Debating the Lumen Society trial ends in chaos
Ramsey battles stage fright as Dora Yocum argues all war is wrong in a four minute opening. Ramsey’s faltering performance triggers brutal senior coaching and a chaotic three rounds of twelve minute debates in a crowded hall.
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Mitchell
Buddy
Fred
Ramsey
Lumen Society
Gabriel
Colburn
Brother Colburn
D. Yocum
Dora
Germany
Belgium
Reichstag
R. Milholland
Ramseys Growth From Parade Watcher to Love Conflicts
A boy Ramsey Milholland recalls his Civil War grandfather in Decoration Day memories. In school he dislikes arithmetic and recitations while Dora Yocum, nicknamed Teachers Pet, shows early precocity. He courts Milla Rust at a class picnic, then she marries and leaves town. Dora reappears at the state university.
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Ramsey Milholland
Youngsler
Ramsey
Dora Yocum
Dora
Time Busy Men Miss Meaningful Accomplishment
A reflective line notes that focusing on being important leaves little time to achieve real outcomes, highlighting the tension between status and productive work.
Leaders Back Rhine Army Bill Pressing for Home Troops
Senators Borah Underwood and Lodge urged recalling all American troops in Germany and demanded full payment of more than 240 million dollars to cover occupation costs. They argued Allied delays on a technicality threaten U.S. interests and questioned the Rhine presence.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Underwood
Borah
Lodge
Senate
Messrs
M. Poincare
Rhine
Sam
Alles
Allied Reparations Commission
Poindexter
Europe
Senator Norris
Senator Lodge
Senator Borah
Semenoff Not Welcome In America Immigration Question
Anti Bolshevist leader from Russia General Semenoff who landed at Vancouver may be required to appear before immigration inspectors if he seeks admission to the United States. Officials say questions remain on his admissibility under immigration laws amid protests in Washington over his entry.
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Russia
America
Washington
Semenoff
Vancouver
United States
Gold from gas and smoke plan approved by Mint director
Director of the Mint Baker and the Research Corporation of New York arrange installation of the Cottrell electrical precipitation process to obtain gold from gas and smoke at the United States assay office in New York. Preliminary tests indicate significant government savings.
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Washington
Baker
Research Corporation of
New York
United States Assay Office
Trade Funds Struck in 1928 Budget Battle
Conferees reached agreement on the 1928 annual appropriation for the Department of Commerce and Labor. The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce gains about 370000 over the current year, with a net shift from Senate additions. a 70000 increase for Europe investigations was stricken as hoped to be handled by the State Department.
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Washington
Senate
House
Department of Commerce
Department of Labor
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Comerce
Europe
Secretary of Commerce
State Department
World News In Condensed Form Summary
Premier Poincare said France would pay all debts in full. A local counter revolution in Fiume overthrew the Committee of National Defense after the Fascist revolt. In London the Daily Mail urged expulsion of Soviet envoy Krassin after Bolsevists exposure. Mrs. William May dies in Henley on Thames at age 100. Massachusetts courts reject Volstead act warrants. Moscow warned Poland against frontier bandits. Brazilian Congress could decide president amid disputed races. Trotsky hinted American capital backing intervention in Caucasus. Brakpan, a miners stronghold, fell to government forces.
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Paris
Poincare
France
Fiume
Committee of National Defense
Zambelli
London
Leonid Krassin
Lord Northcliffe
Daily Mail
Rio DE Janeiro
Bernardes
Pecandes
Moscow
Leon Trotzky
Caucasus
Johannesburg
Brakpan
Woman Overcomes Illness With Vegetable Compound
Lydia E. Pinkham's Tablets and Sanative Wash helped Mrs. E T Galloway of Carter's Creek Tennessee return to full health after years in bed. She urges other women with similar symptoms to try the treatment and share her success.
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Carter’s Creek
Tenn
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia‘ E. Pinkham
E.T. Galloway
Carter's Creek
Mystery Remains as Uncle Eben Echoes on Lawyers
In a curiously humorous aside Uncle Eben laments how lawyers dominate public life and cross-examination leaves him disenchanted with the profession, noted as a recurring theme in political discourse.
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Eben
Bayer Aspirin Ad Promotes Genuine Tablets
An advertisement urges readers to request Bayer Tablets of Aspirin by name for authenticity. It notes the Bayer Cross stamp on each tablet and on packaging as protection against imitation.
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BAYER
Britain’s Balmy Climate Reflected in London Mirror Style
A Stratford era note from the London Daily Mirror praises women’s fashion and grooming, noting that balmy weather makes dress simple yet elegant. The piece emphasizes meticulous hair and shoe care as the defining fashion standard for women.
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Britain
London Daily Mirror
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Wright
Doubleday, Page &Company
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Iowa
W. 5. Kenyon
Hoover
Commerce Bureau
World’s News
Farmer
Lydia E. Pinkham
Excello
Adrian
W. F. Young, Inc
Temple St
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