Stoker with 12 Million Francs Aims for Paris Escape
A powerful Mexican figure tied to Carranza travels aboard a ship seeking passage to France with 12 million francs. He faces refusals from Mexican factions and considers serving as a stoker to reach Europe, leaving behind his rich possessions and symbolizing a volatile era in Mexican politics. In parallel, notes on electricity claimed to restore youth via X rays and a Seattle patent for airborne electrical generation, plus a statistic about 19000 American girls studying home economics and its future influence on 1,000,000 pupils.
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Paris
France
New York
Evening Post
Carranza
Herald Square
Generatissimo
de la Huertistas
High Seas
Havre
Brest
Bordeaux
Eugen Steinbach
University of Vienna
Edward M. Hubbard
Seattle
Hubbard
Bureau of Education
Airplanes to Foil Smugglers in China Plan
The Chinese government plans to use airplanes to counter smugglers and bandits by observing and pursuing them from the air. The proposal includes transporting precious ores and stones by air as part of the effort.
Notice on hogs and hog control at Ri’s place
A reader warns about past hog incursions nearly ruining their property and urges strict hog control this winter to prevent repeats. The note emphasizes guarding the area and keeping hogs away to protect livelihoods.
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W. D. Ri
Contests and long distance piano feats and stamps
A column discusses a Croydon England contest with a 100 hour non repeating piano marathon, noting Londoner Harry Kemp’s 67 hours toward a world record. his regimen and wife’s interventions are described per a Philadelphia Record take. Also covered is St Christopher Nevis stamps showing King George and Columbus with anachronistic telescope imagery.
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Liebling
Mn- Steal’ Courier
Musical Courier
Croydon
England
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Harry Kemp
Greenwich Village
Ford
Xemp
Philadelphia Record
St. Christopher
Nevis
Leeward Islands
West Indies
Babel
Stiehenie
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Glass Flowers Introduced As Modern Decorative Trend
Glass bouquets replace real flowers for ceremonies and decor. Glass blooms offer lasting color, resisting fading and only needing replacement after breakage. The trend widens to bathroom decor with colored glass baths harmonizing with interior schemes.
French Peasant Pig Anecdote Tied to Summer Tourism
Customs Inspector Henri Duval in New Orleans recalls a French peasant joke about how villagers use every part of a pig. He notes how tourism and wartime scarcity reshape expectations, joking that peasants may switch to truffled chicken and Champagne this winter.
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Europe
Henri Duval
New Orleans
France
Monsieur
Duval
Mixed Humor and Tragedy in Irish Uprising Anecdote
A fragmentary reminiscence from Dorothea Ponyers recounts a Sinn Fein uprising on the Swift bridge where a spectator’s sympathy shifts as a stern sentry halts a young man. The scene blends humor with the era’s earnest tension, hinting at Irish life’s stubborn fun amid conflict.
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Ireland
Dorothea ‘Ponyers
Penn
Wellesly Bridge
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