Committee on Intellectual Cooperation Seeks Global Insight
A League of Nations initiative forms a committee on Intellectual Cooperation to act as a world intellectual clearing house. It outlines five immediate tasks including a global inquiry, protecting intellectual property, and linking universities while cautioning that organization can dull genius.
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League of Nations
League
Sfth
Erasmus
Leo Tolstoi
Rabindranath Tagore
Mahatma Gandhi
Columbus
Indian demands for Michigan water lands spark war talk
A Clare Michigan meeting of Chippewa Indians declares plans to press the government for vast Michigan soil claims. They seek control of water boundaries around lakes rivers and creeks, threatening Detroit’s water area and warning war if resisted.
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Clare
Michigan
Lake Michigan
Superior
Ontario
St. Claire
Detroit
Theosophist Society Names Messiah Candidate in London Vote
The president of the Theosophist Society proclaims a young Indian named Krishnanurti as the Messiah after a six hundred to three vote at a London meeting. The piece questions democracy and its power to decide truth.
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The
Theosophist Society
Krishnanurti
London
Global and Local Notes From Yesterday and Today
A mix of historical events and brief notices. Mentions British and French military actions, explorers on American rivers, noble births and deaths, religious and labor developments, and an Adelaide exhibition. Also highlights anniversaries and today’s notable birthdays, with a snapshot of business and civic groups across regions.
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Senetghix
Garodina
Josep Bonaparte
Wellinston
Centenary Events Highlight Global and Local Observances
Readable items include commemorations for the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava birth centenary and Mexico's empire fall anniversary. The Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden plan a Niagara Falls visit. Primaries in Maine and Minnesota select candidates for fall elections. Various associations and conventions across cities are listed, reflecting advertising, medical, building, and safety groups, with diverse regional gatherings and professional meetings.
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Dufferin
Ava
Dempsey Stirs Crowd With Grace Under Fire
The passage notes Jack Dempsey facing critics and lingering cheers as he handles pressure with grace. It contrasts a scathing New York scene and Ike Lark’s claim that a drinker misses what is inside the cup.
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Jack Dempsey
New York
Ike Lark
Match Carrying Question Sparks Quiet Debate
A jumble of garbled lines questions carrying matches and tobacco items through the day. The speaker asks repeatedly if a second match is needed and notes temptations to light up, while denying smoke devices.
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Jampich
Will
Reptubl
Cy Srr
Fcate, Inc
James's Rise as Major Rail Stock Owner and West Developer
Arthur Curtis James becomes the largest single owner of railroad property in the United States after acquiring Western Pacific stock. A New York capitalist, he is closely affiliated with the Phelps-Dodge corporation founded by his grandfather and known for mineral development. He graduated from Amherst College and built a career guiding vast family interests and supporting education and religious causes.
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Arthur Curtis James
United States
Western Pacific
New York
West
Southwest
James
Phelps-Dodge Corporation
Amhert College
Cardinal Faulhaber Visits Chicago for Catholic Congress
Michael Cardinal Faulhaber, Archbishop of Munich and Freising, attends the International Eucharistic Congress in Chicago. He travels aboard the Albert Ballin, hidden among passengers as Professor Dr B Michielis to avoid excitement affecting his health. He first came to the U S in April 1923, welcomed by church princes.
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Great Stadium
Chicago Lake Front
Chicaga
Michael
Faulhaber
March
Hewri
Hner
Albert Ballin
The Voice of the Grass Poem Fragment
An old poem by Sarah Roberts Boyle laments creeping presence from roadside to doorstep and ends with a hymn to God. The text includes stray lines on space limits and a closing note about the United States exporting cancer propaganda by scholars noting low public reading rates.
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Sarah Roberts Boyle
Stanzis
Rural school funding debate shifts to state and national aid
Washington discussion probes how to share rural school costs and whether aid should be state or national. Analysis cites Indiana taxes and emphasizes a broad, equalized funding approach, with precedent from early federal roles in education.
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Washington, D
Congress
Indiana
Federal aid plan to equalize rural school costs
The piece argues for federal involvement to ensure minimum rural teacher salaries and cost equalization across states. It notes wide differences in per child income across states, with California and New York high and Mississippi low, and suggests taxes on wealthier states to fund rural education while acknowledging objections to centralization.
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California
Mississippi
New York
Illinois
Ohio
Michigan
Maryland
Indiana
Debate Over Public Education Equity Surges in Rhetoric
The argument posits each father funding his own children's schooling while public schools advance to replace private options. It notes growing moves in coming years to provide equal educational opportunities for all.
Turkless Relations Strained Over Trade Dispute
Turkiye and Russia titling over trade friction after Moscow refused to allow Turkist Roads into Russia. Turkish expulsions of objectionable Communists sparked unrest in commercial circles and calls for diplomatic action against Moscow.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Russia
T Aloscen
Illinois peach crop hits record with 2.2 million bushels
Illinois peach growers anticipate a record crop of 2.2 million bushels, up from 600,900 last year, according to estimates by the Illinois Cooperative Crop Reporting Service. The figures are based on reports from 500 growers across the state.
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Springfield
Itt
PLC
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