Resident-Elect Hoover weighs cabinet picks in Washington
Edward W. Pickard reports Hoover’s week of talks with Coolidge Mellon and others as he weighs ten cabinet posts. Speculation centers on Mellon remaining treasurer and Morrow Klein as possible state and commerce secretaries with a Southern representation may include Mrs. A T Hert and others.
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Hoover
Washington
Coolidge
Treasury
Mellon
Congress
United States
America
Latin America
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico
Julius Klein
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Latin- Ameria
A. T. Hert
Kentucky
Republican National Committee
Interior
Interior Department
Bascom Sleep
Virginia
William J. Donovan
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Senate
Donovan
Miami Beach
Cuba
Fall
Porto Rico
Mexico City
Federal Farm Board
Pennsylvania
Groundhog Day beliefs and myths recounting the tradition
The article traces Groundhog Day origins from Candlemas and ancient myth, noting the groundhog Monax as a popular, though scientifically dubious, weather predictor. It explains hibernation, habitat, and diet, and cites local anecdotes from Dodge City about belief in the superstition and its persistence despite scientific doubt.
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Arctemys Moffax
Ceres
Demeter
Persephone
Zeus
Lord of the Dead
Hades
England
Christendom
France
Switzerland
America
Groundhog
Mason-Dixon Line
Arctemus Monax
Dodge City
Stan
J. L. Hayes
Mr Hayes
Suguache Park
Colo
Frank Nollier
Glen Bilderman
Sentinel
Hankow Tensions Rise as Marine Lands Marines Protest
A Chinese man was killed in Hankow by a Japanese Marine operated motorcycle. Japan lands a force of marines after a protest by anti Japanese groups. Chinese officials protest while Nanking sends a navy squadron to Tsingtao, occupied by Japan. In Hartford, John Coolidge appears in major’s staff uniform at Gov Trumbull inaugural ball with Miss Trumbull.
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China
Japan
Hankow
Nanking
Tsingtao Harbor
Hartford
John H. Trumbull
Connecticut
John Coolidge
John
Miss Trumbull
Deaths of Rickard and Duke Mark Week in Sport and Industry
Rickard, famed American sports promoter, dies in Miami Beach after appendix operation. His body lies in state at New Madison Square Garden in New York with 10 000 mourners at his funeral. Benjamin Duke, a leading figure in the American tobacco industry, also dies. Salvation Army leadership in Sunbury England votes to retire Bramwell Booth while keeping the general title.
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BX Rickard
Miami Beach
New York
Madison Square Garden
Benjamin Duke
High Council of the Salvation Army
Sunbury
England
Bramwell Booth
Wisdom from a hardfaced sage on quitting smoking
A London Tit-Bits excerpt shows a blunt speaker urging self help to quit tobacco. He recalls quitting by tossing a cigar at a street corner and has not smoked since, while an audience member asks where the cigar ended up.
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Johnston
London
Early Currency Laws Circulation of Foreign Money
A 19th century note discusses widespread use of foreign currency across the United States for about a quarter century after an unspecified period. It highlights the persistence of non domestic money in daily trade and legal tender debates.
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United States
Adoption of the dollar as currency in 1899
The text notes Congress recognizing the need for a standard unit by adopting the dollar and regulating foreign coins. On February 21, 1899, Congress repealed prior acts that had made foreign money a currency or legal tender, reaffirming the dollar as the national unit.
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Congress
Fewer bullpins and combs produced in 1927 United States
Article notes a decline in the manufacture of bullpins and combs in the United States in 1927 compared with earlier years. It discusses reduced output and factory adjustments affecting production levels.
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United States
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