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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1921
Page
15
In a garbled historical fragment the narrative cites Bolshevik violence in Petrograd era Ukraine, mentioning a governor, executions, a shattered capital, and survivors, including a wife masking rites and a storehouse run by relatives of fallen officials. The piece hints at upheaval, fear, and disrupted authority.
The American Red Cross famine relief reports that by December 31, 8,700 Chinese workers were employed in railroad construction under Pekin leadership. The project spans from Techow to Lintsing on the Chi Hil-Shantung border. In one district a census showed girls aged nine to fourteen in two villages had been sold before relief arrived. A food shipment aboard the US transport Merritt moved from Chingwangtao to Tehchow with little delay.
Miss Billa Tarrants, owner of a 200 acre Bowling Green area farm left to her by a nurse, built a modest tobacco and corn operation for 21 years. Discoveries of oil on the property transformed her income to about $100 daily from wells drilled on the land.
Minneapolis based Amar Alayam claims birthright as Armenian tribal king Abu Atayan was toppled by Turks. He says he raised funds abroad to reclaim his kingdom, but war and famine left him bankrupt. Now confined in Hennepin County jail awaiting probation to rally his tribes and regain heritage.
A Bavarian toll saga unfolds as an automobile with license 11 B 488 passed Schwabach last November without toll. After a long chain of officials from Schwabach to Munich, the Palatinate agricultural council determines the car belonged to Bavaria and was not subject to municipal toll. Result announced January 20 after over a year and 40 pfennigs involved.
A survey by a Chamber of Commerce committee reports widespread school dangers. Data from 429 cities show over 468,000 children are on half time or in unsuitable buildings, with inadequate playgrounds and fire hazards. It calls for urgent improvements and safer school sites.
Sir Ernest Shackleton intends a May or June departure for a two year polar expedition with about a dozen men mainly from prior journeys. The Norwegian whaling vessel Pen I is bought for the voyage, 150 dogs will be taken to Hudson Bay, then to Axel Helberg's land and finally eastward to Perry Island to pursue the main objective.
Jerome Mermans, 32, was acquitted by the Braban t Court of Assizes of murder for killing Colline Vandyel, age 16, after she tried to take her life in Brussels Bolg de Cambre. He testified he acted to end her suffering as she lay dying from a temple wound. Medical testimony said her wound would likely have been fatal.
Oscar Shenderoff a dental student wed Myrtle Stewart after a dramatic sequence begun when the father-in-law allegedly abducted the bride hours after the ceremony. Shenderoff traced them to Washington where a car ride and a tense reunion led to a quiet return to Denver and a renewed marriage.
A dog bark alerted neighbors at a Muskegon garage where Casper Soverson lay unconscious beside a running car. Rescuers arrived, revived him, and he survived the incident.
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