Direct primaries in harmony with constitutional founders
The text argues the Constitution’s preamble shows the people’s purpose and notes changes over time from colonial to modern governance. It defends direct primaries as a sane evolution toward representative democracy, linking it to the framers’ intent and the increased reach of communication. It contrasts town meetings with modern unity and emphasizes inclusion of all citizens in selecting leaders.
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United States of America
United States
United States of ‘America
Daily Mail
New England
No man ever felt tohalter draw with good opinion of the law
A doggerel about prosecutors echoes the idea that belief in the law fades when facing a culprit. Warry K Thaw could not love Jerome who pursued him with relentless justice. Prosecutors must find satisfaction in duty fulfilled.
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Halter
Warry K. Thaw
Jerome
Editorial Quips From Ohio Papers Across Towns
A collection of short witty quips from Ohio papers including Akron Youngstown Zanesville Mansfield and Canton plus Toronto. The remarks lampoon politics society and media with playful puns on uplift noses ears and cynicism.
Notable births of political figures marked today
Henry F. Lippitt former Uo senator from Rhode Island and current Cotton Textile Institute president born in Providence Rhode Island seventy years ago today Maj Gen Robert Davis Ad vocate General of the U S Army born in Lancaster Pennsylvania sixty years ago today Clarence C T United States senator from Washington born in Knox county Ohio two years ago today
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Henry F. Lippitt
Rhode Island
The
Cotton Textile Institute
Providence
R. I
Robert ©. Davis
U.S Army
Lancaster
Clarence C. T
United States
Washington
Knox County
Columbus Day Observances Across Nations and Parades
The article notes Columbus Day as a national holiday in Italy for the first time, a major American Legion parade in Philadelphia, and international events including Niagara Falls matches, a Catholic Congress meeting in Milwaukee, and plans for Queen Marie of Romania to tour the United States. It also mentions a Pan-Iberian Congress in Panama and an unveiling of Admiral Charles E Clark’s statue in Bradford, with Navy Secretary Wilbur to give the address. Additional conventions and political moves in Canada and the United States are listed, including leadership shifts in British Columbia and Ontario politics.
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America
Italy
American Legion
Philadelphia
Niagara Falls
Oot
American Episcopal Church
Catholic Congress
Milwaukee
Marie of Roummania
New York
Panama
Charles E Clark
Oregon
Cape Horn
Bradford
Wilbur
Ferber Show Boat troupe tours Louisiana amid publicity
Edna Ferber promotes her Show Boat troupe touring Louisiana. The publicity blitz recalls earlier concerns for the homeless and centers on theater promotion and public interest in the touring production.
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Edna Ferber
Louisiana
Waterman shaped Colorado politics from crippled boy to U S Senate hopeful
Charles W. Waterman, Denver lawyer and early Colorado power broker, rose from a Vermont crippled child to a leading political figure. He mentored the beet sugar boom, organized Rio Grande Railroad plans, and served as Coolidge’s Colorado representative and oil board counsel, later running for the U S Senate.
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Charles W. Waterman
Ife
Colorado
U. S. Senate
Charlies W. Waterman
Denver
Waterman
Waitsfield
Vermont
Calvin Coolidge
Rhode‘s
Ernont
Richard Waterman
America
England
Providence
R. I
Mr. Waterman
University of Vermont
Poennetia
Fort Dodge
Iowa
University of Michigan
Lbo
Tie
Far Aner
Wolcott and Vaile
Wolcott, Vaile and Waterman
Wolcott
Anna R. Cook
Burlington
Charles Waterman
Niles
Rio Grande Railroad
Colin Coolidge
Mr Waterman
Cleveland
Coolidge
Nas
Oil Conservation Board
Washington
Tennyson, Love, and a Fireman's Call for Help
The piece contrasts Tennyson’s enduring influence with a playful note on how his lines seep into common speech and are echoed by readers. It then shifts to Chicago fire department calls in a month including cats in trees, home entry key losses, ladder requests, dust complaints, and a woman asking to paint a flag staff, ending with a remark on wool destruction by a female mob's descendants.
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Chicago
Auto record set by business man from San Francisco
Louis B Miller, a 51 year old San Francisco businessman, and John E Wieher of Portland, Oregon, drove an ordinary stock roadster from San Francisco to New York in 83 hours 12 minutes, claiming faster than train schedules. Miller argued railroads could do 60 hours with better rights of way and roadbed.
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San Francisco
Louis B Miller
New York
Miller
John E Wieher
Portland
Oregon
Automobile Dea'ar
Willer and Wieber
Quoties rise in Soviet personal crisis reports since revolution
Moscow reports show personal crisis incidents per million people climbed from 73 at the century’s start to about 400 today. Death by own action rose after the NEP, from 68 during 1917–21 to 134 in 1922, 230 in 1923, 327 in 1924, and nearly 406 in 1925, with wood alcohol noted as a danger.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Central Statistical Bureau
Former Attache Becomes Ambassador to United States
In 1893 Alejandro Padilla began as an attaché of the Spanish legation in Washington. Now he returns to Washington not as an attaché but as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary. The photo shows him since assuming his duties in this country.
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Alejandro Padilla
Washington
Panhandlers in New York City Raise Massive Annual Income
Stretching across four classes, about 100 blind beggars with city permits work the sidewalks selling pencils chewing gum and other trifles. On good days they earn up to 46 dollars with detectives rarely disturbing them while some raise 1 500 000 annually through street solicitation and charitable scams.
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New York City
Panhandlers on Wall Street and Fifth Avenue Relied Upon
The article describes professional panhandlers on Wall Street and Fifth Avenue, stating they can endure long stretches of “observation” to collect coins and cash. It notes typical sums found on them, from pockets yielding small change to tales of hundreds in sewn-in bills, and mentions their quarters and half-dollars clinking in tin cups as police pressure fluctuates.
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Wall Street
Fifth Avenue
Weather Prophet Predicts Mild Winter Ahead
Kane area reports William Altman, famed weather expert, forecasts mild weather through December with spring arriving early. He predicts the south will bear the coldest conditions, while U S testing targets spark plug reliability to prevent motor trouble. The nearest star lies about 32 billion miles away.
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Eather
Kane
William Altman
Altman
Bill
Maori Stone Saw With Blade And Teeth Implement
A curious Maori stone saw from New Zealand features blade and handle carved from stone. The butt end shows a chipped edge fashioned to act as teeth, suggesting a utilitarian tool or ceremonial implement.
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New Zealand
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Fifth Ave
Vietone
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Lexington
Westmoreland County
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Ireland
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Germany
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Gulder
Albany
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Baltimore
Athtone
Montreal
Telephone Association of Canada
Chiisgangs
Independent Telephone Association
Appalachian Loggin Congress
Anderson
Ind
Indiana
Socrety Daughters of American Revolution
Lacie
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Wisconsin
Grand Commandery Knights Templar
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Rhode Island Corneil of Religious Education
Jann Giver
British Columbia
Liberal
Olver
Legland
Canada
Fraser Ver Delta Rezien
Abe Martin Cie
Rapublic
Sandie, Inc
Oliver
Bn Tennyson
Tris
U S
W. EL Silay
Wilmot Printing Co
Masonic Temple
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Shoe Store
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