East Africa expedition yields rare herbs and rites
The Rev. John Roscoe brings back fifty herb varieties said to cure malaria and other diseases, native poisons, fetiches, and 2000 BC ceremonies from a Royal Society funded journey. He describes tribes, cannibal lore, weddings, laws, and a high value graphite mine, promising five years of study at six hours daily.
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London
John Roscoe
Thetford
Norfolk
London Daily Mail
B. C
Roscoe
Royal Society
Peter McIie
Middletown Man Survives Narrow Chimney Slip
An incident in Middletown ends with a man slipping while using a rope and climbing a chimney. He twisted his legs, swung toward the ground, and nearly fell, but recovered after brief rest. He ascended again and returned to work 40 minutes later with no broken bones.
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Middletown
Hobush
Man Recovers Lost Purse After Year In Cash
Charles Hatch a Catasaqua machinist lost a $33 purse a year ago. He advertised widely but no one replied. An anonymous letter recently arrived with $86 to repay the cash plus $2 interest, explains it was found and used in an emergency. Hatch has no clue who turned it in.
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Catasaqua
Charles
Hatch
Home Building Growth and Its Social Benefits
A discussion on rising home-building and ownership and its positive effects. Encourages thrift, stability, and national progress, arguing that widespread ownership boosts saving and character, while addressing overcrowding and disease in urban areas. Emphasizes Roosevelt’s view on saving and urges continued support for home ownership initiatives.
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Amercan
Typhus Sweeps Soviet Russia and New York
Dr Henry Plots reports over 8 million typhus cases in Soviet Russia with death rates up to fifty percent in some communities. The figures come from a Jewish medical unit in Poland, recently released by the American Jewish relief committee.
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New York
Soviet Russia
Henry Plots
Poland
American Jewish Relief Committee
Witch doctors sentenced for grave robbery on Swaziland border
Two native witch doctors in Johannesburg pleaded guilty to stealing the body of a European woman from a grave near the Swaziland border. They received 18 months in prison after the plea.
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Johannesburg
Swaziland
Tooth of a Wild Horse and Other Fragments
Fragmentary text references a wild horse and assorted items including numbers and names. Readable elements point to a cataloging of miscellaneous items rather than a cohesive event or narrative. The readable terms suggest a note or inventory style snippet from a historical page.
Avoca resident Graham returns to old hometown amid county news
The report notes M. W. Graham returning to Avoca from an African American era? The item links a string of Iowa happenings including church actions, school funding surveys by Iowa State University, a Solon telephone exchange incident injuring Myrtle Kent, and a Long list of local figures from Sioux City to Des Moines. A prominent death, Dr J M Knott, in Los Angeles is recorded, alongside a murder conviction for John McCormick in Keokuk and a possible federal prohibition director nomination for Oscar Rock of Logan. Local crime, weather damage, and agrarian orgs contribute to a dense county-wide update.
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Guernsey
Amana
Rockies
M. W
Graham
Avoca
Congregational-Churchi ” of ‘Humbolt Voted At Ita
Harding
First Congregational Church
Sioux City
Iowa
Iowa State University
Solon
Myrtle Kent
John Kessler
J. M. Knott
Slour City
Frank P. Clarkson
Los Angeles
R. R. Benton
Gravity
Des Moines
J. M. Walton
White's
John McCormick
Keokuk
Cora Mae Carel
Ft. Madison
McCormick
Oscar Rock
Logan
R. N. Holgaple
Iowa Anti-saloon League
Washington, D. C
Star
Cedar Rapids
J. Gault
Britt
Mason City
C. F. Kellogg
BH. Q
Chicago and Northwestern
Dewitt
Toledo
F. A. Fenton
L. J. Dickinson
Towa
Tom Tyler
Almeta
Burlington
Tom Ghoston
Tyler
Will
Navy says Pacific bases need huge buildout for potential war
The Navy warns the United States is unprepared for a successful war in the western Pacific. It cites rudimentary facilities at Pearl Harbor and Hawaiian islands, insufficient dry docks, lack of repair capacity, and calls for new bases and warehouses. Parks Commission figures total about 157.79 million dollars for Hawaiian lands, Bremerton, San Francisco, San Diego, San Pedro, and other sites.
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United ‘States
Navy
Western Pacific
Perri ‘Harbor
Hawaiian
Islands
Ita
Navy. Department
Pacific
Parks- Cean
Alands
Bremerton
San Francisco
San Diego
San Pedro
Columbia
River
Port ‘Angeles
Keyport
Wash
Housing crisis and rent gouging sparks federal action
Secretary Davis warns high rents and poor housing threaten morale and national prosperity. He urges emergency legislation, calls housing the core to revive construction and jobs, notes 500000 Chicago residents in unsanitary conditions, and cites nationwide hunger of homes with people living in cars.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Manny
Labor
Davis
Congress
Supreme Court
Chicago
House Votes to Set Army at 150 000 Despite Weeks Urging 175 000
In a heated session, the House, allied with Democrats, cut the army size from Weeks’s recommendation of 175 000 and the Senate's 168 000 to 150 000. Debates centered on world chaos and cost, with representatives arguing for fewer troops and greater attention to civilian needs.
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Washington
House
Weeks
Kalin
Fish
Byrnes
South
Carolina
Kahn
Mondell
Congress
Secretary of the Fine Arts Proposal Emerges in Cabinet Debate
A proposed secretary of the fine arts is discussed as a cabinet addition. The League of Artists advocates the measure and cites New York sculptor Rhino as key proponent to present tangible arguments to President Harding for nationwide artist input.
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Pine Arts
Masesey
New, York
Harding
Ansked
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