Ed Cummins Predicts GOP Strife in Midwest Politics
Edward W. Pickard reports on Albert Cummins’ pessimistic Iowa interview signaling a lengthy Republican split amid midwestern reforms, potential loss of Senate power, and Coolidge’s unclear 1928 plans. The piece covers reactions from the White House, farming policy, and party dynamics through summer events and commentary.
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Hintor
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Congress
Coolidge
Cummins
White House
Senate
Adirondacks
Wealthy San Francisco men form community foundation
Fourteen of the city’s wealthiest residents with fortunes over 100 million dollars created a foundation to donate billions of family surplus to the community. Led by W. Merrill W. H. Crocker Mortimer Pieisbhacker Paul Shoup and Clay Miller, the donors will give targeted gifts and a self perpetuating board of trustees will manage bequests after their deaths.
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Gan Francisco
W. Merrill
W. H. Crocker
Mortimer Pieisbhacker
Paul Shoup
Clay Miller
Notable deaths of former officials in New Hampshire
Former senator and secretary of war in the Harding Coolidge administrations died at Lancaster New Hampshire after a long illness. He was described as an able loyal citizen and competent public official. Also deceased last week was Lincoln J Carter known for popular melodramas and inventing stage machinery.
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Ee Weeks
Harding
Coolidge
Lancaster
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Lincoln J. Carter
Youths in teens face death for killing officer
Boston reports three teenagers accused of murder after a police chase and a hidden rooming house near a police station. Albert Deshon Rob ert Sambrusky and Stanley Toothaker, all about seventeen, allegedly killed a policeman during a stolen car pursuit and boast of avoiding execution. The boys, from poor families, face trial with a special court attorney appointed.
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Boston
Albert Deshon
Robert Sambrusky
Stanley Toothaker
Deshon
Junked Cars Used to Stabilize Missouri River Bank
Abandoned auto frames stacked along the Missouri River bank in Pierre SD create a firm, impervious barrier that arrests bank erosion during spring floods. The repurposed junk cars have proven more effective than costly piling at stopping the river’s cutting action and protecting nearby farm land.
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Missouri River
Pierre
South Dakota
Girl 14 Seeks to Convert New York from Calvary pulpit
Aldine Mabelle Utley a Oklahoma born 1912 girl begins campaign from Calvary Baptist church pulpit to convert New York to her brand of old fashioned religion. She delivered a two hour sermon urging converts to Christianity and drew most of the congregation to pledge anew to Christ.
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New York
Calvary Baptist Church
Aldine Mabelle Utley
Oklahoma
John Roach Straton
Woman Dies in Fire From Lamp Left Burning
Mrs Christina Snyder aged 77 burned to death in her Chicago home when a kerosene lamp she left lighted toppled and ignited the bed covering.
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Chicago
Christina Snyder
Out Again In Again Pickens Paroled From Prison
Asa Patterson, once pardoned from a life term that could end at home, remains in a chain-gang serving a prohibition violation sentence.
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Pickens
Asa Patterson
Lfe
Banker Tricks Van Tyle Nets Five Thousand Short Lost Identity
Henry T. Van Tyle deceives Sidney Mason at a Western town bank by presenting forged checks and counterfeit currency. Mason approves a ten thousand dollar deposit and two checks, one backed by a false bank blank, allowing Van Tyle to withdraw twenty one thousand dollars before leaving town. The forged scheme ends with a fake Lowndesboro bank check flagged as no account days later.
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Enry T. van Tyld
Hyanston
Sidney Mason
Mr. Mason
Palm Beach-Coronado-Newport
Manhattan Trust Company
Mason
Sidney
Henry T. van Tyle
Nouveau Riche
Parvenus
van Tyle
Hvanston
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Ann Arbor
Cane Mack
Mr. van Tyle
Lowndesboro
Ala
O. K
T. Wonder
Thirteen and 18 superstition in American lore
A discussion debunks the belief that 18 is unlucky, noting 18 appears in many national symbols and events. It cites Liberty’s quarter with 18 leaves and 18 stripes, Perry’s 1818 battle, and John Paul Jones’s 18 letters in his name, arguing thirteen is evident in American history.
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Detroit
Pullman Company
Perry
John Paul Jones
America
Getting There He May I Hold Your Hand For A Second
Fragmentary dialogue references seconds and a playful exchange about holding hands and counting time. The quip features a sing song cadence and mentions Black and Blue Jay imagery in a cryptic way. No clear event or persons are established.
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