Editorial Hails Lasker Reforms at Shipping Board
The piece credits Chairman Lasker with uncovering a $300 million hidden deficit in the Shipping Board and cutting waste such as an unnecessary advertising contract. It notes a projected $54 million request for next year, versus $100 million this year, and argues Lasker’s experience in advertising informs prudent spending.
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Lasker
U. S. Shipping Board
Shipping Board
United States
Congress
Harding
Old Shipping Board
Missing Ford Tire Vanishes From Ike Lark Car
Miss Tawney Apple quotes ABE MARTIN as he refuses fancy scents. Ike Lark steps from his Ford to inspect a rear tire and finds the tire gone when he tries to climb back in.
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason
A compact verse about prudent finances and impulsive spending. The speaker warns that quick temptations to spend money waste hard earned wages and urges thinking before acting. It contrasts rash extravagance with slow, sensible saving and the value of counsel from family.
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Sam
Advertising man Lasker hailed as national saver
The speaker praises Mr Lasker for earning and saving vast sums through prudent advertising. He credits Lasker and other practical business leaders like Dawes and Hoover with guiding the nation out of the mire and urges patience.
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Mr. Lasker
Genl
Dawes
Herbert Hoover
Ben Hur's Rise From a Novel to a Film Venture
General Lew Wallace wrote Ben Hur a Tale of the Christ in 1880 and achieved vast fame and wealth from it. The work later became a major profitable feature in the moving picture era. Wallace, a soldier and lawyer, debated religion until a decisive night in Indianapolis when he prayed for divine revelation and accepted Christ.
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Chicago Journal of Commerce
Lew Wallace
Gen Wallace
W. E. Longee
Bob Ingersol
Longee
Congregationalist
Gen. Wallace
Jesus Christ
Froy
Socrates
Plato
Caesar
Wallace
Indianapolis
Conversion Prompted Rewriting of Ben Hur into Religious Proof
The general recounts waking at one o'clock and feeling a spiritual awakening. He shared his conversion with his Methodist wife who advised rewriting the Ben Hur chapters to serve as a proof of Christ’s divinity. The author confirms this guidance shaped the book’s final form.
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Ben Hur
Christ
School Teachers Lead as Borrowers in Illinois
Chicago report says school teachers are the most persistent borrowers in Illinois, based on 70,000 loans last year. Landladies, traveling salesmen, machinists, switchmen, stenographers and nurses followed. births and coal bills were cited as major borrowing drivers.
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Chicago
Illinois
Albert P. Suits
Illinois Industrial Licensed Leaders Association
Tulsa honors Congresswoman Alice Robertson with LL D degree
Miss Alice Robertson of Oklahoma received an LL D degree at the University of Tulsa opening exercises where she was the principal speaker to mark the event.
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Tulsa
Okla
Alice Robertson
Oklahoma
University of Tulsa
Liner Power Plant Mirroring City Scale
The article notes the ship's generating station is as large as that for a city of 100,000 people, reflecting the extensive electrical needs aboard the ocean liner.
Tanlac ads and fashion debate mix in early page
A Tanlac testimonial from Henry Lepkoyn of Minneapolis claims rapid health gains and appetite restoration. The piece also reports on a fashion league meeting with Professor Weintz noting garments shape impression, stressing beauty over achievement.
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Tanlac
Henry Lepkoyn
Grace St
Minneapolis
Minn
Washington
Sherman Brothers
Pioneer Drug Store
Advt
Fashion Art League
Weintz
Women as Homely Outlook Claims by Chicago Professor
Professor Carl N. Wentz of the Academy of Fine Arts asserts that ninety percent of women are homely if one views many, and adds further controversial remarks about beauty norms, sparking debate on gender standards in Chicago.
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Brave
Chicago
Carl N. Wentz
Academy of Fine Arts
Weintz
VAMPS WHO MADE HISTORY BY JAMES C YOUNG
Bianca Capella, born to Venetian nobility in 1548, runs away with a poor Florentine clerk and climbs to power as Francesco de Medici’s favorite. She bears a son, faces rivalries with the cardinal, and survives assassination rumors, poison plots, and shifting fortunes in Florence.
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Bianca Capella
Florence
Bianca
Francesco de Medici
Francesco
Blanca
Cardinal de Medici
Legion Celebrates at Richland Friday
Richland will mark American Legion Day on September 23 with a large celebration. The First Cavalry band from Ottumwa will perform, Rubio and Wyman field a morning baseball game, and Sigoorney and Richland high school teams meet in football in the afternoon. Ottumwa attorney Dan Steck, state Legion commander, will speak, with races amusements and a band concert plus a special program at the motion picture theatre in the evening.
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Richland
American Legion
First Cavalry Band
Ottumwa
Rubio
Wyman
Sigoorney and
Richland High School
Dan Steck
Te Legion
Cowboys Shoot Up Arbuckle Film in Thermopolis
A mob of about 150 men and boys, many cowboys, entered a Thermopolis theatre and shot up the Fatty Arbuckle film, seized it, burned part of it, and disrupted the viewing. Manager F. Z. Buzzetti had ignored a Purity League request not to show the picture.
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Thermopolis
Wryo
Fatty” Arbuckle
F. Z. Buzzetti
Purity League
Just Like New York Murderers Weather Kills Fruit Crop
A dramatic claim from the Atlanta Constitution notes murderers can escape, as weather harms an innocent fruit harvest. The piece compares crime and weather danger, suggesting impunity for killers amid natural loss.
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New York
Atlanta
Music Notes and Opera Plans Reach Tri Cities and Beyond
Dream of Long Ago attributed to Caruso surfaces with a self drawn cartoon replica. Davenport area receives top concert acts including Scotti Grand Opera, Frieda Hempel, Mary Garden, Ignaz Friedman, and Marguerite Matzerauer. Negro opera company plans a Broadway opening in October backed by $50 000. European music described as poor by returning American musicians. Los Angeles to build a 50000 seat Expo auditorium costing 800000 for festivals and concerts. Bulgarians taxed on wedding music and formal gatherings. Chicago opera subscriptions near last year’s pace. Prihoda to perform in Des Moines. Alma Gluck return from Europe expected soon.
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Davenport
Tri-Cities
Iowa
Scotti Grand Opera Association
Antonio Scotti
Frieda Hempel
Mary Garden
Ignaz Friedman
Marguerite Matzerauer
Jury Samples Liquor Evidence In Watcom County
In Bellingham Washington jurors were allowed to sample five sacks of bottled whiskey during deliberations in a liquor case. The jury ruled for the defendants. A question arose around the courthouse about how many drinks make a sample of whiskey.
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Bellingham
Wash
Watcom County
Court House
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Southwest Corner
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Eeicher, Livingston & Eicher: Law
Abstract Department
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Austin Sutherland Auctioneer
Washington Lodge
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W. M
Arthur Goodin
Cyrus
W. C. Bell
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EB. Co
Mary Lavada Kerr
Myrtle Speer
Damascus Shrine
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