Books for Everybody movement gains Fort Wayne support
The American Library Association push urges Miss Colerick at the Fort Wayne city library to promote Books for Everybody. The effort aims to aid employers in selecting technical and business libraries, teach American literature in foreign languages, and provide reading material for the blind while fostering citizenship and Americanization. Subscriptions should be widespread though modest, and locals urged to inquire about the work and requirements.
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Fort Warne
Watson and Healing at Chicago in Harding Selection Tale
The Journal-Gazette recaps Colonel Harvey’s interview detailing Harding’s selection by ward bosses in Chicago. It highlights Senator Watson’s restrained support for Wood, Keating and other Hoosier figures, and notes the raw political maneuvering shaping the outcome while stressing the educative nature of the account.
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Tan
George Harvey
Journal-Gazette
Harding
Chicago
Watson
Wood
Keating
Hardag
Wwe
The Do Less Congress Seemed Busy Yet Failed
A columnist lambastes Congress from April 1919 to June 1920 for inaction and trivial measures. It mocks claims of constructive legislation, notes ignored postage cost cuts, and highlights Indiana's Oscar Bland as a symbol of partisan, wasteful politics during a barren year for national progress.
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Belgium
Grand Army
United States
American Legion
League
Congress
Indiana
Bland
Oscar Bland
Indians Boost Harding Bid in Hoosier Backroom Feud
The passage notes two Hoosiers prominent in a hired group allied with Daugherty, helping Harding secure victory and offset Wood’s defeat. It highlights Indiana’s senator and national committeeman as key players and hints at internal party machinations and unspoken plans. The text ends with a reference to a regional song or motto, On the Banks of the Wabash.
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National Committee
Daugherty
Harding
Wood
New Mexican Ambassador Seen as Path to Better US Mexico Ties
The provisional Mexican government touts Senator Fernando Calderon as ambassador hopeful, a figure from a storied Mexican family who opposed autocracy and supported constitutionalism. Calderon’s history spans Diaz era opposition, leadership against de la Barcena, and roles during Madero Huerta Carranza periods, signaling a bid to improve bilateral goodwill amid shifting Mexican politics.
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Mexico
Fernando Calderon
Unis
Javir Rexico
Diaz
Madero
City of
de la Baracané
Madern
Huerta
Pethie Taler
The Listening Candidate Who Won’t Listen
The women of the country see Harding as a listening candidate but doubt his care for their views. He positions himself as a states rights advocate while opposing Wilson’s suffrage ratification and reacting to Champ Clark urging Louisiana to ratify. The piece labels him a rubber stamp and questions his tax and stock law stances.
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Harding
Penrose
Lony
Lestume
President Wilson
Champ Clark
Louisiana
Mr. Harding
Cox Repudiates McCombs in Democratic Nominatio n
Governor Coxs campaign manager Mr Moore rebukes McCombs for denouncing the president while backing Cox The manager asserts McCombs attack could alienate Cox supporters and emphasizes loyalty to Cox and the Democratic nomination amid intra party tensions
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Moore
Cox
Wonen McCombs
McCombs
Bern
Ike Murphy
Liquefy Your Frozen Assets and Restart the Economy
An expert urges banks and households to liquefy frozen assets to ease money tightness. The call advocates converting capital stored in safe vaults into circulating money, urging bold action to unlock talent, leadership, and friendship frozen in time.
Lying About Budget Loss Responsibility
A critical legacy on budget blame unfolds as supporters accuse opponents of dishonest charges about President Wilson and the constitutional budget veto. The piece argues the president vetoed a defective bill, not unconstitutional overreach, and notes partisan opinions varied on who blocked budget reform. The delay is attributed to late-session strife and diehard partisan attacks.
Death of Crown Princess Margaret Reflected in Sweden
A long obituary recounts Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden, English by birth, beloved for charity, gardens, and music. It notes her simple funeral wishes, English oak coffin, no lying in state, and a service blending English and Swedish elements. Her death in Stockholm stirred national mourning and admiration for royal virtue.
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Sweden
Stockholm
Duke of Connaught
George V
England
Pat
Gustavus Adolphus
Crown Prince of
Arthur Ruhl
New York Evening Poet
Social
Hjalmar Branting
Russia
Germany
Princess Margaret
Margaret
Waran
Lar
Resurrected debate on budget and presidential duty
The piece argues that a timely party majority and budget action would have passed in December, avoiding filibuster, and rejects shifting blame to the president for delays. It notes the president's oath and dismisses claims by financial figures as misstatements of duty.
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Perause
Indianapolis News
Thomas Lamont
Hutchins
Arcatin L Geniuses
Blackstone
Henry Adams and Conrad by Robert Benchley
A humorous reflection on reader pretensions as Walter Kingsley asks why readers lionize Conrad and Adams. Benchley admits he skimmed Henry Adams, struggled with its prose, and notes how readers boast of understanding works they barely finish, while tracing vanity and honesty in book talk.
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Robert Benchley
New York World
Walter J. Kingsley
Joseph Conrad
Henry Adama
Mr. Kingsley
Conrad
Adams
Henry Adams
Kingsley
Unrad
East 21St Street
East India
Henry Cabot Lodge
Bok
Bingsley
Benchley
Tyhng
Royal funeral for Princess Margaret in Sweden marks loss
The service in Stockholm church was bright with flowers and birch. Handel's Largo moved attendees as Premier Branting mourned the English princess, whose wish to be buried openly among family was fulfilled despite palace pomp and distant guards.
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Legation
Handel
Anna
Princess Margaret
Premier Branting
Europe
Sweden
Enchanted fragments on a magic keyboard
A poetic fragment evokes subtle fingers on a keyboard, black and white. The speaker hears music in a perfumed night with exotic scent and rising chords. The verse suggests amorous surprises and a bold, veiled gaze, ending with the heart as the keyboard.
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Miss Colerick Kits Library
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League of Nations
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