From Printers Devil to Lincoln's Cabinet
A long, winding tale links Pike County Free Press editor Garbutt to future figures John G. Nicolay and John Hay. Nicolay helps Lincoln rise. Hay becomes secretary of state and promotes the Open Door to China. Pittsfield, Illinois, honors four men on courthouse rock: Lincoln, Douglas, Nicolay, Hay.
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Z. N. Garbutt
Pike County
Fate
Garbutt
Pittsfield
John G. Nicolay
John Hay
Nicolay
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Washington
House
Twain
Hay
Court of St. James
McKinley
Roosevelt
United States
New York Tribune
Horace Greeley
China
Great Britain
Paris
Supreme Court of the
Ill
Stephen A. Douglas
John Hay Douglas
Senate
Publishers Ride With Detroit GM Buses Escort
Michigan publishers on a Detroit trip alongside General Motors buses enjoyed a police escorted procession. Motorcycle officers halted cross traffic and drew surprised looks from pedestrians and drivers as the first escort of the year passed through the city.
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Michigan
Detroit
Proving Grounds
General Motors
First U S Newspaper Was Short Lived and Suppressed
The first U S publication Public Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestic appeared September 25 1690 in Boston but was banned by the government as “reflections of a very high nature” leaving only one surviving copy in London.
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Aeerica
Richard Pierce
Benjamin Harris
Boston
Colonial State Paper
London
B. Green
John Campbel
Campbel
Lord Hardwicke
Michigan Press Outing features and reflections at Put-in-Bay
Sidelights from the Michigan Press Association outing recounts hospitality from Dustin and Crane, with Detroit Times staff, Michigan Bell, and other editors attending. The piece notes police escorts through Grand River traffic, Aimee Semple McPherson sighting, and plans for a Upper Peninsula trip. A 1929 Tacoma meeting and a Book Cadillac dinner bond news and ad agency ties.
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C. W. Hungerford
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
MPA
Cadillac Hotel
Detroit
Pen Points: Witty maxims and social musings
A collection of brief aphorisms on life work relationships and society. Sharp lines note humor practicality and human folly across topics from airports and influence to marriage and understanding. Each quip offers a compact reflection on daily conduct and character.
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Jack
Graham Paige Motors Showcases Extreme Automotive Tests
Graham-Paige unveils a Detroit lab with arctic and Sahara climate rooms for engine and car testing. The multi room facility includes 60 ton ice refrigeration, dynamometer bays, a noiseless chamber, road shock rollers, and the stroborama system to time parts with 1000 candle power neon tubes.
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Graham-Paige
Sahara
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Medbury
Jefferson
McDougall
Michigan Press
Mr. Dustin
The
Ashley & Dustin Lines
Put-in- Bay
G. S. Crane
Campbell- Ewald
Put-in-Bay
Roger Andrews
Poobah
Menominee
Detroit Times
Norman C. Hill
Sault Ste. Marie
Michigan Conservation Commission
Times
Clifford ©. Ward
Charlotte Tribune
Grand River Avenue
Aimee Semple McPherson
Los Angeles
Masonic Temple
Fort Shelby
Billy Sunday
Jong
Upper F Peninsula
Upper Peninsula
Lower Peninsula
National Association of State Press
Tacoma
Dad
Adams
Fowlerville Revion
George H. A. Shaw
Pigeon Progress
Joe Sturgeon
Gladstone Delta Reporter
Joe
Perch
George
Graham-Paige Motors
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