Enforcement of trucking law near Elyria
A local observer recounts watching Public Utilities Commission inspectors and Sheriff Clarence Dick with deputies stop overweight trucks on Route Twenty east of Elyria. Many trucks were compliant, others arrested and arraigned before a Justice of the Peace, highlighting strict enforcement to protect highways and ensure proper licensing, markings, and credentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Utilities Commission
Clarence Dick
Elyria
Justice of the Peace
Influence of Public Libraries in American Society
The essay notes libraries, especially public ones, boost education and social order. Carnegie’s broad library philanthropy is debated, yet his impact on public intellect endures. Librarians’ evolving role, adult education, and information duty rise as Chicago hosts the American Library Association meeting amid questions of reading purpose and cultural duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
American Library Association
Chicago
Odd sayings from old papers on pay, fame, and fate
A mix of sharp witticisms and satirical quips from various papers. References include the Chicago Daily News on pay cuts and divorces, Seattle Daily Times on escaped patients, San Antonio Evening News on sleeping sickness and money, Tulsa World on a reputed Ecuador corpse, Miami Daily News on deafness to opportunity, and Boston Globe on Governor Murray and cod liver oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iars
Almdom
Chicago Daily News
Texas
San Antonio Evening News
Miami Daily News
Murray
Oklahoma
Boston Globe
Golden Legion Bible Study on Luke 13 18 35
A devotional reflection urges busy service to God as Jesus moved toward Jerusalem and faced opposition. It cites John Wesley's imagined death guidance, calls believers to persevere with living sacrifices, and seeks grace to finish God given work until death. The piece contrasts Christ’s steadfast ministry with Machiavelli’s advice to dominate the weak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Jerusalem
Herod
John Wesley
God
Wife Preservers Drive Art Through Deep Expression
The piece argues art is animated by a wish to express profound emotion beyond the ordinary, a flash of beauty, a moment of pain, or a thrill of joy, as the central impulse behind all creative work.
Anniversaries and Horoscope Highlights of Notable Figures
Today highlights numerous birthdays of historic figures across politics, art, and science, including Theodore Roosevelt and Roy O. West, with brief notes on their origins and deaths. A horoscope emphasizes harmony, steady progress, and potential risks for money or arts devotion in varied personality types.
Today in History Highlights From 1787 to 1932
Notable dates span the Federalist essays debut in the New York Independent Journal in 1787, Metz surrender in 1870, a Manhattan bank heist in 1878, the first U.S. troops’ shot in France in 1917, a 1930 transoceanic radio telephone link, and 1932 hunger marches erupting in London.
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N. Y
Metz
Burslars
Manhattan Bank
New York
France
U.S
Australia
London
Todays Birthdays for Owen D Young and James J Davis
Owen D Young of New York a noted American business figure born in Van Hornersville New York is celebrated for turning 59 years. U S Senator James J Davis of Pennsylvania and former Secretary of the Treasury is also noted in this birthday listing.
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Roy O. West
Chicago
Interior
Coolidge
Georgetown
Joscoe Pound
Harvard Law School
Lincoln Neb
Robert P. Scrippy
Great Newspaper Chart
San Diego
Cal
Neil M. Judd
U. S. National Museum
Washington
D. C
Cedar Rapids
Nebr
Janet Scudder
Terre Haute
Ind
Charles Alexander
Oregon
South Dakota
Lord Bessborough
Canada
Owen D. Young
New York
Amver
van Hornersville
N. Y
U.S
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. J. Scott
Japan
the Chronicle Te!i.egram
Bacond Street
Ohio
Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company
J. Clard George
LG Hudnutt
Lorain
John W. Callen Company
NEW Fork
Fifth Ave
Michigan Ave
Detroit
General Motora
Germany
Jack Dempser
Rockford Register Republic
The
Seattle Daily Times
Ecuador
Tulsa
Golden Legion Bible Study
Machiavelli
Sallys
Steno Lorrettes
Ali
Whitelaw Reid
New York City
Xenia
John L. Long
Massachusetts
Buckfield
Maline
Hingham
Mass
Kenyon Cox
Warren
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Labor
Wales
Youre
Bro
the Granite Concrete Block and Coal Co
Dial
Rush Street
Wiliam G. Smith
Florida
Schroll Coal
Liecenn
Tosacen Co
Haserodt
Haserodt’s
Optometrist
Turkey
Greece
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