Butler Says No Wet Plank for Platforms in Prohibition Debate
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, argues neither major party will include an anti prohibition plank. He cites widespread evasion of liquor laws, fear of naming sources, and urges repeal of the eighteenth amendment with a fourfold program including regulation, abolition of the saloon, temperance promotion, and removing the chief cause of lawlessness.
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Nicholas Butler
New York City
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Evening Post
Butler
North Dakota
Iowa
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
Arkansas
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
United States
New Law Suspends Further Northern Pacific Land Grants
President Coolidge signed a resolution for a congressional inquiry into the Northern Pacific land grant dispute. The measure suspends issuing additional land patents to the railway company through March 4, 1926, as sections of land along the transcontinental right of way face contention between the government and the railroad over original grant terms. The forest service opposes patenting lands now within national forests.
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Washington
Northern Pacific
Coolidge
Senate
House
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Idaho
Montana
Forest Service
House Public Lands
Work
Wallace
Mocking View of Mayflower Compact Sparks Online Banter
Aboverse reactions emerge as social media users joke about the Mayflower Compact, framing it as a fashion rouge rather than a historic governing pact. Critics caution against trivializing significant colonial documents.
Sweet Hope and Bitter Courtship Tale
A rhymed quip notes the sting of courting a girl who ignores attention, contrasting the sweetness of love with the ache of unreciprocated pursuit. The lines frame early modern social wit on romantic pursuit and rejection.
Virginia Senator Accuses Gooding of War Finance Ties
Senator Glass of Virginia charges Senator Gooding of Idaho with actions prohibited by federal law based on his statements about loans from the War Finance Corporation. Glass says he will seek an investigation, noting Gooding’s related resolution. The exchange followed Heflin’s questioning of Stanfield over loans and farmer aid through the same agency.
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Washington
Senator Glass
Virginia
Senate
Senator Gooding
Idaho
War Finance Corporation
Gooding
Glass
Boys and Girls Club Work Featured at Midland Empire Fair
The 1924 Midland Empire Fair will remodel The Little Theatre to host Boys and Girls Club work. The venue will host teams from the region with judged demonstrations, tours, and entertainment, and all expenses paid for invited club participants September 16 to 19.
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Fair Board
Midland Empire
Billings
C. FE. Potter
Inez FP. Bell
Martha L. Eder
Jessie Adeo
W H. Jones
Had More of Them Little Sam at Tea with Neighbor
A boy named Sammy thanks a hostess for bread and butter during tea. He adds that jam would prompt him to say thanks again, prompting a playful exchange about polite manners.
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Sam
Sammy
Irishman Returns Home After Fight With Tim Sullivan
A man arrives with a black eye and broken nose claiming Tim Sullivan did it, his wife condemns the bottle tainted clash but he defends the dead man. The Boys' Magazine quotation notes the exchange ends with a caution not to speak ill of the dead.
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Tim Sullivan
Tim
Nuff
Boys’ Magazine
New Ladderx Invented AntiInois with Convertible Steps
An inventor unveils a new stepladder design that converts to a different form by swinging a section into alignment and fastening it. The patented mechanism aims to simplify transformation and stability.
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AntiInois
Third Partyites Get Kick Out Of Congress
Washington June 7 The Conference for Progressive Political Action plans to nominate Senator La Follette for president in Cleveland on July 4 as Congress fails to act on farm and railroad bills. A flood of credentials requests comes from farmers groups disappointed by relief failures and from labor sectors angered by railroad board and injunction judge controls. Progressive citizens foresee a broad movement toward human freedom and security.
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Washington
Conference For Progressive Political Action
LaFollette
Cleveland
Congress
Railroad
Senate Oil Committee OKs Walsh Report on Sinclair Doheny Deals
The Senate Oil Committee approved a report by Senator Walsh charging wasteful, secretly negotiated oil lease deals tied to Sinclair and Doheny. It found no proof of an oil conspiracy at the 1920 Chicago Republican convention or public official stock speculation, but urged future bids and stricter controls pending court rulings.
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Washington
Doheny
Senate Oil Committee
Senate
Walsh
Montana
E L. Doheny
Albert B. Fall
Chicago
Sinclair and Dohens
Comptroller General
AU Organization
Republicans
Ladd
Norbeck
South Dakota
Spencer
Missouri
Edward B. McLean
Wool Prices Do Not Tell The Whole Tale
A Boston report notes wool exports, import duties, and market gaps show prices paid misstate real value. Despite high quality clips and large shipments to Liverpool, actual worth in America runs 50 to 100 percent above growers’ returns, due to uncertain demand and flawed pricing.
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Boston
Jericho Pool
Texas
Oregon
England
Liverpool
America
Ohio Delaine
Ohio
Wool prices pinch U S growers demand farm relief
W W Reynolds of Licking County Ohio declares wool is sold below its world value while meat and other farm products meet fair prices. He argues wool relief would have totaled about 50 million dollars if growers had sold at true worth, urging self reliance and action rather than waiting for policy.
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New Zealand
America
W. W. Reynolds, Licking Co, O
Time and tide wait for no man in aging romance trap
A quip contemplates waiting lovers and the delays of courtship as tides rise. The line humorously contrasts the pace of nature with human hopes for romance and vanity.
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