Fiume Peace Era Tensions Highlight Balkan Port's Status
Amid postwar turmoil Fiume remains a flashpoint with Italian, Jugo Slav, and French interests clashing over its future. American troops patrol with allied forces as diplomacy debated whether Fiume joins Italy or gains a temporary, international status.
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Liume
Fiume
Austria
Istrian
Italy
Balkans
Paris
London
Pola
Triste
Adriatic
Antonio Grossich
Balkan
Thomas Nelson Page
Rome
Hungary
Venice
Milan
Wilson
Europe
di San Marzano
Italian International Council
Tranie
Gordon
Thomas Picton
American manager ousted as workers elect successor in Petrograd tale
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler recounts an American firm head in Petrograd facing a Soviet led wage and vacation shift. Workers double wages then appoint a Soviet manager. stockholders back the American, leading to his exit and the plant's closure with one extra week of pay lost. Also a frontline joke about a doctor and a corporal in No Man’s Land ends with a quip about missing the target. An advertisement praises Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a spring tonic and blood builder with a testimonial from Mrs. Geo. Maul.
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America
Wilson
Tommy
Tours
Ohio
William Everson
Indiana
Middle West
Nicholas Murray Butler
Petrograd
Columbia University
Kirst
United States
Missouri
No Man’s Land
Dr. Pierce
Dr.Pierce
Kansas City
Kans
Geo. Maul
N. 13Th St
New York for Disabled Soldiers Diamond Education Program
A British diamond firm opens a Brighton factory and sets up instruction centers nationwide to train disabled soldiers in cutting rough diamonds into finished gems. The firm employs hundreds of ex fighters and claims to rival continental polishers in quality, securing postwar work for British diamond output.
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New York
Brighton
England
Europe
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Shaping Steel by Repeated Quenches
A small soft steel cylinder 3.5 inches in diameter was repeatedly quenched by heating to redness and plunging in water. After 800 quenchings the specimen shortened three-fourths of an inch and widened correspondingly. The steel composition included 0.05 percent carbon, 0.01 silicon, 0.8 phosphorus, 0.05 sulfur, and 0.45 manganese.
Not Overly Pleased About Women Voting
A dialogue shows a man reluctant to women voting as his wife demands to know his vote. He fears it will spark more arguments and divide household harmony.
Military Precedent On Wearing Rings After Engagements
Stella asks about wearing his ring and Bella confirms uniforms may be worn for three months after engagements end.
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Stella
Bella
End Indigestion with One Tablet Relief
An aged advertisement-like note promotes taking one tablet to relieve indigestion. It claims instant relief from acid stomach gas sourness and flatulence with no waiting period, highlighting quick action after tablets dissolve.
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Digestive Relief
Advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a harmless tablet that ends indigestion and stomach distress after one or two tablets. Claims fast relief, low cost at drug stores, and notes the phrase swallowing pride does not satisfy a hungry man.
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Pape
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Luce
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Flame
Prio
Dalmatian
Trieste
Valona
Brindisi
Rico Prize
Salas Gnarling
Filiie
Siostly Omio Bore
Hell
Police
Filite
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Mr. Schleusner
Dean
Doan
C. H. Coggeshall
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