Tuberculosis Surpasses Accidents as Major Disability Cause
actuarial study from Prudential Insurance of America of about 5,000 disability claims over ten years shows tuberculosis totals at 41.2 percent, accidents 3.4 percent, sight or limbs loss 2.4 percent, insanity 18.4 percent, cancer 10.3 percent, nervous and circulatory diseases smaller shares. about 40 percent of disabled insured recovered due to advances in treatment, especially for tuberculosis.
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Newark
N. 1
Mtli
Actuarial
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Iest
Bandit Chief Escapes Trial in Florence Case
In Florence on May 1 a large band of Tuscany criminals led by Scarcelli and Nencin faced trial for war murder charges. Scarcelli fled before trial after escaping capture, while Qucar lost a thumb in a clash with carabinieri in Certildo. The group had raided rural areas, kidnapped victims for ransom, and sought vengeance with anarchist allies before authorities broke the ring and captured its leaders.
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Florence
Italy
Tuscany
Scarcelli
Nencin
Wasize
Oscar Scarcelli
J Qucar
Carabineri
Certildo
Fillpot
San Vivalerit We
Aged Bavarian Woman Walks to Rome for Holy Year
An elderly resident of Oberammergau Bavaria walked to Rome to witness the Holy Year and meet the pope. A priest at St Peter's found her wandering, nearly penniless, eager to present colored postcard images of her city to the pope, then she was cared for in a hospice during her stay.
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Rome
Piilgrima
Mecca
Oberammergau
Bavaria
St. Peter's
Tokyo quake toll tops 156000 in 1923 disaster
Tokyo reports the 1923 quake and ensuing fire killed about 156,900 people, with total property losses near 2.75 billion dollars. The catastrophe far exceeded Russo-Japanese War casualties, while droughts and market shocks added further economic impact for the city.
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Tokyo
Bureau of Statistics
Parisian styles inspire English fashion notes
English fashion tastes are contrasted with Paris trends. A Hyde Park photographed wearer displays navy crepe de chine with yellow and white details, matching coat and navy felt hat. Fall predictions highlight rayon fabrics, embroidery effects, and printed silks like Cinderella satin with silhouettes and geometric motifs.
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Mme. Lisbeth
Hyde Park
Follies Beauty Happy As Wife
Delores, once a world famous beauty, now Mrs Tudor Wilkins, lives in Paris with husband a collector of fourteenth to sixteenth century pieces. She has retired from the stage, keeps house, accompanies him on antique quests, and maintains beauty with exercise and long sleep rather than cosmetics.
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Alice Langelier Pares
Delores
Sein
Zlecheld
Tudor Wilkinson
Mr. Wilkinson
Paris
Regulé
Dolores
Dulates
Street Sweeper Joins Glasgow School Board
James Brownlie, a Glasgow street sweeper for five years, was elected to the city education authority. He will keep his job, with union comrades covering his duties during meetings. Brownlie, an avid reader who follows sports, now joins the educational body.
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James Brownlie
Glasgow
City Educational Authority
Associated Press
City Education’ Authority
Browrdie
No Man's Land Becomes Part of Paris Area
Paris notes that No Man's Land will soon be urbanized outside the old city walls. Boulogne and nearby districts are surveyed to form the new boundary, with plans for houses, promenades, and signage prominent in the capital. Signs and amusements appear as Paris adapts to changing streets and commerce.
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NO Man's Land
Paris
Alice Langelier
Taris
Boje
Boulocne -Xur-Selne
Mreqeh
Prrajeh
Bowevard St. Germain
Adelyde Cherloux
Hig Burgestion
Harbin Report Claims Discoveries From Lost City Vault
May 7 Harbin Russia explorer Koalett returned from five years in Mongolia with a library of 301 volumes in unknown scripts and art objects. A dictionary of the unknown language was found to aid translation, with tapestries and coins also reported. the items were sent to the Traningrad Academy of Hing Arta.
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Harbin
Harahoto
Ital
Tungut
Foi
Koalett
Mongolia
Selon Tete
Longs
Tobt
Lorenge
Traningrad Academy of
Hing Arta
Treasure Hunting Craze in Hungary
EVRATEST May 7 reports a rising treasure hunt frenzy in Hungary as several valuables surface. Authorities deter digging and threaten imprisonment for future treasure seekers while a syndicate mobilizes to uncover hidden property and children’s toys are among unearthed artifacts.
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Hungary
Evratest
Treneur
The Adventure opens at Virwidan theatre with vivid thrills
The Adventure opens at the Virwidan with a London written tale set in the South Seas. A lone white man battles cannibals on a Solomon island while black water fever warps his strength and a brave girl saves him. Tom Moore Pauline Starke Wallace Beery lead a strong cast in vivid action scenes with exotic settings and romance.
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Virwidan Theatre
South Sea Islands
Sweriten
Jack London
Solomon Islands
Tom Moore
Pauline Starke
Wallace Beery
Raymond Hatton
Walter Mecrail
Duke Kakanamoku
James Spencre A
Noble Johnson
Stop Flirting with the Husband at Capitol Theatre
The Capitol Theatre presents Stop Flirting with the Husband, a funny Christie Brothers musical comedy about a young wife who crowds her home with adoring men to inflame her husband. The farce follows a staged world trip, a fake plane appearance, a hungry return, and a string of rapid, comic misdirections. Players deliver lively business with a strong cast, pleasing fans in Charleston.
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Charleston
Penthy
Capitol Theatre
Christie Brathens
Fred Jackson
Nerely
Wanda Hawley
Nasvand
Tegka
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Cherbourg
Tranauthentic
Ilners
d'Oeuvre Carnery
Pratt
Budapest
Max Bhlastinger
Nhnsel
Kosloff
Preston
Board of Guardians
Miss Hintch Lindsay
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Adventure
Virginian
Siberia
ICL
Capitol
Amun
Royal Woolen Mills CO
London
Royal Woolen Milla
Capitol Street
O. J. Morrison Dept. S
Pauline
PEERY
Our Gang Comedy
Circus Fever
Pathe News
Messrs
Henri Schultze
Charles Greybill
Mr. Percy Boat
Galperin Music Shop
Mesyra
Pergic
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