Congress in session as insurgents test the party
Congress convened after a recess with tight Senate margins and a split House. Republicans held the speakership with Nicholas Longworth by nineteen votes, while insurgent factions threaten to shape outcomes on the Mellon tax measure and tariff debates. Uncertainty lingers over how the new Congress will operate and the fate of administration bills.
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Congress
Senate
House
Nicholas Longworth
Longworth
Garret
Cooper
Washington
Middle West
Federal plan backs tax relief to spur timber reforestation
Under Yale’s Prof. F R Fairchild, the Federal forestry service trials tax exemptions on growing timber to boost reforestation. Airborne reseeding speeds restoration of denuded and inaccessible areas, aiding public forest lands. Private landowners face taxes before yields, limiting planting. Millions of acres in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Northwest have faced tax-driven abandonment, with few buyers at tax sales.
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Federal Forestry Service
F. R. Fairchild
Yale University
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Northwest
Read the Readers Parade of Patent Medicine Scams
A reminiscence on how patent medicine firms used sensational reader pieces to grab attention with bold headlines and engaging stories before finally pitching their products. The piece notes the quarter to half column ads that hooked readers and primed them for the sale.
Medicine that cures all ills mentioned in Russia story
A Kharkov datelined piece claims a “hundred thousand homeless children” wander Ukraine. It links winter exposure to starvation and cites a vodka tax to fund aid via American Near East Relief. The piece questions why Russia cannot address the waifs locally instead of shifting burden to the United States.
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Kharkov
Russia
Ukraine
United States
America
Germany Should Pay Kaiser for His Holdings?
Opinion argues Germany owes compensation to the former Kaiser for his holdings in the fatherland, noting his wealth stemmed from the people and criticizing the burden on taxpayers as excessive and unjust.
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Germany
Presidential Irony and Chapman's Refusal of Clemency
President Coolidge jokes about commuting the sentence of condemned murderer Gerald Chapman. Chapman declines freedom and accepts no clemency, seeking life in prison instead. The piece portrays his paradoxical desire for life over execution and his self-imposed misfortune.
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Coolidge
Gerald Chapman
Connecticut
Mr. Chapman
Chapman
Enforcement under General Andrews Aims for Bootlegger Crackdown
The enforcement crew under General Andrews pursues bootlegger suppression with little advertising, yet whether this effort has shut down any operations remains uncertain.
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General Andrews
Red Grange's fortune and looming marriage roils sports and politics
The piece hints Grange amassing riches in football and a forthcoming marriage to an actress. It notes a return to football chatter and mentions Senator Cuming and Brookhart amid upcoming re election talk. Christina is expected to appear soon, signaling anticipated public attention.
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Red" Grange
Blinking at Evil and the Crime News Debate
The NYT editorial discusses whether press should curb crime reporting. It cites Agnes Repplier on expurgated news and argues reporting crime helps moral judgment. It notes Leopold Jahre murder coverage sparked national concern and debates censorship in media.
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Erie
United States
Commonwess
Agnes Repplier
Leopold-Joeb
Miss Repplier
Miss Reppller
Mahy
Christian Science Monitors
Fatigue limits in metals studied for aircraft safety
Washington announces the Engineering Foundation reports fatigue limits for metals, defining endurance stress and crystalline breaks. Alfred Flinn notes extensive tests since 1919, with thousands of tests and even a billion reversals, to reduce aviation disasters and improve metal reliability across iron, steel, and nonferrous alloys.
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Washington, D.C
Engineering Foundation
Alfred DB. Flinn
Foundation
The
American Chemical Society
Flinn
University of Ilinois
H. F. Moore
National Research Council
General’ Electric Company
Altis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Copper and Brass Association
Western Electric Company
Bell Telephone Laboratories
O. H. Basquin
Northwestern University
F. T. Gilligan
Henry’ Souther Engineering’ Company
Zay Jeffries
Aluminium Company of America
T. R. Lawson
Rensselaer Polytechnic
Parroted Birth Control Debate Draws Protests
Milwaukee Journal notes University of Michigan President Little spoke in favor of birth control and faced calls for removal. Wisconsin’s Frank echoed constitutional concerns. article argues personal views, not official policy, and warns of attacks on campus leaders. It suggests censors or restricted appearances to protect presidents.
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Little
University of Michigan
Frantk
Wisconsin
Michigan Rogents
Dr. Frank
Wisconsin Regents
Board of Censors
Milwaukee Journal
Hobbs Merrill Book Week Promotes Reading In Indianapolis
Indianapolis special report on Hobbs Merrill company hosting its second annual Book Week to promote books and book making. The firm, stemming from a century-old bookstore founded by Samuel Merrill, now prints over a million volumes yearly and helped launch major authors like Riley and Major. The feature highlights the firm’s shift toward non fiction, travel, biography, religion and science, and notes its extensive school and law texts.
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Indianapolis
Hobbs-Merrill Company
Samual Merrill
Concern
James Whitcomb Riles
Meredith Nicholson
Charles Major
Maurice Thompson
Alice
Vincennes
Indiana
Dobbs- Merrill
Albert Edward Wiggam
Ian Hoosier
Jennings County
House
Wiggae
Ty Bobb Merrill
Lazarre
Riley
Thomas
Marshatl
Webhert Quirk
Fromrer
W. Wheeler
Don G Seitz
Congress convenes as tax bill moves to House vote
The 69th congress began with the new tax bill reported to the House. Navy witnesses testified in the Mitchell court martial. Nicholas Longward of Obin elected speaker amid party conflicts as emblicans push amendments against the insurgent opposition. The Fall-Robeny bribery indictments, unseen by a lower court, are declared valid by the district court of appeals.
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House
Mitchell
Nicholas Longward
Obin
District
Court of Appeals
American to lecture Warrack Preaching Lectures abroad
The Warrack lectures in Edingburgh Glasgow and Aberdeen will feature an American speaker for the first time. Dr Henry Sloane Coffin of Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church New York is the chosen lecturer. Coffin aims to elevate each lecture to study a phase of the contest of preaching.
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Warrack Lecuires
United Free Church
Edingurah
Glasgow
Aberdeen
Scotland
Henry Sloane ‘Coffin
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York
Great Britain
America
Beecher
Yale
Coffin
Supreme Court ruling restricts fishing rights on land
Haslowlan Times reports that the court's decision upholds landowners exclusive rights to fish in non navigable streams crossing their property. The ruling could end egg hatching on private lands and shift fishery activities to public lands, upsetting many local anglers who rely on prime trout streams for months each year.
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Supreme Court
Isaac Walton
Haslowlan Times
Answers to Questions in The Independent Information Bureau
A Washington information service offers free, extensive inquiry replies for Helena Independent readers. The exchange asks readers to mail two cents for return postage and includes a sample Q&A on topics such as weather moisture, leading cotton and grain states, Pilgrim foods, and a Pulaski cavalry note with a brief legend about Queen Marie Antoinette.
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Washington
Helena
Weather Bureau
Cottent
Texas
Ohlalatea
Arica
Mississippi
Kansas
North Dakota
Louisiana
Arkanzas
Colorado
Pilgrims
Masieowes
O. Waon
Marie Antoineike
Stephen Clough
C.F. A
Wiscaster
Meg
Ely
Antoinette
Rowditch
Boston Record Commissioners
United States
Shakespeare Wrote His Own Plays New Discovery Reveals
London playwright Mr. Irvine Trvine reports discovery of a seventeenth century manuscript in an English country house library. If authentic, it could prove Shakespeare authored the plays, debunk the Bacconian claim, and reshape Shakespearean biography worldwide.
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Shakespeare
St. John Trvine
London
Irvine Tras
England
Irvine
Baccon
Radward Davison
International Book Review
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Hi. Snook
RK. Moore
Air Servier
McCook Field
11. F. Moore
University of
Herbert Sleaver
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Warrack
Leslie Puck
Mewspar
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