WINS FULL SWAY IN BOTH HOUSES
The article notes a decisive national election result giving President Coolidge a substantial working majority in both Senate and House. It cites broad support, the defeat of the La Follette faction, and about 18 million votes for Coolidge, with gratitude from the president for the people’s faith. It analyzes causes of the landslide and outlines the new congressional balance.
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Coolidge
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la Follette
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LaFollette
Wisconsin
Davis
Tabor
Women and reform: Coolidge victory and new political firsts
The piece notes Coolidge's broad win amid attacks by La Follette and Republicans, with Harding’s earlier landslide compared to 1920. It highlights two new women governors Nellie Ross of Wyoming and Miriam Ferguson of Texas, Mary Norton in Congress, and Chicago’s historic election of a Black municipal judge.
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Baker leads Missouri race as Republicans sweep eight seats
Returns show Sam A. Baker winning the governorship by roughly 7 000 to 10 000 votes from 170 precincts with a near 10 000 vote edge projected. Republicans gain eight of sixteen U S House seats and control the state house but miss the state senate. final tabulation places Baker at 622 924 votes to Nelson 618 347 with several counties awaiting official counts.
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E. C. Ellis
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George H. Combs
Charles E. Kiefner
J. Scott Wolff
Ralph E. Bailey
Sikeston
James F. Fulbright
Jefferson City
Highway Department
Miss Mabel Grafford Leads County Ticket in Election
Miss Mabel Grafford 34 Democrat county treasurer elect is first unmarried woman elected to a county office here. She led opponent Miss Vera Rutter by 3331 votes.
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Mexico
Mabel Grafford
Miss Grafford
Vera Rutter
Domestic exchange hints at hiring a cook
A brief dialogue shows a mistress saying she has just engaged a cook, and a domestic noting the plan to call again tomorrow. The exchange implies formal household arrangements and timing for further contact.
Leader News Paper Sold to New Editor in Cass County
Harrisonville The Cass County Leader long owned and edited by Ralph G Bray is sold to Roland D Smith editor of the Olean Times. Bray previously led the Bunceton Eagle and backed Dr Arthur W Nelson for Governor. Policy remains unchanged.
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Harrisonville
Cass County
Ralph G. Bray
Roland D. Smith
Olean
N. Y
Times
Bray
Bunceton
Arthur W. Nelson
Leader
Fragmentary School Talk on Graduation and Baseball
Fragmentary dialogue shows a graduation remark about independence and a father’s view of a child’s abilities. A second line hints at a man’s perception of a person playing baseball. The source reads as a clipped conversation piece with uncertain attributions.
Life's Component Parts in a Brief Aphorism
A compact reflection equating life to a set of core elements. It equates love as bread, work as salt, poesy as sweetness, and faith as water, presenting a philosophical overview of life’s essential ingredients.
English court cases feature Gold Silver Penny and Cash litigants
Four names Lowden Gold Silver Penny and Cash appear as litigants in a recent English court case with details not fully disclosed. The proceedings centered on civil matters and involve multiple parties and legal representations.
The Will That Turned the Scale
Anna Foulkes confronts debt and a dying husband Curtin as tradesmen press for payments. Her son Charlie’s choice—his wish for his father to live—shifts the balance. Curtin’s operation succeeds and the family hope is revived, uniting past betrayal with renewed resolve.
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Grantwich
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Blackguard
Stevens
Anna Foulkes
Doctor Stevens
German warns of looming European wood shortage
Ernest Wiche of Bremen warns in a local paper that Europe is wasting lumber while demand soars since the war. He cites 158,000,000 acres of European forests including Russia and Scandinavia being cleared rapidly, predicting Europe will need to import wood in the coming years.
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Ernest Wiche
Bremen
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Russia
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White Coal in France Power Harness Report
The French ministry of public works announces that on January 1, 1924 hydraulic electric power in France reached 2 400 000 horsepower. Of this total 2 250 000 horsepower powers electric generators and 850 000 horsepower or 37 percent serves electrochemical and electrometallurgical industries.
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Ministry of Public Works
France
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