Foreign tensions in Shanghai and Canton threaten foreign residents
The piece warns Americans and other foreigners in Shanghai and Canton face intensified danger as Bolshevist agitation, labor strikes, and nationalist fervor flare. Marines are en route and other foreign troops are being sent to protect lives and property as Western powers insist on open door privileges and immunity for foreign businesses.
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Shanghai
Canton
China
Moscow
ManNa
Woodrow Wilson
Warren Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Russia
America
United States
Helena paper flags Henry Baker as Dixon revival center
Analysis suggests the Helena evening paper backs Henry Baker, state house postmaster, to lead a Dixon party revival in Montana. Baker is poised to succeed Jerome Locke at the New Era Club, assembling the old Dixon-Lanstrum political machine, with possible future on the state ticket and enhanced party influence.
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Helena
Henry Baker
State House
Erickson
Dixon Party
Montana
Dixon Machine
Baker
Jerome Locke
New Era Club
Dixon-Lanstrum
Voters of
Locke
Opposition to Baker sparks bid for Secretary of State
The opposition of Secretary of State Charles T. Stewart to Baker's reappointment likely drives the old iron crowd to back a Baker bid for Secretary of State. A federalism backlash after the Volstead act helped limit bulk smoker assignments to criminal classes.
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Charles T. Stewart
Baker
Most Vicious Beast Mosquitoes Threaten World Health
A sweeping campaign warns that mosquitoes cause more deaths and destruction than any wild animal. The piece notes their role in malaria and yellow fever linking to the Panama Canal project and historic empires, while contrasting other animals. It ends with criticism of marriage laws influenced by clubs.
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Panama
Canal Zone
Gorgas
Earth
United States
McCumber life sinecure draws heat on economy debate
The piece rails at federal jobs seen as wasteful funds, focusing on ex Senator McCumber’s $7,500 yearly International Joint Commission post. It critiques economy talk, notes Hoovers warnings, and accuses Washington of using McCumber to appease North Dakota voters while rail costs and Amundsen rescue talk surface in a broader critique of policy and power.
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McCumber
North Dakota
Fordney
Michigan
International Joint Commission
Canada
Lome Ducks
Hoover
Coolidge
Washington
North
Editorial on heat waves shaping American life
The New York World muses that extreme heat, though unpleasant, spurred innovations and habits from ice defences to lighter clothing. It recalls Dickens on ice sounds, shifts in diet since 1830, outdoor leisure, and the evolution of homes and transport. Americans adapt with fans, outdoor sleeping porches, seaside trips, bobbed hair, and lighter underwear as summers grow longer.
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Dickens
Broadway
Taylor
America
New York Edison East River Plant Aims Vast Power Reach
The June report details the future East River Station to be built on 14th Street and the East River. The project will create the world’s largest electric generating complex with 700 000 kilowatts capacity, nine 60 000 kilowatt generators, and nine giant turbo generators. It will require 1 150 000 000 gallons of water daily and use 800 000 gallons per minute from the river. Coal handling will involve ocean freighters of 1000 tons, towers along the riverfront, and automated feed to boilers.
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Washington, D.C
New York Edison Company
Fourteenth Street
East River
Metropolis
New York City
France
Europe
Gennevillers
Paris
Muscle Shoals
United States
New York
Manhattan
New York State
New York Edison
Edison Company
Committee On Regional Plan
Catskill Aqueduct
Edison plant to double central station capacity
The Edison company plans an new station designed by Thomas E pierray to unload coal directly from freighters and load ashes from the plant on river snows. The facility is expected to reach .2 capacity, twice the largest current centralized installation, and match the combined output of Hell Gate and Waterside stations serving Manhattan and nearby counties. Completion of the initial generating equipment is promised for next spring.
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Fic
Edison
Central Station
Hell Gate Station
Sherman Creek
Manhattan
Bronx
Westchester County
Queens
Thomas E. Pierray
The
Edison Company
New York
Brother Asmar of Suberdeau Orphanage Charged in Death
Montreal June 11 By the Associated Press Francais De Vries chouwer known as Brother Asmar of the Orphanage at Suberdeau was found guilty of manslaughter today for the scalding death of 8 year old Hector Galarneau one of his charges January 21 The boy died after immersion in a tub of boiling water Brother Asmar said the scalding happened while he was changing Hector s clothes The sentence will be handed down later.
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Montreal
Associated Press
Francais de Vrieschouwer
Brother Asmar
Suberdeau
Hector Galarneau
Asmar
Hecter
Too Many Intellectuals In Education Debate
The Lewistown Democrat- News argues against pure academic focus in schools dispensing with daily domestic work. It cites a graduate who prefers skilled trade over a university course, warning that education should include real hard work and practical duties beyond professional paths.
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Lewistown Democrat- News
Malone Declares He Will Not Be Goat In Scopes Case
New York June 11 The lawyer Dudley Field Malone says he will actively help in the Scopes case or not at all and declines to be the goat. Scopes complains of youth and inexperience while Darrow presses for a public speech as the trial approaches in Dayton Tennessee.
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New York
Associated Press
John Scopes
Dayton
Tenn
Scopes
Dudley Field Malone
Civic Club
Sambridge Colby
Dudley Field
Malone
Arthur Garfield Hars
Charles S$. Thomas
Colorado
Ione Bucks
Darrow
Rational Capital Dispatches Report Safe Americans in Chenghai
Dispatches from China say Americans are safe in Chenghai as President Coolidge intervenes again in shipping board affairs. Commissioner Haynes expresses renewed optimism over city enforcement. Ambassador Sheffield conferred with officials in Mexican conditions. Antitrust suits begin against an alleged cattle hair monopoly. America reiterates hands off policy on European security pact.
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China
Chenghai
Coolidge
Shipping Board
Haynes
Sheffield
America
Labor Leader Fined in Contempt Case
Morgantown West Virginia June 11 By the Associated Press A Bittner chief international representative of the United States Workers in the northern West Virginia car strike region was found guilty of contempt by Judge I G Lazelle He received a 500 fine and six months in jail plus a 2000 bond pending appeal The action stemmed from a May 3 Fairmont address in which he warned judges they could issue injunctions but would violate rights if they interfered with individuals
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Morgantown
W. Va
Associated Press
A. Bittner
United States
West Virginia
I. G.la~ Zelle
Bittner
Fairmont
Lazelle
Radio graduate Clifford Lideon first Iowa radio alum
Clifford Lideon of Burlington Ta is noted as the University of Iowa s first radio graduate. Crippled by fines as a freshman he studied at home via radio and heard the final exam questions over the air then wrote the answers.
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Clifford Lideon
Burlington
University of Iowa
Jradio
Answers to Questions Answers to Questions
The piece outlines the Washington Information Bureau led by Frederic T. Has hkin and presents a Q A format with varied trivia. Questions cover New York fruit haul distances, Mergenthaler as an American inventor, rocking chairs origin, pulque composition, Chinese queue history, day length change, Canada air mail, Merry England term, Garf ield army rank, Owen Society religion, Welsbach mantle chemicals, and Edison on genius with concise factual answers.
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New York City
N. A
California
Florida
Mergenthaler
Germany
United States
Signal Service
America
China
Canada
England
Garfield
House of Representatives
Owen Society
New Benes
N. H
Robert Owen
The
Harmonists
Edison
Military reserves to become forests nationwide
President Coolidge approved establishing national forests on six military reservations after Weeks' recommendation. The sites include Camp Knox Kentucky Fort Brady Michigan Fort Meade South Dakota Fort D A Russell Wyoming and Fort Huachuca Arizona plus Savannah proving grounds Illinois. The lands will be managed jointly by the Agriculture and War Departments but remain available for military use in emergencies.
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Washington
Associated Press
Coolidge
Weeks
Camp Knox
Fort Brady Target Range
Michigan
Fort Meade
South Dakota
Fort D. A. Russell
Target and Maneuver Reservation
Wyoming
Fort Hauchuca
Arizona
Danish Lutheran Church elects Carlson president at Albert Lea
Rev M C Carlson of Royal Iowa was elected president of the United Evangelical Danish Lutheran Church of America at the convention in Albert Lea Minn on June 11. Albert Hanson of Harlan Iowa and Rev James C Peterson of Fremont Nebraska were re elected to the general board of publication.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Associated Press
M. C. Carlson
Royal
Iowa
United Evangelical Danish Lutheran Church of America
Albert Hanson
Harlan
James C. Peterson
Fremont
Neb
General Board of Publication
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D. D
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Dudley F. Malone
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Rational Capital
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