World News Digest The Week’s Key Events
Western Newspaper Union reports a diverse week of events. Simmons College Abilene canceled classes for Dammit the bulldog’s funeral with a marble headstone bearing the epitaph. In St Louis, the wrestler Lewis defeated Kranloff in two long headlock falls. Germany planned weekly steamship service to Mexican ports amid consular activity. Pearl Whitford, 23, leapt to her death from Oakland City Hall rather than serve a 35 day jail term. Mrs Marion Forrest killed in Oakland by UC student Graven charged with manslaughter. Utah completed first wireless telephones installation for commerce at Ogden, with more planned for Rock Springs Wyoming. California Governor Stephens refused a meeting with Oriental Exclusion League. raids hit El Centro Imperial Calexico venues with 150 arrests. influenza cases under 7,000 since Sept 1, 1919, far below last year. The US not yet extraditing the Kaiser. Census Bureau issues a 1920 census teaching circular. House cuts 10 million Navy ship repair funds. 18,900 Navy yard workers may be discharged. Senator Phelan proposes amending the fourteenth to bar citizenship for Japanese born in US territories. California Japanese births cited as a land-control risk.
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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 on Odessa Defense and Global War Talks
The item notes rumors from Hurjer Po Banay about Romanian plans to occupy Odessa and bolster its defenses against Bolsheviks. A Tokio cable via Nippu Jifu reports Dr. W. H. Solf as Germany’s ambassador to Japan, while other briefs cover U S Army horse sales in Germany, Canada road funding, and various European postwar developments.
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Odessa
Black Sea
Hurjer Po Banay
W. H. Solf
Germany
Japan
Tokio
Nippu Jifu
Honolulu
Erzbarger Wounded Near Court Exit
Erzbarger is shot as he leaves the court building. The incident occurred in a public area, with authorities responding quickly to the scene. No further details on motivations or suspects are provided.
Assailant Arrested After Erzberger Shot in Berlin Outing
Berlin reports state Pan German editors praise Helfferich for exposing the minister. Mathias Erzberger, finance minister and long time German center leader, was shot as he left the criminal court after a libel case. The assailant, Ottig Von Hirschfeld, 20, a Berlin-area student and former cadet, was arrested. The bullet struck Erzberger in the shoulder. he rests, signs show.
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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 Passes Kenyon Americanization Bill
The Senate approved the Kenyon Americanization bill by 36 to 14. The measure allocates 6.5 million dollars to educate aliens in English and American institutions and aims to curb red agitators among illiterate foreigners.
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Washington
Senate
Marconi Probes Interstellar Signals From Space
London reports interruptions of wireless instruments described by Marconi as queer sounds possibly from outside the earth. He notes signals occurring simultaneously in New York and London with identical intensity, suggesting a very distant origin. He cautions thorough investigation before any explanation.
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London
Marconi
Daily Mail
New York
Farm tragedy at Spindler farm ends in self murder
In Fort Wayne Indiana, five members of the Spindler family and the elderly father William Spindler were found dead at the Spindler farm near Harlan fifteen miles east of the city. It appears William Spindler, 70, shot his wife, his son and three children and then killed himself with a shotgun.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
William Spindler
Spindler
Harlan
Here
World oil story reflects 60 years of growth and impact
The Pittsburgh Gazette Times notes oil’s entry from Pennsylvania wells to a global empire. It credits oil with fueling transport, war logistics, lubrication, medicine and refining by products, while predicting further subdivisions and continued expansion beyond the early gas and lamp uses.
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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 Missouri’s botanical garden in St Louis has propagated two new vegetables named arraca da and dasheen. Both resemble the potato in appearance and value. Arraca da cooks darker than the sweet potato with a parsnip-like flavor and rapid growth. Dasheen, cooked in cream, tastes like cauliflower and baked, like roasted chestnut. They are related to the Egyptian taro or elephant ear.
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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 Include Historic Oaks
A 1832 Fourth of July scarred Spartansburg tree joins the American Forestry association Hall of Fame. Nominations come from Lisbon Ohio for the kettles iron ore oak, Circleville Ohio for Logan Elm, Chico California for the Sir Joseph Hooker Oak, and Brunswick Georgia for the Largest Live Oak. General Sherman noted 7000 shade-standers.
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Spartansburg
8. C
American Forestry Association
Lisbon
Ralph G. Smith
Circleville
C. C. Royce
Joseph Hooker
Abyssinian Funeral Customs Describe Burial Rites
The text outlines Abyssinian funeral practices from infant burial under the floor to adult rites. It notes honeywashed washing, shrouding, straw mat wrapping, litter burial, and cliffside lamentations by relatives. Relatives condole, mourners cry, men and women separate at the bier, and a churchyard burial follows the ceremony.
Alimony Q and A Ends With Simple Lawyer Joke
A friend asks if a man can avoid alimony. The lawyer replies with a joke that the options are to stay single or stay married, highlighting the humor in legal advice about alimony.
Metal markets settle with varied precious and base metals
Colorado market figures show bar silver at 1.31 percent, copper at 19 20 cents per pound, lead at 8.00 dollars, spelter at 9.31 dollars, and tungsten at 6.50 to 12.00 dollars per unit.
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Colorado
Live Stock Prices Reported From Chicago Market
Eastern Live Stock records price ranges for hogs cattle sheep in Chicago trade. Hogs show bulk around 15.15 to 15.50 with various weights and sow categories listed. Cattle cover medium to heavyweight, primed by quality, with prices from 9.00 to 19.50 and calves and feeders noted. Sheep and lambs list top and average values across grades and ages.
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Colo
Lima
Chicago
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