Shaker Sect Decline and Historic Communal Roots
A Wash headquarters bulletin recalls the Shaker sect in Enfield New Hampshire and Watervliet New York noting dwindling membership from 886 to six in Enfield. It traces Shaker origins with Ann Lee and highlights their virgin purity communal living and early industrial contributions including inventors and tools.
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Ashington
D. G
Auerlen
Shaker Company
Enfield
New Hampshire
The
Nageographic Society
America
Lays Real Golf Bail Independence Kan Lays Egg Tale
In Independence Kansas Kenoyer related a hen Ix laid eyes on a roof and dropped eggs. The hen devoured her own eggs until recently she laid a round egg which was treated with acetic acid and formaldehyde. A man offered $600 for the eggs. powder shark skin is used for polishing diamonds.
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Kan—L. Kenoyar
Kenoyer
American gold perils tourist fined in France
American Mrs Palmer Tennant of Hagerstown Maryland faced French authorities after carrying five $20 gold pieces in an envelope within her dressing bag. An inspector seized the coins at Bellegarde on the French frontier, later converting them to French notes and charging Tennant with attempting to export gold. The incident prompted broader notes on French currency limits and tighter scrutiny of travelers carrying gold.
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Paris
Europe
Palmer Tennant
Hagerstown
Tennant
Porig
North Africa
New York
Chia
Are
Rennent
France
Polles
Polu
Belle- Birds
Bellegrade
Simewan
Delagarde
Germany
Basel
Trunka
Furalgnara
Kyoto High School Boys Suspended Over Principal Controversy
Kyoto high school students were suspended after a vote of no confidence in their principal regarding alleged despotism and discharge of older professors. A meeting between the principal and students failed to reach an agreement and suspension was upheld.
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Dorothy Bough
Beta
Philaddelphia
Iyata
Kyoto
Mauradtier
Double Brain Soldier Seeks Past through Veterans Bureau Aid
Hayward Thompson, an ex-service man in Denver, claims a double brain after wartime injuries. One half writes with the left hand and the other controls the right, while memory fails to recall life before hospitalization. Veterans' Bureau and Colorado American Legion work to identify him and recover his past.
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Oman
Layward Thompson
Denver
Colo
Idy Hen
Thompson
Lfe
Veterains’ Bureau
Hayward “Hompion
The Real Unknown Soldier Mystery of a Lost Fol dler
A Baltimore foundling known as Ishward John Evangilist Smith grows up under foster care and education at Mount Saint Marys. Drafted in 1917, he serves overseas with the Beth regiment. On the day of the armistice his unit lists him as missing and the tale of his supposed unknown grave stirs mothers to wonder if he lies buried as the Unknown Soldier.
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Manders
Sottler
Laltimore
Haily
Isiward John Bvangelist Smith
Sint Mary'a Seligol
Aount Bornt Mary's
Wounded on Armistice Day 0 O Stole of Toledo
Rolf, a naval lieutenant and ex executive officer of a merchant ship, was severely wounded when a German submarine attacked the ship near La Palis France on Armistice Day November 11 1918. After months in hospitals he returned to America and resumed practicing law in Toledo.
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Stole
Toledo
United Briten Naval
Cer
Willtlee
Rolf
Ely
la Palis
France
England
America
Wolede
Soldier Voter Rights Clash Reported in Legion Weekly
A writer in the American Legion Weekly cites World Almanac figures to claim soldiers and gallery members are denied voting in several states due to occupation. The piece flags Indiana Missouri North Dakota Ohio Oregon Texas West Virginia as examples of restricted suffrage in specific suites of the Union.
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Soldiera
Sulivra
American Legion Weekly
World Almanac
Indiana
Missouri
Notawaka
North Dakota
Ohio
Oregon
Texas
West
Bowron Seeks Relief After Forty Years of Indigestion
Taniad has helped KR. I. Bowron of Los Angeles endure forty years of digestive discomfort. He tried various medicines with little lasting effect. About two years ago Tonlae improved his condition. now he eats well sleeps soundly and experiences no distress after meals.
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Cowis
KR. I. Bowron
Los Angeles
Cal
Opportunity to Save Aboard with Dr Wellington Koo
Dr Wellington Koo notes how some view Chinese as childlike and innocent. A Peking merchant kept a notorious foreigner as boarder at $20 weekly, then cut to $10 after six months, claiming the foreigner never paid and would cause a loss.
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Wellington Koo
New York
Nand St Fo
Gene Puking
Bin
Lake mystery lake expedition endangers interior trek
A garbled ad and travel note discuss a Lake Wyre mystery Lake Byres expedition. It claims a dramatic inland journey across interior deserts with a so called Lake Wyre that floods, then drains, creating a cyclical lake. The piece blends product pitches with sensational travel lore.
Fragmentary note on 1776 marine committee event in Wit cone
Fragmentary OCR describes a 1776 marine committee event. It mentions a keelard or leader, a cue, a costume with green edging, white waistcoat, and garters. Details are obscure and garbled, but reference to a ceremony or court-like scene persists.
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Clancy Drengera
Yuder
Marine
Sontambo
Dutton
Wien
Fragmented OCR Echoes From A Labeled Street Dialogue
A garbled OCR passage presents clipped phrases and misread names. The text includes quoted lines about a location at Lynonth and Spruce and references to a traveler, a station, and a warning about honey vitamins. The overall sense is a damaged historical dialogue excerpt with unclear context.
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Ann
Erlea
Mterior
Watervilet
Massachusetts
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Maine
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Kentucky
John
Slater
United States
Ting
Legion
JAP School
Thy
Areeriean Lagi Notey Baelon
Hayward Thompson
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Buckeye
Holda
Bowron
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Oriver
Nccua
Wyre
Henry
Peulkton
Lynonth
Spruce
Anes
Colgate
Iil
Iowa
Texan
Han T. S. Neal
Bedell Bily
San Antonio
Mandy
Eepheld
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Staffed
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Axbilian
Ol Owens
W.N. U
Des Moines
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Tilinyg
Nuxaoro
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Creas
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Mat Lersus Becuse
Tidle Shady Records
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Allen
Gorp
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Navy
Manishe Feel
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