Primaries Show Democrats? No, Hoovers Rise and Coolidge Confirms
A Kansas City convention commentary argues the direct primary works when public opinion is clear. Voters chose Herbert Hoover over party bosses, signaling a genuine rank and file nomination. Calvin Coolidge’s refusal to run again is affirmed and the “Coolidge enigma” is seen as resolved by his keynote speech.
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Republican Party
Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Sinclair
Fess
Missing Italia crew braves Arctic drift hope for rescue
News of the Republican convention distracts from a harsh Arctic tale. General Nobile and his crew cling to moving ice floes awaiting rescue as modern transport fails and dog sleds appear their best remaining option amid fading hope from seasoned Arctic travelers.
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General Nobile
Rescue Yet to Come for Nobile Crew in Frozen North
The stranded polar expedition led by Nobile faces a vast, icy distance to safety, but modern radio on their ice floe keeps them in touch with rescuers thousands of miles away. Their peril mirrors Floyd Collins as the nation waits for updates, hoping for a safe outcome.
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Nobile
Civilization
Floyd Collins
Kentucky
Symbols in Poetry and the Escape of Words
A compact reflection on how words resemble butterflies with swift colors and fragile wings. The excerpt imagines names of ancient things slipping beyond speech, leaving haunting shapes as they drift past. Observers await bright travelers to be captured in verse.
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David Morton
Poetry
Clover
Burton Aged Buckeye Pursues Senate Seat And World Peace
Kansas City observes Theodore E. Burton, the Ohio congressman famed for a formidable presence, as a national figure fit for the Senate. The piece lauds his massive head and reserve, notes his prior Senate term, and argues his candidacy aims at public interest, education, and moral public life over mere politics.
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Kansas City
Theodore E. Burton
Senate
Ahiesen
Ohio Hoover
Congressman Burton
National Capitol
Burton
House of Remegentatives
Ohio
Washington
House of Representatives
Just Folks by Edgar A Guest The Busy Man
A compact poem portrays a man who balances hard work with leisure and social life. He values mignonette and peonies, reads books, enjoys theater, and spends time with neighbors. His business grows while his home and garden flourish, and he pursues a life rich in small joys.
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Edgar A
Busy Man
The Kick That Crippled Jaguar
A village tale features Llama fleeing Jaguar while Oliver Ostrich promises aid. Bobolink narrates as characters react with fear and curiosity. The Jaguar prepares a fatal lunge, but the story shifts to anticipation of a pivotal kick.
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Llama
Jaguar
Oliver Ostrich
Bobolink
Peter
Bob
Sonny Burmy
Mrs. Gray Rabbit
Living and Loving by Mrs. Virginia Lee
In this advice column, Mrs. Virginia Lee counsels a 14 year old and an 18 year old on romance and self respect. She warns against rushing into relationships, urges keeping mother’s approval, and reassures about gossip while stressing personal integrity and prudent dating.
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Mrs
Virginia Lee
Rejections of 1927 Highlight New Yorker Book
A New Yorker diary notes Rejections of 1927 showcasing stories by Ben Ames Williams Mary Heaton Vorse Ruth Cross and others edited by Charles H Baker Jr The volume reassures writers that editorial prejudice does not reflect manuscript quality and lists notable contributors while recounting a party scene at Emil Fuchs residence with luminaries like Thyra Sumter Winslow Marie Dressler Ray Long and Harold Ross.
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Kathleen Norris
Atlantic Monthly
Charles H. Baker, Jr
Ben Ames Williams
Mary Heaton Vorse
Ruth Cross
J. P. McEvoy
Edgar Hay
Gouverneur Morris
Ferrin Fraser
Cyril Hume
Arthur Schnitzler
Emmerson Low
Edwina Stanton Babcock
Mildred Cram
Frances Bragg Middleton
Seth Clarkson
Ray Long
Henry Mencken
Merle Crowell
Fox
Emil Fuchs
Hotel Des Artistes
Janet Sensi
Neysa McMeim
Harold Ross
Texas
The
New Yorker
Bible of the Sophisticaties
John H. Finley
Two letters signed Swallow and A Child in Christ
Town friends praise fair play and sportsmanship among students, noting two letters from a girl under the noms de plume Swallow and A Child in Christ. The message urges good conduct and fair competition in school and community life.
Going Without Supper Aids Weight Loss Report
A reader describes losing 20 pounds after a major operation by skipping supper and limiting calories in two meals. She notes initial hardship but now feels much better, despite disliking milk and dealing with constipation. The letter hints many overweight individuals trace excess weight to convalescence.
Retrospective from Tribunes One to Four Years Ago
A collage of items dated 1924 to 1926 recalls events in Warren. The 1924 note reports a 50 percent cut in local Pennsylvania crude oil grades by the Joseph Seep Purchasing Agency. 1925 items note highway contract lettings in Warren County for the first three days of next week. 1925 commencement at Warren High School featured the largest class. 1926 blaze destroyed several hundred acres of slashing and timber at Sugar Run and 5,500 cords of chemical wood. The 1926 entry also mentions Automobile Sunday at First Presbyterian Church and a Moose picnic at Celoron Park with Warren members.
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Pennsylvania
Joseph Seep
Warren County
Exer
Warren High School
First Presbyterian Church
Sugar Run
Warren
The
Loyal Order of Moose
Celoron Park
Navy Enlistments and Health Advice Column Notes
June 13 1927 items report Harry Tucker of Tidioute and Ed ward McConnell PA ave nue east enlisting in the U S Navy. Gibby Graham musician returns from vaudeville tour. The column blends health diet tips and reader questions on calories milk fruits vegetables and constipation with medical commentary and requests for stamps and self addressed envelopes.
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Harry Tucker
Tidioute
Edward McConnell
Pennsylvania Avenue
East
United States Navy
Robbery in City Hall Crowd Foiled Groef Wallet Stolen
Otto Groef was pickpocketed of $15 while waiting near city hall to see Bremen flyers. Surrounded by about 60 police and as many plainclothes officers, he only discovered the loss minutes later and police failed to recover the money.
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ST. Louis
Otto Groef
Bremen
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Warren Tribune Company
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J. R. van Cleve
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Devine-Wallis Corporation
New York City
Chicago
Earrier
Warren Post Office
Roosevelt Highway
Italia
Arctic Circle
Charles P. Stewart
Peter's Adventures
Florence Vincent
Mrs. Lee
Windy
Big Boy
Beeti Beatin
Clark Kinnaird
New York
Lulu Hunt Peters
Gibby Graham
Caranas-Baker Company
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