Wild strawberry flood hits Calhoun markets biggest harvest yet
Market baskets overflow in Calhoun County as wild strawberries surge in supply and top quality surpasses the cultivated crop. Local growers report the largest wild berry yield on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun County
Kingdom
Park Board
School Board
Illinois
George A. Dupuy
Illinois Pharmacy Commission
State Department of Registration and Education
Chicago
W. S. Benton
Beardstown
Ray Barnes
Bushnell
D. P. Seibert
Ike Pratt
Anna Swift
Engineering College
Northwestern University
Theological Department
University of Chicago
Swift
Gustavus F. Swift
Southern Illinois
C. E. Durst
Illinois Agricultural Association
Ilinois Fruit Exchange
Villa Ridge
Robert Crowe
Illinois Food Relief Committee
V. Vaniman
Springfield
Red Cross
Chicago Association of Commerce
Sanenman
Towa
Wisconsin
Indiana
Geneess
Adj
Black
Iinois Waterway
Silincely
Congress
Michaelson
Mortimer G. Barnes
Division of Waterways
Department of Public Works
State
Twwinots
Rockford
Oregon
Mooseheart
St. Albans
Mount Caproll
Brounce Center
Freeport
National Athletic Club
Sycamore
Valley of the Dead: Highway Collapse in Cataclysm
The narrative describes a dramatic road rupture on the Sianfu Lanchow Turkestan route. A valley section of a well packed highway was severed and toppled hundreds of yards, with trees uprooted and the road left perched at an angle above earthen debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puniber
Tsingning
Valley of the Dead
Kansu Earthquake Death Toll Estimated at 200000
The piece reports a vast 1920 Kansu China earthquake catastrophe described by National Geographic as one of history’s worst. It details mountains moving, landslides, and villages wiped out, with estimates of up to 200000 dead and extensive geographic devastation across 100 by 800 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Geographic Magazine
Kansu
China
Josef W. Hall
Upton Close
International Famine Relief Committee
Ma the Benevolent
Frontier Province
Hail
Shantung
East China Plain
U. S. Completes Record Fleet of 2312 Vessels Built
The Shipping Board ends its wartime program as Bethlehem delivers the liner Western World. From 1917 to 1922 2,312 ships totaling 13.63 million deadweight tons were built, with 848 vessels from the Atlantic coast and 759 from the Pacific region, while 1,000 remain idle amid weak world trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Great Lakes
Gulf
Drops Half Mile in Log Chute Uninjured
Howard Rupert a salesman disappeared into loose snow while showing scenery to his wife and son near Snoquotmie Washington. He emerged after searchers feared darkness, claiming he slid into an ice filled unused log chute and rode about a half mile to the river below. He was uninjured though missing much of his clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snoquotmie
Wash
Howard Rupert
Rupert
Women Enter Trades in Seattle 1920 Report
A Seattle chamber of commerce report shows women replacing men in many jobs. In 1920 Washington had 581 women in barbering hairdressing and manicurist work, 48 in fishing and oystering, seven dairying and related roles, five longshorewomen, 24 shipyard laborers, 261 building laborers 233 sawmill and planing mill workers and 53 in lumbering and woodcutting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Walsh
Lydia E Nametext Vegetable Compound Ad Fragment
Fragmentary advertisement promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women with reproductive health troubles. It claims testimonials from a St. Louis area resident and urges readers to try the product for strength and well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Vandaventer St
St. Agate Mo
Sam
Lucas
Lydia E. Sam
Willing to Pay. Crowd cheers as stranger hits fencing homer
A baseball game needed a fill in fielder from the crowd. A tall spectator with claimed experience joined play and, after two swings, he homered on the next pitch. As fans shouted Run, he quipped that he would buy another ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron
Love Me, How Much? The Judge’s Witty Exchange
A humorous courtroom moment features a judge quipping about affection and a checkbook. The exchange centers on measuring love through financial stubs, illustrating a playful legal proceeding.
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Len Small
Kankakee County
St. Clair
Attorney General’s Office
State Department of Agriculture
Lon Freeman
Champaign
United Mine Workers of
District No. 1
John Metzger
Airdome
Aero Club of Illinois
Eighty-third Street
Cicero Avenue
William O. Wheelock
Zion City
Marshall Field & Co
Misa Beulah Vaneva Beshears
University of Valparaiso
Valparaiso
Ind
A. L. McClay
Carrollton
McClay
Greene County
Sinois Tax Commission
Ilinois
State Farmers’ Organization
University of Minois
College of Agriculture
Havana
Peoria
West Frankfort
Committee On
Charles Woodward
Lusitania
Hickety
Delaware
Philadelphia
Ireland
Benjamin F. Leavitt
Kansu Province
United States
Hall
Chile
Salvador
Mt. Asama
Japan
U. S
New York
Southampton
England
Umberto
Rome
Milan
Dean
James Yen
Carpenter
Taylorville
Doan
Ben Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
Stearns
Western
Canada
Reon
Fia
Elec. Mach. Corp
Indianapolis
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