War as a catalyst for Indians gains in service and education
The report highlights the role of 10 000 Indians in World War I, noting medals and heroism such as Private Oklahoma Choctaw’s actions at enemy positions and the broader benefits of military service. It also cites progress in education, increased enrollment in public schools, industrial training, and improved health, despite influenza strains.
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Europe
Indiana
Joseph Oklahomb
One Hundred and Forty-first Infantry
Bismarck
Oklahoma
No Man's Land
Tulton
Mexico City By Night A Quiet City After Dark
Mexico City is a quiet place after seven as doors bolt and steel curtains close. Avenida Francisco Madero dimly lit resembles a blind alley after eight. Only two cafes stay open briefly for dancing and drinking on Saturday nights, mostly for foreigners. The city with about a million residents lacks all night restaurants and coffee is scarce after two in the morning. Night workers, including newspaper printers, rely on outdoor stands or pocket lunches.
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Mexico City
Mex
Avenida Franccisco Madero
United States
Pueblitos
English Town Employs Woman Profiteer Hunter
London Bermondsey becomes England’s first community to hire a woman profiteer hunter with a $30 weekly salary. Her duties include making purchases and inquiries and instituting proceedings against dealers charging unreasonable prices.
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London
Bermondsey
England
Sayville Ghost Home Burns to Ground Landmark Destroyed
Sayville de pot, the Gordon homestead once owned by the estate of late banker James T Wood, burned to the ground. Firefighters stayed back, fearing chilling the ghosts said to dance in the flames as the house belonging to a mysterious woman with unknown whereabouts was consumed.
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Sayville
L. L
Gordon
James T. Wood
Robin
Wood
Make shift tents offer quick coffee and tamales
They are called make shift tents that cover a few boards with no tables or chairs. They open for business at 0 morning, and by 7 are bowled down. They sell coffee, tamales, tortillas, and meat highly flavored with chili.
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So. m
Centenarian Tibball Learns Bible’s Blessing on Life
Mrs Katherine Tibball of New York reaches age 100 crediting devout reading of the Bible. Her family endures heavy fate with a deaf/dumb daughter and a stone blind son who recently marked a golden wedding, yet the centenarian remains sharp and content.
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New York
Katherine ‘Tibball
Tibballs
Katherine Tibball
Westchester County
Farm for Each Child in Prouts Valley
Jacob Burner distributed his estate during a family gathering in Prouts valley giving each of his seven children a fully equipped farm. The recipients are Charles Burner Lee Burner Roy Burner Lutheran Burner Mrs. Mary Spicer Mrs. Margaret Lyter and Mrs. Milton Gennett, all residing within a few miles of Liverpool.
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Marysville
Jacob Burner
Prouts Valley
Charles Burner
Lee Burner
Roy Burner
Lutheran Burner
Mary Spicer
Margaret Lyter
Milton Gennett
Liverpool
Daily Thought on Race by Vigor and Vaunts
A brief aphorism attributed to Pope notes that victory comes from effort and energy rather than boastful claims. The reflection emphasizes persistent effort over hollow boasting in competition or life.
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Daily Thought
Vigor
Vaunts
Pope
Butterfly Map Aims to Replace Mercator for World Flyers
Oakland inventor J S Cahill unveils a butterfly shaped world map adopted by Maj Charles J Gudden for the 1920 world girdling air derby. The map claims true land areas and proportions, arguing Mercator distorts sizes, especially North versus South America, and would reduce navigation confusion and foster international understanding. Cahill argues the projection supports rational geography and world peace by clarifying intercontinental distances and weather patterns.
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San Francisco
Cal
Mercator
J. S. Cahill
Oakland
Charles J. Gudden
Aerial Derby Commission
Far East
Mip
Cahill
Civic Center
Mercatop
South America
North America
Cahit
Mereitor
Merentor
Poison Whisky Kills Many Across Region
Western Newspaper Union reports 146 dead with many blinded by wood alcohol poison whisky sold as liquor. Federal agents widen hunt across New York New England states, arresting Adolph Panarelli and others tied to a bootleg ring. Arrests extend to New Haven and Chicopee as deaths exceed fifty in the Connecticut valley.
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New York
New England
Col
D. TL. Parker
H. B. Dobbs
Adolph Panarelli
John Romanelli
Samuel K. Saleehy
Panarelli
New Flaven, Conn
Chicopee
Mass
Westfield
Massachusetts
United States
Edward J. Lyden
Aect
Connecticut Valley
Holyoke
Hartford
Women in Turkey and the shift toward independence
A Washington Geo graphic Society bulletin questions Western pity for Turkish women and contrasts centuries of property control under Roman and Mohammedan law with the current push for emancipation. It notes women’s legal ownership, reforms against divorce limits, and the rise of educated, active participation in literature, science, commerce, and politics despite heavy social hindrances.
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Turkey
Washington
National Geographic Society
Mary Mills Patrick
Pasha
Aoman
Havana clash leaves one dead in protest against rents
In Havana a demonstration against high living costs and rents turned violent. One man died, a woman and five men were injured, including two police officers. Police say the crowd attacked them over parade permits. witnesses report the police opened fire without warning.
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Havana
Living Cost Increase 82 Per Cent Boston Mass
An official statement from the National Industrial Conference Dowd shows an 82 percent rise in the cost of living for American wage earners from July 1914 to November 1919. It notes a 104 percent advance since November 1913, 4.4 percent since March 1914, and 5.8 percent since last July. Increases in key family budget items are listed: food up 92 percent, shelter 38 percent, clothing 135 percent, fuel and light 48 percent, and sundries TH percent.
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Boston
Mass
National Industrial Conference
Dowd
Prediction of new Russian government in Siberia and European regions
Dr. B. Mills, an American Red Cross surgeon in charge of the Irkutsk military hospital, spoke in Ogden predicting an inevitable conflict between Russian peasants and Lenine Protsky radicals. He warned a new government would form and move toward Siberia and European Russia.
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Ogden, Utal
Siberia
European
Russia
B. 2. Mills
Red Cross
Irkutsk
Ogden
Bond Thief Arrested In Los Angeles Case
A man posing as Leo Julofski alias Leor Jules is arrested in Los Angeles. He is wanted by New York police on charges he stole 141000 in Liberty bonds from M M D Levinson & Co 62 Broadway NY. Police say at arrest he carried 53000 in bonds and admitted stealing bonds entrusted for delivery to Mabon & Co 46 Wall Street NY.
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Los Angeles
Leo Julofski
Leor Jules
New York
MM. D. Levinson & Co
Broadway
Lere
Julofski
Jilis
Tulofskis
Mabon & Co
Wall Street
Peggy at Red Cross Canteen Becomes Officer’s Wife
A Chicago Tribune excerpt describes Peggy, a charming Red Cross canteen regular in an army camp, famed for her popularity with soldiers. An afternoon encounter reveals a young officer requesting Peggy, only to be confronted when he admits she is his wife after three years of acquaintance.
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Red Cross
Peggy
Chicago Tribune
The Coming Thing
A literary line depicts a beautiful night and a place that “distills beauty,” with a sly hint that moving a bit farther leads to distilling moonshine in a moonlit setting.
Fine Outlook Our imports and exports stay up
Boston Transcript notes cheerful trade tone with references to imports exports and deports, framed as a confident forecast for economic performance. The brief exchange hints at positive expectations for cross border activity and related policy or market conditions.
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Boston Transcript
How He Vanished and the Engagement Ring Gaffe
London Answers reports a curious social moment in which Gwendoline, aged eighteen, receives an engagement ring set with diamonds and rubies. A joke about pearls prompts her younger brother to quip about rings from Jobsters, embarrassing the family during a conversation at ten.
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Gwendoline
Mit
London
Soft con to weigh laun dry work this winter warns
Red Cross Bag Blue touted to remove grimy look at all grocers for 5c amid winter cleaning push.
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Red Cross
Quote on marriage and money sparks heated exchange
An exchange reveals a wife claiming married women are driven and “white slaves,” provoking a response that decries the remark as typical of a woman and alleges coercion to purchase a new chain. The dialogue highlights gendered tensions and moral judgments in a meeting setting.
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