Urban Population Surpasses Rural in 1920 Census
The 1920 census shows U S population at 105 683 108, up 14.9 percent from 1910. Urban residents total 54 816 209 or 51.9 percent, while rural dwellers are 50 866 899 or 48.1 percent, signaling a shift toward cities and prompting calls for national action to bolster small farmers.
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United States
California land settlement scheme at Durham progress reported
A 1918 California land settlement near Durham Butte county created 120 farms on 6219 acres with a 260000 state fund. The board guided farmers through loans labor sharing and cooperative livestock and buying, forming a model community with roads drainage and a planned community center. Later plans include Merced county settlement with veteran preference.
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California
United States
H. A. Crafts
Scientific American
Durham
Butte County
State of
Leland Stanford
Butte Creek
State Land Settlement Board
California State Land Settlement Board
Rambouwillet
Settlement Co-Operative Live Stock Association
Carl
C. W. Baker
EB. O
Messenger
William Deveney
Carl Neilson
A. I. Maxwell
E. Will
Joseph N. Thornton
Frank M. Hall
Roy White
Stephens
Merced County
San Joaquin Valley
Harvey's Weekly Founder and Political Insider Remembered
The text recalls Col. George B. M. Harvey noted by President Harding as ambassador to St James and describes his role in Wilson Hughes and Harding politics. It cites his Harper & Brothers leadership, the Wilson-Harvey breach during Wilson’s governorship, and his later founding of Harvey's Weekly.
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George ‘Brinton McClellan Harvey
Harding
United States
Ambasaador
St. James
Colonel Harvey
Harper's Weekly
Eveyone
Hughes
Mr. Wilson
New Jersey
Wilson-Harvey
Harvey
Harper & Brothers
J. P. Morgan & Co
Wilson
Boston Mayor Peters Aides Reform After Police Strike
Andrew J. Peters, mayor of Boston, rose from Harvard Law to state legislature and treasury aide, then led city through a police strike with Governor Coolidge. He plans improvements at municipal lodging houses including more showers and better sleeping quarters. He once faced a security check entering city hall.
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Andrew J. Peters
Boston
Harvard Law School
the Treasury
Washington
Vatimuyul Uurigu
Seliu Luuus
Calvin Coolidge
Bay State
Peters
Women Seek Equal Rights Push Led by Elsie Hill
Elsie Hill serves as temporary chair of the National Woman's party as Senator Curtis of Kansas plans to introduce and sponsor a bill to end discrimination against women in citizenship for married women, government service, and District of Columbia guardianship and inheritance laws. Harding hosts a 50-woman deputation urging executive backing for the measure.
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Elsie Hill
National Woman's Party
Curtis
Kansas
Congress
District of Columbia
Harding
Civil Service
Helen Gardener
Miss Hill
Einstein and Weizmann Visit New York for Hebrew U Appeal
Dr. Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weizmann arrived in New York to raise funds for the Hebrew University on the Mount of Olives. About 5,000 Zionists welcomed them, amid songs and cheers, as Einstein joked about his Swiss identity and his wife confessed she cannot grasp relativity.
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Albert Einstein
New York
Hebrew University
Mount of Olives
Chaim Weizmann
Zionist Organization
Dr. Weizmann
Professor Einstein
Einstein
Dr. Einstein
Galileo
Newton
Maxwell
Lorenz
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Relativity