Germany on the edge of a 1848-like upheaval
The piece warns that Republican Germany may mirror 1848 France. It notes the loss of the emperor, the rise of a powerful Junker-influenced effort for monarchy, and rumors that ex-Kaiser’s son could seek the presidency with Von Hindenburg stepping aside. A new war with France is feared.
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Germany
France
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis Napoleon
Bonaparte
Napoleon
William
von Hindenburg
Junkers
Good Old Summer Time
A humorous reminiscence on heat and humidity in summer. The piece depicts stifling days, thirst, and worn-out grass, as a reader laments heat waves and recalls wishing for summer after a long cold spell. The tone blends weaving nostalgia with light self mockery.
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Page
Les
Steel Prices Hint at Slow Turnaround for Prosperity
A bulletin from the Alexander Hamilton Institute argues that steel industry revival hinges on a further price cut of about 1 percent. It notes 1921 price slashes spurred a flood of orders and record production, with steel long seen as a barometer of American industry. Prices have fallen 13.5 percent from the 1928 peak, while general commodity prices dip broader.
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Alexander Hamilton Institute
Institute
Steel trade revival hinges on price cuts says institute
The institute warns that without substantial price reductions the steel trade cannot revive, noting that even a three percent drop in prices may be insufficient to counter inflation and stimulate demand.
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Institute
Republican Platform Seeks Prohibition Substitutes
The piece argues against outright repeal of the 18th Amendment and supports a Republican plank offering a national study to find a substitute for prohibition. It contends repeal would return the nation to prior evils, while the platform aims to guard states’ rights and avoid hasty change, framing the convention as prudent and measured.
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Chicago
Padrone System Exposed as Immigrant Labor Exploitation
The piece warns that despite government oversight the padrone scheme may reemerge in parts of the United States. It describes the padrone as a foreign intermediary who lures peasants with false jobs, deducts their passage and other costs, leaving little pay, and notes Americans are not the exploiters while both sides blame the American system when returning home.
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United States
Roads Signs and Advertising Critique Across America
A collection of views on road signs and advertising from the Saturday Evening Post and remarks by Rev. Louis Wright Congress man Louis T. McFadden Lilyan Tashman. The pieces critique signs that distract drivers warn of poor hotel practices and question advertising effectiveness in a modern travel era.
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Missouri
Saturday Evening Post
Soviet Minister's Wife Works as Moscow Reporter
Ivy Litvinov, wife of Soviet foreign minister, reports for Moscow Daily News while living in Moscow. She is a prominent social figure, hosting foreign visitors, translating for the state, and writing theater and foreign news, alongside fellow Soviet wives pursuing education or work.
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Moscow Daily
Moscow
Iivy “Lay” Litvinov
Moscow Daily News
Us&r
Joseph Stalin
Ivy Litvinov
Rosanelle Lunacharsky
Lunacharsky
Unio
Nadya Stalin
Stalin
Agronom Institute
All- Union Industrial Academy
Molotov
A. &. Bubnov
Nadya Ekrupskaya
Lenin
Commissariat of Education
Paris
London
Maxim Maxinovich Litvinov
Russia
Litvinov
Anna Louise Strong
WETS TO SELECT CONGRESSIONAL SLATE IN MISSOURI
In St Louis on June 17 George R Patterson secretary of the Missouri State Federation of Labor announced that a new organization United Forces Against Prohibition will draft slates of thirteen Democratic and thirteen Republican congressional candidates who favor modification of the Volstead Act and repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Paterson said questionnaires had been sent to all congressional candidates to gauge their positions on prohibition.
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ST. Louis
George R. Patterson
Mixiouri State Federation of Labor
United Forces Against Prohibition
Patterson
Typographical Union Elects Howard President
In Indianapolis on June 17 the International Typographical Union announced Charles P. Howard was re-elected president by a margin of 5,000 votes over Leon H. Rouse. Howard led 30,026 to 23,004 in the official tally.
Tolls Named Reasonable on Missouri River Bridge
Washington announces that Assistant Secretary Bayne of the War Department rules bridge tolls between Omaha and Council Bluffs are reasonable and will not be changed. A separate note states Rome now has fewer citizens than 2000 years ago.
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Washington
Bayne
War Department
Missouri River
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Rome
Kaw Woman Chief Celebrates Curtis Nomination
Mrs Lucy Tyiah Eads, nine year leader of the Kaw, hails Vice President Curtis’s Republican renomination. She notes Kaw blood ties and cousin relation, predicting a Washun- Ba reservation celebration in Oklahoma and recalls visits to Topeka with Curtis there a boy.
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Lawrence
Kas
Lucy Tyiah Eads
Charles Curtis
Kaw
Kaws
Washun- Ba
Okla
Myrs- Eads
Continue Credit Expansion Policy Seen By Bankers
New York June 17 AP There is strong belief that the Federal Reserve will continue its policy of credit expansion now in effect for over two months. Weekly reserve statements show further progress toward abundant credit and bankers who shape policy express enthusiasm.
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New York
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
What Congress Is Doing Friday Senate Debates Bonus Bill
Senate debates a bonus bill while economy conferees seek agreement on a federal savings program. Banking committee resumes stock exchange inquiry. House considers the Cochran kidnapping bill Shannon committee probes government competition with business.
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Senate
S Banking Committee
Stock Exchange
Ae House
Five Nations Delay Reparations in Stopgap Accord
In Lausanne on June 11 representatives of Great Britain France Italy Japan and Belgium signed a stopgap agreement to suspend reparations payments from the Hoover moratorium period ending June 30 to the end of the conference. The pact, submitted to other nations, preserves that no final settlement is prejudiced. It signals continued conference sessions and foreshadows an extended moratorium. Chancellor Von Papen welcomed the move as proof nations will seek a complete action on reparations. He urged cancelling Germanys reparations debts in his address, a moderation in tone with no repudiation hint.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Belgium
Germany
Cherry Dixon defies father and loves Dan Phillips
Cherry, an 18 year old socialite, runs away with Dan Phillips a newspaper reporter she loves. Her wealthy father orders her to California. She resists and proclaims she will marry Dan, despite warnings from her mother and the household. The chapter ends with the vow to stay.
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Cherry Dixon
Dan Phillips
Sho
Dan
Cherry
Underworld
Fle
MR. Dixon
Dave
Dian
Sara
Cherry Stemls
Phillips
Dixon
California
Piare
Tor Cade
PN Sea
Allent
Mrs. Dixon
Walter Dixon
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