Rhodesia described as wealthy infant under chartered rule
A Sketch of London extols Rhodesia as a 30 year success story. It highlights roads, rail links, telegraph networks, and BritishSouth Africa Company investment enabling settlers to live amid a temperate climate high on a plateau. The piece notes education, sports, mining, and agriculture, along with past setbacks and a hopeful future, requiring capital for final settlement.
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France
Germany
Belgium
Holaad
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Rhodesia
Capetown
Betra
Bulawayo
Great Cape
Cairo
Rhodes
Beloglun
Zambesi
British South Africa Company
Tropics
Southern
Beng
Thodesia
India
University of Capetown
Oxford
Cambridge
Actace
Chartered Company
Tate
Union of South Africa
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A French incident features an officer from Pittsburgh who learns a German prisoner knew his hometown. The prisoner recalls Blank's bar, prompting the officer to admit, with uncertainty, that he once bartended there and faced a dilemma about how to respond.
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France
Pittsburgh
Jed Tunkins Praises Beet Speech Prize Memory
Jed Tunkins recalls the old days when a prize was awarded to the man who could make the best speech. He notes the political scene and the enduring value of sharp oratory in public life.
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Jed ‘Tunkins
Irish call big strike at Mount Joy prison gates
Irish trades union congress and Labour Party leaders condemned a general strike call for Ireland as a protest against political prisoners. A soldier was wounded near Mount Joy prison amid hunger striker demonstrations. Crowds prayed as hunger strikers faced possible death. clemency appeals were rejected, and Justice Clarke resigned.
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Dublin
Irish Trades Union Congress
Labor Party
Workers of
Clarke
Lord French
Justice Clarke
Crash on N Y Elevate Train Near Trinity Church
A front car was knocked from the Ninth Avenue line near Trinity Church in New York causing 15 passengers to be crushed into debris and hurled to the street. The wreck wedged between the elevated structure and a brick wall. About a dozen were taken to hospitals.
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New York
Ninth Avenue Line
Trinity Church
Strike Shuts Illinois Mines From Railroad Walkout
Illinois coal mines largely idle as railroad switchmen strike. About 45,000 miners lose work, said Frank Farrington, president of the Miners of Illinois association, with Springfield reports noting widespread disruption across the state.
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Springfeld
Infinois
Frank Farrington
The
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Markets Update Crop and Livestock Prices
A dense listing of market prices for flour, hay, butter, eggs, poultry, potatoes, cattle, sheep and lambs. Includes various grades, weights, and retail figures. regional notes show Minnesota and Buffalo listings with receipts and price ranges.
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BO Acorn
Girenci
Riogia
Buffalo
Helfere
Jasad
Haneed
Howat Denounces Governor Allen in Kansas Miners Rally
Alexander Howat, head of the Kansas miners union, denounces Governor Allen as a skunk of a governor before a crowd of thousands in Crawford County. He rails against the court of industrial relations and Curran, pledging action as miners idle ninety percent of Kansas mines. He and fellow officials are jailed for contempt, amid protests by miners and their wives.
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Kay
Alexander Howat
Kansas Miners' Union
Crawford County
Allen Ue
Howit
Court of Industrial Relations
Allen
Howat
Intl
Andre Andrew J. Curran
Crawford County District Court
Himn
Judge Curran
Q Sturdy American
Kansas
U S to Probe DeMott Case in Berlin Inquiry
The German government may owe restitution if Paul R. DeMott was murdered after his Ruhr participation arrest and death sentence. The State Department instructed Ansel Tan Commissioner Diesel in Berlin to conduct a full probe and report promptly to Washington.
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Washington
Paul R. Desort
State Department
DeMott
Ruhr
Sharp Acton
Ansel Tan
Diesel
Berlin
Democrats Name Four Women to Executive Committee
Washington April 13 4 women named to the Democratic executive committee by Chairman Cummins Mrs Henry Ridgeley Dover Del Mrs Charles Ames Washington Mrs C Otto Wietpenn Jersey City and Mrs Katherine Firene Boston Two other women will be named to give equal representation with men on the board The first joint meeting will be in Chicago on April 20 with the arrangements committee for the San Francisco convention
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Washington
Cummins
Henry Ridgeley
Dover
Del
Charles 0. Ames
San Francisco
Liberty Bonds Dip Below Three as Prices Fall
New York April 13 The price of Liberty bonds dropped below 3 for the first time with new lows across four issues under heavy selling. The second 4s closed at 87.88, second at 88, third 4s at 92.60, fourth 4s at 89.00. The market weakness followed Treasury Department remarks that new debt certificates would bear 6 percent interest.
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New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Wilson gives up vacation plans for summer White House
Warrington April 13 President Wilson will not establish a Summer White House at Woods Hole Massachusetts as had been expected. It became known here that the earlier announcement selecting the Crone estate near Chicago as the site was premature. It had not been decided where the president will go, with several offers before him.
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Warrington
Wilson
White House
Wood's Hole
Man
Charles Tt. Crone
Mintatnr
Chica
Aspirin Uses and Bayer Brand Safety Guidance
The note claims Bayer Aspirin is trusted worldwide for nineteen years and urges buyers to insist on Bayer on the package and the Bayer cross. It explains safe use for colds, headaches, toothache, neuralgia, rheumatism, and general pain. Availability in small tin boxes of twelve tablets and larger packs is mentioned.
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Heyer
Bayer
Silent smiles and restraint steer a troubled play
A fragmentary exchange shows a young author fearing the audience’s reaction and a manager acknowledging a successful first run but warning it may not repeat. The brief dialogue hints at performance anxiety and the power of timing in theater.
Mistaken Loculity in Dry Dock Vessel Question
A hazy exchange questions liquor shipment aboard a vessel amid confusion over its destination. The reply notes the ship is bound for a dry dock rather than carrying a cargo of alcohol.
Of Course See the tancing stow fakes Boston Transcript
The Boston Transcript quotes playful misreadings about dancing and snowball practice, capturing a moment of light humor in a clipped newspaper tone with mockery and whimsy.
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Boston Transcript
Arise and witness nature rework in fertile valleys
Disjointed excerpts describe nature’s repair work as oceans drained, ancient lakes drying into fertile plains, and rivers forming from former water bodies. References to historic convulsions of nature relate to St Lawrence and Caspian regions, with quotes on diligence, energy, and absent faults.
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St. Lawrence
North America
Allegheny Mountains
Greece
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