Coolidge Inaugural Calls World Leadership For Peace
The inaugural address outlines a policy of global cooperation toward lasting peace. It emphasizes America's duty to lead with restraint, support for international law, and a modern military while seeking a world court role. The speech frames cooperation over isolation and urges action over rhetoric.
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Long fight ends as Clyde Kelly wins mail carrier pay raise
Congressman Clyde Kelly of Pittsburgh seals a victory for postal workers by securing a retroactive $25 a month raise to all mail carriers and mail clerks nationwide. After twelve years in Congress and multiple rejections, the measure passed through House and Senate, with final conference adaptation.
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Questions and Answers From The Times About Notable Topics
A condensed Q and A column covers statuary in state capitols and public sculpture, church counts and ministers, the world’s largest clock at New York harbor, removing scale from pipes, private subscription dances, ambassador salaries to France Belgium and England, wart superstition about toads, and Bloody Mary in English history.
Waste menace and savings echo through Indiana and nation
Washington reports Ray M. Hudson warns waste costs Americans billions yearly. Simplification cuts 80 percent of demand to 20 percent of goods, shrinking brick tile lumber and lath varieties. Indiana lawmakers debate the Sherwood bill raising the state gasoline tax to 3 cents with 2 cents for road work.
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Sims Deficiency Bills Echo Combative Bank Tale
The item links congressional deficiency bills to a petty overdrawn account joke. It notes doctors curing the king’s smoking, aviation troubles rising, and a Wall Street fortune turning to ruin. Also mentions a drunken man sentenced for his wife’s hat and European tensions amid warm weather.
Crossing safety or damages at Maywood grade crossing
Five suits for damages totaling 83 500 were filed in Superior Court on behalf of the Hawkins family after a November grade crossing wreck near Maywood killed Rover Hawkins and his daughter and injured four others. An additional 10 000 suit was anticipated. The article argues crossing safety saves lives and public money by reducing accidents and insurance and operating costs for transportation companies.
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Interurban deficit hits Union Traction in 1924 report
The Union Traction Company reports a deficit of 419 622 923 for 1924, a swing from a 73 336 29 surplus the year before. Net revenues fell about 500 000 and passenger traffic dropped 12 percent as the once prosperous firm ends the year in receivership with other lines teetering on the brink.
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New York City as Museum of Human Curiosities
A New York City narrator describes the metropolis as an immense museum of odd figures. Subway Joe, nicknamed Jesus, roams the subway and streets sleeping in stations, wearing castoff clothes, with a quiet, learned bearing. He is joined by a small man named Sam who cleans a hotel lobby.
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Porkers Rise as Aristocrats in Indianapolis Pork Market
Hog prices in Indianapolis jumped to 13 3/4 dollars per hundredweight yesterday, up nearly a dollar in a week and at highs not seen since 1920. Farmers cheer rising farm prices as wheat nears two dollars a bushel and agriculture slowly improves despite Congress failing to pass farm relief.
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Questioning Indiana’s legislative legality and redistricting
A reader asks if Indiana has a de jure constitutional Legislature and whether the 1921 redistricting was constitutional. Citing the 162 Ind. 568 gerrymander line and Hancock County 1922 proceedings, the writer argues the 1921 act produced an unconstitutional, de facto legislature and urges action to curb public spending. The letter cites Supreme Court rulings and seeks remedy through legal action.
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All Dressed Up but Nowhere to Go
N D Cochran argues capitalized party names have lost meaning, noting varied Republican and Democrat factions across senators Pepper Norris Underwood Wheeler and others. He asserts no true liberal party exists, liberals are dressed up with nowhere to go as conservatives dominate both sides.
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Opium Trade Roots from India to China Discussed
The article traces opium origins in Asia, noting introduction by Muslim invaders to India, Mogul monopolies, Clive's conquest, and a persistent British policy aimed at pacifying India. It concludes with China shifting from importer to producer, reflecting a long historical cycle.
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Old Age, Play, and Opium Trade in China Debate
HAL COCHRAN contemplates aging and urge to keep vigor through play. The text shifts to opium consumption, noting China dominates production, Western plans to curb supply face political chaos and large Chinese demand, warning against simplistic solutions.
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Money Well Spent on Waterways Policy
Senator Fernald of Maine defends long standing government policy of developing the nation’s rivers. He says years of work and every dollar spent have been money well spent.
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Why Folks Quarrel So Long as Man Is Governed by Gain
A compact editorial note argues quarrels emerge from pursuit of gain whether in management or work. It reflects a wary view of human motives and workplace dynamics in a historical periodical tone.
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