New York Cabaret Shows Stir Legal Clash and Luxe Hotels
New York news recounts Magistrate Barlow to rule on whether cabaret shows breach license laws amid moral concern. Vanderbilt Hotel opens with 585 rooms atop twenty first floor. Yerkes House contents to be auctioned for Emilie Grigsby ward. Beattie confronts rioters. Bersbach helps embezzlement defendant. Bermuda beat Oceana in ocean race. $10,000 wagered. Delegation seeks 1930 Democratic national convention in New York with potential 300,000 visitors and $15-20 million in spending.
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New York
Barlow
Louis Martin
Broadway
White Light District
Metropolis
Chicago
Windy City
San Francisco
Golden Gate City
Paris
Vanderbilt
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Oceana
Bermudian
Bermuda
Washington
National Committee
National Capital
Company elects seven directors to fill vacancies
Seven directors were elected to fill vacancies created by expiring terms and one removal. The vote determined replacements for positions resulting from term expirations and a pending vacancy.
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Washington County Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
Sidewalk Sketches The Bonehead
A humorous portrait of the bonehead as a type across roles from baseball to politics and journalism. The piece mocks stubborn minds and social foibles, noting varied bonehead traits and a brain described as three parts fresh air and one part cold slow.
Holden enters gubernatorial race on Greater Iowa platform
Des Moines January 6 Perry G Holden of Ames formally announced his candidacy for Iowa governor and resigned as superintendent of the agricultural extension department at Iowa State College. He promotes a Greater Iowa platform stressing agricultural industrial and educational advancement while denying factional ties. Immediate campaign preparations begin as the Greater Iowa committee may expand to back his bid.
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Des Moines
Perry G. Holden
Ames
State Board of Education
Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
Iowa
Mr. Holden
George C. White
Nevada
Mr. White
Friends
Savery
Holden
Schools Reopen After Two Week Vacation
The city schools will reopen Monday at 9 o clock. Teachers are expected to report, and repairs have been completed on several buildings. Kindergarten continues through January, and first semester exams are set for January 17 to 19 before the second semester begins.
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Fuller
Farmers Club Meeting At Living Lake School House
A meeting is called for farmers at Living Lake school house Monday night January 8 at 7 o clock to organize a farmers club. Everette Stewart will attend with a man from Ames. All interested men and women are urged to attend.
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Living Lake School House
Everette Stewart
Ames
No Biting Laws With Teeth In Them
A quip contrasts belief in robust laws with skepticism toward statutes gilded with gold. The exchange hints at distrust of legal measures seen as self serving or sycophantic, implying critique of justice that favors wealth over principle.
Poultry Dealer Sells Turkeys and Chickens to West Chester Firm
H. L. O Loughlin sold and delivered turkeys and chickens to McFarlane and Co. at West Chester for the sum of 116.97 dollars. This amount covered a full year of raising and delivery.
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H. L. O'Loughlin
McFarlane & Co
West Chester
Excess of Procrastination
A reflective note on delaying tasks that should have been completed earlier. It highlights the habit of postponement and its impact on productivity and responsibility.
Language and Welsh identity in Ruskin's words
A remark attributed to John Ruskin defends preserving Welsh as the language of music against English dominance. He resists replacement and praises Welsh linguistic culture while noting English lacking in genius, and comments on poetry and wit among Scots and Irish, questioning Shakespeare's origin.
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Ruskin
National Auto Show Opens at Madison Square Garden
New York hosts the twelfth National Automobile Show at Madison Square Garden opening today for seven days. The event features over 60 car manufacturers, 19 motorcycle makers, and 311 accessory firms with crimson and gold decor and a Jean Pablogue mural. Manufacturers highlight innovations aimed at female buyers, reflecting the rising influence of women in car purchases.
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Grand Central Palace
M. Jean Pablogue
California
Hoop skirt fashion may be making way back
The note suggests hoop skirts returning could be premature or unlikely as crowded conditions complicate room for wider garments. If they resurface, people may need to move aside to accommodate the revival.
College Girl Suggestion on Popularity and Study Habits
The writer notes popularity follows respect and cautions girls against early social flurries. College study is harder than school work, with early months seeming easy. Many join social whirl but midyear penalties arrive unless aided by cramming. Begin daily, necessary work from the start.
Hugo and Baudelaire Punctuation Passion Revealed
In a Victor Hugo letter to Baudelaire he extols perfect punctuation and notes eleven proof revisions of La Legende des Siecles. He recalls printers shaping sentences for correct placement, likening it to Thomas Campbell who walked six miles to adjust a comma to a semicolon.
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Hugo
Victor Hugo
Baudelaire
Thomas Campbell
Subjects for the Week of Prayer Begins in New York
The Evangelical Alliance of the United States opens a week of prayer with the inaugural sermon on The Kingdom's Ceaseless Advance based on Mark 4 26 28. Topics for six ensuing days include The Church of Christ Foreign Missions Home Missions and more.
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New York
United States
Evangelical Alliance of the
Church of Christ
Foreign Missions
Home Missions
Supreme Desirability of the Kingdom's Triumph Sermon Topic
A newspaper blurb notes Sunday sermons with the theme Domestic and Educational Interests on Saturday and National and International Interests on Sunday. The Sunday subject is titled The Supreme Desirability of the Kingdom's Triumph.
Strike summons issued to union leaders in Illinois Central dispute
Danville Illinois December 1 80 heads of international unions tied to the Illinois Central strike and over 260 labor officials have been served with summonses directing their appearance in U S court in Danville next week.
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Danville
United States
Cure a Cold In One Day Laxative Bromine Tablets
Ad promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets to cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee. Druggists refund if it fails. Box shows ER W GROVE'S signature. Price 25 cents.
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ER. W. Grove
Invention Improves Corn Planter by Rev J F P Ely
Reverend J F P Ely of Eldena in this county claims an improvement to corn planters that removes cheek wire and stake driving at field ends. The device can be fitted to any corn planter at a very small cost and eliminates the need for wire stretching.
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Dixon, Wi
J. FP. Ely
Eldena
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