Enforcement limits of prohibition and constitutional constraint
The author argues the plan is to enforce prohibition to the limit and that Congress cannot change the beer and wine law. Real change is limited to minor enforcement or fine adjustments, not to core prohibitions. A Canada Ontario example is cited to illustrate potential policy, while noting no constitutional path exists while enough states object.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chang
Senator Watson
Watson
Congress
Ontario
Canada
The Danger in Economy and Public Spending
President Coolidge urges state administrations to pursue true economy through better service for less money. Real economy requires reconstruction and courage, not easy but false economy that postpones expenditures. The piece warns against balancing budgets by delaying costly needs to future administrations.
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Coolidge
Pen Tap
Washington Youth Roland Mackenzie Faces Oakmont Challenge
Washington prep school eighteen year old Roland Mackenzie emerges as a rising star in golf ahead of the 1925 U S amateur championship at Oakmont. Mentored by Freddie MacLeod and admired for his calm temperament, Mackenzie has shown dramatic comebacks and strong qualifying rounds in district events.
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Washington
D. C
England
Oakmont
Pittsburgh
Columbia Country Club
Bobby Jones
Georgia Marvel
Roland Mackenzie
Freddie MacLeod
Roland
MacLeod
Mackenzie
von Elim
von Elm
von Eim
Mackensie
Washington Golf and Cou ‘Club
Seasional
Ters
United States
Jerry Travers
Travers
District of Columbia
Stential
Albert R. MacKenzie
Young MacKenzie
New York City Faces 36000 Abandoned Babies Issue
A charities group notes that 36000 babies in New York City lack parental care, with 20000 in public institutions and 36000 in private baby farms. The figure highlights hidden tragedies and urge action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Baby a Day Is Given Away in City
A fragmented column notes light domestic scenes and chatter about music on the uke and piano. It mentions Congressman Fish and Otto H. Kahn amid discussions on free speech and a Paris report, plus street life near Wall Street with a saloon, kegs, and bookmaking practices at tracks. The piece closes with a sketch of Jimmie Monaco and a report on Theodore Eckles, a fruit seller turned restaurant owner who died a wealthy man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Fish
New York
Otto H. Kahn
Paris
Mr. Kahn
Kahn
Fables on health warn against meat for gout
A health note argues meat worsens gout due to uric acid buildup and promotes a low protein diet. Doctor Hindhek reports potatoes alone reduce urine acidity and uric acid, with potatoes plus strawberries or milk dissolving uric acid daily. Apples or tomatoes yield similar effects. Suit makers note men growing taller to fit movie seats.
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Hindhek
Coin Toss Settles Hammond Election After Tie
In Hammond Indiana a local election result was decided by a coin toss after a tie. Officials planned to test multiple coins for fairness but final count relied on the single coin flip.
Manna Wins Derby As Donohue Secures Sixth Derby
The derby ends with Manna at nine to one as Steve Donohue rides to victory, his sixth derby win. The piece notes the race dominates British public interest more than other weekly news while Americans focus on prize fights.
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Manna
Steve Donohue
Great Britain
Ford plan to shift ships for fruit trade urged
The proposal would let Henry Ford move United States ships to carry fruit and vegetables south into the Gulf of Mexico and back north. Supporters say it would aid distribution and develop southern producing regions, with a path extended via the Panama Canal to the west coast despite railroad opposition.
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Henry Ford
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Panama Canal
Salisbury says France could pay 250 million yearly debt share
Lord Salisbury, once a British member of the reparations commission, contends France could pay 250 million dollars annually toward its debts, to be split between England and the United States, regardless of any German indemnity France might receive.
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Lord Salisbury
Reparation Commission
France
England
United States
Rance
Germany
French Statesmen Warn On France’s Financial Position
French voices warn that required payments would be impossible given the current exchange rate. They note that 350 million dollars would equal five thousand million francs per year, a sum linked to a cited price of French defeat in 1870, with emphasis on the franc’s decline.
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France
Bismarck
Search for Amundsen continues as dirigibles weighed
President signals readiness to dispatch a dirigible to aid the search for Amundsen and companions missing six days. Officials acknowledge the peril and compare it to finding ants in a vast hay field while urging renewed national effort.
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Amundsen
Physicians Back Alcohol in Treatment at AMA Convention
The American Medical Association in its 76th annual convention declares alcohol essential in disease treatment and permits doctors to prescribe freely. Prohibition supporters disagree, and changing this stance faces strong public opposition.
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American Medical Association
Reindicted for Conspiracy Fall Doheny Sin Clair
The Akron Beacon Journal reports that Fall Doheny and Sin Clair face a new indictment by a Washington DC grand jury for conspiracy. The piece mocks public punishment of big criminals and notes ordinary apartments have multiple partitions.
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Messrs
Fall, Doheny
Sin Clair
District of Columbia
Fall
Riffs Refuse to Fight Fair in Moroccan Campaign
Washington reports the Riff tribesmen avoid strongholds and supply bases, fighting in small groups from caves. Night assaults hinder aviation, while rifles down low-flying planes. France seeks territory gains as Spain doubts French aims amid a cynical U S air service assessment.
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Charles P. Stewart
Washington
France
United States Army Air Service
North Africa
Spain
American Army Air Service
China's Shift to Industrial Culture Predicted by Official
Dr. Chang Ting Wang, China’s high commissioner to Russia and recent visitor, predicts a western world outlook as China moves from agriculture to industry. He notes 400 million people, half as workers, including women, willing to endure 12 to 16 hour days for sub 20 cent daily wages, with rich coal oil and iron resources little exploited. The coming competitive industrial force could alter global dynamics.
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China
Chang Ting Wang
Peking
Russia
America
Vacations Bring Bright Mood as World Takes New Hue
A reflection on upbeat feelings and renewed spirit. The narrator expresses bubbling pep and readiness to go, noting previous blues but celebrating brighter days and more tuneful birds. The tone hints at personal renewal and optimism.
Hal Cochran's on the trees invites playful mood
The speaker boasts youthfully of leaving work for a spirited vacation mood. He explains leaping from bed with energy and planning a trip in search of paradise, embracing fun as vacation time drifts by.
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Paradise Hollow
Editorial Wise Crax Critique on Stenographers Pay
A Canton Ohio News item notes a New York firm pays bobbed haired stenographers less than long haired ones, claiming the practice harms hiring. The Cincinnati Times-Star adds that hot arguments can cool warm friendships.
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New York
Canton
Ohio News
Cincinnati
Ohio Times-Star
Q and A from the science desk on feet, crabs, tests, and pests
Questions and answers cover swimming with one foot versus two, cooking live crabs and lobsters, who started intelligence tests, how to obtain a World War veteran headstone, the largest rattlesnake, the dark ages timeframe, and electric vibration for boll weevil control. Officials cited include the Bureau of Fisheries the Biological Survey and the Bureau of Entomology.
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Bureau of Fisheries
Binet
Simon
Quartermaster General
Graves Registration Service
Munitions Bidg
Washington, D.C
Florida
L. M
Bureau of Entomology
Tom Sims Remarks On Men And Fashion
Tom Sims quips that men may be dumb yet few wear stylish clothes and notes the crowded rum war divides both sides. The fragment ends with an imperfect line about luck and bad fortune.
Rumors Tie Ford Plant Plan to Paris Urbana
Rumors from weeks earlier wove together a story that Henry Ford would open a new plant in Paris Urbana, Ohio, linking the French creditors question to Ford’s future business moves and political implications.
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Henry Ford
Paris
Urbana
Ohio Democrat
Fishing migration myth debunked in early season talk
The Newark Ohio American Tribune notes that the rush of people into Ontario this early in the season is not due to fishing. The remark counters a common assumption about travel patterns and seasonality.
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Ethelred
Ontario
Newark
Ohio American Tribune
Immodesty in dress blamed for rising exposure
A brief editorial note from the Ohio Vindicator argues that immodesty in attire equals excessive exposure and predicts this trend will become impossible to ignore, reflecting local moral standards.
Scientist Favors Dirigibles for Pole Flight
A Defiance Ohio Crescent News item quotes a scientist arguing dirigibles suit flights to the North Pole better. He speculates a mooring mast may already be in place at the pole facilitating such a voyage.
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North Pole
Defiance
Ohio Crescent News
Prohibition Costs and Odd News Bits Highlight Era
A collage of brief items notes Prohibition costing $100 million yearly with little return, Arthur Train drafting a Turk opera, the Prince of Wales attending a wrestling match and a dance, a Seattle auto incident labeled self defense, and various curiosities from Chicago exhibitions to a Rotary member Brussels king. It mentions Reichstag confidence in Hindenburg, a Milwaukee boy burning a candy store, and Florida considering a 5 tax on single women over 25 with expected $10 revenue.
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Caro
East
Frederic J. Haskin
Wall Street
Jimmie Monaco
Tin Pan Alley
Theodore Eckles
James W. Dean
Neney
The
Akron Ohio Beacon Journal
Franco
Hal Cochran
CRAX
B. J. L. Foot
Tom Sims
Boston
Arthur Train
Prince of Wales
Africa
Seattle
Chicago
King of
Brussels
Rotary Club
Reichstag
Hindenburg
Milwaukee
Bryan
Wayne Munn
State
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