La Follette forces win Wisconsin governor nomination
In Wisconsin Philip F. La Follette won the Republican nomination for governor over Walter Kohler by a large margin, aided by an emphasis on unemployment and the La Follette labor base. The contest reflected broader electoral mood influenced by economic strain, the tariff, and farm policy.
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Philip la Follette
Kohler
Wisconsin
Edward W. Pickard
la Follette
Philip F
Robert
Badger
Walter J. Kohler
Young Philip
Philip
Hoover and Prosperity
Charles H. Hammersley
Committee on Cam Expenditures Denies Tapping Claim
In Chicago the NYE committee wrapped up its hearings amid tense sessions. The chairman flatly denied the committee or its agents were involved in tapping Mrs. Hanna McCormick's telephone.
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T. B. Thompson
Rockford
A. Nye
Itn
Chicago
Hanna McCormick
Hoover dam ceremony opens Boulder project with bronze spike
Secretary Wilbur drives a silver spike to inaugurate the 165 million Boulder Dam work in Nevada. Colorado River basin officials from six states attend the ceremony as the big dam is named after the engineer who started the project.
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Ecretary of the Interior
Wilbur
Nevada
Boulder
Hoover Dam
Colorado River Basin
California
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Wyoming
Britain to Return Weihaiwei to Chinese Rule in October
Britain announces it will restore Weihaiwei in northeastern Shantung to Chinese jurisdiction on October 1. The port and island group, including Liukung and surrounding mainland territory, cover about 285 square miles and have a history of foreign lease and naval significance.
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REAT
Britain
Weihaiwei
Shantung
Liukung
Welhaiwei
Russia
Port Arthur
Great Britain
Enumeration of early League decisions and regional recognitions
The Assembly adopted a plan to set up a special committee to study Briand's European federation proposal and invited non members to engage in talks. It paused the plan for a year and granted seats to Guatemala Norway and the Irish Free State. China was not reelected. Kellogg was elected to the World Court. The United States Britain and France planned to recognize Argentina Peru and Bolivia. Yrigoyen urged peaceful action while Uruguay cut diplomatic ties with Peru over junta behavior.
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Assembly of the
League of Nations
Briand
League
Guatemala
Norway
Irish Free State
Council
China
Frank B. Kellogg
World Court
Charles Evans Hughes
Kellogg
United States
Great Britain
France
Argentina
Peru
Bolivia
Stimson
Yrigoyen
Uruguay
Lima
New Canadian tariffs raise duties on broad range of goods
Canada imposes protective tariffs amid unemployment and business downturn. New schedules, effective immediately but awaiting parliamentary approval, target farm machinery, auto parts, meats, butter, gasoline, boots and shoes, iron and steel, textiles, machinery, and paper. Premier Bennett says the shifts precede a fuller tariff revision next session.
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Anada
United States
America
Bennett
Pacific nonstop flight attempt ends in fog and fuel loss
Teut Harold L Bromley and Harold Gatty in the City of Tacoma began a fourth Pacific crossing from Japan but a broken exhaust pipe in dense fog and high winds forced them to turn back. They landed at a northeast Japanese mainland village and abandoned the project for this year. Coste and Bellonte, French transatlantic flyers, began a goodwill tour across the United States receiving large honors.
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Teut
Harold L. Bromley
Harold Gatty
Pacific
City of
Tacoma
Japan
Coste
Bellonte
United States
Ilton Sills Dies of Heart Disease During Tennis
ILTON SILLS a leading screen actor and stage veteran died at his Santa Monica home from heart disease after playing tennis. Capt. Karl Boy-Ed, naval attache of the German embassy in Washington in early WWI, was killed in Germany by a fall from his horse and had been expelled by the American government for propaganda work.
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Ilton Sills
Santa Monica
Karl Boy-Ed
Washington
Germany
Waterloo Bridge Murder Remains Unsolved
An 1880s London crime at Waterloo Bridge left a discovered dismembered corpse and a cold case for Scotland Yard. Investigators noted a man with a limp, a fatal chest wound, and preservation methods that hindered dating the death. No killer or victim identified despite broad public interest.
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Waterloo Bridge
London
Westminster
St. Paul’s
Thames Embankment
Somerset House
Scotland Yard
England
Wheeler Syndicate
Taking Children Seriously In Imaginative Tales
A mother relays how her son Bobby narrates a fantastical tale of a horse as big as a mountain and a staged killing. The mother and visitor react differently, but the mother recognizes Bobby’s vivid imagination as a powerful tool for development when guided by wise parenting.
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Bobby
Mother
Negro Baby Death Rate Far Higher Than White
The United States Children’s Bureau reports that infants of negro parents die at higher rates than white babies in both country and city settings, especially in urban South. In two cities, Baltimore and Richmond, negro infant mortality declined faster than white, but overall excess deaths occur mainly in the first year. Pneumonia is a principal cause of elevated deaths between months five and ten.
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South
United States Public Health Service
United States
Baltimore
Richmond
United States Children’s Bureau
Making Childish Efforts Important
A family learns that small daily acts shape a child’s sense of capability. The mother recalls moments when she rushed to finish chores, denying Johnny a chance to help, and realizes how such trivial acts affect his future willingness to attempt tasks and his feeling of being valued.
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Johnny
Western Newspaper Union
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Promotes Sweet Relief
Phillips Milk of Magnesia marketed as a universal sweetener that neutralizes stomach acid. Endorsed by physicians, it claims to ease acid symptoms in both children and adults and to be a trusted, long established remedy from the Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co. trade mark since 1875.
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U. S
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co
Charles H. Phillips
Plutarch Phrases echoed in modern sayings
The piece notes Plutarch authored long lasting expressions including “call a spade a spade” about Macedonians and the remark “he has one foot in the grave.” Golden Book Magazine cites these as enduring biographical tidbits from the ancient historian.
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Plutarch
Golden Book Magazine
Missing heirloom watch sparks family dispute
In a terse exchange the elder asks about a watch father gave, and a relative named Onele' says it is now in their possession, signaling a potential dispute over the item.
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