World News Snapshots From An Era Of Global Upheaval
The cabinet threatens to resign amid mass protests against pro-Japanese policy in China. Mexico’s federals appear victorious in the first Villa clash, but the rebel leader’s fate remains unsettled. Movie comedies reach the bathing girl stage, with a big July Fourth fight planned between two heavyweights for pay. Britain plans an army of 952000. France exceeds prewar strength. Bolshevik troops join Hungarian red forces.
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Villa
Black Sea
Brest
Versailles
Clemenceau
France
Italy
Great Britain
Ireland
England
Canada
Russia
Flowers for the living and world news mixed in editorials
The Rockdale Reporter lauds the Cameron Herald for second prize in typographic contest and notes wartime news gaps from Versailles era. It critiques postwar global turmoil, mutinies, strikes, and moral leadership while referencing aviators’ non stop ocean flight and a Moroccan locust eating proposal.
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Cameron Herald
Herald
Texas
Herring
Vernon Record
LaGrange Journal
Paducah Post
Rockdale
Shocking Sextette to Spirits and Song Wordplay
A cluster of quips and notices references humor and satire from the Newark Advocate and a Springfield Ohio club meeting captured in brief lines. Wealth bragging and assessor jokes mix with a light humor about thirteen for dinner and rising prices. Rhoda Ford leads the Springfield club with officers I B Papageorge Manila Bay Lotta Ladder and Helen unity.
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Springfield
Ohio
Club
Rhoda Ford
I. B. Papageorge
Manila Bay
Lotta Ladder
I. Washway
Helen
Beers & Beers Business in ChamPaIgn Illinois
The fragment references Beers and Beers operating a business in Cham paign Illinois. It also contemplates a Weather Bureau forecast for multiple states with a pattern of June wet and July dry.
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Champaign
Beers & Beers
Kentucky
Illinois
Missouri
Wisconsin
New York
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Milam County Forms American Legion Posts
A Milam County mass meeting of returned soldiers launched Legion posts across the county. A Cameron organizing meeting elected temporary officers and an executive committee to recruit members and secure a post home, with sign up at local businesses and by contacting the committee.
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American Legion
Milam County
Court House
J. D. Baskin
Cameron
C. A. Duffy
T. F. Johnson
Rockdale
C. L. Green
E. A. Wallace
Draft Board
Thorndale
Buckholts
Gause
Milano
Burlington
Ben Arnold
R. 8. Laird
Tom S. Henderson Jr
E. F. Neiast
F. C. Brown
B. B. Blaylock
W. D. Thomas
C. M. Pierce
Frank Henderson
Lane Denson
John B. Henderson
Ira H. Kidd
Tucker’s
Thomas & Sons
W. C. Read
Neinast's
E. F. Neinast
E Wallace and Hender del Ginehaater Sataeiensson
Kidd & Henderson
Ricking
England and France dispute over Arab recognition in 1916 pact
The piece notes England's demand for recognition of Arabia and says France sought control of Arab lands via a secret 1916 treaty. It mentions Egypt demanding similar recognition. It also briefly describes a new oil can with a flexible spout.
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England
Arabia
France
Egypt
Sun Light Exerts 70000 Ton Pressure on Earth
A British scientist states sunlight exerts about 70 000 tons of pressure on the earth. The Society Islands inaugurate their first brewery built largely with American materials and equipment.
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London
Tims
United States
Earth
Society Islands
Dutch Engineers Build 100 Foot Bamboo Bridge in Java
Dutch engineers construct a bamboo bridge in Java spanning over 100 feet with a central span exceeding sixty feet showcasing innovative use of natural materials for long clearances.
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Java
An Old Fogg Question and Local Chats in Hastings Tribune
The Hastings Tribune notes a humorous line about why denominations clash, mentions Willie Paw and an angry rebuke, and cites Simon Pure’s restaurant on Adams Avenue in Memphis with quick asides about Delly Dee and Mildred Beach. It also references a strong army policy toward Mexico and a possible larger war effort by Congress.
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Simon Pure
Adams Avenue
Memphis, Tenn
Gwan
Delly Dee
Luke McLuke
Mildred Beach
Hastings
Tribune
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Will
Volun
Law-Sprinkle Mercantile Co
THE
Terrell Publishing Company
Thomas N. Herring
March
Red
William A. Brady
Maurice
McCumber
Orlando
Atlantic
U. S. Navy
Africa
Alcock
Dr. Bliss
Beirut College
America
Pacific
Fez
Morocco
New York Evening Telegram
Duncan and Bradstreet
Newark Advocate
Uni
Paw
Willie
Psaw
the American Legion
Organization Committee
T. S. Henderson, Jr
Irove
Palace OF Sweets
Stedman & Sharpe
Coleman
Eplen
Cameron, Texas
Pbs
Old Fogg
Mexico
Congress
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