World at the Moment: 600 Americans Return from War
A broad survey of global postwar events notes 600 repatriated Americans who fought with British forces arriving in New York from Liverpool aboard the Cedric. Other items include Dr. Karl Renner briefing Paris on Austria's food crisis and Captain Ross Smith winning a $59,000 prize for the England to Australia air voyage.
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Holy Land
New York
Cedric
Liverpool
Karl Renner
Paris
Austria
Obituary for George Sanders longtime Uncle Tom actor
Personal George Sanders of Lexington, Tr., is dead at seventy five. He had played Uncle Tom in Uncle Tom's Cabin for many years. The Young Women's Christian Association will hold its national convention in Cleveland, Ohio, the week of April 13 to 20, announced in New York. At a New York meeting Carl Gray was elected president of the Union Pacific railroad, succeeding E. E. Colvin who resigned.
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George Sanders
Lexington
Uncle Tom
Young Women's Christian Association
Cleveland
New York
Carl Gray
The
Union Pacific Railroad
E. E. Colvin
Settlement of Mine Strike at Indianapolis Ends War Time Standstill
The United Mine Workers of America reached a settlement with President Wilson's plan in Indianapolis, ending the 400000 coal miners strike. Other items note H E Howard named prohibition director for Illinois, a Seattle mail order theft, a Spokane I W W injunction petition, and sugar profiteering fines.
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Wilson
Washington
Lewis
The
Coal Miners’ Union
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Coal strike ends with 14 percent wage rise and a wage commission
The soft coal miners end a costly strike with a 14 percent wage increase, accepted after pressure from President Wilson and strike leaders. A commission will be appointed to determine future raises. Production resumes, coal conservation stays in effect, and the government seeks avoidable injunctions and broader labor reforms.
Commission on mine wages to be appointed by President Wilson
President Wilson will appoint a three member commission on mine wages including an operator and a miner. The panel could report within sixty days and has authority to readjust wages profits and working conditions. Miners accepted Dr Garfield's 14 percent increase hoping for better terms later. Attorney General Palmer led negotiations. Washington doubts fuel administration will back the public interest if the operator and miner collude making the consumer bear the cost.
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Wilson
Garfield
Palmer
Indianapolis
Washington
Fuel Administration
Wilson keeps hands off Mexico as Fall seeks severance
President Wilson avoids direct action on Mexico while Senator Fall's committee presses its inquiry into Carranza's forces. Secretary Lansing awaits Mexico's reply on Jenkins, who was freed after bail, as Mexican federal court takes over the case. Carranza fights oil shipments and American oil development. the Mexican senate approves Carranza's oil bill and sends it to the lower house.
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Wilson
Senate
Mexico
Fall
Carranza
Lansing
Jenkins
Puebla
Mexican Senate
Republicans pick Chicago for 1920 convention with June 8 start
The Republican national committee in Washington selects Chicago as the 1920 convention site with a June 8 opening and a Friday adjournment. Delegates total 984, seven fewer than 1916, with representation rules unchanged except shifts in state totals and gains for New York and North Carolina. A new party council of twelve members and twelve outsiders, including four women, will draft the platform two weeks before the convention.
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Republican National Committee
Washington
Chicago
St. Louis
Congress
Hughes
New York
North Carolina
Alabama
Arkansas
Massachusetts
Tennessee
Texas
Resolutions Committee
Bolsheviki Esthenian Talks Foreshadow Armistice Effort
Negotiations at Dorpat between Bolsheviki and Esthenia continue with signals of an armistice possible though a peace treaty seems unlikely. Bolshevik demands are harsh and Estonia balks at guarantees seen as impinging on dignity while on the Narva front Soviet and Esthenian forces clash fiercely with ten assaults repulsed by the bolsheviks.
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Narva
Dorpat
Esthenia
French press claims League era ends as Paris guests depart
Dispatches view the Paris peace conference as ending the League stage with a revived era of alliances. French papers cite the London meeting between Clemenceau and Lloyd George as confirmation and expect the entente cordiale to be tightened. They note focus on the Turkish issue and a British push for a London Turks conference.
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Polk
Paris
League of Nations
League
London
Clemenceau
Lloyd George
Goldman and Berkman Seek Supreme Court Hearing on Deportation
Federal officials announced that Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman along with other aliens would be shipped out of the country within two weeks after efforts to stop their deportation failed.
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Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Russia
Harry Weinberger
Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
Berkman
Miss Goldman
Australian aviator completes England to Australia flight
Captain Ross Smith of Australia completes a 11 500 mile England to Australia flight in 30 days earning a 50 000 prize plus other awards. The route passes through Paris Rome Saloniki Cairo Damascus Baghdad Bushire Delhi Rangoon Bangkok Singapore Kalidaitt West Java and ends at Port Darwin on Australia’s northern coast.
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England
Australia
Ross Smith
Houndslow
London
Port Darwin
Dr Carter's K and B Tea Sold for Biliousness Remedy
An advertisement promotes Dr Carter's K and B Tea as a kitchen cure for sluggish liver headaches and bowel regulation. It claims long use by thousands of families and suggests giving it to children. The copy lists 8 C Wells & Co Le Roy N Y as the seller.
No Exception Tax on Talks About Nations
A witty remark notes a perceived tax on all topics including talk of the League of Nations. The exchange highlights public weariness with ongoing international debates and governance.
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League of Nations
How Rheumatism Begins
The ad warns rheumatism stems from kidney poisons and uric acid irritation. It urges immediate treatment with GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules to restore kidney and urinary tract health, claiming relief from rheumatism, lumbago, and related conditions. It stresses authentic GOLD MEDAL branding and three sizes from druggists.
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Haarlem
Portrait Talk Turns To Art Style Comfort
A dialogue contrasts IT panting a speaking portrait of a wife with a painter’s still life approach. The exchange hints at preferences in how a spouse is depicted in art and suggests differing artistic methods.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claims Cure
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as building the system and cleansing the blood to reduce frequent colds. It asserts internal use affects mucous surfaces and offers $100 for any case not cured. Sold by druggists for 75 cents, with testimonials free from J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Samson’s Riddle Echoes From Judges Era
The first riddle ever recorded appears in Judges 14 14 where Samson speaks a cryptic question to the Philistines. This ancient revelation marks early literary methods of puzzle and proverb in biblical tradition.
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Samson
Grass widow hunts hayseed bachelor in comic caper
A lighthearted rural tale follows a grass widow as she devises schemes to snag a wary hayseed bachelor. The sequence focuses on rural manners, courting misadventures, and comic misunderstandings set in a small town.
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Trade Union Congress
Senator Lodge
Rep
America
Department of Agriculture
H. A. Garfield
Fuel Commission
White House
House
M. Brotheim
Cracow
Raoul Perez
Budget Commission of the
Chamber
Brest
Supreme Council
Scapa Flow
Trinidad
Port of Spain
Vatican
Rome
D’annunzio
Fiume
Geneva
Paris Petit Parisien
H. E. Howard
Winnetka
Finois
Harvard
Three Hundred and Thirty-first Field Artillery
Seattle
Wash
Industrial Workers of the World
Spokane County
Lindsley
Spokane
West Jackson Boulevard
McNary
Minneapolis
Federal Fuel Administration
Public Utilities Commission
Independent
Alexander Priestly Camphor
Liberia
Methodist Episcopal Church
South Orange
N. J
Colorado
House of Representatives
Denver
Vincent Eis
Harry Dresher
Dresher
Eis
George F. Rand
Marine National Bank of
Buffalo
N. Y
Catenhan
Surrey
Mississippi
Georgia
Shapiro Candy Manufacturing Company
Brooklyn
Henry Clay Frick
New York City
Sandy Hook
John F. Turner
Philadelphia
Edward W. Pickard
Wilsop
Green
Railroad Administration
American Federation of Labor
Railway Brotherhoods
Gompers
Bona Fide Labor Movement of
Louisiana
Ransdell
Gay
Sugar Equalization Board
Equalization Board
Tanssig
Taussig
New Industrial Conference
Germany
Iron Division
Baltic States
Tilsit
Allied Commission
Memel
Courland
Koenigsberg
Baltic
Absorbine, JR
W.F. Young
Temple St
Springfield
Mase
Uncle Sam
Kingettillyseu Iobaces
Dr. Carter
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicego
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