Haase Death Reshapes German Independent Socialists
Berlin reports the death of Hugo Haase, president of the Independent Socialist party, from wounds inflicted October 8. His passing may trigger a split and push moderates toward the Majority Socialists led by Philip Scheidemann, as radicals gain influence and a Russian pattern of polarization emerges.
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Berlin
Hugo Haase
Independent Socialist Party
Haase
Reichstag
Independent Party
Dacumis
Ledebour
Richard Mueller
Beichhorn
Geyer
Saxony
Henke
Bremenn
Germany
Philip Scheidemann
Karl Kautsky
Herr Haase
Dont Fuss With Mustard Plasters Ex Exterminator Ad
McNeil's Pain Exterminator Ad headlines a bold campaign against mustard plasters. The short, punchy copy promotes the product as a modern remedy, urging readers to choose the pain easing solution over traditional plasters.
830 Families Helped in Year
The Associated Aid Societies of Harrisburg will meet in annual session at the Civic Club with Karl de Schweinitz as speaker on Other People. The report notes 830 families and individuals helped last year, citing better housing, happier homes, more regular work, and debts paid as results of prohibition.
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Associated Aid Societies of
Harrisburg
Civic Club
Karl de Schweinitz
Philadelphia Society For Organizing Charity
Pennsylvania Society For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
New York City Charity Organization Society
Frank Brady
M. Glenn Gottschall
Hunger Strikers in Ireland Not To Be Freed
Sir Horace Plunkett warns that not releasing hunger strikers from Irish jails will not break Sinn Fein, as Dublin reports say conditions in Ireland remain disquieting. Crime rises and lawlessness grows despite proclamations, with two government policies amid home rule talks and ongoing repression.
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Ireland
London
Horace Plunkett
Dublin
Sinn Fein
Dublin Castle
German Newspapers Debate Army Strength
German papers clash over actual army size with the Independent Socialists doubting government claims and others accusing them of deceiving foreign press. Freiheit claims a National army of 200000 with potential to 800000 or more up to 2000000, provoking disarmament calls from French and British press.
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Germany
Berlin Freiheit
Seek Homesites on Land as Salton Sea Shrinks
The Salton Sea in the Imperial Valley is shrinking about a mile per year, leaving salt encrusted adobe land ripe for homesteaders. Stakes are often placed far out in the water as buyers eye the newly exposed shore. The sea sits 169 feet below sea level and hosts fish such as mullet and carp, with plans by capitalists to build a cannery. The USDA notes the area surrounding the Salton Sea holds the largest expanse of date-producing land in the country.
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Los Angeles
Salton Sea
Imperial Valley
Arizona
United States Department of Agriculture
Soap and Water Used as Feature in Baby Contests
New York December reports that Better Baby Contests featured soap and water rather than eugenics. Dr Boris D Bogen, director of American Jewish relief work, returned from Poland after ten months as a Joint Distribution Committee representative. He devised cleanliness contests for starving Jewish children, noting soap was a luxury Poland had lacked for five years.
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New York
Poland
Boris D. Bogen
Bogen
Joint Distribution Committee
Knickerbockers Adopted in Golf Costume by Mrs Osborne
Mrs J B Osborne of the California Golf Club wears knickerbockers instead of a skirt in golf attire. San Francisco writers foresee wide adoption, mirroring the breeches popular with women hikers crossing San Francisco Bay to Marin county woods.
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San Francisco
Osborne
California Golf Club
San Francisco Bay
Marin County
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Pomeroy & Stewart
Toyland
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Gienele Ulema Welt
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Price
Nina Wilcox
Putnam
Norman Jacobson
Ruth Plumly Thompson
Rge Mitchell
Fairmont Snyde Price
Johnny Gruelle
William Macharg
Danny Daddles
Rose Strong Hubbell
Elizabeth Gordon
William T. Learned
Mother Earth
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Catroline Hofman
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Miriam Clark Potter
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