Tammany Plans at Democratic National Convention
The Philadelphia Public Ledger reprints discussion on Tammany Hall plans for Houston, naming Mayor Jimmy Walker as Smith floor manager. It notes Tammany fears attacks on graft in New York and aims to shield Al Smith, while preparing to counter opposition and limit protests to protect the nomination.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
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Tammany
New York
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Kansas City
Graft Allegations Tie Tammany To 1936 Campaign
The source argues that honest government requires a guard against graft, citing a $20,000,000 graft in a single city connected to Tammany and Governor Smith. It contends Republican councils elsewhere are not direct sponsors of the president, and warns that Tammany aims to minimize the taint to influence federal power if Smith wins.
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United States
Tammany
Smith
Houston
Traveling reporters recall convention grind and road misadventures
Houston June 25 The newspaper gang suffered through another convention season with reporters enduring a long journey from Kansas City to Houston. A Pullman scare and jokes about upper berths highlight the fatigue and good humor as they recount rail and road travel witticisms from the road, including a George Britt tale and a motherly quip about timing.
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Bill Davy
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New York
Quiet farewell ballad by Christina Rossetti
Poem fragment in which the speaker bids a loved one not to mourn after death. It envisions no roses or cypress at the grave and asks for green grass with rain, while contemplating memory and forgetfulness beyond the grave. The voice promises not to see or hear the world and to dream in a twilight that never rises or sets.
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Christina Georgina Rosetti
Just Folks in the Garden by Edgar A Quest
In the garden the old and young see different truths. Old folks note fading blossoms and dead limbs while Janet points to goblins and a thousand inner lessons. The verse links age and childlike vision to hidden meanings in commonplace景.
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Edgar A. Quest
Janet
Public forum column on traffic lights in Warren NC
Readers oppose installing modern traffic signals in Warren. A proposed low cost plan suggests designating through streets, with limited entry at key points, using signs to guide drivers and keep traffic moving safely. The piece argues for minimal taxpayer expense and avoids full signalization.
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Warren. N. C
Peter's Adventures by Florence Vincent
In this fragment from Peter's Adventures, Sonny Bunny and Bobo Link seek water and shelter in a desert bank where grass grows among rocks. They camp and nap, then spot a bird with two eggs. A vociferous crested bird accuses them of tramps, prompting a defensive reply about their respectable, traveling life as Northland birds.
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Plumber Visits Household To Explain Upstairs Trouble
The master and mistress greet the plumber at the door and the husband, described as very methodical, expresses a wish to explain the trouble before they go upstairs. The plumber responds politely introducing himself as pleased to meet them.
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Imum
New York Buildings and Tipping Habits in 1920s Era
The piece notes the temporary nature of New York structures like the Belmont and Pictorial Review buildings, and mentions famed sights on Fifth Avenue. It highlights wage and tipping practices in services from barbers to hotel staff, advising visitors to tip sparingly and pointing out which workers rely on tips for income. It also references political figures connected to media and baseball and a tourist arrest over an overcharged haircut.
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Belmont
Pictorial Review
Fifth Avenue
Lipa
Aviation Medicine: New Branch of Medical Science Emerges
The article explains aviation medicine as a new field born from rapid aviation growth. It notes mountain sickness in climbers and balloonists and describes how pilots face unique physiological stresses. It mentions laboratories worldwide, including a U S army facility, studying flyers eyesight heart action balance and mental responses.
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United States Army
Retrospective notes on June era from Tribune pages
A collage of past Tribune items from June years includes roadwork near Russell and Lander set for late month pour, church talks by Rev J C Hansen of Nazarene college, market cherries and frost impact, trips abroad by Dr W P Clancy, recitals by Misses Mitchell, trout entries for a fishing contest, and plans to repave north Market Street.
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Tribune
Duffy Palmiter
Kinzua
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J. C. Devine Company
Church merger seen as never advancing movement
A Columbus Dispatch reflection calls church mergers a popular movement that is always about to make decisive progress but never does. The San Francisco Chronicle notes nature makes mistakes yet never arranges youth’s bloom near the nose and close to an ear.
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Columbus Dispatch
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