Why Buy at Home A Kiwanis Editorial Parable on Local Patronage
Ro e Fulkerson editorials in Kiwanis Magazine are discussed in Tribune columns. The piece argues buying at home strengthens town prosperity, citing a dentist story of locals favoring metropolis prices and the need for home merchants. It then surveys service clubs, their 350000 members, costs, and questions whether civic groups will endure amid modern diversions and shifting values.
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Roe Fulkerson
Kiwanis
Tribune
Fulkerson
Kiwanis Magazine
Jesson
Kiwanis and civic clubs must show worthy community impact
The speaker argues that service clubs like Kiwanis must prove their value through concrete community accomplishments. Fun should support, not replace, service while addressing under privileged youth work, vocational education, and urban rural understanding. Success will sustain civic club influence in a golden age.
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Kiwanis
The Blackbird Poem Excerpt by William Ernest Henley
A brief verse fragment celebrates a blackbird as a joyful musician amid spring. The speaker loves the bird, noting its song as the essence of life and shared happiness during the season.
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William Ernest Henley
What's What in Washington six years of oil probes
Washington gossip recalls the six year oil inquiry led by multiple Senate chairmen from Reed Smoot to Gerald Nye. Douglas H. McArthur, longtime Ladd and Nye aide, notes the search may uncover earlier oil discoveries as Elk Hills and Teapot Dome are reexamined and Salt Creek looms.
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Washington
Douglas H. McArthur
Senate
McArthur
Edwin F. Ladd
North Dakota
Ladd
Public Lands Committee
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Smoot
Lemoot
Will Hays
Harding
Robert N. Stanfield
Oregon
Stanfeld
Lenroot
Gerald P. Nye
North
Walsh
Nye
Elk Hills
Teapot Dome
Salt Creek
Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest
A poem praising unnamed heroes who avert tragedy in traffic incidents. The speaker laments not knowing the drivers who saved lives or the identities of those involved while recognizing the quiet bravery of those who prevent disasters. The piece contrasts publicizing fatal crashes with honoring lifesavers who risk themselves.
Eddie Earthworm Teaches Bees Kindness on Gloomy Day
Eddie Earthworm, weary of his ground life, calmly answers two bees. He explains how worm work loosening soil helps flowers, seeds, and honey. Bees admit their mistake, and a robin's shadow ends their sneers as Eddie disappears. The incident ends with the bees refraining from insults.
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Eddie Earthworm
Billy Bee
Eddie
Benny Bee
Billy
Robin Redbreast
Dinner Stories and a Thrifty Suitor
A quip about Marie and marriage appears in a dinner tale. She is asked if she would marry a thrifty man and replies that she would, but not if it meant an engagement. The exchange reflects social manners and witty banter typical of the era.
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Marie
Disruptive Neighbor Trial Ends With Dismissal
A Chicago woman complainant testified before Judge Paden about a neighbor pounding on her door during a party. She struggled to stop speaking as the judge and bailiff tried to control the scene, and the case was dismissed. The witness pleaded to explain further as she was led out of the room.
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Chicago
Ill
Paden
One Minute Pulpit Reflects on Brotherhood and Justice
A religious excerpt contrasts brotherly unity with the harm of coworkers and urges fairest conduct. It cites Acts xvi as a lesson in rulers and judges, then quotes Mark emphasizing love of God and neighbor over sacrifices.
Rainy New York Observe: Cabs, Statues, and a Jazz Flight
Clark Kinnaird chronicles a rainy May 8 wander through New York. Traffic police whistle under awnings. cabbies haggle. grape vendors shelter. a calliope hawks flour. Madison Square glistens. Seward statue looms over a wet city. Rain recalls Stephen Crane. scenes of puddled streets, a woman with yellow slicker, and a park bench sleeper. He notes hotel room bargains as summer draws near, and Roger Wolfe Kahn in London speaks nightly by transatlantic radio to his mother.
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New York
Madison Square
Metropolitan Tower
Seward
Stephen Crane
Quick
U. S
Roger Wolfe Kahn
London
Lindbergh Calls New Fokker A Flying Bird
After testing the giant tri motor Fokker, Lindbergh declares the airplane “a bird” in a Buffalo Courier-Express report. He remarks on its handling contrasting it with a centipede as a metaphor for complexity.
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Lindbergh
Buffalo Courier-Express
Dear Doctor reduces candy habit and quick weight loss plan
In a Diet and Health column a reader asks how soon to lose 16 to 17 pounds and seeks a pamphlet. Advice urges a candy pledge, daily gradual exercises, and avoiding candy windows. A liquid three day diet may yield rapid loss, then about two pounds weekly, with safe total reduction in six weeks to two months.
State designates Warren as regional school inspection district
Warren is named one of nine regional conference districts by the state health department to expand school inspection work in Pennsylvania. An announcement notes the annual meeting of Group 7 of the Bankers Association at Conneango Valley Country Club on May 13.
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Warren
State Health Department
Pennsylvania
Bankers Association
Conenango Valley Country Club
Memorial Day observance plans advance in Warren
Preparation for the annual Memorial Day observance on May 30 in Warren proceeds. Community house plans, long urged by the Fiji club, near North Warren moved toward incorporation, making the project practically assured after last evening’s initial steps.
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Warren
Fiji Club
North Warren
Sparks Circus Coming to Warren Tomorrow Ad Promises Spectacle
May 8 1926 advance circular urges readers to visit Sparks Circus in Warren tomorrow. L L Bishop of the Forestry Service is in Kane today over a forest fire burning in that area.
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Sparks
Warren
L. L. Bishop
Forestry Service
Kane
Pitt Glee Club Concert Fills Grace Methodist
Reservations for the annual Mother and Son banquet are being received for the event next Wednesday evening. Grace Methodist church was crowded to capacity last evening when the University of Pittsburgh Men's Glee Club and orchestra performed a concert.
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Grace Methodist Church
University of Pittsburgh
Reducing and Gaining Pamphlets and Postoperative Advice
A fragment from a health column urges readers to send ten cents for pamphlets on reducing and gaining, with a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Lulu Hunt Peters. It discusses abdominal adhesions after surgery and advised gradual exercises, seeing a physician, and potential need for another operation if pain is severe. Also mentions glycerine skin remedies and tomorrow's topic on intestinal flora and milk.
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Lulu Hunt Peters
The
Warren Tribune
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Fred C. Eaton
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J. B. Moore
J. R. van Cleve
William H. Wright
Frank R. Ford
J. R.van Cleve
Howard L. Schultheis
Devine-Wallis Corporation
New York City
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Blackbird
Charles P. Stewart
Reed Smoot
Utah Statesman
Irwin L. Lenroot
Wisconsin
Senator Ladd
Edgar A. Guest
Geed
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Yorere
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