Slippery Rock Centennial Highlights Local History
The 100 year celebration in Slippery Rock, formerly Centreville, marks its rise with the state normal school, improved highways, and notable visitors like George Washington and Lafayette. The piece notes Old Stone House lore, growth since rail access, and urges New Castle residents to join the week’s exercises while reflecting on penal reform debates in public policy.
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Rock
New Castle
Slippery Rock
Centreville
Butler
Harrisville
Normal School
Pittsburgh
Erie
George Washington
Lafayette
Cries for Reform Echo in American Penal System
The article argues that the American penal system fails to fulfill its purpose and faces universal criticism. It notes ongoing operation but fundamental weaknesses, with widespread scrutiny of its efficacy and calls for improvement or overhaul.
Modern Homeand Furniture Demand Reflects Home Trends
The piece argues the furniture trade mirrors home life, noting Americans buy more and better furniture, while forecasters predict a decline in home appeal. It asserts advertising reflects existing demand, not creating it, and that high advertising volume does not guarantee higher quality or value.
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United States
Bible Thought for Today on Right Living
A devotional snippet quoting Micah 6 8 urging justice mercy and humility as the Lord s requirements. The piece frames a concise moral rule from scripture and presents it as guidance for daily conduct.
Safety Sam Says Vacation Hurry Risk Warns
The column insists the danger of breaking a neck from rushing home on vacation is largely overstated. It argues people should not panic about travel fatigue and urges sensible pacing and caution rather than alarm.
Purity in Politics and Pettiness in Town Notices
The piece rails at Governor Pinchot and praises Judge Emery for reelection, then shifts to a jumble of local items. It notes a Reynoldstown school reunion, labor ads for Chicago barbers seeking union conditions, and rising calls for broader advertising by professionals. It teases scandals, weddings, taxes, and road projects, ending with miscellaneous opinions and quips.
Birth, children, and gorillas in a Idaho snapshot satire
A long fragmented column riffs on alfalfa as the greatest crop, birth rates, and social mores. It cites a Rigby Idaho gathering, celebrates large families, critiques birth control, and parodies Reason with remarks on gorillas walking on tiptoe. It weaves in quotes about punishment, philosophy, and brain size, ending with a defense of maternal influence over history.
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Rigby
Idaho
Call
Angen V. Call
Aftan
Wya
Mr. Call
Wyoming
World figures and oddities in wartime era notes
The piece blends commentary on debt attitudes abroad with vivid portraits of political leaders. It mentions Premier Stanley Bruce of Australia as a rising Commonwealth figure, honors from war, and a chaotic scene about international finance and the League of Nations, all reflected through a fragmented newspaper voice.
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Stanley M. Bruce
Australia
John T. Raylston
Scapas
Dayton
Tenn
League of Nations
Bruce’s rapid rise to Prime Minister in Australia
The passage notes Bruce’s swift ascent after 1921 to the Australian government, his reputation for eloquence and tact, and his brief tenure in parliament before becoming prime minister following veteran leader Hughes’s retirement. It highlights a meteoric political career within a few years.
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Bruce
Australia
Talen
Hughes
Appreciation and Creation in Art and Society
Dr Frank Crane argues that appreciation and creation are partners in producing greatness. He cites concert scenes with Chaliapin and Woodsworth, noting audiences shape art. without listeners, even fine work falters. Appreciation fuels production and value in culture.
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Chaliapin
Volga
Russia
New York
East Side
Lawrence Tibbett
Ford
Falstal
Navy
Woodsworth
Tha McClure
Sentence Sermons On Being A Mother And Trust
A reflective piece urging women to aspire to motherhood and wise conduct. It weighs the responsibilities of earning a son’s confidence, guiding audiences, and facing youthful deception. It cautions against sacrificing modesty for popularity and emphasizes integrity in social moments.
American Hunters Invade Scotland for Grouse Season
Edinburgh Aug 6 American hunters plan another invasion of Scotland for grouse shooting and deer season. Scottish estate agents report rising business as the biggest preserves are leased to wealthy Americans including R H W McCurdy of New York who rented 35000 acre Duke of Richmond and Gordon preserve in Banffshire. Other Americans have leased Highlands mansions and preserves. Prices for preserves remain high from 5000 to 10000 dollars.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
R. H W. McCurdy
New York
Las
Duke of Richmond
Banffshire
Priess
World and the Mud Puddies Pride of Family
The piece discusses family legacy in business, noting Woolworths as a monument to its founder. It reports F W Woolworth is dead, Norman B Woolworth will resign, and that Norman, Yale graduate, married in Westminster, works at Woolworths in London, returning to the U S this fall.
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Woolworth's
London
Woolworth’s
Westminster
United States
Woolworth Company
Republic
Over the Road Observations on Life and Death
A 1925 poem by Edgar Guest contemplates life as a shared road with rich and poor, youth and age, joy and sorrow. The speaker recalls traveling to homes of mourners, noting that all must walk the same path, from hope to dread, until final return.
Anniversaries of Ben Jonson and Notable Figures
A list of historical figures with birthdays and deaths: Ben Jonson born 1574 and buried in London. Daniel O'Connell born in Kerry, Ireland, died in Genes May 15, 1847. Thomas Atkinson, third Episcopal bishop of North Carolina, born Dinwiddie Va, died Wilmington NC Jan 4, 1809. Alfred Tennyson born and death Oct 6, 1892. Also Tangier bombarded by French fleet under Prince de Joinville. President Moreno of Ecuador assassinated in Quito. William C. Oates elected governor of Alabama. Hardine funeral train reached Chicago.
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Ben Jonson
London
Daniel O'Connell
Couny Kerry
Ireland
Genes
Thomas, Atkinson
North Carolina
Dinwidde County
Wilmington
N. C
Lord Alfred Tennyson
Tangier
Prince de Joinville
Moreno of
Steers Set New Market Record in Kansas City Trade
Fat killing steers at the Kansas City market reached a new peak at 14.85 dollars, marking a 35 cent rise over yesterday’s five year high. The record price was reported from KC, Missouri, by the International News Service.
Treaty talks wrap up in Loarcden a year ago
One year past, Great Britain and the Soviet government of Russia completed treaty negotiations in Loarcden, marking a formal end to the discussions and setting terms for future relations between the two nations.
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Great Britain
Russia
Loarcden
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