Lumber transit through Panama Canal reaches vast 1920 total
A report notes 42 495 597 feet of lumber moved to Atlantic coast cities via the Panama Canal in 1920. It highlights major US locomotive makers supplying Java and references an English invention allowing orders to reach locomotive engineers without slowing trains. An inventor patents a resilient shoe plate to lengthen sole for improved walking.
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Panama Canal
Atlantic Coast
United States
Java
Lake Placid Notable Jacques Suzanne Tale
Jacques Suzanne, a Lake Placid guide, is noted as the last surviving participant of Poury’s polar quest. He is also said to be the only man to walk from Paris to America, crossing Europe and Siberia before tacking the ice of the Bering Strait years ago.
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Jacques Suzanne
Lake Phicid
N.Y
Poury
Suzanne
Paris
America
Europe
Siberian
Bering Straits
Airplanes Used in Bootlegging Across U.S. Border
A Mexican aviator and an American partner ran an air liquor smuggling operation from Juarez to the United States. The first flight carried 120 bottles in a circle of flashlights guiding the landing. Six men distributed shares, with profits estimated near $2,000. Three weekly trips expanded to add two more planes by May, planning routes to Los Angeles as authorities learned of the scheme.
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Paso
Tex
United States
Hermosillo
Mexico
Almerteaa
Americi
Ontsrde
Buanding Place
Tie
Juarez
Tno
Los Angeles
Tha Juana
Clites
California
Burger
Jobin
Grand Hotel
Centenarian Lucia d'Episy Celebrates 100th Birthday
Mme Lucia d Episy of Chicago celebrated her centennial birthday with a party at the Old People’s home where she resides. She enjoyed good health and was joined by many of her girl friends for the cheerful event.
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Mme
Lucia d'Episy
Chicago
Canada Raises Juvenile Age to Eighteen
The juvenile age in Canada has been raised from sixteen to eighteen by law amendment. Delinquents ages fourteen or fifteen were dismissed at sixteen after short probation, now they can be kept until eighteen. Juvenile offenders aged sixteen to eighteen may be handled in juvenile court instead of with older criminals.
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Canada
Marine Enlists Again With 335 Pounder Re-enlistment
Gunnery Sergeant James D. Turrelani of Philadelphia re-enlisted, boosting the fighting tonnage of the marine corps. He carried two rifles three packs and one exhausted recruit on a 40 mile hike in Hart.
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Marine Corps
James D. Turrelani
Philadelphia
Harth
Soldier and Lover Kill Husband and Dismember Body in Paris
Estelle Jobin and her lover Charles Burger killed Ernest Jobin, cutting up his body and disposing remains in the river and a park near Paris. They admitted to the crime before magistrates after months of investigation, with Burger blaming Jobin’s wife for the act.
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Paris
Gering
Estelle Jobin
Charles Burger
Ernest Jobin
Grand Hotel
Jobin
Burger
Madeleine
Phils
Dobhaiat Chey
Dhoa
Son
Madaleide
Chen Pepe Ie Ne
Clamart Wood
Army music to rival best orchestras under Damrosch plan
General Pershing orders a restructured army music school to form a superband and orchestra from army musicians. Walter Damrosch pledges aid to elevate army music, aligning popular tunes with classical works. Damrosch organized Pershing's Own at Chaumont and helped showcase the school during armament conference delegations.
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Walter Damrosch
Washington
General Pershing
Army Music School
New York Symphony Orchestra
Stat
Fort Jay
New York
France
Damrosch
Pershing
All Improvements Mrs Gramercy Seeks Divorce Colony
Mrs Gramercy wants a winter retreat with golf and a lively divorce colony vibe to lure her husband and meet her two daughters. The New York Sun notes her fussy taste and social aims.
Steel Taken From Brain In West Virginia Man
Columbus W. Heltzel of Moatsville West Virginia is expected to recover after surgery removed a scissors blade from his skull. He suffered a 17 year mental clouding with no known accident details or timing of the injury.
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Moatsville
Columbus W. Heltzel
Heitzel
Music at Union Station Receptions Impress Audiences
The service provided music for the receptions at the Union station and drew attention for the flawless performance in every appearance.
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Union Station
Women Admit Men to Their Sewing Circle
Men of South Bridgton are welcomed into the ladies sewing circle of the South Bridgton Congregational church by unanimous vote. The move aims to fill winter evenings with knitting and circle rites as husbands join to learn needlework.
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South Bridgton
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St. Louis
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Warren G. Harding
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Andrew W. Mellon
Ireland
Kilmainham
Dublin
Lake Placid
Montezuma Valley
Colorado
Smithsonian Institute
West
Ely
Marine
Pershing Orders
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