Trade data shows May imports rise and exports steady
The report compares the May year to date totals with 1922 and notes an $1.114 billion rise in imports and $20 million in exports for the eleven months ending May 31. It cites tariff effects, regional trade shifts, and a broad increase in imports from Europe and other regions while exports hold steady or rise in most divisions.
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China
Europe
Asia
Belgium
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
North American
Canada
Central America
Mexico
Cuba
British India
Straits Settlements
Dutch East Indies
Japan
Russia
Egypt
Unprofessional Lawyers Purged by Alabama Bar
The Alabama Bar Association moves to remove members deemed unprofessional for unethical business practices and soliciting work. Southern newspapers back a clean up approach, arguing lawyers must uphold oath, respect courts, and stay on a high professional plane or face disbarment.
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Albuquerque Herald
Alabama Bar Association
Alabama
Othr
Birmingham News
Prohibition Advocates Cite Wide Benefits Under Law
Chief Justice Taft is cited by Wayne B Wheeler of the Anti Saloon League praising prohibition. He lists lower crime rates less charity cases fewer juvenile and female offenses and economic gains from industries replacing saloons. Mellon praised for Treasury financing amid wartime needs.
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William Howard Taft
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Taft
Wheeler
Storf
Foreign steamships face liquor seizure under Volstead
The article notes foreign steamship companies flouting Prohibition by bringing liquor into the U.S. and that seals may be broken to seize contraband. It says legislative change is desired but currently the government will enforce the law, while Irish jokes illustrate sovereignty concerns and domestic violations are police matters.
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Executive Department
United States
Europe
Great Britain
France
George Washington
New York Commercial
Megal
Cannibalism and the League
The Vancouver Sun cartoon riffs on the League of Nations confronting cannibalism in French Africa and hints at absurd remedies. It jokes about painting natives with quinine or enforcing Walter Camp’s daily dozen to curb flesh eating while noting a need to address financial cannibalism and stock swindling on the continent.
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Vancouver Sun
League of Nations
Africa
League
Walter Camp
United States
Colby says isolation is a predicament not a policy
In Manchester New Hampshire former Secretary of State Colby argues that isolation is a predicament rather than a deliberate policy. He notes many European states would envy the United States’ situation and suggests the stance is forced rather than chosen.
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Manchester, N. H
Union
Colby
Europe
Hard Luck for Houston in Pittsburgh G-T nomination chatter
The Pittsburgh Gazette Times notes Woodrow favors former Secretary Houston as the Democratic nominee for next year. The piece argues Houston’s treatment is undeserved and examines implications for the party.
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Woodrow
Houston
Mellon’s Big Joe
A Fort Wayne News-Sentinel tease notes remarks by a Democrat about a public figure named Joe, signaling political controversy and party rhetoric in Indiana. The snippet references fairness and Democratic stance, implying a broader discussion on a candidate or policy.
Cant Please Them Amid Mixed Newark Talk
Fragmentary Newark notes show conflicting views on a local issue. The cryptic text references skepticism among pessimists and a claim the milk was not sour, indicating doubt about the situation or argument.
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Newark
Goose-Quillings and Riffing Across Public Life
A column of satirical quips spans politics, marriage, law, prohibition, and social norms. It quips about Ford and alienable rights, warns of blame shifting, jokes about war, wine shops, and the press, and ends noting the Agriculture Department's "friendly parasites" with a wink at Associated Editors.
Quirky Tales From Everyday Lives From Old Newspapers
A collage of light anecdotes: a Boston Transcript blames a day spent with friends for a woman's Borghi image and a remark from her six year old. a Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph tale of an English barrister calmed only by a cat. shipwrecked sailors clinging to a raft pray and joke about land. two students on a train discuss perception as a Nebraska narrator notes.
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Boston Transcript
Enenna
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Angwan A
Nebraska
Cross-Country Drifter Grumbles at Automobile Trek
Narrator voices frustration with long highway drives in a tin chariot. He laments dust, honks, and endless signboards while passengers yap and scenery vanishes from view. The piece ends with a brisk aside about a political headline and a curious remark about a woman’s voice.
Mantilla Fashion Shifts From Hats to Head Coverings
Actress Jean Tennyson Brown notes a trend toward mantillas replacing hats as the preferred head adornment. The piece suggests a one year shift in style, aligning with mystery and elegance, contrasting with traditional cowboy country imagery and social norms.
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Jean Tennyson Brown
Dr George Martin Returns to Ranch on Weeklong Visit
Fragile notes describe Dr George Martin visiting his mountain ranch and discovering water in Altar valley on the divide to Arivaca. Mentions George W Webb and Iff Larrieu assisting in a 20 year old case with two Fairbanks and a jail incident.
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George Martin
Altar Valley
Arivaca
George W. Webb
Iff Larrieu
Fairbanks
Stone
Bennett
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Arizona
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Art Communications
Itiven
Tucson
Associated Reas
Chicago Tribune
Mellon
the Treasury
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
Redskins
Uiolini
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Scott
Mississippi
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Monroe
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