Senators clash over Norris support and party leadership
A Republican rift erupts as Robert H. Lucas accuses Senator Norris of treachery and calls for party leadership changes. The Nye campaign fund affair ties to $40,000 committee backing and a $4,000 loan as fallout spreads amid Hoover era politics. Ray Benjamin touted as potential new chairman with Hoover ties.
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Black and White Fashions Persist for Young Girls
Cherin Nicholas reports enduring black and white styles dominating children's dress trends. Black wool, velvet ensembles with white fur accessories, sheer shadow-black stockings, and black-and-white footwear define the look, while high color palettes appear in newer girls’ frocks and coats.
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Cherin Nicholas
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Phillips Milk of Magnesia relieves excess stomach acid
An old advertisement promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as the instant cure for sour stomach and indigestion. It claims the alkali neutralizes excess acid, sweetens the stomach, and relieves heartburn gas and biliousness, priced at 25 and 50 cents.
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Magnesia
Polychromatic Floodlights Set On Decatur Building
The first Thyra tron floodlight system lights a Decatur Illinois building. Nearly 200 lamps illuminate a rectangular six story base with a central tower rising to the eleventh floor, then colored panels light each side to the top. The white central panel contrasts with the four colored facades.
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Decatur
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Washington Star
Wandering Jew Legend Tied to Crucifixion Witness
The article notes the Wandering Jew as a surviving witness of the Crucifixion, seen as cursed and discussed in Jerusalem lore. It cites the name Joannes Buttareus or Buttadio and the Italian translation God smiter, plus an Italian legend of a soldier Mellus punished for striking Christ, his ear cut by Peter.
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Holy Land
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Buttadio
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Mellus
Peter
New Feats and Unofficial Stretches Across Global Waters
The English Channel is no longer seen as a remarkable feat after many swimmers succeed. A woman has claimed crossing the Gibraltar Strait though not officially recognized. A man swam the Panama Canal length while the Suez Canal at 85 miles remains unattempted.
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English Channel
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Strait of Gibraltar
Panama Canal
Suez Canal
Hungarian Ghostly Intruder Baffles Town
In Bonyhad Hungary residents confront a man who for weeks broke into homes to frighten inmates by walking through bedrooms with a sheet over his head and vanishing when alarms sounded. The town seeks a fitting punishment for his prankster acts.
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Bonyhad
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