Global Headlines From the 1920s Spark Current Discourse
A digest of international and domestic items includes President Harding opposing the tariff shift for the soldiers bonus, Key’s Fort McHenry monument dedication, LaFollette’s US Supreme Court critique, wartime surplus disposal totals surpassing $1 billion, and nominations and hearings in Washington.
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Harding
Francis Scott Key
Fort McHenry
Congress
Key
Belfast Officials Arrested in Dublin Connexion
Two Belfast postal officials Joseph Cooper and William James were arrested in Dublin. They are believed to be interned. A report notes a peace conference on Russian affairs convened at The Hague with sixty delegates from about thirty countries. A telegram to London alleges 1 300 Christian women and children were taken by Turks from Samsun two weeks earlier. In Beckenham England Mrs Molla Bjurstedt Mallory lost in the semi finals to Miss McKane. Five bandits died and three others were wounded in a failed assault on a freight and passenger train on the Southern Pacific near Rosares, Mexico.
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Belfast
Joseph Cooper
William James
Dublin
Peace Palace
The
Hague
Samsun
Mains
London
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
Beckenham
Enzlana
Miss McKane
Mexico
Rosares
Mex
NCE
Russia
Germany
Great Britain
France
Europe
Genoa
Genda
Karl Radek
Hoover
Hughes
Poincare
Controversy Over Ship Subsidy and Prohibition Sparks Debate
Washington battles over liquor sales on government ships and a pending ship subsidy bill. Lasker defends serving liquor beyond three miles. Wheeler and prohibition groups push for stricter enforcement. senators warn of tariff and bonus links as Harding presses for swift action. The Hague talks on Russia pivot on Britain and France aims.
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Washington
United States
Three Mile
Lasker
Merchant Marine
Iggest
Uncle Sam
United States Shipping Board
Prohibition
Anti-Saloon League
Congress
Association Against Prohibition
Busch Family
Brewers of
St. Louis
Busch
Wayne B. Wheeler
Shipping Board
Haynes
Willis
Ohio
Prohibition Navy
Senator Jones
Commerce Committee
Harding
House Committee On Merchant Marine
McCumber
White House
Famine relief shaping Russia talks amid US stance
The passage argues that Russia cannot be reestablished without US and French co operation, warns against dictatorial demands, and notes Russia will seek relations only on mutual esteem despite poverty, criticizing America’s role in famine relief and its impact on Russia.
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France
United States
America
Russia
Postwar contortions loom as reparations, Austria aid debated
The conference faces German reparations issues with June paid and July uncertain. Austria appeals for material help to avert bolshevism, while France contemplates a large loan. Tacna Arica talks falter as HUGHES may mediate privately. Cuba's Zayas faces graft fallout and cabinet resignations as U S watchers fear Platt amendment intervention.
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Friends of France
Germany
Austria
France
Uba
Zayas
Crowder
Labor bloc rejects one big union plan at AFL session
AFL delegates in Cincinnati refuse the one big union approach led by Gompers with Chicago backing. They vow to unite efforts to end child labor in the United States, condemn the ship subsidy bill, and hear Senator La Follette attack the Supreme Court. Ireland's elections loom as Belfast violence persists. The Irish Free State constitution, announced in London, grants female suffrage proportional representation referendum and school freedom.
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LaFollette
Supreme Court of the United States
American Federation of Labor
Cincinnati
Gompers
Chicago Federation of Labor
United States
la Follette
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Ireland
Ulster
Belfast
London
Irish Free State
Empire
Canada
Gains 8 pounds in two weeks with Tanlac claim
Celesta Fell of Boston says Tanlac restored her appetite and energy after severe indigestion left her weak and unable to work. She reports eight pounds gained in two weeks and improved sleep and health, attributing the change to Tanlac sold by druggists.
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Celesta Fell
Prince Street
Boston
Mass
Taniac
Tanlac
Moonlight Witchery Hint in Moonshine In Night Tale
A cryptic line blurs lore and liquor as moonlit influence and witchery mingle in a nocturnal mood. The text hints at superstitious fear surrounding moonlight and moonshine, framing them as dangerous forces.
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Claims World Best
Advertisement proclaims Red Cross Ball Blue as the finest product of its kind and asserts every user agrees. The copy then touts coupons as the real draw, likening them to the golden calf.
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Francis Bowman
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Mercy Hospital
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Narragansett Bay
American
Hayward
New York
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Clarence Peters
Westchester County
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St. Joseph
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Central College
Pella
Clara Gilmore
Albay
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North Avenue State Bank
Chicago
Rail Labor Board
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Louis Holland
Kansas City
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Laythe
Arverne, L. L
James 8. McCandless
Honolulu
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Kan
William Green
Ol City
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Ralph Broder
Stockton
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William McGhee
Millikin
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J. S. Jones
Pontiac (L.)reformatory
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Jacksonville
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Thomas A. Edison
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New Brunswick
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Herman Tuholske
St. Louis, Mo
Walter Allen
Prairie Grove
Ark
Camp Pike
George K. Fisher
St. Louis County
Col. H. D. Loveland
Public Utilities Commissioners
Princeton Battle Monument
Princeton
Young America
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Boston Common
Edward W. Pickard
Hile
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State Hughes
Lydia E. Pinkham
Emporia
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