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...Effort of a Tax and Debt Limit on Local Government...
Yale plans to play a number of matches with local teams. There are two excellent fields: Pratt field, which is an outdoor field, and the Armory, which will provide a good indoor field. Negotiations are under way for a game with either the West Point Officers' or cadets' team. It is hoped that matches may be scheduled with Cornell, Princeton and Harvard...
Besides being active in national politics, Mr. Coolidge has been prevailed upon to lend his aid to the local Republican activities, and has been made a member of the committee which has charge of the Republican Torchlight Parade which will be held on October...
...Ellis Island. All that the Legion asked, according to former Police Commissioner Arthur Woods, of New York, the Chairman of the new Americanization Committee, was that it be furnished with the names and prospective addresses of all immigrants entering the United States through Ellis Island, in order that the local Legion Posts might be kept informed as to the whereabouts of the aliens in their districts. It was then planned to assist and instruct those new-comers, through the work of the local posts, in learning the true meaning of America and its ideals...
...panic, with its evil effects even upon healthy institutions, its detriment to local manufactures and trade, and its reflections upon the financial reputation of Massachusetts, will have been worth all the trouble, if out of it can come a realization that sound, progressive banking methods, administered by trained executives, are preferable to high returns and low security...