Dutch Colonial Homes Gain Popularity In United States
An illustrated feature by William A. Radford promotes Dutch colonial houses as economical to build with Dutch rooflines and colonial exteriors. It covers a sample 26 by 84 feet home with seven rooms and a bath, plus porch and sleeping porch. The piece urges homeowners to consider building rather than renting, noting financing options through banks and builders.
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Holland
Wille
Frog Meigs
Spreig
Dechire
Colonial style interior features attract home buyers
The article describes a colonial interior with a wide reception hall flanked by a living and dining room. It notes a central fireplace, book cases, double French doors to a porch, a 13 by 22 living room and 13 by 15 dining room with a window bay, and a practical kitchen and pantry. Upstairs four corner bedrooms and ample storage, plus a sleeping porch option, are highlighted. It urges prospective builders to explore local architects, contractors, and dealers offering diverse home designs to fit budgets.
Queen of Flowers in Bulgarian Rose Gardens Threatened
The piece laments potential Bulgarian shift from Thracian rose cultivation near Kasanik to tobacco farming. Before the war, 150 plus villages focused on roses produced crops valued at about 6.29 million per annum. The author warns of losing a world class perfume source and sight if diversification proceeds.
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Kasanik
Thracian
Match Industry in China Prospects and Output
The War Western Review notes China's cheap labor and abundant raw materials boost match making as a promising key industry. It reports about M4 factories in China producing 150,000 units yearly, highlighting quick returns and potential growth in this sector.
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China
All Amendments Lose at Democratic Convention in San Francisco
Western Newspaper Union dispatch from San Francisco July 1 reports the Democratic convention rejecting all platform amendments. Bryan led calls for strict Volstead enforcement and anti modification, while proposals for light wine and beer, Irish recognition, and broader prohibition changes were defeated by large margins.
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Union News Service
Auditorium
San Francisco
Wilson
Ike
Willi Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Irish Republic
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Anti-Saloon League
Bourke Cock Ran
New York
Doheny
California
Funds Vanish as Bank Proprietor Is Apprehended in Chicago
Samuel Alport, proprietor of the Northwestern International Bank, was taken into custody by Chicago police after a crowd of neighbors accused him of mishandling about 6000 dollars meant for friends and relatives in Russia and Poland. Alport said letters to Russia reached Russian ports but thereafter disappeared, blaming unrest and disorganized government structures for failed deliveries.
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Chicago
Samuel Alport
Northwestern International Bank
Alport
Europe
Russia
Poland
Fourth Man to Hang in Chicago Case
Sam Cardinella alleged Ingleader of a gang charged with murdering Arthur P. Brown a saloon keeper has been sentenced to hang Three other members of the band already have been sentenced to death and a fourth found guilty awaiting sentence Cardinella is the thirteenth man sentenced to hang in the past few weeks.
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Chicago
Sam Cardinella
Arthur PP. Bown
Cardinella
Vermont May Call Session on Federal Suffrage Amendment
Governor Clemente Vermont after a conference with Senator Harding indicated he would immediately call the Vermont Legislature in special session to act on the federal suffrage amendment.
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Washington
Clemente
Vermont
Harding
Girl Dies at Steering Wheel in Newark Society Figure
Miss Catherine Var Ness, a society girl and member of the Millionaire colony at Hut ton Park West Orange, died at the steering wheel of her car in Newark while driving with her parents Mr and Mrs Frederick L Van News.
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Newark
N. J
Catherine Var Ness
Hutton Park
West Orange
Frederick L van News
Grain Cars Ordered Wear to Western States
The commerce commission notified Chicago area railroads that 27 700 empty grain cars are to be delivered to western states by eastern lines. Deliveries include 1 800 to Santa Fe 1 200 to Soo Line 400 to Wabash 200 to Chicago Great Western 100 to Chicago Northwestern and 1 200 to Rock Island. Additional grain car deliveries are planned for Northern Pacific Great Northern and Union Pacific lines.
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Wear
Ochicago
Chicago
Commerce Commine
Eastern Lines
Fiest
Santa Fé
Soo Line
Wabash, CO
Chicagoa Great Western
Chicago & Northwestern
Rock ‘Gland
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Union Pacific
Canned Speeches to Supplant Special Trains in Campaign
Campaign notes reveal speeches formed to replace special trains in the steel industry drive. Railway labor unrest hampers movement, while quieter suffragist efforts gain traction in southern states amid Turkish war developments and Greek successes.
William J Bryan Dominates Democratic Show In San Francisco
By E. F. Clipson Bryan came nearer to headlining the Democratic gathering in San Francisco than any other figure though he failed to secure a party platform endorsing the eighteenth amendment and its enforcement act. He blocked a clear administration victory on the Versailles treaty and League covenant while preventing any single force from naming nominees. His influence weakened yet persisted as he leveraged mob psychology to extract reluctant admissions from opponents, earning the odd praise that "the old boy is a wonder."
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William J. Bryan
San Francisco
Resolutions Committee
Bryan
League
America
Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
United States Senate
Nebraska
Phonograph Campaign To Replace Special Train Routines
The soothing phonograph becomes a medium for campaigning replacing the long rail tours. Candidates will avoid mass meetings and late hours, instead delivering speeches via rotating voices from stations across the country. Theodore Roosevelt and Williams Jennings Bryan are cited as examples of resilience.
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Theodore Hoowvelt
Wiliiin J. Urgan
Campaign sounds and rails threaten 1920 mood
The piece analyzes cross country campaigning with phonograph speeches from Harding and Coolidge, warning of political fatigue before the election. It notes labor unrest and rail, steel, and coal shortages, with production running at two thirds capacity and looming unemployment. It cites plans to push party unity and a return to law, order, and rugged American industry.
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Wilson
Marion
Mahomet
Mecca
Harding
Governor Coolidge
National Committee
Harry Lauder
Bert Williams
Coolidgen
Abraham Lincoln
Pittsburgh
Calumet
Gary
Chicago
Indiana Harbor
Bammond
Whiting
Suffrage hopes hinge on Tennessee legislature action
The report notes that ratification of the federal amendment by Tennessee or North Carolina is pivotal for women to vote in the next presidential election. Gov. Roberts plans a special session in time to act, while Gov. Bickett also intends a special session in North Carolina. Vermont's Gov. Clements has not stated plans despite urging from suffragists. The piece also covers Allied actions in the Turkish nationalists conflict, Balkan fighting, and Irish railway disruptions.
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Tennessee
North Carolina
Roberts
Wilson
Bickett
P. W. Clements
Vermont
France
England
Greece
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Soma
Akhissar
Ala-Shehr
Kelas
Philadelphia
Aleppo
Ollicia
Anatolia
Ismid
Constantinople
Mustapha Kemal
Pen Kemal
Panderma
Sea of
Marmara
Adana
Tarsus
Mersina
Cypress
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