Air Heroes Return From Alaska Flight Spectacle Grips Capital
Washington welcomed eight army aviators returning from a 9000 mile Alaska expedition escorted by 65 planes and the ZD 1 airship. Secretary Baker and Daniels honored the crew with certificates as crowds watched from Bolling Field. The flight covered 16 days outbound and 15 days return, flying over glaciers and sparsely populated regions.
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Washington
America
Alaska
Mineola
Langley Field
Government
Rome Denies Fund Report On Cerretti Visit
The Observatore Romano denies a Giornale Italia claim that Mer. Bonaventure Cerretti sought a financial remission or loan during a prior U S visit. The Vatican secretary of state reportedly had no financial mission or collection of ignorings from American Catholics.
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Rowe
Observatore Rogmano
Vatican
Giornale Iitalia
Mer. Bonaventure Cerretti
United States
Mgr. Cerretti
Bankers Visit Baltimore and Annapolis Following Convention
Washington delegates from the American Bankers Association toured Baltimore harbor facilities and visited the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis as guests of a local financial firm. The excursion followed a week of convention work, with several thousand members in attendance.
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Washington
American Bankers’ Association
Baltimore
Annapol
War Academy
Annapolis
Richie
Maryland Amde
Man killed in leap into river during parachute fall
A man died when a parachute mishap sent him plunging into the Susquehanna River near the airfield. Investigators report the accident occurred as a winged plane attempted an emergency maneuver. Proceedings will determine the cause and identify the individuals involved.
Folded Shape Stirs Comic Debate About Meaning
A humorous note on a word’s shape and meaning compares it to a folded form nearly restoring its original look. The passage hints at satire over how a term’s sense can feel as if it were reshaped to a goofily thorough result.
Secretary Meredith Addresses Bankers on Farm Prices Losses
Secretary of Agriculture Meredith told the American Bankers association convention that farm product values have fallen this season, leaving farmers about 2.5 billion dollars below 1919 price levels. He cited corn and cotton price drops and urged bankers to provide credit and support for farmers to sustain food production. He called for tax cuts, railroad cost relief, and reduced government and private expenditures.
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Washington
Meredith
American Bankers’ Association
Bankers of America
Mr. Meredith
Richard S. Hawes
Association
Five Named On New Shipping Board
President Wilson appointed five of the seven members of the new shipping board created by the merchant marine act. Admiral William S. Benson was reappointed chairman. The four others are Frederick L Thompson of Mobile Alabama Gavin McNab of San Francisco Martin J Gillen of Wisconsin and Theodore Marburg of Baltimore.
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Washington
New Shipping Board
Merchant Marine Act
Wilson
William S. Benson
Naval Operations
Frederick L Thompson
Mobile
Ala
Gavin McNab
San Francisco
Martin J. Gillen
Wisconsin
Theodore Marburg
Baltimore
Mass Train Wreck in Manchuria Claims Large Casualties
Special dispatches from Harbin report 800 casualties in a collision on the Chinese Eastern railway near Harbin, with Victims identified as Russians. Later messages from Vladivostok cite 100 killed in the wreck.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Tokyo
Vladivostok
International Sheep Shearers to Hold World Contest
The International Sheep Shearers union based in Butte announces a world contest on July 15 and 16, 1921 inviting experts from every wool producing country. The union plans to make the event annual.
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Sheep Shearers
Butte
Mont
International Sheep Shearers’ Union
Gary cites bright prospects and price reforms in postwar economy
Elbert H. Gary of United States Steel told the American Iron and Steel Institute that the business outlook abroad and at home is largely favorable though cautious. He blamed outrageously high prices on intermediaries and some workers while urging reductions driven by supply and demand to restore fair levels. He praised French and Belgian recovery and lauded their administrations as strong and capable for future economic progress.
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New York
United States
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
American Iron and Steel Institute
France
Belgium
Gary
BLUEBEARD SWINDLER LANRU ARRANGED ON CHARGES
Henri Landru, held for over two years in France, is arraigned in a police court on swindling charges tied to his 1913 automobile garage venture. Prosecutors seek five years penal servitude plus deportation, while murder charges are not raised in this proceeding.
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Paris
France
Henri Lanaru
Landru
Noumea
Devil's Island
Col J F MacDougall Dies at 101 in Texas
Col J F MacDougall a wealthy North Texas financier and Grayson county pioneer died in Dennison after a two week illness. Born in Canada he moved to Texas in the early 1870s.
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Texas
Farmers organize Clark county vigilance committee in Ohio
About 100 farmers form Clark county vigilance committee to assist county and city officers in catching thieves pillaging farms stock pens and stables in Springfield Ohio.
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Springfield
Clark County Vigilance Committee
White Flower Bloom Clue Channels Sale Narrative
Fragmentary text hints at a sale or trade topic involving white flowers or whiteness. Readable phrases mention white bark and white accounts, but key details and context are lost in garbled OCR. The snippet suggests a column note or market item without clear names, dates, or places.
Treasury forecasts $4 billion expenditures for next year
Secretary Houston outlined a $4,000,000,000 federal outlay for the coming fiscal year, urging strict thrift and continued taxation at or above that level. He predicted debt reductions and the eventual redemption of short term certificates as war bonds mature. He warned agricultural relief demands amid rising living costs.
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Washington
Houston
Treasury Department
American Bankers’ Association
Treasury
U. S. Cuba Air Line Planes Begin Service
Two sea planes named Santa Maria and Pinta left New York to inaugurate Key West to Havana service on November 1. Each aircraft carries 11 passengers and mail sacks including a letter from President Wilson. The 90 mile flight time is about 75 minutes.
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New York
Key West
Havana
Wilson
Cuba
Santa Maria
Flour Falls One Dollar a Barrel in Minneapolis Mills
Flour prices slipped in Minneapolis on October 23 as wheat market dips pushed costs down. Major mills cut family patent flour to 11 dollars from 12, and another large mill trimmed 68 cents to 10.85 dollars per barrel.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Journalist Freed In Havana After Dominican Arrest
U S Army frees Dominican journalist Fabio Fiolla who was held in Santo Domingo on charges tied to published articles. He is provisionally placed at Liberty, per a cablegram bearing his signature received in Havana on Oct 23.
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U. S. Army
Havana
Cuba
Fabio Fiella
Santo Domingo
Uberty
Fiolla
Alleged Avanti Plot Aims at Fiume Dalmatia Status
Rome reports Avanti claims a secret faction led by Orlando D Annunzio and military leaders plans to keep Fiume and Dalmatia for generations, oppose concessions to Yugoslavia, and possibly seize power with 100000 men using Milan Bologna and Rome as centers, aiming to crown a radical democratic republic.
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Rome
Avanti
Fiume
Dalmatia
Giornale D'Italia
Orlando
Gabriele D’annunzio
Thaon di Revel
Millo
Giardina
Supreme War Council
Caviglia
Badoglia
Nava
Jugo-Slavia
Zeara
Pola
Trieste
Milan
Bologna
Sugar fraud charges loom in Omaha over spoiled Java sugar
Omaha attorney William Ritchie Jr claims a gigantic fraud dumped 5,120,000 pounds of spoiled inferior Java sugar on the U S market. He plans eight suits seeking from 50 000 to 750 000 dollars against sugar importing firms in San Francisco within two weeks. He says agents sold the unmarketable sugar during a spring shortage, claiming it was premium granulated sugar and delivered only after payment, causing heavy losses to western jobbers.
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Omaha
Neb
William Ritchie, Jr
San Francisco
Chicago
Java
Ritchie
Manitou Fall From Balcony Leaves Man Dead
Nathan Cohen of New York died after a fall from a restaurant balcony into a creek in Manitou. Heart disease caused the fall. Bert Stanley a Boy Scout tried to break Cohen’s fall and was knocked into the stream but rescued by firemen.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Nathan Cohen
New York
Manitou
Bert Stanley
Cohen
Indian claimed 138 dies in Sierra Nevada fire accident
Philip Lefthand a Digger Indian aged 138 according to his claim died from burns after sparks from his pipe set his clothing alight at his tribal home high in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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Philip
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Bakersfield
Cal
Philip Lefthand
Budget set for League of Nations next year
Brussels October 25. The League of Nations council approves a budget totaling 4.8 million dollars for the coming year with 400000 dollars needed monthly. The measure will be submitted to the league assembly in Geneva for approval at the forthcoming sessions.
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Geneva
Brussels
Belgium
League of Nations
Council of the League
League Assembly
Thieves Loot U.S. Marshal Office Wine Cellar
Thieves broke into the United States Marshal Dallman office in the federal building in Springfield Illinois and stole ten gallons of rare old wines and four gallons of white mule whisky.
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Illinois
International incidents and economic shifts across 1920 era
Shipping losses occur as the steamer Zaca catches fire at Port of Spain and is beached while Turkish nationalists shell an American college in Asia Minor. In Ireland a Canadian body is found. Prince Alfonso enlists in a Spanish regiment. and a Lyons dispatch notes Tyrol proclaims a republic as war maneuvers unfold near Toledo.
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United States
Shipping ’Board
Zaca
Spain
Trinidad
Alatab
Asia Minor
Straw
Bettystown
Ireland
Bert J. Vandervelt
Normal
Andrew Carnegie
Pittsburgh
New York Central Railroad
Buffalo
N. Y
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
American Bankers’ Association
Washington
Chicago
Dora Palman
Louis Palman
Chicago Grocery Company
Peoria
Colby
L. Breton
Argentina
Earle Compress Company
Earle
Ark
Compress
Irving Fisher
Currency Commission
E. J. Costello
Federated Press of Chicago
Scotland Yard
London
Armour & Co. Indicted in 127-Count Case for Profiteering
A federal indictment returned against Armour & Co. of Chicago and several officers accuses the meat packer of profiteering in violation of the Lever Act. The document lists 127 counts and names multiple executives.
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New York
Armour & Co
Chicago Packers
The Markets Highlights for Flour Cattle Hogs and Sheep
The report lists prices for flour types including hard spring and soft winter wheats, rye flour, and hay grades with farm sacks and warehouse terms. Cattle prices show ranges from canners to prime steers, with cows and heifers also valued. hogs list several weight classes and packer totals, and sheep include native and western lambs with feeding lambs and yearling figures.
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Kansas
Colomna
Wothers
Owen
Hypo-Cod Tonic Praised in Local Testimony
Mrs Ida Phillips of Dayton credits Earle's Hypo-Cod with restoring strength and reducing nervous fatigue after months of weariness. She bought the tonic on a druggist’s recommendation and reports improved energy and well being after nearly three bottles. The ad urges readers to inspect the bottle formula and notes the product is sold by leading druggists.
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Earle
Ida Phillips
Home Ave
Dayton
Earle Chemical Co
Wheeling
W. Va
Spectacled Bear Exhibit Opens at New York Museum
A mounted spectacled bear from Venezuela is on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The bear gets its name from the gray white markings around its eyes and is one of the rarest bear species, the only bear native to South America.
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Venezuela
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
South America
In Canoe and Cautionary Quip Punctuate Advice
A fragment from a historical column quotes canoe caution never rock a canoe and a saying about kissing a girl risking prudence. It also notes that wealth does not equal brains.
Remarkable Recovery Report for Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound
Philadelphia woman Mrs Margaret Danz reports relief from severe life changes symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She describes intense side pain headaches and insomnia and says the remedy restored health from a desperate condition. The letter urges others to try the product and notes broad publication of such testimonials.
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Philadelphia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tor
Margaret Danz
N. 25Th Street
Phila
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Pershing
Charles T. Menoher
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James Long
Joseph E. English
Meaoher
Mitchell
Alaska Air Expedition
Baltimore Financial Company
Achute
E. R
Moon Faille
Susquehanna River
Mace
John L. Cope
Antarctic
South Pole
NEW Ship Board
Benson
Uncle Merchant Marine Act
China
Europe
Bluebeard
J. F. Mac Dougall
Farmer
Ohio
William Murphy
Madison and
Wells Streets
Murphy
U. S
Bankers’ Convention
U. S.-Cuba Air Line
Pian
Dannuzio
di Revel
Manitou, Colo
Indict Armour & CO
Kempsbalsam
Paraii Yepees
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