Memorial Day Tribute Spans Three Wars and Veterans
Memorial Day is observed as a national holiday with a morning parade and an Evening Shrine Auditorium program led by a Spanish-American War veteran. The piece recalls debates over using the day for entertainment and honors World War I veterans, Civil War survivors, and Spanish-American War veterans, with poetry from Col. John McCrae and notes on Detroit golfers crossing into Canada for access to courses.
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Flanders Field
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Unknown Arctic explorers face peril under Amundsen’s daring quest
More than a week after Amundsen and five companions left Spitzenberg in two aeroplanes, their fate remains uncertain. Debates among Arctic explorers rise over whether disaster struck, while supporters hail the explorers as noble adventurers pursuing links beyond ice barriers. If they succeed, new lands may be found beyond polar ice and open seas.
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Amundsen
Spitzenberg
Peary
Exploring Ice Barriers and Future Flight Prospects
The article weighs the limits of today’s aircraft in polar exploration amid Amundsen’s supply line and forecasts future machines to test unknown lands. It notes ice barriers may have long separated hemispheres and that glaciers and shifting ice caps indicate ongoing global changes, alongside Abe Martin’s quip about parental lessons and schooling.
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Amundsen
Europe
Asia
Atlantic
Pacific
Western Hemisphere
Scarlet Fever Immunity Serum Reported by Authorities
Announcement from a high authority cites fifteen years of research leading to a serum that may confer immunity to scarlet fever. The statement notes that natural immunity after recovery exists for some diseases and suggests artificial immunity could follow for others. The text also mentions a Cuban presidential statue highlighting the leader's steadfast nerve.
Baltimore and Ohio beer special in doubt across border
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reportedly planned a Louisville to Detroit beer special amid anti saloon league pressure. The Baltimore Sun notes officials deny any such plan while Secretary Weeks advocates wine and beer reform, inviting scrutiny of the railroad and public sentiment on Prohibition. The piece ends with a cynical remark about national mood.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Louisville
Baltimore Sun
Detroit
Railroad
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Sun
Congress
Gary Rockefeller
Anti-Saloon League
War Weeks
League
the Sun
Weeks
Baltimore and Ohio
Congress as a disease in Gary critique of bloc politics
Judge Elbert H. Gary of United States Steel warns that Congress is afflicted by personal and selfish motives. He urges lawmakers to subordinate self interest to national good, criticizing bloc politics and hoping Congress may shift after the Sixty eighth session. The editorial notes mixed optimism about reform.
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Iron and Steel Institute
Elbert H. Gary
Steel
America
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
House
Senate
Iron and Steel Industry
United States
Steel Corporation
Anthracite wage talks loom as Aug. 30 shutdown nears
The Haskin Letter surveys impending wage talks between operators and miners in the anthracite fields as August 30 nears. Both sides press for a wage shift, with miners seeking 10 to 10 percent gains and operators aiming for a cut or hold. A temporary agreement is possible, while government officials weigh intervention to limit disruption.
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Whiom
Scranton
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers
Washington
United States Coal Commission
Congress
French Ministry Survives Major Vote in Parliament
Paris May 29. The government of Premier Painleve is sustained in the chamber of deputies by a 537 to 29 vote after three days of debate over Moroccan policy. He pledges to defend every inch held under treaties while open to peace overtures with guarantees from Abd El Krim's representatives. The Communists oppose the government. Briand states future status talks with Rif protectorate require Spain's full collaboration.
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Paris
Associated Press
Painleve
Chamber of Deputies
France
Abd- El-Krim
Morocco
Spain
M. Briand
Prohibition Enforcement Plan Outlined by Wheeler
Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti Saloon League outlines a comprehensive program to extend prohibition enforcement. Telegrams from Acting Secretary Davis urge state governments to cooperate in the defense test on July 4. Ambassador De Cartier informs Secretary Mellon Belgium seeks early talks on funding its debt to the United States. Navy officials expect Elk Hills naval oil reserve administration to continue pending final lease adjudication.
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Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Salaan Ieaqute
Davis
DeCartier
Belgium
Mellon
United States
Navy
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Editorials By Our Readers on Farm Production and Surplus
F. L. Williams argues that cooperative or commercial farm policy must control or limit production to stabilize prices and ensure farmer profits. He contends philanthropy uses the poor as a trigger for appeals, notes 50,000 abandoned northeastern farms, and urges a coalition of farmers, labor, and business to support limiting production and maintaining farming as a viable big business. He asserts prosperity begins at the farm and questions relying on charity scraps. Miles City, May 28, 1925.
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the Independent
Congress
Furniture Trade Faces Federal Indictment
Chicago May 29 Two hundred sixty nine indictments against manufacturers and individuals in the furniture and case goods trade were returned by the federal grand jury. They face charges of restraint of trade and commerce with violations noted as dating back to 1913 but occurring in the last three years.
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Chicago
Associated Press
United States District Court
Federal Grand Jury
Answers to Questions from the Information Bureau
The piece presents a Q and A from the Telena Independent Information Bureau offering brief factual replies. It covers Ontario beer permissions, the meaning of General Goethals's name, finding battery polarities, identical post office names, usage of rail ways versus railroads, Queen Elizabeth's status, El Volcan climbs, closed car production gains, a president with an unbroken cabinet, NH accident figures, and immigrant origin statistics with various named responses and dates.
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Canada
Goethal
Willian C. Gorgas
Goethals
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Bureau of Standards
Postoffice Department
el Volcan
Republic of Panama
S. Wt
Panama Canal
Boquete
United
United States
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
John M. Clayton
Treasury
William M. Meredith
G. W. Crawford
Navy
William B. Preston
Interior
Thomas Ewing
Jacob Collamer
Reverdy Johnson
New Hampshire
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Unwritten law widens as Chicago girl kills father’s rival
The Lewistown Democrat News notes a Chicago case where a young woman shoots and kills her father's alleged paramour on the street. A coroner's jury quickly cleared her of charges, suggesting the unusual leniency may reflect a hardened city attitude toward killing.
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Chicago
Lewistown
Democrat-News
Old Time Remedies Mock President Indigestion
A Vermont style remedy joke compares castor oil to treating the president’s indigestion. The Lewistown Demokrat-News notes the difference between old home methods and modern health coverage for the chief executive.
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Calvin
Vermont
Lewistown
Democrat-News
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Haskin
Gaisis
National Capital
F. L. Williams
Miles City
Furniture Trade
John
Tez
Mary
Denver Parrakeet
Telena Independent Information Bureau
Frederick J. Heskin
Squirer
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