Germans Embrace American Sports Amid Social Shifts
American boxing and football influence grows in Germany as youths, workers, and military groups adopt new sports. Duelling fades, turnverein clubs vie for legitimacy, and democracy fosters track, soccer, and mass spectator events with army teams restricted by Allied control.
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Wilhelm II
Paris
Tombstone Town Loses City Marshal Amid Pay Cuts
City Marshal Blackburn of Tombstone Arizona has resigned after taking 50 dollars monthly salary with the rest funded by business subscriptions. The economy wave has left his pay below living standards, leaving Tombstone without police protection for the moment.
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Blackburn
Tombstone
Ariz
Tombstoke
Fight Rattlesnakes With Mustard Gas
Department of Agriculture agents at Husum Washington use mustard gas against rattlesnakes. Gas forced into a rock bed breached a fortress for snakes from hatchlings to nine foot bulls. Snakes become dazed and were slain by clubs.
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Department of Agriculture
Husum
Wash
Under Three Flags Matins Wenger Dies at Soldiers Home
Wenger 84 arrived at the Soldiers Home in Washington to spend his remaining years after a lifetime under three flags. He held seven honorable discharges four from the United States government and spent the last forty years working in a Meriden Connecticut shop.
Hats for Presidents: I Kuhn Polishes Harding Silk Top
Milwaukee hat maker I Kuhn has long worked on president’s hats and reblocking, here seen polishing a silk top hat for President Warren G. Harding. The craft blends tradition with high profile commissions in this quiet, specialized trade.
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I. Kuhn
Milwaukee
Wis
United States
Harding
New German Police Titles Reform Causes Debate
After the republic's rise, Berlin police introduce new ranks and honorifics. Sergeants will be addressed as Herr Polizei be tried assistant, Kriminalassistants as Herr Krim is be tried assistant, and a Bezirksoberwachtmeister may be styled Herr Polizienspector in the future.
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Germany
Berlin
Krim
Ireland’s Strabane Sees A Second Summer Amid Heat
Farmers in Strabane County Tyrone report October warmth reviving hedges fruit trees and other signs of a second summer. The oppressive heat forced workers to halt or shorten field labor as temperatures persisted.
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Strabane
County Tyrone
Ives
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