Advertising Rates and a Critique of Congressional Politics
The piece outlines subscription and advertising rates for the News Telegraph and cites a columnist’s critique of lawmakers. It highlights President Bell of Northwestern Bell, pension systems for workers, and advances in wireless telephony, stressing industrial expertise over political demagogy.
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Fienlar
Florida
Rasy Street
Belt
Vermont
Bell
Ling
The Day's Editorial on Government Ownership of Railroads
The Country Gentleman argues the national election will let farmers vote on railroads as a public ownership issue. It notes the third party pushes ownership with safeguards to curb bureaucracy and warns of tax revenue losses to states like Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan and Kansas if railroads become government property.
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Middle West
North- West
United States
Minnesota
Democrats Eye Davis Victory in House If Deadlock Hits
HUNT'S DAILY LETTER discusses Democratic optimism that a House deadlock could crown Davis as president, with Bryan in the Senate as vice president. It explains Republican absences and La Follette's balance of power as pivotal, detailing a controversial path to the Davis election via Republican assistance.
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Harry B. Hunt
Ashington
Congress
Charley Bryan
Senate
Bryan
Jackson
Cleveland
Wilson
Davis
House
la Follette
Dawes
Wall Street
Republica
Permhit Bryan
Coolidge
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Railroads' Tax Burden Shifts to Farm Property in West
A detailed analysis shows railroads paid over 200 million in taxes, with substantial shares to western agricultural states. Loss of railroad tax income would raise local rates sharply, hitting Woodson Kansas hardest and threatening rural counties across North Dakota Montana and beyond.
Railroads Bear Majority of County Tax Levy
Tax outlay last year totaled 586387.61 with railroads paying 226204.26 or 84.50 percent of the levy and 47 percent of all that was collected. Delinquent mid summer stood at 104102.09 underscoring taxes higher than property could bear. Rosebud County treasurer notes rail tax loss would raise remaining levy by 56 percent, a burden echoed across farming counties of the Middle West and Northwest.
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Montana
North Dakota
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Middle West
Northwest
Nebraska
Massachuetts
East
West
Woodgow County
Kan
Woodson County
Bowman County
N.D
Marion County
N. C
Rosebud County
Mount
Rosebud
Unofficial Stabilization Plan Advances Europe Recovery
An unofficial expert committee of American financiers and businessmen devised a reparations program to restore European stability. It operated outside government, relying on financial and economic principles to endure across administrations. The plan, supported across parties, urges reconstruction for America’s own prosperity as Europe bought 80 percent of farm exports before the war.
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Europe
United States
League of Nations
The
World
Britain and Allies Reach Reparations Peace Plan
The London conferences produced an agreement on reparations with labor leaders and American officials participating to keep politics out. Germany and France show readiness to cooperate, England and France differ yet begin evacuating the Ruhr, signaling progress toward international peace and business harmony. Berlin and Paris report a strong desire for world peace.
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London
England
Germany
France
Berlin
Paris
Ruhr
Roundup of oddities and headlines from a quirky era
A collage of offbeat items touches on crime and punishment, labor strikes, technology, space, weather, crime in New Jersey, astronomical close approaches, a Paris bombing, bootlegging claims, a big Idaho meteor, a Los Angeles aviator, Turks racing cockroaches, and playful notes on parenting and marriage.
Pugilistic Dreams and Harsh Ring Reality
A 1924 George Matthew Adams essay laments boxing vanity. It contrasts aspiring pugilists chasing fame with harsh odds where many fail, likening fighters to dreamers who never secure lasting reward. The piece critiques the sport’s glamour and the personal cost to those who chase the title.
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Virpo
Dempsey
George Matthew Adams
Real Estate Transfers Record From Early 1920s
Real estate transfers show W A McKee sheriff selling to Nellie M Pellett on August 20 1924 for 4983 79 issuing ned swd 15 75 26. Clara Hanshaw and husband to William Harvey on May 20 1924 lot 1 2 and 3 block 13 Marne for one dollar plus costs. Grace M Gustin and husband to R J Kewin on August 30 1924 lot 17 block 8 Griswold subdivision mortgage amount 4546 13 with total 6200 appears listed.
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W. A. McKee
Shff
Nellie M. Pellett
Ned Swd
Clara Hanshaw
Hus
William €. Harvey
Grace .M. Gustin
O R. J. Kewin
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