Congress opens with Gould inquiry as McKinley dies
Congress convenes for a short session, addressing budget and appropriations. Four new senators are sworn in amid a probe into Gould over a $100,000 New Brunswick railroad deal. Senator McKinley dies. funeral plans proceed in Champaign. President Coolidge urges tax relief, warns on cotton and farm policy, and supports Philippines transition to civilian rule. Budget highlights push prohibition enforcement and defense funding.
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Iowa
Hawes
Missouri
Robinson
Indiana
Gould
Maine
Walsh
Montana
New Brunswick
Canada
Privileges and Elections Committee
Congress
William B. McKinley
Illinois
Dawes
Longworth
Champaign
House
Ways and Means Committee
Coast Guard
Army
Navy
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Navy Department
House Naval Affairs Committee
Wilbur
Butler
Supreme
Circuit
Everting
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Middle West
South
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Federal Farm Board
Hugh Harper
Lancaster
Wis
FBB
Cornwall
Middlebury
Southern
Frank Demmick
Shuteston
Winder
Salt Lake City
W. H
Settle
Indianapolis
J. F. Porter
Columbus, Tenn
Brown
Mesa
Ariz
Balkan Tensions Rise Over Aly's Albania Treaty
The Aly administration backed a treaty with Albania stirring Balkans controversy and sparking fears of renewed conflict in European capitals. Serbia reacts strongly, feeling the pact targets them and increases regional instability.
Italian Premier Imposes Tax on Bachelors Aged 25 to 65
A decree law from Premier Mussolini orders a progressive tax on all unmarried men between twenty five and sixty five in Italy. The tax funds the National Institute for the Protection of Motherhood and Childhood, with unmarried women exempt.
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Mussolini
Italy
National Institute For the Protection of
Claude Monet Passes at Eighty Six Marks End of Impressionist Era
Eminent last survivor of the 1880s Impressionist circle Claude Monet died last week at age eighty six. He stood with Manet Renoir Pissarro and Sisley as a defining figure of the movement and the era.
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Claude Monet
Manet
Renoir
Pissaro
Sisley
Sacasa set as Nicaragua president. League talks hinge on Germany
Sacasa was recognized as Nicaragua president by Mexico and backed by his followers as US influence wanes in Latin America. Meanwhile the League of Nations eyed German evacuation from the Rhineland and the dismantling of interallied control, with Briand and Stresemann negotiating a path forward.
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Adolfo Diaz
Nicaragua
United States
Latin America
Juan B. Sacasa
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Mexico
Salvador
Guatemala
Panama
Costa Rica
Honduras
Diaz
Sacasa
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Geneva
Germany
Rhineland
France
Stresemann
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Briand
Berlin
League Commission
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Mayence
League of Nations
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Peking
Chao Hain-chu
China
Shin
Kuomintang
League
Russia
Turkey
Persia
Afghanistan
Techitcherin
Rushdy Bey
Odessa
Dandelions and Romance in a Quiet Lawn Encounter
Doctor Kinmore and Helen Maitland share a playful lawn scene with dandelions as a backdrop. A subtle confession follows as Kinmore hints at love, set amid a genteel churchyard of manners and lingering social doubt.
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Octor Kinmore
Maitland
Dunmere
Doctor Kinmore
Nellie
Helen Maitland
Tom Kinmore
Helen
Aunt Nellie
Tom
the Tor
Wellington and Auckland Loom Large in New Zealand Portrait
National Geographic sketches Wellington as capital and harbor hub with steep hills and rapid growth, plus Auckland as a busy, lively port city built on a hilly isthmus with dual harbors and a temperate climate. It notes strategic positions, transport links, and cultural vitality shaping life in the dominion.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
EW Zbhaland
America
London
New
Seattle
Chicago
Wellington
New Zealand
Cook Strait
North Island
Dominion
Auckland
Sydney
Hobart
Melbourne
Rio de Janeiro
Helang
Udine
Kipling
San Francisco
Vancouver
Australasia
Waitemata
Hauraki Gulf
Manukau Harbor
Queen Street
Mt. Eden
Great Harbor
Pacific
Australia
Gibraltar
Spain
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Seventy-first Regiment of
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Cuba
Edward W. Pickard
Ninchitch
Jugo-Slav
Balkans
Albania
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