Food and War Hardship Report From Moscow to Omsk
An American observer, Mr. Dillon, describes famine and shortages in Moscow February to February March 1919 and the Bolshevik regime. He reports high prices for meat and staples, widespread unemployment, starvation cases, malnutrition, and sanitary decline. Glanders from horse meat, fuel scarcity, nationalized businesses, propaganda, and disciplined army conditions are noted amid a collapsing economy.
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Allenby in Palestine Exhibit Sparks World Tour Vision
Photographs by Lowell Thomas present a rare chance to witness imagined military scenes in Palestine from Allenby’s era. A Columbus celebration June 20 to July 13 offers air travel fantasies from Cairo to Jerusalem and tours of biblical sites with dramatic pilots’ viewpoints.
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Weller
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Moving pictures reveal Allenby Palestine campaign at Columbus
Centenary celebration in Columbus Ohio from June 20 to July 13 features Lowell Thomas travelogue With Allenby in Palestine. The eye witness account uses moving pictures and stills to depict the campaign from start to end and sacred sites. clergy of New York endorse the shows during the Methodist celebration.
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Lowell Thomas
Allenby
Palestine
Holy Land
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Aleppo
Kaiser
New York City
Young women camp at Centenary fair in Columbus
A group of a dozen young women from New York and New Jersey enjoy quarters in the horse exhibit building at the Columbus Exposition Grounds during the Methodist Centenary celebration from June 20 to July 13. They praise the cozy upstairs rooms and a piano, calling it a pleasant vacation while helping classify and arrange foreign exhibits.
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Quote on diet and mortality in a somber note
The line ponders how the food a man consumes may affect his burial, suggesting a macabre tie between daily nourishment and what fills a coffin. The phrase implies concerns about health, longevity, and the weight of appetite in life and death.
Markets drift as Fed concerns weigh on stocks in New York
In New York on June 10 renewed federal reserve concerns over excessive speculation helped push stock prices down one to eighteen points across many sectors. Tobacco shares showed relative strength while General Motors, United States Steel, and Southern Pacific led declines amid weak April earnings and anticipated capitalizations increases. By close, bond buying activity rose and total daily par value reached 13.5 million with 1.9 million shares traded. note also reports of U.S. treasury debt holdings and a jump in butter and cotton goods activity reflected easing demand and labor conditions.
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Oldest Little Cockleton resident recalls broken telescope
The town’s oldest inhabitant explains his telescope no longer works after a neighbor named Joseph damaged it while attempting to view the steeple of the Methody chapel. He recalls it once let him see the church steeple five miles away and laments the mishap that ruined the glass.
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Buffalo News
New Artificial Food Products From Germany
Reports indicate Germany uses ammonia to treat waste liquors from breweries and sugar refineries to produce food protein with yeast. Artificially digested wood fiber is reportedly used in stock feeds. Sugar from cellulose has been demonstrated in labs. the process may soon be practical and change views on sawdust bread.
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Germany
England uses artificial sunlight to boost crops at Hereford farm
An experiment at Huntington Court Farm near Hereford, supervised by W H Blackman of South Kensington, uses overhead electric current to provide artificial sunshine for cereals and field crops. The aim is to scale up gains seen near Duma fries in 1916, where oats yielded about 50 percent more grain and 85 percent more straw.
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Front Letter Sparks Dishonorable Tank Tale
A woman warns secrecy over Cousin George's front letter. The other man finds parts interesting yet confessions of his disgraceful conduct are dreadful. He recalls a claim of joining a British tank crew that rolled over the landscape last night.
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