Emergency currency ready for instant use in panic
Treasury officials prepared 500 million in Aldrich Vreeland emergency notes to curb panics. Ralph at the bureau of engraving supervised early printing, with notes flowing to banks as July-August work delivered millions daily. Senate fights and filibuster stalled passage before final approval.
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Aldrich Vreeland
Treasury
Congress
Coolidge
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Ralph
District’ of Columbia
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Wall Street
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House
Senate
House’ of Representatives
Aldrich
Cannon
Roosevelt
White House
la Follette
Gore the
Treasury Department
Department of Printing
Obadiah Gardner Roils Maine Race For Governor
Obadiah Gardner of Rockland Maine shook the G O P outlook by nearly winning Maine’s governorship. A farmer and head of the state grange he drew broad farmer support and capitalized on prohibition issues, turning many towns previously voting Democratic. National speakers were rushed into Maine to aid the campaign. Gardner’s near victory unsettled party lines in a pivotal election month.
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Obadiah Gardner
Rockland
United States
Maine
New England
G.O.P
Obadiah
National Republican Organization
National Committee
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Pine Tree
State Grange
Gov
Kent
Muldoon Named First Bishop of Rockford Diocese
Rt Rev Peter J Muldoon of Chicago is named by the Vatican as the first bishop of the new Rockford diocese. A long time church leader he served as chancellor and vicar general in Chicago and led notable Catholic education efforts including St Charles Borromeo academy and high school. His background spans California Kentucky and Baltimore with ordination in Brooklyn in 1886.
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Mgr. Muldoon
Tammos
Middle West
California
Kentucky
Baltimore
Brooklyn
N. Y
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St. Charles Borromeo
England's Oldest Admiral Reflects on 1820s Seas and Maori Ties
Richard Moorman, England's oldest admiral at ninety eight, recalls a career dating to 1823. He recounts rubbing noses with a Maori queen who met Captain Cook, his visits to the Maoris in 1827 and 16 years later, and mentoring a Maori grandson. He commanded the Rattler, the first screw propelled warship, and later the first paddle wheel ship, witnessing steam propulsion advances. He advocates naval reform and promotion based on merit over favoritism.
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Richard Moorman
England
Cook
New Zealand
George Grey
Moorman
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Sullivan Back in View After Lynching Bee Controversy
Former Mississippi senator William Van Amberg Sullivan, once controversial figure, reemerges in public life through his participation in a southern lynching bee and defense in the press. His career included a 1898 senate appointment, a contested marriage arrangement, a breach of promise suit, an assault case with a Pullman porter, and a gun confrontation with an editor over Hawaiian policy. He retired in 1901 after an unexpired term and has since been labeled politically extinct.
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William van Amberg Sullivan
United States
Mississippi
Senate
McLaurin
Marie Atkins
Lucy Leetip
Oxford
Sullivan
Washington
Connolly
Memphis Commercial Appeal
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Memphis
Walthall
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