Harding and Labour Strife Dominate July News From Washington
President Harding backs possible drastic action to end coal strike deadlock after talks with mine operators and miners. Railway unions and maintenance workers resist wage cuts while the Irish Free State unrest continues in Dublin and Berlin monarchists face renewed protests. The Hague budget row with Russia sparks dispute over loans and property claims as disarmament talks and Tacna Arica settlements progress. In U.S. Senate tariffs and a Pomerene presidential hint mix with sport news from a Leonard Kansas fight.
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Harding
White House
Kansas
Alexander Howatt
United Mine Workers of America
Union
Edward W. Pickard
B. M. Jewell
E. F. Grable
Railway Labor Board
Labor Board
Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Hooper
Railroad Labor Board
W. L. McMeniman
Washington
United States
Post Office
Indiana Briefs Highlight State Finance and Local News
Shoals faces bond-backed street resurfacing questions as state highway rules complicate financing. Indiana officials discuss looming general fund debt, county settlements, and tax equalization efforts. Other items cover governor appointments, cattle tuberculosis testing, Purdue livestock survey, and local crime and commerce notes.
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Shoals
Indiana
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Main Street
State Highway Commission
Indianapolis
State Board of Finance
State General Fund
McCray
John Klinger
Brazil
W. C. Ball
Terre Haute
State Farm
Ball
John T. Boyd
Vincennes
Sherman Trout
Crawfordsville
Trout
State Normal School
Charles A. Greathouse
Wang
Lafayette
G. L. Christie
Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station
Jesse Martin
Central National Bank of Attica
Albert Cobb
Martin
Attica Bank
Wingate Bank
South Bend
Middl
Anderson
Dye's Peculiar Property Promises New Coloring Method
A British firm reportedly discovers a dye that colors artificial fabrics hyphen and cotton in sequence. The dye stains mixed cotton silk blends, allowing silk to take color while cotton can be recolored by washing with a cotton-specific dye. This enables parti colored effects on postwoven mixed fabrics.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Tax Commissioner
Indiana
Marion County
Indiana National Guard
Harry B. Smith
Militia Bureau
War Department
Doctor Smith
Anderson
Frank N. Wallace
Porter
Pere Marquette
New York Central
Dunes Park
Here
Chicago
Michigan City
State Fire Marshal Department
Department
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Uncle Eben Seeks Shelter from Electric Lights
Uncle Eben urges looking at the bright side but notes little comfort standing outside. He mentions wanting to go inside to watch the pictures.
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Uncle Eben
The Joke Market Versus Culture
A light humor item contrasts culture’s decline with a quip about relativity yielding few jokes. The snippet hints at wit and science’s role in comedy without broader context or named figures.
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Irish Republicana
Dublin
Russia
Marion
General Pershing
Four Courts
de Valera
Terence McSwiney
Cork
Rory O'Conner
Skibbereen
Kerry
West Limerick
Waterford
East Limerick
Tipperary
Kilkenny
Berlin
Germany
Maximilian Harden
Wirth
Hague
Genoa
Alphand
Commission
Litvinoff
Mitter
The
Litvineff
Moscow
League of Nations Assembly
League
Commission On Disarmament
Paris
Lord Robert Cecil
Chile
Hughes
Peru
Senate
Shortridge
California
Ohio
King
Utah
Pomerene
Benny Leonard
Rocky Kansas
Ind
Leonard
U. S. S. North Carolina
Norfolk Navy Yard
Kathryn Agar
Auctioneers’ Association of Indiana
Petersburg
Pike County
Indiana State Federation of Labor
Mari
Canteloupes
Evansville
Chamber of Commerce
Eben
Goodyear
Arizona
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