Intercommunication with the Dead Attracts Skeptics
The Anaconda Standard reports Rev. Russell H. Conwell recounting visits from his deceased wife claiming guidance to locate papers. Psychologists and experts from University of Pennsylvania question the spirit theory, suggesting subconscious memory as the explanation for the events and deny supernatural causation.
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Russell H. Conwell
Grace Baptist Temple
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Psychological Laboratory
Joseph H. Leidy
Conwell
All kinds of a doctor dies at seventy Osler obituary
Sir William Osler died yesterday at age seventy. He was a renowned physician who rejected the idea that age curtailed usefulness. Osler held M D degrees from four universities and earned multiple honorary titles including LL D S and a baronetcy. His life enriched medical science through extensive study and discovery.
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William Osler
Osler
F. R.S
United Kingdom
Strife for Democratic Senate Leadership Intensifies
Democratic senators battle for the Senate leadership as Hitchcock cites his treaty fight record and Wilson representation while Underwood backers urge a practical compromise to speed ratification. A caucus to choose the successor to late Senator Martin is set for January 15 as Washington circles buzz with heated debate.
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Senate
Hitchcock
Wilson
Underwood
Alabama
League of Nations
House
Taft
Martin
Washington
The Way of the Occult Draws Scientific and Public Interest
Scientific circles and possibly spirit circles await Sir Oliver Lodge's January lecture tour to explore The Reality of the Unseen and The Evidence for Survival. He denies spiritualist ties and treats psychical inquiry as a natural phenomenon, while a nationwide surge in Ouija boards and occult literature signals growing belief in communication with the dead.
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Sir Oliver Lodge
Sir Oliver
Oliver
New York
New York Evening Sun
Let There Be New Light Shines On Daylight Substitute
An Associated Press dispatch from London reports a new artificial light that surpasses all prior arrangements and nearly matches daylight. Inspectors say its spectrum reveals distinct yellows indigo blues and cobalt tones while violets lose their reddish tint. The invention is touted for show windows art galleries studios dye works and tobacco blending with universal adoption urged.
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Associated Press
London
Another University Man
A 1920 presidential race roundup notes Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia as a strong candidate with John R. Davies promoting his bid. The piece recalls Roosevelt Taft clashes, Champ Clark, Senator Johnson, Emma Goldman, Berkman, and Victor Berger. It mentions Poindexter rumors and mocks party dynamics with sharp, satirical tone.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
John R. Davies
New York
Butler
Chicago
Judge Davies
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Taft
Army illiteracy figures stain wartime service record
Final figures from the General Staff show 25 percent of the emergency army, about 1,023,000 men, were illiterate. Negro illiteracy was about twice white, totaling under 250,000 blacks and 775,000 whites. The piece notes the shame and praises the soldiers’ overall intelligence and patriotism, urging broader education. It cites editorials from Great Falls Leader, Miles City Star, Helena Independent, and local notes from the Big Hole Basin News and Butte papers.
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General Staff
Great Falls
Rhyme and Reason Ballads by Gregorio Malafalconi
A 1919 verse piece satirizes language learning and miscommunication through Gregorio Malafalconi as he laments his difficulty with English. The narrator, T. A. Daly, notes the comic mispronunciations and the Irish boss admonishing him to “brace up,” while the poet contemplates his struggle and longing to understand the language.
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Gregorio Malafalconi
Tony
Meester Gregori
Dees Malafalconi
Gregorio Seecka
T. A. Daly
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Great Swindler Betrays Pal Ironic Warning
Winifred Black recalls a police chief's warning about a swindler who betrayed a friend. The speaker reflects on crime, ingratitude, and loyalty, noting the thief’s fall from respect to poverty and ruin as a moral lesson.
The Downfall of a Notorious Confidence Man
A former con man whose career spanned mines and scams across many lands ends in the poorhouse. The piece contrasts his flashy feints with the cold reckoning of those he deceived, asking what becomes of wealth, power, and his circle once money runs out.
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Underworld
Sir William Osler Dies at Seventieth Birthday
Sir William Osler, regius professor of medicine at Oxford since 1904, passed his seventieth birthday last July. Stricken with pneumonia in November, he was reported convalescent in mid November but later declined. Born in Canada in 1849, he served as Johns Hopkins professor of medicine from 1880 to 1904.
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Sir William Osler
Oxford
Regius
William
Osler
Johns Hopkins University
Canada
Silly Fantasies and Political Jokes in Headlines
A collage of brief quotes mocks 1920 politics with snippets about William Jennings Bryan and party dynamics. References touch the Cincinnati Enquirer Toledo Blade St Louis Chicago Houston Philadelphia Columbia Charleston Pittsburgh, noting Bryan's long absence from the scene and various editorial jests.
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William J. Bryan
Bryan
Toledo Blade
Humorous Exchanges From Early 20th Century Cartoons
A collage of jokes from papers in Boston Baltimore Louisville and Birmingham portrays witty exchanges. It lampoons music education telephones royal trivia and fiscal schemes. The humor relies on wordplay and social quirks of the era.
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Boston Transcript
Russia
Baltimore
Louisville Courier-Journal
Rotania
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Champ
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Wall Street
Poindexter
the Press of Montana
Miles City Star
Judge Gerard
James W. Gerard
Germany
Gerard
Helena
B. B. Lawrence
Big Hole Basin
Butte Free Lance
Rhyme and Reason
M’aront Ballads
Fella
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LMI
Winifred Black
Brazil
California
Africa
England
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Houston Post
Italy
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Philadelphia Press
Miles Poindexter
Columbia Record
Hiram Johnson
Charleston
Watson
Mr. Bryan
Pittsburg
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Paul
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Birmingham Age- Herald
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