South Dakota and tariffs spark mixed views across the plains
The piece contrasts South Dakota’s diverse farming with North Dakota’s single-crop focus, notes forces behind tariff policy, and predicts the tariff bill’s tough Senate path after a tentative House passage. It references Old Man Volstead era tone and mentions Republican leaders, tariffs, and European trade conditions.
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Towa
South Dakota
North Dakota
Nebraska
Dakotas
Volstead
Dawes Budget Reform Proposal Sparks Capitol Debate
In a July 6, 1921 column, the article praises a plan by Senator Kenyon Town and Representative Madden to grant the president power to strike individual items from appropriation bills. It argues current practice forces signing entire bills, and rider abuse harms governance. The proposed change aims at justice and economy, though many Congress members may fear the shift.
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Washington
Charles G. Dawes
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Kenyon Town
Madden
Linois
Toto
Congress
Messrs. Kenyon and Madden
Portable steel police fort for urban chase defense
Chicago police inventor unveils a movable bullet proof steel fort for officers in frequent gunfights with criminals. About four feet square and ten feet high, it sits on casters and seats two. holes allow revolver fire while offering dual viewing directions. Built for endurance, it can be moved in short bursts but not run at speed. It aids when a crook barricades in a building and fights back, promising strong defense in siege situations.
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Chicago
Peter
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What's In A Name In Dakotas Political Quarrel
A syndicated column critiques the push to rename South Dakota Roosevelt and vent rifts between Dakotas. It notes frequent mislabeling by eastern press praising both states’ storms and droughts, cites South Dakota’s bank failures count, and mocks nonpartisan league opposition while bemoaning regional tensions.
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Roosevelt
Commonwealth
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North
Dakota
Ali
China famine over relief aid credited to America
The long struggle to relieve China's famine ends as rains and early harvests break the backbone of starvation. American generosity aided millions, with contributions arriving just in time. The piece notes wartime context, demographic quirks, and contemporaneous political chatter while praising U.S. aid and predicting lasting impact.
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Europe
American Relief Fund
China
America
United States
Widespread 1919 Economic Views From Montana Papers
Montana newspapers discuss wool market limits from U S Bureau of Markets noting 93 percent post war production and 70 percent prewar consumption, while Europe struggles to rebalance finances and imports less wool. Other items praise Edwin Booth as interior department solicitor, predict bumper grain crops across Fergus county, and note unpaid corporate taxes over 50 million. Several editorials call for universal disarmament at home, warn against ten billion allied debt bonds, and applaud Montana politicians’ stance on radicalism and advertising’s role in fair pricing.
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United States Bureau of Markets
Europe
United States
Melstone Messenger
Booth
Billings Gazette
Edwin
Department of the Interior
Billlings Gazette
Humorous Quotations and Cartoon Snippets from Bygone Papers
A collage of light humor and cartoon captions from various papers. Jokes range from cooks and weekly wages to strikes and telephone delays, with punchlines about indigestion, hats, and muddled affairs. Includes a cartoon strip about children swimming and social blunders.
Missing Carroll A Deering Linked to Pirate Boardings
The schooner Carroll A. Deering of Portland Maine, believed among twenty or more ships possibly boarded by pirates off North Carolina, was found wrecked on the beach. Captain W B Wormell from Portland led the vessel, and his daughter Laura Wermell now leads the investigation into the lost ships mystery.
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Portland
North Carolina Beach
W. B. Wormell
Laura Wermell
Rhyme and Reason about Taintmema in a domestic mystery
A short verse from 1921 by T. A. Daly recounts a child’s lessons on blame and guilt in a household. The speaker recalls hearing endlessly that a misdeed was done by a mysterious Taintmema, with stains, broken items, and misplaced papers blamed on an unseen neighbor.
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Little Polly
Fragmented Phrase Scraps Across Nation Jokes
A collage of quips and clipped headlines from Indianapolis News Buffalo Express and other papers covers prohibition jokes faded by politicians and curious humor. The snippets reference Mr Kramen retirement efforts and jokes about prohibition while light notes touch a theft report in Chicago and a public plea for temperance.
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Germany
William
Indianapolis News
Buffalo Express
Unusually Favorable Horoscope for July 6 1921
On Wednesday July 6 1921 Venus brings good influences while Saturn aids early morning. Uranus and Jupiter are briefly adverse yet real estate and agriculture look set to attract many, with love and marriage prospects strong for Cancer women and the young. politics and governance show mixed signals in Washington with potential cabinet changes by year end.
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Washington
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