Congress Opens Sixty-Ninth Session Faces Tax Cuts Debate
The opening session signals a push for a large tax reduction, with Coolidge urging economy and action. Borah and Gooding praised for work, while debate looms over rules in the Senate. A Volstead Act review and consolidation of useless boards are also on the agenda. Borah criticizes the world court and hints at opposition to a League-backed pact.
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House
Coolidge
Borah
Congress
Gooding
Dawes
Shipping Board
Princeton
World Court
New York Times
Pocatello Tribune
Idaho
League of Nations
League
Life on the Farm and the Changing Townsfolk
A reflective verse piece notes rural life fading as modern leisure arrives. It contrasts past farm labor with present social shifts centered on Cohen's cabaret and changing family roles. The poem laments lost work ethic while acknowledging lingering rural identity through the Rae pe grange and evening gatherings.
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Cohen
Hermit Crab Talk on the Sand With Dotty and Friends
Dotty and Happy Giggles meet a hermit crab in a seashell after a beach battle over a larger shell. The crab explains he outgrew his home and lost a leg, then quips about not bandaging wounds and awaiting a new shell. They leave in search of more shells.
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Dotty
Hermit Crab
Mr. Hermit Crab
Dory
Mr. Crab
Happy Giggles
Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
Century-Old Events Mark Day With Global Gatherings
One hundred years ago the first steamship reached Calcutta from England. The day also marks the 156th anniversary of the Battle of Great Bridge in Virginia. Cardinal Mundelein observes his tenth year as head of Chicago’s Morian Catholic archdiocese. The U S Senate and House meet in joint session to hear President Coolidge’s annual message. Maj Gen Andre Brewster retires at his request. Baltimore hosts the annual meeting of southern state education superintendents. The Western Forestry and Conservation Congress begins in Victoria B C for two days. The American Mining Congress opens in Washington with talks on mining policy and tax issues. Pacific Northwest educators gather in Forest Grove Oregon for Pacific University inauguration ceremonies.
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Mundelein
Chicago
United States Senate
House
Coolidge
Andre W. Brewster
First Corps
Baltimore
Association of Southern State Superintendents of Education
Western Forestry and Conservation Congress
Victoria
B. C
American Mining Congress
Washington
Pacific Northwest
Forest Grove
Oregon
John Francis Dobbs
Pacific University
Today in History: From 1830 to 1922 Highlights
An 1830 locomotive completion marks West Point New York. 1829 Illinois legislature meets in Springfield. 1850 Emma Abbott born in Chicago later dies 1891. 1874 Ezra Cornell dies Ithaca. 1875 William Irwin becomes California governor. 1901 Stanford University receives 20 million dollars from Jane Stanford. 1920 Santa Rosa lynching of three officers’ killers. 1922 deadly rear-end collision near Forsyth New York with nine dead and 35 injured.
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United States
West Point
New York City
Illinois
Springfield
Emma Abbott
Chicago
Ezra Cornell
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
Westchester Landing
William Irwin
California
Jane L. Stanford
Stanford University
Institution of
Learning
Santa Rosa
Calif
Alsones
Forsyth
General Brewster Ends Service On Request
Born 1862 in Philadelphia, S. A. served in the tenth infantry, earned a congressional Medal of Honor for the Tientsin action, and fought in the Spanish American War and Boxer rebellion. He later became inspector general in France with Pershing, and commanded the First Corps Area in Boston before retirement.
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Andre W. Brewster
Philadelphia
Tenth Infantry
Spain
Philippines
China
Tientsin
United States
Brewster
Pershing
France
First Corps
Boston
Birthdays of notable figures mark anniversary dates
The item lists multiple figures with birthday anniversaries including Col. Benjamin M P Foulois born in Connecticut 46 years ago and other veterans and politicians such as Meredith Nicholson in Crawfordsville Ind and Col Rev Charles J Slattery in Pittsburgh.
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Benjamin MP. Foulois
Connecticut
Andre W. Brewster
New Jersey
Meredith Nicholson
Crawfordsville
Ind
Charles J. Slattery
Episcopal Diocese of
Massachusetts
Pittsburgh
Thomas W. Hardwick
United States
Georgia
Thomasville
King George Announces Prince of Wales Visit in Parliaments
A year ago today King George opened the Dritieh parliament and announced the Prince of Wales will visit South Africa and Argentina. The American Bowling Congress held its first annual tournament in Chicago in 1901.
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George
Dritieh
Prince of Wales
South Africa
Argentina
Chicago
Conventions Opening Across Several States Today
Several professional groups begin gatherings today including New York millinery society in Florida Southern City press manufacturers association in Jacksonville Georgia Florida sew mill meeting in Pittsburg local mining institute of America in Raleigh North Carolina literary and historical association and Kansas engineering society in Emporia Kansas.
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New York
Southern Cypress Manufacturer ® Association
Jacksonville
Fla
Georga-Florida Sew Mill Association
Pittsburg
Eal Mining Institute of America
Raleigh, N. C
North Carolina Literary and Historical Assoctation
Emporis, Kas
Kansas Engineering Seciety
Georgia hunter bags first deer of season
Mrs Kh T Zachary of Waycross becomes the first Georgia hunter to bag a deer this season.
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Kh. T. Zachary of
Waycross
Georgia
Sub Rosa by Mimi Sub Rosa A Dance Night Switch
Mimi recounts a country party where six girls and six boys arrive short on men. With cut in dancing the girls take over, leaving the boys to chase partners. The writer laments the role reversal and ends noting girls would rather dance than be the male escorts.
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Oll
Paris
Bunny
Matrimonially Speaking by Hugh McKay
A columnist recalls a wife using the line that men always think they know it all after disagreement. The piece riffs on mutual misunderstandings and gendered arguments, suggesting women insult men by claiming they behave like them.
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Hugh McKay
Jardine Calls Up the Packers
Washington reports a citation under the Packers and Stockyards Act was issued against the Chicago Producers Cooperative Livestock Market Association. B. Denman, president of the National Livestock Producers Association, welcomed investigation by the Agriculture Department and the public hearing likely to follow to establish facts and distinguish errors from propaganda.
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Washington
Packers and Stock Yards Act
Secreta. Jardine
Chicago Agen
Chicago Producers Cooperate Livestock Market Association
Chicago
B. Deman
Lis
Welcom
Department of Agriculture
Ilinois
Iowa
Chicago Producers Commission
Secretary of Agriculture
Jardine
Denman
Girl's Fortune Well Sewed Up
An 18 year old Los Angeles girl Leta IL Holdredge will inherit a million dollar fortune via a will filed for probate after her grandmother Flora L Holdredge died December 2. The bulk of the estate is placed in trust with Commerce Trust Company with income to Holdredge until age 25 and then staged distributions through age 70, plus a permanent $100,000 trust for after age 70.
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Kansas City
Los Angeles
Leta IL
Holdredge
Flora L. Holdredge
J. Q. Holdredge
Kansas
Missouri
Helen Peck
Independence
Commerce Trust Company
Miss Holdredge
Fake Big Salary Tale Debunked by Industry Leader
Columbus report says New York stories claiming Haroll Red Orange will receive 300000 for his first film appearance are false. R W Woodhull of Dover New Jersey, president of the Motion Picture Owners of America, says producers spread such fantasies to harm the industry and mislead actors.
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Columbus
New York
Haroll
R. W. Woodhull
Dover
N. J
Motioning Owners of America
Equitable Increases Stock Capital To 30 Million
Equitable Trust company of New York announced a capital stock rise from 23 million to 30.109 million. The move places it second among New York City banks by capitalization, trailing only National City Bank with 50.0009 million capital and over 6 million in profits and surplus.
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Equitable
New York
Equitable Trust Company of
New York City
the National City Bank
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