Henry Ford Values Plain Living and Charity Over Wealth
Dearborn, Mich. January 30. Henry Ford reads widely including Wells Outline of History and Hamsun Growth of the Soil and studies Emerson. He gives large sums to charity and his hospital in Detroit while spending modestly on personal needs, favoring plain foods and simple clothing. He restores a boyhood schoolhouse, preserves his homestead, and funds bird life protection. He enjoys football, theaters, and lectures, drives a Ford coupe for business, and avoids tobacco or alcohol.
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Henry Ford
Well
Knut Hamsun
Arthur Train
Ford
Emerson
Dearborn
Mich
Jaz
Detroit
Dearborn Township
Fo.d
Tie
State Auto Bureau Not Delaying Tags
Harrisburg reports the auto division shipped 47 000 more tag sets by Jan 31 than in 1923. Regent G. Srmon defends service levels noting 758 000 tag sets issued by the division that Saturday and 406 000 sent by Jan 31 1925. He cites weather and spring rush as factors in license timing.
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Harrisburg
Register TP
G. Srnon
Pennsylvania
Tennsylvania
Menant Theotal
Inverin
Tre
Wilson asked to lie with Unknown Soldier at Arlington
Washington reports the government proposed placing Woodrow Wilson’s body in Arlington Memorial Amphitheatre beside the Unknown Soldier. Mrs Wilson reportedly opposed the plan, with President Coolidge’s approval noted and Weeks informing the widow through Grayson. The offer faces legal and congressional questions and temporary entombment at the Episcopal Cathedral is mentioned.
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Washington
Fed
Woodrow Wilson
Arlington Memorial
Wilson
Coolidge
Weeks
Grayson
Congress
War Department
Wilsons
Episcopal
Bethlehem
Ehepst
National Cathedral
D. i
Alfred Jodine Ile
Tarding
Henry Vaughan
Clagett
Faust Episcopal
Satterler
Hostess Is Robbed by Dinner Guests in York
Mrs John Dotter hosts two young women invited to dinner. after dessert the pair steal jewelry valued over 800 dollars, including four diamond brooches and two rings, as detectives close in. Mrs Dottera was en route to Sunday school when she learned of the theft in the dining room.
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York
John Dotter
Foo
Dattera
Traction
Florida bans any fights between potential contenders
Miami promoters prepared for a Stribling Carpentier contest received a strong signal from the Florida governor that no sanctioned bouts between top contenders will be allowed in the state.
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Miami
Florida
First Woman Passes Institute of Chartered Accountants Final
Miss Ethel Watts BA becomes the first woman to complete the final examination of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and passes into the ranks of a highly exclusive profession. After university study, three years of intermediate and final exams follow.
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Ethel Watts
Institute of Chartered Accountants
England
A Et
Michigan Moves to Break Up House of David Colony
The state of Michigan faces a court battle to dissolve the House of David colony at Heaton Harbor. Circuit Judge Beland Carr hears quo warranto proceedings accusing leaders including Benjamin Purnell of immorality fraud and defiance of state laws. The case asks the court to revoke the colony’s corporate franchise and compel disbandment.
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Michigan
Lansing
Mich
Heaton Harbor
Beland Carr
Benjamin Purnell
King
Judge Carr
Coluny
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Ernest L. Lynn
NEA
Pord
People of
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Conning Times
Win
Ienry Ford
State Auto Bureau
Arlington Amphitheatre
Mexico
Baderiocom
Ene
Wek
Graeme Berns Sendels
Bern Us
Burns
Los Angeles
California
Lye
P.C. Tomson & Co
Philadelphia
DSE
Doan
Frederick
Harry W. E. Brachey
Carpenter
Foster-Milburn Co., Mfg
Bulfato
N.Y
Rafael Sabatini
Staad
Cromwell
Randal Goltes
Celone
Duke of Buckingham
Sylvia Parquherson
Sabatini
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