Democrats Put Real Emotion In Their Platform
William Allen White argues in 1920 that Democratic national delegates show a deep, fevered stake in prohibition while Republicans drift on the issue. He notes a sea of fear among leaders about the woman vote and a push to keep the platform dry or wet, shaping the race to the presidency and the public mood.
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Chicago
Middle West
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
Maine
Ohio
Indiana
Illinoia
California
Londera
Hopkins Ship Launch Named for Erek Topkina
The stroyer Hopkins named for Erek Topkina, first commodore of the continental navy, was launched today at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation yard.
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Stroyer Hopkins
Erek Topkina
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Suffragists Urge Tennessee to Call Ratification Session
Washington reports the National Woman's Party urged Governor Roberts to convene a Tennessee legislature session immediately to ratify the suffrage amendment. The move aims to enable women in non-suffrage states to vote in July and August primaries.
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Washington
National Woman's Party
Roberts
Tennessee
Wage Board Decision Sparks Transit Labor Action
About 256 switchmen and yardsmen began a work pause as the labor board prepared to rule on wage scales. Three rounds of interruptions occurred during the va celion period at the yard and nearby facilities.
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Eric
Vacelion
Labor Board
Gredit To Her Dire? Muddled Note Reflects Coded Message
A garbled OCR fragment shows unclear dialogue with phrases about Ned and behavior. The truncated text lacks coherent names, places, or dates, making full meaning elusive while preserving as much readable content as possible. The snippet suggests a personal note or letter with stray comments and misread words.
U S Comes Close to Paying All Bills
Washington reports the federal government nearly paid all its bills as the fiscal year ended. Officials say deficits and surpluses balanced through 9 months, with June operations likely to finish with a surplus.
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U.S
Washington
Transacione
Ater
Fign
Tennessee Women Press To Move Call For Suffrage State Action
Women advocates in Tennessee pressed for an immediate formal call by Gov. Roberts to convene a special legislature to ratify the federal suffrage amendment. Democratic delegates debated advancing the call and vetoed the move, while suffragists led by Abby Scott Baker urged August as the date if the call is issued now. Laboring fears concern Republican lawmakers blocking ratification as Democrats did elsewhere.
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Ian Francisco
Gov. Roberts
Tennessee
Educus
Abby Scott Baker
Miss Clay Alone On Anti League Stand
San Francisco June 30 The split among Democratic women delegates over the League of Nations leaves Laura Clay of Kentucky deserted by Cora Wilson Stewart. At a caucus Miss Clay urged against endorsing the keynote pro league stance. Stewart said Miss Clay is the most isolatory in Kentucky and the state convention had unanimously endorsed the League.
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San Francisco
League of Nations
Miles Laura Clay
Kentucky
Cora Wilson Stewart
Miss Clay
Kromer Cummings
Stewart
Greek Drive to Organize Gains Halted in Ashi Minor
London reports Greek advance in Ashi Minor paused to consolidate positions. A Smyrna dispatch notes Polish forces retreating in Ukraine as Bolshevists push back. Polish front news says retreat extends from Vilna to Caminer and Godolek with several towns abandoned. Moscow wireless messages claim Red Army success across the front.
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London
Ashi Minor
Smyrna
Ukraine
Moscow
Vilna
Caminer
Godolek
Keovno
Mossaees
Red
Paper prices up as Evening Telegram increased
In New York the Evening Telegram will rise to 3 cents starting tomorrow, owner Frank A. Munsey announced citing high labor and paper costs. The Evening Sun, another Munsey publication, will move to a new venue on July 1.
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New York
Evening Telegram
Frank A. Munsey
Evening Say
Munsey
Clearing House Plan for Board of Trade
Chicago announces plans for a new clearing house with $1,000,000 incorporated capital. It is estimated that 50 percent of current clearing house members would join the Board of Trade Clearing Corporation under the plan.
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Board OF Trade
Cearing House
Board of Trade, Incorporated
Clearing House
Board Ofrade Clearing Corporation
Arrebort in church war leads to arrest in Michigan
Albert Sherman of Toledo is charged with the killing of Walter Gilday near Petersburg Michigan during a street riot after a Digyt meeting in North Whiteford Michigan. Louis J. King, a Romaniist, organized the event. Over 400 parsons attended the Hardanger Laget gathering of descendants of residents of Mardanger valley in Norway.
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Toledo
Albert Sherman
Petersburg
Mich
Walter Gilday
Erie
Mioh
Pioney
North Whiteford
Louis J. King
Bsherman Cave
Northwest
Yeaterday
Hardanger Laget
Mardanger Valley
Norway
Safest Investment? Dollar Value and Savers Question
The piece argues the dollar is worth 66 cents and a saver is purchasing dollars at half value. It suggests future normalization will double the investment, asking if any investment can beat this potential turnaround.
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Dolar
Longevity Tales From Dr. Robert Gray of Chiapas
Dr. Robert Gray of Chiapas Mexico credits longevity to a long British stock soured milk clabber temperate living and ongoing outdoor activity. He recalls Civil War service and a life of hardship balanced by hope and work while noting the absence of a wife as a personal aside.
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Robert Gray
Chiapas
Mexico
Tmve
Dr. Gray
Gray
United States
Lee
Appomattox
Georgia
Sherman
Honduras
Guatemala
Metchnikoff
Gray Alwayen
Bryan APT to Get Bit in Lions Den in Dry Plank Fight
In San Francisco at the St Francis hotel Bryan and Postmaster General Burleson discuss the Democratic platform on alcohol. Bryan, urging a dry plank, faces likely opposition from the resolutions committee and hints at a compromise to avoid a full liquor fight at the convention.
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Bryan
Lion's den
San Francisco
St. Francis Hotel
William J. Ryan
Burleson
Daniel
Resolutions Committee
Harding
den of Lions
MARA 15 SWEPT BY BG TORNADO
A tornado hit Omaha on June 29 causing about 600000 dollars in damage. The Akser ben grandstand and a resort from seven years ago were destroyed. One woman passenger was injured by a fallen wire but is expected to recover. Trees were uprooted as the storm followed a path similar to past cyclones.
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Omaha
Cyblones
Et Ae
Tge New Akserben
Political and Economic Wrangles in U S Policy Debates
In a critique of tariff reform and international roles, the piece cites Senator Lodge blaming the president for perceived trade missteps and argues that protectionism risks harming export markets and debt payments. It questions League of Nations rhetoric and warns against breaking independence for foreign unions.
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Lodge
Commerce and Finance
League of Nations
Owen Demands Planks for Women at Convention
Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma called for including the women voters league planks in the Democratic platform. He urged child welfare laws federal marketing regulation and other measures while declining to attend the convention’s opening session.
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San Francisco
Robert L. Owen
Oklahoma
Wague of Women
Owen
Cummings
Senator Owen
St. Francis Hotel
More British Troops Arrive in Londonderry Amid Turmoil
Dublin reports 400 additional British troops arrive in Londonderry to restore order as unrest continues. In Fermoy troops raided, shops wrecked in retaliation for Brigadier General Lucas capture by Sinn Fein. Armed men seized the Clare Castle steamer in Dublin harbor. Crosshaven police barracks burned near Cork. Rail service improves with more dismissals for refusing to move armed trains.
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Fermoy
Lucas
Clare Castle
Dblin Harbor
Cross Haven
Cork
Wilson Sparser Contact With Spokesmen At Democratic Convention
Washington reports President Wilson had no direct contact with his San Francisco spokesmen as the Democratic National Convention opened. Officials expect him to communicate via a written message rather to openly guide the convention, avoiding charges of crowding or crown prince influence.
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Washington
Wilson
Yay
San Francisco
White House
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
Colby
Carter Glass
Prugsian
Chicago
Advice Requested on Anemia in a Young Girl
A mother seeks guidance for her nearly 12 year old daughter who is anemic with poor breakfast appetite but variable meals. She asks if travel to pine woods or sea, a southern winter, or Gloud’s iron pills help, and whether a nutrition clinic or Children’s Bureau literature could assist.
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A. T
Uaea
Monster sugar cargo arrives in Chicago
Four million pounds of Cuban sugar arrived in Chicago from England via Canada to be sold wholesale at 24 cents a pound and to consumers at 26 cents. English buyers purchased it after the United States declined the Cuban offer. Canada redirected the shipment when over supply and market demand shifted back to the United States.
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Chicago
United States
England
Canada
Cuba
A Geelle Lullaby For My Granddaughter Jenny
A poetic lullaby styled dedication to a granddaughter named Jenny. The text blends whimsical imagery with guardianship themes and notes a hopeful blessing. It references a London Mercury piece and mentions an Irish Gaelle and Perceval Graves in a reflective, antiquated tone.
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Jenny
Perceval Graves
London Mercury
Iriah
Interest Rate Bond Relief Bill Is Killed
Pierre June 28 The Senate killed a bill passed by the House that would allow the governing body to offer bonds again up to 6 percent without another election The move ends a plan to ease bond financing while a state bureau for employment under the immigration department failed to gain passage with no free employment bureau this harvest season Backers consider reconsideration as both houses push toward emergency measures with many members absent and a largely partisan atmosphere Persisting turmoil shapes the ledger of state fiscal policy.
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Pierre
Senate
House
Immigration Department
Fragmentary dialogue at bank robbery scene captured
A garbled transcript shows a president questioning a clerk about a bank robbery. The clerk answers briefly about insurance, while unrelated fragments reference Thursday, Jacquelina, and a request to write.
Von Braun Named Labor Minister in Center Party Cabinet
Berlin reports that on June 2 the Rev. Dr. von Braun of the center party was appointed minister of labor in the cabinet of Chancellor Fahren von. The announcement was published today.
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Berlin
von Braun
Center Party
Fahren von
Shamming Death and Fear in Animals and Humans
In this Rural Weekly piece the author argues that what is called shamming death is actually fear paralysis in animals and humans. A fox or hen may appear motionless while terrified, but psychology suggests intentional death-dreading is unlikely. fear drives flight or stillness as a safety response.
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Rider
Fox
Peif
Natura
Tuberculosis Types and Workplace Effects in Historical Study
A British committee led by Dr. John Brownlee classifies consumption into three main types by age of death: young adult, middle age, and old age, with varying prevalence across trades. Bootmakers and slate quarrymen show notable risks, while coal miners’ risk rises with age. environmental factors and inhaled substances are discussed alongside a patient query about tuberculin and care options.
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British Committee On Research
John Brownlee
Leicester
Cornwall
Growing the Hoodlum Luther Burbank and Environment
The author argues environment shapes character and behavior. He compares nurturing to plant growth, asserting gentle surroundings plus love and care transform children from harsh backgrounds into productive, upright adults.
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Luther Burbank
The Real Favorite Opinion From The Washington Star
A fragment from The Washington Star critiques campaign spending and public perception, suggesting excessive spending undermines credibility and loyalty. It references a favored son and political history in a satirical tone.
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The
Washington Star
Opera in the Arena from Louisville Courier Journal fragment
A fragmentary note references a Louisville Courier Journal item about an opera in the arena featuring a barytone and performers linked to Carmen and a Rebel From Life production. Names Jaurie-Clare and Edith appear in the truncated text.
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Louieville
Davenport Sisters In Line For $2 Million Law Estate
The $2,000,000 estate of the late Mary Law, who resided in the Auditorium hotel, will be split equally among her three Davenport sisters Julia Downes Nellie Downes and Elizabeth Arnold after a long probate fight. Mrs Law died intestate amid prior court battles over the Law estate with Chicago coal family ties and a deathbed will dispute.
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Chicago
Mary Law
Auditorium Hotel
Davenport
JuHa
Nelte Downes
Elizabeth Arnold
A. A. Arnold
Law
Jones
Robert H. Law
Robert Law
Ilinois
Gordon A. Ramsay
John F. Devine Jr
Horner
Cutting, Moore & Sidley
C. T. B. Woodspeed
J. Dwight Dickerson
Herman H. Elekhoff
Julian Downs
Elizabeth A. Ware
Lyman Ware
Ealy
Ware
Laware
Dickerson
Twin City Carmen Divided Over Strike
St Paul trainmen vote 668 to 88 to strike July 1 unless wage rise to 7 cents an hour is granted. Minneapolis street railway workers vote 409 to 687 to submit to arbitration for a 7 cent hourly rise and an eight hour day from 60 cents.
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St. Paul, Minn
St. Paul Street Railway Company
Minneapolis Street Railway Company
Board of Arbitration
Anak T
Former Iowa Man Named D C Commissioner
Tribune Bureau reports President Wilson will appoint Major Oliver P. Newman former Iowa newspaper man as district of Columbia commissioner. Newman previously served as district commissioner, resigned to join the army, and while in France escorted Miss Margaret Wilson. He now serves with the Palmer volunteers in San Francisco.
Treasury vault holds unclaimed bonds from old government
A large amount of money and accrued interest from various government bonds remains unclaimed in the Washington Treasury Department. The funds are old, dating to before and after the Civil War, and many are pledged to fire and other government obligations awaiting unknown owners.
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Treasury Department
Washington
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