London Club Buys Six Planes For Members Use
The London Aero Club purchases six aircraft for member flights at Handley Page Aerodrome. Members may pay 25 dollars per flying hour, with insurance and damages coverage. If demand grows, the scheme may expand. Galveston reports Wheat exports to Europe total over 25.7 million bushels in four months, up from 8.8 million a year earlier.
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Wec
Acre Club
Great Britain
Handley Page
Carrie
Galveston
Tex
Europe
Bodies of Soldier and Sweetheart Buried Together Stirs Nancy
In Nancy a Beaune soldier killed near Nancy during a long bombardment is buried with his sweetheart after her parents refuse exhumation. Their single grave holds both remains as they were found entwined on a bench. The story prompts sorrow over lost loves in wartime.
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Paris
Nancy
Beaune
Pollu
Rebellion Leader Pineda Calls Off Challenge in Chiapas
International News Service reports General Alberto Pineda, who led a private rebellion in Chiapas and Tabasco, agreed to quit the field. He travels to Mexico City for a conference with authorities where his future will be decided. Pineda, of a higher class than Villa, is unlikely to be sent to Canutillo.
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International News Service
Mexico City
Mex
Alberto Pineda
Chiapas
Tabasco
Eld
Pineda
Villa
Canutillo
Holcomb Fixes Dates For Health Period In State
Governor Marcus H. Holcomb, returning from Harrisburg, endorses the tuberculosis control program and designates December 10 through December 14 as health period in schools and churches. He urges teachers and clergy to discuss health and tuberculosis, with all organizations cooperating to spread health hygiene knowledge.
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Connecticut
Harrisburg
Marcus H. Holcomb
Tuberculosis Commission
No Doubt About It He Passed the Buck
Providence December 14 Louis Frigon a bread peddler delivering to proximate towns sighted deer near the state line and slowed his truck to view the venison. A deer charged the truck and Frigon sped away as though speed limits did not exist.
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Providence
Louis Frigon
Here
Oneco
Conn
Rhode Island-Connecticut
Louis
Mirrored drapings at Tech High spark dress debate
At Tech High School in Oakland mirrors are draped to curb powder, lipstick, and rouge among girls after a survey led by vice principal Ruth Wilder. Despite warnings, students continue to cover shiny noses, drawing protests from some as the policy remains in place. In Boston a farmer shoots a wildcat for the Peabody Museum reward. In Buenos Aires Argentina reports a $1.4 billion favorable trade balance over six years, peaking in 1919 at $375.2 million.
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International News Service
Oakland
Cal
Tech High School
Ruth Wilder
Nature
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Names Granted Nov 30 1920 for Various Inventions in Bridgeport
A list compiled at the office of A. M. Wooster in Bridgeport records patents granted on Nov 30 1920. The entries name inventors from Bridgeport Hartford New Haven Waterbury and other towns with devices ranging from a blood-expressing portion for meat to a sanitary garbage-can and a primary battery. Also noted is the Frisbie Motor Co for trademark engines in Middletown and a separate obituary of English squire William Selby Lowndes with Whaddon Hounds.
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A. M. Wooster
Bridgeport
Conn
Dan A. Carlson
Stanley F. Gierymski
Kensington
P. Pietrzycki
Hartford
William F. Helmond
George A. Owen
James P. Cassidy
New Haven
Miles Dawson
Hubert J. Height
R. C. Whiteway
Waterbury
Peter Laurosaitis
Bobbin-Winder
Charles B. Schoenmehl
M. L. Martus
Richard L. Wilcox
Waterary
Edward B. Allen
Newton
Arthur C. Gaynor
Stratford
Wiliam A. Gordon
Shelton
Mathew Hasprunar
South W
Norwalk
George O. Hodge
Bristol
Peter Kudla
Thompsonville
Simon Rieser
Middletown
Joseph H. Roberts
Manchester
Ee Albert R. Thompson
Plantsville
Charles H. Newton
Plainville
Frisbie Motor Co
London Workhouse Closed In Dickens Style Farewell
St George's Workhouse near London Bridge is shut by Poor Law authorities and inmates moved. The copper gruel cauldron from the facility will be given to Southmark Borough Council's Museum. The article references Oliver Twist and includes unrelated travel book dialogue.
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London
St. George’s Workhouse
London Bridge
Oliver Twist
Dickens
Southmark
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