Multiple Ohio incidents raise turmoil and deaths across the state
A sprawling montage of 1920s Ohio crimes fires and deaths reports shootings robberies accidents and indictments across counties including Jackson Chillicothe Columbus Toledo and Youngstown. Notable items include a streetcar shooting a 17 year old girl murder cases bank heists and a number of homicides and public safety actions.
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A. M. Cartt
Gallipolis
Tance
Melcoskile
Harry
Springfield
Bis Wire
Amelia
Cambridge
Youngstown
Pert
Wiliam J. White
Hema
Dayton
Camp
Ncards
Watesh Cement Company
Mont- Failing
Kent
Cleveland
Moose Club
John P. McKinney
Moose Order
Ohio
Mary Mack
Akron
Joe Mack
Dore
Dox Ahey
Toledo Housewives’ League
Donald Hand
A Motors Company
Hie Automobile
Little Four Udles
Sandusky
John W. Kanrnd
Matthew Malerich
Lainesville
W. Va
Weat Avenue
Olvo Service Commission
Lorain
A. A. King
William F. Grail
Clarence H. Burk
Latrobe
Marion
Wolloting
Panams
Allan Snyder
The
Wooster Antiwratty Fotbell Tem
Miia Eleanor R. Parker
Cox
Motiou Picture Censors
Exnlen Quieqmbe
Ralph Swain
Deat
Swain
Trieste in the Adriatic dispute a historic prize
Trieste stands as a focal point in the Italy versus Kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes dispute. Though Austrian by lineage, Trieste has deep Italian ties in population and architecture with a landmark Roman temple and San Giusto cathedral. The city lies on the Gulf of Trieste, near Brisciki’s Grotto Gigant, and was a crucial seaport for the former Austrian realm.
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Trieste
Italy
Austria
Venter
Gulf of
Vienna
Brisciki
United States
San Giusto
Museo Lapsidarie
San Salvador Defier of Earthquakes amid Central America
San Salvador, capital of the Central American republic, endures earthquakes and volcanoes as it has in 1854 1873 and 1917. The city rebuilt after each disaster and now stands among the region’s important mid continental cities with a growing population.
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San Salvador
Mid-Continent
Volcano known as Lighthouse of Salvador Mounts Yet Again
The text recalls San Miguel’s eruptive history and the volcano’s dramatic presence since 1770. It describes its eruptions, the caldera’s green cover, and the surrounding landscape with reference to cultural and educational institutions nearby, noting vivid imagery of wakes and gases and the enduring grandeur of the natural monument.
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San Salvador
Salvador
San Miguel
Hidden Ancient Mayan Remnants Unearthed Near Salvador Volcano
Fragmentary passage describes a volcanic lake Topsage and an island rise, with traces of a pre Columbian civilization in the Salvador region. It notes Mayan remains and Pipiles heritage, suggesting ancient centers submerged by earthquakes and volcanic activity in the Americas.
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Reombile
Salvador
Rhodesia The Land Of Men And Wild Beasts Described
Descriptive piece from National Geographic material by R D Parsons highlights interior Rhodesia’s rugged travel by native carriers over rough terrain with dangers from elephants lions leopards and tsetse flies. It notes long journeys from Broken Hill to Abercorn, wet season barefoot travel, Victoria Falls dramatic height and mist, and the tsetse fly’s impact on people and livestock.
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Africa
National Geographic Society
R. D. Parsons
Rhodesia
Broken Hill
Abercorn
England
Victoria Falla
Victoria Falls
Livingstone
Bulawayo
Kasempa
Cape Town
Cape Wa
North Rhodesia
Persia’s Ancient Empire Amid World War Price Shifts
The article recalls Persia as one of history’s oldest empires from Cyrus the Great to Shah Abbas and Khayyam, noting its long saga of rulers and invaders including Alexander and Genghis Khan. It mentions how global conflict affected Persia’s wealth and silver prices during wartime.
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Persia
Elia C. Sykes
Cyrges
Media
Bluhder
Wader Zoroaster
Firdaws
Onis Khayyam
Saad
Hafiz
Darius
Shapur I
Shah
Abbas
Alesander Great
Genghis Khan
Persia in Decline and Daily Life in a Transitional Age
The text surveys Persian geography with plateaus and mountain barriers and notes limited railway and road development. It contrasts Karun navigation with port conditions and comments on caravan trade, language kinship to English, and the architecture and gender roles within Persian homes. It portrays a patriarchal society where women have little influence and are confined to inner courtyards.
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Persian Empire
Karun
Persian Gulf
Persia
Madar
Braday
Czecho-Slovakia Born Aboard Freight Trains
Amid Central Europe turmoil a new nation arises in Czecho-Slovakia as Czech fighters travel across Siberia and beyond from 1918 onward. American correspondent Maynard Owen Williams recounts their voyage from Russia to Vladivostok and through to France to aid democracy.
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Europe
Champagne
Argonne
Siberia
Maynard Owen Williams
Xenophon
Napoleon
Sherman
Willam Gehenzollern
Potsdam
Hays House
Russia
Tashkent
Kerensky
Pacific
America
France
Ukraine
Lake Baikal
Wisdivostols
Vladivostok
Megeruphita bells and long distance calls in ancient Jerusalem
The article notes that Megeruphita bells used in Jewish temple service could be heard eighteen miles from Jerusalem. It describes their threefold purpose to summon priests, call Levites to sing, and warn that the unclean should be brought to the gate Nicanor. It also mentions Jervis Smith’s method to recreate engravings with luminous paint for photographic copies without removing books, using a backlit plate and black cloth.
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Jerusalem
Nicanor
Jervis Smith
Mixed Metaphors From Suffrage Debate
A Boston Transcript quip critiques a suffrage argument by comparing it to the senate hurling a glove into the teeth of the advancing wave for equal rights. The joke reflects campaign humor over women's voting rights in the era.
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Senate
Boston Transcript
Ambergris description and origin in sperm whales
The text defines ambergris as a waxy concretion formed in the whale’s intestine and sometimes found on the animal or washed ashore. It notes masses up to over two hundred pounds, its opacity and inflamed appearance, and its typical grayish color with possible brown or white streaks. It begins to discuss its derivation.
Guestroom Decor and Snooker Doors in Classic Furnishings
The article notes ambergris from cephalopods used in perfumery and describes stylish guestroom doors with embedded snooker decorations. It highlights quaint floral door designs that blend charm with practical use.
Typhoon sails into Staten Island end of 5000 mile voyage
The 45 foot auxiliary schooner Typhoon arrived near St George Staten Island completing a 5000 mile voyage endured by terrane gales. The crew survived a windy sea, as the ship Gloria Victis by Antonit Mercier will later be placed in Paris City Hall Square on the Republic’s fiftieth anniversary.
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St. George
Staten Island
Cape Cod
Antonit Mercier
Paris
Leon Gambetta
Wen
Pantheon
France
Paria
Gambetta
Curiosities and Inventions Highlight A Busy World
A miscellany notes ancient Greek fusion, Japanese coffee essence use, Roman emperors finances, Serbian wedding customs, and rising auto costs totaling 600 million. It mentions Queensland pest imports, Philadelphia schoolchildren funding a hospital bed, a shorthand Kamionos Wawa, Persian boot origins, comet germs, a milkmaid in an English paper, river Elbe, quadrille history, Madagascar household gods, a self hair trimming implement, a robust cashier’s desk anti-robbery device, Birmingham sewage to by products, horse ancestry, Mrs. Rawlins jar turnover, and pearls turning yellow as illness signs.
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Serbia
Queensland
Philadelphia
Kamionos Wawa
British Columbia
Earth
Elbe
Madagascar
Birmingham
John A. Rawlins
New Orleans
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Pian County
Gertrude Lewis
Jackson- Wile
Glouyter
Clarenes Mead
Chillicothe
J. J. Martin
Ducyrie
Mlyria
Nowond Raine
Grant Marchant
James Dale
Staubeneilie
Prepk Mills
Koy Ghay
Ems Bandereon
New London
California
Tom Mandera
Lamster
Lares
Tusca- Taxas County
Julian Kittle
Teadi
Willy
Jovept Kennan
Farmer
Pear Waite
Harry Loteky
Ashtabula
National Bank of
Grove City
Hla Kirby Platt
Am Lin
Jeanie Clark
Columbus
Grace Maselli
Edward Gevgalas
Silvio TH Pietro
Stoubenville
Toms
Ae Ee Coen Oe
Wote
Dilis
Hancock
Andrew Nogajesye
Caburn
Atlanta
Timpin
Canim
Thorgan Maataros
Bretce
Maorey
Willem C. Weming
Georgia Hooter
Ohio Christ
Cultural Education Board
Jon D. Rockefeller
Tmding College
Universit of
Chonirel
Toleing of Om
Williem G. Lanine
Crewiwuiah Urenehip
Merion County
Tare
Joenphine Wiewinei
Janet Cleveland
Constantiog Barcle
St Queten
Dette
Amo
Toledo
Woinans
Ohin
Bullore
Metoriet
Andrew Bower
Fred Smid
Karl Daniels
Richard Thompeon
Hey Weed
Sidney
Steel
Milin
Youngstons
Bugt
Liverpool
Wolleville
Chon ‘Peake and Potomac Telephone Company
Mors Kunis
Hawa Saresses
Canton
Himawil
Joseph Sports
Mewa Vender
Cincindati
Canton Pallea Force
Anna Stahl
Norwood
Cincinnati
Am Automobile
Mildred Carnihan
Piorence Birch
Ona Reformatory For
Cleveland Federation of Labor
National Tatest Company
Thomas Cusack Giga Company
Camp Sherman
West Virginia
Tilia
Fostoria
Adriatic
San “Salvador Bighoray
Ambergris
Milwaukee
William Fetler
Czar
Pri Fe In
Missionary Society of Philadelphia
Mr. Fetler
Talsen
Courland
Vermont
New Hampshire
Mont—mountain
Miss Cayenne
Bureau of Soils
United States Department of Agriculture
Arlington
Sahara
Ta Baty
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