first base.
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San Francisco
O’connell
Jimmy O'Connell
New York Giants
Jack Miller
Mier
Notable Transitions and Debuts in Early 1920s Baseball
The notes report Joe Tinker resigning as Charleston manager, Yale and Columbia rowing meeting, NEIA track meet set for Worcester Tech May 10 and 20, Beaumont club signs Ray Mello from California circles, and Ban Johnson in the headlines. Baseball moves include Bill Killefer touting fast baserunners with Niagara recruits P J Herb and Edward J Manley, Buckner returns to Chicago White Sox, Kenethy to Toledo, Ralph Ralston signed by Roy Thoms for St Louis Cardinals, 1922 schedule miles totaling 89525 with Pittsburgh logging 13764, and Olympic exclusion of baseball. Additional items mention Harvard tennis funding cuts, boxing status, Parksley team training in Baltimore, and Epsom Derby American entries.
Cardinals plan Cleveland shift at first base this season
The St. Louis Cardinals will employ the Cleveland shift at first base this year with Jack Fournier used against left handers and Del Galner against right handers. Both are former American League players and are noted for hitting the ball hard.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Cleveland
Jack Fournier
del Galner
A National Theater for Washington Urged by St. Louis Visitor
Grattan C. Kerans argues Washington lacks a national theater and parallels European capitals with Paris Berlin Vienna and Petrograd. He warns foreign observers may judge American culture by the capital and urges a national theater to promote Americanization and counter radical propaganda.
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Grattan C. Kerans
St. Louis
Washington
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Petrograd
America
United States
Kerans
Yale Harvard gridiron to draw 80000 crowds in New Haven
Yale faces Harvard in a game slated for next fall at New Haven with about 80 thousand seats. The Army versus Navy classic will be hosted by the University of Pennsylvania on Saturday November 25 with accommodations for over 50000 spectators.
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Yale
Harvard
New Haven
University of Pennsylvania
Army
Highest Billiard Run Sets New World Record
Mark Catton of Alameda California framed a billiard run of 902 in a regular Alameda contest, surpassing the prior 799 held by George Sutton. Catton is the son of former national three cushion champion W H Catton. Toronto Signs Pitcher Frank Ruppe Signed as left hand pitcher from near Pittsburgh who played for Vancouver in 1920.
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Alameda
Cal
George Sutton
Catton
W. H. Catton
Toronto
Toronto Baseball Club
Frank Ruppe
Pittsburgh
Vancouver
First Woman Golf Pro Joins Canterbury Club Cleveland
The Canterbury Golf Club of Cleveland hires the first woman golf pro in the country. She will assist Z. H. Way and teach women members of the club.
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Caterbury Golf Club
Cleveland
Z. H. Way
No Help in a Cold World Dialogue Teases Fate
A portly man and Louie converse about the world turning colder, noting even a married man may chart his own path after his spouse decides on direction. The exchange hints at personal choices amid changing fortunes.
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Louie
Athletics is Hoyt's Jinx and League Shuffle
Waite Hoyt the Yankee pitcher beats the Athletics in a Typheon league game. Harold Diviney, ex Red Sox, moves to Greenville for the Galveen club as the Giants sign a grid star and Ed ward Wale joins the New York Nationals. Charleston buys Donnelly from London, and William Ward of Florida signs with Brooklyn.
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Joseph G. Connolly
San Antonio
Little Rock
Hoyt
Waite Hoyt
Philadephia Einerrtibyya
Pied Sox
Diviney
Greenville
Harold Diviney
Boston Red Sox
Galveen
Giants
Edward Wale
Mississippi College Eleven
Charleston
Donnelly
Charleston Club
Jiaving
Robert Donnelly
London Club
Dodgers
William Ward
Mian
University of Florida
Brooklyn
Navy Boxing Team Features Notable Athletes
The Naval Academy boxing squad includes many football players and other prominent athletes among its members. The unit maintains its own training table as part of its program.
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Navy
Naval Academy
Better Half May Live Theme in Repetition and Rent
A terse dialogue questions frugality and income with lines about not spending half and alimony. The exchange hints at recurring history repeating itself and needing revision.
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Alimany
California Fig Syrup Advertisement Promises Quick Bowel Relief
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a gentle remedy to cleanse the bowels and relieve constipation in children. It urges mothers to give a teaspoonful, claims in hours the child will be cleansed of poison and bile, and promotes asking a druggist for genuine California Fig Syrup with printed directions.
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California
Christmas Time for Dolly
In a small town scene a girl named Patsy and her father visit a toy store after Christmas. Patsy spots a red chair and a dolly buggy and pleads for them while her father notes Christmas is over. She hushedly hints the toys are for dolly.
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Patsy
Dolly
Manapolis Newa
Patient recovers as question about waking up amuses nurse
A woman notes a patient’s progress after surgery and asks the nurse if she is “coming to.” The nurse answers plainly that no awakening is required, highlighting the humorous misunderstanding in the care setting reported by the Chicago Journal.
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Chicago Journal
Weekend Leisure Affects Appetite On Monday
The article notes that weekend relaxation boosts wellbeing and appetite, leading to overindulgence as people return to work. It advises readers leaving the country for town to skip midday meat on Monday to avoid consequences.
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Limeet
London
A Funereal Thought
Mrs Peckton laments marriage while Mr Peckton recalls a wreck that delayed his planned engagement with her and a preacher at a church. He laments fate and questions where he would be today had the train not been delayed.
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Henry
Mrs. Peckton
Mr. Peckton
Birmingham Age-Herald
Sold by the Drop Woman Samples Expensive Perfume
An uptown Indianapolis News item describes a well dressed woman who asked to sample a perfume costing $8 an ounce. The clerk, violating store rules, allowed a sniff, and the customer declared it good and proposed a quarter’s worth. The clerk pointed out she had already had a quarter.
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Indianapolis News
Not Flattering Neighbor Exchange Reflects Tension
A neighbor recounts an awkward afternoon with a child who declines singing and rocking. The child states the speaker does not belong and that her sons make her awaken, highlighting social friction and a clash of expectations in a brief quoted exchange.
Platonic Friendship Joke Revealed by William Sanford
A reader recounts a joke about platonic friendship turning into a marriage with seven children. He notes his wife’s busy life and his own role, insisting he never believed in platonic friendship. The piece appears as a humorous personal anecdote from Judge.
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Wilam Sanford
Sorry He Gave Boy Rifle A Questionable Christmas Gift
A confused narrative recalls Uncle Rd who once kept a toy rifle as a boy. He later gave his nephew Bobby a similar air rifle at Christmas, hoping play would teach discipline but fears it may have been a harmful choice. The piece notes a troubling encounter when Bobby pointed the rifle at his uncle.
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Christinia
Unclo Rd
Bobby
Aince
It Flonta Coined For Soap Ad Copy Question
A magazine piece questions which advertisement copy would earn the most money, contrasting a garbled technical line about soap composition with the substituted phrase It flonta. The vignette centers on a copywriter and an ad manager debating value.
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Lorbes Magazine
Bread and preserves cause a family catechism debate
In a jovial scene a mother denies a child's request for bread and preserves before dinner. The child, quoting a catechism line about the Lord making, preserves, and redeeming, presses the point with humorous persistence as the mother responds.
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Jimmie
Hoe
Tye
Ruinetti
Laviness to the undertaker who drops the shroud of obscurity
The piece laments the undertaker’s role in lifting the veil from many a good man’s life and memory, praising their quiet duty and the clarity it brings to final rest.
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Eimdertaker
Favorite Prescription Promises Health Boost in Nebraska Ad
Expectant user Martta Dilger of Lexington Street praises Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for nausea relief and tonic value after a single bottle. Ad urges readers to ask local druggist for the remedy and to request a trial package by sending ten cents to Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York or by writing for free advice.
Revolutionary Violin Maker Aims to Transform Orchestras
Marmande inventor Leo Sir introduces two super-sopranos and new violin types, expanding beyond the soprano to include mezzo-soprano alto baritone and sub-bass. A trial at Montmartre theater earned critics praise for enhanced interpretive possibilities.
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Leo Sir
Marmande
France
Sir
Montmartre
Amertenn
Spiritualist Family of Eleven Reported in Bavaria
A fragment reports a large family of eleven in Southern Bavaria engaging in spiritualistic experiments. Neighbors found them after disturbing furniture and asserting they were preparing a defiant offering to a spirit described as the pure Hebt Selentide American, with unclear context and wording.
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Bavaria
Fragmentary Remnant Calls Out Idle Charity Talk
A rough spoken line criticizes people who boast about helping humanity while failing to act. The speaker urges taking action now rather than waiting for wealth to arrive and to address immediate needs with tangible deeds.
Strangers Demand Shelter On Country Road Encounter
An abrupt episode on a country road ends with two men seeking entry to a dwelling. One approaches the gate, the other to the hall, and after a brief exchange one leaves with a single coin received, while the other mentions a garden and time to depart.
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Collett
Seotaman
Must Have Been a Boatonian
A cryptic English concher and reader exchange with odd phrases and a final misread about a KuNGent error. The dialogue blends humor and confusion as readers recall a rapid inclination and sightless quadruped.
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Botte
End of a Checkered Career Ends in Striped Justice
A fragmentary note recalls a criminal pursuit with a vow to strip away power. The piece touches poverty from lack of cash and hints at judgment of a tall man, reflecting public scrutiny and moral critique.
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