Threats to Envoys Across Four Capitals Over Sacco Vanzetti Case
Paris Parisien letters threaten Ambassador Harvey and Herrick amid Sacco and Vanzetti case protests. Brest Brest mob of 6000 storms US consulate waving red banners. Brussels Brussels and London see heavy police guarding the American legation as crowds demand justice. Rome Rome and Paris police trace threats to Communist sources as guards tighten.
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Harvey
Herrick
Brest
Brussels
Legation
London
Paris
Sacco
Vanzetti
Braintree
Mass
Ambassador Harvey
England
Sylvia Pankhurst
Scotland Yard
America
United States
France
Italy
Ambassador Herrick
Security Generale
Leuillier
Rome
Richard Frashburn Child
Brand Whitlock
Vermont Prohibition Chief Reports Border Rum Run Down
Federal Prohibition Director Collins M Graves of Vermont says rum running from Canada has fallen by about 50 percent. He credited cooperation from Canadian officials after a conference with Commissioner Haynes.
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Vermont
Canada
Washington
Prohibition
Collins M. Graves
Haynes
Graves
New York Bribe Plan Touted in Liquor Permit Case
Federal agents described a $50,000 bribe plan to remove liquor from distilleries after Samuel Albright was arrested. He allegedly offered the sum to J. C. L. Yellowley, enforcement director for the state, as part of a scheme to gain permits. The arrest followed Albright's handing of $200 to Green Maller for inspection access.
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New York
Yellowley
Samuel Albright
J. CL. Yellowley
Albright
Green Maller
Senate ratifies German peace pact with Germany Austria and Hungary
The Senate approved the peace treaties with Germany Austria and Hungary with 66 votes for ratification and 20 against. The roll call lists Republicans and Democrats supporting and opposing, naming lawmakers from Ball Del. McCormick to Willis and Lodge to Williams in final tallies.
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Washington
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Senate
Ball
del. McCormick
Iil
Brandegee
Conn
McCumber
N. D. Bursum
N. M
Calif
Frelingghuysen
N. J
Global wartime and political brief from multiple cities
Reports from London Paris Wilmington Williamsburg Lisbon Hanover and Santiago summarize British ship orders Lloyd George peace treaty concessions political and economic tensions bank shortage and scientific advance in sanitation.
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London
Great Britain
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Paris
France
Wilmington
Del
Philip McRea
Jessup & Moore Paper Company
Washington
Williamsburg
Harding
College of
William Od Mary
J. A. C. Chandler
Instituton
Lisbon
London Times
Hanover
Ill
Union State Bank of Hanover
Santiago
Chile
Arturo Atria
Chilean Institute of Hygiene
Harding urges teachers pay rise amid education crisis
President Harding addressed the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg Va praising the institution and its alumni while urging renewed focus on an "educational crisis" and heightened patriotic attention. He spoke from Yorktown where Cornwallis surrendered, outlining Anglo American friendship and world peace goals.
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Harding
College of William and Mary
J. A. C. Chandler
United States
Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis
Washington
Great Britain
France
America
William and Mary
Alton B. Parker
Westmoreland Davis
Virginia
Wrenn
College
Jamestown
Yardley
Hughes
Mellon
Weeks
Hoover
Princess Bearn
Ar buckle booze case continued in San Francisco
Fatty Arbuckle facing federal charge under the Volstead Act had hearing delayed for a week by a US commissioner. He arrived from Los Angeles and will remain until his manslaughter trial related to Virginia Rappe’s death.
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San Francisco
Roscoe C
Fatty
Arbuckle
United States
Los Angeles
Virginia Rappe
Lowell Succeeds Taft as League President
New York The League to Enforce Peace elected A. Lawrence Lowell to succeed Chief Justice Taft as president and voted to hold a national convention in Washington during the armament conference. The convention will stress the United States obligations in promoting world peace.
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League
New York
League To Enforce
A. Lawrence Lowell
Taft
Washington
United States
United States British leaders pledge armament restraint
President Harding cabled King George to express shared hope that Allied and other nations will cooperate at the armament conference to reduce the burden of armaments and lessen causes of war. He also thanked Britain for its medal of honor honor to the unknown British warrior and praised Allied valor.
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Washington
Harding
King George
England
Congress
United States
Pershing
Washington Latest Events Read in Congress and Commerce Plans
Detailed plans for cooperation between the Department of Commerce and state governors to distribute strike food supplies and coal were outlined by Secretary Hoover. Senate debates touched on police protection for motorists, investigations into the Shipping Board, and tax measures including foreign trader exemptions and a Smoot plan on sales tax. The House extended the emergency tariff law to February 1, while a Ways and Means bill proposed a five member commission to refund allied debts and Harding urged Railroad Board duties in wage disputes.
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Department of Commerce
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Senate
Watson
Georgia
Shipping Board
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Administration
Moser
New Hampshire
Harding
Railroad Labor Board
Motivated Comment on Wives and Vacations Cited
A Boston Transcript quip notes a wife on hand is worth two on vacation as a man contemplates a sink full of dirty dishes. The remark humorously contrasts domestic duties with leisure travel, reflecting everyday household tensions in a period voice.
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Boston Transcript
Cuticura Ad Promises Clear Skin Routine
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment for pimples redness and roughness followed by Cuticura Soap wash and hot water rinse then drying and dusting with Cuticura Talcum for a pleasant fragrance. Price stated as 25¢ each.
Dogs and clocks puzzle in Massingham essay
A terrier wakes its master every morning at seven and, after clocks shift for daylight saving, the dog still jumps on the bed at seven. The piece questions whether the dog counted clock strokes or grasped the time change.
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H. J. Massingham
Movie Cowboys Ride A Horse But Fans Don’t Mind
A veteran plainsman jokes that movie cowboys lack riding skill yet acknowledges fans rarely notice, except when a mounted policeman or grand marshal appears in a street parade, underscoring media attention vs audience focus.
Tips and Wit Turned on a Money Letter Scam
A reader buys a tipster's claim of two sure things for five dollars and receives a mocking reply listing two failed bets. The piece also records Gen Coleman Du Pont at the Senate restaurant joking about hiccups and how readers might prefer tips to start them rather than stop them.
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Little
Sin
Gen
Coleman du Pont
Delaware
Senate
General du Pont
Writer Judged by Style in Literary Debate
Isaac Disraeli quotes frame the argument that style defines a writer’s true achievement more than content. The passage argues posterity measures genius by distinctive manner, not by mere subject matter or praise.
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Isaac Disraell
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