American Professor Renounces Citizenship During Japan Earthquake
Daniel Langford, a Tokyo Keio University English professor and former Japan Advertiser staffer, announced he would renounce American citizenship to become a Japanese subject. He described witnessing universal kindness to foreigners during the disaster and recounted escaping a tsunami with a Japanese colleague, aided by villagers who shared food and clothing.
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Daniel Lang
Tokio American
Eke
Japan
Langford
Elion
Bia
California
Honolulu
Yokohama
Japan Advertiser
Keio University of
Tokio
Yangford
Saningford
Ishibashi
Sanitary Department
Metropolitan Police Bureau
Managura
Bath Suite
Langwa
Senate approves call for meeting of law makers
Washington April 18 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee with Secretary Hughes approval ordered a resolution by Senator McKinley Illinois requesting President Coolidge to call an International Parliament Union meeting in Washington in 1925 The organization includes over 40 nations and aims to secure submission to arbitration of all international disputes.
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Washington
State Hughes
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
McKinley
Ofllinois
Coolidge
International Parliament Union
Rich state carriages to be rebuilt by Japs
State carriages for the imperial family totaling about 3 000 000 yen must be replaced after the September earthquake. Exquisitely decorated coaches including those used for the Prince Regent's marriage and the emperor at his 1915 coronation were demolished when palace stables collapsed. About eighty carriages in the Imperial Palace complex and thirteen at the Gnemie Detached Palace were destroyed.
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Sokio
Imperial Palace
al Palace
Gnemie
Letters Praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A reader letter from Mrs. Delbert Bush of Neon N. Y. describes severe illness and inability to walk improved after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges others to try it and notes many women have benefited and share their results with friends and neighbors.
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Seenen
Delbert Bush
Neon N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Rdam
Hbors
Democrats Endorse Bonus Bill Amid Protests
In Washington on April 1, Democrats agreed at a conference not to oppose the relief measure if the bonuses are issued by the President and he pledges to sign the bill.
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Abhington
Boy saved from cruel punishment after hanging by thumbs
Four year old Billy Mehegan in Boston endured brutal abuse as a nurse tied his thumbs to a cord and beat him with a broomstick until his arm broke. He lies in hospital recovering while the nurse awaits prosecution by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Billy vows to play outdoors again.
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Boston
Billy Mehegan
Billy
Kina
Herbie
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To
Edward Mehegan
Roxbury
Nurse Describes Ellis Island as Worst Place Yet
A Swiss nurse, writing in Neue Zürcher Zeitung, calls Ellis Island the isle of tears and the worst place she ever visited. She describes locked gates, sultry air, barred windows, and cross examination as part of an arduous, prison like intake process.
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Berlin
Ellis Island
Isle of Tears
United States
Neue Zuericher Zeitung
Army Officers Win Tax Break on Hawaii Auto Licenses
Army officers stationed in Hawaii argued non resident status entitles three months license exemption. Colonel William B. Pistole backed the view, with Lloyd Conkling the county treasurer supporting it. Some officers seek hunting licenses with non resident rates. Licenses differ: residents five dollars, non residents twenty five.
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Hawaii
William B. Pistole
Hawaiian Department
Lloyd Conkling
Army
Conkling
Quote on life insurance and married men behavior
Agnostic aphorism notes that most of what married men leave behind is life insurance money, suggesting a focus on financial security for dependents rather than other legacies. The remark frames insurance as a dominant portion of a man's estate.
Wind of cyclone devastates New Orleans business district
In New Orleans on April 18 a cyclone levelled frame buildings and shattered windows across ten blocks. About fifty people were lightly injured and property damage exceeded $100,000 as a hailstorm accompanied the violent wind in a business district.
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New Orleans
Bulding
Belmonts Seek Resolution After Judge Albert Lawrence Death
The Belmont County Bar Association formed a committee at its meeting to draft resolutions on the death of Albert Lawrence former judge of the Cuyahoga common pleas and appellate courts who practiced law in St Clairsville before moving to Cleveland.
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ST. Clairsville
Belmont County Bar Association
Albert Lawrence
Cuyahoga Common Pleas
Lawrence
Cleveland
Dechant Wins 2100 Judgment Over Forged Telegrams
Elyria Ohio Jacob Dechant awarded a 2100 judgment against Citizens Home Savings Association of Lorain. The court case covers $1781 forwarded to Dechant's son by forged telegrams plus interest.
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Elyria, O
Jacob Dechant
Citizens Home Savings Association of
Lorain
Dechant
Peach bud tests in Coshocton limit varieties this year
County Agent Musgrove reports in Coshocton that tests of peach buds across the county show only a few hardy varieties will bear fruit this year. He notes the Albertas are all killed and indicates which kinds may survive.
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Coshocton
Musgrove
Fire destroys Armour warehouse in Chicago Stock Yards
Crossed wires blamed for a fire that wiped out a warehouse and spread to a deodorizing plant and refinery belonging to Armour and Company. The blaze threatened the Stock Yards today with damage estimated at 500000 dollars.
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Chicago
Armour & Co
Gas Explosion Fatal to Pracko Family in Johnstown
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on April 18 Mrs Anna Pracko 8 and her three children Leo 13 Sophie 4 and Rose 18 months were killed. Her husband Anthony Pracko and three other children were seriously burned in the blast at their home.
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Johnstown, PA
Anna Pracko
Leo
Sophie
Rose
Anthony Pracko
Senate reopens world court question in foreign relations panel
After over a year in committee the Senate Foreign Relations Committee revived the issue of American adherence to the world court prompting renewed debate on U S participation and policy.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Immigrant Knut Hamann Lands Nobel Prize Amid Old Debt
A Norwegian immigrant from Wisconsin who borrowed $40 to seek health care in Colorado has now become a globally renowned novelist. The same friend who lent him the money recently received a draft for $40 with interest well above the normal rate, highlighting a remarkable journey from debt to Nobel laureate.
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Knut Hamann
Wisconsin
Colorado
Kellogg's Bran Praised by Parents for Constipation Relief
A Kellogg Company letter from Michigan touts crumbled bran as a remedy for children’s constipation. The writer reports great relief after switching from ordinary bran, recommending two tablespoonfuls daily with milk or cream and noting the product is 100 percent bran with a money back guarantee.
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Battle Creek
al Grocers
Four Die in Capeville Home Fire Tragedy
In Dallas area on April 18 a widowed woman and her three children perished in the McSpalen residence fire at Capeville. Neighbors found the burning house and could not rescue those inside.
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Dallas
Texas
McSpalen
Capeville
Here
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