Presidents Ages and Faith Across Early American History
Calving Coolidge is noted as the twenty ninth president and the text traces ages at inauguration across early presidents, ages at death, terms served, religious affiliations, and long-run longevity trends. It lists youngest and oldest presidents, averages by periods, and identifies church affiliations for key leaders.
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Calvin Coolidge
United States
Coolidge
Republic
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Grant
William Henry Harrison
Buchanan
John Adams
Polk
Jefferson
Madison
J. Q. Adams
Monroe
Jackson
van Buren
Tyler
Fillmore
Spivy Co Advertises Low Priced Cotton Supplies
The Bonham Texas firm M C Spivy and Co promotes winter stock of inexpensive cotton goods. The notice emphasizes affordable pricing and the company position in Bonham.
Sticking to Win and Ford's Finish Attitude
Henry Ford urged ignoring possible failure and pursuing right fundamental ideas. He said failure is impossible if you refuse to quit and finish what you start. The piece touts perseverance and ends with a Bonham Texas winter supplies pitch from M. C. Spivy & Co.
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Henry Ford
Mr. Ford
Liberty but no more license quip traced in joke
A Kansas City Star quip traces the phrase Liberty but no more license through a string of licenses from dog to beggar. The comedian notes licenses accompany modern life, including marriage and motor-car licenses, ending with a peddler's license as a lesson.
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Liberty
Kansas City Star
Spivy & Co Promises Unusually Low Fall Dry Goods Values
Thirteen-cent cotton prompts close planning on winter supplies. M. C. Spivy & Co. of Bonham Texas says they are attempting to offer unusual values this fall in dry goods.
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M. C. Spivy & Co
Bonham, Texas
New Jersey Saddle Horse Tale Ends With Regret
A New Jersey farmer prices a saddle horse at five hundred dollars. A New Yorker offers four hundred and leaves without a sale. The horse then falls ill and dies that night, and the Jersey seller laments missing the offer.
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New Jersey
New York
New Yorker
Jerseyite
Dead horse raffle shocks Jersey to New York swap
A New Jersey buyer ships a dead horse to a New York seller. After days without word, the Jersey man visits the New Yorker who reveals the horse was dead on arrival. He raffled the carcass by selling $10 tickets, and refunded the winner.
Editor Prints Family Birthday Item as News
A North Carolina editor submitted a note mislabeling his daughter’s second child’s birthday party as a news item. The staff printed the piece and supplied old papers for a car mat, highlighting a humorous mix up in newsroom curating.
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North Carolina
Man Murders Man Then Disposes Remains in Alley
A Mountain Grove Missouri Journal item reports a man requested cardboard scraps for his daughter’s school work and a copy of last week’s paper. He asked about 400 printed letter heads, was told the price was too high, and he chose to use a rubber stamp. The writer notes the killing and orderly disposal of the body in an alley behind Jones’ store.
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Jones
Mountain Grove
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Hayes
Cleveland
Taylor
Pierce
Arthur
Episcopal Church
Taft
Benjamin Harrison
Wilson
Roosevelt
McKinley
Garfield
Harding
Lincoln
Johnson
V. H. Montgomery
R. L. Johnson
John Yeager
C. A. Wilson
R. May
T. K. McMillin
Whitewright
van Alstyne
Grover Gillett
J. E. Turner
Howard Hedgpeth
P. Janway
J. W. McMurry Grocery
J. Lee Yates
P. A. Short
W. F. Brown
Dyer & Jones’ Drug Store
Love Monument Company of
Sherman
Mark Montgomery
Milestone Rubber Company
East Liverpool
Ohio
German & Seay
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Bell System
H. Blair-Smith
Magnolia
Magnolene Motor Oils
J. A. Yeager
Magnolia Petroleum CO
Whitewright, Texas
Les
Celina
Jacksonville
New Jerseyite
Jersey
Atwater
Kent
Manning, Clark & Meador
Ss. R. Park
Cole
Manning, Clark & Mead
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