Fear and promises of insurance greet the nation in 1925
A reflective piece argues fear hinders progress and notes Americans back by vast life insurance and bank savings. It discusses Congress power over under eighteen labor, contending the amendment could allow regulation or prohibition of farm and non farm work and cites Senate votes on age limits and related provisions. It also mentions a woman taking gubernatorial oath in New York and Chicago janitors suffering cold indoors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Montana
Chateau Acantha
Senate
Champion Salesman on Life Insurance Growth in 1925
The article notes that Americans held 64 billion dollars in life insurance at the start of 1925, with record 33.5 billion added in 1924. It compares life cover to savings, calls life insurance a savings method via installments, and emphasizes protection for dependents despite thrift gaps.
Easy divorce in Yucatan sparks foreign law soapbox
A currrent of opinion argues Yucatan Mexico offers easy divorces with a month’s stay a $25 fee and a steamship voyage. The piece notes U S resistance to uniform laws and jokes about stricter cross border rules while highlighting revenue implications and moral questions about easy divorces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yucatan
Paris
Reno, Ney
Mexico
Washington
United States
New York
Steamship Company
France and Its Debt Faces New World Settlement
The New York World argues France will not be required to pay its debts to the United States or Great Britain in full, citing the budget omitting liabilities and an explanatory memorandum. Finance Minister Clementel outlines reasons for liberal treatment, linking debts to German reparations and American war loan expenditures. A broad, mutual settlement involving the United States is seen as the only fair path to resolve intertwined obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
United States
Great Britain
Clementel
Contested path to presidency through speaker role in Congress
The piece surveys constitutional questions about succession if both president and vice president are eliminated. It highlights the 68th and 69th Congress races for speaker, pitting Nicholas Longworth of Ohio against Martin Madden of Illinois, discusses historical anchors from Polk to Blaine, Clark, and others, and weighs Longworth and Madden as potential future presidents amid a landscape of political ambition and constitutional debate.
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Senate
Congress
United States
House
Washington
D. C
House of Representatives
Nicholas Longwrerth
Ohio
Martin B. Madden
Ilinois
Hoth
James K. Polk
Tennessee
Henry Clay
James G. Blaine
Thomas B. Reed
Joseph G. Cannon
Champ Clark
Blain
Clark
Henge
Yarmen
Blaine
Iren G. Harding
James M. Cox
Burchard
William Jennings Bryan
Tammany
Wall Street
Stova
Roosevelt
Taft
White House
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
Madden
Connecticut
North Carolina
New York
England
Longworth
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Coolidge
Vic Donahey
Quips on Family Finances and Prohibition Politics
The excerpt satirizes family spending on cosmetics and Christmas meals, noting Ma’s restraint and Pa’s pride in old days. It invokes austerity from winter costs, car savings, and coal, and mocks political figures like Andrew Mellon over prohibition. The piece blends domestic humor with skewered views on governance and economics.
Shepherd Cleared of All Suspicion in McClintock Case
Exhumation reports by chemists and physicians conclude William Nelson McClintock died of typhoid fever with an internal hemorrhage. William D. Shepherd, guardian to the boy and beneficiary of his will, declares vindication and hints at possible legal action against those who attacked him. Judge Olson's role is questioned in a tense exchange but no charges are filed.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Giglang
William Nelson McClintock
Oscar Wolff
William D. Shepherd
McClintock
Harry Olson
Shepherd
Judge Olson
Isabelle Pope Young McClintock
National News Bits From The Senate And White House
A senate committee reports a new postal rate bill and the war departments appropriation totals 331 million dollars. President Coolidge removes several judgeships and the Treasury begins funding the soldiers bonus. Walter D. Van Riper is replaced as assistant U.S. attorney for New Jersey. The budget asks Congress for 100 million to refund federal taxes illegally collected. The Franco-American debt settlement note moves toward Washington. The Gazette notes Will Aitken leaves the Scraps column after 17 years of public service in Montana, with warm farewell from readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Coolidge
Treasury
Walter D. van Riper
United States
New Jersey
Congress
House
Tariff Commission
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate Appropriations Committee
Post Office
Treasury Departments
Borah
Idaho
Washington
France
Answers to Questions from The Independent Information Bureau
A collection of reader inquiries and bureau replies on topics from postal formats to Olympic discus records. Includes details on petroleum formation, Mrs. Fiske, seamen in the U S, Athens plague, and the Pepys portrait bust in London's St Olave's church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Information Bureau
Frederick J. Haskin
Washin
Geological Survey
Fiske
C. FF
Minnie Maddern Fiske
New Orleans
Minnie Maddern
John McCuough
Laura Keene
Harrison Grey Fiske
Hester Crewe
Manhattan Theater
America
Bureau of Immigration
Athens
Thucydides
Samuel Pepys
Pepys
S. Olave
Hart Street
London
Byron Cooney on Rev Mr Pope
Morning dispatches report the death of the Rev Joseph Pope in Seattle after a long heart ailment. Pope was a powerful Montana political operator whose influence touched judges sheriffs and state officials and who commanded obedience from federal officers and many Montana politicians despite opposition lines. He was loyal to his home and family and his passing removes a strong force for the Montana political scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Pope
Seattle
Pope
Montana
Legislative Assembly
Butte
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al Smith
Agerman
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Denver
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New York World
Haskin Letter
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En Lee
Massachusetts
Virginia
Kentucky
Clay
Madder
Clindsan
Continental
7Oe
Dan McGovern
Andy Mellon
Prohibition Department
Prohibition
Treasury Department
Kansas
Glasgow Democrat
Pip
Jen ‘Pryer
Roy L. Smith
Simpson M
George Matthew Adams
Mores
AY National
Chptal
Gazette
Will Aitken
J. E. Erickson
Aiken
Colyum
Grind
Midland Empire
Billings Gazette
Post Office Department
Rube Wickers Treak
E. McE
J. Duncan
Rube Vickers
Boston
Byron Cooney
MR. PO
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