Wounded Allies Return to Tottenham Hospital Christmas Spirit
Wounded captives and soldiers, flown back from France and Germany, receive care at Tottenham hospital. Red Cross volunteers recount Christmas festivities, bracelets and keepsakes, and a continuing need for entertainment as veterans await final fate of the war.
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London
Red Cross
England
Tottenham
Germany
Jncl
Sam
Sir Thomas Lipton
Sir Thomas’ House
Denver
Cincinnati
Wife of poker player sues to recover losses
Mrs Eugene P Grant sues the Roxbury poker club and four members for 24000 after her husband lost 11500 at a Roxbury club. State law allows triple damages for money lost in gambling, presenting a civil action seeking treble damages and costs.
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Boston
Roxbury
Eugene P. Grant
Rogers and His Radio Invents Ground Wireless System
James Harris Rogers of Myattsville Maryland developed a wireless signaling method that sends and receives messages underground or underwater without aerials. The navy adopted it during World War I, aiding victory. the photo shows Rogers with the apparatus at his home, receiving signals from Berlin Paris and Rome, and a portable outfit for setup wherever a ground stake can be placed.
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James Harris Rogers
Myattsville
United States
Rogers
Berlin
Paris
Rome
Labor unrest alarms Britain as unions push shorter hours
London reports widespread industrial unrest across unions demanding 44 to 47 hour weeks and better pay. Dock workers suffer beer shortages amid brewery strikes while miners shipbuilders and carpenters press for reduced hours and wage gains. The Adriatic liner delays its voyage as agitations continue.
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London
J. S. Thomas
Railwaymen's Union
Southport Miners’ Federation
Clyde
Belfast
United Kingdom
Liverpool
New York
New Scheme Promises Riches From Dead Relatives
Seattle residents report a fraud scheme run by Jourdand and associates who obtain names of deceased Northwest residents from obituary notices. They allegedly ship Bibles to funeral homes or families for about 75 cents value, charging $5 per item and using a fictitious Rev. Ing Worth to lend credibility.
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Seattle
Wast
Pd. Conen
Tacoma
Li A. Jourdan
Jourdanda
Northwest
Ing Worth
Indiana Senate Advances Platform Measures in 1920 Session
Indiana senators approve platform bills including abolishing the Supreme Court clerk job with legislature to determine method of action and granting the governor veto power over separate appropriation bills. Other actions cover registration reform, shotfirers’ bill, and early constitutional convention talks in a session marked by fights over county fairs funding and emergency appropriations.
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Indianapolis
Senate
Supreme Court
Alldredge
Shotftrers
House of Representatives
Representative Smith
Indiana
Legislative Council of Indiana Women
The
Civic League
Indiana State Federation of Labor
School Book Bill Probable Raises Dealer Profit
A bill to raise school book costs may be introduced in the House. Rep Herbert C. Willis of Waterloo says current underpricing harms publishers and dealers, with retailers earning small or negative profits. proposed bill aims to lift dealer margins from 12 percent to 1 percent?
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Herbert C. Willis
Waterloo
House faces divide over million dollar blanket appropriation
Representative Charles N. Mendenhall introduces a bill to require every state institution, officer, board and commission to print a detailed financial statement of all appropriations and show income and expenditures. The measure arises amid debate in the house ways and means committee over the governors and committees roles in a proposed 1,000,000 appropriation.
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House
Ways and Means
Legislative
Senate Finance Committee
Charles N. Mendenhall
Camby
Rural Fire Stations Plan for Lake County Farms
The Lake County Farm Bureau proposes building and maintaining a fire station in every farming neighborhood with motor drawn ladder and chem truck, operated by volunteer firefighters. A legislative bill would authorize rural townships to establish these stations to cut farm fire losses and insurance premiums.
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Lake County
Seed selection program reduces spring wheat and corn risk
In 13 counties 66,964 of 175,000 men chose seed last September and October 1, storing it for protection. The program, led by T. A. Coleman, cut seed shortages seen in 1918, treated 281,337 acres of wheat on 45,374 farms, and prepared 233,727 acres of seed oats. Farmers also treated 4,844 acres of potatoes to fight disease, with 2,727 farmers adopting seed treatment practices.
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Akeadly Place
T. A. Coleman
Httle
Middle West
Locusts and Hoppers Forecast Doom for Indiana Crops
Indiana state entomologist Frank N. Wallace warns of a double bug plague this summer with an expected surge in grasshoppers and the seventeen year locust. He cites extensive crop damage in past years and notes limited natural controls such as the black blister beetle and a fungal infection, both not widespread recently.
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Indiana
Frank N. Wallace
Nature
Wallace
Inesina
Measure to Protect Motorists in Indiana Senate
ADIT sponsor Senator McCray introduces a bill urged by Hoosier Motor Club to curb unjust speeding arrests by constables. The measure limits justices of the peace in motor vehicle misdemeanors to conducting examining trials and binding over defendants where justified.
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Senate
McCray
Hoosier Motor Club
Justices of the Peace
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