Wide Range of 1920s News Highlights From Across the Country
A roundup reports joint coast guard navy and geodetic enforcement in Alaskan waters next summer. Acquittal in Lead South Dakota death case. Las Vegas shooting injures a boy playing with a gun. Captain Schilling, last Alamo survivor, dies at Sawtelle. Union Pacific worker killed at North Platte. Mexican outlaws lynched near Guadalupe Camp. Four Beaumont women drown in Port Arthur auto accident. Governor Campbell to rally support for Colorado river basin project. Universal military training proposal passes Senate. About 1,000 of 3,000 radicals to be released. Ford Newberry election probe moves forward. Coal commission: current prices too high. Federal Reserve governors warned of heavy borrowing. Amundsen not yet at pole. London rumors denied.
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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 eye postwar shifts and tech strides
A wide survey of postwar movements notes German cattle shipments to France under Versailles terms, Japanese forces in the Far East, and German warship surrenders. It also covers Canada’s 1920 population and debt, tariff measures, airship progress, and various regional economic plans across the United States and Mexico.
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France
Asssri
Vladivostok
Khabarovsk
Tokio
Meyer
Halle
Lokal Anzeiger
Slutz
New Mexico Central
Professor Dies in Storm During Mountain Hike
A professor was killed during a mountain hike when a severe storm struck the area. Rescue teams and local authorities responded to the incident, which occurred on a popular trail near a regional park.
Mountain Explorer Dies After Boulder Storm Rescue Failed
Dr Randolph and Ellett attempted a North Arapahoe Peak ascent in stormy weather. Randolph was found dead in the pass after spending the night in a pup tent. Ellett received aid but suffered exposure. Randolph was a University of Colorado physicist and Missouri Mines graduate. His former wife and son were referenced in Denver court records. Ellett is a Colorado senior and Colorado University physics assistant.
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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 Occupation at Frankfurt
Belgian military authorities announce Belgium will send a detachment to join the French in occupying Frankfurt, marking its formal participation in the action. The step comes through the Belgian military mission in Coblenz.
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Coblenz
Belgium
Frankfort
Narrow Escape on Elevated on Ninth Avenue Line
Fifteen passengers were hurled twenty five feet from a demolished elevated car in midtown New York after a collision with another train. Debris trapped the wreckage between the structure and a brick wall. about a dozen passengers were hospitalized and one woman sustained serious injuries.
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New York
Ninth Avenue Line
Marked Cards Found Among Wounded Soldiers in Washington
Wounded soldiers at Walter Reed in Washington discover marked playing cards in decks previously used by Washington clubs and gifted to the hospital. Indentations along the back borders reveal high cards were marked, suggesting a deliberate prearrival alteration by someone in club life.
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Washington
Walter Reed Hospital
Buck
Ancient Siamese Moving Pictures Unearthed In New York
An exhibit at the National Museum in New York reveals ancient Siamese cinema devices showing hand crafted leather figures moved along rods to project scenes onto a cloth screen. The operator advances the action in a singsong narration depicting five reel dramas of royal love and betrayal.
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America
National Museum
New York
Siam
Belgrade Remnants of a Once Proud Capital
The piece recalls Belgrade as Serbia's capital, once famed for modern hotels, electric cars, boulevards, shops and coffee houses. It notes the now diminished city, where coffee houses, gardens, and bands symbolize a lingering sense of Serb contentment amid loss.
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Belgrade
Serbia
Jugoslavia
London
I Got Off Easy in a Family Biscuit Incident
A quarrel over biscuits ends with a hit from Sthel. The mother in law derides the boy for escaping punishment. Her father jokes about eating him for taking a biscuit.
Scanty Equipment and The Shakespeare Question
Mr. Stormington Barnes jokes that Shakespeare lacked scenery and a press agent, arguing that without publicity the author’s identity would remain doubtful and the plays might not be recognized as his. The remark frames a debate on authorship and reputation within a literary chat.
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Shakespeare
Stormington Barnes
Prosecutions Sought Over Government Contract Fraud Losses
Washington report to the House by the War Department expenditures committee urges criminal prosecutions by the Department of Justice and civil suits to recover 6 000 000 000 alleged losses from cost plus contracts for sixteen national army cantonments amid fraud waste and extravagance concerns.
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Washington
Department of Justice
National Army
House
War Department Expenditures Committee
Girls Will Be Girls in Style Down South
A Louisville Courier Journal line notes distressing swims where many women wear black eyes as a fashion. The quip suggests blame not on the women for the style but the trend itself.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
One Tongue Enough
Brayde argues that a single language suffices for conversation while Baker questions, in London Tit-Bits, whether his wife speaks many. The dialogue showcases humorous social banter on language and communication.
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Baker
Brayde
London
Coloredo Settlement Prices for Metals
Bar silver at 1.26 dollars per ounce. Copner pound quoted at 19 20 cents. Tead shows no Spelter. Tungsten unit priced at 6.50 to 15.00 dollars.
Eastern Live Stock Market Report
Hogs top at 16.75 with bulk 15.00 to 16.25 and light stock 14.80 to 16.40. Beef cattle show ranges from 7.50 to 15.00 for cows, veal calves up to 15.25, feeder steers 9.00 to 11.65, stockers 6.75 to 11.75. Sheep and lambs list 18.00 to 20.75 for light lambs and 14.78 to 17.75 for culls and common.
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Chicago
Cash Grain In Chicago Reheat No 4 Northern Spring
Chicago market report notes No 4 Northern Spring grain traded at 2.45 dollars per bushel with cash basis activity observed. Price quote reflects current cash grain trading in Chicago and indicates market liquidity for spring delivery.
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Chicago
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Navy
Coast Guard and
Geodetic Sur
Senate
Secretary of Labor
Senate Elections Committee
Watson
Indiana
Michigan
Peary
Cramps
North Pole
Patrick Tyrrell
President Lincoln
Tyrrell
Secret Service
Bob” Evans
Iowa
Navy Department
Poland
William Brothers
Villisca
L. R. McClarnon
Braddville
W. H. Ellsworth
Goldfield
K. M. Landis
John T. Lewis
Rose Weal
Herman Eckhardt
Eckhardt
Edward O'Toole
Sing Sing
Ossining
N. Y
Federal Fair Price Committee
Union News Service
Colorado River
Parker
Ariz
E. P. Taylor
Arizona Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Arizona History
Tucson
D. W. Albert
Horticultural Department
College of Agriculture
Pinal County
University of Arizona Bulletin
George R. Fansett
Arizona Bureau of Mines
College of Mines and Engineering
University of Arizona
del Oro Hotel
Hillsboro
N. M
Sierra County
Black Range
Buxton-Smith Company
Railrods
Douglas Chamber of Commerce
Douglas, Ariz
Mattingley
State Corporation Commission
Bisbee
Douglas
Raymond R. Johnson
Silver City
Silver City Santa Rita Highway
Phoenix
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Walker D. Hines
Southern Pacific Railroad
Arizona Eastern Railroad
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fés Railroad
Springer, N. M
Wayne Barbour
Crown Point
Gallup
Secretary of Agriculture
Arizona and
Southwest News
University
F. . B. Denver
Seace
Abucks
Young
Kens
Lima
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South Park
Metal Markets
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