Republican Platform Endorses Coolidge Plans and Tax Cuts
The platform reaffirms party policies, supports a world court, calls for farm price parity, endorses orderly government and merit civil service, favors tax reductions, nation building, and debt settlements, backs protective tariffs, promotes peace through the Permanent Court, and urges efficiency, anti lynching laws, resource development, and strong national defense while pledging party unity and electing Republicans to office.
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World Court
Coolidge
Great Britain
Permanent Court of International Justice
Congress
Philippines
Alaska
Senate
House of 8
Republican Party
Withering Senatorial Wit in the Senate Chamber
The piece paints Arkansas Senator Robinson as a master of sharp sarcasm in the last Congress, noted for his wit to restore order and to quiet whispering during debates. It recalls episodes where he urged decorum, yielded to a colleague, and pressed for silence as discussions continued.
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Senator Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Reed
Missouri
Lodge
Massachusetts
Robinson
Enator
Carter Glass
Glass
Virginia
Palm Canyon Proposed as a National Monument in California
The piece describes Palm canyon 55 miles southeast of Riverside as a pristine, palm studded landscape linked to ancient ceremonies. It notes the 1,600 acre tract would require Agua Caliente tribal consent to become a national monument and envisions vast future visitor interest.
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America
Uncle Sam
Palm Canyon
Riverside
Cal
California
San Jacinto
Agua Caliente
Daddys 04 Evening Fairy Tale by Mary Graham Bonner
Australian Water Rat recounts a playful shy life living by rivers at night. The poem describes rat fashion with white tail tips and orange brown waistcoats, their love of water and splash chorus with neighbors, and a gentle warning about suiting humans.
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Mary Graham Bonner
Water Rat
Chemist Glauber Credits Salt Naming History
The German chemist Glauber believed his salt shared the name with Paracelsus's sal enixum and called it sal admirable.
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Glauber
Paracelsus
Vanishing Day for the Royal Academy Visitors
London report notes the Royal Academy members were scarce on Saturday with concerns raised about visitors’ harsher mood on weekends. Boston Transcript commentary questions if Saturday crowds are more vindictive than on other days.
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London
Royal Academy
Boston Transcript
Bishops Find Fellow Bishop Guilty In Heresy Case
The Protestant Episcopal bishops court finds William Montgomery Brown guilty of heresy over his writings Communism and Christianism. The ruling denies alignment with church doctrines and awaits sentencing though he remains a bishop. Defense argues against literal scripture infallibility. church stance on evolution remains undeclared.
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Protestant Episcopal House of Bishops
William Montgomery Brown
Arkansas
Bishop Brown
Joseph W. Sharts
Tayton
Ohio
Efe
Col George Harvey Returns to Public Spotlight as Editorial Director
Col George Brinton McClellan Harvey resumes influence as editorial director of the Washington Post after a career spanning editor roles at North American Review Harper & Brothers and the New York World. Born 1864 in Peacham Vermont he served in press and rail ventures before becoming ambassador to Great Britain in 1921.
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Col. George
Brinton McClellan) Harvey
Court of St. James
Washington Post
New Jersey
North Carolina
Harvey
Peacham
Peacham Academy
Nevada
Vermont
Middlebury
Erskine Colleges
Springfield
Mass
Republican
Chicago Daily News
New York World
North American Review
Harper & Bros
Harivey
Colonel Harvey
Great Britain
Ashurst Pun Line Reflects Senate Humor
Arizona Senator Ashurst, famed for wordplay, offered quips during the last session. He ridiculed talk of post office surpluses, calling government a harness to draw civilization's load and praised Gaston Means for providing useful information.
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United States
Ashurst
Arizona
Congress
Senate
Ashart
Gaston B. Means
The Metropolis Museum of Art as a Grand Educational Showplace
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York stands as the United States’ leading museum, a vast Central Park institution housing priceless treasures. Highlights include a John Coney teapot, ancient wallpaper, a countryful of musical instruments, English glass, Egyptian relics such as the Tomb of Perneb, and vivid wall colors echoing ancient burial customs.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Art
United States
Central Park
New York
John Coney
America
Mount Vesuvius
Cyprus
Nile
Perneb
Egypt
Ammonia Uses for Cleaning and Pest Control
Practical tips note ammonia cleans a gun quickly and can flush ants from cracks without soap. It suggests economical use for household cleaning and pest control despite potential risks.
All He Wanted Dupree Fountain recollects early hotel days
Dupree Fountain, room clerk at the Rice hotel, recalls a Louisiana hotel tale where a sailor refuses a room and quips he is a banana seeking a skin to curl in a fruit bowl. An unrelated ad for Dr Peery's Dead Shot appears with address in New York.
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Dupree Fountain
Rice Hotel
Dupree
Louisiana
Fountain
Houston Post
Dream Power Cited By Blind Inmate as True Riches
An inmate at the Pennsylvania Home for Working Blind is regarded by friends as a philosopher for his claim that wealth lies in the power to dream. He asserts that such dream power surpasses material riches in value.
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Pennsylvania
Dubbleighs Host Mind Reader Evening
A humorous remark notes the Dubbleighs hosted a mind reader at their home the other evening and quips about the dullness of the time. The Progressive Grocer framing adds light editorial flair.
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Dubbleighs
Good Ball Game for Kids in Circle Play
Any number of children can play this game with a ball. Players form a circle and pass the ball rapidly. If a player misses, they freeze in place like a statue until the last person who missed throws the ball and catches it ten times. The fun lies in the funny poses and the suspense of who stays still longest.
New Kinds of Teeth Quirk from Aunt Fanny Visit
Robert meets Aunt Fanny and remarks on her gold filtered teeth and copper toed teeth. He asks his mother if he can have copper toothed teeth when he grows up. The exchange shows a child's fascination with unusual dental adornments.
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Robert
Fanny
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