All Doubt Now Dispelled by Party Leaders on Treaty
Chairman Cummins after conference with President Wilson says Republicans dispel doubts about a Democratic victory. He notes the Virginia convention’s peace treaty stance as a concession without weakening the document. The piece contrasts GOP confidence with Democratic hopes and mentions Debs calling himself a bolshevist from Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cummings
Democratic National Committee
Wilson
San Francisco
Cummins
Virginia
Hays
Republican Party
Turks Balk At Peace Treaty Modifications Expected Soon
A dispatch from Constantinople notes Turkish papers say no government will sign the peace treaty without changes. Officials prepare proposals for the Allies while German and Austrian press argue the pact requires revolution. Turks resent concessions on Thrace Smyrna and Armenia, dreading loss of territory and influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Germany
Turkey
Thrace
Smyria
Armenia
Europe
Bosphorus
Mohammedana
India
Skyscraper solution urged to curb London crowding
London faces severe housing strain with 9 million residents and calls for immediate skyscraper construction. The piece notes American practice of space utilization, elevator tech, and the need for decisive action to prevent urban sprawl, urging a modern, businesslike approach to city planning. It contrasts British hesitation with American efficiency while touching on political and social issues of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Europe
Great Britain and Soviet Trade Talks Stir Geopolitical Consequences
A London dispatch reports Premier Lloyd George and Andrew Bonar Law met with the Soviet economic agent to discuss resuming trade with Britain. The move could bolster Bolshevik strength against Poland, while risking British relations with allied nations and stability in India via Persia. The piece warns commercial interests may overtake strategic concerns at home and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
London
Lloyd George
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Russia
Germany
Rusia
India
Persia
England
Mexico Waits on Senate Panel on Recognition of Huerta
A senate foreign relations sub committee recommends withholding full recognition of Mexico’s new government until a revision of the 1917 constitution curbs alien privileges. The panel urges time for the Huerta Obregon leadership to prove they can restore order, warning that failure could prompt wider inter‑state action or even world pacification efforts.
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Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Huerta
Mexico
Wilson
Inter- States
Obregon
United World Pacification
Mex
United States
Potpourri of Facts and Fancy Echoes From Various Papers
A collage of humorous verses and quips on cars, fakers, and daily life. It quotes Edgar A. Guest on a father’s car knowledge, cites several regional newspaper witticisms, and notes a 1920 copyright. Also includes brief notices about subscriptions and a local cradle theft warning.
Just Stub Ends by J. W. Reed a Moral Reflection
A compact, period voice prose snippet on self awareness and social behavior. It discusses truth telling, personal pride, family obligations, and the balance between sentiment and practicality, noting how vanity and misjudgment lead to trouble.
Warning to wireless fiends on grounding and lightning
A radio amateur warning stresses always closing the ground switch when leaving equipment. An ungrounded aerial can attract lightning, and a thunderstorm may occur in the operator’s absence, risking fire and total equipment destruction if lightning is led into the house.
Pagans of the Southwest described as land of pagans
A speaker called the great southwestern region a land of pagans noting that 45 to 85 percent of residents in this section lack churches. Separately a Swiss inventor developed a magnetism driven machine that arranges nails in parallel layers for packing.
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Southwest
Fortune Teller in Washington Cites Dark Astral Powers
The piece condemns a Washington fortune teller as a fraud and fanatic who claims ties to angels and the dead. It notes her customers include society women and lawmakers, and describes her method of reading pasts by vague prompts and social cues. The author warns readers that belief in such occult guides can mislead and confine judgment.
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Washington, D. C
Daniel
Angel Gulden
Congress
Washington
America
Europe
Potomac
Capitol
Side Talks by Ruth Cameron
Ruth Cameron argues that habits can be formed at any age and encourages immediate action to start good routines. She compares starting a task to writing a letter now, drinking water regularly, and maintaining order, noting the ease once begun. The column also cites felting facts, Saint Clement, and movie makeup tricks as ancillary notes.
Verdigris and Bohemian Greenwich Village in Quiz
A curved mix of trivia and questions covers verdigris meaning blue green copper patina and lists topics from Laddie and Freckles author Gene Stratton Porter to Greenwich Village and Bohemian arts. It notes the Longest dam and other midcentury curiosities with new questions about Helen Keller Igloo Teepee and Vagrant terms Thompson Feature Service New York City.
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Gene Stratton Porter
Greenwich Village
New York
City of
Three Rivers
Jefferson DeMott
Thompson Feature Service
West 16Th-St
New York City
Holding a Husband by Adele Garrison
In a tense domestic scene a woman sews Leila Fairfax's wedding gown while her mother in law pressures her with social duties. Katie the maid reports visitors Alice Holcombe and Bess Dean arrive, revealing personal tensions and a gathering that unsettles the narrator.
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Mother Graham
Leila Fairfax
Leila
New York
Trousseau
Virginia
Bell
Katie
Missis Graham
Morther
Alfred
Queeck
Alice Holcombe
Miss Holcombe
Dicky
Bess Dean
Economics in a Coal Mixture at Minnesota Power Plant
A lakefront Minnesota power plant blends anthracite dust with Pittsburgh screenings in a 40 60 ratio to cut coal costs. Three 228 hp boilers with underfed stokers achieve 13.5 percent per ton savings and high combustion efficiency, reaching about 125 percent nominal rating. excessive draft risks blowing anthracite dust into the furnace. Banking fires with anthracite dust allows the total fuel used for banked fires.
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Lake Front
Minnesota
Pittsburgh
Resort for Thirsty Americans at Bimini
A brief feature describes Bimini as a growing liquor storehouse valued at 1.25 million dollars at pre-prohibition prices, with a forty-five minute flight from Florida costing fifty dollars. Separate notes mention antique finds shipped by soldiers to the British Museum, highlighting trench-era discoveries from France, Macedonia, and the East.
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Bimini
British West Indies
Florida
France
Macedonia
Anniversary Incomplete List Of Notable Births And Deaths
Anniversaries and birthdays recount notable figures from Grace Aguilar to Edward Penfield. The list notes births in London Philadelphia Nice Cincinnati and Allegheny City with deaths including Garibaldi and Taft family mentions. Observed dates span 1804 to 1914 and include Lincoln era figures and Italian unification leaders.
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Grace Aguilar
London
Frankforton Main
George L. Curry
Oregon
Philadelphia
Fortland
Ore
Pope Pius X
Venice
Vatican
Queen Victoria
Wellington College
Limestone Bridge
Brazil
Paraguay
Guiseppe Garibaldi
Caprera
Nice
Southampton
England
Duke of Connaught
William Howard Taft
United States
Cincinati
Edward Elgar
Edward Penfield
America
New Yor City
Thomas Hardy at Four Score Celebrated Novelist
Thomas Hardy reaches eighty with acclaim as a leading novelist and poet born in Dorsetshire. He pursued poetry before shifting to fiction at age twenty seven. His first novel appeared in 1871, gaining fame later with Far From the Madding Crowd and Tess of the D Urbervilles. The piece notes his descent from Sir Thomas Hardy and references the vestibuled train era.
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Thomas Hardy
Dorsetshire
England
An ‘S
Nelson
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Newark Advocate
Nogales
Ariz
Oasis
Youngstown
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Buckeye State
Morron
H. B. Marsden
J. WH. Reed
Haskin
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St. Clement
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