Coolidge Signals Stand on World Court and Domestic Policy
President Coolidge, in his first Congress address after President Harding, affirms American opposition to the League of Nations but supports a World Court of Justice. He urges budget discipline, tariff stability, rail and shipping reforms, prohibition enforcement, and renewed emphasis on domestic welfare and national strength.
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League of Nations
Court of Justice
Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Hardin
Senate
Hague Tribunal
World Court of Justice
Russia
America
Supreme Court
Labor Board
Great Britain
Coal Commission
Atlantic City
American Bankers Association
Socrates
Better Measure of His Own
A short Boston Transcript comic exchange shows Tommy asking his mother to set his lunch and praising the cook's appetite as a humorous jab at domestic roles.
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Tommy
Mother
Boston Transcript
Point of Cure in History and Evils
A compact reflection notes that in history when evils grow insufferable societies reach a point of cure. The author, E. Hi. Crispin, implies reform follows distress and pressures for change emerge from deep grievance.
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E. Hi. Crispin
Unscrupulous Scribes and Industry Notes
A brief items column notes camels age ten years and hints at more shortsighted people in cities than rural areas. It mentions wooden heels production in Chile as an industry of growing importance and Madagascar graphite producers improving quality over quantity.
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Cites
Chiles
Madagascar
Neighborly Quip Sparks Carpet Conundrum
In a terse exchange, Stiffkins greets Jones with a jab about carpet placement. Jones, nursing a thumb injury, clarifies he is laying the floor beneath a carpet that was already present when they moved in.
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Stiffkins
Jones
Sounds Reasonable. A critic attacks churches with aging members
A Nashville lumber man quotes a critic who says churches are "dominated by a lot of old hens" and asks whether he means the lay members. The remark appears in a brief letter or opinion item reflecting local church life.
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Nashville Southern
Lumberman
Evacuation From Death Valley Hailed On Christmas Day 1840
A wagon train of 100 emigrants deserts the Middle West and enters Death Valley. After weeks of hunger and thirst the scouts Manley and Rogers return with word of a route out over the Panamint Range. The party survives and names the valley “Death Valley” in farewell to the inferno.
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Ates
Middle West
California
Inels
Asahel Bennett
Cheir
Win Manley
John Rogers
Asahel Bennettes
Bape Pheer
Mantey
Rogers
Mojave Desert
Panamint Ringe
Death Valley
The Bull-Whacker and the Bible
A Civil War era freight firm led by Col. Alexander Majors required oaths to avoid profanity and alcohol and to read the Bible. The bull whackers defied the rules, using blunt frontier language, proving Majors misread frontier temperament. After acquiring the Overland Stage line, drivers still received Bibles but without the oath, since they spoke to animals in terms they understood.
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Russell
Majors
Waddell
West
Bullewhackers
Col
Alexander Majors
Langwidge
St. Joseph
Denver
Public Education Committee Defines Bank Charter Privileges
J H Puelicher, chairman, ABA committee, outlines state and national bank charters. He explains supervision by the State Banking Commissioner for state charters and the Federal Comptroller of the Currency for national charters. He notes annual unannounced examinations to audit cash, loans, bonds, mortgages, and books.
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J. H. Puelicher
American Bankers Association
National Bank
Federal Comptroller
Government
Readjustment of Inter Allied Debts Aims to Trade Revival
Walter W Head argues for U S readjustment of Inter Allied debts to restore Europe trade capacity. A U S representative should gather data for possible readjustment, guiding Congress on policy and debt fund recommendations to aid foreign purchasing power.
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United States
Europe
Reparations Commission
Debt Funding Commission
Congress
Bankers Urged to Aid Credit in North Carolina Farmers
A report from the Department of Agriculture on North Carolina farm credit urges bankers to help farmers obtain better credit. It notes store credit costs up to 26.6 percent, banks at about 21 percent, and that over half of farmers rely on merchandise advances, raising overall credit costs and hindering agriculture.
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Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
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Mississippi
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Canada
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Judicial Council
New York
Georgia
Circuit Court of Appeals
Eighth Circuit
Prohibition
Java
Army
Navy
War and Navy
Gce
Minnesota
North Dakota
Muscle Shonla
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