Poop Manners of Smoot Are Cited in France
Paria reports that French observers mockingly cite Senator Reed Smoot of the American commission for placing a foot on the table after talks. L'Oeuvre notes the gesture as a sign of end of the conference and a chic, symbolic American habit likely to become fashionable in France. The piece calls Americans snobs and discusses table etiquette in cultural exchange.
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Paria
Washington
Pang
Reed Smoot
American Commission
L'Oeuvre
France
America
Tornado Deaths and Injuries Across Barbour and Nearby Areas
A violent tornado path through Oak Grove in Union Springs and Good Hope region west of Troy left multiple fatalities and numerous injuries. Reports indicate at least three killed near Eulela and four in Good Hope, with additional deaths near Union Springs, Brantley, Clopwood, and Goshen. Emergency aid mobilized to Troy as fires and heavy rain compounded devastation.
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Oak Grove
Union Springs
Troy
Masonic Hospital
Brantley
Clopwood
Goshen
Coup in Nicaragua Chaos as Managua Seized in Coup Attempt
Report describes a coup in Nicaragua with Managua reportedly occupied by armed groups. Mentions former President Adolfo Díaz visiting President Solórzano, Chamorro and Dinar seeking to maintain peace as troops hold three fourths of the city and the government’s central buildings.
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Nicaragua
Managua
Carter
Adolfo Diaz
Solorzano
Chamarra
Recall Origin of Building
San Francisco October 21 4 A brokerage firm began interior alterations for the Parrott Building a structure built in 1832 from stones brought from China Chinese coolies carried the stones to the site with bamboo poles no derrick and a primitive pole and sap system The three story building stood for 72 years through progress and the 1906 earthquake It remains durable while exterior improvements proceed and the exterior will not be changed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
China
Hongkong
Wall Street
China War Puzzle Tests Power Balance Over Beijing Conference
Washington notes a three cornered Chinese power struggle on the eve of the Peking customs conference. General Feng Yu-Hsiang, Wu Pei Fu, and Chang Hsueh-lien maneuver for control as Wu and Feng may realign to seize Peking. Delegates arrive neutral, while the fate of the conference hinges on ongoing militarist rivalries and revenue aims.
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Washington
Peking
China
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Wu Pei-Fu
tso-Tan
Chang
Yang-tse Valley
Shanghai
Feng
Kalgah
Mongolia
Kan
Manchuria
Deking
Duchess of Athol Eases League of Nations Debate
Geneva October 2. A British duchess joins the humanitarian committee of the League of Nations assembly, her presence unsettling yet gracious. The Duchess of Athol, a parliament delegate, aims to set colleagues at ease while navigating the formalities of this interwar body.
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Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
Athol
Great Britain
League
Itowincket
Norway
Helena Artists Series Opens at Shrine Tonight
Helena opens a four performance winter series with the Chicago Operatic Trio Miss Myrna Shadow soprano Riccardo Martin America s greatest tenor and Laula Kreidler baritone in a program of solos duets and trios. Members from Chicago Civic Opera and critics praise their artistry. Seats on sale at Meeves Music House until 6 then at Shrine box office.
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Helena
Shrine Temple
Chicago
Ho West
Myrna Shadow
Riccardo Martin
America
Sherlow
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Havo Magimobely
Lews Kretdler
Meeves’ Music House
Bhrine Sample
One Year to Life at Marlow Opens With Controversy
A Sunday review notes Que Year to Life at the Marlow tomorrow and a weekly song contest, while also detailing One Year to Live, a stark realism study starring Aileen Pringle and Antonio Moreno. The piece praises Cimmmnings for faithful adaptation and vivid, unvarnished emotion.
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M.C. Leves
Marlow
Imagina Toon
Lurector Cimmmnings
John Hunter
Aileen Pringle
Elise Duchaner
Shaw's Pygmalion at Shrine Saturday Night
The Maroni Olaen Players present Shaw's Pygmalion at the Shrine temple next Saturday night in Jolona. The Idaho Statesman lauds the adaptation and performances, noting Moront Oluen as Higgins and Janet Young as Galatea, with praise for the cast and its take on social norms.
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Cyprus
Ivory
Venus
Hls
George Bernard Shaw
Henry Higgins
Covent Garden
Shea
Bond
Idaho Statesman
Shrine Temple
Continioe
Henry Tyging
Pys- Imalion
Shaw
Henry Ilfiggins
Elza Doolittle
Engineers to Meet In Butte Friday Evening
The Montana Society of Engineers and the Montana section of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers will hold a joint meeting in Butte Friday evening. Colonel J Savage of the American Stoker company will read a paper. Wilmington N C J W Anderson of St Louis MO vice president of the Order of Railroad Telegraphist died.
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Hutte
Montana Society of Engineers
Montana
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Butte
J. Savage
American Stoker Company
Wilmington
N. C
J. W. Anderson
St. Louis, MO
Order of Railrad
Prison Romance Closes On Local Screen Today
Warden Lawes as Sing Sing chief appears in Belasco's The Dove with John Harrington in The Man Who Found Himself, directed by Alfred E. Green for Paramount. Harrington, a burly stage veteran, recently played a crafty blind beggar in Street of Forgotten Men and then was cast as the prison warden in the Meighan feature.
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Warden Lawes
Sing Sing
John Harrington
Belasco
the Hudson
Thomas Meighan
Paramount
Alfred E. Greeny
Marlow
Harrington
Heedert Brens
Meighan
Booth Tarkington
Hawaiian Park Aims At Kealakekua Coast Monument
The territory plans a public park at Kealakekua on the Mona coast in Hawaii. The site will include the Captain James Cook monument and the surrounding 5,682 square feet of British territory, establishing a commemorative area for the famed navigator.
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Honolulu
Mawaii
Kealakekua
Mona
James Cook
Practice. Wellington and Warrington Exchange Lines
Wellington asks for a cigarette, Warrington replies bluntly about needing to practice. The dialogue captures terse, casual banter between two characters with an implied sports or training setting.
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Wellington
Warrington
Balkans Tension Deepens As Greece and Bulgaria Clash
Reports from Belgrade and Sofia describe Greek and Bulgarian forces clashing at multiple fronts with 15 trainloads of troops moving toward the front. Both sides accuse the other of starting hostilities while the League of Nations in Paris seeks a peaceful mediation and possible inquiry.
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Czecho-Slovakia
Belgrade
Stambowhsky
Athcanasoff
Stojanoff
Zaribrod
Sofia
Paris
Europe
Council of the
League of Nations
League
Balkan
Coun
Greece
Bulgaria
Rama
Hnpes
Balkans
Pulgaria
Juga- Slavia
Rumania
Turkey
Fire causes fatal electric shock to firefighter
During a London blaze a broken electric cable sent currents through the burning building. One current ran through a jet of water into a firefighter, who was killed instantly. Several others were affected as flames raged.
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London
Scientists Return From 3,000 Mile Cruise
The St George yacht of the Scientific Exploration Research association docked in Dartmouth England after a voyage spanning more than two decades. Over 100 specimens gathered during the 3,000 mile tour have been sent to the British Museum and other institutions.
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Dartmouth
Eng
St. George
Scientific Exploration Research Association
British Museum
Fewer Tips Hit Tokyo Service Sector
In Tokyo, waiters and waitresses report hard times reducing daily income as tips dwindle. Even small change and casual hospitality rewards grow scarce, with service industry workers noting a visible drop in earnings and customer generosity.
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Tokyo
Betlhonsais Waitéey
Germans Seek Adve Monopoly in German Chemical Trade
New York October 2 AP The New York World reports German and American chemical firms are locked in an industrial war over secrets and plants in the United States German capital would back German methods to undercut duties while German government approves a plan to restore pre war German monopoly in chemicals American firms led by Du Pont drop Grasselli Dye Stuffs over dealings with Germans and several German secrecy methods are said to be already in US circulation
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New York
New York World
Ananteacti
AML
Jeading Chemical
Germany
United States
Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers of America
Cesnien
el Dupont de Namours Group
Grass— Elit Dye Stuffs Corporation
America
Coleonel Herman A Metz
General Dya Stuffs Corporation
Seok Mondpeir
German Chemical Trust
England
France
Italy
Switeerlang
Tewever
Cantar
Bacteria in Deep Oils and Waters May Produce Gas
Chicago officials report evidence of bacteria in oils and waters beneath Haruna oils fields. experts note hydrogen sulfide gas may result from bacterial digestion of sulfates with ancient origins and consider whether oil field organisms date back to early Earth, preserved in ancient rocks.
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Chicago
Haruna
Sr. Kileson S Basin
Department of Geology
The
University, of Chicago
Barthid
Rastin
Pettom
Andes
Walter
Lone Wolf Is Dead Poisoning Suspected
James Asher known as the Lone Wolf of prohibition enforcement died suddenly in Chicago. Police and officials say he may have been poisoned by bootleggers he harassed for three years as a federal agent. Coroner’s physician cited a brain clot and ruled death from hemorrhage, not poison, amid threats reported by Prohibition Administrator Edward Yellowley.
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Chicago
James Asher
Lone Wolf
Prohibition Enforcement Service
Edaward C. Yellowley
Prohibition
Asher
Yoseph Springer
Erfd Hon
Two Percent of Children Are Truants
Duluth Dat reports two percent of school children are truants and ninety percent of delinquents, per A. Starkweather, Duluth Schools supervisor. He notes delinquent girls rarely steal and when they do they act alone, while boys steal in groups. Minneapolis reports resignations of 26 prohibition agents, about half of the dry agents in the Northwest district, requested by General Waller P. Rhinow.
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Tamer A. StarkWeather
Duluth
Nae Honel League of Compulsory Education and
Starkweather
Eptaker
Minneapolia
Prohibition
Northwaat
Waller PF. Rhinow
Minnesota
North Dakota-Western
Shale Oil Development Seen in Japan Manchuria
Tokyo reports Japan may develop shale oil as a major asset after experts Viscount Masatoshi Okachi and a metallurgical authority praised Manchurian shale. They say dry distillation using coal as fuel, following the Scotland method, could succeed, noting Fushun’s status as the largest Far East coal mine.
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Tokyo
Japan
Manchuria
Ampire
Masatoshi Okachi
Iressor
Tokyo Imperial University
Scotland
Fushuni
Far East
The Day's Work Demands Regular Household Routines
A historical note urging households to economize daily chores by employing regular routines. It argues that consistent, early automation of daily duties reduces overall fatigue and wear on the household and its workers.
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Antonio Moreno
Tom Kendrick
Lolette
Rosemary
Brunel
Joseph Kilgour
Dali
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Lethan
Antonia Morato Sod
Dorothy MacKaills
Shaw's. “Pygmalion
Shrine Temply
Paramount Picture
Hawaiian Park
Arbiters
Pace
Eswinowo
Marlowes
Night Thomas Meighan
Motion Pictures of Shriners
Los Angeles
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Dorothy Mackaill
Sally
Martin
Chicago Opera Company
Helena Artists
Reeves
Myana Sharlow
Chicago Opera ‘Company
Moroni
Pygmalion
Salo
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