Legion War for the Blind and Education Census
Boston delegates of the National Education Association heard Alvin M. Owsley of Texas outline the Legion’s role in aiding the blind, the insane, the sick and wounded. He urged speedy hospital solutions and warned of confusion and red tape delaying relief, while championing a global educational census and one language for American unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
American Legion
Alvin M. Owsley
Texas
National Americanism Commission
National Education Association
Legion
Mr. Ow
America
China urged to reduce size of its large armies
Dr. Wang Chung-hui, minister of justice and Washington conference delegate, is urging China to disband its vast armies. He argues militarism drains national revenue of about half, with 1.5 million soldiers supported by the people, and urges reduction to defense needs. The call follows Chinese press demonstrations against large armies and notes military leaders owe the railroad administration $260,000,000 for troop transport since the Manchu overthrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Wang Chung-hui
China
Wang
Washington
Robert Borden
Canada
Robert
Dr. Wang
Railroad Administration
Train wreck at Winslow Junction kills and wounds dozens
Atlantic City dispatch reports a Camden Atlantic express derailed at Winslow Junction, New Jersey, leaving at least six dead and about 74 injured, with the final death toll undecided pending wreckage search. Identified dead include Walter Wescott the engineer and William Sauders the fireman. The injured were numbered from 20 to 75.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Winslow Junction
Walter Wescott
William Sauders
Bell Telephone Museum Showcases Telephony's Early Artifacts
A Bell System museum on the twelfth floor of Bell Research Laboratories at 463 West Street, New York City, preserves early telephony artifacts. Exhibits include Bell’s first transmitting instruments, historic switchboards, and devices used to open the Transcontinental Line in 1915, plus wartime American innovations and a warning Bell once gave during a Salem demonstration to keep silence for experiments.
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Bell Telephone System
Department of Applied Sentiment
Great
Bell Research Laboratories
West Street
New York City
Bell System
Alexander Graham Bell
E. T. Holmes
Boston
Gilliland
Wilson
Theodore N. Vail
New York
San Francisco
Harding
Bell
Salem
A. Graham Bell
Striking workers seize Chicago and Alton shops
Striking shopmen seized the Chicago and Alton railroad shops at Slater Missouri, drove out nonunion workers, and held the shops with sheriff attention pledged. Eighteen men were driven out today and 25 yesterday. Guards were arrested and jailled as property protection vanished.
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Slater
Chicago and Alton Railroad
John Lodedon
Marshall
School Teaching Numbers Rise in 1920s Detroit News
The Detroit News notes improved teacher supply based on 101 colleges, with nearly 10,000 graduates entering teaching. More men are entering secondary and high school roles, rising from 24 percent in 1890 to about 30 percent in 1920 for prospective secondary teachers, and high school positions have grown from 9,120 in 1890 to 81,034 by 1918.
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Detroit News
Public service capital needs rise to 20 billion yearly
United States public service corporations require new capital totaling 20 billion dollars annually. Siam maintains a contingent of Girl Scouts. The United States both produces and consumes more oatmeal than any other nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Siam
Bendigo’s Blue Rose Quest Highlighted by Mad Scientist
A quirky historical note recalls a French scientist who spent 45 years and nearly $50,000 chasing a blue rose and its link to Bendigo, Australia. The tale blends city name lore with late 19th or early 20th century botanical obsession.
Bulgarians Lay Law Down to King Boris at Congress
At a Sofia congress the Peasants pressed for a republic and limited royal power. Premier Stamboulisky warned King Boris that he shall reign only with popular support as Bulgaria moves toward a farmer led republic with the king as president if intellectuals try to seize control. The government is described as driven by farmers and peasants with Stamboulisky guiding policy.
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Boris
Softa
Bulgaria
Congress of Peasants
Sofia
Burgeois
Prierier Stamboulisky
Old
New Bulgaria
Stamboulisky
Aheformer
Makng
666 Quickly Relieves Ailments Tonic
Claims 666 quickly relieves colds constipation biliousness and headaches as a fine tonic. Notes cucumbers are about 90 percent water.
The Former Convict confronts Morton in Staples
Howland accuses Morton of forgery and a criminal past in a tense Staples living room scene. May Darrow’s romance with Morton hangs in the balance as Darrow defends him while Howland threatens exposure. The family and town reactions reveal quiet support for Morton's attempt to reform.
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Howland
Morton
Darrows
May Darrow
Staples
May
Darrow
Margaret
State
A Brave Performer in Crimson Gulch
A drummer explains Piute Pete is barred from Crimson Gulch. Cactus Joe counters that Pete’s four aces, repeated four times, were not luck but courage, highlighting a frontier tale of skill and nerve.
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Piute Pete
Crimson Gulch
Cactus Joe
Spanish mackerel shipments from Key West top three million pounds
Key West annually ships about 3,000,000 pounds of Spanish mackerel to markets. The figure highlights the heavy catch and sustained demand for the species in regional and national outlets.
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Key West
Train kills four near Chickasha in wreck near crossing
Four people including two Dallas residents, a man named B. M. Porter and a woman believed to be his wife, were killed when a southbound Rock Island passenger train struck their automobile seven miles north of Chickasha Oklahoma. Identification found links Porter to Dallas address and a Dallas marriage license shows the couple wed in Oklahoma City on June 25. The other two victims remained unidentified.
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Chickasha
Here
Rock Island
B. M. Porter
Dallas
Texas
Porter
Cristler Street
Miss Pearl Speers
Oklahoma City
Europe women outnumber men by 15 million after war
Official figures show Europe now has 25 million more women than men with the war widening the prior gap. Russia shows the sharpest rise from 1 042 to 1 299 women per 1 000 men while Germany Austria Yugoslavia Great Britain Luxembourg France and Italy also see higher female surpluses. Denmark Norway Sweden and the Netherlands show declines.
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Berlin
Europe
Russia
Germany
Austria
Jugoslavia
Great Britain
Luxemburg
France
Italy
Gemany
Upper Silesia
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Netherlands
England marriage stats show few brides over seventy
A Humble note reports that among 287000 marriages in England last year nearly 250 brides were aged over seventy. The fact underscores rarity of very old brides in nationwide wedding figures.
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England
Robertson case postponed for Robertson and 18 others at Okmulgee
July 5 in Okmulgee district court Judge Mark L Bozarth postponed the arraignment of Governor J B A Robertson on a bribe charge and 18 other defendants tied to irregularities in the state banking system The cases will be called August 28 with venue to report September 11 for jury selection and trial hearings The defense offered no disqualification motion and argued for a definite future date due to the forthcoming election primaries Ben W Brown pled not guilty to embezzlement in the related bank case
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Owmulgee
J. B. A. Robertson
Mark L. Bozarth
Okmulgee County
Robertson
Bozarth
James Hepburn
Joe Eaton
R. B. Thompson
Sapulpa
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Bell Historic Museum
Ohio State Journal
National Woman's Party
Alice Robertson
Congress
Miss Robertson
Oleson
United States Senate
Minnesota
Australia
Bendigo
Henrietta Lee
Western Newspaper Union
Stevens - Wilson Co
Tex
Hambone
Denison
Sherman
Waco
Corsicana
Ft. Worth
Cleburne
Via
Bistata
CUAL
Oxmulgee
Ben W. Brown
Oklahoma State Bank of
Preston
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