Ireland Free State Treaty Ends Dark Years of Strife
Lloyd George and Sinn Fein sign a treaty creating the Irish Free State as a sister nation to Britain with a Canada-like constitution. Ulster votes to decide, while Ireland gains its own army and coast defenses and a share of the British debt. Washington reports a Pacific peace plan among United States, Great Britain, Japan, and France, with naval reductions and bases status quo.
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Harding voices optimism on conference and Red Cross task
President Harding expressed strong optimism about the conference in two public talks last Wednesday. He spoke at the annual Red Cross meeting, hoping the era of large wartime demands would not return and urging tangible steps to prevent future calls to war service. He told farm groups the conference would show international cooperation can resolve issues without arms. He noted Congress time frame and the budget submission for the new year.
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Arthur Holmes
Drake University
Lincoln
Zearing
Iowa News Roundup on Labor Strikes and Local Incidents
Iowa and national labor unrest feature prominently as the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen strike in packing plants, with clashes in Chicago and a Supreme Court ruling on picketing. Regional reports note deaths, a large butter production forecast, a bus injury incident, cannery and elevator fires, and civic actions including Edson bill welfare training funds.
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Eldea
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Artists in Japan's Cabinet Auction Prices Reported
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes Tokyo Fine Arts Club auction results show works by cabinet members and Japanese artists fetching sums. Bata paintings sold around 600 dollars, a set of four about 900, Pamagate pieces 250 to 800, proverbs by Prince Salonji 200 to 300, Noda chrysanthemum painter piece 400? and an orchid 70. Yamamoto and Tokonami are named as ministers with paintings listed. Kakemono painting noted as a favorite pastime.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
He ll Stay Awake Now Shaved by Barber Joke
John Brown nods off in a barber chair as the barber frets he cannot shave a sleeping customer. Brown insists on waking, fearing the razor may slip into an open mouth. The barber apologizes and keeps the shave careful to avoid disaster.
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Ropred
London
Seven Year Olds Clash Over Doll on Playroom Porch
Warned Dlaanter Janice, seven, visiting cousin Elizabeth eight, in a playroom caper drops a doll causing damage and tears. Elizabeth scolds, Janice mortified, both go to porch where the elder crowd sits as the pinky doll dispute unfolds and voices rise.
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The Leather Medal Winner Story at the Shore
Esther asks about excitement at the shore last summer. Dolly recalls a man who couldn't swim falling off the pier and how she found a rope coil to throw, though no one could pull him in with it.
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American Legion Weekly
The Japanese pick cherry blooms for salt cured tea
The Loulaville Courier-Journal reports on Japanese cherry blossoms being harvested and cured in salt to create a tea like infusion. The piece notes the surprising process and its cultural context, highlighting how such traditions appear in everyday life.
Use Drugs to Gain Courage
A Philadelphia Ledger quote argues that criminals use drugs to gain false courage for daylight robberies. It notes addiction develops from initial use, with the user becoming a coward once the drug wears off.
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Bry Atore
Philadelphia Ledger
Queer Titles and a Peculiar D Deception
Cortlandt Biescher cites a Newport remark on dubious postwar titles. He notes many suspicious academic style names, including a mispronounced “D” title attributed to Washington White, with a tale of a fake university selling a D for forty dollars and a subsequent collection of twenty dollars from a confused male flock.
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Newport
Rev
Washington White
Holy Saints' Univeraity
Vickaburg
Sah
The Alpine Honeymoon Bear Encounter Tale
An American honeymoon couple in Switzerland faced a bear on a cliff path. The bride urged escape but the groom of course hesitated, joking about the hole keeper and the galley as danger loomed. The retold anecdote warns mountains can hide fearsome threats.
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Switzerland
Henry
Phiadelphia Ledger
Taking Him Down by W L George Lecture Sparks Debate
During a Chicago woman's club lecture tour W L George, the English novelist, claimed women writers are inferior to men. He argued men have a larger outlook and can address all topics while women focus on love. A woman novelist in attendance retorted that readers deserve variety, not stereotypes.
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Chicago
le Boil
May Versus Can Cartoon Cites Street Bicycle Rule
In The Echo, a humorous panel shows a policeman scolding a boy for riding a bicycle on the sidewalk. The boy retorts with defiance, “Can’t I? Watch me,” capturing a playful clash of authority and youth.
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Echo
Ball Game Tale Mentions Steamboat Milestone
A quirky line about a man stealing second in a ball game folds into a historical note that the first steamboat in the United States sailed the Hudson in 1807. The pairing links sports banter with a landmark transport achievement from early American history.
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