World to date brief highlights in summary form
Western waters patrol to enforce fisheries and liquor laws next summer in joint action by navy coast guard and geodetic survey. Notable items include the acquittal of Mr and Mrs George H Searle in a murder case, a Las Vegas shooting incident, the Alamo survivor Capt Lewis P Schilling death, a fatal collision at North Platte, Mexican outlaws lynched near Guadalupe Camp, drownings at Port Arthur, and political appeals for a Colorado River basin project. Governors warn of federal borrowing, and Amundsen delays final dash to the pole aboard the Maude.
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Alaskan
Navy
Coast Guard and
Geodetic Sur
George H. Searle
Hilda Neamy
Lead
S. D
Kit Carson
National Soldiers
Sawtelle
Calif
Schilling
Ohio
A. Cooper
Union Pacific Railroad
North Platte
Neb
Cooper
John Hicks
Guadalupe Camp
Chihuahua
Hicks
el Paso
Texas
Port Arthur
Beaumont
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
California
Nevada
New Mexico
Arizona
Thomas Campbell
League of the Southwest
Colorado River Basin
United States
Bituminous Coal Commission
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury Department
Treasury
Ronald Amundsen
South Pole
Pole
London
Amundsen
Washington
Gilbert Grosvenor
National Geographic Society
Norwegian Geographical Society
Global headlines from postwar era newswire mix
Reports span German naval surrender at Firth of Forth to Canada’s 1920 debt and finance figures. Also noted are trials of airships in Romanshorn, blob of Bolshevik clashes near Slutz river, and a Polish success against Bolshevik forces.
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France
Asssri
Vladivostok
Khabarovsk
Tokio
Meyer
Halle
Lokal Anzeiger
Slutz
Professor Dies in Storm During Mountain Hike
A professor lost a life during a mountain hike as a severe storm swept the area. Rescue teams recovered the body after an extended search, identifying the deceased as a faculty member from a nearby university.
Companion escapes storm in mountains worst in years
Dr Randolph dies after two climbers Randolph of Rolla Missouri Mines and Illinois PhD and Ellett of Browning Missouri university of Colorado student failed to return from North Arapahoe peak after a blizzard. Adams aided Ellett and sought medical help.
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Boulder
Colo
Randolph
Ellett
Arapahoe Peak
Greenman
Adair Cabin
Eldora
Adams
Arapahoe Pass
Dr. Randolph
Klett
H Ellett
Missouri School of Mines
Rolla
University of Ilinois
University of Colorado
Denver
Kansas City
Browning, Mo
The
Belgium to Join French Action in Occupying Frankfort
The Belgian military mission announces Belgium will participate with French forces in occupying Frankfort. A detachment of Belgian troops is being sent to cooperate with the French operation.
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Coblenz
Belgium
Frankfort
Narrow Escape on Elevated in New York
Fifteen passengers in a Ninth Avenue elevated car were hurled about twenty five feet to the street when two trains collided and the car demolished. Debris wedged the wreckage between the structure and a brick wall. About a dozen passengers were hospitalized and the lone woman passenger was seriously hurt.
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New York
Ninth Avenue Line
Cards Marked for Subtle Reading By Wounded Soldiers
Wounded soldiers at Walter Reed in Washington encountered marked playing cards found on decks donated from Washington clubs especially women’s bridge whist groups. The marks, knife-point indentations on back borders, reveal high cards to readers, though the markings were rare and predated hospital arrival. The discovery shocked veterans who suspect discreet gifting by Washington club society.
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Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Buck
Ancient Siamese moving pictures discovered in New York
An apparatus of ancient Siamese cinema, moved by a manual operator, was unearthed at the National Museum in New York. Leather figures on rods projected on a cloth screen, with in‑between actions narrated in a singsong voice as five‑reel dramas of royal love and wrongs played out.
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America
National Museum
New York
Siam
Belgrade Seen As Shell Of Former Metropolis
The piece recalls Belgrade as Serbia and Yugoslavia’s capital once famed for hotels electric cars and modern comforts now reduced to ruins. It notes famed coffee houses bands and public gardens where Serbs find daily solace amid loss.
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Belgrade
Serbia
Jugoslavia
London
Got Off Easy In A Biscuit Bet Gone Wrong
In a humorous domestic squabble, a man recounts being struck with a biscuit after criticizing Sthel’s baking. His mother in law chides him for getting off easy as the clash began with remarks about the first batch offending her father.
Theatre Debate Sparks Question of Authorship
In a spirited exchange, Mr. Stormington Barnes insists Shakespeare lacked scenery and a press agent, suggesting public doubt over authorship would vanish if such aids had existed. The remarks tie into ongoing debates over literary attribution and the role of marketing.
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Shakespeare
Stormington Barnes
Prosecutions Sought Over Army Cantonments Fraud Losses
Washington report seeks criminal prosecutions by the Department of Justice and civil suits to recover 5,000,000,000 in alleged government losses from waste and extravagance in cost plus contracts for sixteen national army cantonments. The War Department expenditures committee backs actions in a House report.
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Washington
Department of Justice
National Army
House
War Department Expenditures Committee
Girls Will Be Girls at the Swims
A wry Louisville Courier-Journal item notes the distressing sight of many women with black eyes during a visit, joking that the style down there causes the marks and blaming the wearers for the look.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
One Tongue Enough
Brayde jokes about language limits as Baker asks about his wife’s tongue count in a London Tit-Bits snippet. The brief exchange highlights social humor in 19th century London culture.
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Baker
Brayde
London
Coloredo settlement price list reflects metal unit rates
Market notes show bar silver at 1.26 dollars per ounce and copper at 19 20 cents per pound. Tead reports a Spelter price of 8.4 and a Tungsten unit price of 6.50 to 15.00 dollars.
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South Park
Eastern live stock market prices for hogs cattle and sheep
Eastern Live Stock Chicago reports hogs ranged from top $16.75 to light $14.80 with packing sows $12.75 to $13.75 and pigs $13.00 to $15.00. Cattle show beef steers $9.75 to $15.00 with highs at $13.75, cows $5.00 to $12.50, veal calves $13.75 to $15.25, feeder steers $9.00 to $11.65, stockers $6.75 to $11.75. Sheep and lambs listed with lambs under 84 pounds $18.00 to $20.75 and culls $14.78 to $17.75. ewes $6.00 to $10.75.
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Chicago
Cash Grain In Chicago Reheat No 4 Northern Spring
Chicago cash grain market reports a reheat No 4 Northern Spring at 2.45 dollars per bushel. Prices reflect trader activity in the Chicago cash market with bids and offers noted.
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Chicago
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Edward O'Toole
Sing Sing
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Federal Fair Price Committee
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Parker
Ariz
E. P. Taylor
Arizona Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Arizona History
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D. W. Albert
Horticultural Department
College of Agriculture
Pinal County
University of Arizona Bulletin
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College of Mines and Engineering
University of Arizona
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Hillsboro
N. M
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Douglas, Ariz
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Douglas
Raymond R. Johnson
Silver City
Silver City Santa Rita Highway
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Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Walker D. Hines
Southern Pacific Railroad
Arizona Eastern Railroad
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fés Railroad
Springer, N. M
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Crown Point
Gallup
Secretary of Agriculture
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