Congress Adjourns After Buried Bills and Pensions Rise
Congress adjourned sine die as numerous minor bills were disposed of and many major measures postponed. The Senate passed the general pensions bill setting a $65 monthly minimum for Civil and Mexican War veterans, with higher payments for helpless or blind veterans and additional sums for widows and dependents. House approved the adjournment by 199 to 29. Senate referred the measure to the Ways and Means Committee.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Chicago raid nets 18,000-gallon still and equipment haul
Prohibition agents seized a large Chicago wildcat distillery said to be the country’s largest. They arrested 12 men and confiscated 200000 dollars in equipment and a 130000 dollar building. The plant's capacity was 18000 gallons of 188 proof grain alcohol weekly with four 30-foot stills and large fermentation vats.
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Chicago
Prohibition
B .G. Yellowley
Peoria
Peoria Capital
Sumatra Quake Death Toll Rises to 288 in Padang
The Sumatra earthquake kills 288 in Padang with 4.4 million dollars in damage at Fort Dekock. Holland papers fund relief as tremors spread from Europe and Africa to Asia and the Indies.
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Padang
Fort Dekock
Hague
Holland
Dutch East Indies
Europe
Africa
Asia Minor
California
Germany
New Premier Defeated in Ottawa Vote
Arthur Meighen’s new Conservative government, just three days in power, was defeated by a single vote in the House of Commons 96 to 95. Fourteen Conservatives sided against the government.
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Ottawa
Arthur Meighen
House of Commons
Farm leaders plan conferences on farm relief measures
Washington reports farm leaders and congressional agriculture groups will hold a series of conferences starting in Des Moines within six weeks. They aim to map plans to press for McNary Haugen style relief, emphasize the equalization fee, and back a farm board drawn from real farmers, likely organized by the Iowa Farm Bureau president.
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Congress
Middle West
Des Moines
House
Senate
Charles Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau
Slats Diary Reveals Youthful Trials and Tiny Fortunes
A boy recounts a week of schoolyard adventures and family mishaps. He jokes about ending relationships with girls after a quarrel with Jane over a photo. He plans a summer trip with Jake, noting small savings and odd work payments. He recalls a dinner at Ankel Hens and a close scare from indigestion.
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Ross Farquhar
Jane
Acc
Saterday
Jake
Jake Erni
Ankel
Enny
Growth and new buildings signal Lansing’s progress
Lansing rapidly grows with population gains and a surge of new business construction. Bock & Schultz erect a two story brick store at about 40000, Fred Vierk plans a 20000 brick shop, Winterhoff Auto Sales expands to a 35000 building, Phil Howard adds a two story hotel with ice cream parlor, Jack Trinowski to open a bakery, and Dr. Pierce E Lee enlarges his office in the Horn building at 115 E Ridge.
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Lansing
Bock & Schultz
Fred Vierk
State Bank
Vierk
Wainnwright and
Waugh
Winterhoff Auto Sales
Phil
No Doubt About It Duke’s Lawyer Seeks Settlement Debts
A Louisville Courier-Journal snippet reports the duke’s lawyer visited to discuss a settlement and the duke’s pressing debts, prompting questions about the legitimacy of a stated love match. The short exchange suggests financial motives may influence the match narrative.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
The Great Pursuit of a Modern Panorama
A fragmented reflection exhorts youth to chase beauty and change imagined butterflies into hinknores, envisioning a vivid view of the modern world through a symbolic procession of boys. The piece suggests transformation as a path to a striking societal panorama.
World’s plea for fairness and common sense
A short aphorism notes the world would treat people better if everyone showed more common sense fairness politeness and industry, urging mutual respect in daily life as a guiding principle.
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F W
Howe's Monthly
Sour Grout Mention in Revolutionary War Prisoner Report
The London Morning Post described American capture of German troops during the Revolutionary War noting the prisoners worked in cabbage fields making sour grout. The remark reflects contemporary British reporting of prisoner labor and conditions.
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London Morning Post
Brighton opens children’s church run by kids and teens
A new church for children opens in Brighton England supervised and funded by children with an organist who is eleven and churchwardens both under fourteen, reflecting a unique youth led project.
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Brighton
England
Visitors Not Encouraged In Some South American Countries
A brief note from the Exchange remarks that in certain South American nations a gentleman should kiss every woman he is introduced to and that such places do not run Sunday excursions, highlighting social customs and travel expectations.
No Departure From Justice
Burke warns that any eminent departure from justice as a standing policy of civil society undermines the very foundation of policy and governance. He argues stability rests on consistent adherence to justice.
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Burke
Troublesome Selection Causes Amnesia Wish
A Portland Ex press quote notes that many would choose to forget painful memories. The remark highlights a lighthearted take on memory loss and personal choice amid everyday life.
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Portland Express
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