Progress of Events in Our World and Beyond
A roundup of diverse items新闻: bank robbery at Camp Verde yields about $1000 to two armed bandits. Obituaries note Major Gerhard Luke Luhn, 89, Spokane veteran. Mining talks in Spokane on gold’s role. Wolves attack Duluth area. hunters kill one, wound another. Chicago Milwaukee coast train service to start March 1. Franklin Lane to join Pan-American Petroleum firms after leaving interior post. Tucson agent Cole arrested for Mann Act violation. Medical group urges professional unity in LA. Naval radio operations end by Feb 29. Benson to join shipping board. US banks see record capital increases in Jan. Paginated notes on Mexican conflicts, Peary death, and budget cuts in Congress.
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Camp Verde
Prescott
Butler
Gerhard Luke Luhn
United States Army
Northwest
Spokane
Wash
Northwest Mining
Duluth
Minn
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Othello
Tacoma
A. N. Farling
Franklin SK. Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company
Mexican Petroleum Company
Los Angeles
E. L. Doheney
Christopher C. Cole
Tucson
Ariz
United States
Treahy
Maryland
Arizona
Edwin F. Jones
Charles L. Reed
Cincinnati
American Medical Association
Pan-American Medical Congress
Los Angeles County Medical Association
Daniels
Benson
Wilson
John Barton Payne
Shipping Board
John Skelton Williams
Williams
Barra de Nautla
Paso de Telaya
Washington
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Naval Hospital
House Appropriations Committee
New Mexico Cattle and Horse Growers’ Association
Roswell
N. M
New Mexico Wool Growers’ Association
War Department
New Mexico
American Legion
Deming
National Guard Cavalry
Salvation Army
Army
John W. Cousins
Inter-Mountain
James Williams
Arthur Sims
Lawrence J. Bear
Swan Creek
Albuquerque
Sims
James Patrick O’malley
Examiner A. E. Eldridge
Bureau of Naturalization
O'Malley
J. B. Read
Sophie Martinez
Carlos Martinez
Southern Pacific Railroad
Cochise Station
Abran Contreras
la Joya
Contreras
Pedro Suis
Prince of Wales to Start Antipodes Trip on March 5
Official London itinerary states the Prince of Wales will depart London for the voyage to the Antipodes on March 5 while his ship the Renown leaves Portsmouth. Also noted are Mme Jacqueline Clemenceau Jacobarre returning to America, German Poland dispute, Danube mine incident near the Bosphorus, and other 1920s world events.
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Prince of Wales
London
Antipodes
Portsmouth
Jacqueline Clemenceau-Jacquemarre
Clemenceau
France
America
Poland
Berlin
Germany
Black Sea
Cape Ramili
Bosphorus
Constantinople
Underground
Sir Albert Stanley
Arizona marked eight years as state amid mixed news
Local architect J. H. Boileau completed plans for an eighty room hotel to rise in Tucumcari New Mexico. Reports cover statehood anniversary, city manager appointment in Albuquerque, labor temple plans in Miami and crime and court actions across the Southwest.
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J. H. Boileau
Tucumcari
N. M
Arizona
James N. Gladding
Albuquerque
Miami
Oscar Price
Mabel Shaw
Phoenix
Senate approves Cummins-Esch railroad bill amid labor clash
The Senate voted 47 to 17 to adopt the conference report on the Cummins-Esch rail bill. Debate was brief as both parties condemned organized labor’s opposition, with Cummins defending the 5 percent guaranteed return as a direction to the ICC to set rates yielding a net income of 5 percent on railway property.
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Washington
Senate
House
Sherman
McCormick
Illinois
Culberson
Henderson
Kendrick
Kirby
la Jollette
Cummins
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senator Cummins
Treasury
Denver Tragedy At Waldorf Hotel Ends In Death
Charles T. Brown a brake man shot and killed Edward Bell Rodgers in a Waldorf hotel room in Denver. Rodgers had gone to confront Brown over a long affair with Rodgers' wife who had lived with Brown for two years. Brown, ill with influenza, fired from bed after Rodgers allegedly tried to draw a revolver. three bullets struck Rodgers in the chest and he died at once.
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Denver
Charles T. Brown
Edward Bell Rodgers
Waldorf Hotel
Brown
Rodgers
Green River
Wyo
Brown and Mrs. Rodgers
Frank Kk. McCabe
Aviator Horace Corey Killed in Flight Crash at 28
Lieut. Horace M. H. Corey of flight A, Nineteenth Aero squadron U S Army Air Service was killed when his aeroplane fell 1200 feet after bursting into flames near Eagle Pass Texas. He was 28, a Chicago native previously stationed at Kelly field Rockwell field and various U S bases.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Horace M. H. Corey
Flight A
Nineteenth Aero Squadron
U.S. A
Corey
Chicago
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Rockwell Field
San Diego
Calif
Thieves Loot Parish House Wine Stock in Suburban Hub Bard Woods
Burglars entered a Roman Catholic church parish house in Hub Bard Woods suburb and stole fifty bottles and a ten gallon keg of sacramental wine.
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Chicago
Hubbard Woods
Queer Little Yap Peculiar Currency System Disadvantages
Returned travelers recount Yap life with four castes, giant stone money, and a religion that protects thieves. Islanders stack wealth publicly while women stay in clubs. fishing rites precede each catch and locals pray to Luk to explain misdeeds. The piece notes Yap's geography, population, and Malay-Sanskrit language link, ending with a provocative claim that Yap is American.
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Yap
South Seas
Wilson
America
Siberia
Luk
One Easy Habit to Save Wear on Your Legs
Sedentary workers prone to crossing their legs should place a clean duster or soft cloth on the under leg to stop shine and wear. Since a duster isn’t always handy and crossing is a constant temptation, cut the habit out entirely for real savings.
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London
New Clock Dial Patent Guides Return Timing
A patent was granted for a three handled clock dial device that indicates the day of the week, day of the month and hour of a worker’s expected office return, helping plan absences and schedules.
Strange Names Popular in India Change with Conversion
The piece notes name changes tied to Christian conversion in India. Examples include Nosepricked becoming Servant of Jesus, Beggar becoming Child of the Church, and women changing to She Devil or Happiness, reflecting shifts in identity.
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India
Nosepricked
Servant of Jesus
Beggar
Child
She Devil
Happiness
Metal market prices in Colorado settlement report
Bar silver at 1 30 per ounce copper at 18 19 cents per pound lead at 8 00 spelter at 8 88 tungsten at 6 50 to 12 00 per unit reflects early 20th century market quotes in Colorado listings with coinled units and range values.
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Colorado
Eastern live stock prices at Chicago auction
Hog prices range from heavy packing sows at 11.75 to top 15.05 with porkers mostly mid-teens. Cattle quotes show beef steers 11.50 to 16.25, cows 5.00 to 11.75, veal calves 15.75 to 17.25, and feeder stock around 7.50 to 11.50. Sheep lambs mostly 18.00 to 21.00 for light weights and ewes up to 13.75.
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Denver
Lima
Colo
H. H
New
Chicago
Chicago Produce News Brief
A truncated Chicago area item notes changes in dairy and butter markets with references to local wholesalers and retail prices. The brief mentions Chicago producers and distributors adjusting supply routes amid seasonal demand shifts.
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Paris
Verdun
Great Britain
Marshal Petain
Douaumont Hill
Bat Nelson
S. P. Halle
National Retail Dry Goods Association
New York
Halle
Philadelphia
Elmer Twining
Charles Seif
Moulders’ Union
Mexico
Amsterdam
Landensblad
Ross
Empire State
Boxing Commission
Agricultural Department
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Whiting
Ind
Wood River
Ill
Sugar Creek
Casper
Greybull
Southwest News
Man
Agua Prieta
Sonora
Government of
Aviator
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
B. Enver
South Park
Rae Vivre Whasteed
Maine
Metal Markets
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