Russia's three sided soul and the apple truck joke
An excerpt discusses three Russian figures Witte Pobiedonostsev and the Czar as key drivers of national life and fate. The piece also recounts Luzerne county Pennsylvania jokes about an apple truck carrying crates of apples and hidden whiskey during summer nights blending satire with prose.
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Russia
Brench Strother
Ear
Witte
Pobiedonostsev
Ular
Luzerne County
Pennsylvania
Glen Lyon
Nanticoke
Lisbon Governor Halts Syndicalist Killing Plot
In Lisbon on August 2 Judge Horta survived four shots as Manuel Vieira, a youthful syndicalist, shot at him. Police fear a wider plot to attack authorities and the Tribunal of Public Safety. Vieira was momentarily freed by Governor Portella who then ordered his arrest.
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Lisbon
Portella
Manuel Vieira
Judge Horta
Tribunal of Social Defense
Vieira
Associated Press
Horta
Governor Portella
Poelice
Tribunal of Public Safety
Legion protests non treatment of sick veterans
The American Legion protests Comptroller Warick's ruling that 40 000 World War I disabled veterans in vocational training are not eligible for medical attention and supervision. National Commander Franklin D Olier asks reconsideration as the Federal Board for Vocational Education had provided care until August 4 and 2 500 vouchers were denied. The monthly amount involved is under 7 600 dollars but officials warn hundreds may drop training if not continued.
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International News Service
Washington
W. W. Warwick
the Treasury
American Legion
Comptroller
Franklin D'Olier
Legion
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Comptroller of the Treasury
Federal Board
Lawsuit Seeks 10000 From Jesuit Officials In St Louis
Leo Stachowiak 31 sues Rev Father Francis N McMenamy and others at St Louis University asking 10000 damages for twelve years five months of hard labor in the Jesuit order He says he could have earned wages elsewhere and alleges harsh confinement limited prayer and restricted contact before leaving the order to work in a mercantile establishment.
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International News Service
St. Louis
Leo Stacho- Wink
Francis N. McMenamy
St Louis University
Jesuit Order
Stachowiak
Order
Many Tongues Are Spoken in British India
Calcutta October 1 The Englishman reports a survey of native languages in British India describing 179 languages and 544 dialects. Also noted are three unclassified groups called pacers the feature dering or criminal tribes and a puzzling Burushaski language spoken by northeastern tribes remains uncategorized.
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Calcutta
British India
Beating the Krups and the duPonts in WWI powder supply
Samuel Crowther notes in Worlds Work October issue that the duPonts supplied about 40 percent of Allied explosives and consistently met promised deliveries. The broader war powder story required about 120 different powders to satisfy varied foreign and domestic specs.
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duPonts
Samuel Crowther
Me i Foo Lamps Spark Chinese Kerosenes Market Plan
John K Barnes discusses The Standard Oil Company of New York educating China to use kerosene by distributing oil lamps named Mei Foo meaning good luck and then selling them at cost. The strategy aims at an enormous Chinese market of four hundred million people, creating an unlimited demand for a petroleum product.
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John K Barnes
Standard of Company of New York
Illicit liquor trader in Pennsylvania faces federal trial
In a World’s Work excerpt Louis Graves recalls a Pennsylvania liquor case where the U S attorney urged harsh punishment for flagrant crime against the nation. A federal judge coolly responds with a pithy aside about bears and chipmunks as weeds grow full of threat.
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Pennsylvania
Middle District
United States
Louis Graves
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