Germany and Allies Eye Afghanistan as Casus Belli
The Anafonda Standard notes German agents in Kabul pressuring the reigning monarch while a French minister and entourage speed toward Afghanistan through a roadless landscape. Kabul lacks hotels, houses, and furniture as legations arrive, hinting Afghanistan’s wealth could spark a major power conflict with Germany leading, England second, Italy third, France trailing.
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Afghanistan
Kabul
Occidentals
Germany
England
Italy
France
Budget history and looming bonus bill in 1920s Congress
A 1923 overview traces federal spending from early costs to the first billion dollar congress. It notes Harding and Coolidge aims to cut 1925 estimates to 1.7 billion and highlights the expected soldiers bonus bill, its veto risk, and how funding remains tied to future tax or sales measures.
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United States
Postal Service
Congress
Harding
Herbert M. Lord
Post Office Department
Coolidge
Sixty-seventh Congress
Race to Afghanistan sparks European rivals for new El Dorado
A Brooklyn Eagle Paris correspondent notes Afghanistan’s shift from desert to potential gold mine for railroads and mines. German and English engineers already operate there, with French interest intensifying as two papers await a boom. The calm political climate may not last as powers jostle for concessions and trade advantage.
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Afghanistan
Europe
Paris
Brooklyn Eagle
France
Hazing at the U C Provokes Nationwide Outcry
The U C president’s allowance of hazing within reason sparks public anger. Photographs show sophomores forcing freshmen to kneel and profess love to a sophomore girl on campus or in Berkeley streets. Faculty and president defend the practice as not harmful.
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Campbell
University of California
Associated Press
U. of C
San Francisco Chronicle
Hazers
Berkeley
Banished from the Land Snowsheds Lose to Sierra Rail War
California newspapers report men taking down fourteen miles of snowsheds in the Sierras and railroads preparing new snow fighting equipment. The piece pokes fun at politics with Coolidge and comments on Franco German tensions, Smoot and Magnus Johnson, a Chaplin joke, and a jab at traffic in jails.
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California
Sierras
Raggedy Andy Outwits Witches Over Wishing Stick
Wanda and Wanda Witch plot to seize Raggedy Andy's Wishing Stick. The witches chase the Raggedys using a flying broom that Bucked like a broncho, splashing candy popcorn on them. The witches retreat to wash the mess from their hair, promising a return.
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Wanda
Raggedy Andy
Raggedy and
Wanda Witch
Raggedy Ann Outwits Witches In Forest Chase
A whimsical chase unfolds as Raggedy Ann and Ned Gnome evades two Witches who ride a flying broom. The Witches end up walking on their hands after tumbling near the Raggedys in the deep woods. The tale closes with the Raggedys and Ned continuing their escape amid fairies, while a stat about 8.5 million homes wired for electricity appears.
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Raggedys
Littl Ned Gnome
Ned Gnome
Raggedy Ann
Wanda Witch
Former President Calls for Spiritual Redemption to Save Civilization
In his first public writing since illness, the former President argues in the Atlantic Monthly that democracy has not yet made the world safe against irrational revolution and that America must undertake nothing less than the salvation of civilization. He adds that our civilization cannot survive materially unless he is redeemed spiritually.
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Atlantic Monthly
America
Autumn Forecast Warns of Ills and Public Upset
Horoscope predicts unsettled day with planetary adversity across Uranus Neptune and Mercury. Cautions selling in morning as luck shifts, notes discontent and fault finding, political strains, and potential health concerns in autumn. Warns rulers especially German and Italian leadership, earthquakes, and youth seeking liberty.
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Jupiter
Uranus
Neptune
Mercury
United States
Chicago
West
Colorado
McClure
Gulls Return to Helgoland as Birds Seek Breeding Grounds
Flotillas of kittiwakes gather off Helgoland as authorities urge protection and encouragement for reestablishing gull habitats on the island. The article notes Helgoland long served as a hatching haven, reflecting renewed interest in the birds. It also recalls Joe Miller, famed for serious plays, whose death occurred on August 16 1738.
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Helgoland
Heipoiard
Joe Miller
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