New Automobiles and the American Home
Arthur Brisbane extols the automobile boom and the home life it enables. He argues the car frees families, expands horizons, and turns the one car idea into a multi car future, urging readers to buy new cars, even considering a bird as a metaphor for wings. He advises moving to better neighborhoods with garages and emphasizes that not owning an car costs more than owning one.
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Arthur Brisbane
The
Tribune
United States
American automobiles spark a free modern life on wheels
Plan your visit to the automobile show rooms and see the new cars. The greatest masters of industrial development in America showcase safe, well built automobiles for every pocketbook. Get an automobile this week, even two, to enjoy travel and family happiness while supporting the nation’s leading industry.
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Wreels
Rupert Brooke Poem Fragment Death Foretells Reunion
Fragment from Rupert Brooke contemplating death's approach and the passage to the afterlife. The speaker envisions Death ushering him to a shadowed shore where winds stir, lights cross, and the dead murmur, as a vivid ghostly portrait of a beloved presence is imagined among ancient dead.
Retrospective from Tribune of Que Two Three 2nd Four Years Ago
A string of retro items dated January 16 across 1924 to 1927 notes political candidacy in 1924, a lecture by Charles Pad ock postponed to January 28 in Warren, a Blue and White school magazine issue, library donations by the Parent Teachers Association, winter car powered snow plows in Warren, temperature readings across Stoneham Irvine and Youngsville, and lumber and wood-cutting booms amid deep snow. Warren and Kane residents attended a Roosevelt Highway Association meeting in Wellsboro.
The Tale of Reason and Pity in a Dilemma
A man seeks aid as Reason and Pity debate help. Pity urges action while Reason cautions risk. Torn between the two, he chooses to act, and both voices acknowledge the outcome.
Doris Meets Dainty Little Traveler and Bird Talk
Doris hears a peculiar sound and meets Mr Blackpoll Warbler in the orchard. The tiny bird explains he is migrating from South America to Canada with his mate, hunting insects among the apple blossoms and promising a future meeting in the fall.
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Doris
Dorie
Titus
Weil
Chickadee
Dorris
Mr. Chickadee
Mr. Blackpoll Warbler
Wood Largend
Mr. Blackpall Warbler
Doris Dean
Blackpolls
Mr. Sperrow
Canada
Blackpoll Warbler
Riviera Sleepers On Railcars Yield Modest Riviera Charm
In a French railcar passage headed for the Riviera, the writer recalls couchette cars with four bunks lacking sheets and pillows, then a upgraded wagon lit sleeping car replacing the shared compartment. Sunrise over the blue Mediterranean, pink houses, and tiles evoke grand Riviera life, but current costs show villas from $100 monthly and servants around $4 weekly, making winter stays modest.
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Riviera
France
Mediterranean
Ford
Azure
Voice and Vein of a Senator Willis in Washington
Washington dispatch notes Senator Frank B. Willis of Ohio as a loud voice with striking presence shaping political chatter. It argues his vocal power and imposing appearance boost his prominence, with him and Curtis as the only declared presidential hopefuls, though Willis’ chances remain uncertain yet influential.
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Washington
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
Solons
Senate
Frank
Capitol Hill
Senator Curtis
Curtis
Willis
Nick Longworth
Frank Willis
de Healy
Griffo Dies at 55 Leaves Boxing Legend Remembered
The obituary notes that Griffo, famed pugilist, died at 55, a young age for athletes, highlighting the public perception of athletes dying young. A caregiver recalls his kind nature, saying he loved singing and dancing with children and was a fine man.
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Griffo
A New Yorker Remembers Art and Heart in New York
The writer recalls a 1920s stage moment with Jeanne Engels and fashion displays on Fifth Avenue, then shifts to a devoted mother’s effort to raise her daughter alone in New York. He notes the city’s allure for the successful and its harshness for the poor, praising gallant single motherhood amid hardship and colorful shopfronts. He also discusses athletes, heart disease, and obesity, citing Yale and Harvard studies and urging weight reduction with offered instructions.
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New York
Jeanne Engels
Fifth Avenue
Mll
Bonwit Tellers
Franklin Simons
Russell & Co
Avedon & Co
Ege
Galvin
Forty-sixth Street
Thia
Kottmiller
House of Thorley
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Wellsboro
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George Cohan
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Arthur Hunter
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American Medical Journal
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Henry Ohn
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