Jewel trade in peril as war halts jewelry dumping crisis
European four year jewel scandal traced the loss of hundreds of millions in francs from stolen gems seized by war. Experts say fleeing Russian aristocrats hid stones in hair and clothing while monarchs and nobles had their treasures confiscated, with figures running into millions per item and several waves of plunder across Petrograd Paris and Berlin.
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Europe
Bout Oval
Paris
Perec
Leonard Tronenthal
M. Ronenthal
France
Germany
Austeia-Hungary
Hapaburg
Charlengenia
British Workman Speeds Building One House a Day
A London suburb Keltham project shows commodious houses rising daily, praised as faster than American workers. The driver is J. Taylor, Canadian-born head of a London engineering firm, who applied Canadian methods from railways like Great Northern and Canadian Pacific. British workers are praised when properly treated and motivated.
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Keltham
London
Atlantic
Mogtand
Canada
Bix
Conquers Bone Infection With New Chicago Treatment
Dr N M Laporte in Chicago cites a 75 percent cure rate for a novel bone infection therapy using oxidizing potassium nitrate. Demonstrations at Mercy Hospital show patients leaving beds during treatment, with potential use for gout abscesses and diabetic gangrene.
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Chicago Hospital
Chicago Medical Society
N. M. Laporte
Chicago
Nature
Boreas Bf
Mercy Hospital
Wwcomer
Reflections of a Wise Owl Interview likely town figures
An offbeat interview captures two self important town figures eager to boast their status and demand publicity. They call for weekly interviews and push for greater influence, while offering humorous and terse claims about the newspaper and community life.
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A. St. Lapin
Tnigafon
Hun
Tayur
Pollen
Penes
Uily Town
Maywood
Boston Woman Becomes Feared Prize Fighter
Mrs Graven of Boston sires her path from kitchen guardian to boxing hopeful. When her husband fell ill she shouldered the burden of the family and trained with determined grit. Neighbors report dynamite in her left hook as she challenges any woman in her weight class to prove she can claim the world title.
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Boston
Iit
Eaciag
Riley
Fire Graves
Bane
Beagan
Twan
Lunatic Prevents Wreck on Chicago and North Western Train
A patient at an asylum near Juneau Wisconsin signaled to the engineer of a Chicago and North Western train to stop just feet from an approaching oil tank car. His frantic signals saved about nine score passengers from collision. The incident occurred as the lunatic worked on asylum grounds.
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Juneau
Wis
Two Million In Liquor Fines In Yene
Violators of the national regula fined over 82340410 in the first full year. More than twelve hundred violators were prosecuted.
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Yene
Ttguge Inwa
Unidy
Relic of Spanish Armada Anchor Unearthed by Lobster Trawler
A British lobster boat crew hauled up an anchor entangled in a hard marine stone near Kinvale. The anchor, about ten feet of shank and a large bend, bore a four inch snail cannon. It likely came from a Spanish Armada ship, buried for three centuries and now worn yet bearing striking features.
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Anand Bank
Tennis Under Dutcutttes in the South Coast
A garbled report recalls a playful tennis match in warm evening air. Players wore thick rubbers on feet for heat relief and protection while nets sparked debate over a close finish, amid a humorous helmet and boot contrast that yielded a dead heat. The note ends with a line about home ownership in the United States.
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Dutcutttes
Aen Islands
Agemg
Spitver
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