News Review of Current Events from Edward W. Pickard
Sosa and representatives return home after Congress adjourns as President Coolidge vacationing at Lake Osgood in the Adirondacks with an expected visitor pace. He praises the first session gains on taxes war debt funding and world court while facing farm relief setbacks and party rifts. Briand in France signals patience on foreign debt. Mexican Catholic church crackdown escalates. New York subway strike disrupts city. new mediation board formed to settle rail wage disputes.
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Sosa
Congress
Coolidge
Lake Osgood
Adirondacks
White House
Philadelphia
Reblican
Calles
Mexico
Gasparri
Holy See
Samuel E Winslow
Massachusetts
Theouse Interstate Commerce Committee
Edwin P. Morrow
G. W. W. Hanger
Old Railroad Labor Board
Carl Williams
Oklahoma Farmer Stockman
Hywel Davies
Department of Labor
Interstate Commerce Commission
Board of Mediation
South
West
Brotherhoods
Poland Faces Turmoil as Polish German Tensions Rise
In Poland the indecision of Marshal Pilsudski and fear for national policy threaten European peace. Bolshevists are active stirring clashes between soldiers and civilians while Soviet Russia watches from the east. Polish extremists push for land cessions from Germany and Germany seeks return of territory. diet denounces the dictator's government but constitutional changes may be enacted to grant him decree power through 1928.
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Onfuston
Poland
Marshal Pilsudski
Europe
Bolshevists
Soviet
Russia
Germany
Sarde Drives Global Rampage of Quakes and Floods
Sarde continued her rampage across the globe last week with earthquakes in southern Europe and Asia followed by temblors in Sumatra and Java that killed many. Floods worsened in Mexico Austria and Japan amid record snow in South America and a cyclonic storm in Chile causing floods and landslides. Ohio faced torrential rains and high winds damaging crops.
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Sarde
Europe
Asia
Sumatra
Java
Mexico
Austria
Japan
South America
Chile
Ohio
Submarine 8 51 Hull Raised For Burial Of 33 Victims
After months of work the hull of submarine 8 51 was raised from the sea bottom off Block Island and towed to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It will be cut open for the removal and honored burial of its twenty four crew. Lieut Commander Edward Elisburg led the engineering effort. The 8 51 sank last September in a collision, thirty three men perished.
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Block Island
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Edward Elisburg
Alem Celebrates 300th Anniversary with Dawes Visit
In Alem Massachusetts the three hundredth anniversary festivities included a large parade and a banquet. Vice President Dawes reviewed the parade, delivered a Coolidge greeting, and gave a lively speech. He also signaled plans related to his own future.
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Alem
Massachusetts
Charles G. Dawes
Coolidge
Dawes
World Car Ownership Spread Revealed by Commerce Dept
The Commerce Department reports one car owner per seventy one people worldwide, totaling over 24 million owners from a 1925 world population of 1.748 billion. The United States leads with one car per six people, with varying ratios across Hawaii Canada Afghanistan Hejaz Abyssinia China and other regions.
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Afghanistan
Hejaz
Abyssinia
China
Solomon Islands
Liberia
South America
Norse Runic Inscriptions Found in Washington
Archaeologist Prof Oluf Opsjon calls recently translated Spokane and Grant County runes the greatest Norse record found in the United States. The Spokane inscription recounts a Viking journey and a battle with Indians in 1010 AD and burial of the dead. The Grant County runes describe Norsemen swimming the Columbia River to escape Indians and famine, also dated 1010.
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Washington
Oluf Opsjon
United States
Spokane
Grant County
Columbia River
Illinois boxing law boosts Chicago as prize fight hub
Sam Mandell of Rockford won the lightweight title from Rocky Kansas of Buffalo in a ten round bout. The referee credited Mandell with outpointing Kansas, but the decision drew strong criticism.
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Illinois
Chicago
Sammy Mandell
Rockford
Rocky Kansas
Buffalo
Sammy
Rocky
Mazie Finds Unlikely Match Through a Parking Dilemma
Mazie Kelsey, owner of a shabby car, charms the Hindley family when a parking issue leads to a courtship. Mr. Hindley resolves to help and Mazie later marries his son Tom, closing the scene with a summer wedding.
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Hindley Place
James Hindley
Hindley
Kelsey
Doris
Russia
Mr. Hindley
Ted
Mazie Kelsey
Laura Drake
Peach
Mazie
Tom
Tom Hind
Man Collects Spare Parts From Surgeries In London Hospital
A man visited a London hospital so often for surgeries that he began gathering his removed parts in glass jars. He began with tonsils, then teeth and other components, filling a shelf with dated specimens labeled and described.
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London
Sad Connoisseur Quote Sparks Cultural Exchange
A brief exchange highlights the value and age of a rare book. The dialogue underscores the tension between service and authority as Fenelon quotes reflect on appearance and duty.
Farm Hand Lester Photographed By Moving Picture Crew
Farmer Famblegate discusses his nephew Lester working on a Wanhoo county farm. A moving picture company filmed him recently using a slow motion camera, sparking discussion about his farming role.
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Lester
Wanhoo County
Farmer Famblegate
Farmer Funter
Moving Picture
Kansas City Star
Needle making requires seventy workers per needle
A historical trade note explains that seventy men are needed to produce one needle and that it must pass through twenty two distinct processes before becoming marketable. This highlights the complexity and labor intensity of early textile manufacturing.
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