Queen Victoria and Lydia Pinkham Tribute
In 1815 two babies were born whose future influence spread widely. One in England's Old Castle, the other in a New England farmhouse. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound earned trust in American homes, praised by Mrs Adolph Bratke of South Omaha Nebraska for relief from years of ill health and renewed strength to run her eight room home solo.
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Old England
New England
Queen Victoria
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia BR. Piinkham
Adolph Bratke
South 123Th St
South Omaha
Nebr
Lydia BL Pinkham
Titus Tite and the Mean Speculator at a Boston Banquet
Darius L. Chauncey recalls a tale of Titus Tite the village usurer who bids a dime for a bright new silver dollar at a patent medicine sale. The medicine man calls the bid, and Titus demands change from the dollar while offering zero cents in return. The crowd and the deal reveal satire on risk taking and greed.
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Darius L. Chauncey
Boston
Titus Tite
Titus
Rockefeller
Political fidelity and a dog story from Owen Wister
In Pennsylvania the novelist Owen Wister compared political fidelity to a dog tale. A diner recalls a waiter remarking on his faithful dog that defended its lobster from another dog and ate it, illustrating perceived political loyalties.
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Owen Wister
Pennsylvania
Quotations on Society and Perception
The speaker contrasts terse social remarks with a sharper aphorism about philosophy and tolerance. A line about a woman and a man reflects on misperception, suggesting that once a new doctrine ages it becomes intolerant and that women are harder to understand than men think.
Illinois Slush Funds Revealed in Senate Hearing
The Chicago hearing into the Illinois senatorial primary shows over 1.02 million dollars spent by candidates and slates. Key figures Samuel Insull and Robert B. Crowe refused to reveal campaign funds while others faced possible contempt. La Follette warned seats were bought, as the inquiry expands to other states.
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Neenah
Wis
Klinois
Pennsylvania
Irvine L. Lenroot
Newberry
Michigan
Robert M. la Follette
la Follette
Chicago
United States Senate
Senate Investigating Committee
Wisconsin
James A. Reed
Missouri
Reed
McKinley
Smith
Deneen County
Crovre County
Brennan
Anti-Saloort League
Edward H. Wright
State Commerce Commission
Frank L. Smith
Robert B. Crowe
Thomas V. Cunningham
Court of General Sessions
Philadelphia
Cunningham
William S. Ware
Washington
Crowe
Wright
Insull
Schuyler
The
Missourian
Ederle Sets Channel Swim Record for First Woman
Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer, completes the English Channel crossing in 14 hours 34 minutes, becoming the first woman to do so. Fellow New Yorker Clarabelle Barrett also swam toward Cape Griguez, France, but did not finish, coming within about two miles before surfacing after over 21 hours.
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Gertrude Ederle
Kingsdown
England
English
Clarabelle Barrett
New York
Cape Griguez
France
Stewart chosen to fill Cummins term in Iowa GOP
Des Moines reports Sioux City lawyer and progressive Republican David W. Stewart is selected by the Republican party to fill the unfinished U S Senate term of the late Albert B. Cummins. He will face voters in November for the short term while Col. Smith W. Brookhart contests the full six-year seat.
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Stewart
A. B. Cummins
Des Moines
Iowa
David W. Stewart
Sioux City
Republican Party of Laws
United States Senate
Albert B. Cummins
Col. Smith W. Brookhart
First River Cargo in 70 Years Reaches Kansas City
The steamboat B. A. Douglas docked at the municipal wharf delivering 25 tons of machinery from Sioux City, Iowa. This marked the first river freight to reach the Missouri River city in more than 70 years, for government river work.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Missouri River
B. A. Douglas
Douglas
Sloux City
Iowa
Secretary Mellon in Rome Discussing Financial Matters
In official circles the belief endures that before Secretary Mellon leaves Rome, important financial issues will be raised with Italian officials.
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Mellon
Rome
Secretary Mellon
Farmers Still At A Financial Loss In 1925 26
Washington reports a modest rise in farm income for 1925 26 yet farmers as a class remain financially disadvantaged to industrial workers. average farm family earned 648 for labor and management about 30 below 1919 20 earnings while factory workers have bought about 16 percent more since 1919 20. total gross farm income reached 12 415 billion with cash income 9 591 billion and food fuel on farms 2 524 billion. net income for capital rose 4 percent while farm operators earned 3 5 percent on their own investment after rent and debt costs.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
SSS
Industry Sound Promises Billions in Engineering Growth
Walter H. Damon of Springfield Mass opens the Universal Craftsmen Council of Engineers convention in Milwaukee declaring that never before has industry been sound and confident. He forecasts billions of dollars to be spent in the next thirteen months on power plants and hydro projects to benefit the nation.
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Milwaukee
Walter H. Damon
Springfeld
Mass
Universal Craftsmen Council of Engineers
Mr. Damon
Derby winner Root to Boot owner pockets $89,050 check
Edward R. Bradley of Homewood Chicago receives a reward of 89050 dollars for the American derby victory by Root to Boot at Washington Park. The owner collected the prize after the classic race run at Saratoga New York.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Edward R. Bradley
Wastington Park
Homewood
Chicago
Denmark Secures 36.63 Million Loan for Farm Exports
The Danish government has obtained a loan of 36,630,000 from Guaranty Trust Company of New York to stabilize farm export prices. The funds are intended to support price stability and market confidence in Denmark’s agricultural sector.
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Denmark
U. S
Copenhagen
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Parliament adjourns as coal strike looms toward November
The British House of Commons adjourned and will not reconvene before November 9 unless the coal strike situation requires an earlier meeting. The note indicates the pause in parliamentary business tied to labor tensions.
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London
House of Commons
Flight crew slain in Langley crash
Captain John H. Ratty and Technical Sergeant James W. Theesman of the One Hundred Third Pennsylvania National Guard observation squadron were instantly killed when their plane crashed at Langley field in Newport News Virginia.
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Newport News
John H. Ratty
James W. Theesman
One
Pennsylvania National Guard
Langley Field
Fewer German Bankruptcies Reported in July Decrease
Berlin notes a 22 percent drop in receiverships and bankruptcies across Germany in July versus June, signaling improved insolvency conditions. The report highlights a regional trend in the decline and cites July figures as evidence of easing financial pressures.
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Berlin
Germany
Mexico City Church Battles Stir Western Mexico
Mexico City reports fierce clashes between Catholics and government troops in Guadalajara and surrounding towns. Officials say Catholics defended churches and captured the Virgin of Guadalupe sanctuary with casualties and prisoners reported. Economic boycott effects spread as mobs blacklist merchants and theaters and temples suffer looting.
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Mexico City
Guadalajara
Mexico
Pascual Diaz
Catholic Church of Mexico
Virgin of Guadalupe
Church of Jesus
Mexicali
Tlajomulco
Cocula
Morelia
Michoacan
San Francisco
Puebla
Washington briefs on canal traffic and cotton exports
Ships from 24 nations moved through the Panama Canal in the last fiscal year. US cotton exports for the cotton year ending August 1 are forecast above 8,150,000 bales, with July Canada shipments included. Wood exports from Rio de Janeiro to the US fall from 1925 levels. A Department bulletin to housewives urges use of the budget system in domestic purchasing.
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Panama Canal
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department of Agriculture
Canada
Rio de Janeiro
United States
President and Wife Visit Coolidge Boyhood Home
President and Mrs Coolidge visited friends and neighbors near his boyhood home in Plymouth after spending time at the farm. He pruned apple trees and visited the hillside cemetery where four generations of Coolidges are buried before returning to the Paul Smith camp in New York.
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Plymouth
President Coolidge
American Chamber of Commerce in Constantinople closed
The American Chamber of Commerce in Constantinople has been ordered shut by the Angora government, marking a sudden closure affecting local business ties and international trade contacts. The move follows ongoing tensions between Turkish authorities and foreign organizations operating in Angora.
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American Chamber
Constantinople
American Chamber of Commerce
Angora
Looting at Beggs bank nets $5000 grasped by four men
Four masked men looted the Farmers National Bank of Beggs in Reges Oklahoma, taking $5,000 before escaping in an automobile. The incident disrupted banking hours and police launched a search for the suspects.
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Oklahoma Bank
Reges
Okla
Farmers’ National Bank of
Beggs
Indicts 80 Doctors and Druggists in Prohibition Conspiracy
A federal grand jury returned 17 indictments charging 80 doctors, druggists and whisky agents with conspiring to violate the prohibition laws and defraud the government.
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New York
Secession League Formed in Perth to Back Western Australia
A Secession League has been formed in Perth to assist the movement for secession of western Australia from the commonwealth. The new group aims to unify supporters and promote local autonomy within the nation.
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Perth
Australia
Western Australia
Parishioners urged to attend as sparrows invade parish church
In Great Bardfield Essex England the parish church reports a sparrow invasion. Rev KE Cartwright asks parishioners to be as regular at services and to raise their voices clearly in worship. The incident prompts hopes for a revival aided by renewed attendance and participation.
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Great Bardfield
Essex
England
KE. Cartwright
Power From Sunlight and Molybdenite Extraction Study
The text discusses extracting elective power from sunlight in infinitesimal quantities by Dr. William Coblens of the United States standards aided by a miner’s method using molybdenité. Difficulties arise from unseen factors, quoting Goethe on the hidden challenges.
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William Coblens
United States
Linen trade in Ulster faces further foreign competition
Belfast and Ulster linen trades suffer as francs and foreign prices undercut Northern producers. Official returns show a 5000 export drop in early 1926 versus 1925, a year already troubled by weak demand. Also note Czech nobles considering emigration to North America for farming, mainly Manitoba, after a Whim Hohnstein report.
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Belfast
Ulster
France
Belgium
Chicago Daily News
Czechoslovakia
America
Canada
Whim Hohnstein
Manitoba
Tides and Volcanoes Linked by Bowie Theory
United States coast and geodetic survey researcher Watlin Bowie proposes that tidal pressure twists the earth and could trigger volcanic outbursts. He suggests tides may influence mountain building, a theory discussed in Popular Science Monthly.
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wWatlinu Bowie
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Popular Science Monthly
Preponderance of Males in Early New Zealand Settlements
New Zealand News and Views notes that during early settlement the population was heavily male. Over time the gender imbalance narrowed, and current figures show about 960 females per 1,000 males.
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New Zealand
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Malden
Illinois
Senate
Samuel Insull
Daniel FP. Schuyter
Insul
James QR. Postlethwait
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Bloomington
Judge
Sheffield
Plymouth, Vi
Coolidge
Old Family Homestead
Ware
State Department
Knights of Columbus
Washington Briefs
Tia
Monarch
Chala
Reid, Murdoch & CO
Chicara
Pittsburgh
Gaethe
Northwestern Yeast Co
North Ashland Ave
Chicago, Ill
Standard Oil CO
New Jersey
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