Praise of American diplomatic service by a representative
A congressman defends the foreign service against critics who call officers “pink tea fighters.” He highlights missions in Vienna and Paris, visa practices, tariff concessions, and large-scale economic and consular successes. He cites 1923 data: 75,000 protection cases, 905,000 letters, 7 million dollars in fees, and a global presence with 4,000 staff.
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Congress
Legations
North
South America
United States
Caribbean Sea
Canal
Legation
Vienna
Japan
Manchuria
Germany
China
Melbourne
Paris
Spain
State Department
What This Day Means to You Horoscope Fragment
Early day adverse for routine duties, then improvement after noon encourages educational and political efforts. A birthday child will have wealth, strong health, and love outdoor life. Notable people linked: Joshua Humphreys, David Ames Wells, George H. Babcock, Charles Frohman, Edward Berwind.
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Joshua Humphreys
Samuelston
Williston Seminary
Williston Hall
Amherst
David Ames Wells
George H. Babcock
Charles Frohman
Edward Berwind
General Smuts A Key Figure in Today’s South African Elections
General Jan Christian Smuts, premier of the South African Union, is highlighted as a leading statesman in the general elections held today. The piece traces his roles from Boer commander in the Cape Colony to reconstruction work after peace and top positions in London politics.
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Jan Christian Smuts
South African Union
Cape Colony
Botha
German Southwest Africa
Mga Ae
London
Neslo
Republic
Smuta Ip Anpmts
On Oe
Ogt
Stellenbosch
England
Camridge Nal
Betty Talks With Mrs Spider In Garden Chat
Betty and Mrs Spider converse in a playful garden scene. The spider explains spiders rarely bite prey and describe their fangs and silk, noting silk is stronger and more elastic than silkworm silk while Betty questions their bite and behavior.
Anniversaries highlighted from 1750s to 1921 events
A list of notable anniversaries and events including 1825 Luther Dixon Wisconsin chief justice birth and 1860 Lincoln Republican nomination in Chicago. Other entries note 1874 cruelty to animals congress, 1892 Ulster Home Rule meeting, 1917 Pershing in Paris, 1919 Wilson in Europe, and 1921 US Senate meat packing control bill passage.
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Bunker Hill
Luther
Dixon
Wisconsin
Milton
Washington, D. C
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
London
Belast
General Pershing
Opera Comique
Paris
Wilson
Belgium
United States Senate
Bil
Betty Watches Spider Sail Away In Garden Play
A child named Betty watches Mrs Spider glide away on a silken thread, then returns to her play as the rose leaves hide the silken traveler. The moment captures a brief, gentle scene of childhood curiosity in a garden setting.
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Betty
Mrs. Spider
Democratic and labor events mark week ahead
The calendar notes the Democratic national convention opens in one week. One year hence marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The Independent Order of Foresters observes its golden jubilee with 165000 members. Bishop Paul P. Rhode of Green Bay celebrates 30 years as a priest. Bishop Benjamin Brewster marks 15 years since consecration. South Africa plans a general election pitting Smuts party against the opposition. Golf star Bobby Jones to wed Mary Rice Malone in Atlanta. A Senate committee prepares final steps on Internal Revenue Bureau inquiry amid prohibition enforcement. The Farmer-Labor party holds its national convention in St. Paul seeking third-party candidates for president and vice president.
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United States
Bunker Hill
Independent Order of Foresters
Canada
Paul P. Rhode
Green Bay
Wis
Benjamin Brewster
Maine
General Smuts
Bobby Jones
Mary Rice Malone
Atlanta
U. S. Senate
Internal Revenue Bureau
Farmers and Industrial Workers
Farmer-Labor Party
St. Paul
Birth anniversary for Mrs. William Jennings Bryan
Mrs. William Jennings Bryan born in Perry Illinois sixty eight years ago is noted today. She is the wife of the former Secretary of State and daughter of General Omar Bundy of the U S A. The item references an earlier claim about Americans and a baseball champion now living abroad, but details are unclear in the fragment.
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William Jennings Bryan
Perry, Ill
Omar Bundy
Ae Ind
Baseball Law Press
Aunadae Ds
Waiting Patiently by John Burroughs Poem Card
A young person shares a printed poem titled Waiting Patiently by John Burroughs about fate, destiny, and patient hope. The speaker trusts time and fate to bring what is right, affirming perseverance and the coming of one’s own. The verse emphasizes awaiting the coming year with joy and accepting delays as part of life's path.
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John Burroughs
Etna Lava Flow Triggers Mass Flight From Homes
About thirty thousand residents fled their homes as lava surged down Mt. Etna’s northern slope a year ago, prompting evacuations and emergency response across surrounding areas.
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Mt. Etna
Matrimonially Speaking
A humorous column outlines marital tension as a wife vents that her lectures on her husband’s faults trigger laughter and muted conversations. The husband’s playful reactions frustrate her, while a separate note hints at a similar dynamic from a column by Hiram Johnson.
Immortal Germs and Threats in Wartime Rhetoric
Poem contrasts a stubborn germ's immunity to punishment with fears of a laundryman and chemical cures. It hints at Albania's civil strife and a French cabinet reshuffle as contemporaneous curiosities, framing a era of unsettled politics and science.
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Tribune
the Tribune Co., Ltd
William Wallin
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Chas. G. Sumner
Gemini
Ig Johnson
Parisanal
Mast
Gloyas Williams
Gloyas Winans
McClure Newspaper Syndicat
Mrs .Spider
By Mimi
Yonder Heights
Hugh McKay
Hiram Johnson
Teac
Hollor
Auburn
James J. Montague
Albania
Dogare
Pocatello Lumber Company
Benton and
South 2Nd
Miller
W. Center
Ea Ciessa
Uncle Sam
Frederic J. Haskine
Charles E. Hughes
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