Notable Losses and Policy Shifts Highlight Week
A busy week features government staff cuts in the veterans bureau and new prohibition enforcement plans. President Harding comments on arming and memorial day events. crops and irrigation profits are reported, and several notable deaths include Col. Charles Young, Rep. James Gorman, and former Gov. Joseph Folk.
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HILE
Smith
New York
Haynes
Conference of Governors
Washington
Harding
District of Columbia
Sahara
World War I Era Mixed News From North America and Europe
A wide-ranging wrap reports speed records in auto racing, royal succession politics in England, currency drops to a new low, murder and manslaughter verdicts, flooding and dam damage in the Midwest, natural history expeditions, and memorial observances in Europe with veterans and officials participating.
Ford third party bid looms in national race hints from Hearst
Henry Ford may run as an independent or third party candidate. Roy M Harrop of the American Economic league says Ford has broad support and the league is expanding across states. Ford declines comment while railroads and judiciary loom as top national issues for voters.
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Henry Ford
Ansel Ford
Ford
Michigan
Wiliam Randolph Hearst
Hearst
United States
Tienry Ford
Vienry Ford
American Economic League
Omaha
Roy M. Harrop
League
Alr. Ford
Negotiations for release of foreigners in Chinese bandit area progress
Reports say negotiations led by Shanghai publisher John B. Powell have freed Maj. Robert A. Allen and W. Smith. The Washington plan to shrink the Chinese army is cited as a reason for favorable talks while bandits fear followers will resist honest work.
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Tsao Chuang
Robert A. Aien
United States Army
WY. Smith
Manchester
England
Robert A. Allen
W. Smith
John B. Powell
Shanghai
Washington
Trish Republican Army
Free State
de Valera
Aitken
Testimonial for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Heralded in Pittsburgh
A Pittsburgh mother describes relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound post childbirth. She reports nervousness fatigue and improved ability to care for her newborn and two older children. The letter urges others to publish similar testimonials and notes the infusion of safe herbal roots.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pittsburgh
Wu. Klinge
Plymouth St
Recognized His Limitations Corneille Witty Self Portrait
A fragment notes Corneille the great dramatist of France once wrote a witty couplet about himself. The line suggested he was rarely intelligible except when spoken by another, highlighting his social embarrassment and self awareness.
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Supreme Court of Alabama
Montgomery
France
Corneille
Red Cross Ball Blue Advertisement Claim
An advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as the finest product of its kind in the world claiming every woman who uses it knows the statement to be true.
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Villacoulblay Field
Paris
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Detroit
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Missouri
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Murphy
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Belgium
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Tiatt
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Field Museum of Chicago
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India
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Stan Iarding
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North Carolina
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