All in the Same Boat on Coal Freight Rates
Coal producers resist the ten cent per ton freight cut on lake cargo coal as railroads serving southern fields face competition from northern routes. The ICC approved a twenty cent advantage to northern coal, provoking fear of market loss and calls for a direct showdown to safeguard coal and railroad livelihoods.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Chis Fe
Chesapeake & Ohio
Norfolk & Western
Loulaville & Nashville
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
James D. Francia
Francis
Three-Power Geneva Talks Prompt Global Peace Hopes
The Geneva conference draws world attention as Britain Japan and the United States form a hemispheric axis. Analysts note potential strength for peace despite Article X concerns and urge study of geographic influence shaping future leadership.
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Geneva
League of Nations
United States Senate
League For Peace
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Europe
Asia
United
Western Hemisphere
Fire sweeps Christiansburg. youth laws kill mother in accident
Fire devastates Christiansburg with the town reporting a blaze that swept the area. An incident in Glen Lyn sees 16 year old Charles Perdue accidentally shoot his mother, Maggie Perdue. Prosecution leader Powell Lane dies at home in Oceana. G W Floyd of Bluefield and Jessie Burgess of Virginia marry. Lawrence Simpson, son of J W Simpson of Bluefield, drowned at Kingport Tennessee. The American army advance guard reaches France.
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Christiansburg
Charles Perdue
Maggie Perdue
Glen Lyn
Powell Lane
Wyoming County
Oceana
G. W. Floyd
Bluefield
Jessie Burgess
Virginia
Panera
Lawrence Simpson
J. W. Simpson
Kingeport
Teno
France
Three powers shaping global influence in politics and economics
The text notes three dominant powers—Britain, the United States, and Japan—dominating world affairs. It warns no formal peace-forcing alliance exists now, but a future triad could emerge if deemed necessary for the common good, affecting global political and economic order.
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Japan
Europe
Great Britain
United States
Sophisticated rurals erase rural stereotype in urban life
The Chicago News notes the rural type fades as country youths enter Chicago with modern dress manners and city savvy. Rural free delivery, motion pictures, cars, magazines, and radio foster rapid adaptation, with many professionals in cities now hailing from the country.
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Chicago News
Chicago
Geneva disarmament talks inch toward accord amid diverging aims
The United States Britain and Japan show divergent tentative programs at Geneva while noting some points of agreement. Washington holds the cruiser reduction settled and non negotiable, reflecting limits from five nation participation and observer roles at Geneva. Success hinges on new sea power reductions.
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United States
Great Britain
Japan
America
Geneva
West Virginia’s bid for industry and unity urged
The Charleston Daily Mail editorial urges caution and a Morgantown drive to build a Chamber of Commerce and broader citizen cooperation. Pending rail freight cuts to southern coal aim to offset northern advantages, while West Virginia’s age as a state is noted with calls for liberty, tolerance, and self discipline to secure a brighter future.
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West Virginia
West
Chamber of Commerce
Morgantown
Charlinton Daily Mail
Areford
Morgantown Post
Virginia
Charleston Mall
Twelve Women Graduated as Mechanics at Eastern School
A satirical piece notes twelve women graduates becoming mechanics, jokes about women in trades, and foresees future headlines about women in unconventional roles. It speculates on gender shifts in professions and social expectations with mock headlines and wry commentary.
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New York
South Dakota Holds Key Early 1928 Primary Battles
In a long political analysis, the piece outlines how South Dakota’s primary制度 shapes the 1928 race with Coolidge seeking early momentum. It notes affect on both parties with moves by McAdoo and Smith factions and signals the broad national stakes centered in the Midwest.
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Rodney Dutcher Ashington
Calvin Coolidge
South Dakota
New York
Iilinole
Ontana
Wheeler
Tom Walsh
LaFollette
North Dakota
Nye
Maine
Coolidge
Hiram Johnson
Johnson
Smith
McAdoo
Governor Smith
Empire State
al Smith
Ogden Milla
Amour Low
Attorney General Sargent Pleads for Respect for Law
The text portrays Attorney General Sargent urging greater respect for law as his main or only important task, suggesting otherwise would waste his time. This conveys a stance on lawfulness and his priority for public duties.
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Sargent
Rickard bets fans will pay for Lempsey bout hype
The piece notes Tex Rickard's belief that fans will spend on Jack Lempsey's return, amid a dull Washington summer. It also mentions a looming four acre power station project in the capital as a separate note from The Springfe Republican.
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Ballyhoo
Jack Lempsey
Tex Rickard
Washington
Springfe Republican
Position of Lowden analyzed as real campaign approach
The Washington Star notes two factors may affect the Lowden bid this summer farm crops and Coolidge’s Northwest tour. Several papers warn his cautious Binghamton remarks avoid firm policy pledges, while others see him leveraging Midwestern agricultural unrest to influence the nomination.
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Frank C. Lowden
Ilinois
Lowden
The
Washington Star
Ind
Calvin Coolidge
Northwest
South Dakota
Coolid
Coolidge
White House
Worcester Telegram
Rep
Dairymen’s League
Binghamton
New York Herald Tribune
Frank Owden
Illinois
New York
Ind. Dem
Philadelphia Je Ledger
Black Hills
Charlotte Observer
Dem
Mid-West
Providence Journal
Mississippi
Missouri
West
Richmond News
Waterloo Tribune
Boston Transcript
United States
Charleston Evening Post
Dayton Daily News
Dayton
Columbia Record
Lowdon
Dawes
South Bend Tribune
Ind. Rep
New York and Illinois Tactics Drive Gop Push in South Dakota
The administration exhibitions favor New York aides and Illinois backers to shape South Dakota politics. Big Bill Thompson of Chicago is seen as a path to defeating Leóden and swaying Illinois delegation. Senator Norbeck gains allies through appointments to the Shipping Board and other federal posts in a bid to secure Coolidge support.
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Treasury
New York
Illinois
Big Bill Thompson
Chicago
Lowden
Big Bill
White Houme
Black Hill
South Dakota
Peter Norbeck
Norbeck
Shipping Board
The
Vocational Training Board
Prohibition
United States Marshalship
Five Corners and the Changing Cityscape
The narrator describes Manhattan streets radiating into crowded immigrant quarters and crime hubs. Chinatown, Italian districts, a coercive sales street, and Turk-Armenian zones mix with Hell's Kitchen violence. A playground parade by a settlement group contrasts with the old gangster era.
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Chinatown
Armenia
Gansterium
Manhattan
Hell's Kitchen
Five Corners
Shades of Gyp-the-Blood
Gilbert Swan
Hearing loss often goes unnoticed until specialist visit
Dr. Morris Fishbein notes progressive deafness often starts with unnoticed middle ear disease or nerve involvement. Many patients misjudge their good ear’s hearing and delay treatment. Early diagnosis can reveal treatable middle ear conditions. nerve or brain related deafness remains harder to manage.
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Morris Fishbein
The
American Medical Association
Hygeia
E. B. Deneh
New York University
Old New York Clings to Union Club as Fifth Avenue Shifts
The city’s gaze shifts with rapid change as venerable institutions like the Union Club and the Vanderbilt mansion yield to development. Fifth Avenue, once lined with mansions, slides uptown toward Park Avenue while landmarks such as St Patrick’s Cathedral endure amid upheaval in the Five Corners district.
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New York
Union Club
Fifth Avenue
Spereeeway
Old Union Club
Manhattan
Park Avenue
Old Corner
Vanderbilt
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Education overtakes other industries as nation’s major asset
The piece argues American education endowments form a tens of billions asset class led by Harvard and Columbia with multi million gifts. Princeton Yale and others receive large sums for facilities while even small colleges top a million. It contrasts education’s growth with other industries and critiques agricultural inefficiencies as the key barrier to farm business success.
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America
Harvard
Columbia
Yate
Chicago
Leland Stanford
Mass. Tech
Duke
Cornell
Johns Hopkins
Rochester
Carnegie Tech
McGill
Northwestern
Texas
Toronto
Rice
Princeton
George Baker
Yale
United States
Heredity in Otosclerosis Risk Across Generations
Dr. Dench notes hereditary factors in otosclerosis and predicts hearing outcomes if neither parent is affected. He even cautions against marriage of those with the condition to reduce risk to offspring. Research aims to uncover definite causes to prevent hearing loss and improve future lives.
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Dench
SHORT CUTS From Exchanges
Juxtapositions and quips from various papers about aviation, Lindbergh, marriage trends, poets, and finishing schools. Notable lines include jests on Lindbergh with Hindy and Lindy, and remarks on graduates from finishing schools.
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Lindbergh
Germany
Eudden
Hindy
Platform proposals for tax reform and safety measures
Fragmentary platform text outlines quarterly taxes to city and state, safety barriers on roads, motor vehicle taxes replacing personal property licenses, more factories, and discussions of elections and governance. The readable portions reference miners protection and enforcement measures.
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Federa
Entean
Moto
Nnfield Oe
Ta Meas
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