Helping Producers Bill Moves Toward Early Congressional Action
A bill to aid cooperative marketing with government support through the Department of Agriculture has final preparations approved by President Coolidge. It would establish machinery to assist cooperative associations in marketing crops and direct the bureau of economies to help find markets for surplus products, including the Capper act.
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Coolidge
Jardine
McNary
Oregon
Representative Tincher
Kansas
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Economies
Congress
American Legion Praises War Dept Handling of Bonus Claims
A letter from the American Legion lauds the War Department for processing bonus claims. Major General R. Davis states eighty percent of veterans have received their certificates. About 1.00 to process each applicant for 2,747,785 submissions. General Davis is praised for his and his team’s tireless work including long night hours. Secretary of War Hanford MacNider is mentioned.
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American Legion
War Department
R. €. Davis
Adjutant General
Davis
Thatone
Hanford MacNider
Holland Voting Law Enforced as Polls Prompt Summons
Holland enforces an obligatory voting law with an estimated forty to fifty thousand summoned on charges of staying away from polling places during the July election. Courts hear cases one day a week, risking a yearlong process unless many defendants plead guilty. The Morrow Air Board report leads to passage of the Bingham bill in the senate creating a Bureau of Aeronautics under an Assistant Secretary of Commerce to regulate and promote commercial air navigation, supported by aviation interests and passed without dissent.
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Holland
Morrow Air Board
Senate
A White Rhinoceros in My Back Yard
A poem lamenting rarity and pride in owning exotic beasts with satire on collectors. It contrasts the allure of a white rhinoceros with the commons of tigers and other exotic animals in circuses and zoos. The piece critiques bragging rights and fame tied to rare creatures. It ends with a reference to 1225 and the Bell Syndicate.
Leadership for Idaho in the new year calls for unity
The piece argues Idaho must follow genuine leaders to advance the state. It praises industrial investment and urges public support for business, education, and stability while warning against false leadership, radicalism, and divisive programs. It calls on prominent Idahoans to step up.
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Idaho
Pericles
Athens
Miltiades
Marathon
Commonwealth
Mind and eye limits in perception discussed in 19th century piece
A discussion compares human and bird vision arguing the mind's eye matters as much as optical sense. It cites hawks, bulls, and matadors to illustrate discrimination limits and the role of mental imagery in recognizing objects.
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Horatio
Wodds Lutchinsen
Commodity Notes Coal and Steel Employment Trends
Coal regions like Fargo North Dakota report increased employment in lignite fields and strong demand for farm help. In Youngstown Mahoning valley steel mills and Cleveland plants are fully staffed through early 1926, easing winter unemployment.
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Fargo
N. D
Youngstown
Mahoning Valley
Cleveland
Good Night Stories from Travel Land
Betty laments a school day as an elfin guides her to Travel Land a Japanesestyle school where children wear gray divided skirts and long fuller skirts. Betty enjoys the magical arrival and beholds a cherry blossom setting.
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Betty
Hog production to rise in Deaf Smith area this winter
Amarillo Texas Panhandle hog production will increase due to favorable feed conditions in Deaf Smith and surrounding counties. Hogs will be ready for early spring marketing as feeders buy up many animals at low prices.
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Amarillo
Tex
Panhandle
Deaf Smith
Protective League seeks cap on orange shipments
The Central California Protective League aims to limit orange shipments to stabilize a strong market. In Tulsa Oklahoma oil men anticipate higher crude prices as more companies pay premiums, a trend reinforced by Champlin Refining announcing a lie premium.
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Sacramento
Central California Protective League
Tulsa
Okla
Champlin Refining Company
New Orleans Trade Exhibition Opens Informally
The international trade show in New Orleans includes permanent exhibits for domestic and foreign goods and serves as a trading place for export products though the formal opening is set for February 1. Last month New Orleans exports reached a record 51.7 million dollars. Parsons Kansas authorizes 824 thousand in railroad improvements including concrete trestles and steel bridges across the system. Minneapolis urges a 140 thousand dollar annual fund to advertise Minnesota’s 10 000 lakes as summer resorts.
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New Orleans
Parsons, Kans
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Pacific Coast Broadcasters Skipping International Radio Tests
Pacific coast stations refuse to participate in next month’s international radio tests. The seven hour silent period will be observed by others, while western stations may broadcast. Officials will publicize call letters and wavelengths of nonparticipating transmitters to avoid confusion.
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Robert Mack
the Tribune
Consolidated Press Association
Washington
Europe
United States
Pacific Coast
Far West
Middle West
East
San Francisco agents receive strict New Year eve orders
Prohibition enforcement chiefs in San Francisco issued sealed instructions to all agents to curb drinking in public places on New Year’s Eve. Judges briefed officers on buying and handling alcohol, with plans for discreet appearances in classy venues to keep the city dry.
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San Francisco
Prohibition
Ned Green
A. W. Beasley
Green
Bootblack vendor in San Rafael faces Christmas jail tale
Special correspondent reports Sebastiano Paleo a San Rafael bootblack, jailed once for selling liquor to a federal agent, later spared nine months and $50 fine as Judge Partridge offered Christmas mercy to an eleven year old. After a subsequent arrest with a five gallon keg of wine, Paleo faces explaining his Christmas cheer to the same judge. Some say he owns two cars and recently sold property over $5,000.
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Locatello Tribune
Consolidated Press, Association
San Francisco
Sebastian Paleo
San Rafael
John 8. Partridge
Sebastiano Jas
Sebastiano
Santa Claus
Prohibition
Judge Partridge
Idle miners keep warm with wood and gas in Scranton
Wire reports from multiple cities note social and political chatter. In Scranton idle anthracite miners burn wood and gas to stay warm while Paris reports Mme Henry Berenger, new French ambassador wife, describes herself as modern yet not a feminist. London society brides wear velvet at weddings and plan Italian honeymoons. Paris recalls Louise Cognacq who built a great department store with her husband. she has died after 53 years without a vacation. New York reports Mrs Bessie Talbott becomes a magazine staffer to balance career and marriage. Sparkill firemen save 95 year old swindler Ellen Pee from a cottage fire that destroys family heirlooms linked to Morse and Webster.
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Paris
Mme
Henry Berenger
Washington
Washington Parks
New York
Bessie Talbott
Sparkill
N. Y
Ellen Pee
Stephen Haire
Noah Webster
Samuel F. B. Morse
Morse
Webster
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