Republican Party Platform Highlights and Policy Aims
The document outlines tax reform to lower people’s taxes and stabilize the federal system, praise for Coolidge’s economy, foreign debt settlement with Great Britain, protective tariffs with adjustable duties, care for wounded veterans, civil service expansion in prohibition enforcement and post offices, merchant marine efficiency, highway cooperation, prudent resource development, opposition to public ownership of utilities, eight hour workday, civil liberties, anti-lynching measures, expanded women’s party roles, coal supply mediation, inland waterway development, universal mobilization in war, immigration law provisions, strong navy and reserves, education relief cabinet, Philippines independence stance, federal reorganization, Alaska development, and other governance reforms.
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Coolidge
Great Britain
Great Lakes
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf of Mexico
National Guard
Philippines
Congress
Joint Congressional Committee
Alaska
Ohio Man Made Running Mate Dawes Named After Lowden Declines
Cleveland report on the 1924 Republican convention describes Charles G. Dawes chosen for vice president after Frank Lowden declines. Coolidge wins the presidential nomination amid large party enthusiasm with scattered opposition from La Follette and Johnson.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Calvin Coolidge
Charles G. Dawes
Coolidge
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Robert M. la Follette
South Dakota
Hiram Johnson
la Follette
Johnson
Mr. Coolidge
Frank QO. Lowden
Minois
Hell-and-Marin
Herbert Hoover
Lowden
Dawes
Marion Leroy Butler
University of Michigan
Burton
Northampton
Massachusetts
Vermont
California
Kansas
Oregon
Wiinois
New Jersey
North Carolina
New York
Oratory
Running Mate Delegates Vote Closes Convention
Delegates clamored for a vote and moved swiftly to ballot during the convention. After nominations, miscellaneous resolutions and motions were adopted before the new national committee was called to meet for organization and the convention adjourned. The event concluded with the great show ending.
Fraulein Moeller Exonerated in Mother's Death
Fraulein Helene Moeller is cleared of murder after admitting she gave poison to ease her mother’s incurable illness. Investigators found she acted with the belief it was her duty to end her parent’s suffering. Many experts assessed her mental state before the exoneration.
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Geneva
Fraulein Helene Moeller
Fraulein Moeller
Republicans Endorse Platform Principles in Cleveland
In Cleveland Ohio the Republican platform urges electing senators and representatives who share party principles and responsibility. It supports the world court, swift prosecution of officials who misuse power, rigid law enforcement without naming prohibition, railroad rate readjustment to aid agriculture, and government help to equalize agriculture and diversify crops.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Congress
Coolidge
New Air Route London to Stockholm Planned
A summer air service will link London and Stockholm with three airships. Each ship can carry 25 passengers and will depart daily from both capitals.
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London
Stockholm
Six Children Drowned In Rome Sewer Trap
Six children died and two were injured when a sewer cover collapsed in the Campagna district on June 8. Firemen recovered the victims after the fall into the several feet deep opening.
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Rome
Campagna
Dawes Nominated for Vice Presidency at Home
Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes accepted the Republican nomination for vice president after being notified during the national convention roll call. He spoke from his Marietta Ohio home, surrounded by his brothers families and friends, expressing appreciation for the honor.
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Marietta
Ohio
Cleveland
Charles G. Dawes
President Hears Nomination From White House Set
President Conlidge sat with Mrs. Conlidge in the White House when the Republican convention in Cleveland nominated him to lead the party in the next campaign. He listened to the radio chorus as the vote took place and heard the proceedings as they unfolded.
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Washington
Conlidge
White House
Cleveland
Coolidge
Bank President Narrates Kidnap Escape in Raini gan City
William Learsch a New York brokerage messenger walked into a Raini gan City bank on June 10 and deposited 45000 in negotiable bonds claiming he was kidnapped in New York a week or 10 days earlier. He described recovering the loot and escaping the captors.
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Raini Gan City
William Learsch
New York
English Town Split Over Ulster Budget Clash
English Town in Belfast reports a split over the Ulster border as the British and Free State budgets create a peculiar situation challenging cross border affairs and finance.
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Belfast
Ulster
Plane's Spin Kills Selfridge Test Pilot at 1000 Feet
Lieutenant John Wilson, a Selfridge Field test pilot from Mount Clemens Michigan, was killed when the plane he piloted went into a tail spin and crashed about 1000 feet.
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Mount Clements
Mich
John Wilson
Selfridge Field
Merger Plans Link Southern Pacific and El Paso Railroads
Negotiations to unite the Southern Pacific and El Paso & Southwestern railroads near completion, announced by T. Mr. Schumacher president of the El Paso.
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New York
Southern Pacific
el Paso & Southwestern
Carey land restoration sparks ex servicemen filings near Conrad
The Great Falls land office orders restoration of 16 000 Carey acres held by Montana since 1909. From June 9 to 27 ex servicemen filings occur with a June 28 drawing if conflicts arise. After June 28 a June 28 preference applies to unallotted land until Sept 26, then open to general disposition.
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W. E. Bennett
Great Salls Land
Great Northern
Wolf Point
Triangle Rom
Montana
Weather Bureau
Helena
Havre
Great Falls
Gallatin
Cut Bank
Kalispell
Glasgow
Lewistown
Bozeman
Billings
Miles City
Missoula
Wibaux
Quotations of Interest to Montanans Week Ending June 14
Minneapolis grain prices with Montana freight rates show No 1 dark northern at 9 1/4 cents and No 1 northern at 9 1/2 cents, dark hard winter 11 1/4 cents, hard winter 8 1/2 cents. Chicago cattle top 11.00, hogs top 7.25, average 7.15, sheep lambs 17.25. New York metals list silver 66 1/2 cents ounce, copper 12 1/4 cents pound, lead 4 1/4 cents.
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Minneapolis
Montana
Chicago
New York
Beans Planted on Bloom Farm Near Simms Marks Record
Thirty acres of Great Northern beans have been planted on S. Bloom's farm near Simms, the largest single bean acreage on the reservation. Bloom's earlier experiment yielded splendid results, and about 100 acres may be planted this season. He also grows many plums and preserves plum butter in jars each year.
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Great Northern
S. Bloom
Simms
Bloom
Glacier Park deer grow tame feeding from rangers
In Glacier National Park, about 150 white tailed deer settled near park admin buildings this winter. Rangers supplied alfalfa daily and noted large feeding herds, with some deer showing tameness and one nicknamed Bum begging from handlers. As snow recedes, deer begin returning to their usual feeding grounds.
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Glacier Park
Sam
Park
Rocky Mountain
Forest Rangers
Charles J. Kraebe
Ile
Woman Farmer Rises After Losses in Markley Farm
Gladys Eby of Gary field county, widow with two children, kept up farm work at the Markley farm west of Jordan. She planted 50 acres flax, 30 acres wheat, 20 acres oats and plans 50 more flax, despite losing her husband, sweeping the farm, and a bank failure that wiped out her working capital.
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Garfield County
Gladys Eby
Markley Farm
Jordan
Bby
Eby
Oil News Brief recounts Montana oil activity and tests
The report notes Hepp No. 1 in the Big Lake field is shut in by a valve as tankage is added, with production tests pending. Ed gar anticline test in Carbon county to start in two to three weeks, and J W Day renews Huntley leases requiring a test before September 1. A large company eyes a new test in the area.
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Hepp No
Midwest
Big Lake
Lake Basin
H. C Bretschneider
Midwest Refining Company
Edgar Anticline
Carbon County
Billings
R. J. Wallace
Record Petroleum Company
Eagle
W. W. Snyder
Rockford
Mr. Wallace
Madison
J. W. Day
Huntley
Gladys Belle Oil Company
Montana
Seventy-Five Mothers Expected At Training Camp
Mrs Inez Foster Bell home demonstration agent Yellowstone county says at Red Lodge that at least 75 delegates will attend a mothers training camp opening at Riches lodge on July 13 Five counties will be represented including Sweet Grass and Big Horn joining Yellowstone Stillwater and Carbon Transportation will be provided by the Red Lodge Montana club per UW B Field secretary
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Riches Lodge
Inez Foster Bell
Yellowstone County
Red Lodge
Sweet Grass
Big Horn
Yellowstone- Stillwater-Carbon
Red Lodge-Montana Club
Gallatin irrigation suits affirmed by state supreme court
The Montana Supreme Court affirmed two Gallatin county rulings favoring Low Line Irrigation Co in pro rata water distribution suits. It held stockholders are contract partners not tenants in common and enforced pro rata distribution after Verwolf failed to claim shares within ten years.
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Gallatin -Irrigation
State Supreme Court
Gallatin County
Low Line Irrigation Company
J. S. Dyke
Mutual Irrigation Company
George Verwolf
John Verwolf
Supreme Court
Verwolf
Warer
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General Dawes
Frank O. Lowden
Ilinois
Melvin Thompson
Devil's Lake
N. D
Albert Thompson
Drummond
Spokane
Ao Slippery Hill
Arthur Cunningham
Powder River
Northern Pacific
Terry
Cunningham
C. C. St John
American Livestock & Loan Company
Sussex
Wyo
Dana Cattle Company
Hardin
Harvey W. Wilcutt
E. L. Dana
Parkman
Main
Park Streets
Wiliam Maloney
Butte
Montons
Lyman H. Bennett
Ranyon
Virginia City
State
Capital News
Glendive
Valley County
Fitzgerald and Staunton
Cunsel
Poplar
Roosevelt County
Matt Staff
National Wool Warehouse and Storage Company
American Mills
America
State Railroad Commission
Great Northern Railway Company
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