Satirical Take on Political Conventions and Speakers
A veteran observer mocks political conventions from a distant seat, criticizing keynote speakers as repetitive and dull. He jests about women delegates, contrasts notable figures like Dewey and Taft, and jokes about a purgatorial future spent listening to sanctified politicians.
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Tippecanoe
Tyler
Java
Tilbe
Stassen
Vandenberg
Warren
da Vinci
Taft
Caesar
Fred Allen
Lincoln
Jeanne d’Arc
First Arrivals at Convention Warn of Riotous Delegates
The writer, recalling Philadelphia conventions, laments delegates eager for banners and drama at three in the morning. He recalls 1932 Democratic chaos, including whiskey soaked rooms and wrestling a senator. He jokes about selling his seat to avoid the nomination grind for America’s top job. Distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc.
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Hitler
Sherman Hotel
Philadelphia
McNaught Syndicate
Ine
First White Resident of Okmulgee Arrives as Smith Blacksmith
Silas Smith, a blacksmith and the first white resident in Okmulgee Oklahoma, was sent by the federal government to help the Creek Indians with farming tools and tools. His arrival marks a notable early federal effort to aid Creek agriculture.
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Okmulgee
Okla
Silas Smith
Vermont Minister Will Occupy Pulpit Here
The Rev. Don Ivan Patch of Dorset Vermont will be the guest preacher at the morning service at the First Congregational Church Sunday. Patch, a World War I chaplain and former pastor in several New England and Washington DC churches, holds degrees from Harvard Ban gor Theological and Andover. His sermon topic is Where Do You Live. He is in Oberlin this week as a delegate to a biennial General Council meeting. The pulpit vacancy arose when Rev William A Leath and Mrs Leath left for Tennessee due to Mrs Leath’s sister’s illness. The Leaths plan to return to Elyria soon.
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Don Ivan Patch
Dorset
Vermont
First Congregational Church
Patch
Westfield
Beverly
Mass
Arlington
First Church
Washington
New Jersey Association
Oberlin
General Council of
Congregational Christian Churches
Wiliam A. Leath
Leath
Tennessee
Leaths
M Lockerby
Elyria
Palmer man fined for drunken driving after garlic claim
A 73-year-old Palmer retiree facing a drunken driving charge claimed garlic odor, not alcohol, was on his breath. In district court the defense failed and he was fined $50. The note also states China has about 210 million acres of land with 60,000,000 farmers.
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Palmer
Mass
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