Ocean travel boom lifts first and second class passengers
International liner traffic to Europe in 1922 surges with first and second class travelers about 20 percent above last year while steerage drops. Monster ships like Majestic Mauretania Paris Homeric Berengaria and Olympic boost bookings though space remains. turmoil from U S immigration law reshapes routes and tonnage.
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Majestic
Mauretania
Paris
Homeric
Berengaria
Aquitania
Olympic
Europe
United States
Iines
Channel
Mediterranean
Liverpool
U.S
Steamshijy
Montreal
International Mercantile Marine Company
White Star
Ted Star
American Dines
American Line
Hamburg
Red Star Line
Philadelphia
United States Lines
Shipping Board
Bremen
London
United American Lines
Resolute
Reliance
United American
Hamburg-American
Cunard-Anchornes
Royal Mall
Holland- America
Cunard
International Mercantile Marine
Regina
Pittsburgh
St. Paul
Hnes
Germany
Britain
Black Joe Paroled to Life Imprisonment on Farm
The tale follows Black Joe a brutal figure who killed a fireman and wounded others after moving from Salem to Lawrence. He faced a death sentence but at the last moment Mrs. Henry C. Nevins of Methuen persuaded the chief leading to a parole and life imprisonment on her farm.
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Black Joe
Satan
Joe
Salem, Mass
Lawrence
Henry C. Nevins
Methuen
Mass
Morris
Smiths to Pay Honor to Capt John Smith
The Capt John Smith Memorial association plans a nationwide drive to fund a towering monument at Cape Henry honoring Captain Smith and the 1607 landing. Norfolk headquarters coordinate the effort as millions contribute to raise a prominent sea‑view memorial at Hampton Roads.
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United States
Smiths
Capt. John Smith
Wach
Captain Smith
Cape Henry
America
Hampton Roads
Verbal Parrot Speaks Mexican Near Cottage Grove
A sulky parrot at a sawmill in Cottage Grove Oregon spoke only Mexican. Mrs Frank Henderson’s bird perched on a ridgepole and resisted being coaxed down until Esther Salsido arrived and summoned it back to her shoulder.
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Cottage Grove
Ore
Frank Henderson
Western Export and Lumber Company
Esther Salsido
Living Cost Goes Up A Shade
Washington reports a one tenth of one percent rise in the cost of food for the average family for the period ending April 15. Of 43 listed items, 19 fell in price including potatoes and butter, while onions and pork chops rose, with several other staples showing small gains.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
Woman's sketch on an egg stuns Wisconsin readers
In Green Bay Wisconsin Martin Petersen of Rural Route No 2 shows a remarkable egg bearing a perfect profile of a woman’s head about the size of a quarter. The eye is clear and the rest of the shell is normal.
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Green Bay
Wis
Martin Petersen
Denmark
Wrestler Renato Cardini Weds Edith Di Pietro
Renato Cardini, a well known wrestler, marries Edith Di Pietro daughter of Andrew Di Pietro of Roxbury Massachusetts. Edith is a member of the Chatterbox club and the Junior league. The couple plans their wedding at St Leonora's church in Boston.
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Renato Cardini
Edith di Pietro
Andrew di Pietro
Roxbury
Mass
Chatterbox Club
Junior League
St. Leonora’s Church
Boston
Young Law Student Rosie Reeve Enrolls at Columbia
Eleven year old Rosie Reeve, a Chicago girl often seen among Columbia University students in New York, skipped most of grammar school and high school, then entered a Western university in London Ontario, and now has elected to study law at Columbia. Her father is a professor of languages and phonetics.
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Rosie Reeve
Chicago
Columbia University
New York
Rosle
Western University
London
Ont
Columbia
Ant hill houses in Rhodesia and Congo
Ant hills across north western Rhodesia and the Belgian Congo measure from one to forty feet high and form a safe refuge against charging elephants. Builders pulverize soil, mix with water, and sun-dry bricks from these hills yielding sturdy construction like ordinary bricks.
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Everest
A. J. Shipley
London News
Rhodesia
Belgian Congo
The Turning Point Judge Dialogue on Star’s Scenario Decision
A judge recalls a director’s reaction to a star driven scenario. The star initially approved the script but later changed her mind, affecting the project.
Girls Make Perfect Rifle Scores in Astor Cup Event
Central high school of Washington girls named oracle shooters scored a perfect 1,000 of 1,000 in the Astor cup competition. It marks the first time a girls rifle team achieved such a record. The photo shows two shooters with Walter Stokes, a leading national marksman.
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Central High School of
Washington
Oracle
Walter Stokes
Heat and transit costs noted in exchanges
A collection notes a star radiating heat as it cools and shrinks. Moscow street car fare is 1000 rubles for half a mile. Eastern Poland forests hold 3.5 billion cubic feet of timber. Peanuts dominate recent Asia imports. Russia pioneered wood paving for streets. Over 60 percent of Wisconsin men students earn part of their expenses.
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Moscow
Poland
Asia
Russia
The
University of Wisconsin
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