Old Sweetheart Testifies in Stokes Defamation Trial
William Meyer, a dye maker from St. Louis, testified in Chicago that he and Helen Elwood Stokes of Denver were longtime friends during 1905 to 1910. He described photos from a Ripon Wisconsin party and a San Francisco beach shot as playful, not scandalous, while prosecutors say they prove Mrs. Stokes’ alleged Everleigh Club past.
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Chicago
Assasciated Press
Helen Elwood Stokes
Denver
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Elwood
Stokes
Everleigh Club
Meyer
Helen
Isaac L. Elwood
Nassau
Mrs. Lydig
Miller
San Francisco
Cali
Edgar Wallace
Supreme Court ruling narrows rail labor board power
The Taft court holds that railroads need not submit disputes to the railroad labor board and may recognize internal employee representatives. The decision says Congress created no mandatory duty enforceable by courts, and that enforcement relies on public opinion rather than court action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Railroad Labor Board
Taft
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Company
Congress
Labor Board
Measures Signed by Governor Erickson Chronicle
Governor Erickson signed multiple senate and house bills covering taxation property classification banking bonds and company capital licenses and records. Key actions include approvals of S36 S39 S54 S45 S57 S72 S82 S88 S93 S95 S99 S101 S105 S124 S150 and S220th anniversary resolution along with House bills 56 61 136 151 192 281 294 and 301. A separate Vera Cruz Mexico item notes liquor license fee increases forcing closures.
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Erickson
Senate
Northern Montana Agricultural Training School
George Washington
Dream Balm and Ely’s Cream Talim Fight Early Colds
An ad urges using Dis's Dream Balm in the nostrils to clear nasal passages during a cold. It recommends Ely's Cream Talim to quell the cold at once and keep on hand to prevent future colds, promising quick head relief.
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Ely
Drake takes command aboard the Orontes in mutiny clash
Alden Drake rises to captaincy of the Orontes at Cape Town as Jake Stevens is demoted to chief mate. Mary Manning schemes to recover the ship while mutineers ashore are rounded up. Drake defends his leadership amid looming Batavia inquiry and a tense rescue of Mary.
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Alden Drake
Jake Stevens
Mary Manning
Cape Town
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Drake
Java
Mary
Ike
Jake
Batavia
Gan
Twining
Joe Bunting
Hns Crew
Joe
Tubbs
Sims
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Joe Buntwig
Grantes
Tain
Tom
Sans Drake
Negroes Plea to White House for Garvey Clemency
Telegrams from across the United States and Canada report mass meetings of Negroes calling on President Coolidge to spare Marcus Garvey. The leader sits under a penitentiary sentence for conspiring to defraud members of his race in an African colonization scheme.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Canada
Mexico
Marcus Garvey
Senators Spar Over Speech Time and Committee Roles
Senator Survant pressed to talk longer than the five minute rule as Hazelbaker sought to place him on the committee of the whole, drawing a wary response from Survant. Porter chaired a busy session with highway and auto theft measures amid parliamentary maneuvering and sharp exchanges.
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John Survant
Hazelbaker
Survant
Phillipe County Sclon
Sazelbakers
Porter
Bealdes
Cone
Stewart
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