Canada Urges Protection Against British Preference
At the Canadian Manufacturers' association annual meeting President Shaw argued for higher protectionist tariffs and opposed extending preferences to Britain. He said Canada must bargain in tariff policy, noting British costs and shipping give UK goods an edge, and that Canadian industry cannot compete without protection. He warned the United States also benefits from tariff leverage in negotiations.
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Canada
Great Britain
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Shaw
United States
United Kingdom
Mr. Shaw
Republican Party
England
Women take helm as bank president in Wis town
Emma Duerrwaechter becomes president of Germantown State Bank after her father’s death. Notary since 1910, she outlines women’s rapid rise in banking as Wisconsin hosts many female executives including over 100 assistant cashiers and 30 directors. She argues women stay in banking when congenial, and predicts fewer unhappy marriages as a result.
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Germantown State Bank
South Germantown
Wis
Emma Duerrwaechter
Goose-Quillings Miscellany of Political Quips and Quirks
A collection of satirical quips on politics and society from a 20th century American writer. It mocks presidential talk, party splits, immigration, labor, and Prohibition with humor about Darwin Bryan and other figures, noting appetite for light satire and public commentary.
The Modern Maid and a Candid Satirical Pieces
A collection of humorous observations and quips on the modern woman the old guard, economics, hoarding money, and social mores. It mocks reformers and highlights Senator-elect Magnus Johnson and Rockefeller with light political satire and everyday anecdotes.
Odd Bits About Women Headlines
Mr Frank M. Jones, an active Tacoma lumber company president, has just turned seventy eight. Miss Mary E. Jones of Norwich, Conn., is achieving success in cake baking after a stage career. Miss Marie Van Vorst, fifty three, begins an artistic career, studying by day and dictating novels at night. Mrs. Sarah Turner of Washington, D. C., becomes a practical locksmith with a thriving key making business.
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Frank M. Jones
Tacoma
Wash
Mary E. Jones
Norwich
Conn
Marie van Vorst
Sarah Turner
Washington, D. C
Denied seats spark circus ticket tale and other brief items
An old man asks for three seats amid sold out shows and quips it signals poor management. A five year old stitches a lip and jokes his moustache will cover it. Dr Carl Eigenmann of Indiana University answers a dinner hour call about fish plural and a freshman mishears the waiter. A Boston Transcript note recalls a politician’s forty one page speech draft with readers pressing to hear more.
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Pearson’s Weekly
London
Carl H. Eigenmann
Indiana University
Eigenmann
Indianapolis News
Boston Transcript
Suffrage Delegates March to Mussolini Home
After the Rome congress of the International Alliance for Woman Suffrage delegates led by the alliance flag marched to Premier Mussolini’s home to announce the meeting results. Carrie Chapman Catt, first honorary president, walked with the new president Corbett Ashby of England.
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International Alliance For Woman Suffrage
Rome
Alliance
Mussolini
Carrie Chapman Catt
America
Corbett Ashby
England
Thunderstorm Advice and a Jailbreak Tale
An odd wartime style advisory questions what a husband should do in a storm or near dangerous metal objects. The text includes hazardous suggestions like holding keys near windows and standing near steel masts, followed by a crime note about a masked woman freeing a man from jail in Warren Pennsylvania, hinting the man may be her husband and implying a motive to send him to work.
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Warren
Count Kessler Predicts Rapid German Collapse and New Currency
Ex premier Count Harry Kessler warns in a press interview that Germany faces total social and economic breakdown within a short period, risking civil strife and a new currency. He says France seeks a Ruhr frontier and warns of French occupation followed by wider war involving Poland and Russia.
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Harry Kessler
E Coister
Poland
All Pires
Institute of Politi
Ian Mass
Count Kessler
Germany
Fraice
Berlin
Russia
Pi Jon
Kessler
Germay
France
Ruhr
Rhine
Lorraine
Shipping measures amid postwar fleet idle crisis
The United States faces a glut of ships after the war as Congress passes two ship measures. The government cannot operate ships at a loss nor sell them at a loss, leaving thousands of dollars in ships idle. The fleet sits idle while the idle fleet rapidly decays.
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United States
Congress
History repeats as city party platform mirrors 1924
The article notes a nostalgia echoed by leading Democrats praising a foundation for a national platform while the city scene revisits old policy battles. It references prohibition era politics and the trend of patting themselves on the back for past positions.
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Vance
A Smith
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Tucson Citizens, Citizen
Art Pone
Associates Press
Executive Department
Europe
George Washington
Tion
Siva Nc
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Ford
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Rockefeller
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