Postmaster General Hays Proposes Armed Guard for Mails
Washington reports Postmaster General Hays outlines a humane postal overhaul. He notes armed guards to replace Marines, warns mail must not be lost, and cites reduced robberies in the last quarter. Deficit guidance and parcel post expansion are urged with various service reforms.
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Washington
Hays
Congress
Alaska
Department
United States
Lower Broadway
New York
Post Office Department
Postmaster General
Cuba Placed on Path to Peace as US Troop Withdrawal Sought
Havana December 9 A House resolution declares it would be a friendly act for the United States to withdraw troops from Cuban territory since the war began and asks the President to start diplomatic negotiations. A joint resolution ends the state of war with Hungary if approved, moving Cuba toward peace with all nations.
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Havana
United States
Cuban
House of Representatives
Senate
Hungary
Cuba
Shipwrecks kill 208 in year Coast Guard report
The Coast Guard reports 222 American merchant vessels totaling 122,397 tons were lost in the year ending June 30. Causes included founderings strandings and collisions with 208 lives lost.
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United States Coast Guard Service
Washington
Coast Guard Service
Senator Watson Accuses Army Executions in Senate Hearing
Washington December 10 Senator Watson of Georgia charged that U S soldiers were executed without trial. The hearing nearly broke up when Watson threatened to slap an army officer in the audience.
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Washington
Senate Committee
Watson
Georgia
United States
Gaimost
Collars on Capes and Coats Feature Plush Materials
Collars on evening capes and coats are described as puffy and luxurious using fur, velvet or silk. They may be large floral evolutions from these materials or formed by fur puffs, bands, or alternating trims of velvet and fur sewn together.
President urges new course on big issues in annual message
President Harding addressed a joint session of Congress stressing world restoration through international cooperation. He highlighted the arms conference progress as not improbable and called for congressional support to back executive actions while stressing domestic priorities.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
United States
House
Diplomatic Corps
Senate
United States Supreme Court
Raid Steals $200,000 Opium From Chicago Hive
Federal agents and police seized $200,000 worth of opium in Chicago from a hive of 50 rooms on the top floors of 416 South Clark Street. Thirty Chinese occupants and a white woman were taken in the raid as revolvers were drawn and doors battered down. Immense danger and sudden exits accompanied the operation as sentries returned escapees with gunfire.
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Chicago
South
Clark Street
Vienna Expels 12 Red Leaders Amid Riots
Vienna authorities order the expulsion of twelve communist leaders tied to Bela Kun's faction after rioting last Thursday. Police claim to have linked Bela Kun adherents to the unrest.
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Bela Kun
Vienna
Jet Tassel Accident Reported
A jet tassel became snagged on the floor and caught at the waist with a jet girdie causing an incident. The event drew attention from onlookers and prompted safety checks. No injuries reported and investigations underway.
Would Like to Jolin Him. Youre Busy in the Village
A fragment shows a dentist with forceps and a speaker urging a stroll about the village until a troubling affair closes. Dialogue hints at haste and tension within a rural setting.
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Jolin
Big Four Accept Pact on Pacific Insular Rights
The four powers United States Great Britain France and Japan draft a ten year treaty to respect insular possessions in the Pacific and to seek joint diplomacy for disputes with possible twelve month withdrawal. Lodge announces the pact outlining ratification and scope including Yap and mandated islands.
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Britain
U. S
Japan
France
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Senator Lodge
Pacific
Senate
Lodge
United States of America
British Empire
Pacific Ocean
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
India
Dominion of Canada
Commonwealth of Australia
Dominion of New Zealand
French Republic
Amajesty
London
Yap
Equator
Sweet Potato Soup Making Note
A kitchen instruction describes melting butter and adding flour in a saucepen or double boiler to start a sweet potato soup base. The fragment provides procedural steps but lacks final completion details.
$500000 Worth of Choice Liquors Stolen in Baltimore Heist
Washington reports efforts to capture a gang of super bootleggers who took about 4,000 cases of liquor from Canton Distilling in Baltimore. A fleet of motor trucks carried out the daylight theft as prohibition agents tracked routes into the capital. Sixteen men were arrested and more than 4,000 cases had already been removed.
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Washington
Baltimore
Prohibition
L. G. Nutt
Prohibition Enforcement Bureau
Canton Distilling Company
Budnitz
Canton
Tom O Connor Escapes Jail in Chicago
Tommy O Connor condemned convict and three others staged a jail escape from Cook county Jail in Chicago. A massive manhunt with five thousand police and deputies is underway. Chief Fitzmorris ordered officers to shoot on sight and bring him in dead if possible.
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Chicago
Tommy O'Connor
Cook County
Tom Slaughter
Arkansas
Little Rock State
O'Connor
Illinois
Fitzmorris
Connor
Pershing Urges Ban on Gas Warfare at Conference
Washington reports the advisory committee led by General Pershing recommends abandoning chemical warfare. The panel’s draft report suggests the move is widely supported by army officers who view poison gas as a military weapon to be banned like others, though some officials may not fully share the stance.
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Washington
American Arms Conference
Pershing
War Department List Publishes 11000 Draft Evaders
The Congressional Record prints the names of more than 11,000 men labeled as draft evaders by the War Department. It also lists 31 men previously tagged as deserters who later had their records cleared.
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Washington
War Department
Congressional Record
Wage Cuts Hit 780000 Rail Workers in East
About 750000 railroad employees in the East face wage reductions of 10 to 30 percent as tentative schedules from the Eastern railways conference at Grand Central terminal are approved. Pay would be reduced to pre May 1 1920 levels, with appeal rights to the U S Railway Labor Board if rates are rejected.
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New York
East
Bureau of Information of Eastern Railways
Grand Central Terminal
United States Railway Labor Board
Big Eastern Railroads
Information Bureau
Federated Shop Crafts
C. E. Heiserman
Pennsylvania Lines
E. H. Seneff
Yanks May Get Cash Bonus
Washington officials foresee House Ways and Means taking up soldiers bonus legislation this session. Chairman Fordney’s return signals early drafting of a bill with a tax levy to fund it. A prevailing view favors a maximum cash payment of 625 for overseas service and 500 for domestic service.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Fordney
Loss of Life in Hurricane Hits Newfoundland Coast
A northwest hurricane causes extensive maritime losses along St Johns Newfoundland. Nine men a woman and a child perish on the schooner Passport at Bay Verde. Dozens of schooners and five fishing vessels are wrecked. the ship Jean and Mary is missing and the tug D P Ingraham is a wreck at Penguin Island.
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St. Johns
N. F
Conception Bay
Passiport
Bayverde
Jean and
Mary
D. P. Ingraham
Peguin Island
Pension totals for wars and Emma Goldman in Riga
The report lists pensions: 109 Mexican War veterans and 2 158 widows. Spanish War 51 066 soldiers and 8 126 dependants. Civil War 218 775 veterans and 281 327 dependants. Emma Goldman, deported in 1910, is believed to be in Riga seeking U S return.
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Washington
Riga
Dec
Emma Goldman
Russia
United States
Moscow
Bill Hart Weds Winfred Westover In Hollywood Ceremony
Motion picture star Bill Hart married Miss Winfred Westover at an Episcopal church in Hollywood California. Westover has long been part of his company and the service took place in Los Angeles.
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Winfred Westover
Hellyweed, Cal
Los Angeles
Cal
William 8. Hart
Hollywood
Over the Top and a Dash of Nutmeg in Crow Ton Dish
A vivid kitchen note urges serving a bold, hot dish with grated nutmeg and a generous amount of crow tones for intense flavor.
Fashion Notice on Night Attire Description
The article describes a straight line slip over negligee as a favorite nightwear item. It notes cloth of silver fabrics including brocades and mentions a black matin with a round design.
De Valera Rejects Anglo Irish Treaty Per London Dispatch
A London dispatch reports De Valera cannot recommend acceptance of the Anglo Irish treaty. Other items note a nine power treaty draft for China, a paymaster robbery in Augusta Georgia, and a Lisbon Lisbon consulate bombing with no casualties.
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de Valera
London
Washington
China
Far East
Sibley Mills
Augusta
Madrid
Vigo
Lisbon
Henry D. Flood
Dem
Boy Admits Slaying Mother in Windsor Mills
Leonard Pion, sixteen, confessed to police that he murdered his mother Mrs. Joseph Pion by shooting her on December 2 in Windsor Mills Quebec. He had been held as a material witness. Seize Whisky Worth 300000 in New York. Customs officials seized 4 000 cases of whisky valued at 300000 from the Alps Drug Company warehouse.
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Wiliam Cooper Proctor
Cincinnati
Dayton
O. William Rockefeller
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Winter Amos Hadley
Richmond
Kingston
Jamaica
Legislative Council
Aldermanic Executive Council
Montreal
Dublin
de Valera
Arthur Griffith
Germany
Paris
Dusseldorf
Pfaelzische Bank
Leonard Pion
Windsor Mills
Quebec
Joseph Pion
France
Walter E. Bethel
Army
Senate
Chicago
Que
New York
Alps Drug Company
Market prices for grains livestock and poultry
Market lists show flour futures for hard spring wheat at 6.80 to 8.05 per cwt and soft winter wheat around 6.10 to 6.20. Hay prices linger from 14 to 22 dollars for timothy and clover mixes. Cattle figures include steers up to 10.80 and heifers near 6, with cows and calves priced variably. Hog quotes run from 6.20 to 7.50, while sheep report lambs to 9 and yearlings around 7.00. Live poultry prices list turkeys, fowls, roosters, ducks, and geese with minimal detail.
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Timothy
Gude's Pepto-Mangan Promises Restored Nerve Strength
The ad claims nerves tire and blood becomes sluggish from toxins, urging Gude's Pepto-Mangan to build red cells, improve sleep and appetite, and nourish the body. It notes the product comes in liquid and tablet forms and bears the name on the package.
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Gude
Portable grinder adapts to bench use in seconds
The aluminum alloy housing and patented pistol grip provide easy handling and precise control. The portable grinder runs on direct or alternating current, and an attachment converts it to a bench grinder in thirty seconds, suitable for grinding, cleaning, buffing or polishing in the garage or shop.
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Popular Science Monthly
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza Exchange Fiery Warnings
The exchange features Don Quixote railing against flat interpretations of his ideals and urging Sancho Panza not to attempt his biography. The dialogue notes city youths and a quip about porous plasters being harmless at best.
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Sancho Panza
Don Quixote
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