National GOP convention clash over Hoover nomination
In Kansas City delegates push Herbert Hoover for president while farmers and eastern Republicans clash over platform. First ballot results show Hoover leading, with Coolidge Watson and others splitting votes. critics accuse the party of sectional divides and influence by eastern interests.
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Jackson’s Pardon and Political Consequences in Indiana
The piece critiques Governor Jackson for pardoning a public official in a bribery case, arguing the court’s sentence was overridden by a $100 fine and a political motive. It calls for impeachment or removal, urging Speaker Harry Leslie to push House action to curb the governor’s power amid accusations of corruption.
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Foreign residents distribute among London districts during survey
The report identifies foreign residents by district with Russians and Poles favoring Stepney Bethnal Green and Hackney while Belgians and French gather in Westminster St Pancras and Kensington. Germans are concentrated in St Pancras Islington and Stepney.
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Life of Hoover featured in Indiana theater notice
A Indiana theater announces a one night showing of pictures chronicling Herbert Hoover, Republican presidential candidate, via Fox News. The item sits among a montage of theater notices and quotes from satirical pages including a strip titled Passing Show and light humor from Tit-Bits.
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Court records show a judge remarks on insults to a woman
A judge recalls a defendant asking about a girlfriend and remarks that the father called her a cockeyed gold digger with no brains or manners. The judge notes the lack of disrespectful statements about the girlfriend. The exchange highlights courtroom decorum and personal attacks.
Dentist Pays A Patient With Three Year Old Suit
A cheerful dentist asks who has waited longest and presents a bill. The tailor replies he delivered the suit worn by the patient three years earlier, illustrating a humorous mix of timing and responsibilities in a lighthearted tale.
Fragmented Anomalies in Language and Time Measurements
An archival snippet notes vast English vocabulary estimates and language counts, mentions 54 Spanish languages, and records a 1918 shift in time measurement by fractions of a second. It also references notable English houses like Windsor Castle and Wentworth Woodhouse, residence of Earl Fitzwilliam.
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Mhelude Windsor Castle
Wentworth Woodhouse
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Earl Fitzwilliam
Myths and misbeliefs about porcupines and history
The text debunks a myth that porcupines shoot quills while noting quills can pierce attackers. It identifies Carthaginian Hannibal as leading the army across the Alps, mentions pisciculturs as fish rearing, and explains the Lords Chancellor's wool squeezer symbol of England's wool origin. It also suggests rheumatism from ancestral underground living.
Persistency Humor in a Flooded Area Exchange
A humor caption contrasts a householder asking about a fire insurance premium with a collector in a rowboat. An ex leatherneck recalls forgetting the war while an ex-gob asks what he did. He answers he watched war movies.
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