Delegates meet in Cathedral for Pennsylvania Home Circle convention
From 67 Pennsylvania counties delegates gather in New Castle for the Protected Home Circle convention. The article lauds the order founded on Americanism, highlighting its 33,000 Pennsylvania members and its long history of charity, thrift, and service. It notes New Castle as host and welcomes the visitors.
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Pennsylvania
Protected Home Circle
New Castle
Sharon
Pennsylvannia
Lawrence County
Doctor Dissent on Professions Guilds and Open Competition
Dr Mayo of Rochester argues against restrictive guild like barriers in medicine and law. He supports high academic standards but vetoes closed professional doors that create aristocratic guilds and restrict entry. He says progress comes from an open system that rewards the fittest under the American model.
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Mayo
Rochester
Minnesota
Bts
Portrait of a Public Enemy in Luciano Portrait Trial
A courtroom psychiatric report on Charles Lucky Luciano recounts his criminal ascent from schoolyard delinquent to New York racketeer. It portrays him as self-centered, thrill driven, and contemptuous of steady work, framing the criminal mind as a product of environment and choice while urging crime prevention through understanding.
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New York
Charles
Lucky Luciano
Lucania
Sully
Schmeling Louis Fight Rumors Stir Across Ocean
On board the Nor Mandie dated June 22 the ship carries brief notes on the Schmeling Louis bout. Odds favor Schmeling 10 to 1 as Louis, seen by some as unbeatable, faces criticism from those who doubt his chances. Despatches from the French side report France’s finance crisis with 60 billion francs at stake, capital flight, and an amnesty until July 15 for returning funds, while Leon Blum’s government presses the money problem amid warnings of confiscation for later departures.
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Normandie
Louis
France
Manelal
Vincent Auriol
Chamber
Leon Blum
Para Saven
Tourists in Germany See Green Forests and Bears
The piece warns visitors that Germany’s Black Forest is green not black and that Nuremberg Zoo bears are not to be feared. It explains a Sartenhaus is a key part of apartment living, notes Munich opera as a people’s theater, and mentions a beer tax funding a theater in three years. It suggests seeing the Student Prince at university venues.
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Germany
Nuremberg
Munjch
All Of Us By Mahkshall Maslin
A reflective essay argues that individuals cannot live in isolation. It asserts humans depend on others and society, and personal freedom requires ties to the lives of surrounding people. The piece contends trying to live solely for oneself is neither practical nor moral.
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All of Us By
Mahkshall Maslin
South Seas
Lfe
Etiquette Hints on Formal Calls in Drawing Rooms
A compact etiquette note advises guests not to prolong introductions beyond five minutes unless the hostess asks them to stay longer. It emphasizes concise formal calls in drawing rooms and mindful social pacing.
Sour methods of cultivation and a pear tree pun
A jumble of dated hints and jokes about politics, domestic life, and a farmer's quip. The piece includes a aimless mix of puzzles, satire, and light humor referencing sauerkraut, a Kan 88S woman, unpaid labor, and a farmer's pear tree joke.
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Agricultural College
Fragments of a Chaotic 1920s Humdrum Notebook
A jumble of anecdotes and vignettes from urban life and national affairs. Police, wage, and crime notes mingle with satire on presidents and Prohibition era habits, plus oddities about workers, drivers, and public notices. The tone resembles a late era column of miscellanies.
Dear Miss Markel Engagement Advice on Wedding Dates
A reader asks if a bride should set a wedding date or let the fiancé decide. The answer says the bride normally marks her silver and jewelry with her own initials, while items bought after marriage bear the married initials. the husband’s initials should never be marked on those pieces.
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Miss Marble
Mutua
Wah
Miss Markel
Kent
Nerse
Wattins-syndicate
Third Party Prospects Darken in Coughlin Era
Central Press staff surveys say a Father Coughlin third party likely fails to gain statewide traction but could siphon votes from Roosevelt in Ohio and Michigan. A real third force may form around labor and agrarian groups led by John L. Lewis, with Progressives wary of Coughlin and Townsend. One man, Father Coughlin, would steer any national labor party, raising risks for Roosevelt if the effort advances.
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Leslie Echel
Central Press
Father Coughlin
Ohio
Michigan
Roosevelt
Gerald L. K. Smith
Charles E. Coughlin
Dr. Townsend
Lkely
Thay Party
Industria Crafts
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Jack
Coughlin
Townsend
National Union
Just Folks by Edgar A Guest
A reflective piece comparing a school misfit who cannot spell but masters practical knowledge of nature and survival. The narrator envies the boy’s instinctual wisdom, arguing real worth lies in practical skill and understanding of the world over formal schooling. Copyright 1936.
TODAY Is The Day By CLARK KINNAIRD 833 Central Press
A fragmented OCR page lists notable nativities and historical notes from 1800s to 1930s, mentioning figures such as Konrad Berecovic Julian Husley and Mrs Carole O Day, plus remarks on Continental Congress currency, a balloon duel near Paris, Paul Murphy the chess champion and patents granted. The jumbled text also cites U S and Cuba events, and a stray Civil War era phrase about Emory Colere Students.
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Clark Kinnaird
Central Press
Morrow Lindbergh
Konrad Berecovic
Julian Husley
Thomas Henry Huxley
Carole O'Day
Bible Thought for Today Forsake not an old friend and new wine
An item features a proverb styled quote referencing old friends and new wine with mixed, unclear attributions. It includes a misquoted Bible verse and a Goethe line, presented as a short daily thought. The text read like a devotional note with fragmented wording and odd phrasing.
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Homestead
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Pennsylvania Scenic and His Works Commssion
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Harrisburg
George Bell
Des, Moines, Towd
Mrs. Hell
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Summit
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Yvestervyour
Edward
G'wan
Pittsburgh
Beter Traffic Committee
Llegal
Francine Markel
Rane
Kyale
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Laborites
United States
Edgar A
Schoel
Edgar A. Guest
Continental Congress
George
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Yulee
M. de Grandpre
M. Les Pigue
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Paris
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Jane
Paul Claries Murphy
New Orleans
U. S
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John Ireland Howe
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Rene Laygonniere
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Caroulian
Se. Jon
Riv
Florida
Department of Justice
G-men
Willam R. Shafter
Daiquiri
Santiago
Cuba
Artemus Ward
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Emory Colere
Goethe
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