Traditional Inauguration Bespeaks Simple Ceremony
President Coolidge and Vice President Dawes were sworn in during a notably simple ceremony marked by radio broadcasts. The event contrasted with Harding’s deathbed oath and featured a Capitol platform, escorted procession, and diplomatic corps in full dress as Congress prepared for a special session.
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Coolidge Inaugural Urges Tax Cuts And Peaceful World Role
The address argues for further tax reduction, restrained military power, and a moral, law-based republic. It defends economy, warns against extravagance, and calls for international disarmament while upholding national independence and a just, peaceful order.
Iowa Falls plans to let scouts own cabins
Iowa Falls officials move to allow boy and girl scouts to own their own cabins. The Masonic association of southwest Iowa to hold its annual picnic in Red Oak in August. Linn county contracts 13 miles of paving to finish the incola highway. Plans begin for the 1925 Iowa state fair in August. The new Presbyterian church at Alta is dedicated debt free. with organ it cost $36000.
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Malcolm Shipping Association
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Iowa Bankers’ Association
Dubuque
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Grand Army of the Republic
Senate
Engineer Dawes Friend Retires After 44 Years Service
George A. Miller of Fort Wayne retires as engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad at sixty six, long a friend of Charles G. Dawes. Miller aided a world record five car train run and recalled Dawes speeches and journeys in 1908 and later years.
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Governors at Inauguration Parade By State Lineup
Governors attended the inaugural in order of statehood, each with two aides, color guard and emblems. The list includes Delaware Governor R P Robinson and others such as Pennsylvania Gifford Pinchot, New Jersey S Silver, Connecticut F G Trumbull, Massachusetts C A Proilers, Maryland Gaye Athert, New York Jonathan Goavernoc, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont A Pothters, Connecticut Lewdes Maite, Nebraska Adin McMitten, Colorado C F Morey, and Wyoming Nelle L Rass.
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New Jersey
Trumbulls
Massachusette
Chas
Maryland
Shay
White House Sheltered Presidents for 125 Years
Washington notes that the White House has housed presidents since 1792 and grown into a larger, more expansive residence under President Coolidge. It traces its origins from George Washington laying the corner stone to Thomas Jefferson first entering after inauguration rites, and notes its white painting, upkeep, and post 1814 reconstruction.
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Wealth of Alaskean Heir Goes to Distant Daughter
Lansing report details a Michigan estate dispute where Varian May Wirdning, a Lansing woman, inherits a vast fortune left by her father Charles Wirdoling, who died in Marquette after a Siberian gold expedition. The will favors Varian amid family contest.
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Uke Longfedow
Howe
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Marquette
Yukon
Varian May Wirdning
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Allaska
Siberia
Lame ducks in government face continued post election stays
The piece discusses proposed constitutional changes to end lame duck governance, backed by the American Bar Association and Senator George W. Norris, aiming to force outgoing lawmakers and the defeated president to leave office earlier and trigger a new congress in January. It notes opposition in the House, failed resolutions by Senator Dill, and a longstanding struggle to abolish lame duck appointments despite broad concern.
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George W. Norrin
Nebraska
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House
George 8. Graham
Pennsylvania
O. Dill
Washington
Miles Poindexter
Poindexter
Great Britain
United States
Mule Deer Foiles Film Drive at Buckstone Mountain Preserve
A deer drive by cowboys and film crews at Buckstone Mountain Preserve ends in a frolic as 30 miles of 80,000 deer roam freely for two days. Government to allow regulated hunting. Arizona accepts. Zane Grey supported the idea but no film was made.
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Buckstone Mountain Preserve
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State of
Weevil Fight Drives Chemical Search for Cotton Weevil Control
Experts of the Army Chemical Warfare Service seek a chemical to destroy the cotton boll weevil. They tested over 200 chemicals on 380000 weevils and hold 17000 in cold storage for greenhouse trials in South Carolina. Brigadier General Fries says 600 chemicals will be evaluated to determine plant safety and distribution viability. The goal is a poison that reaches the larval weevil inside bolls before egg laying and cotton damage occurs.
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Fries
Britain to Build New Embassy in Washington
Sir Esme Howard announced that Great Britain will replace the British embassy at Connecticut Avenue and N Street with a new structure on Massachusetts Avenue near Observatory Circle. Harry Wardman’s company will build a ten or eleven story office on the present site, property priced about 500000 dollars, with gardens for social functions. the new embassy reportedly costs another 500000 dollars on an 185000 square foot plot.
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Harry Wardman
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Massachusetts Avenue
Observatory Circle
Saule Price
Wardman
Frees
Historic Gallows at Jail Torn Down After 45 Years
A long defunct jail gallows, used to execute 53 felons, has been demolished by work crews. The electric chair now stands as the method for future executions. The destruction removes the trap, platform, and supporting timbers dating back to 1880, ending a grim era associated with numerous capital sentences.
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