German reparations plan gains cautious European backing
The article reports on the push to create an expert committee to study Germany's reparations, with U S participation and British acceptance of French reservations. Poincare demands advisory, nonbinding findings and limits on further debt talks, while Washington signals no enforcement responsibility. Royalist unrest grows in Germany as Bavarian troops rally and Saxon tensions rise alongside Dutch approval for exiled Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm to return.
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Edward W. Pickard
Europe
Hughes
Washington
United States
Great Britain
France
Poincare
London
Germany
M. Poincare
Conference of Experts
Reparations Commission
Sir John Bradbury
J. P. Morgan
Roland Boyden
Paul Cravath
Mr. Morgan
Elihu Root
Degoutte
Ruhr
Krupp’ von Bohlen
Thuringian
Berlin
Reichswehr
Bamberg
Bavaria
Stresemann
Munich
Rhineland
Belgium
Friedrich Wilhelm
Holland
Silesia
Germany on edge as Stresemann government totters
Dispatches from Germany report Chancellor Stresemann's government tottering on the brink with Socialists threatening to quit and monarchists pressing toward a dictatorship.
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Germany
Stresemann
Angora Republic Declared Mustapha Kemal Elected President
The Angora assembly proclaimed a republic last week and elected Mustapha Kemal as the first president. Ismet Pasha became premier and formed a cabinet. Britain pressed Turkey to open parlors on the Mosul issue and both Britain and France reportedly offered loans and concessions to gain terms not achieved at Lausanne.
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Angora
Turkey
Mustapha Kemal
Ismet Pasha
Great Britain
Mosul
Lausanne
Diplomats Reach Prohibition Pact With Britain
Diplomatic accord gives U S enforcement rights to search suspected liquor smuggling vessels within an hour’s sailing from shore and affirms a three mile US maritime limit. Britain may carry liquor into American waters undersea. Senate may object to this clause. Wayne B Wheeler questions constitutionality.
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Iplomats
United States
America
Great Britain
Washington
United States Senate
Drys
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saltoon League
Governor Pinchot Blames Federal Permit System For Prohibition Breakdowns
Governor Pinchot writes Secretary Mellon accusing the federal permit system of causing enforcement failures in Pennsylvania. He shifts blame to Mellon and argues the secretary holds power to cut off the process, sparking a clash over national prohibition policy.
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Pinchot
Mellon
Pennsylvania
Kellogg Selected as Ambassador to Great Britain
President Coolidge has chosen Prank B Kellogg former Minnesota senator to succeed George Harvey as American ambassador to Great Britain. The British government says the appointment will be highly satisfactory and the choice is generally commended in the United States, though some old critics recall Kellogg as a mild reservationist on the League of Nations. The Senate is expected to confirm him and Kellogg is deemed capable of serving with credit.
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Prank B. Kellogg
United States
Minnesota
President Coolidge
George Harvey
Great Britain
Kellogg
League of Nations
Senate
Oklahoma Governor Walton Faces Senate Impeachment Arraignment
Governor Walton of Oklahoma was arraigned before the state senate court on twenty two charges including corruption and malfeasance. The trial was delayed amid legal skirmishing as the defense centers on the Klan issue. A Muskogee paper alleged two senators were offered bribes to sway the verdict and prompted editors to testify before the senate court.
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Overnor Walton
Oklahoma
State Senate
Muskogee
Senate
Oklahoma City
Court martial for officers in 1931 California coast disaster
A Navy board finds culpable inefficiency and negligence after the September 8 accident off the California coast that sank seven destroyers and cost 23 lives. Captain Edward H. Watson, Lieut. Commander Donald T. Hunter, and Lieut. Lawrence F. Blodgett face general court martial. eight other officers to be tried for negligence.
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California
Board of Inquiry
Noted British Statesman Roe Bonar Law Dies in England
Former British prime minister and chancellor Roe Bonar Law dies in England after a lingering illness. He was regarded as one of England's best informed and solid statesmen, though not popular. In the same year Dr. Charles P. Steinmetz dies in Schenectady New York, famed for electrical engineering advances and selfless devotion to science.
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Roe Bonar Law
Great Britain
Lloyd George
England
Charles P. Steinmetz
Schnectady
N. Y
Masonic Memorial Cornerstone Laid in Alexandria
President Coolidge and officials attended the cornerstone ceremony for a Greek styled Masonic memorial in Alexandria Virginia. The temple will cost 4 million dollars and serve as a shrine for American Freemasonry with relics of George Washington.
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Coolidge
George Washington
Alexandria
Japan offers perpetual lease on estate beside U S embassy
Japan expresses gratitude for American aid after the recent earthquake and offers the United States a perpetual lease on a two acre estate adjacent to the site of its embassy in Tokyo.
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America
Japan
United States
Tokyo
The Riding Master
Wealthy heiress Charlotte Seacroft tests her riding master Ahrens. After a tense ride Beauty the horse suffers an abusive outburst, and Charlotte defeats Ahrens with a fierce blow then forces his retreat using a quirt.
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Miss Leacroft
Charlotte Seacroft
Ahrens
Ladislaus
Beauty
Charlotte
Abrens
The Late Henry Clews Recollects Farm Calves Jest
The New York financier Henry Clews joked about fashion at a high society reception recalling when the only calves he had seen were those on a farm. His remark reflected a lighthearted contrast between rural life and extravagant city dress.
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Henry Clews
New York
Mr. Clews
The poet and his lone books were women's looks.
The remark implies the poet values women and appearance over prose, framing beauty as his sole literary influence. The quote highlights a gendered view of art and intellect.
Castoria Promises Relief for Infants and Children
An advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as a 30 year remedy for constipation flatulency wind colic and diarrhea in babies and children. It claims to calm feverishness arising from these issues and aid digestion and sleep without opiates, with a genuine bottle bearing a signature.
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Fletcher
Art Crank Defined as One Who Takes Art Too Seriously
A concise definition describes an art crank as someone who treats art with excessive seriousness and fervor, elevating it beyond ordinary appreciation. The label implies a behavior pattern focused on grandiose notions of artistic importance.
Swamp Root Promises Kidney Relief for Women
Thousands of women warned about hidden kidney and bladder trouble and urged to try Dr Kilmer Swamp Root. Ad claims kidney health boosts other organs and offers sample bottles for ten cents by mail from Kilmer & Co. Binghamton NY with options to buy larger sizes at drug stores.
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Kilmer
Farm Breakfast Delights Visitors With Abundant Eats
A rural breakfast spread impresses guests with plenty of farm fresh fare. The event highlights abundant dishes and hearty servings, inviting attendees to sample eggs, bacon, and homemade bread in a casual rural setting.
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Claims Safe Fabric Brightening
An advertisement claims Red Cross Ball Blue makes clothes white as snow without harming fabric and urges buyers to use it in every home. The note adds a separate line: Men are easily taught to drop a hot plate.
Dr. Peery's Dead Stat Vermifuge Ad Claim
An advertisement touts Dr. Peery's Dead Stat as a single bottle solution for treating parasitic worms, claiming it works without fail and discouraging multiple bottles from other vermifuge products. The copy emphasizes convenience and certainty in a medical remedy.
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Dr. Peery
No Fur Coat Shines Through Rainstorm
A rainstorm challenges fashion as no fur coat proves stunning. The scene emphasizes practicality over glamor amid wet weather.
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Indianapolis
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