Feird ritual marks purification rites for marriage
Bombay reports on a proposed purification ceremony for Miss Miller before marrying the ex-maharaja of Indore. The rite includes Ganges water baths, Pancha Gavya, fire rituals, and a seven-step sapta padi. The bride gains a Hindu name, kum kum mark, and mangalsutra before a public wedding with feasting and procession.
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Bombay
India
Miss Miller
Doctor Ketkar
Poona
Ganesh
Bride Freed in Ax Murder Wentworth Trial
Alma Petty Gatlin, a 21 year old bride from Wentworth North Carolina, was acquitted by the jury of murdering her father with an axe after a sensational trial. The defense argued self defense and emotional distress amid the courtroom drama.
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Bride
Wentworth, N. C
Alma Petty Gatlin
Max
U S launching new plan to halt wars
Washington reports a U S effort to create a binding treaty banning war, with Secretary Kellogg drafting a note to France's M Claudel for Briand to invite other powers to join. The plan aims for a multilateral agreement superseding earlier bilateral visions and may concede on defining aggressive wars.
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Washington
United States
Kellogg
Coolidge
M. Claudel
Europe
Briand
France
America
Root
Bryan
Canadian Progressives Seek U. S. Reciprocity
In Ottawa the Progressive party pushes for reciprocal trade with the United States in natural products as part of a tariff plan. Burt W. Fancher, Ontario Progressive, reads the platform and criticizes the revision as inadequate for relief to consumers. A Conservative amendment would censure the government over Canada’s emigration to the U S.
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Ottawa
Ont
House of Commons
United States
Progressive Party
Burt W. Fancher
Ontario Progressive
Canada
Women Protest Berlin Official Skirt Order
Women employed in government postal telephone and telegraph services protest a uniform rule mandating skirts extend at least eight inches below the knees. The order was issued by Dr. Walther Schaetzel, minister of the interior, with objections citing impracticality and an outmoded standard.
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Berlin
Walther Schaetzel
Interior
Illinois Gas Tax Overturned by Illinois Supreme Court
The Illinois Supreme Court struck down the two cent gasoline tax law enacted in 1927 after a fierce legislative fight. The ruling nullifies the tax on any appeal from Kane County Circuit Court decision.
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Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
Illinois
Kane County
Senate approves Reed bill on nonquota immigration
The Senate passed the Reed bill to admit foreign professors teachers and scientists to the United States as nonquota immigrants.
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Washington
Senate
Reed
United States
Great Man's Weakness and Patience Quote
A condensed reflection by John Calvin on his struggle with patience. He notes many vices but highlights patience as a ferocious wild beast to conquer, framing it as a persistent internal challenge rather than a total defeat.
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John Calvin
Clarifying the Difference Between Savings and Checking
An ecemist explains the distinction between savings and checking accounts. The piece notes that savings builds for the future with interest while checking provides daily access for transactions and payments.
U S Mail Robbers Confess Big Theft
Chicago police report several bandits tied to blowing up a mail car at Evergreen Park and fleeing with about $133,000. Donovan and Cleaver gave confessions. officers seek total recovered sum while tracing ties to earlier bank thefts and a mortgage banker holdup.
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Chicago
Evergreen Park
William E. O'Connor
William Donovan
Charles Cleaver
Ravenswood National Bank
Joseph Fekete
West
Chicago Avenue
O’connor
Cleaver
Donovan
William Carmody
Angelo Francisco
Joseph Lamm
Carmody
Grand Trunk
Lonely St. Maria
Mike Mills
Detective Bureau
Frank
Michael Meccia
Eddy Street
Beverly Gills
German Delegate Proposes Geneva Peace Steps
The German delegate to the League Security Committee presented three concrete proposals to preserve peace. They urge disputing parties to accept provisional recommendations to prevent escalation, accept League Council guidance to restore or maintain military status quo during danger of war, and accept armistice recommendations once hostilities have begun.
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Geneva
League Security Committee
League Council
Lash and Prison for 5 Bandits Montreal
Five youths were convicted of holding up a butcher in Montreal Quebec receiving a total of 36 years actual imprisonment and 36 lashes. The sentences reflect a strict provincial response to the crime and demonstrate the period's harsh penalty approach. The group faced collective punishment underscoring the severity of the robbery.
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Montreal
Quebec
Odd Wedding Customs Prevailing in India
Reports from Bombay describe extraordinary marriage rites in Bardoli near Ahmedabad where a Brahmin girl with blindness from smallpox is wed to a pipal tree after her father's deathbed wish. Hindu ceremonies join the tree and castes dinner precedes the ritual, reflecting beliefs on marriage and social duty.
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India
Bombay
Bardoli
Ahmedabad
Deacons Compared: Josh Billings Quip on Moderation
Quotation notes that even a moderate deacon is better than a red hot one. The line reflects Josh Billings humor about taste in church leaders and temperance.
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Josh Billings
Apotheosis of the Pancake Sign in Restaurant Window
A sign in a Boston restaurant window proclaims Waf fles of Class and Distinction. The fragment reflects a humorous or disrupted message captured by the Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
Wrinkled Hearts and Hidden Marks of the Soul
A reflective piece compares wrinkled faces to wrinkled hearts. It cites an old French writer and the London Chronicle, naming traits like selfishness in Mr. Greedy and cruelty as marks on the heart. The text urges vigilance against heartache and moral flaws.
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London Chronicle
Greedy
Calais
Mary
Boston's First Name and Origin of Trimountaine
The article notes that Boston began as Trimountaine in August 1630 due to three peaks on Beacon Hill. It later received the name Boston in 1752, linked to the English town of that name, while some leaders’ relatives were among settlers from Boston. The Indians called the settlement Shawmut.
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Boston
Trimountaine
Beacon Hill
Shawmut
Happy Thought From Lonefellow About Love and Safety
A brief aphorism by Lonefellow exhorts loving one another as protection against harm, asserting truth stands firm even in mischance and adversity.
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Lonefellow
Happiness Grows At Home Not From Strangers
A short proverb-like note quotes delight in homegrown joy with a remark on happiness not found in strangers. The fragment hints at a domestic proverb attributed to Gerrold or similar name.
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Cgerrold
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