Washington Auditorium Opens as Nation's Capital Venue
Washington celebrated the January 17 opening of its new Washington Auditorium, the world’s largest theater of its kind, with 8 000 seats and a 28 000 square foot exhibit hall. The project, led by Robert N. Harper, aims to host conventions and international gatherings, with total cost near 905000 dollars and a 100000 dollar organ planned for the building.
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Ashington
Washington
Washington Auditorium
Madison Square Garden
New York
Euditoriums
Chicago
Hippodrome
Robert N. Harper
Washington Auditorium Corporation
Charles J. Columbus
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Negociation
J. Gockeler
Treas
Foreign securities issued in 1924 show large US outward capital
The 1924 US public offering of foreign securities totaled 1.208 billion dollars with most of it government or municipal loans. Europe supplied about 508 million in new investments, aided by Dawes plan stability and low New York rates. German, French and Belgian loans funded reconstruction, exchange stabilization, and debt consolidation. Short term credits to Germany reached about 100 million.
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Department of Commerce
United States
New York
Europe
Cor
Charles E. Herring
Berlin
Germany
Icana
Cologne
Monticello Set to Be Restored as National Shrine
Monticello will be restored to its Jefferson era condition as a national shrine. The project is a joint effort by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial foundation and the American Institute of Architects. They aim to revive lawns gardens and move historic furniture into the rooms Jefferson loved.
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Onticello
Soen Ig
H Cs
Thomas ‘Jefferson
Phoumay Jefferson Memorial Foundation
American Institute of Architects
Fiske Kimball
Architects’ Committee
Thomas Jefferson
Boston
Kimball
Massachusetts Historical Society
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson Coulidge, Jr
Jefferson
Marisiaa
America
Everett Sanders Recalled by Old Friends As Secretary to the President
Everett Sanders, named to become a presidential secretary, receives warm congratulations from longtime friends once classmates at Indiana State Normal and Indiana University. Letters note past days at Walsh’s shoe store in Terre Haute and Bloomington, recalling skirt fashions and self fitting. Sanders reflects on the era as he rereads the messages.
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Everett Sanders
In- Giana State Normal
In- Wiana University
Welsh
Terre Haute
Sanders
Indiana Formal
Ed Whetsell
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Mr. Sanders
Walsh
Splendid Monuments Proposed for American Overseas Troops
Congress examines plans to spend 3 million dollars on beautifying American cemeteries and erecting memorials for American army and naval operations abroad. Key sites include Montfancon and St. Mihiel for army actions and memorials at Southampton Brest Corfu Azores and Gibraltar for naval activities.
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Congress
United States
Montfancon
Mense Argonne
Hattunehotel
St. Miciel
Chauteau- Thierry
Aisne-Marne
France
Belgium
Southampton
British
Brest
Mortest
Corfu
Greece
Ponta Delgada
Azores
Gibraltar
Medill McCormick Dies in Washington Hotel Room
Medill McCormick a senior senator from Illinois and scion of a famed family was found dead in his Hamilton hotel apartment in Washington. The coroner ruled heart dilation as a contributing cause after gastric hemorrhage. Survived by Mrs. McCormick and three children, his burial moved to Chicago. He had been a friend of Harding and a Chicago Tribune figure.
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Washington
Medith McCormick
Witneis
Pamilton Hotel
Noble T. Barnes
McCormick
Mark Annan
Chicago
Penroirs
Nicholas Longworth
Longworth
Senate
Hoe
Harding
Chitles
Deneen
Great Britain
Berlin
Medill McCormick
Chienago
Robert S. McCormick
Katherine van Etta Medill
Ilinois
House of Representatives
Ile
General Assembly
United States
TU24
Charles 8. Deheen
Senator McCormick
Presbyterian Church
Chilease Club
Commercial Club
City Club
Hiamston
University Clubs
New York
Outer Rock Iver Farms
Byron
Mra
Mexican Rebels Raid Town Amid Elections Kill Three
The mayor of Mich when in Tlaxcala reports an armed band led by agrarian commander Peabla raided a town during voting, killing three people and causing chaos.
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Mexico City
Michwen
Tlaxcala
Flyers Missing in Sahara Paris Flight Mystery
French aviators who carried this month made a nonstop flight from France to Rio Oro and have been missing in the Sahara since February 20, a development announced today.
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Sahara
Paris
France
Honduras Seeks Large Munitions Purchase Approval
The new Honduran government has formally requested to buy large quantities of American munitions. The State Department has approved the request and it now goes to Secretary Weeks for decision.
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Honduras
Washington
State Department
Weeks
Commander Drain Promotes 85 Million Campaign Tour
National Commander Drain of the American Legion began a speaking tour in Indianapolis to back an 85 million campaign aiding disabled veterans widows and orphans.
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Commander Drain
Rent Control Bill Killed in Washington House
A rent control bill favored by President Coolidge, tied to the District of Columbia, was killed in the House on Wednesday afternoon after weeks of consideration.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Coollage
House
Fertilizer Trust Charged in South by Senator Clurris
Washington charges allege a fertilizer trust operating in the South faced action after a filing to the Department of Justice on a Wednesday afternoon by Senator Clurris of Georgia.
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Fertilizer Trust
Washington
South
Department of Justice
Clurris
Georgia
Iowa City Directories and County Projects Highlight 1920s Iowa
Iowa State News surveys city populations and new facilities including 49 221 in Council Bluffs, 150000 for Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo, and a 60000 armory in Shenandoah. Other items note jail Bible placements, tax law debates, farm wage proposals, and rising coffee consumption across Iowa.
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Council Bliffs
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Iowa News Snippets Highlight Bond Talk and Local Figures
District Judge Anderson rules city power to annex territories by council action without resident consent. Appanoose County boasts Mrs. Mary Wright as perhaps the oldest Iowa schoolteacher with over sixty years in the profession. Debate on road bond issuance questions legislative permission for voter input. The ICC rejects a 2 cent per 100 pounds grain rate increase proposed by Chicago & North Western. A Coon Rapids creamery reports annual business of 1.25 million dollars, signaling strong local milk and poultry commerce.
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Oskaloosa
Shenandoah
Binrel 10Th
Mapleton
Weaver State Bank of
Weaver
Wabash County
Des Moines
Florida
Iowa
Washington, D. C
WOI
Iowa State College
Greater Waterloo Association
Central College of
Marshal Risewood
O. A. Stanley
Sheridan
Ames
Chicago
Polk County
Camp Beaver
Clay
Four Mile Townships
Altoona
Cecile Meyer
Hammill
House Banking Committee
House
Senate
Hamburg
Fremont County Farm Bureau
Kiwanis Club of
Farm Bureaus
Washington
Madison Townships
Audubon County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Farm Bureau
Johnson County
Department of Commerce
Amon
Anderson
Ottumwa
Appanoose County
Mary Wright
Chicago & Northwestern
Kansas City
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
North Central States
Pacific Coast
Department
Be Swift to Hear and Beget by the Word of Truth
A sermon on James and John 3 16 focusing on grace and faith as the source of new birth by Sovereign grace through the Word of truth. It explains the begetting of believers, the role of trials, and the first fruits of God’s creatures, urging readiness to hear God’s voice above many voices.
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J. C. Page
James
Nicodemus
Peter
Christ
Continuance in Well Doing Meditation Note
A devotional meditation quotes a Bible passage about the king of Israel failing to finish a good work. It urges readers to persevere and complete tasks rather than start and abandon them, warning against the common fault of inaction in everyday life.
A Rule to Follow for Each Day’s Kind Deed
A brief maxim by Charlea Kingsley urges making a daily rule to raise at least one person’s wisdom happiness or character. The quote emphasizes nightly reflection on positive impact as a personal standard. The tone recalls moral guidance from historical period writings.
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Charlea Kingsley
Divine Love Not Color Blind
The Western Christian Advocate comments that judgment day will prove Alvine loves not color blind.
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Alvine
Failure as a Mirror of Character Says Christian Evangelist
A Christian evangelist observes that recognizing a failure reveals more pity than contempt for the person. The remark suggests a moral reflection on human flaw and empathy.
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Christian Eivangelist
Dew Descends Like Gentle Falling Joy
Fragmentary quotation reflects on dew like a quiet descent and contrasts with clatter of hallatones. Poetic line references Michter with an oblique mood about natural calm versus noisy effects.
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Michter
Heaven in Our Lives
A brief reflective piece arguing that increasing heaven in daily living reduces earthly covetousness and guides behavior toward spiritual fulfillment and moral living.
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Heaven
Farmers Urged to Cooperate in Co-Operative Marketing
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture urges farmers to form sound co operative marketing organizations with expert guidance. It notes thousands of successful groups, but warns many fail without fundamental economic principles and lasting management.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Lter
Department
Concentrates Best for Farm Work Horses
Farmers report corn and cob meal can be fed to horses with care. Do not grind too fine and mix in oats for balance. If the horse has heavy roughage, limit corn and cob meal as horses need more concentrated rations than cattle or sheep. Corn and cob meal alone fattens poorly due to high fiber in cobs.
Fertility of Twin Calves in Same and Mixed Sex Pairs
When twin calves are both male or both female they are normal and breed like other calves. If one twin is male and the other female the female usually cannot breed while the male is normal. Rarely a twin female with a male may breed, but it is so uncommon that the female is not worth raising for breeding.
Scrubs for Pure Breds Trade Plots Illinois Cattle Plan
About a hundred dairy cattle breeders in Illinois back a plan by Nhode of the College of Agriculture dairy extension to trade scrub and grade bulls for pure breds. The scrubs will be turned into sausage while breeders supplying pure bred calves accept the beef price as payment. The plan is already in operation.
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Illinois
Nhode
College of Agriculture
Pure Breds Excel in Litter Contest
In the Minnesota Ton-Litter contest 124 pure bred pigs made 14 best showing with crossbreds also performing well. J G Zagoral notes well bred pigs convert feeds efficiently and mature earlier reducing disease risk. Successful litters weighed 2008 to 8102 pounds. average 2835.4 pounds with 10.8 pigs per litter and 215.9 pounds each.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
J. G. Zagoral
Zavornl
Iittera
Pasture Use for Weaned Pigs Growth and Feeding
Weaned pigs, eight to ten weeks old, thrive on pasture with shade and minimal grain. For breeding replacements, a light grain supplement aids growth without fattening. for fall market pigs, feed more grain to fatten. Start with 1.5 to 2 pounds per pig in the first week or two and increase grain as pigs develop and desired type emerges.
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B. W.fairbanks
Colorado Agricultural College
Reducing Clover Acreage in Spring Over Seed Costs
Farmers cut spring clover seed acreage when red clover seed is expensive and timothy is substituted. Alsike clover seed remains cheaper this year, but reliance on timothy reduces feed value compared to clover.
Rates Reduced on Pure Bred Stock Freight
Northwest railroads cut freight rates on pure bred live stock by 50 percent when registration certificates accompany bills of lading. If certificates are delayed, a letter from the breed association secretary may substitute, confirming receipt of application. Reduced rates apply only to shipments under a carload, 8000 pounds or less.
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Northwest
Breed Association
Tobacco Dust Cures Hens of Worms in Ohio Poultry
An Ohio poultry farm faced a worm outbreak affecting 600 hens. After discovering round worms and tapeworms, the farmer nearly sold his flock. Tobacco dust treated for round worms and lye for tapeworms cured the remaining birds.
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Ohio
Winter farming tips from a small farm note
A dated farm column discusses breeding eggs, pest control, and livestock with phrases about slaughtering animals, prudent hedge against mice, and the benefit of plowing timing. It urges ordering shrubs and trees, tracking yearly inventories, and using a recipe for better farming blending experience, observation, reading, and county agent advice.
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Sdvice
Fort Robinson and the Sioux War Memory
Fort Robinson established in 1874 near the Red Cloud agency Nebraska shaped US Indian wars. The post saw Crook’s 1876 actions against Red Cloud and Dull Knife Cheyennes and Mackenzie’s 1876 victory over Cheyennes at Crazy Woman Fork. It became a gravesite for Crazy Horse and notable scouts California Joe and Baptiste Garnier.
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Red Cloud
Nebraska
Fort Robinson
Crook
Col
Ranald
Mackenzie
Dull Knife
Crazy Woman's Fork
Powder River
Crazy Horse
Oklahoma
Southland
California Joe
Baptiste Garnier
Bat
General Custer
Little Big Horn
Trans- Missouri
Fort Smith Arkansas Fortification History and Justice Legend
Early French explorers named Belle Point on the Arkansas River. Fort Smith saw governors, commandants, and notable figures including Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Smith and Zachary Taylor. The fort evolved into a district court base with Judge Parker delivering swift justice. Fort Smith and the government reservation became a public park in 1884.
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Arkansas
Arkansas River
Belle Point
William Bradford
Rifle Regiment
Zachary Taylor
Fort Smith
Sarah Knox Taylor
Jefferson Davis
United States District Court
J. C. Parker
Indian Territory
Parker
Walla
Hit From the Shoulder The Lady Dispute
A brief London Answers item records a lively exchange between two women. One woman retorts with sharp humor contrasting the other’s self-description and character.
Destructive Beavers Threaten Yellowstone Trees
Beavers in Yellowstone National Park have grown in number and, protected from traps, are causing significant damage by gnawing and felling trees in several areas. Officials warn that the growing population threatens local vegetation and habitat balance.
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Yellowstone National Park
Woman leaves home without clothes in transit
A note quotes J M C of the Boston Transcript asking Does anybody ever? as the woman departed, wearing only her current garments and giving no clear plan for return. The fragment hints at a hurried departure and uncertain future.
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Boston Transcript
Fashionable Rant on Cars Sparks Restaurant Debate
A brief dialogue contrasts two views on a chic eatery and its front vehicles. One insists the place suits chauffeurs, while the other complains about the stylish autos dominating the curb.
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Dawes
Reichsbank
Medill McOrmick
Iowa State News
Wely
Coon Rapids
Ted
U. S
Western Newspaper Union
Prosaic Smith
Hinstinka
London
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