Car ownership mirrors income in a changing American life
An alderman proposes revoking a transportation charge citing that many auto owners are poor and 25 cents matters for a day out. Associated Press data show 62 percent of new cars went to buyers under 3000 dollars yearly, with over 30 percent to those under 2000 dollars, highlighting cars as a universal modern accessory.
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New York City
Associated Press
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Montana’s Summer Open for Business to Visitors
Montana urges a warm welcome to summer tourists as Yellowstone and Glacier parks reopen with improved highways and accommodations. President Roosevelt to traverse the Going-to-the-Sun route this season while domestic travel rises and costs deter international trips. The state highlights its forests mountains and motorways as magnets for recreation and inspiration.
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Yellowstone Park
Glacier Park
Montana
Roosevelt
Ainly
Babe Ruth
Europe
Autos and Affluence Fuel Park Parking Debate
The piece notes cars are common in the U S yet a 25 cent city park parking fee in New York sparked a quick drop in park traffic. Families headed for a day out left their autos several blocks away, challenging the notion that auto ownership signals high affluence.
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United States
New York
Prediction of universal jobs by Harvard statistician at AAAS meeting
A Harvard professor of vital statistics told AAAS attendees at Berkeley that “jobs for everybody” could arise in the near future, but history shows economic downturns run their course largely independent of policy. He notes rising marriages as sign of confidence and argues people must drive progress. government is only a factor, not the determinant, of our destinies.
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
Berkeley
Cal
Harvard University
Harvard
Byrd Silent in Senate as Tugwell Nomination Divides
Washington dispatch notes Virginia's Sen Harry Byrd broke silence to oppose Dr Tugwell's confirmation as undersecretary of agriculture. Byrd, up for reelection, defended his change of stance, reflecting his calculated political move amid Roosevelt cabinet reshuffle rumors and his future ambitions as a conservative figure from Virginia.
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Washington
Tugwell
Senate
Virginia
Harry Flood Byrd
Byrd
Scott’s Scrapbook: Nebraska Name Origin Debate
Secretary of War Wilkins suggested Nebraska as a river name meaning broad water or shallow water. The debate centers on whether the word Sioux origin referred to the river now called the Platte or to a Sioux term. President Tyler’s cabinet weighed both options during the period.
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Wilkins
Tyler
Nebraska
Plattes
Shootout on East Park Street Ends with Suspects Apprehended
Rice Taylor deputy game warden repels holdup men, injuring one who is taken to a local hospital while the other is jailed. National Democratic Convention opens in New York with Senator Walsh of Montana as acting chairman. Bozeman youth surrenders in a forgery case from six years ago. authorities say the check was cashed by relatives. Mrs. H H McClure national head of American War Mothers visits Butte with state head Mrs. T A Grigg.
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Rice Taylor
East Park Street
New York City
Sen
T. J. Walsh
Montana
Bozeman
Butte
H. H. McClure
T. A. Grigg
Flags Presented At Boston Dinner For MacCormack
A Boston dinner honored Colonel Daniel D. MacCormack commissioner general of immigration and naturalization with a small American flag given to each of the 350 attendees before it was revealed the flags were made in Japan.
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Boston
Daniel D. MacCormack
Immigration and Naturalization of
The
United States
Japan
Septuplet Birth Noted in Popham Beach History
Popham Beach Maine recalls Ephraim S. Marr a longtime postmaster who died at 84. Marr was one of septuplets and survived by a sister Mrs Leonard Percy of Bath. The other five siblings died in infancy.
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Popham Beach
Ontario
Ephraim S. Marr
Marr
Leonard Percy
Bath
Incongruous Music and Cultural Sensitivity Abroad
An editorial reflects on Shanghai mayoral edict banning funeral and wedding tunes misfit for occasions and cites American radio mishap when a Japanese melody offended listeners in memorial programming. It critiques superficial judging of other cultures and stresses respectful context in public performances.
Steamship Alliance first to pass Panama Canal in 64 minutes
In a historic June 23 1914 event the steamship Alliance became the first ocean going vessel to traverse the Panama Canal taking 64 minutes. Episcopal clergy and laity in convention elect the Rev W F Faber co adjutor of the diocese of Montana. Janet Currie a local hospital nurse marries Roy N Dailey football star from the School of Mines whom she nursed after an in game injury in Butte.
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Steamship Alliance
Panama Canal
Episcopal
W. F. Faber
Diocese of
Montana
Janet Currie
Roy N. Dailey
School of Mines
Butte
A Cool Million Parody by Nathaniel West reviewed
The piece offers Nathaniel West’s parody A Cool Million or The Dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin a satire on Horatio Alger Jr. The review notes aptness varies as Lemuel’s misadventures unfold from mortgage trouble to a village banker loan with the Pitkin cow and a sequence of setbacks.
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Lemuel Pitkin
Nathaniel West
Mr. West
Lemuel
Horatio Alger Jr
Mr. Alger
New York
Sock policy at Teachers College bans ankle wear
In New Britain Connecticut Teachers College bans ankle socks for students except on tennis courts and with dresses. Dean says socks are unbecoming to future teachers while Frank Lin E Pierce of the state department of education cites potential poison ivy exposure as a concern.
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New Britain, Conn
Teachers’ College
Franklin E. Pierce
State Department, of Education
Butte Briefs Report Local Arrivals and Graduates
On June 23, 1904, former Montana governor Robert B. Smith arrives in Butte after an extended visit in New York. Frank C. Walker returns from Gonzaga College to spend summer vacation with relatives in Butte. St Patrick's parochial school graduates two young men and 12 young women. Dr T J Murray returns to Butte after a month away visiting eastern cities.
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Robert B. Smith
Montana
Butte
New York
Frank C. Walker
Gonzaga College
St. Patrick’s Parochial School
T. J. Murray
Airdrome at Nanchang Opens for 300 Planes
A large airfield in Nanchang, China, now completed, can accommodate up to 300 aircraft. Construction completed to enable expanded air traffic capacity at the military and civilian aviation hub.
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Nanchang
China
Teeth in Sharks Reveal Rowed Arrays and Single Active Set
Scientists report shark specimens containing up to 6,000 teeth arranged in rows. Only one full set is used at a time, suggesting a continuous shedding and replacement mechanism as sharks migrate or hunt.
Earl of Lonsdale Recall Stagecoach Robbery in America
The Earl of Lonsdale, a noted British sportsman, revealed he once held up a stage coach in the United States and stole five dollars. He tied the act to earlier methods of robbery that predate modern debt-default schemes aimed at Americans.
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Earl of Lonsdale
America
Paying Board and the Duty of Young Earners to Family
The piece argues that once youths become wage earners they owe more than meals and rent to their families. It urges full financial contribution plus willing cooperation, not just five dollars a week, and frames the duty as a spiritual, life-building obligation rooted in gratitude to parents. It warns selfishness undermines happiness and family harmony.
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America
John
Laura
Father
Forecasts Favorable for Business and Leisure This Summer
Favorable influences today boost private business and personal interests. Lenders in public affairs show promise, and banking contracts leases and legal papers look favorable. Newspapers may profit from advertising and reading. Global tensions rise with signs of crises in Moscow and Tokyo and ill prospects for peace in France Italy and Germany. Outdoor sports and summer resort recreation appear favorable. bathing should be safeguarded due to potential drownings. Birthdate related note follows.
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Moscow
Tokyo
France
Italy
Germany
McCoy Publications Address in Los Angeles
Communications for Dr. McCoy should be addressed to the McCoy Publications, Inc. at 1151 West Sixth street, Los Angeles.
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Dr. McCoy
McCoy Publications, Inc
West Sixth Street
Los Angeles
Acne and Diet For Clearer Skin Advice
This medical note describes acne as an inflammatory condition of the sebaceous glands with pimples and blackheads common on the face back and chest. It covers hygiene, gentle steaming, sterilized needle opening, fruit fasts and diet changes, water intake, UV treatment when needed, and the value of consistent habits for lasting improvement.
Treating Retinitis Pigmentosa and Grape Juice Guidance
A reader asks about a hereditary retinitis pigmentosa cure by age 13. The reply notes the disease is rare, causes retinal atrophy, pigment deposits, and vascular changes, and offers a cleansing diet with cold eye compresses and sweat baths as potential progression prevention. For grape juice, it is praised as a good drink when replacing meals or taken between meals, with low sugar versions advised for those with hypertension.
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P. J
Cancer birthday notes and college anniversary in Marshall
The augury speaks of a lucky financial year with restored losses. Cancer individuals born this day are described as sanguine and intelligent. The prince of Wales is noted as born in 1894, with F. O. C. Darley and Clarence Eddy also listed as birthday figures. Wiley College in Marshall Texas marks its sixtieth anniversary as the oldest Negro college west of the Mississippi.
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Prince of Wales
F. O. C. Darley
Clarence Eddy
Wiley College
Marshall
Texas
Mississippi
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