Chicago society beauty linked to Paris wedding rumor
Miss Mary Landon Baker of Chicago has drawn out wedding suspense as talk centers on Allister McCormick of Chicago and Miss Joan Stevens of London. A Paris dispatch claims the engagement is near and a Paris wedding may occur in October, while Baker has repeatedly postponed the ceremony and kept society guessing.
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Mary Landon Baker
Society Beauty
Chicago
Allister McCormick
Paris
Tere
Joan Stevens
London
Soens
le Touquet
The
Herald
Miss Baker
Lord Birkenhead Draws American Debate and Protest
Viscount Birkenhead Sir Frederick E. Smith the British attorney general who prosecuted Sir Roger Casement stirs U.S. readers with his first public speech in America. Henry Breckenridge assistant secretary of war denounces the speech in a letter to John W. Davis head of the American Bar Association. The exchange questions Wilson era policy and the ethics of inviting Birkenhead to address the Institute of Politics at Williams College.
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Viscount Birkenhead
Frederick E. Smith
Huger Casement
America
Henry Breckenridge
Wilson
John W. Davis
American Bar Association
General Peyton C March Marries New Bride in London
Major General Peyton C March wed Miss Cora Virginia McEntee of New York in London shocking friends. The 26 year old bride is 32 years younger than the groom as plans for a worldwide extended honeymoon unfold. The general, previously widowed in 1904, has four surviving children with three daughters married to Army officers and a son Lewis.
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Peyton C. March
London
Cora Virginia McEntee
New York City
General March
Rome
England
United States
Asia
Josephine Smith Cunningham
Washington
John Milliken
Paul R. Frank
Joseph M. Swing
Army Oolkers
Lewis March
Peyton C. March, Jr
Mellon Signals Stay in Cabinet After Europe Trip
Secretary Mellon returned from a six week Europe mission and told President Coolidge he would remain in the cabinet. As head of the American World War foreign debt commission, Mellon summarized Europe’s condition. He said France is prosperous but credit weakening. England fears world trade decline and Ruhr deadlock. Germany faces potential communist unrest but could endure if allowed to function. no immediate solution to reparations is visible, yet the problem must be solved.
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Treasury
Mellon
Europe
Coolidge
American World War Foreign Debt Commission
France
England
Ruhr
Germany
Hobson Leads Global War on Drugs Movement
Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson, Spanish American War hero, heads the International Narcotic Education association in Los Angeles. The plan spans generations to eradicate narcotics via mass education, with 100000 forming local committees and joint efforts from churches civic groups ex-service members Boy Scouts and the film industry to reach every school child twice yearly.
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Richmond Pearson Hobson
International Narcotic Education Association
Los Angeles
Captain Hobson
Citizens’ Committee
United States
Boy Scouts
RE Caskasian Soldiers
Americans Millions Saved Russia, Haskell Declares
In a report to Secretary Hoover Col. William N. Haskell says American Relief Administration aid of about 60 million dollars over two years saved millions in Russia. Relief efforts fed nearly 11 million daily, aided 15 thousand hospitals, vaccinated 7 million, sowed 8 million acres, and supported 2 million rehabilitated children and 100 thousand teachers.
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Haskell
Relief Administration
United States
American Relief Administration
Contazion
Duiner
Russia
European Co operative Movement Gains Highlight Thompson Report
Ouston Thompson of the federal trade commission returns from a three month Europe survey of co operative marketing societies in Britain Denmark Sweden Finland the Baltic states Czechoslovakia Poland Germany Italy and France. He notes open access to books and plants and sees a trend toward self sufficiency with tariffs supporting home industry and government backing for reconstruction efforts in several nations. He says European co operatives do not seek government aid but favor fair competition and education, fostering an international cooperative spirit.
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Ouston Thompson
Federal Trade Commission
Europe
Thompson
British Isles
Denmark
Sweden
Finland
Esthenia
Latvia
Czechoslovakia
Lithuania
Poland
Germany
Italy
France
Europe Remains Our Greatest Market
Secretary of Commerce Hoover warns that American manufacturers seek more South American and Asian business, risking Europe trade. Commerce Reports notes Europe remains the top market and calls exporters to monitor Europe's import conditions and factor in middlemen dynamics in global commerce.
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Ecretary
Hoover
Europe
South America
Asia
Department of Commerce
Institute of Economics Forms From Carnegie To Study Germany
The Institute of Economics, funded by the Carnegie Corporation and about a year old, released its first work Germany's Capacity to Pay. Directors Moulton and C. H. McGuire estimate Germany has paid 6.25 billion dollars in cash and kind, while France cites 2.5 billion and Germany claims 10 billion, noting disagreements over what counts under Versailles.
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HE Institute of Economics
Germany
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Moulton
C. H McGuire
France
Reparations Commission
Sugar Beet Cost Probe Expands to Production Base
The tariff commission ordered a comprehensive study of sugar beet production costs in about thirty districts across Michigan Nebraska Colorado Utah and California. Two survey crews will sample roughly two thousand farms about 15 percent of regional output and aim to cover early production costs in the United States.
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Tariff Commission
United States
Cuba
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Louisiana
West
Washington
Michigan
Nebraska
Colorado
Utah
California
Department of Agriculture
Mother shoots son to save his soul in Chicago
Mrs Rose Simit, a Hungarian immigrant, shot her 19 year old son Dezso after a night of loafing and alleged theft. He survived a neck wound but faces an auto theft case and bond forfeiture as authorities hold the case. Her teenage daughter Yolanda, a high school graduate, is working at the public library. The mother remains in custody, pleading for clemency.
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Chicago Avenue
Alexian Brothers’ Hospital
Puy
Rose Simit
Joe Simit
Yolanda
Waller High School
Dezso
Hungary
Crane Technical High School
James Mueller
Hudson Avenue Police
Western Kansas Tenant Farmers Seek Seed Financing
In Dodge City meeting of farmers officials millers bankers and rail men plans were made to raise up to a half million dollars to provide seed for winter wheat in southwestern Kansas where a near total crop loss occurred. A "free seed" gamble would reward seed suppliers with two bushels of wheat per bushel supplied if a crop returns next year.
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Opera
Kans
Kansas
Dodge City
Ifive
Don’t Be Too Sure She Owns the Mutt
A Chicago column notes a dog rental service atop a One Hundred and Third street building. Women hire pedigreed dogs by the hour for strolls, paying around 50 cents to 2 dollars daily, with owners supplying food, care, and veterinary attention for pampered pets.
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York
Monsieur Dog Center
Dogville
Mother Heeded Intuition In Illini Heist Case
Mrs. Heath T Byford suspected trouble as she and husband rushed home from a Chicago trip to Hubbard Woods Illinois. Their teenage maid Miriam Shea had vanished with the 19 month old Heath Jr and 3 month old Patricia. A search found belongings missing and the maid later fled with a taxi to the Chicago line.
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Mr. Byford
Mrs. Byford
CIA
Miriam
Miriam Shea
Heath Jr
Mirri
Paul Breen
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Mount Wilber Climb First Ascent by Clyde in Glacier Park
Norman Clyde of Weatherville California member of the Sierra Club San Francisco ascended Mount Wilber 9293 feet in Glacier National Park. He left a six by seven foot pyramid red argillite monument atop the summit for Doctor Wynn and set a 3 peak climbing record during a Glacier Park vacation. Clyde,\n38, a country schoolmaster born in Philadelphia, says the higher they are the easier they are climbed.
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Lacier Park
Mont
Norman Clyde
Weatherville
Cal
Sierra Club of
San Francisco
Mount
Wilber
Glacier National Park
United States
Clyde
Doctor Wynn
Siyeh
Glacier Hotel
Lake McDermott
Tim Murphy the Original Leatherstocking
A Virginia rifleman. Tim Murphy led Morgan’s riflemen in the Saratoga campaign and is credited with killing General Frazer. He later became feared by Iroquois warriors for his speed and double barreled rifle, reputed to fire three shots without reloading.
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Ames Fennimore Cooper
Leatherstocking
Realife
Cooper
Tim Murphy
Daniel Morgan
Burgoyne
Murphy
Rescue and Romance on the Whio River In 174
In a 174 era tale Rebecca Martin paddled a birch bark toward her sister's river mouth home when a war party of Indians surrounded a burning cabin. She evaded capture, then a second attack by Indian canoes was halted by a rattling volley from a prow gun on a big canoe. Captain Isaac Williams, a hunter and scout, rescued her, and weeks later a wandering minister married Rebecca to Williams.
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Rebecca Martin
Whio
Grove Creek
Rebecca
Isaac Williams
Rebecca Williams
Value of Sentimentality and Moral Soil
Henry Watterson argues sentimentality is not mere self flattery but a tool that cultivates moral soil within individuals by deepening emotional awareness. He treats sentiment as a force shaping character rather than a vapid indulgence.
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Henry Watterson
Opportunity and Mystery Open Paths to Growth
The narrator reflects that the world’s mystery creates opportunity for both personal life and broader achievement, emphasizing chances to be and to do, shaping a hopeful outlook.
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Hugh Blatt
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Httle
Institute of Economics
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Premier Poincare
Robert S. Brookings
St. Louis
Arthur T. Hadley
Yale
David F. Houston
Secretary of Agriculture
Harold G. Moulton Chicago
University of Chicago
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University of Virginia
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Nashville, Tenn
Charles L. Hutchinson
David Kinley
University of Nlinois
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
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Memphis
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Boston
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