Dr Glenn Frank chosen for Wisconsin presidency
Thursday May 21 1925 sets forth why Dr Glenn Frank was selected to head the University of Wisconsin at age 38. The piece highlights his original ideas on state university politics and argues for collaboration among scholars clergy and politicians to pursue the good life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Frank
Century Magazine
Ohio
Dr. Frank
Board of Regents
Parsons
Birds and Birthdays on a Historic Calendar
A digest of notable anniversaries and birthdays drawn from a bygone issue. It highlights figures from politics, aviation, and industry such as ElizabEth Fry, George Lafayette Beal, and Glenn Curtiss, alongside dates marking events from 1768 to mid 1800s and a 1-year-ago note on indemnity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
China
John L. Hines
United States Army
Sulphur Sprogs
W. Va
Gustav Lindeatnu
Hell Gate Bridge
Bruns
Austria
Charles J. Buleck
Harvard University
Boston
Ellen Wilson McAdoo
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Glenn H. Curtiss
Hammondsport
N.Y
Morning Roundup of Obituaries and Events Across Regions
Today marks the birth centenary of Gen George L Beal and the ordination anniversary of Rt Rev Samuel A Strict. Buckingham Palace hosts a Spring court opening. Ontario allows 44 percent beer sales. Busts for Warshall Cushman and NYU Hall of Fame candidates unveiled. Exporters meet in St Louis to discuss Latin America trade. Presbyterian general assemblies begin in Columbus, Leaington, and Nashville. Conventions open in Baltimore Atlantic City St Louis Raleigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Beal
Maine
Samuel A
Toledo
Buckingham Palace
London
Ontaro
John Warshall
Charlotte Cushman
New York University
Mississippi
Nashville
Baltimore
Harvard Clubs
Atlantic City
American Therapeutic Society
ST. Louis
American Urological Association
Raleigh
United Commercial Travelers of the
Carolinas
Rufus Isaacs’s Storied Career From Stockbroker to Viceroy
Fifty years ago Rufus Isaacs sailed to India as an apprentice on an East Indian merchantman and later rose from London stock broker to law, M P for Reading, Solicitor General, Attorney General, Lord Chief Justice, and finally Viceroy of India in 1921. His tenure coincided with Amritsar unrest and mounting nationalist movements as he balanced reform and opposition.
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Lord Reading
Rufus Daniel Isaacs
India
London
Midaie Temple
Reading
England
United States
America
Amritsar
Mahatma Bandhi
O'Devers
Moore
Montague-Chelmsford
Lord Reaaing
Calcutta
Chevrois des 33 Cn. plans and Florida talks
ABE MARTIN notes about planning for tourists in Florida and speculation on future industry. Lemmie Peters envisions coal mining if Ford proceeds with airplane production.
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ABE_MARTIN
Chevrois Des
Florida
Lemmie Peters
Ford
Gandhi and British Rule Stir Eastward Dissent
In 1931 British action in India remained slow as Gov House faced pressure from Gandhi's noncooperation. Historians note the balance of restraint and unity among Indian leaders, with Lord Reading delaying Gandhi's arrest until 1922 when conflicts with Muslim and Hindu factions surfaced and British policy shifted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government House
India
Gandhi
Lord Reading
Commonplace Life and Beauty by Busan Coolidge
A poem explores the idea of a commonplace life with sun sky flowers birds and stars as ordinary yet meaningful. It contrasts a dark world without nature’s beauty while God shapes each soul from common lives into a beautiful whole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Busan Coolidge
The Way of the World by Grove Patterson
A mix of commentary on daring seaside stunts and a leaders page highlights a $25 million New York merger involving Rebel Coal & Ice and Ice Service, names Sam Rubel’s rise from Russia, and notes Chicago’s Bundeson offering laughter as medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove Patterson
New York
Rebel Coal & Ice Corporation
Ice Service Corporation
Sam Rubel
Russia
Rubel Coal & Ice Corporation
Bundeson
Chicago
Daily Notes on Life and Society Passages
A miscellany of reflections on modern life, talent and effort. Includes Theodore Roosevelt maxims on purposeful work, warnings against luxury for boys, weighty observations on self discipline, and a Yale senior society mood piece alongside a New York unmarried women’s hotel quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Complete Janitor Service Promises Clean Windows and Offices
The Elyria and Lorain Window Cleaning Co advertises complete janitorial service for private houses and offices. It highlights window cleaning, skylights, walls and ceilings washing, listing their office at 206 Elyria Block and phone 2600 Langberg and Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria and Lorain Window Cleaning Co
Elyria
Langberg and Brown
Reverend Schaffeld Surprised by Greeted Gift at St Marys
45 Years Ago Reverend J T Schaffeld of St Marys Church received a surprise purse with 115 from congregants. G A R band of 25 played in the city park to a large crowd led by E F Smith. George Francis Train pursues Around the World record. Martin Graman suffers blood poisoning from a blackberry thorn while pruning. Ames B Seward, a grocer, takes a job with A J Potter. Rev G F Smythe resigns as rector of St Andrews effective June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Schaffeld
St. Mary’s Church
E. F. Smith
George Francis
Martin Graman
Ames B. Seward
A. J. Potter
G. F. Smythe
St. Andrew's Church
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Chronicle-Telegram
Second Street
Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company
F. Burke
A. C. Rudnutt
Elyria Postoffice
City
Matt Daly
Lorain
A. E. Clayden. Inc
Dearborn Street
Fifth Avenue
North Carolina
Elzabeth Fry
Norwich
Brad
Wayne
Savannah
Astern
Napoleon
Archduke Charles of Austria
George Lafayette Beal
Norway
Andrew Jackson
Dominga
Canada
Johann Adam Klein
Nuremberg
Knoxville
United Commercial Travelers of Tennessee
Passaic, N. J
New Jersey
Numbermen’s Association
American Red Cross
LEY Rankin
Underwear Manufacturers’ Association
Disraeli
West
Theodore Roosevelt
Merland
Paul
Yale
Scroll and Key
Skull and Bones
Wolf's Head
Elihu Club
John Hubbard Joss
Indianapolis
Joss
Paine Whitney
Young Whitney
Republic
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Y.M.C.A
Imperial Furniture Co
Bay View Lee
Walter
Lersch
Tom
Nellie Cat
Mead Dete
Dixie Star
Lake Ave. Coal & Supply Co
Lake Avenue
Goodyear
G. M. Marsh & Son
West Ave
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