Asks Removal of Drydock to Manila
Governor General Wood urged transferring the floating drydock Dewey from Olongapo to Manila to boost Far East shipping facilities and establish Manila as a Far East port. The move, under Insular Affairs, awaits Navy and War Departments decision. Estimated removal cost about 250000 dollars.
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Manila
P. T
Wood
United States
Dewey
Olonsapo
Sable Bay
Malia
Far East
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Washington
War and Navy Departments
Navy
United States Shipping Board
Olongapo
Danish Laborers Seek Opportunities Abroad
Danish government outlines an organized emigration plan with Nicaragua and Colombia to resettle unemployed workers. France may join in Madagascar colonization efforts, offering public works for Danish engineers and land for farmers. Danish communities would organize schools to retain nationality. a Danish French committee will study the plan before it proceeds.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Nicaragua
Coombia
France
Madagascar
Riesdag
Christmas Behind Bars at Jojet Prison
Two life-term inmates at State Penitentiary Jojet Michigan recount Christmas behind iron bars. One, 24, who murdered his bride, lost freedom and family, recalls hopeful days past and a grim future. The other, jailed 1913 for murdering an actress, laments loss of life, seeks outside help, and reflects on a hollow Christmas.
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Harry S. Flory
State Penitentiary
Jojet
Morris
Til
Chicago
Seattle
Jodiet
Eve
Cotton Picker Hadwt Divorced First Wife Plans to Wed
An unknown Georgia cotton picker visited Akron marriage bureau to prepare for marriage to Melindy. He admitted a prior marriage ended by his first wife’s death, while his new plan risks legal trouble for bigamy. The man expressed strong feelings and expected difficulties with his intended bride’s arrival.
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Agats
International News Service
Akron
A _ cotton Meker
Georgia
Wiliam Woodbridge
Melindy
Curtains Bloom Flowers On Washed Curtains In Ohio
Mrs M J Kerr washing unbleached curtains in Zanesville Ohio reported the fabric bloomed with pink flowers after ironing The event occurred after the second wash and was noted by Kerr as a surprising domestic occurrence reported by International News Service
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International News Service
Zanesville, O
M. J. Kerr
Kerr
Boned Imitations Ivorites Attract Tourists In Paris
The piece notes many tourists buy antique ivories in leather boxes bearing noble French crests. A new school of bone sculptors is making Paris a center for imitations dated ninth to sixteenth centuries. Methods to fake age include tobacco juice infusions and raisin seed alcohol washes followed by oven treatment.
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Paris
Radio wire theft warning from local radio shop
Howland Dry Goods Co Defiance reports radio thieves targetting wires. KA Duerk warns that stealing wire risks electric shock and can trigger powerful currents in experimental equipment. News from Takyo notes Japan has over eight hundred known fish varieties amid cholera concerns and Coast water species.
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International News Service
Defiance
KA. Duerk
Duerk
Takyo
Japan
Great Britain
David Starr Jorson
Leland Stanford, Jr
Asiatic Society
Jordan
Grape Vines Produced Prodigally in 1922
Buffalo reports a bumper grape crop for 1922 with 51,254 cars shipped by November 17 and 1,025,080,000 pounds produced. Eastern vineyards yielded unprecedented tons while California shipments fell about 35 percent due to a car shortage. Estimated value reaches $35,850,000 at 70 a ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
United States
State Department of Farms and Markets
California
Almanac Notice on Hydraulic and Boiler Pumps Bid
The Board of Contract and Supply invites bids at City Hall Room 2 for 1-14 x 2 12 horizontal hydraulic pump and 1-8 x 6 x 12 horizontal boiler feed pump rated at 259 lbs pressure, due by 3 00 P M Thursday December 28th 192%.
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State OF Connecticut
District of Bridgeport
John Egeressy
Bgre
Bridgeport
Sind
A. D. Les
Paul L. Milli
Juaze
The
Board of Contract and Supply
City Hall
Banks Can Aid in Promoting Good Books
Banks can help spread reading by placing lists of books in pass books and statements. J H Pueltcher urges banks to promote national and internal affairs titles for business customers, accounting, and stenographers.
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Wis
J. H. Pue- Ucher
American Banker Association
Bulletin
American Library Association
Pueltcher
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America
Constantine
Lel
Fetenie Dawindes
Melier
Martenterarte
Interior
G. Sideris
Agriculture
Tuas
Revolusionise Cormunitias
Sir
Prekan
Pastiatos
Me Siotia
Iakellaropoutos
Communications
Hentis
Justice
G. Embirikos
Commerce
Conlin Company
Wall Paper & Paint
Reali
Elm St
Conn
Dublin
G. W. Fairchild & Sons, Inc
Main St
Arcade Corner
Victrolas
Victor Records
Main Street
M. Steinert & Sons
Bridgeport, Conn
Pirson
W. Grove
Howland Dry Goods Co
Nor Seast
Park Avenue and
State Street
Lindzeport
Atlantic Refining Co
Park Avenue
Stats Street
Francis P. Dunigan
Almanac
Barnum
New Haven
the Times
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