Harding Praises Mother Of Many In White House Letter
President Harding writes Mrs. Domencio Zaccarea of New York praising her large family of sixteen living children. He recounts his own mother bore eight children and would have borne eight more if given life again. Mrs. Zaccarea asks better pay for her husband at Wanamaker’s. Harding notes he earns two dollars more weekly than peers and will push for advancement when possible.
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Washington
Harding
Domencio Zaccarea
New York City
Zaccabea
Warren G. Harding
Secretary of Labor urges trust and fairness in hard times
Wellesley MA Secretary of Labor J J Davis urged business leaders to trust and aid each other to restore confidence in the U S economy. He warned against self interest and stressed that rapid national recovery depends on fair dealing and mutual support. He called for expansion of trust and confidence as prosperity returns.
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Wellesley
Mass
United States
Labor
J. J. Davis
Roger Babson Institute
Mr. Davis
Attorney General Daugherty Predicts Prosperity Ahead
Washington guest Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty spoke of a coming era of substantial prosperity for the United States. He arrived from Washington, visited his mother and brother M. Daugherty, banker, and said the nation is becoming the world’s financial center. He urged optimism as conditions improve and pessimism fades.
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Washington
Harry M. Daugherty
Daugherty
United States
America
Postmaster Hays Considers Government Radio News Service
Washington reports Postmaster General Will Hays imagines a future public radio bulletin system. Experts study aerial communication as government control of the air to prevent private monopoly.
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Washington
Ohio
Post Office Department
Will H. Hays
Ara
Hays
Post Office Department of Public Communication
Man Freed After Watching Women’s Legs In Brooklyn
In Brooklyn Magistrate Brown placed Joseph Trick 18 on probation for six months after arrest for disorderly conduct. Police said Trick stood for thirty five minutes at De Kalb Avenue subway stairs watching women’s legs. The magistrate noted legs can be seen elsewhere and warned against subway loitering.
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New York
Brown
Brooklyn
Joseph Trick
O’neill
O'Neill
Trick
DeKalb Avenue
Judges Denounce Scoffers At Prohibition
At the American Bar Association convention the judicial section condemned social leaders lawyers bankers and businessmen who disobey or scoff at the prohibition law. Circuit Judge C A Woods of Marion South Carolina warned they sow dragon's teeth and no judicial or police authority can save the country from the harvest.
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Cincinnati
Judicial Section
American Bar Association
C. A. Woods
Marion
8. C
Man Dies From Knife Wound On Garden Steps
George C. Von Beseler a former prosecuting attorney and Barber Co president was killed on his home rear steps. He went to his garden for vegetables when a broken step caused him to fall, the butcher knife stabbed his side and pierced his heart. Mrs. Von Beseler found him at the garden foot.
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Painesville
George C. von Begeler
The
Barber Co
von Beseler
Crane visits Soviet Russia amid ruble barter and travel chaos
Former US minister to China R. Crane and entourage journeyed from Verkhniu Dinsk toward the western Russian border with a one hundred million Soviet ruble budget. They traveled by box car from Peking and, after delays at Chita, faced a mixed invitation to continue east or return, ultimately proceeding toward Russia before returning home via Yokohama.
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Verkhniudinsk
Russia
Tles R. Crane
United States Ister
China
Far Eastern
Mr. Crane
John
D. M. Brodie
Paul M. Dutko
W. M. Palmer
United States
Peking
Nozhna
Chita
Clever Trick Almost Won Opium Smuggling Scene in Shanghai
In Shanghai a customs officer inspects travelers from a tramp steamer. An old Chinese woman opens a basket to reveal a cat and dead kittens used as opium carries. The officer realizes the kittens were stuffed with opium and seizes the contraband.
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Shanghai
India
London Daily Mail
Financiers Clash with Federal Reserve Officials Before Committee
John Skelton Williams, former controller of the currency, clashes with top Federal Reserve Board officials and a New York reserve bank governor during a congressional hearing. Williams accuses the board of favoring New York banking interests and pressuring liquidation in rural districts while criticizing interest charges and inflation control. A board letter says Williams' detailed assertions were unclear and hard to act on.
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John Skelton Williams
Federal Reserve System
Governor Harding
Reserve Board
Governor Strong
New York Reserve Bank
Harding
Strong
Commission
Williams
New York
Willams
Open Sessions Urged for Disarmament Conference
Senator Hiram Johnson of California calls for open sessions at the forthcoming disarmament conference. He warns secrecy harms progress and argues sunlight and public scrutiny are essential to curb secret diplomacy and secure world peace.
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Hiram Johnson
California
Harding’s Father Dr George T Harding Takes Second Wife
Dr George T Harding seventy six, Civil War veteran and Marion physician for fifty years, wed Miss Alice Severns after a Windsor Canada license was refused. They married in Monroe Michigan by Rev Frank T Knowles, returned to Marion, and she moved into his home while planning a separate future home on Center Street. The couple resumed ordinary life as rumors of a new union cooled.
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Warren Gamaliel
Harding
George T. Harding
Alice Severns
Marion
Ohio
Detroit
Windsor
Canada
Monroe
Mich
Frank T. Knowles
Center Street
Alice
Robbery of Union Pacific passengers near Ogden
The Los Angeles Limited train on the Union Pacific system was held up by two masked robbers in broad daylight nine miles north of Ogden. They boarded the train after the automatic block signal halted it. one robber gathered in the observation car while the other searched the cars. Women and children were spared except for Mrs Torrens.
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Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Union «Pacific
Myfield
Time-Balls Through History and Uruguay’s Modern Broadcast
A historical look at time-balls in Europe and the Americas notes how noon was marked by a dropping ball in palaces and cities. It highlights Uruguay’s Montevideo system that dims all electric lights at eight o’clock to sync residents, while observers warn of load risks for central plants.
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Europe
Montreal
Quebec
South America
Uruguay
Montevideo
Plac
Montreal Herald
Bath ritual and throne maneuver in Congo’s Luba realm
Chief Kabongo of the Congo maintains a large harem and a palace of woven baskets. He performs a royal bath in a ground hole while servants spray water, then proclaims success despite white observers deeming it faulty. His deities include a clay crocodile and white pigeons used for political reasons. his chieftaincy claims threaten Mwata Yamvo’s throne amid sub-chief support.
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Congo
Kabongo
Mwata Yamvo
Luba
Mwata Yamva
Ancient Mont Saint Michel medal linked to La Salle found
A 1669 dated medal bearing Mont Saint Michel origin was found at Penetanguishene. Historians tie it to La Salle who built the Griffon at Niagara, traveled with Huron Indians, and sent the fur laden vessel back to his Niagara encampment.
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Mont. St. Michel
Normandy
St. Malo
Jacques Cartier
Penetanguishene
la Salle
Niagara
M. Dé Monty
Great Lakes
Green Bay
Mich
Auronia
Sallore
Why did you order your eggs hard boiled
Mr Growcher mentions trying a pew system as a waiter consistently serves eggs the wrong way and grumbles about the specialty of bringing items the customer does not want.
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Mr. Growcher
Aspirin Warning and Bayer Brand Promise
Warning to look for Bayer on aspirin packages or tablets to ensure genuine medicine. States aspirin is safe when used as directed for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism toothache and other pains. Mentions twelve tablets in handy tin boxes and larger packages sold by druggists cataloged as Bayer's trade mark.
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Bayer
Detroit mother testifies on earnings in court
A Detroit mother with one child tells the court she cannot manage on $31,000 yearly. The remark frames the broader strain of financial hardship amid public discussion of suffering.
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Detroit
Detroit News
Women Need Swamp-Root Kidney Health Ad
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble without realizing it. Kidney issues can cause backache headaches nervousness and loss of emotion. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root, a physician's prescription, is advertised as the remedy and a sample bottle is offered by mail from Dr Kilmer Co.
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Dr. Kime! & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Witty exchange caption from Boston Transcript
A brief dialogue features a wife jealously noting former suitors she rejected are wealthier than her husband, who retorts that wealth explains his wife’s contention.
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Boston Transcript
Catarrhal Deafness Cure Claim Against Inflammation
An advertorial piece explains catarrhal deafness as inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining. Hall Catarrah Medicine is said to act through the blood to sedate inflammation and restore normal function, with Cheney Co. of Toledo cited as the makers.
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Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
All He Does and the Price of Dodging Work
A reflective note on wage earned versus effort. The speaker questions whether avoiding duties can spare consequences, implying steady, long term commitment as the sure path to payoff. It contrasts ease of money with enduring job dedication.
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