Indictment and comments on Florida governor bribery case
The piece compares bribery indictments to guarding a barn after a fire and notes pressure on political figures. It mentions STILLMAN sailing for Europe aboard Modesty, a suggestion to Chaplin about buying a yacht named Tragedy, and Bergdoll's attorney Samuel Ansell questioning a fabled rainbow tale.
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Stillman
Europe
Charlie Chaplin
Bergdoll
Samuel T. Ansell
Rent and building costs squeeze housing in postwar era
A Long excerpt notes that building materials remain costly, with prices still double 1915 levels. Labor dominates costs, while banks loan less on mortgages. The piece argues rents will fall only as replacement costs drop, calling landlord profits and investment risks into question amid a looming price correction. It also includes opinion on U S policy shift toward Europe and the return to world diplomacy after World War I.
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Europe
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Skull Broken for Years Football Injury Found Threatening Life
Pottsville Pa May 11 Eight years after a skull fracture from a Pottsville High School football game against Shamokin Elmo Higgins city registrar and businessman became critically ill The injury remained undetected for years and surgeons now plan an operation Higgins son in law of W Leib and has held posts under the Legislature in Harrisburg and at the Courthouse here
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Elmo Higgins
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W. §. Leib
Harrisburg
Twelfth Child Born Amid Home Fire Manger Scene
Owingsville Kentucky May 11 The twelfth child of John Manley and wife was born in a manger when their home burned, the stork arriving after the blaze.
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Owingsville, Ky
John Manley
Dorothy Dalton Promotes Derwillo Beauty Cream
Dorothy Dalton endorses Derwillo as a simple toilet preparation that gives instant beauty and a smooth, rosy complexion. She claims it is harmless and easy to apply and urges readers to buy from local retailers.
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Dorothy Dalton
Derwillo
Congress Charmed by Plan for Feminine Gallery Stimulation
Washington May 11. A propagand a to make congressional sessions lively through beauty in the galleries is launched by Harry Wilson Walker with backing from a wealthy anonymous Congressman. He argues feminine presence will raise debate, speed business, and draw both voters and charm. The piece notes concerns over quorum, yawning, and echolalic speeches as the Senate and House stalls.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol
Harry Wilson Walker
Walker Ias
Walker
Columbia
Gem of the Ocean
House
Senate
Harry Miner
New York
Tim Campbell
Campbell
Cleveland
Overhead by Dr William E Barton
A mid day ride critique on dining cars notes a colored waiter in white, the lunch call, and the hidden costs of service. It argues the 57 cents charged covers wages, laundry, fuel, ice, water, and car depreciation, revealing a psychology and economics of passenger meals.
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William E. Barton
Stewart
Answers to Questions from The Daily Mail Bureau
A compact Q and A feature presents answers on topics from city government models and naval stores to historic battles and phrases. It cites Indianapolis government form, turpentine origins, Oriskany battle 1777, largest banquet halls, Martha Washington’s bridesmaids, Austrian Navy nonexistence, John Locke on association of ideas, salaam meaning, and the Arc de Triomphe prestige.
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Martha Washington
Austria
John Locke
Perpetual motion claims meet scientific rebuttal
The views of the Patent Office align with scientists that mechanical perpetual motion is impossible. Rebuttal requires a working model, yet many patent applicants fail to provide one and are rejected for being inoperative against physical laws. The date notes President Harding wearing a 10D shoe, revealed when two Girl Scouts asked for his size to make slippers.
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Patent Office
Harding
Washington
Mya
Killed While Wrestling In Clarksburg Bridge Death
Wheeler Sanders 32 who recently sold a Keyser hotel business was killed while wrestling with several young men on the Glen Elk bridge in Clarksburg West Virginia. Fred A Waldo Arthur Vannert James Betts 2nd and Paul Rousch all of Clarksburg are jailed awaiting developments while police search for two others. Prisoners claim death was accidental and that Sanders struck his head on a curb during the bout. A postmortem is planned. Sanders left a wife and a 10 year old son in KeyserBer.
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Wheeler Sanders
Keyser
Glen Elk Bridge
Fred A. Waldo
Arthur Vannert
James Betts
Paul Rousch
Sinters
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