Leap Year 1928 Embraces Love Laws and Calendar Change
The piece surveys Leap Year 1928 noting its date, February 29, and the origin of the term Bissextile. It recounts Julius Caesar’s calendar reform, the Gregorian adjustment by Pope Gregory XIII, and Britain's late adoption in 1751. It mentions 1928 as a year of social jokes about women proposing, with historic laws from Scotland and France cited, while US bills to compel marriage are suggested but not enacted.
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France
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Florence
United States
Prohibition Views and New Year Reflections in Chicago
A fragment recounts crowded offices on William Street and a critic’s eye on offices and decor. It notes New Year’s Eve deaths in Chicago from alcoholism, police shootings, and cabaret rowdiness while Prohibition agents claim success. Dr. David Mitchell of New York denounces resolutions as harmful, arguing they worsen failure.
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Prohibition
David Mitchell
New York City
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Ballade of Dramatic Criticism
A reflective yet satirical verse critiques actors and theaters constant weariness with hackneyed roles and stage design. The narrator praises scenery while noting sameness in May redecoration and a lingering cafe respite near the theater. The piece ends with a playful nod to the author-manager and a tentative matinee setting.
Retrospective items from Tribune of one two three year
A compilation of late 1920s items notes wills and charitable bequests in Warren, fund drives for Harding Memorial, upcoming baseball events and school building plans in Starbrick. It spans 1924 to 1927, naming local figures, institutions, and civic developments.
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Tribune
William P. McClure
Warren
Register and Recorder
Starbrick
Floyd Bathurst
Just Folks by Edgar A Guest
Poem outlines a New Year family vow to reform habits at home. Parents pledge restraint at the dinner table and neatness as a motto, promising quiet evenings and better behavior for the baby and themselves. The speaker vows tidy routines and silent self discipline, aiming for a perfect household.
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Reddy
Good Night Stories of a Busy Garden Spider
Missy Spider learns a lesson after a golden brown spider in a Brown Eyed Susan explains a lazy way to eat. A Blue Jay eats the rival spider, prompting Missy to change and spin a web beside her mother. She becomes one of the busiest spiders in the garden.
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Susan
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The Dark of a New Yorker by Burton Rascoe
A New York City column notes ethnic enclaves struggle to Americanize as a Czech widow seeks influenza remedy from a barber doctor. It also observes actors' jobs, a downtown speak easy owners union, and rising sex appeal in ads while warning readers about reserved seats and smiling hat-checks.
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New Yorker
Burton Rascoe
New York
Ilinois
Calendar gifts sent to Ruth Snyder and Judd Graf
The Mutual Welfare league presented calendars to Ruth Snyder and Judd Graf, condemned murderers in New York, sentenced to die in the electric chair on January 12.
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Mutual Welfare League
Ruth Snyder
Judd Graf
New York
Titusville
What's What in Washington: Navy Row Sparks Capitol Rumpus
In Washington a major clash over the navy looms as Secretary Wilbur reports heavy losses and costly damages across ships and fleets. The piece suggests internal blame games between Wilbur and Congress, with defense funding at the heart of the dispute and military leaders warning of a weakened peacetime Navy.
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Langtey
Magruder
Wilbur
Congress
Navy
Diet and Beaste A Weight Loss Talk From Battle Creek
The article shares a guest talk on reducing fat and sweets habits given at a sanitarum during a vacation in Battle Creek. It includes a reader letter from Mrs. B describing a 67 pound weight loss in eight months after starting a reducing program and exercise, plus a request for pamphlets and notes on headaches and sleeping sickness.
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Battle Creek
Sanitarum
London shows men still rule the town in Kellygrams
Fred C. Kelly notes London remains a male dominated realm with stores and culture catering to men. He imagines a horse guard's evenings at home and muses on read and leisure as a contrast to modern gender shifts.
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London
Horse Guards
H. G. Wells
Arnold Bennett
Burlinton Arcade
Fifth Avenue
Whitehall
Swearing Off Rich Foods After Holidays
A humorous verse notes a family resolve to abstain from sweets and rich foods in the new year. Tom stops puddings and pies, the twins avoid sweets, Aunt Nellie renounces nuts, and Uncle Bill parts with fancy bread as the household embraces abstemious resolutions.
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Nellie
Uncle Bill
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