Bryan Fails to Rally as Opponent Seizes Momentum
The piece compares Bryan’s poor mood and waning chances to historical figures like Asquith Lloyd George and Clemenceau, noting the futility of comeback efforts for leaders orators. It reflects on past municipal improvisations such as building own swimming holes when outdoor facilities were lacking.
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Bryan
Dayton
Bryan Sis
Asquith
Lloyd George
British Empire
Tiger” Clemenceau
Funny Immigration Laws Highlighted By Wartime Saga
A Greek-born Billings man who fought for America could not bring his fiancée here to marry, prompting Senator Walsh to stage a Bermuda wedding and entry. The piece also recounts Elizabeth Newns of Baltimore denied reentry due to mixed nationality rules after marriage to a Britishman, illustrating ongoing immigration law flaws and bureaucratic red tape.
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Billings
Greece
America
Walsh
Congress
Baltimore
Elizabeth Newns
Europe
United States
Mrs. Newns
Newns
Baltimore Sun
Ellis Island
Bryan speech at Dayton falls flat in comeback bid
In Dayton, Tennessee, crowds packed the courtroom expecting a Bryan comeback speech. He delivered, but it drew only tepid cheers as Dudley Malone of the Scopes team elicited louder applause from a hostile audience, prompting fresh discussion on Bryan’s fading prominence since the San Francisco convention era.
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Dayton
Bryan
Dudley Malone
Scopes
America
San Francisco
Bourke Cochrane
Pity murder term rises as Paris scandal spurs crime talk
A Paris case where a young Polish actress killed her fiancé to relieve his misery sparks talk of a new phrase pity murder. A seamstress who killed her sick sister and a workman who strangled his wife are cited as examples as Congress rakes over prohibition.
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Paris
Memory of old Germany fades as nationalism falls
The piece argues German nationalists face disillusionment after the 1914 world order ended, noting that hopes of financial security from Hindenburg or restoration of the empire are unrealistic. It touches on Western birth in eastern centers, prohibition politics, and U.S. treasury efforts to stretch the dollar, all in a sardonic, opinionated tone.
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Hindenburg
Germany
Editorial on American Woolen wage cuts and tariff impact
The American Woolen Company cuts wages affecting about 3000 workers amid industry slack. The piece blames Republican tariff policy for harming woolen mills, noting high wages tied to tariff protection and political timing around the 1912 election. It argues duties on raw wool and compensatory tariffs raise wool clothing costs and depress employment.
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American Woolen Company
Fardneys McCumber
RIE Ag Stan
Andy Yey
Indusery
Quotations on Temper, Tolerance and Virtue
A compact set of aphorisms on tempering anger with restraint tolerance with appreciation justice with open minds humor as refined art criticism with restraint sympathy as unselfish friendship and seriousness to grasp life's magnitude.
Women Enter Workforce Across Demographics in Census Ranks
Washington reports findings by the Women's Bureau on how war and postwar eras reshaped women's employment. data show rising female participation in gainful work since 1910, with shifts from domestic service to manufacturing and other fields, varying by state and by race and nativity.
Working women by race and native birth in early 20th century data
The analysis shows white native and other groups by 1910 and 1920 working female population, noting white natives form the bulk of employed women at 43.7 percent, while Native American and Indian squaws are cited as lower. It also critiques the omission of housework from gainful occupation statistics and contrasts social images from Broadway to rural life.
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Washington, D.C
Women's Bureau
Department of Labor
United States
South Carolina
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New England
West Virginia
Idaho
Secon
Wigiter
Nuber
Horn
Fife
Regia
Back to Normalcy Amid Scopes Debate in Baltimore Suns
The Baltimore Suns mockingly voices fatigue with the Scopes era on the eve of verdicts. The piece lampoons anti-evolution arguments and media fervor, urging readers to focus on the actual score or outcome rather than ongoing disputes.
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Baltimore Suns
Folsom Prison Death of John Connelly alias Silver Joe Kelly
John Connelly known as Silver Joe Kelly was hanged at Folsom Prison California for the February 1 1922 murder of Policeman Francis M Heenan in Marysville The execution followed a direct walk to the scaffold American aviators preparing to fight the Rifian tribesmen will wear red sashes baggy trousers and hip boots
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Folsom
Calif
Associated Tress
John Connelly
Silver Joe" Kelly
Marysville
Francis M. Heenan
Unassistad
Fez
Morateo
Locke kicked out of Ku Klux Klan
Denver reports Dr. John Galen Locke banished by Imperial Wizard Hirdi Wesley Evans for disobeying orders and violating Klan precepts. Locke also removed as Colorado grand dragon and imperial representative for Idaho, Utah and Nevada, with orders to hand over Klan funds to Brunn. Evans reinstated suspended Denver figures on July 13. Fresh developments show Carl Milliken, Colorado secretary of state, firing deputy state labor commissioner Carl De Lochte over Klan ties.
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Denver
Associated Tress
Denver Times Today
John Galenlocke
Ku Klux Klan
Hirdi Wesley Evans
Colorado
William F. Zambruon
Evans
Locke
Idaho
Utah
Nevada
Zumbrunn
The
Times
Fresh Mesa
Milliken
Carl de Lochte
Andre
de Lochte
Knights of American Crusaders
Klan
Milken
National Capital News and Prohibition Regulation Report
The day reports a postponed prohibition enforcement flaw and election recount gains for Senator Brodkhart. It notes hearings on coal payments and treasury scrutiny over Loren Hy. Wittier while the commerce commission withholds tale disclosures. A dish of music in restaurants provokes debate on ambiance versus dining.
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Brodkhart
Jawa
Graguan
Loren Hy. Wittier
The
Treasury
Innerstace Commerce Commission
Lake Coal
Pilgrimage to Rome by Mother and Children
Luisa Cences a Spanish widow and her three children aged seven four and two completed a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome traveling mostly on foot from Morocco starting December 9 1924 with 25 pesetas in hand. They slept under the stars or on beaches and earned money by selling their photograph postcards receiving the Holy Year benediction from Pope Pius XI.
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Rome
Associated Press
Luisa Cences
Morocco
Senora Cruces
Gras
Pius XI
Answers to Questions About Radio Language and More
International Amateur Radio congress in Paris adopted Esperanto as the official international radio language. Other Q A cover Persian indemnity for Imbrie, Coast Guard rescues, global vehicle counts, bat removal, The White Sister director, Henry Watson Library, playgrounds by state, and how to invite a friend to call on a daughter.
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Paris
Europe
Note
Persia
Robert Imbrie
Teheran
Mes
Imbrie
Coast Guard
United States
C. Dy. A
Department of Commerce
B.W
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Imine
Stins
Whitefish Thrive At Flathead Lake In First Plant Proves Success
The Missoula fan notes that nine Lake Superior whitefish weighing one and a quarter to two pounds were caught in a single haul shortly after the first planting five years ago. The article asserts the fish will thrive, with plans for year round packing and shipping to Montana and neighboring states, bringing a new industry to Flathead Lake.
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Flathead
Prohibition Policy Under Fire From Officials
General L. C. Andrews, assistant secretary of the treasury in charge of prohibition enforcement, writes to the New York Times asserting no embarrassment over prohibition personnel selections and blames bootlegger propaganda for any doubt. Senator Watson of Indiana contends politics cannot be eliminated from enforcement, signaling ongoing political friction in policy.
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Watson
Indiana
Senator Watson
General Andrews
Philadelphia
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