Democratic Ticket Named In Houston Convention
Delegates at the Houston Democratic National Convention nominate Alfred E. Smith for President and Joseph T. Robinson for Vice President amid a heated platform debate. Prohibition enforcement dominates the plank discussion while farm relief and anti corruption themes frame the agenda. Texas hospitality and large demonstrations shape a spirited, unity-leaning march toward November.
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Wright A. Patterson
Convention Hall
Houston
Will Rogers
Nationalocracy
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
George
Georgia
Georgi
Florida
North
South Carolina
Alabama
Nebraska
Smith
Franklin Roosevelt
Evans Woollen
Indiana
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
James Reed
Missouri
Pomerene
Ohio
William Ayres
Kansas
Hitchcock
Houston Thompson
Colorado
Jesse E. Jones
Texas
Lee
Democracy
al Smith
South
West
Kansas City
Moody
Resolutions Committee
Carter Glass
Virginia
Josephus Daniels
Ida Goldberg At 107 Receives 125 Marriage Proposals
New Rochelle aged widow Ida Goldberg, oldest resident of the United Home for Aged Hebrews, has 125 marriage offers in the past year. She seeks a suitable, about forty-five year old millionaire husband and notes many letters from Philadelphia. Other suitors include men from Canton, St Louis, Baltimore, and New York, with varied reasons and humorous approaches.
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New York
Ida Goldberg
United Home For
Philly
Philadelphia
Cupid
Canton
Ohio
Nevada
Ida
St. Louis
Cty
Atlantic City
Don Juan
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Brooklyn
Chicago
Weak Minded Boys Benefited by School Sports in Sweden
At Salbohed institution for weak minded boys in Sweden, training in football running and jumping is reported to lift mental outlooks. The head instructor notes that initially clumsy and slow boys grew alert nimble footed and noticeably keener through athletic competition.
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Stockholm
Salbohed
Sweden
Three Expeditions Leave for Africa From New York
Three sightseeing and scientific teams depart for Africa from New York aboard the He de France and the Olympic. The Johnsons and three Eagle Scouts plan a six week camera safari through big game country, meeting in Monbasa then returning in September. A polar and tropical expedition led by Dr Barrett and a Milwaukee Museum team sail for the Mountains of the Moon to study wildlife and the tsetse fly while Wells of the Chicago Geographic Society joins for six months.
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New York
Africa
Europe
He de France
Martin Johnson
Robert Douglas, Jr
Greensboro
David R. Martin, Jr
Austin, Minn
Douglas L. Oliver
Atinota
Paris
Marseilles
Monbasa
Johnsons
United States
Carvebells
Milwaukee Museum of Natural History
Barrett
Olympic
Wells
Chicago Geographic Society
Moon
Equator
Victoria
Nyanza
Central Africa
Milwaukee Museum
Mr. Wells
Eat 75 Square Foot Strawberry Shortcake
Kalama Washington reports a record making strawberry shortcake at a quarterly Low er Columbia Associated Chambers of Commerce banquet. The cake measured fifteen feet long and five feet wide, weighed in with twelve gallons of cream, and was eaten by over four hundred fifty attendees. Otto Engelman baked and assembled the cake with Mayor Lyle Ficknof Kalama and O. H. Springer. Gov. Roland Hartley spoke at the event.
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Kalama
Wash
Lower Columbia River District
Lower Columbia
Otto Engelman
Focal Bakery
Mr. Engelman
Lyle Ficknof? Kalama
O. H. Springer
Roland Hartley
Never Read a Book Buys Methuen Firm in London
George Roberts a retired London businessman and former cracker maker executive has become owner of Methuen & Co. after negotiations lasting months. The price is reported near £300,000. Roberts says he bought the shares as an investment and personal interest and that he has never read a book due to lack of time.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Governor Smith
New York
Smith
Texas
Houston
Democraticc
South
State Line
Pat Harrison
George
Cordell
Hull
Ted
London
Methuen & Co
George Roberts
Smiles Won’t Help Vanderlip in Court Case
Miss Virginia Vanderlip, nineteen, paid $25 for speeding in her red roadster as Magistrate Dryer announced that smiles would not influence outcomes in his courtroom. The incident occurred in a case heard today, underscoring strict sentencing.
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New York
Dryer
Virginia Vanderlip
Air Camera Crew Forced Down in Arctic Search
Hard ships suffered by Fox film aerial expedition members after fog and snowbound conditions forced them down in northern Alaska over three weeks ago. Messages from Kotzebue relay how three crew walked nearly 100 miles in bitter cold toward Point Barrow while relief flyers Matt Nieminen and Richard Heyser returned to assist the five film men as a second relief plane prepared to depart.
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Arctic
Fairbanks
Alaska
Fox Film
Point Burrrow
Kotzebue
Matt NiemIn
Richard Heyser
Saul Becomes a Christian in Acts Conversion Lesson
Lesson covers Acts 9 with Saul’s persecution, his dramatic conversion, and Ananias restoring sight and baptizing him. It highlights Saul’s transformation from persecutor to believer, the divine call, and the Holy Spirit filling Saul as he joins the Christian church.
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Christ Jesus
Saul
Jesus
Stephen
Damascus
Jesus Christ
Ananias
Anar
Christ
Anias
Andis
Fragmentary Religious Text Snippet
A damaged OCR fragment presents archaic phrasing about God and faith. The legible bits reference God not forsaking and a prayerful tone, mentioning names like Charles and Spury. The text is incomplete and lacks coherent narrative or date context.
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