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Newspaper
Monmouth Herald
Location
Monmouth, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1925
Page
5
A historic arbitration treaty between the United States and Sweden, signed June 4, 1924, was ratified Saturday by the Senate. The report notes other global events including an earthquake in Los Angeles, naval commandant elections, and a blizzard ordeal near Browning Montana.
Allied finance ministers reach a final accord on U S claims for occupation costs and war damages. The plan spans about 25 years with annual payments around 25 million dollars plus Dawes plan adjustments and a 15 million dollar immediate release. Key figures include Kellogg, Logan, Churchill, Niemeyer, and the mixed claims commission findings.
Secretary of State Hughes urged law abiding sentiment and fair resolve to settle disputes by justice, during a Monday banquet in Atlanta honoring him and the executive committee of the American Bar Association. He did not comment on his cabinet resignation.
The Trans-Continental Passenger association announced no change in round trip summer excursion rates from Chicago St Louis Memphis New Orleans and western territories to California and the north Pacific coast. The season runs from May 18 to October 31 with members including major overland carriers between Chicago and the Pacific coast.
Bernice Gertson, 15 months, died from burns and Olewaa, her brother, was critically burned when a Seattle home burned Monday. Their mother was at a neighbor's house during the blaze.
Antonio Saurez, noted Spanish newspaperman, died in Havana after betting $100 on Countess Claridge in the first race. He collapsed as the horse won by a nose.
President Coolidge accepts Henry Cabot Lodge Hughes resignation and names Frank B Kellogg, ambassador to London, to replace him as secretary of state. Hughes plans private life after about 20 years in public service. Kellogg to move to Washington soon for a brief period before assuming the post in March. London successor undecided.
Cascade Locks reports a boy 13 injured on a rain barrel by striking his side. McMinnville will host the Oregon State Dairy Association January 20 and 21, with Cheater Mulkey of McMinnville as president. Oregon fire losses in December totaled 208002.46, Hood River warehouse fire the costliest at 10000. Kellogg to be secretary of state after Hughes resignation. Kellogg lauds the honor but notes the challenges ahead.
Walter Schade, longtime immigration agent for the Louisville & Nashville railway, announces plans to colonize German farmers in Arkansas and Southern California. He says over 60 families will come in April and another 60 later in 1926, with only selected farmers chosen.
A sentimental poem recalls how a wire of love travels far across plains lakes and lands. It praises a message sent during grief and happiness and the way a single letter sustains hearts worldwide.
A fragmentary reading appears to quote Whitney on faith and perception. The text discusses readiness, observation, and belief as forces moving the world. The garbled line suggests a spiritual or rhetorical note about seeing and action under divine influence.
A curious mix of a hearty lima bean soup recipe with a reflective essay by PF Walker. The cooking instructions cover soaking simmering and pureeing beans with milk flour butter and spices. The piece shifts to a meditation on aging tollmen and life burdens comparing debt from years past to present obligations.
A reader from the McClure Newspaper Syndicate notes Suzanne Lenglen may have faults but remains a great golf player as observed by the lady across the way.
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