Review of current events under President Coolidge
Edward W. Pickard summarizes reports to President Coolidge from Mellon Davis Jardine and Hoover showing optimistic business conditions. Rail and coal trends vary while industry groups and exports show progress. tax cuts are limited and policy debates unfold with multiple political maneuvers nationwide.
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Commerce
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Coolidge
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Congress
Ends Trail of Bogus Checks Ends Trail of Bogus Checks
Leroy W. Trueblood, a twenty four year old college graduate, confessed to Portland police he forged about 800 checks totaling around 7500 dollars across the United States. He described a wide travel spree from Elizabeth City to Miami and Palm Beach, detailing how a Florida land loss and a sudden storm triggered his scheme. He said he kept a record of victims and forged credentials to avoid suspicion while cashing increasingly larger checks. He claimed to have sent a self addressed telegram from Eugene to Portland to identify himself at cashed checks. He offered a reflective crime theory and warned bankers to be cautious before trusting others.
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United States
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J. K. Gill Company
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University of North Carolina
Boston College of Technology
Florida
Ocean Front
Richard D. Croker
Tammany Leader
Palm Beach
Baltimore
Eureka
Calif
First National Bank
Eugene
Ore
Paris Fashion Trend Sees Dogs Match Owners Rainwear
A Paris music hall artist dressed by Jeanne Lanvin popularized dogs wearing raincoats matching their owners. The wet season makes white coats fashionable with bold name initials or large lettering on dogs slickers.
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Paris
Jeanne Lanvin
Hugh
Bogoslof Volcano Fire Rages on Near Unalaska Island
Steamship William Tupper reports Bogoslof island in a blazing eruption with smoke, steam, red cracks, and loud roar as sea birds and wildlife cling to the hot rock. The submarine volcano has resurfaced after years of dormancy, with the area northwest of Unalaska Island in the Bering Sea.
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Bogoslof Island
Bering Sea
William ‘Tupper
Seattle
Bethel
Bogoslof
Unalaska Island
Rockyes
Sunstruck Hen Lays Two Eggs at a Time
F Parker of Marken Rasen England reports a hen affected by sun stroke as a chick now lays two eggs at a time. The bird averages four days a week with two instances of three eggs. Other hens attacked it over the supposed rule infringement and the owner separated it, after which the hen laid 11 to 12 full size eggs weekly.
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Marken Rasen
England
Parker
Lost San Francisco records found in Lima Peru
Manuscripts believed to be official San Francisco records missing over 50 years were found in Lima. Senorita Noemi Beneditti reports the papers were saved from being dumped and bought for 40 dollars by a passerby. The materials relate to Harry Meiggs who fled with forged warrants in 1854.
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Peru
San Francisco
Senorita
Noemi Beneditti
Harry Meiggs
Meiggs
Andes Mountains
Finds Ruins of English Gold Rush in 1576
The Field museum reports discovery of Sir Martin Frobisher era ruins in the frozen North. William Duncan Strong notes house foundations mining pits and an improvised shipyard with brick plaster coal and porcelain debris as proof of European habitation during Gold Rush expeditions between 1576 and 1678 led by Frobisher into Labrador and Baffin Land.
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Field Museum
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Martin Frobisher
Rgions
Labrador
Baffin
Doctor Strong
Transformation of the Island Reveals New Landforms
The text discusses changes to the island’s coastline with spring possibly exposing a rolling ocean like Bogoslof’s former plumes. It hints at a larger, newer land area emerging as cycles of nature reshape the terrain.
Wesleyan Oak Blown Down at Winchelsea Sussex
A storm along the channel blew down the famous oak near the John Wesley memorial chapel in Winchelsea, Sussex, the tree under which the English divine preached during the early Methodist crusade. The felling marks a historic loss to Methodism’s origins in the area.
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Winchelsea
Sussex
England
John Wesley
Soap Restores Sight For Man After 30 Years Blindness
Carl Sears of St. Joseph Missouri regained sight in his left eye after soap suds accidentally entered it while washing his face. He rinsed the eye and discovered it no longer remained blind.
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St. Joseph
Carl Sears
Sears
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