Verdi’s Home for Musicians 15 Now Facing Bankruptcy
Milan report warns Verdi’s home for veteran musicians, heirs of his fame, may collapse after war and tax burdens. The 1902 charity once relied on 50 000 lire yearly plus Ricordi royalties from operas like La Traviata and Rigoletto. With war losses and rising costs, residents aged 65 to 80 face eviction unless relief funds or government aid restore its viability.
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Frank J. Oates
Universal Service
Milan
Italy
Marino Moretti
Muscians
Maestra Verdi
Vérdi
la Forza del Destino
Verdi
Hyme
Ricordi
Missing 18 year old Malcolm Etheridge linked to station robbery
Malcolm Etheridge, 18, vanished after bandits bound him during a June 27 robbery at the filling station where he worked. He later identified a suspect, received death threats, and was kidnapped from his home the following night. He was found drugged in a vacant building and subsequently faced further threats. Police twice escorted him out of state for safety. Police question if the case is theater or real danger.
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Malcolm Etheridge
Myster
Etheridge
Malcolm
Think Hardwick Succeeded In Plan
Georgia notes the 1921 legislature is over and Governor Thomas W. Hardwick is praised as a capable, resourceful leader. Observers say he used tough but necessary measures, maintaining convictions while balancing politics and policy in shaping his administration.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Thomas W. Hardwick
Hardwick
Tie
Rainmaker Hatfield Says Droughts and Famine Are Needless
Charles M. Hatfield describes successful rainmaking operations in Western Canada during the 1917–1920 seasons, boosting May to July rainfall by 5.5 inches and projecting wheat yields across Southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. He urges government regulation, noting private control risks given the vast agricultural impact.
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Charles M. Hatfield
Alberta
United States Weather Bureau
Hatfield
Pacific
San Diego
Banner-Herald
Canada
Russia
China
British Isles
Chambers of Commerce
United Agricultural Association of
Medicine Hat
Saskatchewan
Aberta
Mexico Cuts Free Gas and Uniforms to Save Millions
The Mexican government orders end of free gasoline and uniforms for government workers and limits lavish perks. Army officers will buy gala outfits and federal employees earning high daily pesos face a ten percent wage cut. The measures aim to save over a million dollars annually as part of thrift program decreed by the president.
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Associated Press
Exico City
Are You Well Corseted Its As Important As the Gown
Miss Kathin Walker of Savannah corsetiere runs a shop with exclusive corsets and hospital fittings. She visits city hospitals daily to fit convalescent patients and advises proper corset usage for slender and stout figures with careful daily readjustment. Call 1326 for Herald circulation matters.
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Miss Walker
Mexican decree taxes workers for independence celebration
The article notes a decree to impose a one percent levy on daily incomes from five to ten pesos to fund Mexico's independence celebrations next September, with laborers and journalists earning two pesos or less exempt. It also mentions a career federal audit and a promised publicity prize claiming Tom Gibbons would beat Jack Dempsey before a bout.
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Mexico
Cannot determine readable headline from fragmentary text
An assortment of disjointed dialogue and editorial snips appears, including a moonlit exchange, a party invitation, a kiss recount, and a stuttering exchange with a passerby. the text is fragmentary and lacks a coherent news item or report.
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