President Coolidge outlines key national policy recommendations
The message calls for a strong army and navy without armament races, US entry into the world court with reservations, continued canal and reclamation projects, staying out of the League of Nations, immigration reforms for family reunification, private handling of Muscle Shoals, limited railway tinkering, possible railroad consolidation, rail labor board protections, election law equal representation, review of shipping, debt funding extensions, judicial procedure improvements, civil service postmaster and prohibition offices, support for disabled veterans legislation.
Shop Early and Mail Early Campaign Urges Proper Addressing
The Post Office Department promotes wrapping Christmas packages securely with the address in the upper left corner to ensure return if misrouted and to help postmen and clerks deliver gifts in time for Christmas. Citizens are urged to shop and mail early to support postal workers and ensure timely deliveries for Christmas morning.
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Post Office Department
Horseless Age Reflected in Automobile Driving
A quip notes society’s shift to motor travel, joking about the lack of horse sense in driving automo biles and the era of horseless transportation. The wry line hints at early skepticism toward cars and new road rules.
Seven Hundred Counties Freed of Cattle Ticks
After eighteen years of tick eradication efforts, 700 counties out of 975 infested are released from Federal quarantine. Georgia becomes fully free and five states now have all areas tick free, with Texas and North Carolina partially released and quarantines adjusted in several states.
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R. A. Rama
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
South
Georgia
Asfornia
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Carolina
South Carolina
Rome
Arkansas
Florida
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Texas
Alabama
Louisiana
Ramsay
Peter F. Bahnsen
White County
Jackson
Conway
Gadsden County
Chariton, Clinch, Echols
Lanier
Oklahoma—Sequoyah
N. Carolina
Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell
Washington
Beaumont and
Dare
Texas -Aransas
Calhoun
Comal
Eastland
Goliad
Uvalde
Matagorda
Wharton
Clarke
Skinner Girl Sparks Son’s Interest
A terse exchange reveals tension as a mother urges her son to avoid the Skinner girl while the son admits his interest lies with all the other fellows. The dialogue captures family concern and teenage allure in a concise domestic moment.
October building boom defies downturn fears in 1924
Financial review notes that October US building and construction contracts rose across nearly all regions. F. W. Dodge Corp reports 410 million dollars in contracts in 36 Eastern and Northeastern States, up 19 percent from October 1923. Residential, public works, and commercial segments drive year to date total to about 3.78 billion, a 12 percent rise over 1923. The trend suggests 1924 will exceed all prior years in construction activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Dodge Corporation
Ota
Safety First Slogan for E. L. Collings Insurance
Slogans promote safety with the theme that personal protection safeguards neighbors. The ad highlights fire life and accident insurance offered by E. L. Collings to protect families and loved ones.
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Sallie
Helf
Curtiss Wright
Windsor
Annie Coddington
Sadie
Ted
Billings
Mr. Wright
World Court
United States
League of Nations
Congress
Railway Labor Board
American Debt Funding Commission
Civil Service
Hall’s
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Financial Review
First National Bank
St. Louis
Heiskell
Johnston, Holloway& Co
Philada
EH. W. Grove
Scott
Houston
Dr. Pierce
de Pierce
Pierce
Fannie Disheron
Bayer
Ee Wea
Grove
Sethic
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