World Economic Memorandum Urges Peace and Credit Measures
London reports a council memorandum on global conditions urging rapid restoration of peace and normal economic trade. It calls for reduced armaments, suppression of profiteering, deflation of credit, and continued Allied cooperation to ease exchange of essential commodities and support for postwar reconstruction in northern France and Austria.
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London
Council
Europe
League of Nations
Frances
Supreme Council
Germany
Austria
Robbers Make Great Haul In City Safes
In Philadelphia on March 13 thieves opened safes on the seventh and eighth floors of the Weightman building and seized about $410,000 in bonds, with $118,000 negotiable. Additional bonds valued at $300,000 were stolen from Ocean County Electric and $110,000 from Hydro Electric Finance. No clue was left by the bandit.
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Philadelphia
Polish Forces Repel Red Army Near Minsk Capture Junctions
Polish forces commanded by Colonel Sikorski attacked Bolshevik troops near Mozir and Kolenkovitz southeast of Minsk, capturing two railway junctions and war materiel. About 1,000 Red soldiers and several officers were taken prisoner along with armored trains, boats, and matériel. An official report notes this as a response to Bolshevik peace overtures while foiling concentrations behind enemy lines. The report also mentions typhus preparations by American officials amid rising January cases and expected February increases with a new high forecast in April.
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Warsaw
Sikorski
Mozir
Kolenkovitz
Minsk
Nolenkovitz
Pripet
American Typhus Commission
Earthquake in Transcaucasia Lands Hundreds Dead
An earthquake west of Tiflis devastates Makhet and Grakali, killing hundreds and displacing thousands. Tiflis is shaken with damaged buildings as refugees flood in. Georgia’s constituent assembly votes 20 million rubles for immediate relief.
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Tiflis
Transcaucasia
Vita Constantinople
Makhet
Grakali
Constituent Assembly of the Republic of
Mexico Reports Foreign Kidnapping Trust on Border
The Mexican foreign office announced a cooperative kidnapping association aimed at abducting and holding for ransom foreigners, preferably Americans. The group consists of Mexicans and Americans on the border, based on reports from various consular officers. The office says the organization also seeks to sow trouble between Mexico and the United States.
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Washington
Foreign Office
Mexico City
Brief fashion hints for spring ensembles and hats
Spring fashion favors uneven hemlines in women suits and three quarter length coats with loose belted semifitted silhouettes. Raffia embroideries in bright colors adorn sport hats while tiny flower headdresses on metallic ribbon and matching girdles mark a French novelty. Red jackets appear in negligee styles with yellow taffeta and turquoise velvet noted as striking, velvet cut circular with lace trimming and taffeta square with upstanding collar and decorative chain stitch edging.
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Novation
Returns of World War I Dead Dominate House Debate
About 50,000 American WWI dead will be brought home from France, 20,000 to 25,000 remain overseas. Secretary Baker told Senate military chair Wadsworth the operation costs about 30 million dollars amid transport bottlenecks. Italy has all bodies ready for return. Archangel remains with 111 dead to go from northern Russia. Congress backs soldier bonus talks as a political aid, sparking exchanges on costs, taxes, and public sentiment.
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Washington
France
United States
Baker
Wadsworth
Senate Military Committee
Senate
Archangel
Russia
Italy
England
Congress
Frank P. Keech
New York
Inspector General's Department
House
Ways and Means Committee
Fordney
Keech
Garner
Dem
Texas
Woman Kills Man and Self in Chicago Diary Clue
In Chicago Mrs. Ruth Randall a beauty divorcee and Clifford Bleyer head of the Bleyer Advertising agency are found shot dead in a double tragedy. Police say Randall left a diary line suggesting strength as motive. Bleyer’s wife Pauline sorrowfully grieves at 918 Galt Avenue as coroner’s physician notes the bodies’ position indicates Randall fired the shots.
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Chicago
Ruth Randall
Lake Park Avenue
Clifford Bleyer
Bleyer Advertisig Agency
Ordnance
Union League Club
Bleyer
Mrs. Randall
Galt Avenue
Paulette
Jacqueline
Joseph Springer
Laugh Reveals Much and Keep the Home Woodland Growing
A Sunday Herald reflection cites a smile as a sign of character and warmth. It notes psychology links small gestures to trust and friendship while urging readers to keep a home woodland for fire safety, savings, and a financial reserve during strikes or emergencies.
Wilson reaffirms opposition to peace treaty reservations
President Wilson writes to Senator Hitchcock that reservations weakening article 10 or the league covenant would be nullifications. He stresses no date or specific qualifications, warns that the covenant’s core moral obligations cannot be evaded.
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Washington
Wilson
Hitchcock
Premier Wilson and Turkey settlement discussed by allies
Premier Millerand instructed French ambassador Jusserand to convey decisions on Turkey from the supreme Allied council to President Wilson for his opinion. Pertinax notes Washington veto foreshadowed, but hope remains America will shoulder its oriental burden. Lloyd George proposed a grand showing in Constantinople with a moderate cabinet replacing the Kemalist ministry.
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Millerand
Jules J. Jusserand
Washington
England
Italy
Wilson
Turkey
Supreme Allied Council
Pertinax
Echo de Paris
America
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Constantinople
War Ministry
Mustapha Kemal
Seven Die As Fire Rips Ohio Epileptics Hospital Ward
Seven patients died and two were in critical condition after a morning fire partially destroyed the male ward at the state hospital for epileptics in Gallipolis Ohio. Origin of the blaze is unknown. The dead include William Smith Toledo Patrick Donnally Norwalk John S Bain Cumberland Wayne Larimer Dixie Harold Heinlein Wheeling W V John McNulty Cincinnati James Jones Cincinnati.
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Gallipolis
State Hospital
William Smith
Toledo
Patrick Donnally
Norwalk
John S. Bain
Cumberland
Wayne Larimer
Dixie
Harold Heinlein
Wheeling
W. Va
John McNulty
James Jones
Cincinnati
William N Joyce Nominated to Farm Loan Board
Washington reports President Wilson named William N Joyce of Berkeley California to the federal farm loan board to replace George W Norris who resigned. In Constantinople Sali Pasha announces a new cabinet the eighth since Armistice but diplomats deem it powerless against the nationalist chamber led by Mustapha Kemal.
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William N. Joyce
Berkeley
Cal
Washington
Wilson
Federal Farm Loan Board
George W. Norris
Turkey
Constantinople
Sali Pasha
Mustapha Kemal
Angora
Indictments Charged 125 Coal Operators and Miners
A federal grand jury indicted 125 coal operators and miners in Indiana Illinois Ohio and western Pennsylvania for conspiracy to raise prices of necessities by restricting distribution limiting manufacture and other means under the Lever Act. Most defendants are miners and operators with penalties up to 10000 fine and two years imprisonment. District Judge A P Anderson announced the grand jury investigation had begun in 1919 after injunctive violations linked to the coal strike.
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Indianapolis
United States District Court
United States
Indiana
Minois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Dan W. Simms
Lafayette
Ind
United States Attorney General
L. Ert Slack
H. A. Garfield
A. P. Anderson
Miners’ Union
United Mine Workers of America
Coal Wages And Prices Up
A majority report from the presidential commission recommends a 25 percent wage increase for bituminous coal miners, absorbing the 14 percent raise from last November to yield an 11 percent net rise. No changes to hours or conditions. Miner representative White backs a higher raise. Brewster says prices would rise if the raise is granted.
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Washington
Wilson
John P. White
St. Louis
Thomas T. Brewster
Coal Operators’ Scale
Farmers U K Divorcement Decree Approval
Washington march 9 approval of the packer divorcement decree was expressed to Attorney General Palmer by a delegation of farm organization officials led by T C Atkeson representing the National Grange who said the terms satisfied farmers and allowed producers to settle markets without further contention.
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Packer
Palmer
Washington
Farm Organization
T. C. Atkeson
National Grange
Fire destroys US steamship Balabac at Port Said
Balabac an American steamship owned by the United States Shipping Board was destroyed by fire at Port Said. The vessel had discharged its cargo and was awaiting orders when the blaze occurred.
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U. S
Port Said
Trinidad
United States Shipping Board
Three men killed as storm damages Nevada building
A three story building at Nevada Missouri was destroyed by a storm, killing three men inside. The incident prompted local authorities to investigate weather related hazards and emergency response adequacy.
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Nevada
United States Grain Corporation
Senate
Washington
Madrid
Spain
Market Prices Reported for Grains Livestock and Hogs
Grain prices show rye and wheat ranges with spring and hard spring values. Hay prices listed from choice to No 3 timothy and clover mix. Cattle figures cover steers yearlings cows and bulls with ranges from 4 to 15 dollars. Hog prices include light and heavy butchers and packing categories. Sheep values list fed yearlings western lambs native lambs and ewes with several per head ranges.
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Timothy
Propose Tax on Laziness in Italy
In Rome the bill by independent socialist deputy Giovan vi Lombardi requires all able-bodied Italians aged twenty to sixty-five to work. Those who refuse would face heavy levies, framed as a tax on laziness.
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Rome
Italy
Giiovanni Lombardi
Socialist
Doctor Advised Change of Climate and Milks Emulsion Claim
A patient recounts recovering from severe illness after changing climate and using Milks Emulsion starting April 1912. By August 23, 1912, he gained 22 pounds after 23 bottles, claiming permanent cure. the ad touts Milks Emulsion as a palatable emulsion aiding digestion, appetite, and strength.
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W. F. Bourland
Route 5
Wolf City
Texas
Bourland
Milks Emulsion Co
Terre Haute
Ind
Reel Good Time Expected at Local Movie Showing
A lighthearted note from readers joking about their plans for a cinema outing. The exchange contrasts expectations of enjoyment with a pun on film reels.
Vermifuge Ad Promises Quick Worm Cure
An advertisement urges readers to demand Dr. Peery's Dead Shot for worms or tapeworms. The druggist will supply it, touted as the only vermifuge that works after a single dose.
Making Up for It and The Grandmother’s Question
A humorous quip about heredity as Mrs Gabbins asks and her husband dismisses heredity with a remark about the grandmother. A postal card to Garfield Tea in Brooklyn offers a sample will repay you. The mantle of charity shields many amateur theatrical performances.
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Garfield Tea
Brooklyn
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