Guard Against Commercialism Over American War Graves
Paris August 2 French authorities seek to purchase slope and crest near Romagne cemetery and side plots to prevent commercial encroachment. The Romagne Suresnes and Belleau Woods cemeteries hold over 30 000 American soldiers buried on French soil. Grounding will allow trees and shrubs around the site once beautification begins after removals to America mid September, with work extending into next year.
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Romagne
Suréanes
Mont Valerien
Belleau Woods
America
Mine Villages Garden Spots Gains In Connellsville
In Connellsville Pennsylvania Aug 3 coal and mining villages in the region are praised as garden spots by H C Frick Company inspectors. The Phillips mine gardens number 15 with three harvested. valued at about 10000 dollars. Colonial No 1 reports 220 gardens with 314 in good state of cultivation and total value noted. Prizes awarded then miners and families commended for sanitary streets and town improvements including a noted baseball park and ongoing ball field development.
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Connellsville
H. C. Frick Company
Phillips
Colonial No. 1
Colonial
Ptint
Fayette County
Vleyground
Sudden check put on robbers on upper Yangtze
Brigands who terrorized the Yangtze upper reaches faced a sudden check as American and British gunboats moved up river from Shanghai to Chunkins. They responded to the Robert Dollar I incident at Wanhsien in Szechuen, driving the outlaws away and later firing on the Robert Dollar II during its maiden voyage. The bandits fled into the hills after the gunboats appeared.
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Shanghai
Yangtsze River
Chunkins
Robert Dollar I
Robert Dollar Company
Wanhsien
Szechuen
Paloos
Robert Dollar II
Dollar Company
Harding’s Brighter Circle Surrounds the Blue Void
The article argues President Harding should appoint capable colleagues to govern collectively. It portrays his cabinet as a brilliant circle of stars surrounding a blue void, suggesting leadership by a strong team rather than a single overpowering figure. The piece invites readers to consider voting for this approach.
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Harding
Surrounding Men Behind Harding For A Stronger Leadership
The New Republic argues that Harding should surround himself with capable leaders who seek to join him independently rather than be appointed. It warns that without a self-starting circle, the promised reform may fail and leaves readers with a bleak forecast of a hollow presidency. A Sing Sing prison item notes a rocking chair bought for a female inmate awaiting execution.
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Harding
New Republic
Sing Sing Prison
Marie Marguerite Fe Brinvilliers The Poisoner
Born in Paris in 1651 Marie Marguerite de Brinvilliers married N Gobelin Marquis of Brinvilliers. She plotted with Goden St Croix to poison her father sister and two brothers. poison fumes killed St Croix revealing their guilt and Brinvilliers was executed.
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Paris
N. Gobelin
Brinvilliers
Goden St. Croix
Bastile
St. Croix
Englishman Arrested For Rude Remark To Lloyd George
An Englishman was arrested after addressing Prime Minister Lloyd George with the phrase Hands off Russia, please Mr. Lloyd George as he passed. The prime minister re ved and told him Mind your own business.
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Lloyd George
Russia
Labor Market Feels Shutdown at Shipyards Along Delaware
Philadelphia Aug 3 The shift back to competitive yard operation lowers wage levels as workers return to prewar trades. Labor ease seen as departments reallocate staff and only four torpedo boats remain underway at New York Shipbuilding. Hog Island to shut down, thousands to be laid off. Pennsylvania farmers seek city workers for harvest help.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Hog Island
Pennsylvania
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