France Faces Financial Peril Amid Budget Crisis and Elections
The piece warns that France must balance its budget to avoid dire consequences as the franc slides, prompting Poincare to raise taxes and cut spending. After a Morgan loan, the franc briefly rallied, then fell again as Herriot’s radical-socialist coalition won and promises of tax cuts emerged, risking renewed deficit pressures. The author urges a resolute government stance akin to Verdun.
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Rance
Rhine
Seine
Chamber of Deputies
Poincare
France
Morgan Banks
America
Bloc National
Ruhr
Edouard Herriott
Morgan
Herriot
Turkey
Verdun
A Word for Congress On Powers and Independence
A historical critique argues the judicial branch operates with life tenure and independence, the executive risks encroaching on legislative rights, and the people hold strongest leverage over Congress every two years. It warns against allowing rubber-stamp conformity to the President.
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Supreme Court
House
Senate
Congress
Executive
Judicial
Legislative
Dawes Says Vice Presidency Mention Irritates Him
Charlie Dawes warns that even the mention of the vice presidency irritates him. He cautions readers to proceed carefully and slow down, signaling potential trouble ahead.
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Charlie Dawes
Girl Tells How to Pick a Husband by Psychology
New York June 5. Miss Alyce McCormick 23 year old beauty from Nebraska and daughter of a colonel in the Volunteers of America arrives in New York to apply business methods to marriage. Long lines of applicants pass before her daily at the Mason's.
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NEA Service
New York
Alyce McCormick
Nebraska
The
Volunteers of America
the Mason's
June Bride Dreams and a Hope Chest of Plans
A 1924 NEA Service poem celebrates June brides as they patiently plan for married life. The piece describes a bride-to-be keeping home records, storing fine garments in a hope chest, and cherishing dreams of a future as Mrs. Cupid signals witty, hopeful wedding season.
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Dan Cupid
Nere
Woman Tests Suitors With Scientific Methods in Exposition
Fashion and Home Exposition centers on Miss McCormick testing suitors at the Greenwich Village Hotel. Fourteen men fail the tests including reactions to general chatter and proven falsehoods. Further trials include patience, puzzle solving, block design, and adaptability before considering additional evaluations.
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Greenwich Village
War quotes and political remarks from early 20th century figures
A collection of remarks from Harry F. Ward Thomas Riley Marshall Will H. Dilg John W Weeks and Henry L. Jost on war pacifism ministerial respect drainage policy and republican principles. The quotes reflect antiwar sentiment critique of drainage policy advocacy for peace and a defense of traditional republican ideals.
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Harry F. Ward
Thomas Riley Marshall
Ask The Times Quiz Answers From Indianapolis Times
Readers could send questions to the Times Washington Bureau for factual inquiries. The column lists answers on topics from unconscious mind control to world geography, agriculture, demographics, and baseball. It cites Mayo on the unconscious mind and Adolfo Luque as top pitcher with 27 wins and 8 losses.
Family Fun Bringing Up Father Cartoon Snippet
A light panel from Boston Tran script features banter between a wife and husband about lawn care and a son’s college graduation. The wife jokes about the lawn mower as a sign of status while the husband notes his father’s scythe in the kitchen. The judge quips about the son’s allowance being cut in half as graduation nears.
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Boston Transcript
Thought Thou Shalt Not Kill Sixth Commandment
A compact excerpt frames murder as a crime beyond expiation, noting it as the greatest offense nature abhors, attributed to Soffe.
G. O. P fears Friday the thirteenth in Cleveland
The piece notes anxiety within the Republican camp over concluding the Cleveland convention on Friday the 13th June 12. It outlines Democratic strategy to study the GOP platform, anticipate weak spots, and watch the Farmer Labor and La Follette factors. It warns that independent movements could split the Northwest vote, aiding the dominant party.
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G. O. P. Carpenters
Coolidge
Farmer- Labor Party
St. Paul
la Follette
American Federation of Labor
Northwest
Aid Party
Quotable Bits and Banter From An Everyday Life
A collection of aphorisms and humorous snippets on marriage politics wealth and daily quirks. Included are wry lines about farmers picnics and family dinners alongside a regional dialect joke about a wake and roast pork quoted from an Everybodys Magazine excerpt.
Immigrant law broken for baby quota deportation
A four month old baby from Yorkshire, England, faces deportation as excess quota after Ellis Island officials hold up his entry. His mother Agnes Cullumbine had been admitted with a first paper but the British quota is filled. The infant was to join his father in Youngstown, Ohio, who has never seen him. The case highlights the rigidity of quota limits and the complexities of immigration law.
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Alexander Herman
New York
Yorkshire
England
Agnes Cullumbine
Youngstown
Ohio
Ellis Island
Amer
Population pressure and cities target long term crisis
A science focused forecast imagines the United States reaching about seven hundred million by century end. It notes the country can sustain growth with advances in agriculture and industry but highlights unequal distribution and city concentration. If unchecked, Malthusian forces of vice, war and pestilence may limit crowded populations.
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United States
New York
Deported baby allowed to leave on humane order
An infant born abroad was to be deported under strict immigration law. A hurried Washington appeal by Acting Labor Secretary White led to the baby’s release. The family then fled by train toward Youngstown while other awaiting passengers remained aboard the Dante Alighieri, trapped by changes in the law at sea.
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Ican
Washington
White
Reader in Defense of Ellis Girl
A letter to The Times rebukes editors for the Gladys Ellis case and urges stricter laws to prevent similar outcomes. It condemns Indiana for allowing the event and mocks privilege in crime, while praising Congress for the bonus bill and urging the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce to support mass-measure policies. William J. Walters signs.
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The
Times
Gladys Ellis
Indiana
Congress
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
William J. Walters
Nature's hoadzin bird spotted in Guianas hunt
The hoadzin, a rare South American bird, features two toes on each wing and moves on all fours. An American Museum representative is in British Guiana to snare a few hoadzins. A lighthearted sight test follows about spotting two stars at the Big Dipper bend, contrasting with the fainter Alcor.
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South American Guianas
American Museum
British Guiana
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