Capper Proposes Broader Farm Relief Plan
Senator Capper Republican Kansas leader of the farm bloc urges a more comprehensive farm relief program than Coolidge. The stance signals a rift in the Republican party over Western farm policy as insurgent speculation grows about Capper Lowden or Dawes as 1928 presidential nominees.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senator Capper
Kansas
Senate
Republican Party
Capper
Lowden
Dawes
Americans in Arms Parley
The United States will take part in the disarmament conference called by the League of Nations. The exact role and representation, official or unofficial, are undecided but the administration intends to view the invitation sympathetically and cooperate as much as practical.
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Washington
United States
League of Nations
League
Food prices rise in US cities from Oct to Nov
Washington reports a 2.9 percent rise in retail food prices across major cities from October 15 to November 15. The Bureau of Labor Statistics index shows 167.1 for November, up from 161.6 in October, with potatoes up 41 percent and eggs up 15 percent while flour butter cheese rice and oranges rise about 1 percent and some meats canned goods and sugar fall.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Foreign debts repaid to U S treasury totalling 95 million
Seven governments including Great Britain and Belgium sent payments to the U S treasury for war loans. Britain paid 92.31 million as the third annual installment. Belgium sent 677 432. Czecho-Slovakia 1 1/2 million. Finland 180 000. Lithuania 45 678. Poland 1/2 million. Hungary 39 61. Wisconsin instructor Crowns drowned after falling through ice on Lake Mendota. colleague Meiklejohn survived.
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Washington
Treasury
United States
Great Britain
Belgium
Czecho-Slovakia
Finland
Lithuania
Poland
Hungary
Steamer Rescues Three at Sea near Charleston
A West Palm Beach crew of three men and a small boat were rescued at sea by the steamer Orizaba. They are being taken to New York on the Orizaba, according to a radio message received in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Charleston
S. C
West Palm Beach
Fla
New York
Russia to join disarmament and economic conferences
Moscow reports the Soviet Union will accept the League of Nations invitation to participate in the international disarmament conference and the world economic conference. The move signals Russian participation in two major postwar international meetings.
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Moscow
Soviet
Russia
League of Nations
Peace Treaty Signed Uniting German French Athletics
Lausanne Switzerland reports a new peace treaty between German and French athletic federations to restore track and field relations halted since 1914. The conference occurred with cordial proceedings and aims to reestablish competition and cooperation.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Italian Senate OKs Gag Law Limiting Press Freedom
Rome reports the Italian senate approved the government bill to restrict press liberty. The measure aims to control publication and dissemination of information, signaling tighter government oversight of media activity.
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Rome
Colonel Mitchell suspended five years by court martial
Washington reports Colonel Mitchell guilty and sentenced by a court martial to five years suspension from the U S Army. He receives no pay or quarters but remains under orders to the War Department and must serve in uniform without rank insignia. The verdict shocks some and may move the fight to Congress.
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Washington
Mitchell
United States
Congress
War Department
No Women May Serve on Illinois Juries
Illinois Supreme Court rules jurors must be male, citing statutes use masculine terms. The case arose when Hannah Beye Fyfe was mislisted as H. B. Fyfe and later deemed ineligible after challenging the summons. The ruling reverses earlier decisions and declares women cannot occupy jury boxes under existing law.
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Springfield
Illinois
Supreme Court
H. B. Fyfe
Hannah Beye Fyfe
Cook County Jury Commissioners
Vote Down Tax Publicity
Washington notes the tax reduction bill passes house its course overturning amendments including keeping income tax return publication. It increases personal exemptions from 1000 to 1500 for single and 2500 to 3500 for married. Norton amendment to raise to 2500 and 5000 fails 207 to 64.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Mary T. Norton
Democrat
New Jersey
Nation wide law parley proposed to study justice
Representative Black of New York said he would introduce a resolution to convene a Washington conference of police chiefs from cities over a million population next spring. The aim is to propose changes in federal penal law state statutes and court procedure to improve the machinery of justice and enforce laws of states and the United States.
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Washington
Black
New York
United States
Mellon Named Director General of Railroads
Secretary Mellon will become director general of railroads January 1 under a presidential proclamation. He will replace James C. Davis who has resigned as the office completes its work. In Italy Queen Mother Margherita, 74, suffers a light pulmonary pleurisy and doctors warn of anxiety due to age. Nathaniel Pierce, 24, remains alive with a 50-50 chance of recovery after a circular saw incident.
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Melion
Washington
Mellon
Coolidge
James C. Davis
Bordighera
Italy
Margherita
Nathaniel Pierce
Missouri News Nuggets Two: Transport fares and state school costs
Springfield Traction seeks to raise motorbus fares from 5 to 7 cents citing a $49,003.15 deficit on buses since Sept 1921. Missouri schools spent about $24 million for 1924-25, with the state supplying roughly $4 million. Cement contracts worth about $4 million eyed for highway paving. Battery B of the 128th Field Artillery formed in Mexico, using four French 75s and 16 horses. Former banker John F. Robertson jailed for bank fraud. Miss Ella Victoria Dobbs and James T. Sleeper named state supervisors. Baptists urge Christmas love offering to fund Foreign Mission Board. Foreclosure of Annapolis Lead Co. ordered. sale set Jan 29. Davis of Cape Girardeau celebrated centenarian feature skipped. Hairpin swallowed by Mary Ruth Ruth hospitalised. Darby Fruit Farm sale to Henry W. Whittington. Levy Talley fatally burned. Opal Hightower dies by poisoning. husband released. Mary Conrad dies at 93. Phil Richman dies in Kansas City.
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Jefferson.City
Springfield Traction Company
Springfield
State Public Service Commission
Jefferson City
Missouri
Charles A. Lee
Lee
State Highway Department
Highway Commission
Mexico
One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Field Artillery
Missouri National Guard
National Guard
Sedalia
Columbia
John F. Robertson
Gentry County
Ella Victoria Dobbs
James T. Sleeper
University of Missouri
Miss Dobbs
State Teachers’ Association
Vandalia
Baptists of Missouri
Foreign Missions
South
Foreign Mission Board
Bismarck
Circuit Court of
Tron County
Annapolis (Mo
St. Louis Union Trust Company
Arthur Huff
Ironton
Cape Girardeau
George Washington Davis
Davis
Poplar Bluff
Mary Ruth
Harry Ruth
Butler
Darby Fruit
Amoret
Bates County
Darby Investment Company
Philadelphia
Henry W. Whittington
Decatur, Ill
Valuation of Good Fruit Trees in Orchard Damages
The article discusses how valuing trees is uncertain and case dependent. It notes factors like variety, condition, soil, proximity to market, and owner business ability. Courts often base damages on land value, or treat a one year old apple tree as worth $1, with value rising to about $25 by age twenty five.
Winter Pruning Aims for Balance and Sunlight
Horticulturists advise pruning to balance fruit and wood growth. Remove water sprouts and thin small branches to stimulate wood growth. avoid large unnecessary cuts. Moderate thinning at the bottom for trees with rapid top growth. trim to admit sunlight. paint cuts over 1.5 inches.
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H. E. Nichols
Iowa State College
Propagate Currants by Wood Cuttings and Layering
The common method for currants is hardwood cuttings, like grapes, with tip layering as an alternative. Cuttings are taken in fall and stored indoors, currants root under many conditions, spirea uses both green and hardwood cuttings, greenwood cuttings in summer, and black raspberry tips are lightly covered to root and form new plants for spring removal.
Cut Out Rotting Wood In Apple Trees
Advice on pruning rotting wood from apple tree trunks and painting wounds with white lead paint to halt rot. Injured parts may heal if the tree is vigorous. Early spring application of five to six pounds of nitrate of soda can invigorate trees, hasten healing, and increase fruit size.
Hawaiian food and ancient terms puzzle hints
A crossword style list of clues across and down with hints for foods languages numbers and objects including condiments harbors sails and verbs. The puzzle mentions Hawaiian food a dead language old forms and common nouns with several wordplay hints.
How to Solve a Crossword Puzzle
Instructions explain filling white spaces with dictionary words, using numbers to indicate starting letters for horizontal and vertical entries. Definitions note abbreviations slang initials technical terms and obsolete forms, with letters not placed in black spaces.
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Senator Copper
Bureau of Labor
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Maurice S. Coburn
Beachmont
Mass
University of Wisconsin
Lake Mendota
S. Meiklejohn
Pawtucket
R. I
Coburn
Ilnois Supreme Court
Representative Black
Missouri News Nuggets
Levy ‘Talley
Walter Talley
Caledonia
Kansas City
Opal Hightower
Ernest Hightower
Louisiana
Mary Conrad
Frank Conrad
Pike County
Marshall
Phil Richman
Paradise
Ida
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