Coolidge Rise From Quiet Senator to Vice President Choice
Reading a contemporary account, Coolidge moves from quiet senator to surprise vice presidential pick. Lenroot was the traditional choice, urged by Harding, but Oregon’s burst of support shifted the tide and jolted the convention into decisive action.
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Coolidge
Theodore Roosevelt
Harding
William McKinley
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
Senator Lenroot
George Harvey
Lenroot
Massachusetts
Vermont
East
Oregon
Abe Martin Reports Barbershop Gossip at Democratic Convention
The column notes a secret told to a barber about the Buds not being happy and mentions Mrs. Em Moots in town. Delegate Art Smiley returns from the Democratic convention in New York and speaks proudly of his trip.
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason
Aunt Jemima dries the dishes as she dreams of fame and a thousand bones. Julia Ginger is a singer praised by many yet envies Melba and Yaw while critics spark her envy and she longs to escape humble chores and crowd noise.
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Jemima
Julia Ginger
Julia
Melba
Ellen Yaw
Chautauqua Ad Club Talk and Oddities Note
Albert Donovan comments on hog market benchmarks and a lighthearted promise to smile at 20 cents and laugh at 10 cents. The piece also notes a tile booklet describing customs in Algiers and observes domestic wives who “wear the trousers” in humor.
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Albert Donovan
Albert
Algiers
Witty Exchanges and Satirical Jabs Rise in Civic Chat
A playful backseat quip about a flat tire hints at social wit. The passage contrasts a youngster’s ambition with ease of relying on a parent and notes Coolidge’s busy schedule with a jab about meals, framing political life in humorous terms.
Public safety creed guides voter trust in Coolidge
The passage portrays a broad, diffuse support for Coolidge based on his record and service to the people rather than Massachusetts’s wealth. It recalls his firm stance against strikes affecting public safety and his calm response to Gompers, signaling a durable, practical leadership image.
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Massachusetts
Coolidge
Samuel Gompers
Farmer Seems Set To Have His Inning Again
The Burlington Hawkeye notes farm conditions have improved amid rising corn and wheat prices. After years of downs caused by war and postwar costs, a favorable weather outlook and crop prospects in the Midwest suggest a turn for the better for farmers, merchants, and laborers.
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Burlington
Middle West
Relative Rank of American Cities Is Changed This Year
The Census Bureau reports eleven cities joined the 100000 population class, bringing total to 79. New rankings show New York at 6,015,504 and Chicago at 2,939,605. Detroit not estimated but likely over 996,000. Other shifts include New Orleans passing Cincinnati and Oakland outranking St. Paul and Providence.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Detroit
Los Angeles
Seattle
Denver
Akron
Houston
Bridgeport
Spokane
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Rochester
Jersey City
St. Paul
Providence
Oakland
Springfield
Mass
Grand Rapids
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Philadelpha
St. Louis
San Francisco
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Local notes from Keota and Newark report
Adda Olive visited Keota on Saturday evening. Mrs Larsey Tricker returned to Keota after visiting the D A Boyer home here. Frank Sproull leaves tonight for Newark New Jersey to start a new position. A box in the Journal office for the W I L tent at Chautauqua is large enough for many donations.
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Adda
Olive
Keota
Larsey Tricker
D. A. Boyer
Frank Sproull
Newark, New Jersey
Chautaqua
Two kinds of disappointing men in old joke
A humorous snippet contrasts gift ideas for a frail wealthy aunt with a clerk’s snappy floor wax quip and a diner’s bargain line. The final line plays on marriage prospects, stating there are two sorts of disappointing men: those who accept no, and those whom women marry.
Teething Baby Sparks Fright in Nervous Passenger
Wolverton, a fidgety man, questions a veiled baby beside him. The woman replies with scorn and pity that the child is teething, implying a perceived contagion only toward him.
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Wolverton
Peggy and John Debate Plain Truth in Quick Exchange
A brief dialogue shows Peggy urging John to heed the plain truth while he commits to listening. Peggy hints that To plans to speak plainly, but LT intends a different phrasing, revealing a moment of miscommunication and wit.
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Peggy
John
Town girl views New York City on a worm's-eye trip
A town girl traveling to visit friends enters New York via the Hudson Tunnel and rides the subway to their address. She is asked her thoughts on the city and answers dismissively, saying she has only a worm's-eye view.
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New York
Hudson
The Brute and Hatpin Incident in Subway
A brief comic panel describes a confrontation in a subway between a rude man and a woman, her hatpin allegedly damaged by the man’s glass eye during a boastful insult. The exchange highlights urban tensions and public decorum in a crowded transit space.
Human Interest on the Public Square
Six men stand near Carter's store as a strikingly pretty girl passes. A horse team and a mounted rider arrive, and the horses clash near the railing. A deteriorated car once seen as county’s finest waits while three impatient ladies scold a late man.
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Carter
How to Reach the Children Advertising Nursery Rhymes
A fragment from a column includes nursery rhyme fragments and satirical lines about modern life. It references Goosey Goosey gander Chandler Little Jack Horner and Simple Simon among scattered verses and notes adult commentary on loose talk and time passing. Earl Curtis is mentioned as driving to Iowa City and back daily. The tone mixes playful lines with pointed asides.
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Goosey
Chandler
Jack Horner
Warner
Laughing at Sheep and Sleepy Hog Owner Boy
Local humorous clippings tell of a boy spared from water while a man named Lloyd Lytle boasts nine hogs and rising prices. A kitchen tip promises time savings while a girl ponders marriage to a well fed chef. A boy recalls being butted by a sheep and Canada lightheartedly claims he kept getting up.
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Lloyd Lytle
Score Keeper Faces Busy Day as Bricklayers Challenge Carpenters
The Bricklayers on the v building issued a challenge to Union carpenters and played the first game yesterday in a series of ball contests.
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Union Carpenters
Bricklayers Triumph 34 to 7 in Seven-Inning Match
An unruly seven inning game saw bricklayers win 34 to 7. Rene Minick led with seven runs, Ole added six, while Danl Russell’s ambulance truck served as a homeward ride for the umpire.
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Danl Russell
Harry Ferguson
Jas
Lem
Carpenters
Ralph
Frank
Orrin
Mell
Bill
Rene” Minick
Russell
Ole
Brickies
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Ist
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Abe Martin
Walt Mason
Ad Club
Jap Centleman
Eunice
Earl Curtis
Iowa City
Brown
Bobby
Warren’s Seed Store
Mutual
E. M. Bridges & Co
Thin Kompany
Nm Eee
Clark & Enslin
West Side Square
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