Portrait of a Queen and the Dutch Nation
A historical magazine passage lauds a queen as a mother to the nation and praises Dutch social movements, language policy, and preference for home products. It contrasts perceived decline in maritime power with population growth under her reign, noting a shift from a monarchy to a modern democracy with universal suffrage and proportional representation.
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Netherlands
House of Orange
Netherlands’ East Indies
Holland
Selective immigration and the alleged Atlantic liner race
The piece discusses the end of month influx of aliens seeking entry before quota limits, calling the “Quarantine Derby” a flawed spectacle. It notes Secretary Davis’s selective immigration concept, prospects for tests before departure, and Dr. Perilli’s Washington meeting on creating fair, multi-person commissions to judge applicants’ mental moral and physical fitness, prioritizing non-financial factors over wealth.
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Associated Press
Davis
Congress
Perilli
New York
Washington
United States
Queen Wilhelmina to mark 25 years on throne
Dutch monarch Queen Wilhelmina turns 43 and will celebrate both her birth and coronation anniversaries with nationwide and canal side festivities in Holland. Remote villages will join in, peasants ride in high-wheeled gigs, and cities glow with lanterns while night revelers follow old custom of removing shoes before the palace. New York Dutch communities also mark the jubilee with songs and Dutch lunches.
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Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Holland
New York
Netherlands Chamber of Commerce
Netherlands-America Foundation
The Kindness of the Cop Poem and Proverb
A New York police commissioner cites daily letters praising officers who act with mercy. The piece notes constables forgo meals to help strangers, feed runaways, aid the poor, pay fines, and support families, showing a soft heart amid duty.
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William S. Gilbert
New York
Enright
The Worst Book and Other Parlor Remarks
A Living Age piece mocks rising French prizes by naming the Treaty of Versailles as the worst book. It parries political humor with jibes at Pinchot, Russia, France, England, coal mines, bootleggers, Bergdoll, and postwar distress, as American readers weigh global events and domestic troubles.
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Paris
Lollypop Field Encounter in the Wood
Raggedy Ann Raggedy Andy and Ned Gnome discover a field of flavored treats near a tree while elves and woodland folk gather around a magical soda water tree. Two witches howl and flee on a flying broom as the group contemplates sharing their treats.
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Raggedys
Little Ned Gnome
Raggedy Ann
Raggedy Andy
Ned Gnome
Wanda
Wallie Woodpecker
Betsy Bonnet String
Little Ned
Raggedy Andy and Ann Help Woodland Folk Celebrate
Raggedy Andy and Raggedy Ann race through flowers to greet Hennie Hedgehog Hen rietta Hedgehog Evelyn Elf and Eddie Elf. They share lollypops and soda water with woodland folk while discussing Betsy Bonnet String and a pair of witches pursuing them.
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Gnome
Raggedy Andy
Hennie Hedgehog
Henrietta Hedgehog
Evelyn Elf
Eddie Elf
Raggedys
Ned Gnome
Raggedy Ann
Betsy Bonnet
Aera
Eddie
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy Parade Through Woodland
Woodland folk cheers as Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy mock witches in a playful scene. Witches retreat on a flying broom after being soaked with soda water. The pair celebrate with more soda, while promising to catch them after the woodland folks depart.
Horoscopes for Friday August 31 1923
Friday Aug 31 1923 brings a very lucky day according to astrology with sun and Venus in benefic aspect. Women are urged to strive in business and civic movements while education and culture receive emphasis. New stars rise on talent over beauty and motion pictures enter a transition toward notable results.
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Bernhardt
United States
McClure
Youthful Blackmailers May Go to Reformatory
Two boys aged 12 and 13 face juvenile court today over a blackmail scheme against Mrs. Carrie Bennetts of 927 South Main. Using a messenger, they demanded 150 dollars and obtained it, then bought a motorcycle for 125 dollars at Rodman’s garage near the old Holland skating rink. They later offered to sell back the bike, finally receiving 100 dollars after refusals. The next day the motor funds were found to be from the theft, and 25 dollars were returned to Deputy Sheriff Duggan and Probation Officer Dave O’Connor.
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Judge Lynch
State Reformatory
Carrie Bennetts
South Main Street
Labor Day Round Trip Rate Trains
The B and P railway offers a round trip fare of 1 dollar between Butte and Anaconda on sale September 1 to 3 with return by September 4. Special trains run September 2 and 3 from Butte at 7 45 PM and 12 45 AM, from Anaconda at 8 PM and 11 39 PM. Last Butte train departs Gregson at midnight and last Anaconda train at 1 20 AM.
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Butte
Anaconda
Gregson
The Human Zoo by C. D. Batchelor excerpt
An excerpt from The Human Zoo presents a scene with a participant blindfolded at the top of two hundred steps scattered with banana peels as gravity looms. The passage evokes danger and spectacle as a central figure endures a hazardous setup in a staged event.
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Peete —Escines
Ole Hanson the Mountebank of Seattle Politics
In this fragment, Ole Hanson emerges as a flamboyant demagogue whose influence on Seattle politics and labor disputes is recounted. The narrative traces his meteoric rise from local agitator to national attention, his celebrated strikes, and his enduring, larger‑than‑life persona as a public figure.
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Seattle
Ole
Vox Populi
Ole Hanson
Puget Sound
Hanson
Parole Defined for Yeon in Liquor Case at Great Falls
Patrick Yeon, a prominent Northern Montana businessman and former Havre saloon owner, is to be released from Cascade County Jail after a 75 day sentence and $150 fine for liquor law violations. Federal authorities ruled 13 days spent visiting a critically ill son in Seattle count as time served, marking a first such parole ruling in the state. Yeon will head to Havre then Seattle to rejoin his son as he recovers.
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Great Falls
Patrick Pat Yeon
Montana
Cascade County
Havre
George M. Bourquin
Yeon
Seattle
United States
Montane
H. M. Daugherty
J. F. Slattery
Pat” Yeon
Mrs. Monroe Named Hamilton Chamber Secretary
Hamilton Aug 30 Mrs Bessie K Monroe is the new secretary of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce succeeding George K Brobeck who resigned and moved to Spokane Monroe, a Bitter Root valley native born and raised at Darby, has handled business and publicity work for the organization and is known as a hustling business woman with Ravalli Republican ties.
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Hamilton
Bessie K. Monroe
Hamilton Chamber of Commerce
George K. Brobeck
Spokane
Accident victim buried amid church services
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Mary Cutler of Corvallis from St Francis Catholic church on Tuesday morning at 9 30 Interment followed in the Catholic cemetery Mrs Cutler aged 81 died Sunday after an accident in which she suffered a broken leg
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Hamilton
Mary Cutter
Corvallis
St. Francis Catholic Church
Cutler
Klan clash at hall ends in mass melee and arrests
A large crowd gathered at an Odd Fellows hall as Klansmen faced police and rival groups. A fight erupted after admittance was denied, with 5,000 in attendance and 150 Klansmen still inside hours later as officers restored order. Dozens injured require bandaging. vehicles were overturned and crowds surged through Perth Amboy and Sewaren roads.
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State Police
Tonneson
Sewaren
Perth Amboy
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Fire Destroys Murder House on Knoll Opposite St. Marys
Flames from three buildings on a knoll opposite St. Marys church illuminated the night sky as the Standard was flooded with calls seeking details about a large conflagration. The Eisley home, linked to a murder a year and a half earlier, stood largely unoccupied since that afternoon.
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St. Mary’s Church
Eisley
Mayor Dever stays neutral in fight over fight picture move
Chicago August 20 Mayor William Em Dever said he had no personal objection to the showing of the Dempsey Gibbs fight pictures in Chicago amid the arrest of James J McGrath on charges of transporting them from Butte to Chicago in violation of federal law Edwin A Olson United States district attorney said McGrath would be arrested and Dempsey and Jack Kearns may be held if evidence shows a conspiracy to violate the law The chief of police not the mayor refused to issue the permit McGrath was released on 1000 bond
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Chicago
William Em. Dever
James J. McGrath
Butte
Mont
Edwin A. Olson
United States
Ditrict
Grath
J Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Dever
McGrath
James R. Glass
American baseball craze reaches Yucatan with new director
The government dispatches a physical director to the country to qualify in supervising baseball instruction. This move signals growing interest in the sport in Yucatan and aims to standardize coaching methods under official oversight.
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Yucatan
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