World News Digest from the Western Newspaper Union
Western reporters summarize a week of events including deaths of Juan Larrazolo and Samuel Hudson, a fatal air accident in Daytona, fire in Great Falls, land deals by Japanese in Baja California, olive product sales ban, and political moves in Nebraska. Other items cover education, rail accidents, grain investigations, postal reforms, U.S. troops in Germany, and Mexican ransom cases.
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W. Radway
Sioux Falls
S. D
Daytona
Fla
Great Falls
Mont
Samuel G.hudson
Lincoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Democratic Party
Nebraska
Wilson
California
United States
Andrade
Montana
State Board of Health
Java
Nebraska Supreme Court
Samuel R. McKelvie
Peter W. Summers
Salina Cruz
Mexico
Washington
Federal Grain Corporation
Europe
Congress
Julius Barnes
House Rules Committee
Japan orders 300 aeroplanes from France in Paris
An official in Paris confirms Japan has placed orders for 300 aircraft with French firms. Independent reports note a sapphire weighing over five pounds found in Mogok, India, valued between 175000 and 250000 dollars.
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Japan
France
Paris
Mogok
India
Dutch Guard Ex Prince and Gotha
An article notes a former prince serving a role as a Dutch guard, with references to Gotha. The text outlines a royal or noble transition and ties to European noble circles.
Germany in Revolt Near End of Counter Revolution
Washington reports consensus that German air activity around the former crown prince’s residence ties to the revolution and rescue plot. Berlin cites strikes in Dresden Cassel Gotha, with papers closed and rail lines halted as factions resist Berlin rule.
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Special Trade Union Congress
London
Scully
House of Lords
France
Germany
Egyptian Legislative Assembly
Said Zagloul Pasha
Egypt
Sudan
Cairo
Frederick Wilhelm
W. la Croix
Wilhelm
Washington
Holland
Berlin
Dresden
Cassel
Gotha
Ebert
Wolfgang Kapp
Stuttgart
Kapp
Frederich Ebert
Reichstag
National Assembly
Regulations Set Oil Lease Royalties Under Land Bill
Washington reports the Interior Department has prescribed production royalties from 3 344 to 12 percent on government oil land leases under the claims relief section of the land leasing bill. Practically all withdrawn lands now operated under claim are made subject to the assessment.
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Washington
Interior Department
Chicago Overdrinks Booze Allotment
Chicago barrels through its liquor quota with Capt. H. E. Howard of the city enforcement department reporting a permissible daily limit of 8 000 pints of whisky but actual consumption runs at 100 000 pints daily, 68 000 over the entitlements.
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Chicago
H. E. Howard
United States
Dity-Enforcement Department
Monarchy Proclaimed in Bavaria Reported from Munich
A telegraphic bericht from Berlin to Paris confirms the Bavarian monarchy has been proclaimed in Munich and telegraphed to the Temps. The announcement signals a re establishment of the Bavarian royal government.
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Berlin
Dortmund
Westphalia
Bochum
Essen
Frankfort-on-Main
Hanover
Chemnitz
Saxony
Paris
Munich
Temps
Typified Spirit of France by a Wheelbarrow of Wood
The Flying Parson recalls a Sunday hike in France with a wheelbarrow carrying firewood for a poor, aging mother whose three sons died for France. She greets kindness with pride, insisting her hut is a home despite its cold, unfinished state, and declares her family’s sacrifice made her rich in spirit.
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France
Belvin W. Maynard
Limerick’s Turbulent Hold on the Shannon Era
The article notes Limerick’s fame for five line rhymes but emphasizes its broader claim to history as the most fought over town in Ireland. Located on the Shannon, it drew Danes Britons Normans and Celts across the middle ages, changing hands frequently. Its strategic port value has waned and the Norman waterfront castle remains a relic.
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Limerick
Ireland
River
Shannon
Radium Emanation Purification Advances in Pittsburgh Lab
A Pittsburgh laboratory has installed an advanced apparatus to collect purify and tube radium emanation from radium salts. The system avoids liquid air by using chemical purification methods seen as more reliable, addressing safety concerns in large scale therapeutic uses.
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Pittsburg
Playing Safe in Daylight Romance
Mr Hardiface refuses a daylight kiss, fearing a concealed camera snapshot, while Miss Manchester recalls a night kiss under electric light. The banter highlights cautious romance amid public scrutiny and daylight risk.
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Mr. Hardiface
Miss Manchester
Wages Paid to Quiet Patient Stuns Birmingham
A Birmingham Age-Herald item quotes a patient who, described as a motion picture comedian, requires weekly stage pay to stay quiet. The piece notes the daily struggle to manage him and mentions a $30,000 Saturday night sum as the method of keeping peace.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
The Poor Married Hick Cartoon Quip
A humorous feature from the Florida Times Union notes a joke about a husband described as easily flattered before marriage and now easily swayed by fresh cold. The item captures a witty syndicated panel style.
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Florida Times- Union
Comment on Deaf Politician Silence Cited in Leader
In a Pittsburgh Leader exchange, one speaker remarks that challenging a deaf man would be futile since he would not listen, framing a critique of national principles and public discourse.
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Pittshburgh
Edison Wins 1880 Lamp Patent For Incandescent Light
In January 1880 the U S patent office granted Thomas Alva Edison a patent for an incandescent lamp. The milestone marks a key development in electric illumination.
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Thomas Alva Edison
Metal markets settle with mixed precious, base metal prices
Colorado market report shows bar silver at 1.21 dollars per ounce and copper at 19 20 cents per pound. Lead trades at 9.25 dollars and spelter at 8.72. Tungsten priced between 6.50 and 12.00 per unit.
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Colorado
Eastern Livestock Prices at Chicago Market Report
Hogs ranged from 12.50 to 15.65 with top 15.65 for light hogs and sow categories from 12.50 to 13.75. Cattle saw beef steers at 9.50 to 16.00 with various grades. veal calves 15.25 to 16.75. feeder and stocker steers 7.25 to 18.00. Sheep and lambs quoted 11.00 to 20.00, with mixed culls 14.00 to 17.00.
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Denver
Colo
Lima
Chicago
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Juan Larrazolo
O. A. Larrazolo
New Mexico
el Paso
F. M. Scanland
John M. Hutchings
Las Cruces
N. M
Supreme Court
National Education Association
Salt Lake City
Council of State
Tabernacle
Rock Island
Ottawa
Senate
United States Grain Corporation
Spokane, Wash
Postoffice
Igoe
Missouri
War Department
Marshal Foch
Tokyo
Korea
Manchuria
Royal Telegraph Department of
Sweden
America
Falkenburg
President Deschanel
Elysee Palace
Poincare
M. Deschanel
Union Station
Chicago Air Board
William J. H. Strong
American Association of Engineers
Albert Blumberg
Blumberg
Harris C. Fahnestock
New York
James A. Foley
Clintor
Dannemora
Antonio Lopez Gutiierrez
Honduras
Gutierrez
Bertrand
Charles Diamond
Catholic Herald
Viscount French
Old Bailey Court
Western
Union News Service
Clovis
Pecos Valley
Beck
Salt River
Lehi
Arizona
Board of Supervisors
Maricopa County
Elizabethtown
Rito de Los Frijoles
Santa
Phoenix
Arizona Corporation Commission
Arizona Eastern
Santa Fé
Prescott & Phoenix
Bernalillo County
McMasters and
Baker
Grand Jury
Boras Leasing Company
Bisbee
Ariz
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Southwest News
And
Hesse
von Schoeler
Reichswehr
Bavaria
Edison
F. O. B.enver
South Park
Charles Friend & Co., Inc
Ais
Eeesereeenselle
Metal Markets
Eastern Livestock Markets
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