The 6 and 10 Department Store Scene in New York
A fragmented New York column surveys the flamboyant Madison Avenue shopping scene, detailing the 6 and 10 stores with red fronts, lavish window displays, and the social mix of housewives, financiers, and shoppers. It notes prohibition boosting sales of cocktails and glasses, the allure of cheap goods, and the peculiar urban theater of summer retail life. The piece also touches on beach fashion scandals, yacht invitations, and a bustling but restless city scene with vivid, if chaotic, vignettes.
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New York
Madison Avenue
Benaar Fox
Columbus Circle
Che
Lnileed
Ibey Flourich Munst
Hearst Papers outline proposed reforms and world peace plan
The document lists ten proposals including equal basis for English speaking peoples, proportional Senate representation, unified national defense under a Secretary of National Defense, abolition of illiteracy, January inaugurations, a federal sales tax, a thirteen month year, a Nicaragua Canal, and acquiring the French and English West Indies as part payment of national debt.
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United States Senate
Army
Nicaragua Canal
Hearst Papers
English West Indies
United States
France Debt to America Sparks Heated French Reaction
The piece surveys French and American voices on France’s debt to the United States, quoting Clemenceau and Prevost as critics of demanding terms. It details the Young Plan adjustments cited by Berenger and Domergue, arguing many see the settlement as 41 percent of the original debt, while defending France’s credit and national honor.
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France
United States
Georges Clemenceau
Marcel Prevost
Octave Homburg
Germany
America
Henri Berenger
Yesterday's Paper . D'America Responds To Size Complaints
New York daily Yesterday's Paper responds to a subscriber suggestion that its tabloid size was too small by issuing a larger format. The change is praised as practical while provoking debate over thrift and steady readership duties. Editors of the Malian language newspaper Corer comment on daily paper consumption.
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D'America
New York
Jones
Corer
Go West young man ends in a land of resource dreams
The piece chides overextended land claims by Northern Pacific and government entanglements, arguing vast mineral and energy potential lies westward. It cites forests, borax, phosphate, oil and gas, with Boulder Dam as a catalyst, urging emancipation from crowded, costly eastward dependence.
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Maho Ie
Croesus
Interior Department
Borac
Boulder Dam
Imperial Valley
Harriman
Ophie
Golconda
Horace Gretles
Sure Means of Preventing Diphtheria Campaign Note
A historic Homestead era editorial urges diphtheria protection through universal inoculation. It extols Royal Copeland M D and medical leaders for promoting vaccination, describing diphtheria as avoidable and stressing parental trust in physicians to immunize children. The piece contrasts past fatal cases with modern vaccines, urging immediate action to shield families.
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Royal
Copeland
New York
Farmer
Trast
City
Dioner
Bealgn
New York City
Listen World by Elsie Robinson moral essay on belief
The piece urges persisting belief in people despite betrayal and cruelty. It contrasts a harsh childhood warning with a biblical example of forgiveness. It argues that there is something godlike in humanity and that trust and kindness endure through pain and misunderstanding.
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Mim
King Festure
Ramsay MacDonald and the lure of Labour power in Britain
A historical column argues how American financiers would react to a Labour leader like Ramsay MacDonald. It portrays his rise as prime minister, his humble origins, and the idea that both palace and cottage origins can yield trusted governance, contrasting fears and pride among global capital.
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Great Britain
India
Ramsay McDonald
Ramsay MacDonald
Tie
Mortunale
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Idol
SWEET
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Weebington
Northern Pacific
Bularice Eneet
Sam
N.D
Tacoma
Pacific
Europe
Austin
John V. Perwell
Chicago
Texas
Panhandle
John Jacob Astor
Kiebergs
Delaware
Rhode Island
St. Louis
Browneville
Hag
Elsie Robinson
Labor and Socialistic
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