Vast Postwar Roundup Sparks Across Nations
The report covers widespread events from labor strikes by about 8,000 fishermen in San Francisco to political shifts in Kansas and Montana, military court actions including a U.S. Army death sentence commutation, Red Cross first aid curriculum expansion, and international tensions with attacks in Europe and Asia. It notes trade growth with Oceania, U.S. arms sales to Czecho Slovakia, and crowds reacting to postwar policy debates and peace efforts.
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Tumankang River
Manchuria
Korea
San Francisco
Korean National Association
Hyun Soon
Shanghai
Nebraska
Samuel R. McKelvie
Baker
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Washington
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
California
Alaska
New York City
United States
Oceania
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Tell by scent which tobacco you prefer
Smokers can gauge tobacco flavor by rubbing it in the palms and sniffing. The nose guides enjoyment, with tobaccos flavored to enhance burning and taste. TUXEDO Tobacco uses chocolate flavoring, praised for its wholesome fragrance.
Fragmented Notice Summary Refers to Watson Coleman and Paris satire
A garbled clipping mentions Watson E Coleman and a Paris France reference. It includes a quip about wet wood from a wood merchant and a French butcher offering pork as beef. The text appears as stray fragments with no coherent news event or dates.
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Ireland
France
Freezone promises painless corns removal
An advertisement touts Freezone as a small bottle that quickly lifts corns and calluses from feet. It claims only a few drops applied to corns or hard skin will remove them, leaving pink healthy skin that is never sore.
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Freezone
Two cousins debate short days and long errands
A boy complains about little time to play while Florence and Edward discuss how days feel short. Edward quips that the issue is long errands, not short days.
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Florence
Edward
Boschee's Syrup Ad Claims Fifty-One Years of Use
An advertisement touts Boschee's Syrup as a trusted remedy for coughs bronchitis colds and throat lung troubles. It promises a good night’s rest easy expectoration and natural healing with over fifty years of American production and sales.
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Boschee
United States
Nature
America
Busy Friend Seeks Hat Choice for Busy Woman
A bustling acquaintance asks what hat suits a very busy woman. The speaker jokes that a beaver hat would fit her busy persona, highlighting quick, witty banter rather than a serious purchase plan.
Cuticura Trio Talcum Ad Promises Scented Touch
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Talcum as part of the Cuticura Trio with Soap Ointment and Talcum. It emphasizes a refined scent for face baby and dusting powders and notes a 25 cent price in ads everywhere.
Eskimos Play Football In A Sealskin Ball Tradition
Eskimos enjoy football across ages with a simple body made of sealskin stuffed with reindeer hair. The sport’s origin lies in remote traditions, reflecting a playful community pastime amid harsh climates.
Knicker Round Robin Wag Success Headlines Becker
The brief notes a round robin wag success titled Becker and mentions a dove as a featured element. The item appears in a compact regional column with quick update style and no further details.
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Becker
Premier Lloyd George Sets Easter Terms for Germany
Lloyd George declares terms ready by Easter without any lenient terms. He emphasizes firm conditions for Germany and asserts a strict postwar settlement. The statement signals a decisive stance amid ongoing negotiations.
Peace terms progress and reparations debate at conference
The Sunday Observer says peace talks are advancing with Lloyd George and Wilson working in tandem. A Paris interview reports the preliminary treaty by late April or early May and explains the dispute over reparations while stressing no divergence among negotiators, only technical disputes among experts.
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Odezerchein
Coblenz
Spleen
Frankfort
Sparmoun
Vanceter
England
Wwe
Jol Makeague
Manchester
Wilson
Fwreeloidy
Spain
Madrid
Baron Makino
Japan
Chile
Great Britain
London
The
Sunday Observer
Lloyd George
Paris
Haster
Stephane Lauzanne
Mafin
M. .Lauganne
Germany
Recall Move Aims to Oust Tacoma City Officials
Central Labor Council reached a decision to seek removal of the entire Tacoma city administration after officials refused to sanction a Tag day sale by the Soldiers and Sailors' Mutual Aid Society. Police arrested sixty six people, including several women, for selling tags in defiance of orders.
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Tacoma
Wash
Central Labor Council
Soldiers and Sailors’ Mutual Aid Society
Burglars Steal Mayor Woodman’s Trunk in Los Angeles
Burglars visited the home of Mayor F. T. Woodman in Los Angeles and stole a small trunk said to hold papers valuable to the mayor. Indicted on a charge of asking, receiving and agreeing to receive a bribe, the case is part of a wider police report.
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Benny Chavez
Denver
Mike Orelgon
Fort Sill
Texas
Excelsior Springs
Los Angeles
Joe Burman
Chicago
Baltimore
Frankie Daly
Staten Island
Burman
Cal
F. T. Woodman
German prisoner Herman Seibert escapes Fort Oglethorpe jail
German civilian prisoner Herman Seibert escaped from the prison barracks at Fort Oglethorpe and is being sought by police and military authorities. Officials did not say whether he is considered a dangerous alien.
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Fort Oglethorpe
Herman Seibert
Seibert
Turkish official reports Armenian massacre toll at 800000
Constantinople dispatch quotes the Turkish interior minister announcing that a total of 800000 Armenians have been massacred. The figure is presented as authoritative in the telegraphic report.
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Athens
Constantinople
Women Gain Presidential Suffrage by House Vote
In Jefferson City Missouri the presidential suffrage bill for women passed the House this morning after Senate approval. The measure grants women the right to vote in presidential elections, reflecting momentum for gender voting rights.
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Jefferson City
Senate
House
Elopement Prompt Leads to Mysterious Pairing
A cryptic exchange hints at a planned elopement involving Silas and his partner. The conversation suggests a decisive agreement with another unnamed male figure joining the plan.
China urges nullification of Japan's twenty one demands
The Chinese government cables from Peking urging abrogation of the twenty one demands Japan pressed on China in 1915. The statement says those terms clash with the principles of the league of nations and should be nullified.
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Paris
Japan
Peking
China
League of Nations
Mystery of the Tile Fish Baffles Scientists
In May 1879 the Gloucester schooner Hutchings found a strange yellow spotted fish in nets off Nantucket. Named tile fish, it vanished by 1882 with vast dead shoals spreading over six thousand square miles. Volcanic disturbance or disease was blamed. In 1915 the tile fish reappeared in abundance and remains plentiful.
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Hutchings
Gloucester
Mass
Kirby
Nantucket
Tile Fsh
The Proper Star Men Lecture Echoed on Rebuilding World
A tall gaunt lecturer urges self reliance and action. The speaker proclaims you must construct and show work of your hands, not rely on others. A man with a shoulder braid and limp counters that many prefer to make do themselves.
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Indianapolis News
Poor phonograph unable to speak for itself
A fragment notes a phonograph that cannot speak for itself, reflecting a humorous or critical aside about machines lacking voice or agency.
Insincerity Struggles with Jobs in Brief Quip
A concise remark notes that insincerity has taken several orders yet never maintained steady employment, highlighting its short lived reliability.
Patchwork of life as time erodes completion
A Los Angeles Times quotation on life as a fragmented process. It notes artists, businessmen, and mothers reach limits before full realization, suggesting in the next life every unfinished thought may fit into a final temple as completion.
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Los Angeles Times
Whiskers Return as War Fashion Trend
The London Chronicle notes the comeback of whiskers as a masculine fashion linked to military 'Albert' styles. Small at two fingers wide now, whiskers grow from officers who cannot lift their right arms fully, adapting as a wartime facial feature.
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Albert
Prince Consort
Crimea
London Chronicle
Boy Finds Time With Dates Between Plays
A short note describes a small boy occasionally consuming time by eating dates during pauses in play. The detail emphasizes simple daily routines and youthful curiosity in a quiet moment.
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Sidney M. Heath
Louis Sedgwick
Sedgwick
Melbourne
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Sergi
George J. Onken
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Philadelphia
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