Coolidge Reaffirms Simplicity in Presidential Era
The Aug 23 1923 article discusses President Coolidge upholding thrift and modest living as a national ideal. It contrasts early leaders born in simple homes with modern excess, praising restraint in wealth and lifestyle while noting wheat economics and railroad policy. It cites Jefferson Roosevelt Washington and Adams as examples of humble beginnings guiding leadership.
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Fillmore
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Gar-feld
Wiaun Henry Harrison
North Dtend
Ohio
Washington
Virginia
Adamses
Quincy
Grant
White House
Harding
Fall Urges Immigration Restrictions
Former Secretary of the Interior Fall returns from Europe and calls for tighter U S immigration limits. He argues Europe especially Russia would send only the unfit, favors screening abroad rather than at U S ports. He says current law goes farther than before but is criticized by opponents. lobbies for further tightening.
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Fall
Europe
Fal
Russia
What Samuel Gompers Did Not Say
Samuel Gompers is portrayed as a democrat asserting the Republican Party did nothing for union labor. The piece counters that Republicans aided workers with steady jobs, wages, hazard protections, a labor department, and small reforms, arguing GOP faced crises with millions unemployed but still delivered some support.
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Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Republican Party
Department of Labor
Trenton CN
J. Gazette
Farm problems not solved by hysteria essay
July and September wheat prices show low earnings with about 3 cents a bushel for wheat and around 75 cents for September futures. The Toledo Blade notes similar gaps between human and hog food values while questioning eastern states' wheat viability under high labor costs taxes and mortgage interest on long shipments.
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Toledo Blade
Mississippi
Harding Reviews Republican Achievements From Western Addresses
The speeches by the late President Harding, delivered on his western trip, summarize two years and four months of his administration as a progress report. He would have aligned his final messages with their written form, outlining accomplishments and recommendations that uphold Coolidge's policies for future realization of American ideals.
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President Harding
Mr. Harding
Harding
Coolidge
Record Crop Near Arctic Alaska Exceeds Texas Area
The record crop region near Arctic Alaska covers about 554000 square miles, far larger than Texas. It supports a population around 64000, far fewer than Nevada's, which is the least populated state at about three quarters more than that figure.
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Arctic
Alaska
Texas
Nevada
Revolution Talk From Johnson and Wilson Draws US Parallels
The Brooklyn Standard Union notes Magnus Johnson and Woodrow Wilson discuss Russia's revolution and its possible echo in the United States. Wilson warns democracy is not yet safe from irrational revolution and calls civilization to spiritual redemption, while Johnson urges heavy taxes on big corporations to aid farmers, a stance that critics say misreads the Russian model. Both men, though, risk becoming its chief victims if revolution comes home.
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Brooklyn Standard Union
Magnus Johnson
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Russia
Atlantic Monthly
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
Magnus
Populism in 1890 and Minnesota parallels
The piece recalls the rise of populism in the 1890s with Kansas, Mary Ellen Lease, Jerry Simpson, and Peffer, noting how the movement faded as prosperity returned. It compares Minnesota's current farmer-labor surge under Magnus Johnson to those events, then comments on wheat overproduction and market cycles. It ends with a bizarre aside about Tibetans and a five day week.
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Missoula
Mont
Old Reliable
Democrats
Montana
Robert B. Smith
Minnesota
John J. Ingalls
Kansas
United States Senate
Mary Ellen Lease
Sockteas
Jerry Simpson
Peffer
Ingalls
Republican Party
Farmer-Labor Party
Magnus Johnson
Simpson
Lease
Kentucky reform and Kentucky horse racing clash
In the Anaconda Standard essay on Kentucky reform, Colonel Watterson critiques reform zeal while Kentuckians applaud the shift against pari mutuel betting. Barkley pledges to repeal the racing statute if elected, facing Cantril who wins the nomination by over 12,000 votes as supporters savor the return of horse racing to Kentucky.
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Anaconda Standard
Kentucky
Colonel Watterson
Napoleon
Bryan
St. Allen
W. Barkley
Reform
Barkley
Practical Religion at Washington conference stresses unity
Secretary Weeks urged that civilization’s postwar instability increases the need for religion. General Pershing emphasized that military mercy requires attention to religion and warned against sectarian advantage. He urged a practical application of core religious fundamentals to all human affairs and for cooperation among religionists.
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Los Angeles Examiner
Washington
Weeks
Pershing
National War Service
Public service and honesty amid criticism
An executive of a major mall order firm urges citizens and the press to respect public officials. He argues there is a high average of integrity in American public life and that optimistic faith in government can motivate volunteers to serve with honor and zeal.
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Los Angeles Times
America
Preas
Punish the Speculators
An American Economist argues profiteering and manipulation drive the gap between farmers’ prices and consumer costs. He cites cases of potato speculators dumping stock into the Mississippi to force shortages and others leaving crops to rot to boost prices, illustrating broader schemes of artificial shortages. He notes a New York World report from August 8 detailing watermelons stalled on tracks to create price pressures.
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Mississippi River
New York World
What Constitutes a State
A brief excerpt defines a state not by walls or wealth but by virtuous men who know duties and rights and dare to resist oppression. It emphasizes courage to prevent tyranny and to crush it when it binds the people. The passage elevates moral character as the essence of statehood.
Adversity and Faith Through Sorrowful Times
In sorrow bowed hearts endure crosses and losses yet remain hopeful. The text notes that transient trials yield an enduring crown. Grief follows grief, but life continues with labor, storms, and blasts. divine aid upholds and strengthens as night breaks through darkness.
Prohibition of Food Hoarding and Market Manipulation
A 19th century editorial condemns food hoarding and speculative price manipulation. It argues destroying or withholding food to create shortages is a crime, or at least an economic crime warranting statutory punishment. It likens profiteers to highway robbers and criticizes tariff opponents who profit from higher prices.
Thoroughness drives success in every line of work
In San Francisco Journal, Charles Grant Miller argues that momentum with thoroughness fuels achievement. The thorough worker blends enthusiasm and focus, mastering one thing thoroughly to excel. Edison’s motto and many successful careers prove the rule. The thorough person guards their job, as employers fear losing such indispensable workers.
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San Francisco Journal
Charles Grant Miller
Miner
Edison
Thoroughness, Not Talent, Builds Steady Business Foundation
A reflective passage argues that education and special training yield bursts of progress, but consistent thoroughness wins over time. It contrasts thorough, reliable workers with listless clock-watchers, calling thorough individuals the solid foundation stones of any business.
OUR POLITICAL CRITICS. A common sense comment on civic duty
The Wheeling West Virginia Intelligencer and the Doylestown Pennsylvania Intelligencer publish remarks by Wilbur F. Wakeman on the neglect of electoral duties. The pieces urge voters to know election districts and committeemen and to demand performance before criticizing officials.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wilbur F. Wakeman
United States
Doylestown
New Technical Papers on Explosives and Accidents Listed
Public notice lists several new publications including Technical papers 29 on progress of investigations on mixed oxygen explosives by Howell Paul and Sherrick 1928 91 pp and 321 on anhydrous aluminum chloride by Ralston 1928 88 pp 12 figs plus 326 on fires in steam izo bunker and cargo coal by Stock 1923 52 pp 4 figs 827 accidents at metallurgical works in the United States during 1921 by Adams 1923 31 pp and 338 permissible explosives mining equipment and apparatus approved prior to January by Howell Isley Parker and Fieldner 1923 22 pp 1 fig.
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S. P. Howell
J. W. Paul
J. L. Sherrick
Oliver C. Ralston
H. He Stock
United States
W. W. Adams
P. Howell
L. C. Isley
D. Parker
A. C. Fieldner
Moneylenders in India Use Dual Receipts and High Interest
The practice often involves two receipts, one for the loaned sum and another for up to double that amount. Interest runs about 6 percent per month, equivalent to one annis on rupee. If repaid, both receipts are returned. if not, lenders foreclose using the larger amount receipt.
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India
Higher Education Bane Identified by Stanford President
David Starr Jordan, emeritus president of Stanford University, warned that the desire to substitute rote practice for inspiration harms colleges. He said the university does not simply provide opinions but aims to shape them.
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David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford Junior University
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