Prolonged Third-Party Fusion Fails At Chicago Convention
The Chicago gathering of 48ers laborers single taxers and others collapsed amid pink red splits. La Follette refused to run and the movement dissolved into separate party lines with Labor and Single Taxers pushing independent presidential tickets. The trial of radicals led by Clarence Darrow looms large in Illinois sedition case. Vermont refuses special session on woman suffrage. Dealers warn of coal car shortages and Spa talks see Germany concede on treaty terms.
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la Follette
Chicago
Vermont
Spa
E. F. Clipson
Committee of Forty-eight
Labor Party
Nonpartisan League
American Party of Texas
Ferguson
American Constitutional Party
Hearst
World War Veterans
Amos Pinchot
George L. Record
J. A. H. Hopkins
Wisconsin
Texas
Third
48Ers
Single Taxers
Parley P. Christensen
Salt Lake City
Utah
Max S. Hayes
Cleveland, C
Pennsylvania
Sproul
Palmer
Single Tax
Robert C. Macauley
Philadelphia
R. C. Barnum
Chicago jury begins trial of Lloyd and 19 Communist Labor officials
After eight weeks and examination of thousands of veniremen a jury is seated in Chicago for the conspiracy case against William Bross Lloyd and nineteen Communist Labor party officials. Illinois prosecutes after a special grand jury indictment following raids on their headquarters and meetings. Lloyd, a Winnetka millionaire long tied to radical movements as leader and benefactor, is among the defendants.
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Chicago
William Bross Lloyd
Communist Labor Party
Illinois
Hayne
lLloyd
Winnetka
Picture brides to come in late July
Tokyo says passports issued remain valid for six months and some picture brides may reach the United States by late August. Sacramento publishers claim Japanese in California raise funds to oppose anti Japanese laws, while a state official argues Japanese loyalty to Japan persists. Fresh air is recommended as the best cure for colds.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
San Francisco
America
Sacramento
Cal
S. McClatchy
Sacramento Bee
California
Stanley Benedict
State Board of Control
Japan
Immigration Committee
House of Representatives
Soundness first in buying farm horses, says USDA
Buyers and breeders should thoroughly exam horses for soundness before purchase. Note both presence and severity of unsoundness, distinguish temporary from permanent. Observe blemishes, vices, conformation faults, general traits, and weigh good qualities against defects.
Bolsheviks of Live Stock Campaign Term Used locally
A Wisconsin farmer coins the term bulsheviks for scrub bulls in the USDA led Better Lives Better Stock program. He argues these bulls reduce milk and butter yields and force farmers to keep unsuitable stock, linking the idea to broader international tensions.
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Wisconsin
United States Department of Agriculture
Shy at Registered Cattle Breeders Face Pedigree Dilemma
Farmers hesitate to raise registered cattle after observing some registered bulls produce calves not better than those sired by good grade bulls. The piece argues for selective culling of inferior animals and avoiding scrub pedigrees to improve satisfaction among both small and large breeders.
Live stock notes on sheep worms hog lameness and ticks
The notes discuss stomach worms as a major sheep industry drawback and warn against placing unvaccinated pigs on infected premises. Prolonged confinement on hard floors causes foot soreness in heavy hogs. Calves should stay in a clean barn until three months old. Sheep ticks bother all ages, especially lambs, and can reduce body weight.
Model License league ends its model saloon program
Louisville report notes that the Model License league created by T. M. Gilmore fourteen years ago to place saloons on a model basis has been dissolved and its business wound up.
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Louisville
Model License League
T. M. Gilmore
Japan Tests Faster Maturation of Ginseng Plant
Experiments in Japan aim to mature ginseng in less than the usual six years. Researchers explore accelerated growth methods and treatments to shorten cultivation time.
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Japan
Prize Bread Maker Wesley Shelden Wins First Prize
Wesley Shelden eleven years old won first prize for bread making in a Worcester Farm Bureau contest open to all. He baked 69 loaves that earned high marks among many women and girls competitors. He is a regular boy with no sissy traits.
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Wesley Shelden
Worcester Farm Bureau of Massachusetts
Wesley
Facts on social change and industry from late 19th century
Dueling was abolished in the British army in 1844. A condor's foot is not adapted for perching on trees. There are few women auto drivers in Argentina. During the war Canadian women next of kin to soldiers and war nurses were enfranchised. French women take up football amid a vogue for English rugby. The Transvaal national hymn was composed by Dutchwoman Mile Catherine Felicie van Rees. Japan imported 28,742 tons of paper pulp last year, with 18,240 tons from Canada and 9,000 from the United States. Belgian cotton spinners will send an agent to Brazil to gauge cotton cultivation prospects.
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Ireland
Ulster
Sinn Fein
Edward Carson
Ulster Volunteers
Miners’ Federation
Germany
Spa
Versailles
Argentina
Transvaal
Mile
Catherine Felicie van Rees
Japan
Canada
United States
Brazil
Miss Wiehmarek Wins Medals Abroad
Miss A. B. Wiehmarek of Buffalo returned from two years in Europe where she worked with the Polish White Cross. She received war decorations including the French honor medal and the Polish medal for faithfulness.
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A. B. Wiehmarek
Buffalo
Europe
White Cross
Opportunity Well Through Principle Test
The text urges examining every opportunity by moral standard and principle. It warns that even if money power or social gain appear, a moral lapse turns it into loss rather than benefit.
Misplaced Sympathy in a Billiard Hall Tale
A reflective piece notes wives wiping billiard chalk from husbands coats and crying over late nights spent at a desk beside a whitewashed wall. The vignette captures domestic strain and silent sorrow within a provincial setting.
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James M. Cox
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Belgium
Charles Francis Adams I
Resolute
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William A. Cunnen
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Frank Comerford
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Communist Party
Percival W. Clement
Harding
Supreme Court of the United States
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Bovine Society
Cardington Beds
England
Lloyd George
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Berlin
Reichstag
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