World News at Chicago Convention Names Harding and Coolidge
Warren Gamaliel Harding was nominated for president and Calvin Coolidge for vice president by the Republican National Convention in Chicago. Harding secured 674 votes on the tenth ballot, Coolidge was chosen on the first ballot with 674 votes. The platform rejects ratification of the League of Nations with reservations, endorses U.S. sovereignty, and calls for an international dispute mechanism without surrendering national autonomy. Other items include a critique of Wilson and the Armenian mandate, and a call for stronger foreign policy and trade measures.
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Call for Convention by Forty-Eight Committees
Chicago headquarters announces an August 10 convention at Auditorium Hotel to form a new third party ticket. National and New York offices, signatures of J A J Hopkins George Record Allen McCurdy Amos Tachot. Delegates from farmers workers professionals and investors join to oppose special privilege and prepare an electorate ticket nationwide.
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G O P Foiled Plot Allegation Shocks Party
New York report claims a coalition of stock promoters oilmen and others plotted to force a presidential nomination. Murray Hutler, an unsuccessful GOP candidate, denounces the maneuver says it harmed General Wood and jeopardized the party. He vows to help defeat the schemers and Wood himself.
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Real warfare in Ireland
London reports Sir Neve MacReady has occupied southern Ireland areas abandoned by police. Dwellings of strategic importance were requisitioned for troops in multiple localities. A Lismore shopkeeper and a Charleville attorney were given hours to remove belongings as soldiers moved into buildings. Hole-pocked walls and sandbagged windows marked the occupations. Colleges at Tellingery and Carrigahort and a Bellyvourney dispensary were seized, with several courthouses also occupied.
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Lismore
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Senator Hiram Johnson Says No Comment on Politics
Washington reports Senator Hiram Johnson declined to discuss politics amid his arrival. He stated he had nothing to say and left the station for home. He will stay briefly in the capital before returning to California with no definite plans announced.
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Hiram Johnsart
California
Police convention opposes strikes by officers
At the annual convention in Chicago a resolution opposing strikes by police was introduced by a Chicago officer and adopted unanimously. The resolution argues that the public relies on police for protection and should not strike.
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Plea for Convicts Pushes War Era Amnesty
The Inter Garment Workers union urges release of all political prisoners and repeal of the espionage act. A New York central labor conference backs a statement citing 13 207 imprisoned or detained since 1917 to 1920 and calls for wartime law amnesty to restore press and assembly rights.
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Hamilton-Wilson Declares VP Bid at San Francisco Convention
Former U S senator James Hamilton Owls of Alinets says he will seek the Democratic nomination for vice president at the San Francisco convention. Senator Lewis stops in Dallas on the way to Waco to deliver the Baylor commencement address.
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Davis Named to Polk's Post at State Department
Norman Davis of Tennessee is chosen by President Wilken as under secretary of state. He succeeds Frank L Polk who resigns due to ill health. Davis had just resigned as assistant secretary of the treasury to accept the new post and was an adviser to the American peace delegation at the Paris talks.
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Norman Davis
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Illinois Bank Robbed in Franklin County Holdup
Five men robbed the bank at Waller Franklin County. They escaped with 12000 dollars after storming the pen, taking cash and fleeing the scene in Mount Verson, Illinois, on June 15. Local authorities searched for suspects.
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Mount Verson
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Franklin County
Markets Price Report With Wide Range Of Commodities
Market notes show prices for flour, butter, eggs, live poultry and cattle. Fine details include rye and spring wheats, No 1 clover mixed, butter scores, eggs per dozen, live poultry by type, potatoes, cattle categories with price bands, sheep and veal ranges, and dairy product gradings. Reading reflects regional wholesale trading and retail trade pricing.
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Albany Garden Favor Sparks Town Debate
The Albany Herald quotes residents debating outdoor work and garden use to beat rising living costs. A town dweller argues for personal plots as practical exercise and fresh produce, closely contrasting with golf clubs and formal recreation.
Straight Rows Aid Garden For Better Plant Growth
The article discusses how straight rows conserve space and reduce leaks in a garden. It suggests planting in tidy, tolled rows along garden paths, using raised or shallow trenches for crops like beets spinach radishes cabbage and flowers. It emphasizes careful spacing and soil preparation for healthier yields.
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Sonfre Straicht
Gaurean
Els
Billboards Debate Waste and War Impact
Mr Joseph Pennel criticizes American billboards as waste claiming unneeded boards harm U S efforts and paint could fund buildings in Europe. He argues billboard removal would reduce material use and aid essential production abroad despite contested arithmetic.
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Minny
His Fears Realized
Jane and John, twins, five exceptionally fond of each other, share a frail bond as Jane returns from weekend travel. At the station the proprietor greets her with concern over a damaged finger, saying he knew she would get hurt without him to protect her.
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Luck and Labor in a Portrait of Hope
A fragmentary meditation contrasts Luck and Labor as guiding forces in life. It ponders waiting for opportunity versus active effort, suggesting Labor initiates steady work while Luck remains hopeful and passive, shaping a character study of perseverance.
Nervous Prostration Relief Promoted By Lydia E Pinkham
A Binghamton New York woman testifies after a year of nervous prostration that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound improved her condition. The ad claims the remedy treats nervous prostration, displacements, inflammation, ulcers, irregularities, pain, backache, and dizziness and invites readers to write for advice.
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Real Reason Behind Proposals To Cease Public Offices
In a sharp critique the Kansas City Star notes that opponents to dissolving public offices fret there will be work for more office holders. It argues that leaders seek salary, not labor, and that the masses are no wiser than before, while warning against power grabbing.
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