Congress Adjourns as Senate Focuses on River Project
Congress ends session for holidays with Senate attention on river and harbor measures. The river link from Utica to the Gulf adds a nine foot deep channel, 200 feet wide, including a Lake Michigan diversion safeguard, and other major projects such as Missouri River work and Cape Cod canal purchase.
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Edward W. Pickard
House
Senate
Ciuzens
Michigan
Frazier
North Dakota
Howell
Norris
Nebraska
Illinois River
Utica
Lake Michigan
Illinois
Deneen
Gulf of Mexico
St. Lawrence River
Missouri River
Kansas City
Sioux City
Cape Cod
Jacksonville
Fla
Miami
Gooding
Idaho
Pittman
Nevada
Representative Black Attacks Strawn China Report
Representative Black of New York assailed Silas H. Strawn’s China report saying his statements harm the American cause in China. He noted Strawn’s remarks reflect personal opinion, not administration policy, and cited pressure on President Coolidge to clarify the stance.
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Enator Heflin
Alabama
Jess W. Smith
Harry Daugherty
Smith
Heflin
Jess Smith
Jess
Mellon
Senator Heflin
Coolidge
Congress
House Naval Affairs Committee
White House
Lexington
Frank L. Smith
Illnois
Small
McKinley
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Repubican
McNary
Oregon
Ashurst
Bie
Black
New York
United States
China
Silas H. Strawn
Strawn
Mr. Strawn
Lithuania's government toppled by military and parties
Lithuania now has Antanas Smetona as president dictator after the overthrow by the military and Catholic parties. Professor.
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Ithuania
Antona Smetona
Holiday party guest reveals long lost love
Peggy hosts a nostalgic gathering for aging neighbors when Mrs Jamieson arrives with a mystery guest, Paul from England. Peggy confronts past heartbreak as Paul challenges a note Peggy once received and she reads his blunt reply, No.
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FIAT
Peggy
Belle
New York
Mrs. Jamieson
Paul
Margaret Everett
England
Harriet
New Year's Night Rescue Unites Stranger Help
A New Year tale tells of Murray aiding an ambulance crew in winter weather. Mrs. Peck slips, breaks her hip, and Murray helps fit a new tire before riding along to the city hospital, recalling kindness from his childhood.
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Murray
City Ambulance
Weaterfi Newspaper Union
New Year's Eve Tire Trouble Shocks Silent Lot
On a stormy New Year's Eve Murray frets over disruption to his reading. A dark moving mass appears near the maple tree by the bridge, and he prepares to investigate the stranded driver on his lonely property.
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Murray
Things to Think About as the New Year Comes
A Western Christian Advocate piece ponders New Year reflection and change, questioning whether the year will be a new leaf or another grand division of life’s volume, urging readers to turn over a fresh page. The tone contrasts progress with stasis and hints at self-improvement themes.
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Western Newspaper Union
Poor Bug Refuses Renewal of Leaves Joke
A brief humorous exchange features a character named Poor Bug asking if someone turned over a new leaf and the reply that they could not find a new leaf anywhere. The gag hinges on a literal interpretation of a common idiom.
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