Stearns Seen as Guiding Factor in Coolidge Affairs
Washington observers view Frank W. Stearns Boston merchant and Coolidge confidant as the president’s key adviser. He frequented the executive suite after Coolidge’s accession, arranging access for Justice Sanford and shaping early policy with Massachusetts allies.
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Coolidge
Washington, D. C
Frank W. Stearns
Boston
Colonel House
Woodrow Wilson
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Justice Sanford
Supreme Court
Boston Merchant
Executive Mansion
Washington
Harding
Frank Waterman
Provident Institution of Savings
Congregationalist Church
Chi Psi Fraternity
Massachusetts
Middlesex
Algonquin
Brae
William M. Butler
Venta Daugherty
Butler
Ron
Bay State
New England
House
Gillette
Weeks
Winslow
Greene
Treadway
Rogers
Lodge
Senate
Congress
Airplane Poultry Quip Sparks Laughs at Market Stall
An amused customer scolds a poultry seller using a joke about airplane chickens. The exchange centers on a complaint about wings without meat, delivered with a punchline that elicits laughter from bystanders.
Rail consolidation debate tests strong and weak lines
The Interstate Commerce Commission weighs grouping financially strong and weak railroads into systems. Strong roads resist acquisitions of weak lines, complicating plans to create efficient nationwide networks. The piece notes Northeast and Southwest examples and cites historical proposals and local commentary.
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Agre
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Northeast
Congress
Mississippi River
West
Union Pacific
Hill Lines
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Southwest
Gould
Frisco
Katy
Missouri Pacific
Walter Splawn
The Bootlegger and His Loyal Network
The piece laments bootleggers as criminals yet notes they attract patrons who support them to perjury and crime. It argues the public enables bootleggers, undermining law and raising questions about who bears greater guilt for illegal activity.
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Gazette-Times
Hell
Earth
Volstead
Sterling City News-Record
Yes We Have No Canaries Today
A playful newsboy ditty about a missing song bird and a chase through a flat ends with a jaunty ta da line. The verse uses whimsy to evoke a lighthearted urban snapshot and a refrain about selling through advertising.
Hayes Healing Honey with Grove's Open-Trate Salve
Quick cough relief touted for Hayes Healing Honey with Grove's Open-Trate Salve. The salve is rubbed on the chest and throat of children with colds or croup. The two remedies are sold together in one carton for 35 cents.
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Hayes
Grove
Hayes Healing Honey
Calomel dangers urged over Dodson's Liver Tone
An ad warns calomel sours bile and damages teeth and bones, urging readers to avoid it. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable laxative that quickens relief without salivation, offering a refund and suitability for children.
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Dodson
Habitual Laxative Syrup Promoted for Regularity
An advertisement promotes LAX FOS WITH PEPSIN as a prepared Syruphonic laxative for habitual constipation. It claims relief when taken regularly for 14 to 21 days to induce regular action and regulate bowel movement, noting pleasant taste.
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Wood
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Victor Fleming
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George Melford
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Pecos
Rialto Theatre
Texas
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Mary Miles Minter
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Cecil B. DeMille
Jack Holt
Satan
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Wilma Rubens
Bert Lytell
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