World News Shrug of Global Events From Every Land
A sweeping compilation notes numerous international items from 1920s era news. Mentions Bert L. Taylor death in Chicago, U. S. officials on Santiago Olympia passengers, Harding boundary decision, Prohibition shifts, and war veterans employment. Reports on rail deficits, wool embargo talks, Argonne cemetery repatriation, and various political appointments. Also covers floods in Washington state, factory layoffs, crime trials, and international tensions from Europe to Asia with dates and names included.
Advertising art and outdoor notices for guerrilla warfare end
A description outlines a joined concept of art and outdoor publicity to quiet conflicts between artists and the public. It details a signboard built from simple materials including old telegraph poles and galvanized iron sheets, reinforced at corners, with a frame of lapped wood and decorative shrubs to create a pleasing display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sieavier
Civic duty and women in public life echoed in old column
A scattered historical column reflects on civic responsibility and women’s rising public roles, praising diligent citizen associations and noting the impact of active women on community life. It contrasts optimistic civic virtue with self-interest and a fragile social fabric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester Guardian
Drayman Convicted in Booze Hauling Challenge to Prohibition
San Francisco drayman J. Dillon jailed for transporting liquor through city streets. Attorneys filed petition in Washington arguing eight year ratification condition for the Prohibition Amendment is unconstitutional and invalidates the amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco Drayman
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Attheneys
J. J. Dillon
San Francisco
Wareren G. Tarding
Ohio
Engineer blamed for Porter wreck killing 87 and injuring 20
The Interstate Commerce Commission safety bureau cites failure of engineer Long of the Michigan Central railroad to observe signals as the cause of the Porter wreck. The crash resulted in 87 deaths and 20 injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maceh
Long
Midiean Central Railroad
Porter, Inc
Interstate Commerce Commissior
Buteau
Lenin Seeks Coalition Government Formation
A disputed report from Reval via Berlingske Tidende states Bolshevik premier Lenin opens talks with Mensheviks and social revolutionaries to form a coalition government in soviet Negotin and Sts Isla, signaling a move toward compromise in Copenhagen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mensheviks
Copenhagen
Isla
Niselai Lenin
Bolshevist
Chief wrestles with beer and prohibition rules
Washington March 22 Prohibition Commissioner Kramer debates monthly beer allowances for the sick and whether armed patients with prescriptions should drink beer in ding stores amid policy questions on alcohol access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kramer
Markets Report: Grain, Livestock Prices Todays Trading
Grain prices range from hard spring wheat to white patent and No 1 timothy with costs per bushel and per 100 pounds listed. Cattle and hog markets show varying loads and price bands for steers cows yearlings and veal, with receipts and regional price differences noted.
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Colorado
Wethern
The Better Part Debate Sparks Quiet Laughter
The excerpt presents a playful exchange about lingering sanity and the better part of a week. One speaker jokes that the better part remains, while the other notes they've spent more than half yet have some left to spend. The dialogue showcases witty banter and a light mood.
Such A Nice Young Man From The Old School Sermon
A fragmentary local item discusses a young minister who warned a crowd about modern vices, then pivoted to a humorous note about bold bullies in the community and a quirky anecdote from Indianapolis News. The piece shifts to Dresden china, noting red-brown Meissen coins as new circulating money with porcelain value and practical washability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
China
Saxony
Meissen
Good Manners a Business Asset
Dr. Jon Finley, New York State education commissioner, argues good manners in public schools build friendships, social standing, and business progress. He calls manners a key spiritual discipline and praises self-control as a measure of character in trying situations. The piece identifies manners as essential in American life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gould Manners
New York
Jon Finley
Finley
Not Partial to Canned Goods Fishermen Exchange
Dialogic fragment shows a humorous exchange about canned worms for fishing with garbled phrases. Characters discuss worms in a can and express disbelief about canned bait harming fish taste. Local color suggests a comic vignette from a bygone era.
Not a Complete Stranger Inquest Reveal
A man who once tamped ties on a railroad section testified at an inquest. He was cautioned to be precise in his statements. The coroner pressed about the deceased being a complete stranger, and the witness finally called him a partial stranger before admitting the man was one legged.
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Job
Tin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bert L.taylor
Chicago
Rhune
Nishone
Pneumon
John W. Davis
United States
Great Britain
Charles M. Schwab
Vincent Astor
Olympia
Harding
Anin
Jastlee White
Dobby Jeff Washington
Countaname
Cuba
Whirl
San Domingo
Sind
Key West
War Department
Cabinet
House
Ways and Means Committee
President Yarding
Ward
Yarding
Boston
General Land Office
President Harding
William S. Spry
Utah
Guy D. Goff
Milwaukee
Edward C. Finney
Kansas
Interior
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nfheers
National Wool Growers’ Association
Tarding
Argonne
Tromagne
France
Tolle States
Fred B. Seabey
San Antonio
Tex
Mint
Frank W. Gunsaulus
Armour Institute of Technology
Carl Wanderer
Ragged Stringer
Walla
Wash
American Legion
Clara Smith
Hamon
Pardmore
Oklo
Marinette
Peshtigo, Wis
New Haven &Hartford
Readville
Mays
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Steel Company
Clinton
Willian IL Tanner
Collinsville
Wulinois Miners’ Examining Board
White
Westville, Til
Eugene V. Debstas
Uinise
Atlanta
American Federation of Labor
Denver
Colo
Committee F
Horace Mc‘Kinley
Kassas City
Salestin
Rock Island
Lo ‘Yopeka
Kay
Fred Curry
Newcastle
Ind
Curry
Frank TD. Richardson
Richardson
Iowa
House of the
Pes Moines
Savings Banks’ Association
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Pueblo
Walsenburg
Hign
Letivia
Russi
Uiralnin Aby Pohuitl
Schmerhorn
Beuirt
Prosst
Ovideo
Spain
Kornittes Castro
Japan
Yap
South Pacific
Viscommt
Duisburg
Milload
Exsen
Wedan
Caucasus
Smontki
Equatorial
Congo Free State
Somia
Riga
Trussian
Paria
Kronstadt
Island
Andrew Bonar Lay
London
Paris
Germany
State Department
Europe
Dublin Castle
Billboard
New York City
Supreme Court
Eerste
Algohol
Ile
Facsi Gasstaee
York
Castoria
Porter
Lenin
Prohibition
Palmer
East Buffalo
N. C
Hern
Frank N. Wallace
Indianapolis News
Imatrimony
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
Michigan
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