Gompers Addresses Labor Cause at Democratic Convention
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, leaves a sickbed to address the platform committee, pleading for workers' justice and denouncing court injunctions in labor disputes. Oregon selects George A. Mar als delegation chairman as caucus shifts. Senator Ralston health rumors praised by Taggart. plans to bring him to the convention are denied.
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New York
Samuel Ompers
American Eperation of Labor
Jay
Latform
Gompers
Oregon
Ain Today
George A. Maral
Ohn TH. Stevenson
Ralston
Taggart
Taggart Backs Ralston In Democratic Fight
New York June 25 AP Thomas Taggart visited McAdoo at the Vanderbilt hotel and said he was making social calls. He denied rumors of new alliances and indicated he would see Al Smith later, signaling ongoing Democrat convention maneuvering.
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New York
Thomas Aggart
Canddate
McAdo
Vanderbilt Hotel
Taggart
McAdoo
Alith
eAdoo
Aggart
Ralston
Probing Cause of Ship Explosion Near Brooklyn Wharf
New York AP reports authorities continued their investigations into the explosion aboard the Standard Oil freighter Eyre and Castle at a Brooklyn wharf. Five men are missing and six others are fatally injured. missing include Charles Keller, a Standard Company inspector, believed carried away or drowned.
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New York
Tandard Oil Company
Eyreant Castle
Brooklyn
Charles Keller
Standard Company
United States Receives Invitation to Premier Conference
Washington reports the United States was informed that representatives will attend the upcoming premiers conference to discuss the Dawes Plan. The exact U.S. position remains to be determined upon receipt of the invitation.
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Washington
Execution by electric chair in Philippines marks first in Far East
Manila June 25 AP Juan Buco convicted slayer of six persons faced execution in Bilibid prison. The electric chair was used for the first time in the Far East, confirming a historic method of capital punishment in the region.
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Manila
Juan Buco
Way
Bilibid
Far East
Iowa Delegation Rejects Unit Rule in Open Vote
Iowa’s 26 delegates vote openly to abandon the unit rule, seen by some as McAdoo forces losing control of the delegation. The report notes a debated stance within the state party and hints at evolving control dynamics. The fragment mentions Martha Washington Candies, a local post office, and a 326 Elmo Indian family at a Dance Palace event tonight at 125.
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New York
Iowa
McAdoo
Elmo Indian
Dance Palace
Nampa Eyes Major PFE Car Shops Bid in 1924 Plan
Nampa leaders push a $450000 minimum PFE car shop project with 68 acres sought and 6144 acres to secure land. Ground would host 400 jobs, 10 miles of track, and facilities to repair refrigerator cars, boosting Nampa’s growth and rivaling Roseville, California. A finance panel seeks citizen funding, while a state letter from H V Platt confirms construction after deed delivery.
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Nampa
Nampa Leader
George Meffan
H. V. Platt
Oregon
Pacific Fruit Express Company
Nampa-Caldwell Boulevard
Roseville
California
E. Smallwood
T. J. Mahoney
E. H. Dewey
D. McLain
George A. Meffan
P. F. E. Company
Boise
Platt
Salt Lake City
Utah
Industrial Committee
Idaho
Bir
Armstrong
Cathedral in the Age of Science on Diphtheria Treatment
A health bulletin extols diphtheria prevention through toxin antitoxin injections and vaccination, praising scientists and public health workers who built a metaphorical cathedral of care for children. It notes prevention as key, explains natural immunity, and hints at testing methods to determine immunity.
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Schick
Presidents ages and journeys reveal shifting political paths
The article surveys presidential ages at inauguration, noting Theodore Roosevelt as the youngest at 42 and multiple leaders who remained active in politics after leaving office. It compares travel by presidents, citing Taft as most travelled with 144 558 miles and Harding far less. It mentions early election routes, religious affiliations, and vice presidential ages.
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Theodore Roosevelt
United States
White House
van Buren
Cleveland
Roosevelt
New York
Thomas Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
House of Representatives
William T. Scott
Scott
Jefferson
Lincoln
John C. Breckinridge
James Buchanan
John Adams
William Henry Harrison
Andrew Jackson
Zachary Taylor
Mr. Coolidge
William H. Taft
Mr. Harding
Narcotics Declared Nation's Greatest Peril by Lions
Dr M M Nielson of Salt Lake City warned at the National Lions convention in Omaha that narcotics are America's top danger, with about 1 250 000 addicts and 1000 new users daily, urging a formal committee to address the drug traffic and its impact. Election of officers follows.
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Omaha
Neb
America
M. M. Nielson
Salt Lake City
Utah
Idaho Lions
National Association of Lions
United States
Longest Chief Executive Journey Tracked in History
The text notes the Alaska trip as the longest single journey by a chief executive. It lists New York as the home state of ten vice presidents including Burr Clinton Tompkins Van Buren Fillmore Wheeler Arthur Morton Roosevelt and Sherman. Four of these later became presidents by election or vacancy.
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San Francisco
New York
Aaron Burr
George Clinton
Daniel D. Tompkins
Martin van Buren
Millard Fillmore
Wiliam A. Wheeler
Chester A. Arthur
Levi P. Morton
Theodore Roosevelt
Jamesb. Sherman
van Buren
Fillmore
Arthur
Roosevelt
Why He Went Faster Swede Fleeing Car At Sixty
A Swede driver ignored a police shout to stop and accelerated to about 60 miles per hour. When finally caught he asked why the officer yelled, thinking he had struck someone. The piece notes Miss Moina Michael from Athens GA State Normal School credited with originating Poppy Day.
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Moina Michael
State Normal School
Athens
Six Die as Lightning Strikes Quarry Shed
Six workers were killed in Winston Salem when a lightning bolt struck a quarry shed where they sought shelter from a storm and caused 150 pounds of dynamite to explode. The incident occurred yesterday in North Carolina.
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Winston-Balem
N.C
Walsh Convention Sees Rules Adopted and Nominating Session Planned
Delegates hear a two thirds rule proposal and rules report as Walsh schedules presidential nominating speeches. The session features announcements for transportation to Graystone on the Hudson and a roll call of states before Vorney Johnson nominates Senator Oscar W. Underwood. An inventor debuts a racer strap using a thumb and finger thimble mechanism.
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Walsh
Enright
Graystone
Hudson
Samuel J. Tilden
Senator Class of
Virginia
Old Virginia
Benator Glasg
Woodward
National League of Democratic Clubs
Lew Ellingham
Committee On Rules and Order of Business
Order of Business
Platform Committee
Lincoln Dixon
Indiana
National Committee
Roll of States
Vorney Johnson
Oscar W. Underwood
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Philippines
Martha Washington
Wall Street
Cy Seng
Andrew Ove
Hairbrush and Mirror CO
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Gump
Sioney Sar
P.F.E
Nampa Leader Herald
Pacific Fruit Expess Company
Boncilla
Better Health Service
The
Idaho Public Health League
Freckles
Amadit
Peggar
Thakks
VER
Missus
Republican National Committee
J. C. Griswold
Texas
M. G. Howard
Chattanooga
Tenn
L. M. Dodson
Des Moines
BY Blosser
Machine
Mabel Herbert Urner
Pocatello
Tribune
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