Democrats Use Coolidge to Test Farm Relief Support
Washington dispatch notes Democrats plan a national referendum on President Calvin Coolidge to measure farm relief support ahead of the 1926 elections. Republicans align to shift fault for relief failures to the White House as Congress struggles with farm legislation and Coolidge's stance remains noncommittal.
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Canton Daily Nova
Washington
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Coolidge
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Senate
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Northwest
Nude paintings at Paris Spring Salon 1926 draw mixed verdicts
The Grand Palais hosts 5500 works including many nude pieces and foreign and American artists. Rudolph Evans offers Aphrodite bronze while Barbara Herbert presents marble busts. American Bridgman Harrison and Klumpke show colorful canvases and landscapes. Critics see a transition era with strong pieces amid calls for more faith in art.
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Paris
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Rudolph Evans
Marry Payne Whitney
Saint-Navarre
Barbara Hérbert
New York
F. A. Bridgman
Touggourt
Femmes Y d'Alger
George Howland
Pas du Calais
George Hilla
Alexander Harrison
Attise
la Marne
Solitudes
le Midi
Anna Klumpke
Rosa Ronheur
RB. Cummings
Doskey
Hamilton
Toledo
Anthony
Paris Soir
Borah Emerges as a Force in 1928 Presidential Prospects
Washington observes Senator Borah gaining momentum as a potential Republican contender. The piece notes his popularity in the South, opposition dynamics within the party, and the impact on Coolidge and other 1920s figures, with farm relief and prohibition debates shaping the looming nomination.
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Washington
Borah
United States
Bryan
Wayne BR. Wheeler
Ware
Pennsylvania
Coolidge
Lowden
New York
Jefferson Day to Be Observed in Sesqui Centennial Plan
Washington observes a joint resolution recognizing the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence falling with the 100th anniversary of Thomas Jeffersons death. The plan calls for a Thomas Jefferson Centennial Commission with 19 members and members from the president, vice president, and speaker of the house to guide nationwide celebrations.
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Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Congress
Senate
Jefferson
Continental Congress
United States
House
Irish blamed for invention of the banjo
Groton Connecticut June 5 The Irish are blamed for inventing the banjo says Frederick J Bacon of the Bacon Banjo Co The instrument popular with Negro musicians on Southern plantations is traced to an Irishman named Sweeney from West Virginia Bacon argues residents blame the instrument on black players while he cites the Irish origin as the true source.
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United States Senate
Borah
Dixieland
North Carolina
Groton
Conn
Sweeney
Emerald Isle
Frederick J. Bacon
Bacon Banjo Co
Bacon
West Virginia
Kingston burial ground becomes garden after headstone removal
In London dated June 5, a burial ground at Kingston was turned into a garden. All headstones were removed except the monument to Josiah Clues, a Waterloo veteran who died in 1842.
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London
Kingston
Josiah Clues
Waterloo
Enamel Drawers Aids Neatness In Home Storage
Easy to do tip suggests enamel inside bureau drawers with white enamel to encourage tidiness and neat storage.
England Faces Wage and Headship Clash in Teachers
English teachers split along sex lines as the English Schoolmasters Association votes not to have male staff work under women headteachers and opposes equal pay for women. The National Teachers Union supports equal pay and challenges the association’s stance.
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London
England
English Schoolmasters’ Association
Hull
Association
National Teachers’ Union
Ethel J
Froud
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