In Step With Coolidge Over Tax Cut Debate
Chairman Green of the ways and means group faces White House scrutiny as he trots a bill to cut 500 million in taxes for 1925. President Coolidge warns such action would erase the expected 290 million surplus next year. The piece notes debt reductions, war legacies, and hints at political timing ahead of elections while praising restraint on federal spending.
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Ways and Means Committee
House
Mr. Coolidge
Coolidge
Wilson
Harding-Coolidge
Congress
Chimney Inspections Urged After Tremors in Gallatin Valley
City engineers in towns outside the Gallatin district urge residents to have chimneys inspected before lighting kitchen gauges or furnaces. They warn unseen cracks may develop as houses settle after the recent tremors, posing a fire hazard next fall or winter. The note ends with a quip about daily learning and social consequences.
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Gallatin
No Hope From Last House Seeks Law Repeal
Jefferson County News attacks game laws protecting muskrat as unjust pest protections. It argues such statutes damage irrigation and water supply ditches and notes similar absurd rules for other species. The paper calls for sections devoted to repealing dead laws as a prudent investment.
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United States
Jefferson County
Yeaver
Montana
The
Independent
Loble’s bid to repeal dead laws ends in quit
The Montana lawmaker Lester Loble promised daily repeal bills to scrap useless statutes. Newspapers backed him, but the House Judiciary Committee killed the measures, and after weeks he abandoned the effort amid partisan backlash and jealousy from lawmakers. Voters may curb prima donna influence next election.
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Lester Loble
Lewis and Clark County
Jefferson County
Loble
House
Judiciary Committee
Rotary convention in Cleveland shocks bootleggers by sober crowd
A Cleveland group praised Rotary International after a convention drawing about 14 000 attendees. Bootleggers had stocked up for strong sales but delegates largely abstained from drinking, proving Rotarians take their ideals seriously and earning broad respect for the organization.
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Cleveland
Rotary International
Rotary
Modern adventure expands beyond polar feats and oceans
The piece argues that modern science and technology redefine exploration. It contrasts Roald Amundsen's feats with air travel and space, stating that astronomy, physics, and atomic science open vast frontiers. It claims humans can travel physically and mentally farther than Polo, Magellan, Columbus, or Amundsen, making new adventures out of science and invention.
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Marco Polo
Raold Amundsen
South Pole
North Pole
Northwest Passage
MacMillan
Faust
Polo
Magellan
Columbus
Amundsen
Best Editorial of the Day From The Baltimore Sun
A stream of satirical passages critiques Americanism and social pretensions. The piece lampoons status chasing fashion, traffic, and class snobbery while urging action over cynicism and the hollow pursuit of luxury.
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The
Baltimore Sun
The Wisest Word From a Silent Moment
A reflective quip collection contrasts polite pleas with restraint in conflict and doubt. It notes that in argument tolerance softens clashes, while common phrases mark endings, refusals, and temptations. The piece frames verbal choices as guiding wisdom.
Pan American congress of journalists slated for 1924 in Washington
The Fifth Pan American conference in 1923 authorized a journalists congress to convene on April 6, 1924, in Washington, to foster closer ties among American nations. Kellogg voiced期待 that such a congress would help readers understand shared aims. Latin American interest in U S media and cables grew as press services expanded, with American news outlets influencing regional journalism and film. Proceedings will explore courthouse offices, impres sive newspaper buildings, and cross-continental professional exchange.
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Washington, D. C
Americas
Santiago
Pchile
The
Pan American Union
United States
Washington, D.C
New York
West
Middle West
Tt Wis
Kellogg
America
Latin America
Associated Press
United Press
Great Britain
France
Germany
Tham
South America
Amer
United State
Congress of Journalists
States
Press offices gain polish as journalists tour Pan American gains
A visiting group admires cleaner, well lit newsroom rooms with separate quiet spaces for reporters and improved ventilation. They note pretentious offices may become standard and anticipate Pan American congress discussions on methods and ethics aiding cross American journalism links.
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Vssitor
Pan American Congress of Journalists
Americas
Failure of the educated and the new aristocracy idea
The Great Falls Leader laments widespread failure among the educated, noting business bias against college degrees. It argues colleges have become refuges for indolence and defects, urging reforms to create a disciplined class where intellect and industry gatekeep admission.
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Sass
Phiges
Great Falls
Prohibition Alliance Founder Touts New Group Amid Odd Claims
Beside a jocose note from Rafeagher County Republican in Des Moines July records Iowa highs at 100s and 103 mentioned as context. The text mocks a man named Willand H Ander son and cites Sing Sing and Alco forces with a farcical “American Prohibition Protestant, Vatriolic Protective Alliance” as a satire of political clubs. New Rochelle obituary notes David Nevenx Carvalho’s death.
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Willand H. Anderson
Alco Forces
Sing Sing
New York State
League
Miv Anderson
Lye
Rafeagher County
Immigration law’s second anniversary praised by Curran
Commissioner Henry H Curran hailed one year of the 1924 Immigration Act as delivering an opportunity to become acquainted with a controlled flow of newcomers. He noted the shift to younger, more assimilable entrants, praised consular work at the source, and urged medical pre-embarkation checks to cut deportations further.
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New York
Associated Press
Uncle Sam
Henry H. Curran
Ellis Island
Curran
Europe
Imare
America
Fie Sail
United States Health Service
Fale Lacy
Planets form Opectagle for Ky gazers this month
Washington July 1 The five brightest planets Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter and Saturn will be visible above the horizon together for much of July. On July 10 Mercury Venus and Mars will appear very close together resembling a triple star. Mercury reaches greatest eastern elongation July 28 and all three move eastward from Cancer into Leo with different speeds. Jupiter rises in the southeast and will be opposite the sun at midnight July 10 then be in view all night as Mercury Venus and Mars set after the sun.
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Washington
Associated Press
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
American Nature Association
Earth
Cancer
Lea
Libra
Answers to Questions From The Independent Bureau
A reader's query column presents brief questions on varied topics from train routes to postal rates and history. Topics include Golden Fleece Sunday timing, Seth Thomas clock noises, Shenandoah's first production, postal rates for cards, one-cent coin designs, Portland cement naming, Gene Tunney nationality, Detroit pennants, Jamestown exhibition dates.
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Berlin
Rome
W. A
Thoir
New York
St. Louis
Seth Thomas
R. M. Field
Shenandoah
Boston
Charles Frohman
H. A
Post Office Department
O. Tow
R. G. FL A
H. A PB
Quarrie
Isle of
Portland
British Isles
Gene Tunney
James John Tunney
Detroit Baseball Club
F. A. Stewan
Jamestown
Hampton Roads
Virginia
America
President Coolidge replies to Peruvian note in day’s capital update
News of day in National Capital reports President Coolidge’s reply to Peru’s latest diplomatic note. The briefing notes forecast continued focus on extraterritorial rights in Chita and outline immigration experts receiving instructions on the new plan to examine immigrants abroad.
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National Capital
Coolidge
Old War Resumed and Urban Health Divergence
The Philadelphia Record notes urban health advantages over country living despite farm toil. City air is not very bad and city water often beats farm wells for sanitation. It questions whether farmers overwork, while harvest season remains intense but other seasons allow rest. Doctors and hospitals are easier to reach in towns than rural areas. The piece also mentions the United States sending ambassadors and ministers to 45 countries.
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Rockefeller Foundation
Philadelphia
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