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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1926
Page
4
A reflective piece contrasts the Christmas spirit with hurried modern life and urges kindness and neighborly love. It cites Tucson’s struggling community chest, noting a $600 top donation and three $560 gifts, questioning local civic generosity.
Safford Arizona December 22 John Starr aged 22 received a one year term in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to stealing an automobile owned by N E Broderick This was reported in today’s prison sentence notes and reflects the ongoing drive against auto theft in the region
Six University of Arizona students in advanced military tactics and science were initiated into the national honorary military fraternity seabe bard and blade during Bak week.
A reflective piece argues prohibition is a long term, experimental path under the eighteenth amendment. It notes Sweden and Ontario shifts, urges enforcement as temperance progress, and contends the goal is virtue and regulation rather than the vehicle.
National Board of Fire Underwriters surveyed 279 cities with 30 000 plus population to gauge Fire Prevention Week impact. Eighty cities had no fire loss during the week and 87 escaped loss the following week. combined weekly loss for 1925 across all eighty cities totaled 173 646 dollars with many towns reporting tiny damages. The results credit educational campaigns by fire chiefs chambers of commerce and local groups.
The article notes Winslow’s Christmas ads show a growing urban landscape beyond population. It argues that a city’s progress is measured by its stores and retail vitality, with newspaper ads proving Winslow’s metropolitan commerce during the season.
An essay explores how truth is bent by social norms across life stages and professions. It cites a physician, athletes and salesmen, plus a hostess’s polite pretense, noting conventions sometimes demand softening or masking the truth. It also recalls a burglar who justified silence to protect a friend.
The Winslow Daily Mail launches with the first report on the gubernatorial contest and promises more live news ahead. Readers in St Johns and northern areas are urged to stay informed by this new paper.
A nostalgic look recalls a girl with a dresser full of doilies for Christmas gifts. A dietitian notes cheese is among the oldest foods, while a mother describes keeping a schoolgirl complexion by walking past many drug stores.
Tessie Gullet reports from Horsecollar Arizona notes unexplained withdrawal after Navajo County Grand Jury convened. Today's installment mailed from Guatemala, which lacks extradition with the United States, with a disguised handwriting envelope.
A fragment from Tessie Gullet recounts a woman’s intrigue with psychic practices after her first marriage. She recalls experiments with spiritualism, a half nelson, a shotgun, olives, and a bottle of spirits, ending with six days of memory loss.
A damaged clipping profiles Dr Rollington Bones known as The Barrymore of the Medical Profession. He will issue daily health hints and is remembered for surgical grafts including an alligator graft. Prominent prohibitionists are named among readers in the heart of Gyyr as the first health tip appears today.
A garbled OCR snippet shows passengers urged to keep feet warm and push to exit third class cars. The text hints at a scare during a collapse or collision, with calls to public actions and class segregation cues.
The piece argues that trucks and autos increase rail traffic by feeder shipments and new business. It notes 20 million U S cars in use and millions of trucks, with tires and accessories adding freight. It emphasizes autos boost railroad revenue more than they draw away.
A satirical column riffs on Christmas anxieties and daily life changing with mail volume and commerce. It lampoons postmen delivery chaos, turkeys for butchers, shoppers tipsy with impulse buys, editors, anti fascists, Mussolini and doctors amid a quirky joke about Hickey and a commission check totaling 550 dollars.
Congress recessed to January 3. The interior supply bill passed the Senate. The House irrigation committee approved the Boulder Canyon dam bill. The Senate ordered an investigation of Lausanne treaty negotiations. A medicinal whiskey manufacturing bill was introduced by Representative Green. President Coolidge sent the McCarl report on alien property administration. Carmi Thompson urged delaying absolute independence for the Philippines. Senator Borah alleged theft and graft in the alien property custody office. A Senate resolution sought presidential information on aid given or possible.
A quirky verse notes a very long and low car that follows Mary wherever she goes. The lighthearted scene centers on a playful image of a car with Mary as the focal figure.
The Arizona Daily Star column questions if Christmas has become a bunk or overdone for adults while acknowledging its appeal for children. It notes the season’s rush and reflects on the older view that the holiday may be selling something beyond its traditional meaning.
The piece notes resignation rumors about Kellogg and Mellon with no firm evidence. It cites 1928 tax issues and Coolidge’s presidency as shaping the year, and mentions Dawes and ceremonial gavels in the Senate.
A collage of assorted lines mentions liquor kings in Europe studying American sales methods, a waning umbrella quip, Ciaria Swanson seeking a quiet vacation spot, Sesquicentennial grounds, Pittsburgh’s coal era auto idea, Mary Garden and pajamas, street fashion for men, bed sheets as trends, and a note on a mother tying a sack to a boy’s neck to ward off illness.
Dec 22 Pedro Nuñez, a laborer from Buckeye Valley, is being sought as the alleged murderer of Nieves Soldate, 32. The inquest jury in Justice Nat T. McKee's court returned the verdict naming Nuñez as the slayer.
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