Austria Plight to Be Investigated in Allied Talks
In Paris the supreme council discusses reparations disarmament and the Sevres revision. Lloyd George and Briand push toward conciliation as French demand heavy German reparations. A special committee is to probe Austria relief and a London conference may address Turkish relations.
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Edward W. Pickard
Germany
Austria
Turkey
Supreme Council of the Allies
Paris
Treaty of Sevres
Lloyd George
Briand
M. Briand
Doumer
France
Supreme Council
Great Britain
Europe
Nolfet
Bingham
Marshal Foch
Bavaria
East Prussia
Foch
Ruhr
Berlin
Iran
Serres
London
Constantinople
Angora
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Asia Minor
Geneva
Spa
General strike in Modena and other early 1920s notes
News briefs cover Modena general strike, Bainbridge Colby’s return to Washington after South America, wage board wage readjustments in Chicago, and the agricultural appropriation bill moving to the Senate. Items include census-based population changes in Detroit, Houston, St. Louis, Topeka. Cork mayor Donal O Callaghan missing. indictments of Black Diamond Oil officials. Japanese population rise in Hawaii. Bergdoll draft evasion. California rights negotiations. Illinois cattle rate ruling. Bergdoll and chauffeur passports. and cotton exports exceeding prior years with totals for white state shipments.
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Modena
Italy
Bainbridge Colby
Washington
South America
United States Railway Wage Board
Chicago
House
Senate
Coolidge
Massachusetts
New Willard Hotel
Marshall
Detroit
Mich
Houston
Tex
St. Louis
Topeka
Kan
Donal O'Callaghan
Cork
New York
Black Diaond Ol Company
Oil and Land Corporation
Hawaii
Washington Dispatch
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Germany
Bergdoll
Grover Cleveland
Ebersbach
Morris
Shidehara
California
United States
Illinois
Indianapolis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Berlin
Grover Cleveland Berg
Ysaac Stecher
Widow Kiled Son Hurt In Blast
Tacoma, January 20 A widow Mrs Cora BK Castner is dead and her son Melvin Castner is believed dying after an explosion destroyed the Castner home in Tacoma Washington. The blast wrecked the house and shattered windows over a mile away.
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Kiled
Tacoma
Wash
Cora Bk, Castner
Melvin Castner
Castner
Mexicans Executed in Sing Sing Electric Chair
Ossining January 20 Augustin L. Sanchez and Henry Garcia Mexicans convicted of murder were executed in the Sing Sing electric chair after an eleventh hour attempt to gain a reprieve from Governor Miller failed.
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Ossining, N
Augustin L. Sanchez
Henry Garcia
Sing Slog
Markets in Chicago opens high and low with varied grain and livestock quotes
Chicago markets show mixed prices across grains and livestock with reports of wheat and corn futures, oats, rye, and hay values. Hog and cattle quotes range from modest gains to losses, with figures for steer, heifer, sheep, lamb, and veal categories across standard grading and delivery terms.
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Chicago
Enlist
Ing
Tony Case
Bringing Up the Child in Mud and Shoes
In a slice of domestic scene a mother urges Bobbie to walk in mud while the father intervenes. The dialogue contrasts care with misunderstanding as the child navigates a sidewalk in new shoes.
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Bobbie
Lie
Houston Post
The Coffee Quandary at the Murphy Table
Oil magnate Mike Murphy recalls his son John in a country visit. At dinner the host pours coffee in a saucer while the son drinks from a cup. The elder retorts about proper taste and education. The son calmly replies that customs differ. The father then orders his son to drink from the saucer too.
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Mike Murphy
Mway
Philadelphia Ledger
John
Mr. Murphy
Gifts and the Value of Generosity Across Quotes
A collection of quotes on giving notes that true gifts carry grace and return no debt. Lone fellow remarks on anticipation and forgiveness, while Pindar suggests any gift given with affection holds real greatness, regardless of size.
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Cod
Lonefellow
Pindar
Baby Naming Debate Ends With Bold Choice
Mrs Jones resists Dr Jones plan to name their newborn William Oliver Robert Kenneth. He jokes about Bull as a simple name. She argues the long list will remind him that the infant’s future should value work. The exchange ends on a light note about names and labor.
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Mrs. Jones
Mr. Jones
Plain “Bull
Shopper's Bull and Neighbor’s Christmas Crush
A Boston Transcript note recalls a neighbor’s remark about shopping during a Christmas crush, citing difficulty reaching Jate Blank & Blank’s and the challenge of exiting the crowded store. The brief vignette captures local shopper frustration in a period-voice tone.
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Blank & Blank's
Boston Transcript
Arkansas farm life survey reveals washerfather households
A state college of agriculture survey in Arkansas found two farm homes where the father performed the family washing tasks, highlighting a departure from traditional gender roles in rural households.
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Dad
Arkansas
State College of Agriculture
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