Nocturnal NY Life and Celebrity Feats Recalled
An anecdotal roundup recalls New York nightlife’s flashy era with mentions of Joan Barrymore Joan Cragford Franchot Tone and other stars, plus Sailors’ Snug Harbor and figures like Roland Hayes and Vincent Astor. It blends gossip, art scenes, and social standings into a single portrait of urban celebrity culture.
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New York
Manhattan
Barnes
Geo
Joan Barrymore
Tom Healey
Bustanoby
Roland Hayes
Harlem
Wallace Morgen
F. R. Cruger
Richard ‘Mansfield
Tompkins
Prince of Wales
Darling
Tad
H.T. Webster
Howard Chandler Christy
Pappy
William Rhinelander Stewart
Vincent “Astor
Secret Peace Conference at Westchester Club
A closed door meeting at Westchester Country Club Harrison New York named the National Peace Conference aimed at weakening U S defense and promoting socialist influence It allegedly seeks to attach a billion dollar housing rider to a bill and to oppose the army and navy sedition law and ROTC programs The piece attacks Carnegie endowments financing the conference calling it un American propaganda and urging suppression by Congress.
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Westchester Country Club
Harrison
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Congress
Women’s International League For Peace and Freedom
Committee On Militarists In Education
World Peaceways
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Carnegiet
America
Atriotic
League of Nations
United States
League
Carnegie
Carnegie Endowment of Direct Iis
Defects in Vision Defects in Vision
Royal S Copeland M D explains detectability of eye issues in very young children. Early treatment can correct cross eyes with glasses and eye exercises. Special instruments like retinoscopes and ophthalmoscopes aid diagnosis, while engaging visuals help force eye use.
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Royal S. Copeland
M.D
Geos
Dimi
1925 Sapmo Lights entry on Santa Claus charity drive
The article recalls past Sapmo Lights moments with Dr A A Luther of San Antonio who sought to help a single child. It notes Dec 26 1913 and Commissioner Ray Lambert reporting Christmas oyster bake and hospital relief efforts.
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A. A. Luther
San Antonio
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Npt
Ray Lambert
Lambert
Listen World You Must Create Your Own Life
A reflective piece by Elsie Robinson urges readers to measure life by inner growth not material gain. It argues happiness stems from emotion, curiosity, and personal risk, not wealth, possessions, or passive living. Audience is told to engage, talk, think, and act to transform daily existence into meaningful experience.
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Fang Will Taye
Jemeth
Asiing
Jong
Vathey
Rans
Altyn
Nietzsche’s Nietzschean Legacy in Nazi Propaganda
A 1935 account notes Elizabeth Foerster Nietzsche, sister of Friedrich, shielding his papers in Weimar. It argues Nazi leaders co-opted Nietzsche to justify antisemitism and militarism, claiming his ideas underpinned their “will to power” and the perversion of his philosophy to suit propaganda.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
Weimar
Elizabeth Foerster Nietzsche
Friederich Wil Helm
Nietzsche
Hitler
Thaze
German Republic
Nietasche
Sunerman
Klang Fea Syn
Republican Platform Should Be Drafted by Delegates
The GOP should let delegates at the national convention draft the platform and nominate the standard bearer. The party must show faith by deeds, favoring government of laws over personal rule, and avoid writing policy by committees or outsiders.
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Republican National Committee
Republiccan National Committee
White House
M. Hoover
Oorah
Landon
Dickinson
Krox
Orth
Ite
Dear Govt Letter Mocking Roosevelt Budget Debate
A dialect letter to President Roosevelt mocks balancing the budget and New Deal policies. The writer parodies political talk, cites a neighbor’s jokes, and questions deficit spending, urging restraint and criticizing the administration’s plans. The closing signature is Norman.
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Roosevelt
Verna
Youra
Norman
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