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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1921
Page
3
A funeral procession along Thibet road in Shanghai was disrupted when bandits seized a coffin carrying a young boy. Buddhist priests and a marching band were interrupted as the bandits fled with the casket, while police search for the stolen coffin considered a treasured household possession.
Winnipeg dispatch reports from the International Institute of Agriculture show the United States leading world wheat output this year with 740,065,000 bushels. France is second and Canada third, as the French harvest signals revival after wartime devastation.
Evanston civic leaders report the town fails to meet the eighteenth amendment as residents drink heavily. Kathleen Moore, head of the city charities, notes residents used to travel to Chicago for drinks but now brew and consume locally. In New York Joan Rockefeller, Jr. heir to a vast fortune, endures a media scrum after returning from Asia and agrees to be photographed with reporters. London reports Bulgarian Prime Minister M Stamboulish plans a US visit next spring.
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