Big Three Seek Final 5-5-3 Naval Ratio At Conference
Secretary Hughes Balfour and Admiral Kato press for a fixed 5-5-3 ratio as China and Japan push for Shantung terms. China demands uncondtional Shantung return and Tsing-Tao rail control while opposing Japanese troop presence. The Philippine issue is raised by a Hawaii governor, and Lloyd George may join only later.
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Washington
Hughes
Mr. Balfour
Baron Kato
Shantung
France
Italy
England
Lloyd George
United States
Europe
China
Japan
Tsing-Tao
Tsing-Tao-Tsinaufu
American Armament Conference
Philippine Islands
Islands
War Department
Wood
Admiral Kato
Arthur J. Balfour
New Postal Reform Proposed by Hays
Washington reports a plan to create a miniature post office department in each state by reorganizing the central post office to handle functions now centralized in Washington. Postmaster General Bill Hays says the move aims to cut red tape and streamline operations.
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S Postmaster General
Washington
Bill Hays
Wood Opposed to Free Philippines in Harding Report
Former Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood and W. Cameron Forbes urge that the Philippine islands stay under present status for now. They warn independence under another power is not true freedom and urge continued American supervision to ensure stable government and orderly progress.
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Washington
Philippine Islands
Leonard Wood
W. Cameron Forbes
Harding
United States
Mat
Edison and Ford to inspect Muscle Shoals nitrate plant
Thomas A. Edison arrived in Detroit with Henry Ford in Ford’s private car and was taken to the Ford home in Dearborn. They will discuss Ford’s offer to the government for the Muscle Shoals plant and plan to depart for the South on Saturday.
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Detroit
Mich
Thomas A. Edison
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Mr. Ford
Mr. Edison
Ford
Dearborn
Body of famed dog derby racer found in Moose Lake
Searching parties on Moose Lake have recovered the body of Walter Gayne, renowned American dog derby racer, who drowned on November 15. The drowned man lay upright on the sled under eight feet of water, with an elderdown robe covering him and his pine racing dogs aligned before him.
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Pas
Manitoba
Moose Lake
Walter Gayne
Missouri Jurors Exclude Women Despite Reform
Jefferson City Mo Nov 30 The attorney general’s department says women are not eligible for jury service in Missouri even after the August 2 constitutional amendment allowing women to hold office.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Attorney General's Department
Yale Law Degree for Foch Honors Arrival at Yale
Marshal Ferdinand Foch of France visited New Haven to receive an honorary Doctor of Laws from Yale University. He toured with his party after a guard of honor from the 169th Infantry and Troop A cavalry met him at the railroad station. Governor Lake welcomed him, and Yale President James Angell greeted the visitors at Woodbridge Hall.
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New Haven
Conn
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
France
Yale
Princeton
Marshal Foch
169Th Infantry
Gov. Lake
Woodbridge Hall
Yale University
Jamea , Apgell
Plunder Across Vienna as Mob Loots Hotels and Shops
Reports from Vienna describe a wave of looting and violence sweeping central Europe with hotels torn apart and shops wrecked. Crowds dragged people from vehicles and attacked them while foreign residents report limited police action, though some individuals resist the mob.
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Vienna
Berlin
Europe
Kaerntner
Ring
Mariahilfen
Bristol
Kaerntnerstrasse
Cohen Bribery Conviction Leads to Prison Term
Louis Cohen president of Tunnel Trading Company New York was sentenced by Judge Peck in federal court to one year and a day in Leavenworth plus a 4000 dollar fine for attempting to bribe federal prohibition officer Robert E Flora. He also drew three months in jail and a 750 dollar fine on related indictments for illegal liquor sales.
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Cincinnati C
Louis Cohen
Tunnel Trading Company
New York
Robert E. Flora
Peck
United States District Court
Leavenworth
Cohen
Dayton
Five Die As Brooklyn Theater Collapses During Construction
Five workers are dead and 13 missing after the American theater at 779 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, collapsed during construction. Roof and north wall fell as about 35 men worked in the orchestra pit. Four men pulled from ruins were admitted to hospitals. Six ambulances, three fire engines, two fire trucks, and a patrol wagon responded promptly to the scene.
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New York
Brooklyn
Bedford Avenue
Park
U. S. Debt Rises About 160 Million in November
Treasury reports a November deficit that pushed the public debt to 23,619,085,725.87 dollars from 23,459,140,496.19 at end October. Officials attributed the month’s rise to the issuance of 231 million dollars in treasury certificates on November 1 with no maturities that month.
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Washington
Treasury
Marine mail guard shot in accidental discharge
St. Paul report says Ray M. Foor twenty four a marine guarding mails here was shot in the right leg when his revolver accidentally discharged. His condition is unknown and his home is Chicago.
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St. Paul, Minn
Ray M. Foor
Foor
Chicago
Beers Sold in Milwaukee First Federal Shipment Sparks Anger
Milwaukee reports the first sale of federal beer shipments by a local brewery, provoking anger as officials oversee distribution and residents react to the new policy.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Anger
Federal
American Education Week Proclaimed by Harding
President Harding designated December 4 to 10, 1921 as American Education Week urging state governors to promote public schools. The proclamation calls for civic groups to inform citizens about school shortcomings and motivate community action to improve facilities and educational access for over 5 million youth.
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Washington
Harding
America
Warren G. Harding
United States
Allies Debt Refund Bill Set as First Session Action
Washington reports that Senate leaders have agreed to pass the allies debt refunding bill as the first act of the next session. President Harding favored immediate enactment and secured agreement from Senators Lodge Curtis Penrose and Watson during a dinner discussing the program.
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Washington
Senate
Harding
Lodge
Massachusetts
Curtis
Kansas
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Watson
Indiana
Ford coal rate cuts halted by ICC ruling
The Interstate Commerce Commission further suspended Henry Ford's plan to cut coal rates on the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton railroad. The original order set a January 1 start, pending investigation, while an amendment moved the date to January 31.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Output limit on beverages per ninety days by dry officials described
A rule limiting beverage output every ninety days by dry officials is described, but the text notes that the limit will not constrain overall beverage production. The passage implies ongoing production despite the stated restriction.
Fourteen Federal Agents Raid New York Store in Confiscation
Federal agents raid a New York store seizing alleged contraband goods. The operation marks a major enforcement action with authorities reporting significant seizures and ongoing investigations.
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New York
Fatty Arbuckle jurors discharged after 10 to 2 acquittal vote
In San Francisco the Arbuckle jury, after three days of deliberation, reported a 10 to 2 vote for acquittal and was discharged by Judge Louderback. Miss Louise Winterburn and four other women jurors influenced the outcome as the panel debated repeated ballots and arguments.
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San Francisco
Vec
Fatty” Arbuckle
Louderbuck
Katty
Louise Winterburn
Louderback
Vothers
Helen N. Tubbard
Arbuckle
Witty McDonald
Dorothy O' Dea
Adelaide Nelson
Mulchard
Government to present Morse inquiry results to grand jury
The government will lay before a federal grand jury on December 8 the findings of its investigation into certain transactions between Charles W. Morse and the Shipping Board.
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Tte
Washington
Charlies W. Morse
Shipping Board
Women in industry see over eight million affected
Report notes that more than 8 million women and girls are involved in industrial work or related sectors, highlighting the broad reach of employment and its impact on communities and family life.
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United States
Washington, D. Go
Weaake Sore
News Bits Reflect Global, Domestic Turbulence and Local Crime
A collage of 1920s dispatches covers US and world events from Madrid to Haifa. References include Soviet relations with Moors, Washington checks totaling $600,000 monthly, a Virginia jumper linked to Mrs. Harding, Michigan hunters’ season record, Bahai leader Abdul Baha Abbas’s death, Irish armistice breaches in Dublin and Derry, a rush of Japanese students to German schools, a $1,500,000 poker heist in Illinois, Hoover noting fewer unemployed, a New York Central freight robbery, a missing department-store clerk’s suspect, Mohall bank closure, German homeward troop train, Collins’ release, a Chicago child murder, a $25 million railroad payout, a new prohibition law in Guayanil, Congress winter session, consular officer recognition in Germany, a fatal rail collision near Celilo with 22 injuries.
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Harding
Washington
John Green
Michigan
Detroit
Abdul Baha Abbas
Haifa
Syria
London Times
Dublin
Derry
Berlin
North Chillicothe
United States
Hoover
New York Central
Dunkirk
Fredonia
N.Y
New York
George Vasheghy
John Collins
Michel Collins
Sinn Fein
Cork
Margaret Coughlin
Chicago
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey
Chicago Dispatch
Guayanil
Ecuador
Conorress
Germany
State Department
Charge d'Affaires Diesel
Portland-Spokane Limited
Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Compiuny
Celilo
Ore
Nothing Better for Coughs Grand-Aid Ad
Della Sweeney of Chicago extols Grand-A Pine as a preventive for cold complications. The ad touts its use for croup hoarseness bronchitis throat irritation and sore throat saying a 30 oz bottle yields a pint of cough syrup with full directions from Fort Wayne Indiana based Grand-Aid Co.
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Della Sweeney
Chicago
Grand-Aid Co
Fort Wayne
Ind
Treasury curbs talkative prohibition agents
Washington officials issued instructions to all prohibition agents ordering less talking and greater care in public remarks to avoid unnecessary disclosures while enforcing prohibition rules.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Prices in grain and livestock markets for various wheat, hay, cattle, hogs and sheep
The report lists current prices for flour types including hard and soft wheat in 93 pound sacks, rye flour, hay grades with timothy and clover mixes, and cattle categories from heavy steers to heifers with price ranges. Hog prices cover light to heavy butchers and pigs, while sheep show values for good to choice lambs, feeding lambs, cull lambs, yearlings, wethers and ewes.
Juggled Statistics and notions of lifespan
An actuary in Chicago questions extending life expectancies to a century. He jokes by comparing to Mark Twain’s Mississippi shortening, implying drastic future changes. The snippet references life extension trends and a playful mathematical musing.
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Chicago
Mark Twain
Mississippi
Kansas City Star
Eats Then Goes Out to Eat
A Detroit man laments living under abnormal conditions caused by his wife’s strict diet. He explains his own eating pattern including two meals daily at home and a separate, more substantial lunch away from home. He contrasts nut and fruit breakfasts with beefsteak meals when outside.
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Mr. Detroiter
Detroit News
Nervousness Relief Prompts Woman to Praise Prescription
Indianapolis tale shows Miss Ora A. Johnson credits Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription with curing long standing headaches dizziness and nervousness. She urges others with similar symptoms to obtain the remedy from their druggist or write Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, N Y for free advice.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Dr. Pierce
Miss Ora A. Johnson
Martindale Ave
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