Austrians to Accept Peace Terms and Army Cuts
Paris reports 15 days for Austria to respond to the final peace terms. The agreement sets Austrian army cap at 30 000 officers and troops, with voluntary enlistment and long service, and limits military use to internal order and frontier control. Reparations and financial provisions mirror German terms, with bonds and asset transfers.
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Paris
St. Germain
M. Dutasta
Germany
Austria
Mexican pledge to prosecute bandits after Tampico attack
Washington reports the Mexican government will omit no efforts to prosecute those responsible for the murder of John W. Correll and the assault on his wife in the Tampico district. The embassy note follows US representations after the July 6 attack on a U S Navy crew from the S S Cheyenne and the theft of eight sailors in uniform aboard a motor launch displaying an American flag.
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Washington
State
Navy
U. S. S. Cheyenne
Temesi River
Tampico
Mex
State Department
John W. Correll
United States
Correll
Sugar crop forecast surpasses six year average
Washington reports a government forecast of a 2 216 000 000 pound domestic sugar crop for July 1 conditions. The estimate exceeds the previous six year average by 147 000 000 pounds as retailers struggle with current stocks.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Secretary Baker Delivers Answer To Army Committee
Secretary Baker testifies before a house war department investigation panel about the presence of Czecho Slovak veterans in Washington. He explains no American troops linger in Siberia and asserts transportation can repatriate all foreign troops immediately as replacements arrive from the United States.
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Washington
Russia
Siberia
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
Wilson
House War Department
Baker
Europe
Pacific Fleet Readies Westward Voyage From Old Point
More than 40 ships of the new Pacific fleet under Admiral Hugh Rodman lie at anchor off Old Point Comfort Virginia awaiting an 8:00 a m sailing to home waters. The formation includes eight super dreadnoughts with New Mexico and Wyoming leading, while 25 destroyers follow in long lines.
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Old Point Comfort
Pacific Fleet
Hugh Rodman
Admiral Rodman
Panama Canal
New Mexico
Wyoming
Minnesota unions go on record against dry law
New Ulm July 21 The Minnesota Trades Union League led opposition to prohibition during its annual meeting and set the stage for the Minnesota State Federation of Labor gathering. President Frank Hoffman vowed to fight prohibition and cited losses of personal liberties. Thomas Van Lear argued war measures became peace measures and urged continued resistance to prohibition.
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New Ulm
Minnesota Trades Union League
Minnesota State Federation of Labor
Frank Hoffman
Minneapolis
John Barleycorn
Thomas van Lear
Victory parade crowds watch allied troops in London
Rain delayed the start but crowds still followed the route to the sea to view decorations and troop movements. Plans for early departure were changed to allow troops to stay a week or two longer as many wished.
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London
Peace Treaty Fight Reflares in Senate This Week
Washington July 21 Continued contests on the peace treaty in the senate and on prohibition enforcement in the house mark this week’s congressional program. A wave of speeches on the treaty and league of nations is planned daily except Saturday as Republican senators resume White House conferences begun last week. The foreign relations committee will renew treaty study and responses on the Shantung clause are awaited. A daylight saving repeal dispute stirs the senate with the agricultural bill slated for action today after last week’s votes backed Wilson’s veto.
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Washington
Senate
House
League of Nations
Wilson
White House
Potomac
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Senate Agricultural Committee
New Reign of Terror Begins in Budapest Hungary
Berlin reports a dispatch from Budapest stating a new reign of terror is starting with the red terror troops in control. Bela Kun loyalists are said to be disarmed and volunteers called, as the city faces dire food shortages and rapid devaluation of money.
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Berlin
Budapest
Tageblatt
Bela Kun
Habrich
German Socialists in Fear of Stopping Work
The workmen's councils of the social democratic and German democratic parties met Saturday and passed a resolution opposing a general strike against the Versailles peace. They say stopping work offers no advantage and would slow reconstruction. Independent socialist workers councils and Industrial functioners planned to join today’s demonstration.
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Berlin
Social Democratic
German Democratic
Germany
Socialist Workers Councils
Versailles
William and Augusta Victoria Show Improvement at Amerongen
July 21 report from Amerongen states former Emperor William is much improved after car trouble and remains indoors. The former empress Augusta Victoria, after heart trouble, was well enough to receive a German boy who walked to Amerongen seeking the former rulers.
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Amerongen
William
Iit
Augusta Victoria
Germany
Fires Rage Across Panhandle as Firefighters Contain Spread
Calm Sunday weather allows hundreds of firefighters in north Idaho forests to hold back flames in the Panhandle. Only Bearcreek fire in Coeur d'Alene National Forest advanced, with 85 men fighting 800 to 400 acres. Fifty more firefighters join efforts this morning.
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Spokane
North Idaho
Panhandle
Bearcreek
Coeur d’Alene National Forest
Meyer Wolff
Market for brides among Santail Indians explained
The article explains that Santail Indians must purchase brides by paying about 100 rupees to the girl's parents and presenting gifts to the mother and relatives, with widows costing half. It notes widows are held in lower regard because in the afterworld spouses reunite, and describes a suitor marking a woman with red paint to claim marriage.
Not a Flattering Portrait
A minister visits, while a girl draws his likeness. She says the result isn’t great and admits she will add a tall dog to better fit the image. The scene unfolds with gentle humor as mother steps out.
Practical Suggestions on City Traffic
A quirky dialogue proposes novel traffic fixes. A thinker suggests keeping autos on sidewalks while pedestrians use streets, placing streetcars under elevated wires, and parking streetcars inside stores as an imaginative solution.
Disorder Demanded and the Chairman's Firing
A bolshevist questions why a chairman was fired from the window. The anarchist says the insult was to a revered principle. He recalls the first words spoken at the meeting, “The meeting will come to order.”
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Bolshevist
Twenties and bills spark a comic decor debate
A humorous dialogue shows a householder and a decorator arguing about decorating costs and payment with oversimplified money choices, referencing twenty dollar bills and the paper running into funds.
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Householder
Scott
Suit the Bugs and the Taters Report
A farmer named Lee notes taters faring this year as bugs appear confident in their own damage. The report frames agrarian tension and pest pressure impacting crop prospects.
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Lee
War tax tightens a girl’s small joys and a new sister
Marian notices every treat costs more under wartime rules. Her parents explain purchases are limited by the war tax. A new baby sister arrives and prompts Marian to ask if the cost includes the war tax.
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Marian
Safe and Sane Fourth of July Comment
A brief discussion highlights a safe and sane Fourth of July. Miss Cayenne notes that children should not be drawn to morbid interest in amateur fireworks to entertain their peers.
Very Much So
A dialogue reveals a secret barrier to marriage. One suitor confesses he cannot marry Emily because she will not have him, prompting astonishment and question from the other speaker. The exchange frames a forbidden love obstacle.
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Emily
Cuticura Ad Promises Clear Skin and Soft Hands
A vintage advertisement urges readers to use Cuticura Ointment for itchy scalp and flaky dandruff with a gentle rub, then wash with Cuticura Soap and hot water. It claims the routine will leave skin clear and hands soft, branding the products as daily toilet preparations.
What! That tall Heutenant robbed you of a kiss
Bess recalls a comic moment where a lanky lieutenant snatched a kiss but had to lift her, sparking playful banter about the chase and the height of the cad.
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June
Heutenant
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