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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1923
Page
6
Edward W. Pickard analyzes why farm bloc legislation failed to halt wheat price decline below a dollar. He links Kenyon’s presidential prospects, Brookhart’s influence, and Wood’s cabinet moves with Entente-stable aims amid Filipino and Franco contacts shaping policy.
Magnus Johnson the Farmer Labor candidate wins decisively over Governor Preus, giving Minnesota two Farmer Labor senators aligned with La Follette. Carley’s support collapses among Democrats. Johnson opposes world court and League, supports soldier bonus. National figures call result a farm-state protest and a rebuke to Harding policy.
Johnson’s win triggers Republican speculation about Harding’s renomination prospects. La Follette Brookhart and others in New York floated nominating Judge Kenyon and La Follette as possible contenders. Analysts note Kenyon sits between radicals and conservatives, not strongly aligned with either wing.
The article reports a reelection bid by a prominent U.S. candidate returning from Europe amid strong local support in New York. He cites lessons from European leaders, advocates economic cooperation modeled on Rochdale, and urges Congress to pass the Norris bill and an immediate extra session. He predicts Russian Soviet strength and notes Belgian public opinion siding with Britain on international policy.
Filipino leaders including Manuel Quezon and Speaker Roxas quit in protest against Governor General Wood’s policy of intervention in local and insular affairs. Wood rejects the charges as unfounded while accepting the resignations, labeling the move a deliberate challenge to authority.
The British draft reply to Germany’s reparations note has been submitted to the Allies and the United States but kept secret. Marquis Curzon faced a tough task, with hopes France may concede to avert a rupture of the entente. Poincaré’s Senlis speech signals firm French claims, while Britain and France may align if Ruhr passive resistance ends.
Angora authorized JSMET PASHA to sign the Lausanne treaty as Turkey gains key concessions while the United States wins open door terms. The pact allows allied nations to keep one warship in the Dardanelles by invitation, with other issues left for later settlement after separate U.S. negotiations.
In a mixed claims commission proceeding, the German government is asked to submit official records of spy activity in the United States during the war. Kentucky Elevator burned in February 1917, with a $1,000,000 damages claim, tied to alleged German plots to control or destroy grain supplies. The demand cites the Versailles treaty.
Premier Mussolini secures total government control by Parliament through a new electoral law allowing redistricting and gerrymandering. Liberals resist while Mussolini vows to dispose of the bill if it defies him, as supporters hail his supposed restoration of the country amid widespread concern over dictatorial methods.
Governor Proctor of Vermont calls a special election for November 6 to fill the seat left by the death of William P. Dillingham who served twenty three years in the U S Senate. The primary is slated for October 9.
Attorney General Daugherty asks the federal district court in St. Paul to dissolve International Harvester into at least three independent firms. The move argues the company remains a combination in restraint of trade under the Sherman Act and monopolizes harvesting machinery. Proposed splits would create two implementers for McCormick Harvester and Deering lines, plus a third for steel and coat subsidiaries.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports immune potato varieties including Early Eureka Early Petoskey First Early Cordon's Early Snowflake and Spaulding Rose. Wart immune potatoes have been used since 1920 as a quarantine measure after wart disease appeared in 1918 with infestations found in Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maryland. A bulletin detailing four years of cooperative tests is now available free from the USDA in Washington DC.
University expert W. H. Peters advises dehorning calves early to ease handling and raise sale price by about half a cent per pound. Dehorning best at ten days to one month using caustic potash. may require multiple applications on older calves. Avoid dehorning purebred cattle as horns affect breed value and buyer preference.
State agricultural officials say stomach worm losses in lambs are preventable. A 1 percent copper sulphate solution given by size of sheep, using earthenware or wood vessels, can reduce losses. Doses range from 0.75 to 1.5 ounces for lambs and 2.5 to 3 ounces for older sheep. A veterinarian syringe may be used with careful administration.
Keith county Nebraska used 46 dollars of premiums from the previous state fair to buy seeds of crops vegetables and melons not grown locally. Four seed lots were shared with volunteer growers for planting on good soil under agent supervision. Over 450 exhibits representing more than twenty crops were sent to the state fair with many first place awards and high quality ratings. New crops such as milo jeterita orange cane broom corn lawa oats and Japanese millet show strong adaptability and will be grown again this year.
Guidance on duck nutrition emphasizes soft easily digested foods for growth. It recommends meals grasses vegetables and small meat scraps, with twice daily feeding during range limitations and a cut feed mash including wheat bran corn meal flour grit and meat scrap.
Over one million Habrobracon brevicornis Wesmael parasites have been reared and released in New England. Canadian entomologists plan to introduce the parasite into southern Ontario after authorization. An Arlington Mass laboratory provided training and will rear and release the parasite in Canada. Additional corn borer parasites from France are being processed there, with at least one more ready soon.
DeKalb County adviser Tom Roberts says panels across the car prevent heavy losses when different hog lots are mixed. Strange hogs tend to fight and damage occurs, so separating them reduces injuries and waste.
A vintage advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment for pimples redness and itching followed by Cuticura Soap and hot water rinse. After drying a dusting of Cuticura Talcum leaves a fragrance. Price listed as 25 cents each. The line “Man wants but little here below the standard” appears.
The long used Castoria for children claims to relieve constipation flatulence wind colic and diarrhea. It says Castoria calms feverishness and aids digestion by regulating stomach and bowels for natural sleep without opiates. The genuine bottle carries a signature.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Davies of Topeka Kansas report a family of robins in a pear tree that wove a small American flag into their nest. The flag partially remains waving in the breeze attracting local notice.
A fragment from The Improvement recalls a harsh children’s incident as the Presiding Hider and Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge debate the odd claim that a child’s head was shaped by the Lord. The text mentions another child who allegedly altered it with an ax helve, in a vivid but ambiguous scene.
A witty quip notes that greatness can wane as time passes, contrasting initial stature with later diminishment and highlighting a humorous view of legacy and aging.
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