Republicans Name Harding for First Place on the Ticket
After a strenuous Chicago convention battle the Republican Party chose Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio for the presidential nomination with Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts as vice president. Harding, a Marion Star publisher, is seen as a safe executive and conservative business man.
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Mexico Mission Talks With United States Proposed
Washington reports unofficial word from Mexico that the provisional government plans to send a mission to discuss bilateral relations informally. Recognition by the United States hinges on peace and constitutional elections. senators urge caution and delay. Wall Street is said to oppose the soldiers bonus, though it did not fight.
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Mexico
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Pennsylvania Plans Gas Conservation Pact With Ohio and West Virginia
The public service commission of Pennsylvania adopts gas saving rules likely to take effect in thirty days. A Pittsburgh meeting June 29 under the U S Bureau of Mines will involve Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Authorities warn Western gas belts face shortages and urge cross state cooperation to maximize use and reduce waste. A West Virginia export restriction suit against Ohio and Pennsylvania is in federal court.
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West Virginia
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Poland Faces Bolshevik Threat in Europe War Debate
The article surveys Poland readiness to strike Bolshevik Russia to safeguard Poland and Ukraine, noting large army reserves and cautious aims. It argues peace through force may win democratic sympathy and urges restraint to avoid wider conflict while highlighting broader European implications and a court ruling on states rights.
Republican platform on free speech and lawfulness debated
The piece argues the Republican platform defends free speech free press and free assembly while condemning advocacy of breaking the law. It notes political tensions with President Wilson era politics and a strip of satirical anecdotes about society and economy, referencing Liberty Bonds and campaign dynamics.
Just Stub Ends By J H Reed
A reflective essay on political vanity, reform, and human nature. The piece discusses manipulation in politics, the burden of experience, vanity, giving up pursuit, and the limits of legislative ability with observations on men and women in public life.
Poem and News Bits From a 1920s Page
A mixed snapshot from early 20th century columns and verse. An Edgar A Guest poem rails against labor while many brief clippings touch on marriage licenses, political comment, theft, frugality tips, public notices, and quirky local anecdotes from newspapers like Pittsburgh Gazette Times Chicago News Baltimore Sun Newark Advocate and Waco Times-Herald.
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Newark
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Live Topics on Deafness It Sees Preventable Loss
A Washington column notes that one in four suffers some hearing defect and about ninety percent of deafness is preventable. It surveys causes from disease to poor care, outlines treatments from air pressure pumps to spine manipulation, and explains lip reading and education for the deaf. It highlights the Volta Bureau and Bell’s role, and the growing integration of deaf people into various professions.
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Side Talks by Ruth Cameron and Women in the Work Force
Ruth Cameron writes on health, mood, and self control linking headaches to microbes and habits. She notes it is not a defense for irresponsibility, urges rest, proper food, exercise, and timely medical care, including dental and eye treatment. The piece then shifts to a survey showing limited work equality for women across 33 industries, with few roles for women over forty five and high salaries for older workers.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Fannie
Quiz Answers and New Questions from Thompson Feature Service
A compilation of answers to Saturday Kwiz questions including definitions of terms like antipathy and octogenarian, plus new queries on burgee disparity and Belgian language. The feature credits Thompson Service, 43 West 16th St, New York City.
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Levi Parsons Morton
Thompson Feature Service
West 16Th St
New York City
Money Banished from America A Greek Village Story
A Greek mountain village with two hundred former residents in America sent an average of $200 per man annually to the homeland before the war. The text contrasts this migration tale with remarks on money, ambition, and social mores across a Chicago news perspective.
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Puritan conscience faces a family secret in a stalled engagement
Adele Garrison narrative reveals Lillian and the narrator debating whether to reveal a dangerous past. Madge Draper once tried to kill Dicky, stabbed herself, and fled to South America. The father urges disclosure before Dicky’s modeling request, while Madge’s long-ago danger tests loyalties and trust.
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Thas Jing
Grace Draper
Betty
Madge
Draper
South America
Anniversaries and Birthdays From History and Today
Lists key anniversaries from 1777 to 1918 including flag adoption and diplomacy shifts. Notes today’s birthdays of ex Queen Sophia Frederick Guest John McCormack Archbishop Glennon and baseball figure Bresnahan with ages implied.
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Frederick Guest
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John McCormack
Athlone
Ireland
John J. Glennon
St. Louis
County Meath
Roger P. Bresnahan
Bore Trallee
Corst
Merry
La Follette Turns Sixty Five in Public Life
Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin marks his sixty fifth birthday. A long time independent leader in U S politics, he has been linked to presidential nominations, served as prosecutor, congressman, Wisconsin governor from 1901 to 1907, and later held a seat in the national senate with repeated reelections. A note on England tobacco bill cites a yearly figure over 250 million dollars.
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Wisconsin
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