Going Up Elevator News From Karl at F and M Building
A humorous archival piece recounts Karl the elevator operator at the F and M Building sharing anecdotal life inside the Equitable building elevators in Washington. He notes speed, safety features, daily rider habits, and quirks of passengers including hats, manners, and a cat named Minnie.
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Karl Vince
Ashant
F. & M. Bank
Washington
Karl
N. Y
Equitable
Gilford Simonson
John Howe
Eab
Crators
United States
Chicago
Mason and Dixon
Minnie
Earl
Ecocyster
1926 Senatorship Campaign Begins to Interest Politicians
Interest rises in Des Moines as Cummins contemplates seeking reelection in 1926. Debate centers on Brookhart Steck race outcomes and potential GOP contenders including Kendall and Hammill. Local political circles discuss possible candidates while former janitor Dad remains a familiar, if joking, figure nearby.
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Des Moines
Cummins
State House
Brookhart-Steck
Brookhart
Senate
Daniel
Steck
Ottumwa
N. E F. Kendall
John Hammill
P. S
Dad
Imitation Pride Defies Real Confidence
In the Fort Wayne News Sentinel quotation, pride is debated as either warranted strength or mere conceit. The piece contrasts two kinds of pride, urging discernment and framing warranted pride as an ally and unwarranted pride as an enemy.
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Fort Wayne News.Sentinel
Wonderful strides in medical science planned for palace
London doctors predict tuberculosis and cancer will be controlled within a decade as medical science expands worldwide. Dr C W Saleeby argues the next era will see infant mortality drop and a unified global health system emerge, with cancer therapy advancing slowly but steadily. He cites past gains and notes that gains depend on broader participation of medical experts worldwide.
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London
Mar
C. W. Salechy
Saleen
Saleehy
Seleeby
Teewig
Saleeby
Euclid
Oslo faces birthrate drop sparks government concern
In Oslo Norway authorities fear a declining birthrate driven by deliberate birth control tied to feminist aims and unequal social conditions for women. Officials note Oslo's rate fell from 40 to about 14.7 per 1000 since 1900 while city population rose from 95,000 to 270,000.
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Osso
Norway
Laval
Medical
Royal University of Oslo
Oslo
Norwascording
Austrian Factories Active Rolling Tobacco for Women
Vienna reports a sharp rise in tobacco use with the state factories producing more cigars than before the war despite Austria's population of 6 750 000. Women are smoking constantly and there is no age limit for minors buying tobacco. A local Anti Nicotine Union exhibition failed to draw public interest. A small ad is suggested.
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Vienna
Mar
Austria
Anti-Nicotine Union
New Park Projects Rapidly Find Favor in Southern States
Washington reports rising interest in building state park systems across the south. Texas leads with 61 tracts totaling 50 000 acres donated for park use and a 25 000 acre Guadalupe Mountains addition expected soon. Governors in Alabama Louisiana Mississippi Georgia and Florida weigh plans to acquire gifts of land and create commissions or boards to support parks and recreation. Tennessee eyes Great Smokies and Reelfoot Lake while North Carolina expands a 400 acre Beaufort property donated by the United States.
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Washington
Raymond H. Torrey
John Barton Payne
Texas
Guadalupe Mountains
Inmenas
Mer Torrey
Brandon
Alabama
Ciitizens
Alabamma
Fuqua
Louisiana
Louisina
Georgia Forestry Association
Forestry Board
Florida
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Forestry Commission
Tennessee
Great Smokies
Reelfoot Lake
North Carolina
Beaufort
United States
Iowa Supreme Court Decisions and Harbor Activity Note
Iowa Supreme Court decisions cover various cases including estate disputes and equity actions with affirmation by Justice Paye and Judge Frison. The report also details Duluth Superior harbor activity, listing cargo value about 7.1 million tons and several major ports, with 2 1583 vessels entering and leaving the harbor.
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DPS
Tu. Mar
Iowa Supreme
Juden W. Si Hartitten
Peck
George Fogsy
Cora Miner
Peck Sourit
Jadner
Beth Court
Freene Frien
Wil
Vale
Todern TY Cael
Duvitee Arthur
Jowa Savings
Hank Ow
Elvis Jensen
Aplt
Webster County
Jade G. D. Thompson
Bult
Promater
Justice Payille
Duluth
Daiuth-Superior
Tt. Mart
Ffalo
Tollimore
Ashtabula
Boston Mannor
Mass
War Department Seeks Surplus Reservations Sale Opens
The War Department announces opportunities to acquire a large number of surplus military reservations for sale along the Atlantic coast and Gulf states.
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War Department
Atlantic Coast
Gulf States
Stray Bit of Wisdom for Love to Sander
A fragment from Polgae offers a tender note on love and devotion, pairing quiet wisdom with admiration for heroic figures. The text reads as a personal reflection meant for a friend named Sander.
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Sander
Rust
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