Republicans Endorse Calvin Coolidge On Platform At National Convention
Delegates at the eighteenth national convention voice strong faith in Calvin Coolidge and Dawes. The platform pledges budget discipline, tax cuts, debt reduction, cheaper government, and support for agriculture, markets, rail rates, and veterans, while opposing U.S. participation in the League of Nations.
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Calvin Coolidge
Chas. G. Dawes
United States
League of Nations
Republican Party
Burton
Germany
Angels
Congress
William Jennings Bryan
Europe
Dawes Commission
Sacrifice Is Key To Inner Beauty And Self Improvement
A writers club discussion argues beauty is cultivated not born, urging sacrifice of harmful appetites and discipline in hours, exercise, and mental training. It claims true beauty comes from within and that envy and resentment erode appearance, urging listeners to shape themselves rather than chase external ideals.
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Writers’ Club
New York
Crisin Notes Hiram Johnson Faces Limited Role
In the crisis, Hiram Johnson has little to do beyond deploring the alarm raised by pega intelligence and other authorities. The commentary suggests constrained action for Johnson amidst broader tensions and advisory warnings.
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Hiram Johnson
Pega
World's Sunday School Convention Chooses Lord Pentland Chairman
The ninth World Sunday School Convention opens in Glasgow today with 5000 delegates from many countries. Lord Pentland, a Scottish peer with a long record as soldier statesman and colonial administrator, is named chairman. He served as secretary of state for Scotland from 1906 to 1912 and later as governor of Madras. Captain Binclair, then in Canada, is noted for his Ottawa residency during Lord Aberdeen’s governorship and marriage to Aberdeen’s daughter.
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Glasgow
Lord Pentland
Binclair
Ottawa
Lord Aberdeen
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Scotland
Madras
Conventions Opening Today Across Multiple States
Several associations announce conventions today including the Buffalo American Association of Railroad Superintendents in Pasadena Citi American Society of Civil Engineers Spring to New Jersey and the American Lankan Chemists in Mason City Iowa Also Iowa Bankers Association Wenatchee Washington Christian Endeavor Societies in Northfield Minnesota and Texas groups in Amarillo and Prous Asso ciation in Texas.
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Buffalo
American Association of Railroad Superintendents
Pasadena
Citi
American Society of Civil Engineers
Spring
N. J
American Lankan Chemists’ Association
Mason City
Iowa
Iowa Bankers Association
Wenatchee
Wash
Christian Endeavor Societies of
Washington
Northfield
Mion
Minnesota
Amarillo
Togar
Texas Prous Association
Nighttime Flight with Daday Flicker and Doris
Doris converses with a brown cousin flicker who explains his insect feeding, long sticky tongue, and family. He invites Doris to ride to his apple-tree nest, where the flicker family feeds hungry young and shares their unusual house antics.
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Doris
Daday Flicker
Willy Woodpecker
Daddy Flicker
Flicker
Daddy Filcker
Mama Filcker
Daddy Picker
Anniversaries Touching Global Events and Figures
A chronicle of notable anniversaries including Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo in 1815, birth of Wisconsin governor William E. Smith in 1824, Ancona’s capture by Austria in 1849, Finland’s 700th Christian anniversary in 1857, Texas debt policy in 1861, U.S. pension increase in 1874, Wilson’s Brussels visit in 1919, and Amherst College’s centennial in 1921.
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Napoleon
Waterloo
Wellington
Blucher
William E. Smith
Wisconsin
Iverness
Scotland
Milwaukee
Ancona
Italy
Finland
Clark
Texas
U. S. Congress
Wilson
Brussels
Amherst College
Matrimonially Speaking On Domestic Labor Rights
A humorous domestic dilemma about gender roles and expectations. A husband grouses at being asked to perform chores after dressing for town, joking about rights as a husband not an inmate. A companion item notes a man making Deo signs on a tablecloth with his knife.
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Hugh
Deo
One Year Ago Today Seventh Day Adventists Denounce Evolution
A fragmented reminiscence recalls a religious convention denouncing evolution as unproved and barring its teachings. The text shifts to a childlike scene with Doris and her mother and a stray reference to music and a shipboard incident. The passage blends memory, dialogue, and unrelated snippets without a clear single event.
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National Convention of
Seventh Day Adventists
What This Day Means to You Birthday Guidance and Life Advice
The reading warns late day vibrations favor rest and caution. It predicts a prodigal character for a birthday child unless disciplined, urging thrift and focused affection. Noting notable people born on this date, it lists McDonald Clarke, Francis B. Osgood, James E. Cabot, John R. Thomas, James Montgomery Flagg, and William H. Seward.
Birthdays of notable figures span Ontario to California
Today's birthday list includes G. Howard Ferguson premier of Ontario born in Kemptville 54 years ago. Major General Shaela H. Beach chief of engineers US Army retired today born in Dubuque 64 years ago. K A Worthington ex president of the Cincinnati Indianapolis and Western rail road born in California 63 years ago. William Redfield former US secretary of commerce born in Albany North Carolina 66 years ago. Blanche Sweet film star born in Chicago 28 years ago. A German surgeon reportedly cures lisps by tongue snip with caution about Dawes report reception in papers.
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G. Howard Ferguson
Ontario
Kemptville
Shaela H. Beach
U. S. Army
Dubuque
Iowa
K. A. Worthington
Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western Railroad
Calif
William A "Redfield
Commerce
United States
Albany
Under dog gains support in rail dispute and other notes
Cartoonish poem and editorial snippets advocate cheering for the under dog in a train vs motor dispute over damages to a rail line. The piece praises a railroad suit outcome and mocks motorism while including a political jab about the tax bill and another quip about Russia and wealth.
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G. Nicholas Ifft
Chas. G. Sumner
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McClure Newspaper SynDicate
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Frederic J. Haskin
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