Judge faces Chicago backlash over birth control remark
Chicago leaders attack Judge Harrison Ewing of Cleveland for threatening a jail sentence to Otto Kouris and his wife Helen over future children. Board of Education member and Mrs Leonora Meyer call for removal, urging judges to avoid meddling in private matters.
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Harrison Ewing
Cleveland
Ewing
Otto Kouris
Helen
William S. Hefferman
Leonora E. Meyer
Judge Ewing's warning on family size sparks political clash
Mrs. Charles Wendell Holmes of the National Patriotic Association and Mrs. Mabel C. Reinecke of the Internal Revenue Service endorsed Judge Ewing. They argued the nation’s home and family life shape economic standards and warned that poverty follows insufficient family provision. The remarks link lunacy commission opinions to standards for raising children amid low weekly earnings.
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Charles Wendell Holmes
National Patriotic Association
Judee Ewins
Does his mother realize Does California Fig Syrup aid growth
A vintage health ad warns that constipation dulls children and claims California Fig Syrup cleans and regulates bowels. It argues regularity restores energy, complexion, appetite, and growth, urging buyers to seek the genuine product with California on the package.
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California
Brighton Notes and Local Obituaries A Busy Week
Brighton area news items report visits by Don Lawrence and sons to the Goss families. Mrs. Burge died January 1 at age 93, with funeral services held at the Burrows home and burial in Brighton cemetery. Survivors include daughters Mrs. John Burrows and Mrs. Owen Rolfe, sons Virgil and Vern, six grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Also noted are births, relocations, and illness updates including Eliza Stocking’s decline and Ira Lee’s flu.
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Donnie Lawrence
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Great Beyond
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Lake Worth
Florida
Vern Burge
Lorain
Erwin Perkins
William
Reuben Fenner
Batavia
Michigan
Ben Fenner
Will M’kenzie
Ralph Myers
Eliza Stocking
Charles Murray
Wellington
Ira Lee
New boom town Bodine City springs up near Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City a rapid boom town named Bodine City appeared just 48 hours after a discovery gusher started pumping oil. A penciled sign on a discarded board announced the name as the town formed around the field.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Bodine City
British Shipyards Rush Luxury Liner Boom Across Atlantic
Brita steamship firms mobilize millions to build fast luxurious liner tonnage boosting competition with German French and Italian rivals amid plans for turbo electric engines and vibration free travel. Major orders include Canadian Pacific four ships of 20 000 tons and a 49 900 ton vessel while White Star Cunard Orient Union Castle Lamport and Holt and others race to expand fleets with motor and oil driven liners and new super liners.
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Brita Steamship
Canadian Pacific Railroad Company
White Star-lines
Cunard Company
Atlantic
Mauretania
Orient Line
Dempster
Pacific Stream Navigation
Rancoon
Lamport and
Holt
New Zealand Shipping Co
Nelson Line
Belfast
Union Castle Company
New England Motor Tourists Increase
More than 265099 visiting motorists, a 10 percent rise from 1927, toured New England last summer, based on American Automobile Association checks by A A A clubs in New England from June 1 to October 31, 1928. The report credits the program of selling New England run by 18 affiliated clubs and 205060 motorists seeking service.
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Boston
New England
American Automobile Association
New England Motor Tourist Patterns Revealed by National Body
A national motor club study outlines motor tourist origins and destinations. Of 206 950 tourists, 86 percent came from East of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio, 6 percent from East of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio. Sixty percent said they were on a general tour of New England with no fixed destination, while Massachusetts led with 31 746 travelers, Maine 27 401, and New Hampshire 16 180 among those with specific destinations. The report notes travel through September into October, suggesting a longer New England vacation season.
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O National Motoriog
Mississippi
Ohio River
Ohio
New England
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Round-Up Selects 50 Deer for England Strain Upgrade
Sir Henry Dering held a round-up of 400 deer on his Ashford estate to pick 50 top animals for shipment across England to improve the native strain. Wells, the King's head ranger, rode the herd on horseback and made the selections.
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England
Ashford
Henry Dering
Wells
King’s Head
Prosecution tally under 1928 Pure Food Act
Two hundred sixty seven individuals faced prosecution in 1928 under the Pure Food Act, reflecting enforcement intensity and public health concerns of the era.
Dixie Fire Kindler Ad Claims Safe Cheaper Than Wood
An advertisement for Dixie Fire Kindler promotes it as cheaper than wood and safer than oil, highlighting its convenience as a match. Crook's Coal & Supply Co. lists phone 2178 for orders.
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Dixie
Crook’s Coal & Supply Co
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