Iowa primary votes tilt against standpatters and pickett
In a six candidate field Brook Hart led with 41 percent. standpatter Pickett failed to reach 36 percent to clinch the nomination, despite a bid to split the progressive vote. Discontent with Washington affairs fuels the overturn, echoing Indiana and Pennsylvania. Meanwhile a U.S. arrival recounts a princess karmic tale of a Russian noble by marriage seeking asylum.
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Brookhart
John ‘S, Adame
National Committee
Iowa
Pickett
Washington
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Less government in business sparks coal price critique
A political column criticizes President Harding and Hoover for price schemes in coal, arguing the cost conference will raise consumer prices to near 14 dollars a ton for winter 1922. It questions federal price setting in business and calls for fair production regulation to keep miners employed year round. A Baltic pastor protests poker parties on church steps during services as a local aside.
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Harding
Herbert Hoover
Cone
Montana
Hoover
National Retail Association
Washington
Ltia
United States
Miner
Butte
Independent retail ads prove advertising pays in Helena
The Independent expands its retail campaign using small ads to drive demand and sales. It ran a prior dictionary campaign selling over eighteen hundred copies at five percent rent profit, while a local stationer gains nothing from advertisers and a nearby buyer purchases dictionaries in volume. Reports from Russia mock Lenine as likely dying, though Lenine’s health appears robust.
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Acloss
Independent
Helena
Helena Credit Men's Association
Iowa primary returns show Brookhart wins senatorial nomination
Returns from the Iowa primary indicate that Smith W. Brookhart, an ex service man, backed by radical Republican elements, has secured the senatorial nomination with Clifford W. Thorne and Pickett also noted as contenders, signaling continued strength of standpatters and old guard influence despite reformist currents.
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Iowa
Washington
Old Guard
Smith W. Brookhart
Case
Clifford W. Thorne
Pickett
Miles City to Get Evening American Daily
Editor T. J. Johns plans Miles City Evening American an evening daily backed by Custer county farmers and railroad men. The four page paper will include telegraph news service and growing local reporting as business supports expansion.
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The
Independent
Custer County
T. J. “Jerty
Johns
Miles City
American
Evening American
Sayre Daily Promoter
New Daily
Associated Press
Editorial: A critique of senators and the bonus bill
A Wall Street Journal editorial derides outgoing senators for adoring power and failing to curb mob influence. It condemns the stalled bonus bill, warns Congress muddles public business, and urges focus on practical budget measures over partisan theatrics.
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The
Wall Street Journal
HiaiJing
America
Pennsylvania
Vepper
Indiana
Beveridgeland
McCaumber
Thomas Jéfferson
Harding Svon
Senator Watson
Congress
McCumber
Pope
Budget Commission
Curious Miscellany from a Quirky, Wordy Era
A rambling string of jokes, observations, and wordplay touches on marriage, manners, weather, autos, prices, and daily life. It riffs on social quirks, common sayings, and light satire with a playful, era-typical voice and many misspelled phrases.
War Finance Corp fate hinges on Congress view
Washington June 4. The fate of the War Finance Corporation, a vast government bank with a $500,000,000 capital, rests on Congress. Created in 1918 to finance war work, it expanded to aid cattlemen and exporters, supported railroads, and funded agricultural loans. By May 1922 it had lent hundreds of millions to farms, banks, and cooperatives, shaping postwar finance and farm relief debates.
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Washington
War Finance Corporation
Congress
War Finanee Corporation
Lister
Vio
United States
Treasury
Ainn
Crise
War Finance Corporation Act
Wold
Matra
Federal Reserve Banks
War Finance
Corporation
Secretary of the Treasury
Hawster
Autum
Syas
Brea
Great Government Bank
Joecal Bank
Railroad Securitina
Yeecal
Tobaco
Ficm
Lie Corporation
Western farmers face continued unrest over grain prices
The Philadelphia Record argues that Republican hopes rely on farmers shifting back after price drops from 1920 highs. It notes July wheat at 1.17 per bushel versus 1.47 a year ago and oats below last year, with September oats also cheaper, leaving western farmers in a distressed electorate for the coming elections.
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Chicago
Tours
Uviddaa
Pililadelghla Rerard
Boy Shoots Self at San Jose Home
A 12 year old boy named Winslow shot himself through the heart with a pistol late last night in San Jose. He had been living with his grandmother Mia Fred I Allan after moving from San Francisco, according to police reports.
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Self
Tate
San Jose
Calif
Farl Winslow
San Francisco
Mia
Fred I. Allan
City Increases Police Force With 773 New Officers
Chicago expands its police department by adding 773 new officers after approval by the city and county boards. The move, supported by a 1000 appropriation, follows a formal request and endorsement from the city attorney Crowe amid ongoing enforcement efforts.
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Chicago
Amberthe Ernande
Atsorney Crowe
Answers to Questions from the Inquiry Reprint
A fragment of a Q and A page presents queries and brief responses on topics like education, slang origins, plays, Hessian troops, bananas, gender demographics, historic terms, and Cuba independence. The exchange cites names such as James A. Herne and mentions institutions and places, reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century quiz format.
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Massachusetts
Net
York
North Carolina
South Carlina
Georgia
Alabama
District of Columbia
Cuba
Gompers Defends Labor Practices in New York Hearings
The transcript shows Samuel Gompers arguing that union membership limits are principled in theory but practical in action. He criticizes state intervention, defends limited redress for workers, and urges patience while condemning violence. His stance suggests union leaders shape, and sometimes excuse, rare abuses in pursuit of work and power.
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Legislative Committee
New York
New York City
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Jist
Untermyer
Ile
Goutpers
Gamtpers
Plasterers’ Union
Ambassador Hotel
Gompe
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Squponica
Haske
Poland
Nugelcon
Che Ioral
Alaway
Ohio
Mary Garden
U.S
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Anatvaer
Sey
Tieley
Hutchinson
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Yitee
Eglish High School
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Gollon
Caurey
Great Britain
Mmr. Gompers
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