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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1921
Page
2
Refugee Russians in Constantinople Seek Shelter Through Marriages
Refugee Russian women marry Turks to obtain temporary homes while Russian princes and nobles eye property in Bolshevik’s fall. Many men and women barter marriages across seas to secure charity aid and shelter, keeping politeness amid hardship.
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Constantinople
Russia
Hangman Objects to Slurs in Hungarian Assembly
Budapest reports the hungarian hangman defends his calling after slurs in parliament. Michael Ball, the official hangman, writes that the vocation is honorable and useful like judges or kings, and condemns derogatory attitudes as outdated superstitions.
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Budapest
Hungary
Hungarian National Assembly
Charles
Michael Ball
National Assembly
Birmingham Report Shows Moving Transfer Ordinance Works
The Birmingham ordinance requires owners of vans and other vehicles to report every moving transfer to the chief of police. Reports are filed in an alphabeted, dated ledger open for inspection. Enforcers cite strong penalties for false reports and note its success since 1913 in reducing bill evasion and aiding law enforcement.
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Birmingham
Retail Furniture Dealers’ Association
Commissioner of Public Safety
Arlie Barber
Oil Search Extended in German New Guinea
Pacific Oil Fields reports extended exploration from Papua to German New Guinea under Australian mandate. Anglo Persian Oil Company researchers, allied with Australia, expect better indications and share in any discovery. Private firms also participate though land policy delays prospects.
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Sydney
Papua
German New Guinea
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
Commonwealth
Moonshiner Given Suspended Year After Jury Awards $70
Breckenridge Breckenridge Vex reports A BP Markwood self-confessed moonshiner receives a suspended one year sentence in the penitentiary after a Nineteenth District jury awards him a purse of about $70. He says hard times pushed him into distilling to support his wife and six children. His wife corroborates his testimony and Markwood surrendered after Lud Meen, a fellow moonshiner, was arrested.
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Breckenridge
A. BP
Markwood
Nineteenth District
Markwoods
Treckenpidge
Lud Meen
Revival of France After War Destruction and Rebuilding
France reports large scale reconstruction in devastated regions under Minister Loucheur. Statistics show millions returned, thousands of houses rebuilt, acres cleared, farms revived, and factories resuming operation. The government frames recovery as wartime sacrifice met with steadfast rebuilding.
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Paris
France
M. Loucheur
Tallest Man Illusorily Reaches Chicago
Jan Van Albert, said to be five feet five inches tall, arrives in Chicago to compare with six foot Lew Rose. Van Albert cannot travel in a Pullman because beds are too short, and hotels provide two beds joined for his sleep.
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Jan van Albert
Chicago
Little Lew Rose
van Albert
Drunken Bull Leads Officers to Moonshine Stills
In Hood River Oregon local reports say a drunken bull from the Underwood district staggered through brush drawing officers who traced its path to a hidden cabin about 100 yards away. Inside they found a still with a barrel half full of mash nearby.
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Hood River
Underwood
Wash
Stevenson
Veteran Served Sentence of Man Who Saved His Life
In France a veteran credited his lifesaver as a buddy who later saved his life. Harry W. Haley, alias general prisoner No wzje2, is serving six months at Fort Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks for desertion, with details tied to a claimed Treend connection.
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Floria Beach
Marmora Sea
France
Harry W. Haley
Nowzje2
United States Disciplinary Barracks
Port Leavenworth
Hun
British magnet to raise sunken ships eyed for salvage
A new submarine magnet device may recover steel and metals lost to German submarines in the North Sea and English Channel. Three powerful magnets could lift metal sections even when encased in wood, reducing reliance on divers in deep water salvage.
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London
North Sea
English Channel
British
Admiralty
Albert Docks
Silvertown
British Admiralty
Port of London Authority
Neale
Neale Magnet Construction Company
Fish Without Mouth Caught Near Varney River
J D Poe a Kennett blacksmith caught a five pound buffalo fish with its mouth grown shut on a trip to Tear Blanket along the Varney river. The fish showed a healed wound and continued to swim normally, filtering water through separate gills.
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Kennett
J. D. Poe
Poe
Varney River
Woman knocks on coffin lid survives burial scare
A Tokyo report says a woman apparently died and was prepared for burial when a faint tapping came from inside the coffin. Priests opened it to find her alive and asking for water. She survived and was treated two days later.
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Tokyo
Japan Times and Mail
Ants Build Vast Underground Tunnels In Texas And New York
The article compares man’s subway and tunnel engineering with ants that dig extensive, water-logged galleries. It recounts observations by Dr. Henry McCook and General Fountain about ant colonies near Fort Clark and an Austin farmer’s irrigation ditch attack, noting tunnel depths up to six feet and branches reaching a peach orchard.
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New York
Hudson
Rust
Texas
Henry McCook
General
Austin
Wiliain
Casket Seized For Debt In Detroit Funeral Disruption
Detroit funeral services for Mrs. Vincent Dzieginski were halted when two constables seized the casket to satisfy a writ of replevin. Undertaker Stanley A. Lappo reported he requested a $500 payment note. Dzieginski’s husband allegedly shot at him as officers moved the casket and rugs from the home. The body remained on a couch during the seizure.
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Detroit
Mich
Vincent Dzieginski
Stanley A. Lappo
Dzieginski
Lappo
John M. McKinley
Buenos Aires Streets Freshened With Night Washing
Buenos Aires downtown areas are cleaned every night with thorough washing and wide use of disinfectant to curb communicable diseases, leaving streets clean and scenting the air like a hospital.
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Buenos Aires
Farmer Crams Melons Into Boys for Robbery
Walter J. Miller, a melon grower in Council Bluffs Iowa, surprised nine young men who had robbed his field. He forced them to drive a truck to his house and locked them in a room. Their punishment was to eat melons passed to them through a window. The group collapsed in agony with three melons still in the truck.
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Serbia
Prince Golitzy
Kiev
Council Bluffs
Walter J. Miller
Miller
Glove Styles Shift With Social Dress Codes Across Seasons
The article notes gloves come in many colors and fabrics reflecting social occasions and practicality. Street gloves use kid and calf skins. silk gloves dominate evening wear and drama outings with double length wrists and back stitching. black remains versatile, while pale kid gloves lead in light tones and decorative back stitching appears in some black pairs.
Pilot fish hitching ride on sharks and turtles
A Philadelphia Ledger item explains the pilot fish or shark-sucker clinging to sharks and turtles using a sucking disk. It notes the fish gains a resting place or free ride, and describes its use by primitive peoples as a live fish-hook to reel in turtles or other fish.
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Illustrated World
Philadelphia Ledger
Trackless trolley debuts in former Austria Hungary cities
The wireless trolley car has not arrived yet but the trackless trolley operates successfully in several cities. Invented by Viennese Ludwig Stoll, it uses a flexible cable to power the car with a negative return wire. It can move up to sixty four feet from the wire and adapts to varying traffic. Well built roads are essential for smooth operation.
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Ludwig Stoll
Austria-Hungary
Christian Science Monitor
Fis
Weather Insurance Paid Off for Boston Bridegroom
A Boston man received a $500 weather insurance policy from a Hartford company to cover his wedding day. The plan avoided extra costs if rain occurred, but the sun shone and the couple enjoyed a clear reception and honeymoon departure.
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Boston
Hartford
Conn
Nerv Worth marketed as miracle nerve remedy in city
Nerv Worth claims rapid relief for nervous and stomach disorders with a money back guarantee. Advertised by R. P. Mullins and leading druggists, bottles sell for one dollar with testimonials and nationwide sales success touted to attract customers.
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R. P. Mullins
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