Steps Taken to Avert Big Strike Across Industries
Washington DC President Harding pushes for a federal conference with coal miners and owners to craft a new agreement before the April 1 expiration. Illinois utilities urged to stock up on coal, warning of a joint bituminous and anthracite strike that could paralyze gas lighting electric service and rail transit.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
Davis
Chicago
Illinois Commerce Commission
Middle West
Kentucky
West Virginia
Moton
Billie Rhodes Seeks Divorce From Second Husband
Billie Rhodes widow of Smiling Bill Parsons files for divorce in Los Angeles from her second husband William H. Jebelman whom she wed in 1920.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Billie Rhodes
Bill Parsons
William H. Jebelman
Striker Convicted of Kidnapping in Nebraska Case
Martin Mullaney, a packinghouse striker in Nebraska City, was convicted of kidnapping James Estes a Black strikebreaker and sentenced by District Judge Begley to three to five years in the penitentiary. Charles Grock aged 60 in Washington DC was sentenced to one year for shooting former Senator Bennerson of Nevada.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Martin Mullaney
Packing House
James Estes
Begley
Washington, D. C
Charles Grock
Charles Bennerson
Nevada
McCoy
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Obsolete Monitor Monterey Sold for 3800 Dollars
The obsolete monitor Monterey, stationed at Pearl Harbor for years, was sold by the Navy to Bercovich Company of Oakland California for 3800 dollars. In Dublin, Irish Leader Michael Collins is reported ill with the grip.
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Washington, D. C
Monterey
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Bercovich Company
Oakland
Calif
Navy Department
London
Dublin
Michael Collins
New York Banks Clearing House Fees Rise Sharply
Week’s clearing house banks and trust companies paid 44,202,620 in ex fees of legal requirements, up 46,401,266 from last week. In Nebraska, Emil Valien, 34, was shot and killed by his wife at their home after she claimed abuse of her and the children.
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New York
Trust Companies
Onisha
Neb
Emil Valien
Onna
Valien
Senate Moves to Postpone Soldiers Bonus Legislation
Senators pursue delays on veterans’ bonus, with Treasury support for a sales tax as an option. A new foreign debt commission is to study payments and funding, while Brandegee and Lodge reservations clash over congressional authority and war powers.
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Senate
Harding
Hardius
Foreign Relations Committee
Tte
Brat@egee
Ratifie
Congress of the United Shates
United States
Johnson
California
Brandegee
Kellogg
New
Lodge
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Mellon
National Republican Club
Consolidated school program funded amid varied Iowa notes
Voter support described for a $60 000 consolidated school plan as Clarinda exploration for a $175 000 school proceeds. Meanwhile Keokuk gas rates drop to $1.20 per 100, other Iowa items include a Benna Vista district stance against wage cuts for teachers, Webster City postmaster appointment, and various farm and bank consolidations. Major Tharnell dies in the Roma dirigible disaster. Polish China sire Fessey s Timm dies.
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Clarinda
Keokuk
J. P. Manatrey
State Fair Board
Dhe
Benna Vista
W. W. Weston
Webster City
Harry Meekins
Zearing
Mary Dilla Ferris
Gleghorn
John G. Tharnell
Sidney
Roma
Congressman Towner
Clerk of Courts Keck
Creston
Sam
Poland
Fessey
Timm
EB. B. Alcott
Charles City
Cherokee County
Iowa
Zobel Bros
Tipton
Charles Scott
Griswald
Atlantic Hospital
Scott
Redfield
Fred Short
Hedfeld
Short
Farma
Marshalltown
Humboldt
Humboldt Shipping Association
Leon W. Ringworth
Col. Ainsworth
Towa
Oscar Anderson
Shenandoah
Farmaery State Bank
First Trust and Savings Bank
Moville
Consolidated Bank
Texas Post Historian Brings Odd Australian Menu to England
F G Galpin of El Paso Texas, famed historian and former White Star Line cook, recounts whisking wallabies wombats and cassowaries aboard a recent liner voyage from Australia to England. He describes feeding birds bananas and hard boiled eggs, while Tasmanian devils refused all but a single delicacy.
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F. G. Galpin
Texas Post
Australia
England
United States
Galpin
el Paso
American Legion
White Star
Gatpin
Clef Galpin
Moatlog Island
Theodora the odoriferous dog disrupts voyage to France
On a voyage to France Marshall Foch’s guest Theodore theodora caused havoc as her kennel room companion animals, including minty Pelinese and Meylean hairlesses, were overwhelmed by a strong scent. The incident occurred aboard the ship as the party docked.
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Marshal Foch
France
American Legion
Theodore
Theodora
Muer Parks
Telp
America
Wideata
Franca
Lend Shrieke
Parachute Shell Blows Head Off at 2000 Feet
An experimental shell fired at Lympe England releases a parachute from its interior at 2000 feet. The shell carries a magnesium flare that lights automatically as the parachute opens, illuminating the sky for miles.
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Lympe
England
Error in Judgment and the Women Voters
A statesman praises plans to gain women voters but loses the women’s delegation, while a woman admits she had been dieting in secret for three months. Source: Amar Ean Legion Weekly.
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Amarean Legion Weekly
A Heavy Load in the Legion Weekly Exchange
In a brief note from the Legion Weekly, Kriss recounts organizing a small quartet after naming a brew last night and credits three members for carrying the load, naming AMEANCON as part of the exchange.
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Kriss
Kross
Ameancon Legion Weekly
Sturdy hiker completes 29 mile Washington to Danville trek
H. H. Rufus, known as Harling’s messenger boy, hiked from Washington to Danville Alabama on a 29 mile leg. He carried four messages for the Danville chamber of commerce to deliver to the President, starting last November with one cent and a 14 pound pack including a cigar for Uncle John Cannon. He traversed Kentucky mountains and rested at Clarksburg West Virginia and plans to visit American Legion posts along the way.
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Tromanes
H. H. Rufus
Harling
Danville
Washington, D, CC
Aryntrop
Kentucky
Clarksburg
W. Va
Rufus
Uncle Jon
Notes From Alaska On Ketchikan Life And Weather
Blaise notes from Ketchikan Alaska recount family stories and sympathy letters. He lists observations on climate snow depth warmth and attire noting gold mining as a principal industry. He mentions automobiles dogs and weather phenomena like northern lights and midnight sun.
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Blaise
Ketchikan
Long Lost Boy Reunited With Father at Flint
In Flint Michigan the American Legion post reports a reunion between G Morrison and his son George after more than nineteen years. Georeg, a Navy veteran wounded overseas, had been separated from his mother in New London Connecticut when he was a child. A chance talk in Washington DC led to the reunion and the two now work together in Flint.
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Thriler
American Legion
Flint
Mich
G. Morrisan
George
New London
Navy
Aviation
Mr. Morrison
Waast
Washington, D. C
Carrying On With the American Legion in 1921
The Minnesota post of the American Legion reports 48 207 good deeds performed for veterans in 2021 and a $25 600 surplus from a Kansas City convention may fund a new headquarters. Eight hundred veterans enrolled as vocation students at Pittsburg Kansas repaid their loans in full. An auxiliary unit was active at Wrangell Alaska and a compensation check totaling $820 447 80 was issued for 4924 service members by the American Legion's service division from October 10 1921 to January 14 102%."
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Remiers Lloyd George
Poincard
France
Genoa
Europe
United States
Fimé
Hoover
Whington
Chicago
Minnesota
American Legion
Kansas City
American Cegion
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