Wall Street backs Coolidge in a Wall Street vote
The Magazine of Wall Street conducted a straw poll in New York on October showing about 88 percent favoring Coolidge. It portrays international bankers and bond traders as aligned with the Republican candidate, with only around 12 percent for others. The result is presented as a verdict of Wall Street influence on the presidential outcome.
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Wall Street
Coolidge
Magazine of
Q. Henry
Bagdad
Republican Party
Republican National Party
John W. Davis
Women Start Campaign For Davis Farm
Under Mrs. James R. Riggs a National Committee of Farm Women forms in Indiana to back John W. Davis for president and Charles W. Bryan for vice president. Members span several states as letters urge farm wives to support tariff reform and Davis as the capable choice for agriculture amid economic decline.
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James R. Riggs
Sullivan
Indiana
National Committee of
Farm Women
John W. Davis
Charles W. Bryan
Riggs
Alice Hoppes
Long Island
Kansas
Howard Willson
Verdin
Ilinois
Thomas BE. Cassman
Owatonna
Minnesota
Jud Canfield
Ada
Michigan
Central
Middle Western
Northwetern
Coolidge
Davis
Omaha
Bryan
LaFollette
Egyptian Water Clocks Presented to Science Museum
The Egyptian government has given two ancient water clocks to the Science Museum in South Kensington London. One clock hails from Karnak dating to Amenhotep II around 1400 BC, the other from Edfu in the Ptolemaic era. Analysis shows the ancient hour varied with the day or night length, highlighting an era where time was seasonal.
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South Kensington
London
England
Karnak
Amenhotep II
Christ
Edfu
Independent Republicans Back Davis Amid 1924 Campaign Drift
A broad drift of independent and independent Republican voters toward John W. Davis is noted, with prominent figures like Dr. Harry Garfield and Ida Tarbell among supporters. The piece cites criticisms of the Harding-Coolidge administration, cites Dabney and Gibbon signing prior appeals, and frames Davis as the stronger leader for the nation’s next four years. It also recounts Red Cross membership drives and 1924-25 budget details.
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Washington
John W. Davis
Harding
Coolidge
Davis
Harry Garfield
Chas. W. Ellett
Harvard University
Charles Grier Hibben
Princeton
Charles W. Dabney
University of Cincinnati
Ida M. Tarbell
Henry van Dyke
Holland
Percy Y. Pennybacker
National Federation of Women's Clubs
Irving Fisher
Yale
Nancy M. Schoonmaker
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Barnard College For Women
Hamilton Holt
Independent
Laetitia McDonald Irwin
Wallace Irwin
Charles Dana Gibson
Life
Theodora Marburg
Belgium
Ueader
Taft
Matthew Hale
Bull Moose
Roosevelt
N. Waller Dixon
Denver
Hst
Lst
United States
Association of Nations
Gibbon
Dabney
Cincinnati
Harding-Coolidge
America
Red Cross Year’s Cost Tops Twenty-One Million
The American Red Cross reports over 21.0 million dollars spent in the last fiscal year ending June 30 for humanitarian work worldwide. About 11.6 million came from American contributions to aid Japanese earthquake victims, with 4.9 million spent by 3,000 active chapters locally. The total 21.366 million reflects broad support from annual roll call memberships.
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American Red Cross
National Organization
Red Cross
America
Record Disaster Year Keeps Red Cross Busy
Red Cross reports 192 disasters in the year ending June 30 caused 735 deaths and 1,932 injuries, leaving nearly 44,000 homeless and $44.75 million in property losses. Relief spent $737,603 nationwide and locally, with a mobile disaster unit ready to respond instantly. The organization plans disaster prevention measures and urges nationwide support as Armistice Day enrollment begins.
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Red Cross
Cnters
Ove
Japan
Ita Relief Administration
Father’s slipper repaired by kind boy in shoemaker tale
A small boy brings a worn size 11 shoe to a shoemaker and asks it be mended. He explains the wall through the sole is from the slipper his father uses to spank him, hoping the repair will hide it before his father notices. The shoemaker praises the boy’s kindness.
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Celinty
Annual Red Cross Roll Call Opens November 11 1925
The annual nationwide Red Cross enrollment for 1925 begins November 11, the Armistice Day anniversary, and runs 17 days through Thanksgiving, November 27. Red Cross Sunday will precede the period, with over 3,500 chapters and thousands of branches inviting people to join or renew membership.
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American Red Cross
Soldier Service
Ted Cross
Maryland Proposes War Veterans Aid Constitutional Amendments
Governor Ritchie proclaims publication of Chapters 177 and 327 of 1924 Maryland Acts. The measures propose amendments to Article V and Article 3 governing compensation for Baltimore City State’s Attorney and veterans aid, to be voted at the November 4, 1924 general election with ballots reading For or Against the constitutional amendments.
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Maryland
State of
Baltimore City
Acal Stanis
Legislative Department
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General Assembly
Supreme Beach
Baltimore
Congress
Dasemily
Martylland
Marylatc
St Mary's
Charles and
Calvert
Albert C. Ritchie
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Chapter Treasuries
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League of Red Cross
Paramount
Harry T. Phoebus
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Somerset County
W. W. Davis
Lord’s Day Alliance of
Mr. Phoebus
Lord’s Day Alliance
House of Delegates
O. K
HARMS
WM. Luebbers
MD. Farms
St. Paul St
NEW Brick & Tile CO
Easton
Peter T., Clark
Denton
WM. Pepper
Maryland Trust
Elkton, Maryland
ST. Paul
Great Seal
State of Maryland
Annapolis
E. Nrooke Lee
Ernest G. Cooper Denton, Md
Aen Oy
Slim
Heywood-Wakefield Co
M. K. Newnam
Denton, Maryland
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Goldsboro Bank
Goldsboro
Robert Jarrell, JR
Journal Office
Arthur L. Relley
John E. Liste
Ss. Slaughter
P. Anthony
W.H. Anderson
Farmers’ Supply Co
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