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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Stirred by June headlines to its quadrennial semiconsciousness, the body politic of the U. S.-the so-called "silent vote" which really decides presidential elections -began last fortnight to divide, if not into Republicans and Democrats, at least into Hoover voters and Smith voters. In many an instance the final determination of the individual to vote for Hoover or for Smith will not occur until November. A pretty girl at the polling booth, or an ugly man, or a hangover, a new hat, a spun coin, will be the deciding factor...
Model Inquisitor. So outrageous were the reported details of Miss Savidge's interrogation at Scotland Yard, that when her inquisitor, Inspector Collins, appeared before the Extraordinary Tribunal, it was hoped by thousands of Britons that he would turn out to be an inexperienced or at least an exceptionally bad inspector. The nation's confidence in its police was well-nigh shattered at one blow when Inspector Collins established that he is an officer of 32 years' experience, 93 times complimented by Judges from the Bench for his efficiency, and never before complained against by police or public...
Seemingly no one reflected that there were at least four men in the Loewenstein Fokker or attached importance to the fact that the lock on the door was found broken...
...last, least conspicuous part of the headline explained...
...Island, Burlington and North Western systems. Across the Missouri river lay Iowa and prosperous Council Bluffs. The birth of Victor and of the Omaha Bee coincided almost exactly with the birth of the meat-packing industry in the city. Omaha seemed clearly destined to be an imperial, or at least victorious, city...