Ships Ships Ships and the Ship Hoodwink
Chairman O Connor of the Shipping Board favors selling Henry Ford the ships under his care. He proposes operating about 4100 of 1200 ships, scrap 400, and hold 400 in reserve to adapt to trade or military needs. The plan mirrors Muscle Shoals in scope, with uncertainty over what Ford would offer or accept.
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O'Connor
The
Shipping Board
Henry Ford
Man
Lord
Muscle Shoals
Henry
Venice Resists Motorized Gondolas Amid Mussolini Favor
An editorial laments speed mania in Venice as American art students win a plea to Mussolini to block motorization of private gondolas. It honors the traditional gondolier, condemns engines on smaller canals, and contrasts with motor boats on the Grand Canal. The piece argues for measured conservatism against modern speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Mussolini
Troges
Grand Canal
Broadway
Main Street
America
Rum Row Moves West Across the Coast
The article notes liquor smuggling shifts west as Atlantic drought affects trade, and Pacific routes rise with ships moving through the Panama Canal. It calls for stronger coast guard enforcement, warns of Gulf Mexico needs, and cites a paraphrase about perseverance and reading the newspapers.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Panama Canal
New York
Boston
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Semecoast
Gulf Mexico
Mediterranean
Vanity Cases Through the Ages in Ancient Civilizations
The article notes vanity cases and rouge mirrors found in ancient Nish and in ruins across northern Africa and Mesopotamia Egypt Greece Crete Troy. It argues women of distant times used similar beauty tools to attract, with styles changing little, while civilized societies show these items as signs of culture.
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Nish
Africa
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Greece
Crete
Troy
Sanitary Scouts Inspect Delewarn Backyards
One hundred Boy Scouts in Delewarn Ohio are conducting a sanitary survey of yards and alleys. They will report unsanitary conditions and then learn about sewage disposal, public works, and disease prevention to instill lasting health habits in the town’s youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delewarn
Comimunita
Dela- Wire
Manchester Refuses City Status Demand and Rips Ripples
The Manchester stance against becoming a city persists as it weighs obligations of city governance. The Waterbury Democrat notes Manchester would keep its town form, mocks the idea of advertising a noncity, and suggests editors may mock the move amid current state politics and bills.
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Manchester
Waterbury
Edna Ferber Compared to O. Henry in Tribute
Critics hail Edna Ferber as the female O Henry lauded for masterful short stories. Born in Kalamazoo, she started as a reporter in Appleton and Milwaukee, then flourished in magazines with prolific output and sharp observer wit.
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Miss Ferber
O. Henry
America
Dr Henry
Edna Ferber
Otd
Henry
Wisconsin
Kalamazoo
Appleton
Wis
Daily Crescent
Hkeens Observer
Milwaukee Journal
Chietge Tribune
Vier Idustry
United States
Andy
Heavest
Siperlalive Pearse
So Big De Tong In Farm Life Portrait
In a sparse memoir style the DeJong family in a southwest Chicago district is sketched. Dirk known as Simo grows amid a hard early life, with Selina his mother laboring in heat and dirt while tending to a frail infant and a farm routine that shapes their world and values.
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Simo
Chicago
New Holand
High
Tan
Dirk DeJong
Selina DeJong
Selina
Mala
Selina Peake A Girl Of The 80s Chicago Life
The narrative follows Selina Peake, daughter of Simeon Peake, a nomadic gambler with a past, as she moves from Vermont to Chicago in 1885. She grows amid Missister’s school, two aunts, a drifting father, and a life of travel, theatres, and early independence. After her mother’s death and her father’s gambling world, Selina faces a choice between teaching in a country school or pursuing work to sustain herself, while witnessing a dramatic flare of city life including a notorious public figure’s scandal.
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Dirk Dedong
Peter Peel
Citmen
Republic
Selina
Chicago
Simeon Denke
Lick
Simeon Peake
Hendin Horge Weils
Peortunie
Dareiog
Times
Byton
Jane Austen
Dickens
Charlotte Bronte
Felicia Hemans
Sarah
Abbie Peake
Prim Vermont
Vermont
Missister
Jule Hempel
August Hempel
Dick Swiveller
Sarah Crewe
Vse
Marti
Haverly
Fannie Davenport
Bimeon
Smneon Pouke
Shaeon Peake
Uylig
Aunt Sarah
Agnot Abbie
Fanny Davenport
Phuat
Julie Hempel
Sele
Smeon Peake
Selina Peake
Mistle Wister
Julies
Jie
Tebbitt
Selinws
Sellya
Sbucan Pouke
Jer Hawkins
Binco Venice
Se- Hind
Misses
Saral
Peake
Dane Hempel
Selma-Voukes
Miss
Julie
Tysniete
Whienga
Fayaior
High Prairie School
Selma Wall
Itv
Apes Verpel
Chetine Crane
Watehor
Lewis
Wansas CIA
Olunha
Denver
Henoliha
Michael Armald
Senate
Selina Wad Seeks New Life Beyond Chicago’s Gray October
Selina Wad travels from Chicago toward High Prairie region with hopes of starting anew. She meets Klaas Pool and views Illinois farmland, envisioning a bright future amid Dutch settlers and rural plenty, while contemplating a change from dull city life.
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Rodenbach
Pres
T. W. Ahern
Ereas
Edw
J. Ahern
See’y
Hamilton-De- Lisser Co
West Forty-Third St
Rum
France
Ameerica
Chauncey Depew
Sanitary Scouts
Ednat Ferber
Clark Agnew
Doubleday, Page & Co
WRI Service
Edna Werher
Sig
Father
Alleloth
Henmpel
Tebbitt’s
Dearborn Avenue
Chad
Shuffe
Julle
Bate Heompet Arnolds
Pratie Avenue
Bolina
Jolie
Rhee
Neverlands
Sehoor
Amsterdam
St Imother
Washington Irving
Klaas Pool
Burgundy
Mr. Pool
Kans Pool
Malsted
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