Harding tours Kansas wheat field shows farmer roots
President Warren G. Harding visited a hundred acre wheat field in Hutchinson Kansas. He rode a ten foot binder, spoke on agricultural policy, and predicted that postwar low mood was ending with gradual improvement. He cited farm credit laws and government help raising farm product values in 1922 compared with 1921.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Warren G. Harding
Kansas
Ohio
Middle West
J. M. Davis
Harding praises wartime farm aid and credit act impact
The article chronicles President Harding’s defense of agricultural policy, credit programs, and tariffs that aided American farmers. It notes the War Finance Corporation’s $1 billion credit revival, loans to livestock and farming, a home market via emergency tariffs, and the Agricultural Credit Act of 1923 as cornerstone reforms, arguing these measures served farmers and national interests alike.
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War Finance Corporation
Federal Farm Loan Board
Washington
Harding
Unisiana
Voyagers welcomed on Mississippi reenactment at Davenport
Under a blazing sun on June 23 Davenport welcomed the French explorers Father Jacques Marquette and Monsieur Louis Joliet as they reached the river town after discovering Rock Island arsenal. A flotilla of canoes was met by Tecumseh and Multnomah Indians and thousands of Davenport residents. The party stayed the night and continued toward Muscatine for another reenactment of the historic landing.
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Davenport
Jacques Marquette
Monsieur Louis Joliet
Mississippi River
Rock Island Arsenal
Sam
Multnomah
Wallace Signs New Regulations On Grain Trading
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace signed rules to stop information that distorts grain prices and to permit study of price registrations. The regulations govern future grain trading laws under the main futures act and require two Indiania firms operating in grain markets to furnish receipts to futures markets. Receipts will be handled in strictest confidence and the rules will be issued through the Department of Agriculture.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
United States Department of Agriculture
Advocating Intermediate Credit for Farmers in Distress
The speaker argues that during financial strain farmers sell crops or livestock prematurely to renew notes, flooding markets and depressing prices. An intermediate credit system tied to seasonal needs would enable orderly marketing, stabilizing prices. The aim is fair prices and debt reduction, achievable through agricultural credit reform.
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Nioe
Strawberry Patch Pride From A Thrifty Farmer
A Boston Transcript item notes thrifty farmers keep land well dressed and take pride in a strawberry patch, implying prudent farming and neat cultivation as commendable.
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Boston
Seizure of Liquor Under Seal On Transatlantic Ships
United States and Britain clash over liquor aboard ships Baltic Berengaria and Paris as U S officials halt and resume seizures to test medicinal allowances. Dr Sprague and Assistant Secretary Moss issue orders. Mellon's stance quiet aboard Majestic voyage as cargoes await clearance.
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London
Baltic
Berengaria
New York
Great Britain
Philip Elting
Sprague
United States Public Health Service
Roberts
Washington, D. C
Moss
The
Treasury
Custom and Prohibition
E. K. Sprague
Mellon
England
France
Leviathan Sets World Steamship Speed Record
June 28 aboard the Leviathan returning to New York on a trial cruise, the reconditioned liner set a new speed record of 28.04 knots, beating the previous 27.5 knots by the Mauretania. The trial run covered 75.7 miles past Jupiter Light off Florida with engines reported in perfect order and officials jubilant.
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Associated Press
New York
Whrtless
L. D Lasker
Shipping Board
Harding
Wireless
Florida
Abourd
Supreme Court reverses Greba murder verdict in Iowa
The Iowa Supreme Court overruled Nick Greba’s life sentence for the 1920 murder of Mike Baldizar in Mason City. The bomb blast in Baldizar’s garage killed him as he arrived at his car. Greba’s alleged motive tied to Anna Baldizar was cited, with defense pointing to Charles Smarko as the killer.
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Associated Tress
Mason City
Nick Greba
Mike Baldizar
Iowa Supreme Court
Baldizar
Greba
Anna Balitar
Charles Smarko
Baldigar
Richards Beats Jacobs in London Tennis Final
Vincent Richards, the American teen star, defeated S M Jacobs of India 6 2 4 2 in the finals of the men s singles at the London lawn tennis championship played today at the Queen s Club. Elizabeth Ryan, former Californian, won the women's singles beating Mrs Geraldine Beamish of England 6 8 1 6 6 2.
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London
Vincent Richards
S. M. Jacobs
India
Queen's Club
Elizabeth Ryan
Geraldine Beamish
England
Arbitration Treaty Extension Signed by Hughes and Geddes
A convention extending the Anglo-American arbitration treaty of 1908 for five years was signed today here by Secretary Hughes and Sir Auckland Geddes, the British ambassador.
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Hughes and Geddes
Washington, D. C
Haughes
Sir Auckland Geddes
Cracow Honors Lord Balfour with Philosophy Degree
The University of Cracow Poland awarded Lord Balfour the honorary Doctor of Philosophy in recognition of his literature contributions to philosophy and his international reputation for scholarly work.
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Poland
Balfour
London
University of Cracow
Lord Balfour
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