Judge Cull Urges Uplift Then Mind One's Own Business
A jurist argues excessive government interference corrupts liberty and fuels unrest. He calls for juries to improve through public trust, criticizes prohibition and income tax as autocratic intrusions, and urges residents to abandon constant meddling and return to individual responsibility.
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Cull
Ita
Labor's sober sense politics and the debt
The piece argues the French war debt negotiations failed due to self interested politics led by Borah and Smoot while Mellon pressed for an equitable settlement. It lauds Secretary Mellon and President Coolidge for cautious, principled action and notes labor's steadiness amid global unrest and anti revolutionary currents.
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Borah
Raieh
Smoot
Washington
Utah
Idaho
Mellon
Hoover
United States Commission
M. Caillaux
French Debt Commission
France
Cailaux
United States
Coolidge
Wait on the Lord as Courage and Strength
The quoted verse from Psalm 27 14 urges patience and trust in the Lord. It emphasizes steadfast faith and inner resolve while awaiting divine guidance and strength.
Minding One’s Business and the Jury System
Former Cleveland judge Dan R L Cyl notes government overreach into private affairs and says the jury system has broken down. He cites hesitancy to convict in homicide cases and police testimony influencing juries, while praising law enforcement and court integrity.
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Dan RL Cyl
Cleveland
Judge Cull
Cull
Common Pleas
Proctor Wood Campaign Fund Under Fire In Court
The piece critiques campaign financing in 1920 involving Col William Cooper Procter and the Wood bid for the presidency. It notes how proponent motives appear altruistic but court actions reveal spending aimed at promoting a candidate for personal gain. Sprague, the Wood campaign treasurer, testifies about spending and dismisses claims of a slush fund.
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United States
Wood
Col
Wiliam Cooper Procter
Gen. Wood
Col. Procter
A. A. Sprague
Mable
Sprague
Lowden
New York fashion and dining shift in the McIntyre letter
In this New York letter dated October 8, the writer extols fashion, noting a transformation in women’s dress from the Nineties, the proliferation of styles, and enormous wardrobes for the ultra rich. Dining venues embrace homelike charm with colorful interiors and “home made gravy.”
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New York
Balloting and inquiries drift through 1920 campaign notes
June 11 began balloting as May Senate Investigating Committee pressed on expenditures urged by Botah Johnson and others. Sprague testifies Col Procter coached him on committee testimony and notes. Procter’s motives questioned after Wood Lowden defeat. A $1.18 million pre primary fund highlighted. Procter’s influence lingers post departure.
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Senate
Botah
Johnson
Sprague
Col. Procter
Just Folks by Edgar A Guest
Poem reflects on the skill of sympathy shown by people who comfort others in sorrow the humble and plain may possess a noble art that soothes pain through gentle words and actions ending with note of compassionate understanding.
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Chicago
Just Folks
Edgar A. Guest
Jests and Jingles and Hay Rides Crack Up Readers
A quirky verse column mocks prohibition era beer hoaxes and hay ride humor. References Raiders finding 300 beer cases in a hay stack and horse related jests. light verse highlights prohibition satire and playful wordplay about beer and horses.
The Death of Max Marks and the Silent Extra
A lament on Max Marks a motion picture actor who died after a rope prop failed during a balcony fall. The piece argues that uncredited extras face dangerous stunts to protect stars and profits, while the public never learns their names or fates.
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Max Marks
America
Marks
Jack Hoxies
Bill Harts
Organ grinders and monkeys criticized as cruel display
An appeal to the Humane Society of Illinois urges action against organ grinders with monkeys on long chains. The critic calls the act cruel and disgraceful, says the workers are fit for other labor, and laments a world where such displays might end.
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Humane Society
State of
Illinois
Strange animal friendships in a London zoo tale
A London newspaper recounts animal oddities and a tale of pythons kept with pigeons. Servants instructed to feed the pythons after a week found the birds treated as pets, so the snakes refused to eat them, illustrating surprising bonds between species.
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Locarno
London
First Polish King War sa wsa w 900th coronation celebration
The Polish President and cabinet members visited Gniezno to unveil a monument to Boleslaus I the Great, Poland's first king. The ruler united Poland from a small Vistula principality to a state spanning from the Baltic to the Black Sea and from the Elbe to the Dnieper. In 996 Otto II offered him a royal crown, which he declined.
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Warsaw
Poland
Boleslaus I
Gntegne
Gnesen
Vistula
Baltic
Black Sea
Elbe
Dnieper
Otto II
War Mission Guests Shape U S Ties With France And Britain
The 1917 French and British war missions arrived as the United States prepared to enter WWI. Marshall Joffre and M Viviani drew attention in Washington, while relations with Britain featured dignified reception led by Mr Balfour. The author recalls language barriers and the importance of English in American unity.
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Thomas R. Marshall
New York Times
United States
France
Senate of the
M. Rene Viviani
Council of Ministers
Marshal Joffre
Senate
Viviani
Vivian
Viviant
Marshal
Washington
America
Etats Unie
John Stuart Mill
Marne
Mme. Jusserand
Marshal Foch
Joffre
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Queen City
Taft
Roosevelt
Count de Chambrun
Jalbraith
American Legion
Galbraith
Niagara Falls
Waterloo
Ha.1
Erick Drummond
League of Nations
Tomiral
Dudley R
de Char
Wav
G. T. M. Bridges
Ced
Arthur Spring-Rice
Balfour
Marquis de Lafayette
de Rochambeau
Balfo
Rman
Debated Alimony Rule Sparks Divergent Editorials
A digest of Opinion surveys editorials from multiple papers on Justice Strong ruling that alimony should not be granted to childless wives in divorce cases. Contributions range from Columbus to New Orleans praising self-support and criticizing privilege, to Worcester and St. Paul arguing for shared property.
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Justice Strong
New York
Columbus Ohio State Journal
New Orleans Tribune
Newark Evening News
Topeka Daily Capital
Capital
Greenville News
South Carolina
Worcester Evening Gazette
the Gazette
St. Paul Dispatch
Manchester Union
Short Pickings Fragments From Several Papers
Brief collection notes on child labor in China and wage opinions in the U S. Quips reflect editorials from Sst Paul Dispatch Baltimore Evening Sun Be Traveler St Paul Dispatch and Dally Oklahoman. The tone is satirical mobile and fragmentary.
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China
Paul Dispatch
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