Europe and the return to balance of power politics
The author argues Europe has reverted to balance of power tactics after World War I with the League of Nations sidelined. Major powers pursue security pacts and national interests, sidelining collective security and a world court, while Britain and France abandon the league in favor of standalone arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Gumps
United States
Powers of Europe
League of Nations
Europe
League
France
Poland
Britain
Arbor Day Takes On New Significance Amid Forestry Push
President Coolidge emphasizes closer attention to forestry as a national movement grows. Advocates warn that civilizations neglecting trees fail, noting Europe’s denuded areas and U S soil loss from unchecked water flow. Lumbermen join the effort, seeing the shared national stakes in sustained forests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
Europe
Lumbermen
America
Forestry
Twenty Years Ago Today Local Happenings
W Douthat and family moved to Deepwater to settle. W E Butt and John Thompson injured in Abbs Valley when a buggy horse ran away. Pocahontas Collieries Company abandoned semi monthly pay day. Ten years ago Rev S W Moore and C B Hancock returned from Salem after Presbytery meeting. Mrs S Angrist suffered a bad arm fracture. L C Scott arrived in Bluefield from Quincy to become assistant ticket agent for Norfolk and Western.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Douthat
Deepwater
W. E. Butt
John Thompson
Abbs Valley
Pocahontas Collieries Company
S. W. Moore
C. B. Hancock
Salem
Montgomery
Angrist
Sl. C. Scott
Bluefield
Quincy
Norfolk and Western
Fragments Highlight Odds and Ends From a Varied Speech
A digest of quotations touching trees and forests, a Los Angeles death during a beauty procedure, light commentary on face realities, Jack Dempsey’s reading habits, and a Kansas City man’s court claim about corn whiskey and blood tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Maud Muller Outwits Judge In Banked On Hay Day Verse
A satirical poem recounts Maud Muller outmatching a judge in love and money, boasting she sells more hogs and owns vast land while the judge, rich in title, contemplates a poorer life and a plain wife. The Kansas City Star features the 1919 era verse.
Congress Pay Rise Report Cited By Exchange
An exchange notes that the rising pay for members of Congress is justified by reduced purchasing power of the dollar but points out taxpayers face the same decline. It warns that voters would need to fund higher pay for lawmakers if pay were increased to offset this loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Sims
Guantanamo
Cuban
Congressment
Guam
West Virginia Faces Economic Struggle and Leadership Question
The piece argues West Virginia's coal industry suffers from deflation, tight credit, and unfair freight rates, urging bold state leadership to counter the downturn. It cites Gov’t and Legislature inaction as a potential failure to fight, with literary references warning disasters come in groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Ae Interstate Commerce Commission
Logan
Charleston
Hotel men boast ninety seven percent honest guests
Detroit News reports hotel managers claim 97 percent of guests are honest and place signs in rooms asking if anything besides the Gideon Bible was left behind to identify the remaining three percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit News
Weather Talk and Social Banter Across Papers
A collage of quotes from the Minneapolis Journal and Columbus Dispatch touches on rain and storms, early spring signs like robins and lilacs, and galoshes. It then shifts to a satirical exchange about literacy for chimpanzees and a financial joke about earnings, reflecting conversational newspaper snippets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis Journal
Novel CO2 Fire Extinguishers for Shipboard Use
Fire extinguishers designed to freeze and suffocate fires by filling the area with dense carbon dioxide. Suitable for switchboard fires and cargo holds on tankers and ships where blaze risks are serious. The devices are essentially tanks loaded with CO2 gas as used in soda fountains.
Cleverness and misheard radios and a left handed joke
A collection of short humor bits from readers and cartoons. Jokes about radios in Emporia and Pittsburgh, movie star parties in Hollywood, a deaf Englishman and a Russian, a young boy seeking medicine, and a ticket office storm. Includes a quip about a San Franciscan and a dictionary.
Warren Rejected as Attorney General Shocks Senate
The senate refused to confirm Charles Warren as attorney general in a vote viewed as a clash with the administration. Vice-President Dawes drew praise and criticism for delaying the process, and opposition cited heavy handed tactics in committee reshuffles affecting Ladd, Frazier, and Brookhart. Critics warned of fragile administration control in the next session as agriculture officials face possible removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Hunt Ashington
Senate
Charles Beecher Warren
Dawes
Warren
Nero
Rome
Ashurst
Arizona
Wanton
Watson-Moses
Ladd
Frazier
Brookhart
Modern Atalantas Found Amid South Africa Trail
A newspaper item notes a modern parallel to the mythic runner Atalanta, with South Africa cited as a setting in the Count Treath Cape-to-Cairo expedition. The article frames swift travel and pursuit as a contemporary echo of ancient legend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paavo Nurmi
Atalanta
Hippomenes
Atalantas
South Africa
Count Treath
Cape-to-Cairo
Typhoid Carrier Linked to Milk Trade in Camden Tale
Mrs Mann recounts a Wisconsin farmer who carried typhoid through generations of his family and hired help after moving to Camden. His milk sparked outbreaks in New York, prompting an investigation that confirmed he was a carrier. The tale ends with a critique of delayed checks on milk safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manon
SHORT CUTS From Exchanges
A collage of quips from various papers notes the ironies of public life. Jokes touch on politics fashion taxes and weather with brisk one liner style and a hint of social observation.
Coolidge's luck and city planning visions contrasted
The piece reviews Coolidge's smooth political luck and growing expectations for his term. It contrasts urban planning ideas like airborne traffic and moving sidewalks with future city layouts while critiquing congressional propaganda and public trust, warning democracy hinges on public respect and understanding.
Rhode Island Health Reform Debate Quietly Advances
Massachusetts medical standards are criticized as lax with a 1894 law cited. A bill to raise physician qualification requirements faces lobbying from substandard schools and opposition, while medical societies and city health departments push for reform to curb quacks and improve care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Telegraphic Tidbits of March Mischief and Mirth
A collection of humorous notes and snippets from various locales including New Jersey Kentucky Memphis and Los Angeles. Quips touch on gas fires auto thefts marriages from radio singing and general social observations. The piece satirically surveys everyday quirks and oddities with playful wordplay and dated humor.
Fellowship of Prayer Daily Lenten Bible Reading
A devotional notice describing a daily Lent program on Bible reading and meditation prepared for the Commission on Evangelism of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in Red.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission On Evangelism of
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In Red
True Life Through Self Denial and Obedience
Meditation on Luke 9 24 and the call to self denial sacrifice and obedience as path to genuine life. Prayer asks God to reveal nearby duties and to work with others in service while living in heavenly companionship with Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
God
Christ Jesus
Berlin women grow tired of dancing without men
Berlin reporters note a shift in the city’s 1895 costume ball tradition. After decades of women dancing in male attire, the postwar revival invited men this year, reflecting changing suffrage and social norms in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Mer
Rheumatic pain relief promised with Allenrho guarantee
An advertising claim asserts Allenrho dissolves uric acid and clears rheumatic pain within 24 hours. James H. Allen of Rochester promotes the remedy, offering a money back guarantee via druggists, with Central Pharmacy named as local agent and mail order details for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Allen
Forbes St
Rochester
N. Y
Allenrho
Allenrhu
Central Pharmacy
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Alli Communications and
Daily Telegraph Printing CO
W. Va
Eevese
Weacogeed
Fosoisee
Gueieid
Charles
Friends OF the Forest
Los Angeles
Jack Dempsey
Maud Muller
Maud
Kansas City Star
Longfellow
Columbus Dispatch
Emporia
Havana
Pittsburg
Hollywood
Wwe
Kalamazoo Gazette
Department of Agriculture
H. C. Taylor
Bureau of Farm Economics
Do. J. Brand
Taylor
Dickinson Co-Operative
Brand
McNary-Haugen
Dallas Journal
Russia
Newark Star-Eagle
Asheville
Muskegon Chronicle
Indianapolis Star
Roanoke Times
Toledo Blade
E- Gatzon H Borglum
Dayton Daily News
Balkans
Hicago Daily News
Joston Transcript
Chester H. Rowell
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
Rhodesia
Tom Sims
Telegraph
Ticklers
New Jersey
Kentucky
North Pole
Memphis
Tenn
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St. Louis
Missouri
Fellowship of Prayer
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