Government, Crime, and Global Affairs In One Fragment
The piece notes an Arizona express messenger killing a bandit and wounding another, six more fleeing. It cites U S refusal to join the Hague conference, a Supreme Court ruling striking down child labor limits, Chicago killings with two confessed perpetrators naming higher-ups, Soviet robberies and executions, and President Harding claiming $250 million annual savings plus House funding for fraud prosecutions. It ends urging restitution for wartime profiteers.
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Arizona
Democrats and Republicans clash over campaign issues
A recount of political fault lines shows Republicans pressing a protective tariff, restoring war finance tools, and enacting an emergency agricultural tariff while Democrats push for continued government rail operation, larger budget cuts, and clearer demobilization timelines.
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Republican Congress
Republican Party
War Finance Corporation
Democratic Congress
Sluggers Triumph Over Stranglers In Narrow Win
The Sluggers defeated the Stranglers 9 to 5 last Sunday as White and Mohr formed the starting battery. Waechter pitched for the Stranglers but was weakened by the third. Sluggers prepare to face Knochsburg next Sunday.
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White
Mohr
Arthur Thie
Waechter
Bessler
Knochsburg
Chivalry and Sense Endorses Age Question in Voting
A Cleveland Plain Dealer piece praises a New York bill to remove the age inquiry at the polls. It argues voters should merely affirm that they have passed their twenty first birthday, calling it chivalry and common sense. The note asserts voting should be pleasant and accessible to all eligible voters.
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New York State
Cleveland. Plain Dealer
Republic
New York
Gift to the French National Library Enriches Historic Autographs
Baron Edmond de Rothschild presents the incomparably complete collection of historic autographs from his mother Mme James de Rothschild to the French National Library. The archive features letters from French royalty including Philippe le Bel and Marie Antoinette, and from statesmen Sully Colbert and Turenne among others.
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Baron Edmond de Rothschild
Mme
James de Rothschild
France
Philippe le Bel
Francois I
Henry IV
Marguerite de Valois
Catherine
Marie de Medici
Marie Antoinette
Sully
Colbert
Gaston de Foix
Conde
Turenne
Marshal Saxe
Villon
Corneille
Racine
Mine
de Sevigne
Shimmy Machine On Ships Ties Weight Loss To Surplus Food
Glenn M. Farley in the Seattle Post Intelligencer contrasts fat Americans with starving Europe. The shipping board uses shimmy machines on transatlantic liners to help obese passengers. A belt and vibrator simulate a shimmy, shrinking bodies as bay windows vanish. One man shed 68 pounds on a New York to Bremen voyage. The piece urges less eating as the simplest cure.
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Europe
Glenn M. Farley
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Shipping Board
Transatlantic
New York
Bremen
Not Dumb The Woman Calls On An Acquaintance
A child announces to a visitor that she will tell mamma of her guest then leads her upstairs where the Woman sits silent with a book of verse. The child asks why she does not speak and offers to talk herself.
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Chicago Journal
Rose Diane
Studio Rybe
Gardener’s Novel Theory About Air Pollution Slowing Gardens
A London Chronicle note cites a gardener near a famous aerodrome who blames flying machine gases for stunting flowers and fruit. He believes drought is not the cause and holds a strong, sincere opinion about air quality harming crops.
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London Chronicle
Geologists from Sweden and Germany Reach Bolivian Petroleum Lands
A Peru Brazil newspaper reports Swedish and German geologists arriving in La Paz Bolivia to study petroleum lands. They confirm petroleum exists but extraction will delay for years due to the country’s rugged terrain.
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Bolivia
Peru
Brazil
la Paz
Batesville Beats Columbus In Lively Local Baseball Tilt
Batesville wins 6 to 4 against Columbus as Virgil Voyles faces Batesville in a hoped for rematch. John Paul Jones contributes two doubles and a triple for Hope while local fans pursue another victory against the Hope Club at Liberty Park.
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Virgil Voyles
Sammy Seltz
Hope
Seltz
Batesville
Brookville
Greenwood
Farrell
Rabbit
Redmond
North Vernon
Greensburg Eagles
Greensburg
Voyles
Summers
Madison
John Paul Jones
Rushville
Shelbyville
Newpoint High to Stage All a Mis Take Play This Weekend
Seniors aided by Juniors present the class play All a Mis take at the community hall in the High School Building on Friday and Saturday. Miss Reed directs the home talent production with a large cast including Captain Obadiah Skinner and Mrs Nellie Richmond. Next Tuesday marks the first four year high school commencement in Newpoint with Judge Sparks of Rushville delivering the address. The inaugural senior class includes Grace Castor Mary Boring Ruth Boring and Albert Meyer with George Cole among the graduates.
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Newpoint High School
Miss Reed
Newpoint
Captain Obadiah Skinner
Harry Thackery
George Richmond
George Cale
Richard Hamilton
Norman Freeland
Ferdinand Lighthead
Albert Meyer
Nellie Richmond
Mary Boring
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Grace Castor
Cornelia Nellie Skinner
Marjorie Colson
Nelle
Marie Cole
Judge Sparks
Rushville
Ruth Boring
George Cole
Butler Joins Columbus Team as New Manager
Lee Butler arrived Thursday with his Dayton-based family to take over as manager of the Columbus team for the season. He plans to relocate to Columbus to write life insurance, scout Louisville, and lift Columbus from the cellar while continuing his insurance work.
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Lee Butler
Dayton
Columbus
Louisville
Batesville
Butler
Topeka Alienist Voices On Insanity Assessments
A Topeka alienist criticizes the process of criminal insanity examinations noting that bias arises when a patient is pre-identified for experts. He stresses the need for independent assessment to avoid premature judgments and ensure fair determinations.
Origin of Pews Traced to Norman Nobles
The origin of pews for worshipers traces to Norman times. Ordinary churchgoers sat on three legged stools while landowners enjoyed backrests during devotion.
Batesville Teachers Institute Reviews School Needs
City teachers gathered at the High School Building with Superintendent Hoing presiding. Miss Ward urged a new school building to handle rising upper-grade and High School attendance and to expand music and drawing across all grades.
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Hoing
Ward
Batesville
Sherfey
Miss Scully
Terry
Taylor
Stewart
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