Senate rejects peace treaty with Germany and adjourns
The Senate votes 49 to 35 against ratification of the Versailles peace treaty with Germany and sends it back to the White House. A Lodge resolution directs the president to report that ratification cannot be accomplished, while Knox opens a peace proposal tied to Germany’s rights and reparations.
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Cummins
Lodge
Hitchcock
Senate
White House
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Washington
Germany
League of Nations
Paris
Wilson
United States
Secretary of the
Congress
Knox
Joseph P. Tumulty
Tumulty
Foreign Relations Committee
Pasteurizing Milk Process Described in Brief
A short method describes placing bottles in a boiler with cold water that rises to the bottle necks. The boiler is then heated on a stove to pasteurize the milk.
How Senators Lined Up On The Peace Treaty
Washington March 22 The roll call by which the treaty failed of passage in the senate follows Republicans Ball Calder Capper Colt Curtis Dillingham Edge Elkins Frelinghuysen Hale Jones Wash Kellogg Kenyon Keyes Lemroot Lodge McLean McNary New Page Phipps Smoot Spencer Sterling Sutherland Wadsworth Warren Watson-28 Democrats Fletcher Gore Henderson Kendrick King Myers Nugent Owen Phelan Pittman Pomerone Ransdell Smith Ga Smith Md Trammell Walsh Mass Walsh Mont Wolcott-21 Total for-49 Borah Brandegee Fernald France Grenna Johnson Cal Knox La Follette McCormick Moses Norris Sherman-12 Comer Culberson Dial Gay Glass Harris Harrison Johnson S C Hitchcock Kirby McKellar Overman Reed Robinson Sheppard Shields Simmons Smith S C Stanley Swanson Thomas Underwood Williams-23 Total against-35 Twelve senators nine Republicans and three Democrats were paired Newberry Rep and McCumber Rep Fall Rep against Nelson Rep and Harding Rep Penrose Rep against Cummins Rep Townsend Rep Poindexter Rep against Gerry Dem and Jones Dem N M for with Smith Dem Ariz for
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Washington
Senate
Germany
White House
League of Nations
Paris
Wilson
United States
Lodge
Secretary
Lkely
Congress
Knox
House
Joseph P. Tumulty
Tumulty
Foreign Relations Committee
Hitchcock
Ashurst
Beckham
Chamberlain
Fletcher
Henderson
Kendrick
King
Nugent
Phelan
Pittman
Ransdell
Smith
Trammell
Walsh
Mont
Walcott
Penrose
Rep
Shields
Dem
Ball
Calder
Capper
Colt
Curtis
Dillingham
Edge
Elkins
Frelinghuysen
Hale
Jones
Wash
Kellogg
Kenyon
Keyes
Lemroot
McLean
McNary
New
Page
Phipps
Smoot
Spencer
Sterling
Sutherland
Wadsworth
Warren
Watson
Gore
Myers
Owen
Pomerone
Mass
Wolcott
Comer
Culberson
Dial
Gay
Glass
Harris
Harrison
Johnson
S. C
Kirby
McKellar
Overman
Reed
Robinson
Sheppard
Simmons
Stanley
Swanson
Thomas
Underwood
Williams
Newberry
McCumber
Fall
Nelson
Harding
Cummins
Townsend
Poindexter
Gerry
N. M
Ariz
Allied Envoys Scan Revolt At Paris Talks
Paris March 21 ambassadors conference presided by Premier Millerand with Marshal Foch present discussed events in Germany and Hungarian demands to modify the peace treaty. The issue of German war material transit across Holland was reviewed and Holland urged to take note.
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Paris
Millerand
Marshal Foch
Germany
Holland
Shellac From Insects and Plants Originating in India
A fragment explains shellac as a joint product of insects and plants from India. It notes the insects measure about 1.25 inches long and are bright red in color.
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India
Grand Duchess Olga Found Among Refugees in South Russia
American Red Cross workers report Grand Duchess Olga sister of Czar Nicholas found in a box car near Novorossiysk amid refugees from Bolshevik territory. She toils for aid, clad in rags, grateful for food and clothing as she helps others. Other Romanoffs live in London and Copenhagen.
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Washington
Olga
Nicholas
Russia
Red Cross
Novvorosiysk
American
House of Romanoff
Novorossiysk
Red Cross Today
American Red Cross
Prince Oldenburg
Rostov
Mme. Koulinkovsky
Grand Duchess
Exenia
London
Romanoff
Copenhagen
Pure Fabric Act Under Consideration By Congress
Washington March 20 The house interstate and foreign commerce committee examined a proposed pure fabrics law modeled on the pure food act. It would require woven fabrics yarns and garments to bear a tag or stamp showing the percentage by weight of virgin wool reworked wool shoddy cotton or silk. The manufacturer name and address would also appear on the tag or stamp.
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Washington
House
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Secretary of Commerce
Hitchcock for wet plank in Democratic platform
Senator Hitchcock, Senate minority leader, engages with William Jennings Bryan over prohibition as a campaign issue. He supports a plank in the Democratic platform endorsing legislation to permit the manufacture and sale of light wines and beers. Announcement sent by telegram to former Nebraska Governor A C Shallenberger.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Senate
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
A. C. Shallenberger
Peace time army approved by House vote in 248 to 92 tally
The house approved the army appropriation bill creating a peace time force of 299,000 enlisted men and 17,800 officers. The measure now moves to the senate for approval.
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House of Representatives
Washington
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Panel Backs Bainbridge Colby Nomination
The senate committee on foreign relations reported favorably on Bainbridge Colby for secretary of state after days of consideration, without a record vote.
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Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Washington
Bainbridge Colby
Dr. Herbert N Shenton Appointed Council Director
Dr Herbert N Shenton formerly head of the research staff at the Council of National Defense has been appointed director succeeding Gorsvenor B Clarkson He joined the government in August 1918 from Columbia University and is regarded as one of the country s ablest research men He helped organize the United States bituminous coal commission
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Herbert N. Shenton
Council of National Defense
Council
Gorsvenor B. Clarkson
Shenton
Columbia University
United States Bituminous Coal Commission
German Capital in Grip of Iron Rule
Berlin reports 3000 deaths in the past week as martial law tightens. Ebert troops clash with Baltic forces amid drumhead trials and street bans. A general strike ends with union demands signaling disarmament of loyal troops and a defense force of workers. Noske urged to step down.
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Berlin
Germany
Ministry of Defense
Ebert
Noske
Survivors Reach Land After Open-Boat Drift
Captain J G Peterson and six crew members of the American schooner Jeremiah Smith, sunk 250 miles off Sandy Hook while bound from Newport News to Cuba with coal, were landed in New York by the steamer Hatteras after four days and nights at sea.
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Sandy Hook
New York
J. G. Peterson
Jeremiah Smith
Hatteras
Newport News
Cuba
Fire drill at Ward's Island insane hospital shocks few
A fire broke out at the Manhattan state insane hospital on Ward's Island and 1,300 inmates rose in drill formation. Despite 6,000 patients on the island only 800 new arrivals showed excitement during the incident.
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New York
Manhattan State Insane Hospital
Ward's Island
Moving Picture Theater
Plane crash in Pensacola injures three
In Pensacola bay a seaplane fell during a flight killing Norman Co Grimms of Everett Massachusetts a naval machinist mate. Pilot Lieutenant Hallam the co pilot Lieutenant Brad foot and passenger Roland Seybrecht were injured in the accident.
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Pensacola Bay
Pensacola
Fla
Norman Co. Grimms
Everett
Mass
Hallam
Bradfoot
Roland Seybrecht
Freeman in Death of Boxer
A homicide against Columbia University student Andrew Lockett over the death of classmate Milton Sternfeld after a friendly boxing match was dismissed. Autopsy found death caused by a brain hemorrhage.
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Boxer
New York
Andrew Lockett
Columbia University
Milton Sternfeld
Fragmentary notice on London Field contributor and haymaker
A damaged text fragment describes a contributor to the London Field and mentions haymaking in the ae and Haves areas. It references grass and rocks, with unclear context about available options and a January campaign.
Treaty 15 nilled by the Senate goes back to president
Washington reports the Senate failed to approve Treaty 15 four months after its initial consideration. Leaders indicate the matter returns to the president as the chamber again recalls the resolution and contemplates possible campaign implications amid continued stalemate.
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Senate
Record of Diverse 1920s World News Items
A montage of events reports theft of $10,000 worth of radium from Washington, Germany’s wartime death toll rising to 3,000 this week, a French diplomat wounded in Berlin, whisky seizure in New York, Charles Dana Gibson acquiring Life, Col. Brookhart entering the Senate race, an estate appraisal in Branford, a severe regional storm, and no new warship construction. Additional notes cover self determination for Ireland, a convent fire in Wilkes-Barre, expanded foreign embassies in Washington, Diaz rebel leader surrender in Vera Cruz, Britain and France denying Syria king Feisal, the Astor will’s bequests, Transit authority tensions in New York, tax policy debates in Washington, and tax simplification calls.
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Bureau of Stapherds
Washington
Germany
Berlin
Adlon
Ministry of Defense
Prohibition
New York
Roslyn
Charles Dana Gibson
Life
Gibson
8. W. Brookhart
Albert B. Cummins
Senate
Ella ‘Wheeler Wilcox
Branford
Conn
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
House Naval Committee
Ireland
Prince Feisal
Damascus
Syria
Viscount Astor
London
John Jacob Astor
Burr
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Houston
House
Ways and Means’ Committee
Japan to Push Fast Shantung Settlement Talks
Tokyo reports the government has instructed Yukichi Obata in Peking to begin negotiations immediately. Japanese and Chinese commissioners agree on the main points, and Japan is ready to make large concessions toward an amicable solution.
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Tokyo
Yukichi Obata
Peking
Shantung
Japan
Indict 28 in $1,000,000 Weissman Failure
Indictments have been returned against 28 men alleged linked to the $1,000,000 Weissman failure in New Haven. They are accused of concealing assets of the bankrupt firm. Most defendants are from New York and had testified in bankruptcy hearings.
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Asceta
New Haven
Conn
Joseph Weissman
New York
Would Elect U. S. Judges Resolution Introduced
Washington March 20 Senator La Follette Wisconsin introduced a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment for direct election of federal judges. It was referred to the judiciary committee. Constantinople March 22 The Turkish chamber of deputies adjourned in protest against Allied occupation and the deportation of nationalist leaders.
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L la Follette
Wisconsin
Washington
Senator la Follette
Judiciary Committee
Turk Chamber
Constantinople
Turkish Chamber of Deputies
Markets Report Dollars and Weights for Grains and Livestock
Grain and hay prices listed by grain category with bid ranges for rye, spring wheat, hard and soft winter varieties and first second clears. Cattle and hogs show price bands for steers, cows, veal calves, and pork loins, plus sheep and lamb figures.
Rome Work Duty Draft Ends for Italian Citizens
In Rome authorities enforce work requirements for all able-bodied Italian citizens aged twenty to sixty-five. The new decree mandates compulsory labor as determined by state fate, affecting the general population and reflecting broader national labor policy.
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Rome
Citizea
Italy
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Ad Claims Medical Value
An old advertisement extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It cites a druggist testimonial and sworn statements, promises a sample by Parcels Post to readers, and notes bottles are sold in drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Ady
Quotation on Beauty Specialists and Physical Culture
A Birmingham Age-Herald quote notes beauty specialists and physical culture professors rely on image and muscular development to attract clients, highlighting skepticism about appearances and expertise in the trade. The exchange uses a rough metaphor about homeliness and the need to demonstrate fitness.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
HALLS CATARAN MEDICINE PROMISES CURE FOR CATARRH
A 19th century advertisement claims Hall's Cataran Medicine cures catarrh by acting through the blood and mucous surfaces. It promises $100 reward for any case it does not cure and offers testimonials and free samples from J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Praise de Land and June Bug Dream in Camp Meeting
In southern Oklahoma after cotton harvest a colored camp meeting features a preacher extolling heaven. A shouting brother proclaims wishing to be a June bug to fly to heaven, prompting a sister to quip a woodpecker would stop him on the way.
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Oklahoma
Bradder Mose
New York Evening Post
Castoria label urges mothers check for signature
Parents urged to examine every bottle of Castoria for the genuine signature marking it as in use for over 30 years. The familiar remedy for infants and children is promoted as trusted by generations.
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Fletcher
All the Same Are You Wearing Last Year’s Clothes
A brief witty exchange notes a person wearing clothing from previous years. The dialogue suggests resilience or frugality in daily dressing, capturing a humorous stance on fashion cycles and personal style.
Extermination Ads Mocked in Courier-Journal Text
A Louisville Courier-Journal snippet mocks wartime style ads urging worm extermination with “Dead Shot” Vermituge. It features quips on life’s value and a note on costs rising, reflecting a satirical tone about advertised remedies.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
First Mechanic Works Today Inquiry
Informal exchange confirms the first mechanic is working today while the second confirms it is an off day for them. The tone suggests casual scheduling among two staff members.
Cascarets Laxative Ad Claims Gentle Nighttime Relief
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as 100 percent effective for constipation and biliousness. It promises quick relief from headachy, sour stomach and foul tongue while claiming the product works softly while you sleep and avoids harsh laxatives.
Fortune Tellers Turn a Business of Prophets
The Boston Transcript notes fortune tellers run a profitable enterprise by nature, with Dix remarking that it is inherently a business of prophets.
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Bix
Dix
Boston Transcript
Inference on Flubdub Prattle and Magazine Tests
A fragmentary note discusses Flubdub's chatter about fairness in magazine tests. It mentions a prize winner and a dubious health claim about Garfield Tea purifying blood to treat rheumatism and dyspepsia, warning readers to seek a physician.
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