European peace essay contest offers total prize of 50000
Edward A. Filene of Boston offers prizes totaling 50000 for a series of European peace essays. The competition involves writers from France, Great Britain and Italy with panels led by Leon Bourgeois, Senator de Jouvenel, Thomas Tittoni and Gilbert Murray.
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Edward A. Filene
Boston
Mass
William A. Filene
Leon Bourgeois
Coucil
League of Nations
de Jouvenel
le Matin
Thomas Tittoni
Italy
Gilbert Murray
England
Cotton crop reports to be issued semi monthly
Washington January 18 proposed legislation provides for semi monthly cotton crop reports by the department of agriculture and cotton gin ning reports by the census bureau with approval by a board of farmers and cotton regions. The plan ends the annual acreage estimates based on planting intentions and aligns reporting dates August 1 to December 1 with simultaneous ginning reports. Proposals will be introduced in the House by Swak of Oklahoma and Rankin of Mississippi and in the Senate by Harris of Georgia.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
Senate
House
Congress
Cotton
Bureau of Census
Swak
Oklahoma
Rankin
Mississippi
Harris
Georgia
MARRYING JUSTICE CALLED TO HUNT FOR HUSBAND
Judge Ed Gunn of Rockdale, famed as “marrying justice,” received a letter from a Missouri widow seeking his help to locate a suitable husband. She described herself as a capable farmer’s wife who loves animals and business and asked for a trustworthy merchant or farmer partner not older than about 50 or 60 unless he has energy and means.
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Missouri
Rockdale
Ed. Gunn
Huband
K. C
Renewed Testimony on Kidney Relief from Doan’s Pills
Cameron resident M. W. Mitchell, retired farmer, testifies that Doan’s Pills relieved his kidney issues after years of back pain and irregular secretions. He reports continued satisfaction delivering lasting results and endorses the remedy as a standard kidney complaint treatment. Sold for 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
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Cameron
M. W. Mitchell
Fifteenth St
Dean
Doan
Bodies found in Verdun tunnel after gas attack
More than 100 German soldiers were recovered in a tunnel between Bethincourt and Peid Man's Hil after a gas attack during the Verdun battle. The men were positioned as if at rest while they bottled mineral water when the attack struck.
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Bethincourt
Peid Man's Hil
Verdun
Firing Squad Ends Career of Lawyer Omar Woods
Omar R. Woods, convicted wife killer, was executed by firing squad at Utah State Prison at 8:17 this morning. He faced the squad calmly and proclaimed his innocence to reporters as he was taken from his cell for the execution. The killing of Mrs. Woods occurred in an apartment house on January 9, 1922.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Omar R. Woods
Utah State Prison
Woods
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Board of Pardons
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C.N. Green & Brothers
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Texas
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Wesson Oil
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