Fragmentary historical notes and birthdays from old paper
A garbled page passage lists historical dates such as 1789 Treasury debate over leadership, 1870 Sedan surrender, 1918 Zeppelin losses, and 306 Japan-Russia protest. It also cites birthdays: Hiram Johnson, Dr Allen Kanavel, Victor Cutter, Edna May, and Frederick Soddy, followed by a misdated moralizing note about education and gender.
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Boston Harbor
Treasury Department
Sone
Sedan
French
Enka
Japan
Russia
Foday
U.S
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Sacramento
Allen RB. Kanavel
Surgeon- University Medical School
Sedewick
Kans
Victor M. Cutter
Bostor
United Fruit Company
Dracut
Mass
Edna May
Aro
England
Syracuse
President critiques wasteful spending in campaign remarks
Alice Longworth reports in Wyoming on September 2 that the President recognizes public money waste as a campaign issue. He criticizes not meeting critics, questions funding for boondoggles like the Florida Canal and Ossamaquoddy, and condemns spending to spy on farmers to curb food planting amid rising living costs.
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Jackson Hulme
Wyoming
Drough
Florida Canal
Alive
Longworth
McNaudht Syndicate
Horse And Rider Cover 450 Miles In 11 Days
Shel don J. Smith of Alturas Cal rode 450 miles from Alturas to San Francisco in 11 days averaging 35 miles daily except for a final 64 mile stretch. He traveled by horseback while autos and railways were scarce, using short cuts and bad roads to reduce distance. He wished to move to San Francisco but did not want to part with his horse, sending his family by train.
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San Francisco
Sheldon J. Smith
Alturas
Cal
San Pranelses
Velocity dollar and Alberta debt spell failure of finance
A year after Aberhart took power Alberta tried a bold Social Credit program. Velocity dollars failed to hold value as taxes rose and bonds defaulted, exposing the perils of unsound money and loss of public confidence in provincial finance.
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Province of
Alberta
Social Credit
Canada
Grange Leader Calls for Crop Insurance Plan
Louis J. Taber head of the National Grange argues a practical crop insurance system is needed to protect farmers from losses due to drought flood or hail. He notes no current protection exists, outlines challenges in designing such coverage, and emphasizes potential benefits and the need to distribute burden equitably.
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Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Big Talk Ahead For Next President Naomatter
A London newspaper notes King Edward the first clean shaven ruler in England in a century and humorously suggests the public would nearly die laughing at the idea of amusement. The piece surveys the pressures awaiting the next U S president amid foreign peril, unemployment, and economic strain, predicting a hard four years with partisan clashes, and warns of immense responsibility and opposition regardless of policy.
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Naomatter
White House
United States
London
Edward
England
New York Day by Day on a Sweltering Summer
New York grows a civic booster mood as the metropolis swelters through a hot spell. Air conditioned restaurants draw long patrons while deluxe apartments rush to install cooling systems. The city’s summer entertainment scene shrinks, vaudeville fades, and a bold talk on voice training ends with a note on a masculine youth who becomes a baritone after vocal coaching.
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New York
Long Island
Jersey Shore
Jer
Park and
Fifth Avenues
Rugged Broadway Characters and a Central Park Hiatus
A collage of bohemian New York scenes from 1930s Broadway life. Raymond Hitchcork complains of illness to a horse doctor, and Dinty Moore’s shelter chats frame a world of blunt wit, old Vintner pride, and real estate shifts. A pigeon hawk occupies an Essex House top floor as Myrna Loy lookalike sales girls spark quick dialogue with bold shoppers.
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James
Dinty) Moore
Essex House
Central Park South
Anniversaries of notable writers and public figures
A concise list of birth and death notes for Mortimer Thomson Henry George Eugene Field Hoke Smith Paul Bourget and Newell Dwight Hillis. It records their birthplaces, professions, and death dates ranging from 1878 to 1935, highlighting their roles as journalists authors and public figures in the United States and France.
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Mortimer Thomson
Doe
New York Journal
N.Y
Henry George
California
Wrinter
New York City
Philadelphia
Eugene Field
St. Louis
Chicago
Hoke Smith
Atlanta, Ga
Newton
N. C
Paul Bourget
Dee
Newell Dwight Hillis
Magnolia
Today in History and Local Death Notice
Town died at Bronxville New York February 20 1929. Today in History notes London burning starting 1666 and the Great Fire toll. Also mentions Congress presenting France its war ally the 74 gun battleship Americ then being finished to replace Jose French ship which rag.
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London
Congress
France
Americ
Rag
Apple Grows On Branch Broken Three Years Ago
SHAVERTOWN Pa A remarkable apple plant sprouts from a shattered limb in John Wrelek’s orchard the lone fruit nourished by a bark tether. The large healthy apple grows on a branch broken three years prior and remains leafless yet thriving under the tree’s care.
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Shavertown
John Wrelek
Pigs Stunned to Death Sydney War of Slaughtering
A new humane slaughter method has been developed in Australia using an electric stunner to kill pigs, marking a shift in how the animals are put to death. This Aussie innovation aims to reduce suffering in wartime meat production.
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Sydney
N.S. W
Australia
Theft 15 Costs Cazenovia Man Six Months In Jail
Andrew Wit was sentenced to six minutes in Madison County jail for stealing rents from a poor box at St. James Catholic Church. The case details reflect a theft charge linked to church funds.
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Andrew Wit
Madison County
St. James Catholic Church
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Letre
de Homano
Alice Longworth
Grange Head
0. C. McIntyre
Earle
Washington
Zephyr
Addie Darling
Raymond Hitchcork
Hitchy
Frank Case
Algon Case
McNangut Syndicate
Masonic Temple
Spee
Bronxville, N.Y
Wilmot Printing Company
ODEO
Ohio
Shoe Repair
Mill Street
Tee Oy
Florida
Blue Sunoco
Sunoco
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