Everlasting Parade Through America’s Hall of Fame
A sweeping look at how public figures rise and fade in the Hall of Fame as presidents and cabinets give way to the Brain Trust and postwar figures. The piece notes Hoover’s march from prominence, the Roosevelt era cabinet, and the exalting glare given to Johnson and others while forgotten names resurface or fade from view.
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America
Hall of Fame
Herbert Clark Hoover
Roosevelt
Spotlight
Raymond Moley
Rexford G. Tugwell
Adolph A. Berle
XBRA
General Johnson
Jesse H. Jones
George Peek
Arthur B. Morgan
Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Navy
Claude A. Swanson
Cordell Hull
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Frances Perkins
Commerce
Daniel C. Roper
Homer S. Cummings
George H. Dern
The
Treasury
Woodin
United Americas Plan Aims at Inter American Court and Trade Ties
President Rodriguez of Mexico proposes an inter American league to address hemisphere issues, seeking an inter American court of justice and labor office at the Montevideo Pan American conference. The plan envisions economic cooperation and a hemispheric Monroe Doctrine style framework, with Washington backing possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodriguez
Mexico
Americas
United States
Washington
Merged universities proposal sparks debate in 1930s papers
Paris reports adjustable gold fingernails as a curious note at a moment of help. The Detroit News notes a serious proposal to merge Chicago and Northwestern universities and keep the best halfbacks from each. The Roanoke Times comments that Wiley Post's robot failing in a pinch shows machines are nearly human.
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Paris
New York Sun
Chicago
Northwestern
Detroit News
Wiley Post
Roanoke Times
Silent Observe Was You There Sharley Farm Sale Gaffe
An elderly German couple buy the farm adjoining their property for 16000 dollars. In a bank visit they discover only fourteen thousand in a pail, and the wife remonstrates that the farmer brought the wrong pail. A humor column fragment features jokes about milk, cows, markets, and various quips.
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Sharley
Fragmented Sports Riff Signals Local Paper Style
A garbled OCR segment hints at a police family joke about music beats and bars, a note on autumn sports pace suggesting linemen underperforming, and stray lines about a baseball strike and a misquoted name. The passage reads like a collage of sport and everyday anecdotes with missing context.
Golden Legion Bible Study on the Coming of Christ
The article presents direct quotes of Jesus about the second advent and urges readers to focus on His coming as the central eschatological theme. It cautions against Millenarian and Russellism labels, advises prayer, and calls for faithful witness through the Spirit while avoiding heated doctrinal disputes.
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Jesus
Caesaron Phillipp
Judge’s Test Spurs England to New Divorce Legislation
From Cranmer’s era to 1857 England had no new divorce laws. A bench test jolted the nation, exposing the law’s inequities and provoking public scorn and irony that spurred reform.
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Cranmer
England
Anniversaries of notable figures born or died on various dates
TODAY S ANNIVERSARIES list several historical figures with birthplaces and death dates. Andrew Pickens born 1739 in Beira Pennsylvania. Tobias Lear born 1762 in Portsmouth New Hampshire. Lajos Kossuth born 1802. Elling Elefsen born 1804. Gilbert Haven born 1821 in Malden Massachusetts. Henry C Lea born 1825 in Philadelphia. Lord Leverhulme born 1831.
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Andrew Pickens
Beira
Tomassee
D. C
Tobias Lear
Washington
Algeria
Portsmouth
N. H
Louis Kossuth
Elling Elefsen
Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of
N. A
Norway
Chicago
Gilbert Haven
Malden
Mays
Henry C. Lea
Philadelphia
Lord Leverhulme
Today in History highlights births and deaths across years
A compilation of historical anniversaries noting Washington's Farewell Address published in 1796 Dixie first sung in 1859 Lincoln's body moved in 1871 Garfield dies in 1881 and notable births in New York Pittsburgh and Ohio across figures such as Wickersham Pittman Taber Adams Halstead Drum Vance and Fiala with brief biographical snippets preserved.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Audit Bureau
Second Street
Elysia
Ohio
Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company
J. Clare George
Seee Publishers
A. C. Hudnutt
John W. Cullen Company
New York
Fifth Ave
Chicago
St. Michigan Ave
Petroit
General Motors
Washington
Daniel E. Eammett
Dixie
New York City
Lincoln
Springfield
Ill
James A. Garfield
Elberson
N. J
George W. Wickersham
U. S
Pittsburgh
Key Pittman
Nevada
Vicksburg
Miss
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Patrons of Husbandry
Mt. Pleasant
Frank Adams
University of California
Albert Halstead
London
Cincinnati
Hugh A. Drum
U. S.A
Fort Braddy
Mich
Louis J. Vance
Washington, D. C
Anthony Fiala
Judge Rosen Gives Shrapnel Mementos To Friends
Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Theodore Rosen 18 has long worn shrapnel in his leg from World War I. After having the metal removed due to discomfort, he gave fragments to friends as keepsakes. The judge, who lost an eye and a leg in France, has recently taken up golf.
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Philadelphia
Common Pleas
Theodore Rosen
Judge Rosen
France
Dr Toothacre 18 Dentist in Iowa Improves Schoolgirls Teeth
Burlington Iowa reports show public school dentist Dr H A Toothacre cleaned 2535 sets of teeth, treated 5198 cavities and extracted 1056 teeth from local students. The note adds a historical reference to Casey the 1850s San Francisco gangster and his funeral procession.
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DR. Toothacre
Iowa
Burlington, In
Burlington
H. A. Toothacre
San Francisco
Casey
Untitled note on Arthur Rackham birth in Jersey years ago
A fragment notes Arthur Rackham, famed English artist and illustrator, born sixty six years ago in Jersey City Heights, New Jersey.
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Sey City Heights
N. J
Arthur Rackman
Today Horoscope Highlights Kind Cancerlike Traits
A today horoscope notes a favorable day for birth with a thoughtful disposition and subtle speech. The kind and sympathetic nature attracts many firm friends who may assist in prosperity, but avoid overreliance as friends' help could be lukewarm.
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Scott
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Old Man River
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PSIN
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Pyrenees
San Marino
China
Tom
Jerry
Pap
Interne
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Jong
Pune
Sallys
Cwere DD
Vo Ay Yo
Wwe
Golden Legion Bible Study
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St. Lora
Elyria
Murbach
Paradise
Chesterfield
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company
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Licurt & Mrms Tosacco Co
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