Record of World News In Brief This Week
Western Newspaper Union dispatches summarize events from Abilene to California and beyond. Dammit the bulldog mascot funeral at Simmons College in Abilene is noted with a marble headstone epitaph. Wrestler Hulk Lewis defeats Ivan Kranloff in St Louis in two long falls. German consuls in Mexico bring a weekly steamship link between Germany and Mexican ports. Pearl Whitford dies by jumping from Oakland city hall to escape a 35 day jail term. Mrs. Marion A. Forrest dies in Oakland in a car crash involving UC student Harold Graven, charged with manslaughter. Wireless telephones debut in Utah with an Ogden cement plant installation. Rock Springs Wyoming to follow. California Governor Stephens declines audience on Oriental Exclusion League inquiry about a special session. Bootlegger arrests across El Centro Imperial Calexico. District Attorney accuses police of negligence. Influenza cases since Sept 1, 1919 show under 7,000. prior year 400,000. The US refrains from pressuring Holland over Kaiser extradition. Census Bureau releases a 1920 census teaching circular. House committee denies 10 million dollar Navy repairs fund. Senator Phelan seeks to amend the fourteenth amendment to bar citizenship for Japanese born in US territories. He cites Hawaii and California birth rates as risk to land ownership.
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Simmons College
Abilene
Texas
Dammit
Strangler
Lewis
Ivan Kranloff
St. Louis
Mexico
Germany
Mexican
Oakland
Pearl Whitford
Marion A. Forrest
California
New Mexico
Calif
Harold Graven
University of California
Graven
Utah
Ogden
Simon
United States
Anti-Saloon League
Robert Pettit
West Allis
Wis
Pettit
Chicago
Schools of America
War Department
United States Army
Zachary Taylor
I. C. Cottenkeine
Fifth Field Artillery
Freiburg
Cottenkeine
Mme Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Grossmont
New York
Margaret Sage
Russell Sage
Council Committee
George F. Harding
Harding
Calgary
Liverpool
Montreal
Quebec
White Star Line
Belfast
Rumors of Romanian Move on Odessa and Other War News
A mix of World War I era dispatches notes rumors of Romanian forces near Odessa and bolstering defenses against Bolsheviks, a Tokyo cable reports Dr. W. H. Solf as German ambassador to Japan, and U.S. army horse sales netted 103978 dollars. Other items include Canada road funding, anti alcohol efforts, trials, and various local economic notices.
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Odessa
Black Sea
Hurjer Po Banay
W. H. Solf
Germany
Japan
Tokio
Nippu Jifu
Honolulu
Erzberger Wounded After Court Departure
Erzberger is wounded and shot as he leaves the court building. Victim details and the assailant are unclear in the report, with authorities investigating the incident and identifying the location of the event.
Erzberger Shot in Berlin as Court Hearing Ends
Mathias Erzberger the German finance minister was shot as he left the criminal court after a libel trial. The assailant, 20 year old Ottwig Von Hirschfeld, was arrested. Erzberger sustained a shoulder wound and is resting. Hirschfeld cited patriotic motives in a letter to his parents.
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Berlin
Erzberger
Helfferich
Hirschfeld
Mathias Erzberger
Finance
Herr Erzberger
Criminal Courts
Oltwig von Hirschfeld
von Hirschfeld
Friedlander
German Center Party
Reichstag
Karl Helfferich
Marshal Foch
Germany
Bauer
Senate approves Kenyon Americanization bill in Washington
The Senate passed the Kenyon Americanization bill by 36 to 14. The measure appropriates 6 500 000 dollars to teach aliens English and American institutions and aims to counteract influence of red agitators among illiterate foreigners.
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Washington
Senate
Marconi discusses mysterious wireless signals
London reports interruptions of the Marconi wireless system with undecipherable signals. Marconi notes queer sounds possibly from beyond Earth. He cites simultaneous signals in New York and London of identical intensity, suggesting a distant origin. He calls for further investigation before any explanation.
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London
Marconi
Daily Mail
New York
Farmer Kills Family and Self Near Harlan Farm
Bodies of William Spindler and his wife and three children and his son were found at the Spindler farm near Harlan fifteen miles east of Fort Wayne. Spindler apparently shot the five to death and then killed himself with a shotgun.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
William Spindler
Spindler
Harlan
Here
World's Great Debt to Oil
Sixty years after the first oil well in Pennsylvania, the oil industry has grown from a regional fuel to a global force. Gasoline became the main product, powering vehicles and ships, while oil serves as lubricant and enters medicines and other byproducts. The story mirrors steel in romance yet is young beside Pennsylvania’s wealth, notes the Pittsburgh Gazette Times.
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Pennsylvania
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Mexico
United States
Pittsburgh Gazette Times
Two New Vegetables Propagated at Missouri Botanical Garden
Dr. George T. Moore announced at the American Association for the Advancement of Science convention that the Missouri Botanical Garden in St Louis has propagated two new vegetables. One named arraca da resembles the potato and parsnip in flavor. the other named dasheen tastes similar to cauliflower and roasted chestnut when baked. Both are related to the Egyptian taro or elephant ear and are about equal in food value to the potato.
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Missouri Botanical Garden
St. Louis
George T. Moore
Doctor Moore
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Trees Entered in National Hall of Fame for Trees
The 1832 Spartansburg tree shot atop during Independence Day festivities is among entries in the American Forestry association hall of fame project. nominations cite the Lisbon Ohio site where Indians and settlers agreed on Iron kettle ore use, and the Logan Elm in Circleville. Royce names the Sir Joseph Hooker Oak in Chico California. Sherman once estimated 7000 men could stand in its shade. Dart nominates Brunswick Georgia Largest Live Oak, a veteran tree with 26 foot circumference in 1763.
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Spartansburg
8. C
American Forestry Association
Lisbon
Ralph G. Smith
Circleville
C. C. Royce
Joseph Hooker
Abyssinian Funeral Customs Described In Detail
The text outlines Abyssinian funeral practices from infant burial to adult rites. It notes washing the body in honey-sweetened water, wrapping in a straw mat, laying on a litter of branches, and the community's public lament and procession. After a religious ceremony, the burial occurs in the churchyard.
Alimony Question Tricky Answer From Lawyer
A friend asks if a man can avoid alimony. The lawyer replies with two blunt options stay single or stay married. The exchange highlights legal loopholes and practical realities in alimony cases.
Metal markets report from Colorado settlement
Bar silver at 1.31 percent, copper 19 20 cents per pound, lead 8.00, spelter 9.31, tungsten 6.50 to 12.00 per unit.
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Colorado
Eastern Live Stock Prices From Chicago Market Report
Hogs range from 14.75 to 15.50 in bulk and light categories with various reflected prices. Cattle show wide spreads across medium, heavy and butcher classes with values from 5.50 to 19.50 in different grades. Sheep and lambs list typical splits by grade with ranges around 5.85 to 19.65.
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Colo
Lima
Chicago
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
United States Public Health Service
America
Holland
Census Bureau
House Appropriations Committee
Navy Department
Naval
Navy Yard
Phelan
Hawaii
Canada
Paris
Supreme Council
Caucasus
Vienna
Officers’ League
Ludendorff
Neue Berliner Zeitung
Phoenix Public Library
Shea
Jerome
Arizona
Oper
Horse Shoe Oil Corporation of State College
Dona Ana County
N. M
Corporation Commission
Roswell
Worswick & Lowrey
Johnson & Lowrey
Department of Government
University of Arizona
W. L. Darrow
Gallup
D. L. Moye
Curry County
Clovis
Stone
Moye
H. C. Hallmark
Southern Pacific Railroad
New Mexico Commission
Public Service
Buckeye Irrigation Company
Phoenix
Edward W. Stevens
The
Livestock Sanitary Board
San Bernardino
Florida
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Rjo
Rio Tinto
Spain
Australia
Luna County
State Highway Department
Myndus
Florida Mountains
A. E. Minium
American Fireproofing and Mining Company of
Lander
Wyo
Southwest News
Farmer
Hall of Fame
Denver
Reece Sewer
South Park
Esic
Cces
Metal Markets
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