War on Marriage Predicted by Bishop at Manchester
Manchester England December 23 The bishop of Hereford warned that a general deliberate attack on the Christian idea of marriage is near. He blamed the trend on unprecedented female independence and public prominence, arguing this has damaged social order and eroded church authority. He said divorce courts reveal a society driven by impulse rather than principle.
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Wmanchester
Eng
Hereford
Manchester
Record wheat crop in Kansas tops 1919 harvest
Kansas reports 145,796,455 bushels of winter wheat and 313,737 bushels of spring wheat from nearly 12,000,000 acres. The average yield per acre was 12.56 bushels. It ranks as the second largest harvest among states for the year.
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International News Service
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
J. C. Mohler
Board of Agriculture
Political quote hints at 1920 Democratic show
Thomas Marshall predicts a dramatic 1920 showing by the Democratic party amid sharp humor about bomb throwers. He notes the rhetoric may shift as opponents and supporters alike reconsider tactics, with sarcastic reference to violence replaced by civility.
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Thomas BR. Marshall
Democratic Party
Thomas
Constantinople for Turkey or Fight at Conference
Paris dispatches report Allied talks nearing a second peace congress to decide Turkey's fate. Kemal Pasha's Turkish resistance, Armenia, Arabia, and Constantinople's status dominate debate as Turkey demands a seat at the peace table or threatens resistance.
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Turkey
Ripa
Constantinople
Fiume
Roumania
Ney
Kemél Pasha
Wigerum
Germany
Kemel Pacha
Alliva
Bosphorus
Armenia
Ottoman Empire
Russia
Anatolia
Alexandrette
League of Nations
Arabia
Faycal
Hajaz
Allenby
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Fayeal
Syria
Palasthne
League of
Kemal Pacha
Germans Seek New Iron Crosses After En Tente Theft
Berlin December 26 Many returned German prisoners apply to the military department for new Iron Crosses claiming originals were seized by the Entente. No prisoner admits selling his Iron Cross to American soldiers or taking tobacco for it. The German government seeks proof that crosses were taken.
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Berlin
Military Department
Entente
Britain Faces A Decade Of Near Famine Coal Supplies
London December 30 England expects near famine coal supplies for at least ten more years. Mine expert Baston-Grey notes it takes twelve years to develop a British mine to produce one million tons yearly. War restrictions left few new mines opened, labor and capital were scarce, and national production fell by about sixty million tons.
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London
England
CO. Hastan-Crey
Britain
Baston-Grey
Shavant Girls and Coblenz Prices Reported
A Boston dispatch via International News Service notes Coblenz Germany is a paradox for households, with servant girls paid only two dollars a month and found, bear beer selling at three cents per glass, and a good shave costing six cents according to a letter to Lt Col L H Draeman’s correspondent.
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Ocoblenz
Tnternational News Service
Boston
Coblenz
Germany
L. H H. Pretman
Air Services
Northeasttern Department
Bear
Draeman
Oysters Feed on Vegetable Dust and New Danish Milk Cream Device
Oysters and other bivalves derive main nutrition from vegetal dust suspended in water or settled on the seabed, rising and spreading in rough seas before precipitating again. A Denmark introduced device for separating milk cream keeps it sweet longer, enabling long shipments and potential replacement for condensed milk.
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Denmark
War Debts and Coal Supply Depend on New Pit Sinking
Mr. Banton-Grey notes 200 million dollars should have been carried during the war but was not and stresses coal as a key material in paying foreign debts. He argues that the supply of coal and other essential commodities hinges on the pace of sinking new pits and bringing up coal, linking energy to national finance.
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Banton-Grey
Midnight session secures South Dakota ratification feat
South Dakota earned a noted distinction by a midnight legislative session that ratified the action between supper and breakfast. Governor Norbeck called a special session for December to avoid state expense, with lawmakers arriving on their own funds to pass the bill in a single day.
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Pierre, & D
South Dakota
Norbeckia
Joan L. Pyle
Pierre
Gory
Ernor Norbeck
Burleson Snubs Medal in Sailors' Mall Handling
Secretary Daniela did not pin a medal on Burleson for distinguished service in the sailors' mall. The quirky headline hints at a forgotten award moment and quirky newsroom humor.
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Daniela
Burleson
Sailors
Mall
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