Cabinet Shakeup Rumors Sweep Harding Era Plans
Washington gossip cites anticipated resignations as a new administration nears. Att Gen Stone and Sec Navy Wilbur may depart, Hughes and Weeks favored to stay, Mellon and Hoover eyed for changes, Labor Davis and Postmaster New outlined for retirement.
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Ashington
Cooldge
Stone
Navy
Wilbur
Mr. Denby
Washington
Hughes
Weeks
Mellon
Treasury
Hoover
Davis
New
Harding
Watson
Indiana
Secretary of the Interior
Kids May Solve the Traffic Problem Contest Announced
The Highway Education Board launches a 1924 national safety campaign offering 80500 in cash prizes and medals to elementary pupils and teachers for essays and lessons on safe conduct on streets and highways. eligibility includes fifth through eighth graders from public private or parochial schools with state and national prizes including gold watches trips to Washington and substantial teacher awards.
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Highway Education Board
Washington
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Willard Building
Washington, D. C
Congress Weighs Income Tax Publicity Debate
The Norris amendment sparks a heated discussion as lawmakers and Washington correspondents debate publicizing tax returns. Supporters argue a public good while critics warn of social unrest and distorted business gossip. Attorney General Stone vows a test case to determine legality.
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Congress
Senate
House
Washington
Stone
Madden Enters Speakership Race After Gillett Promotion
Illinois congressman Martin L B Madden announces his bid for the House speakership as Massachusetts leader PF. WH. Gillett moves to the Senate. Madden outlines a tax relief plan funded by treasury surpluses and vows no active campaign against Gillett. He seeks support from allied groups, while Nicholas Longworth is also expected to contend. Madden chairs the Appropriations Committee.
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PF. WH. Gillett
Massachusetts
Senate
House
Martin LB. Madden
Illinois
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Miuwdden
Omy
Madden
Gillet
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Longworth
Capitol Hill
Supreme Court upholds jury trials in labor contempt cases
Samuel Gompers praises the decision while noting the injunctions in labor disputes remain a concern. The Clayton act provides jury trials for contempt arising from strikes and injunctions, addressing two kinds of contempt and the power of judges to punish.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Samuel Gompers
Iowa News Highlights Polk marriages vs divorces
Polk county reports 1,554 marriages and 614 divorces through October 1. Other items include Swift & Co expansion, Iowa grain markets, tributes to Lincoln and Mark Twain sites, wild game tales, oil well water flow, air laws debate, and road paving plans under Kendall administration.
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Polk County
Swift & Co
Midland
Louis Swift
Sioux City
Iowa
Lincoln
Springfield
Mark Twain
Hannibal
Harry Scott
Avoca
Missouri Valley
N. EB. Kendall
Leroy B. Cortlett
Oskaloosa
Benjamin Zieman
Thornton
Lockjaw
Nate E. Kendall
James Mason
Des Moines
St. Ambrose College
Davenport
Cedar Falls
Attorney General
Iowa Good Roads Association
Glenn C. Haynes
Henry Jacobs
Walnut
Poultry Show of
George S. Phillips
Kendall
Linn
Michael Featherstone
Old Soldiers Home
Marshalltown
Garner
Radcliffe
Iowa River
Izaak Walton League
Iowa River Valley
Oakville
F. B. Paddock
State Appariavt
Iowa State College
Corn Growers Association
Cooperative Livestock Shipping Associations of
Parana River Drifts Through Islands In Argentina’s Heart
A National Geographic letter describes a Dec voyage from Buenos Aires on the Berna up the Parana and Paraguay rivers. It notes Rosario as a major grain port, Parana city, camalotes, snakes, and the vast Chaco scrub, with Corientes and Corientes as key stops on the waterway.
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Washington
Canada
Argentina
Parana
William R. Barbour
National Geographics Society
Buenos Aires
Palermo Park
Chaco
Paraguay
Bolivia
Corrientes
Boy Boasts of Four Great Grandmothers
Mand Utah Lee R Thompson three year old son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Thompson of this city is believed to be the only boy in Utah and probably in the country who can boast the possession of four great grandmothers all in excellent health The four great grandmothers are Mrs Kezzle Peacock of Manti seventy three Mrs Jennie Freckelton of Eureka eighty four Mrs Nehemian Edwards of Sterling seventy eight and Mrs Elizabeth Thompson of Sterling sixty nine Mrs Vreckelton and Mrs Edwards are the grandmothers of Mrs Ralph Thompson and Mrs KezZie Peacock and Mrs Elizabeth Thompson are the grandmothers of Mr Thompson
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Mand
Utah
Lee R. Thompson
Ralph Thompson
Kezzle Peacock
Manti
Jennie Freckelton
Eureka
Nehemin Iedwards
Sterling
Elizabeth Thompson
Vreckelton
Edwards
Kezzie Peacock
Mlizabeth Thompson
Thompson
Merano Fire Festival Rings Tyrol On Summer Night
Merano in Tyrol is described as an Italian territory ringed by fires for the Sonnenwendfeier festival on June 24. Groups haul fagots to mountain crests reaching 10 000 feet to light a continuous ring of flames encircling the city and signaling the longest day.
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Rome
Merano
Tyrol
Meran
Schioss
John the Baptist
Sonnenwendfeler
Accurate Ship Log Demonstrated by Swedish Owners
A new ship log perfected in Sweden claims under 1 percent margin of error versus up to 10 percent for many logs. The device uses water pressure along movement direction with a bottom tube to sense speed, linking to bridge instruments so navigators can read speed and distance sailed instantly.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Two Classes of Men Move Beyond Tires and Truth
A Midwestern item notes a contrast between men who gain long travels and move on and men who choose to tell the truth. The remark appears attributed to the Middlebury Blue Baboon.
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Middlebury
Steinmetz Scholarship Founded at Union College
General Electric funds $25,000 to provide four Memorial Steinmetz scholarships at Union College in Schenectady. Dr Charles P Steinmetz died a year ago. He was GE chief consulting engineer and longtime Union professor, a position he valued highly.
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Founds Steinmetz
Schenectady, N. Y
General Electric Company
Union College
Charles P. Steinmetz
Charles A. Richmond
Steinmetz
Venus de Milo Never Had Arms Claims By Doctor Edde
Dr Edde reports finding a small bronze Venus statuette from the same era showing the figure without arms. He concludes the original Venus de Milo may have never possessed arms, noting earlier searches for limbs yielded nothing. The tale arises from a Paris discovery and Egypt tour.
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Venus de Milo
Dr. Edde
Paris
Louvre
Edde
Egypt
Edie
Island of
Milo
Fort William to Fort Independence History of Castle Island
In 1636 Massachusetts colonists faced flag disputes at Castle Island Castle William fortifications evolved from a wooden palisade to a strong 18th century battery. The 1700s saw fort improvements and renaming to Fort William and later Fort Independence after Adams suggested the change.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Castle Island
Richard Davenport
John Endicott
Edmund Andros
Romer
Castle Wiliam
Fort William
John Adams
Fort Independence
Demoniac delivered as Jesus ends torment among swine
In a biblical tale of Gadaran power and salvation a demoniac’s bondage ends at Jesus command, the unclean spirit entering swine and collapsing the herd. The healed man sits at Jesus feet in his right mind while the crowd marvels and the mission to testify begins.
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Gwineheras
Gadarn
the Apostle
God
Jesus
Heaven
Hiaifest
Christ
Salvation
Fort Schuyler and the First Stars and Stripes
On August 3 1777 at Fort Schuyler later Rome New York a 1700 strong British force under Gen Barry St Leger besieged the garrison led by Col Peter Gansevoort and Col Marinus Willett. The flag with 18 stars and stripes was raised foreshadowing a pivotal moment in the rebellion.
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Barry St. Leger
Fort Schuyler
Rome
N. Y
Peter Gansevoort
Marinus Willet
Congress
St. Leger
Mohawk Valley
Sranane Andbany
New York
New England
Sir William Johnson
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Phlip Schuyler
United States
All Nations
Northwest Territory
Great Inland Empire
Ohio
Indiana
Minois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Potent Inventions and Oddities in Early 20th Century Life
The era highlights include potato pests causing 25 million dollars yearly harm to American farmers, the shift from camels to automobiles in Mongolia, tea kept hot in transit with vacuum bottles in China, and gases extracted from air under pressure. Greenland gains an ice cover akin to historic North American conditions, the US War Department develops a flashless powder, Romans hybridizing roses in Europe, and a Philadelphia firm delayed white oak deliveries from Tioga due to a robin nesting on the lumber pile.
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Mongolia
Greenland
North America
United States War Department
Europe
Philadelphia
Tioga
W. Va
Spiritual stature and courage in battle, by Talmage
The text extols aligning power with inner spiritual stature. It likens ancient archery to personal courage, arguing that true confidence in combat grows from one’s own spiritual size and capacity to project good into the world.
Rise of Ife by Spirit of God quote
The fragment asserts that true rise requires the Spirit of God rather than native power or superstition. Without divine dwelling, conscience may be swayed by a name or philosophy, but the heart lacks God. The speaker invokes F H Hedge’s sentiment on spirituality guiding national or communal renewal.
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H. Hedge
Serving God and Duty in Harmony
A reflective line from Watson contrasts serving God without love with true duty. The verse suggests divine guidance makes duty sweet by aligning action with genuine love.
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Watson
Gift of Making Friends Wisdom Quote
A brief quotation attributes social grace to Thomas Hughes praising the gift of making friends. It emphasizes selflessness and appreciation of noble qualities in others as a divine blessing. The text highlights friendship as a treasured attribute and social skill.
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Thomas Hughes
A Beautiful Book by Jerrold Douglas
A fragment describes a garden as a beautiful book written by God with flowers and leaves as letters, attributed to Jerrold Douglas. The tone elevates nature as sacred text and invites contemplation of the natural world.
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God
Douglas, Jerrold
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St. Gregory
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Western. Newspaper Union
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Guille
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