St. Louis gains a modern convention hall and freight trailer parade
St. Louis rises from a river town to a modern hub with a new convention space and a caravan of one hundred trucks touring the river to spotlight freight transport. The effort aims to brand the city, attract national attention, and showcase automotive progress while Illinois home rule debates continue.
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St. Louis
Metropolis
Chicago
Big South
New York Times
Quincy
Miss Anthony and the suffrage amendment in history
The piece recalls Susan B. Anthony's unanswerable argument and the long path to ratification. It notes the rise of organized suffrage campaigns, the political use of pressure on senators, and the shift in opposition. It also contrasts wartime patriotism with past Fourth of July celebrations and boxing.
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Susan B. Anthony
Senate
Edmunds
Vermont
Miss Anthony
New England
Susan Anthony
Fragmented Personal Resolve Text From A Stale Notebook
A garbled diary style passage outlines self improvement pledges. It emphasizes honesty, self control, avoiding ego, managing thoughts, guarding health and mind, studying regularly, conserving energy, and avoiding pessimism amid a salesman’s fragmented reflection.
The River and Rail Freight Debate Continues
A long opinion piece connects a personal pledge to positive speech with a broader call for river and rail freight transfer. It notes mid continent cooperation, government plans to boost river service with barges and tugboats, and Walker Hines remarks on expanding Mississippi River equipment. The article argues against letting reversion to private railroad ownership derail progress.
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Walker Hines
St Louis
Railroad Administration
Mississippi River
New Orleans
St. Louis
Big River
Inland Navy Cruise Mirrors Nation's Peace Message
The Waterways section notes reports of a Gulf to St Louis naval cruise with a submarine destroyer chasers and flying boats aboard. It argues the voyage emphasizes peacetime use of rivers and prompts reflection on waterway policy alongside railroads. It praises government progress on river freight, especially the Mississippi route and its tributaries, and urges continued development of inland water transportation.
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Christian Science Monitor
Mississippi Valley
Key West
St. Louis
Navy Department
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Atlantic Seaboard
New York Canal
Great Lakes
Hudson River
Mississippi River
Warrior River
Alabama
Ohio
Missouri
Arkansas
Red
Tennessee
Peter Rabbit Meets Longbill the Woodcock
Peter Rabbit learns how Longbill finds worms by probing ground with a long flexible bill in soft soil. He glimpses the worm and witnesses the specialized tip opening to grab prey, while contrasting with Welcome Robin’s surface hunting. Longbill explains deep-ground feeding and seasonal migration. Peter plans to visit again.
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Peter Rabbit
Longbill
Peter
Robin
Welcome Robin
Tack
On June 7 Through History Most Notable Events
A historical vignette lists events tied to June 7 across centuries. It notes captians and crusaders in distant campaigns, Robert Bruce’s death, the Royal Exchange’s founding in London, Sarah Siddons’ death and career, Daniel Boone’s early exploration, the Second Continental Congress’s Lee resolution, and John Brougham’s death, illustrating diverse milestones tied to the date.
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Cap Tians
Bese
Europe
Robert Bruce
Scotland
Bruce
Royal Exchange
London
Thomas Gresham
Antwerp
Sarah Siddons
Roger Kemble
Siddons
Drury Lane
Daniel Boone
North Carolina
Red River
Continental Congress
Richard Henry Lee
John Brougham
Germans Send Peace Terms Copies to U S Senators
Paris June 6 It is understood Berlin is sending photographically reproduced copies of the peace terms to every United States senator and representative in Washington indicating active diplomacy ahead of expected ratification.
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Paris
Berlin
United States
Ford rests case in Halbel suit at Mount Clemens
Direct evidence for the plaintiff in Henry Ford's libel suit against the Chicago Tribune finished Friday and defense presentation began. The trial at Mount Clemens, Michigan, is expected to last about a month.
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Ford
Mount Clemens
Mich
Henry Ford
Hbel
Chicago Tribune
Lodge Appeals to Senate on Fiume Question
Chairman Lodge released a cablegram from Andrea Osseinack plenipotentiary for Fiume at the Paris conference appealing to the United States Senate to aid in preventing a great injustice. Delegates at Fiume reiterated popular support for Italian annexation and said Fiume would not heed peace conference actions blocking union with Italy.
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Washington
Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Andrea Osseinack
Fiume
United States Senate
Italy
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