Smith’s Chances in Houston Clash with Southern Solidarity
A detailed Public Ledger analysis argues Al Smith faces slim odds to clinch the Democratic nomination in Houston. It notes growing Southern discontent, possible bolt threats, and a nine-state dry conference in St Petersburg aiming to thwart Smith or push a separate wet candidate if he wins Houston. The piece cites Senator Simmons and observers warning the party may split if Smith is nominated.
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al Smith
Houston
Madison Senate Garden
Smith
Public Ledger
Washington
St. Petersburg
Fla
South
Wirginia
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Simmons
North Carolina
Virginia
Arkansas
Texas
Jim” Reed
West
Walker
Southland
Beit
New York
House Divided Echoes in Democratic Rifts Over Silver
A 32 year old split over free silver resurfaces as North and South Democrats form rival camps. Smith supporters struggle to placate Southern factions and a June Houston battle looms, likely leaving deep wounds. Wet regulars and dry belters clash while Republicans push toward victory. The breaking party lines echo Lincoln by the breeze from the Southland.
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Tratic
Gold Democrats
North
Smith
Houston
United Republican Party
Southland
Pity Me Not Poem by Edna St Vincent Millay
A fragmentary poem laments passing beauty and fading love as the speaker refuses pity for the waning day and returning loss. The verse compares love to a white blossom, the tide, and wreckage, hinting at the speaker's resigned view of desire and perception.
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Edna St. Vincen
Milley
Florence Kahn Gains First Woman Seat on Annapolis Board
In Washington on March 2 Florence P. Kahn, California congresswoman, becomes the first woman on Annapolis naval academy visitors. Her blend of education insight and naval knowledge stands out among a board mostly of naval experts. She advocates strong preparedness and argues war avoidance through naval strength, reflecting her late husband Julius Kahn’s military affairs legacy.
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Washington, Marth
Florence P. Kahn
Board of Visitors
The
Annapolis Naval Academny
Academy
Annapolis
Hilary P. Jones
Reg
Red
Congress
Annapolis Academy
Navy
Kahn
Golden Gate
House
Washington
Army
Kelloge
Just Folks by Edgar A Guest poem excerpt
A fragment from Edgar A Guest's Just Folks explores the speaker's inner conflict between a better self and a flawed, selfish behavior. It portrays regret for failing to be considerate and for harsh words that harm others, ending with the admission of hidden shame about one's true self.
Dotty Meets Mrs Hippopotamus in Circus Enclosure
Dotty chats with a hippo named Mrs Hippopotamus in a circus setting. The animal describes swimming ability and life in captivity, noting her Nile home and care by a keeper as closing time nears.
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Dotty
Hippopotamus
Mia
Hipopopotamus
Mrs. Hippopotamus
Nile
Africa
Dotty *T
Time Space and Life at Dinner Stories Meeting
The speaker's ten minute address at the Noon Lunch Club covers time space and life. An Alabama incident of a brief contortion between a darkey couple is noted with local humor. Miss Mazzei pursues a thief in Detroit after a bag theft and license number is shouted aloud.
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Detroit
Miss Mazzei
One Minute Pulpit Quote on Body as Temple
A brief devotional note cites I Corinthians 6 19 20 reminding readers that the body and spirit belong to God. It urges believers to glorify God in all personal conduct and bodily life as a temple of the Holy Ghost.
Dining with dogs and New York Sunday hush
The Daybook notes a fancy hotel dog menu costing about 50 cents with formal service and a dog chef, plus a wagging head finale. It contrasts Manhattan fantasies, a socialite at Tex Guinan’s salon, and Sunday in Lower Manhattan with near-zero business, few theaters, and rare open restaurants. It recalls a female impersonator hiding as a man and a sharp-eyed NY columnist view of city life.
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New York
Emily Post
Anine
Manhattan
Walter Winchell
Tex Goinan
Tex
Geinan
Ceckoo
Guinan
Brooklyn Bridge
Battery
Roxy's Cathedral
Taik
Wowto
Birth control and motherhood at forty in wartime care
Letters from women over 40 reveal concerns about delaying childbirth and the risks of pregnancy. Advice covers safe labor, diet, weight gain, prenatal care, and the use of maternity supports. Guidance includes reframing fertility after Cesarean and tubal procedures, and suggests adopting children or using agencies.
Governors to name mothers' aid trustees this week
Warren county awaits the governor's action naming women to the mothers' assistance land trustees. Warren General Hospital officials reported two more donations to the institution's deficit fund, aiding its finances.
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Warren General Hospital
Oil lease partner exits. Eberhart eyes contracting work
March 2 1925 update notes John Eberhart, previously part owner of the McWilliams oil lease, has disposed of his interest and contemplates entering the contracting business. G E Dennigan has submitted his political card in The Tribune seeking the Republican nomination for Warrenborough tax collector.
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John Eberhart
McWilliams
G. E. Dennigan
The
Tribune
Warren Borough
Local clergy travel to Ludlow for Mission meeting
George Schweitzer of Irvine retires from Florida after six months in the real estate field. Reverends Carl Jacobson of this city, A Carlson of Chandlers Valley, and Anton Linder of Titusville depart for Ludlow to attend the Mission meeting this morning.
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George Schweitzer
Irvine
Florida
Carl Jacobson
A. Carlson
Chandlers Valley
Anton Linder
Titusville
Ludlow
Patchen Meat Market Truck Loses Wheel After Track Jolt
A Ford truck owned by Patchen Meat Market lost a rear wheel yesterday when the rear axle broke after hitting street-car tracks near the post office. The Atlantic Refinery announced a one cent cut in genotine, pricing it at 21 cents with two cents added for tax.
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Patchen
Atlantic Refinery
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Just Folks
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Erstus
Sholts
New Yorker
Burton Rascoe
Lulu Hunt Peters
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Warten Tribune
Echie
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