Monument to Columbus Rising in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires plans a towering 22 foot statue of Christopher Columbus by Arnaldo Zocchi. The marble figure will stand near Paseo Colon facing Plaza Colon and the River Plate, shipped from Rome to Argentina for installation this year.
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Christopher Columbus
New York
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River Plate
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Rome
Navigator
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the Navigator
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Pony Carries Dead Boy Past Father Store
Atlantic City N J Festé. Ralph Flannigan 15 delivering goods for his father while riding a pony and bloob sled was killed when a shotgun he carried on the sled discharged accidentally. The pony and sled were seen near Dorothy 15 miles away and later halted by a neighbor after the body with the gun beside him was found in the sled.
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Destitute Armenians in Near East Reported by Aid Officials
Within 100 miles of Erivan Armenia over 500000 destitute refugees wander in ragged clothes with little food. Howard Heinze of the American Food Commission in the Near East estimates the dire need. He notes 30,000 tons of food shipped by America gave temporary relief but supplies will soon be exhausted.
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Erivan
Armenia
Howard Heinze
American Food Commission
Near East
Heinze
America
Chinese Students' Alliance lists 1124 studying in U S colleges
The Chinese Students' Alliance of America reports 1,124 Chinese students in U S colleges. Most pursue professional studies with medicine leading at 58, mechanical engineering 57, pharmacy 11, dentistry 9, bacteriology 3 and sanitary engineering 2.
World's Largest Freighter Lifted in Record Dry Dock
Morse Dry Dock in Brooklyn set a world record by lifting the 36,900 ton S. S. Minnesota, the largest carrier afloat, in 25 minutes of pumping. Meanwhile in Coblenz German laborers, driven by Allied mules, learned simple commands from a nearby officer as roads were repaired using mules and the words wiea gse giddap.
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Lost
Germany
Army of Occupation
Coblenz
Border air patrol to get wireless field telephone system
Col. James E. Fechet of the southern department announces wireless field telephone equipment ordered for border planes and en route. Current border planes use high powered radio sets for long distance message reception.
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James E. Fechet
Southern Department
Air Service
Post Office Order for Red Cross Packages to Siberia
The Post Office Department orders that until American forces withdraw from Siberia, packages up to seven pounds may be sent to the American Red Cross Siberian personnel. Address to American Red Cross Siberian commission Vla d ivostok Siberia with recipient name and unit.
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Post Office Department
Siberia
American Red Cross
American Red Cross Siberian Commission
Vladivostok
British ships completed or under construction total 422
Parliament reported 422 standard ships completed or under the British shipping controller, with 128 delivered to foreign buyers. References to Eli Perkins quote and a grayfish as a submarine net cutter are noted, while Cape Breton herring fishing in 1919 faced near total failure due to this menace.
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Eli Perkins
Cape Breton
Pep sated Aspirin Promoted For Stomach Friendly Use
The ad touts Pep sated Aspirin as a form of aspirin blended with pepsin to aid digestion. It claims the compound tablets retain aspirin benefits while avoiding stomach upset and urges readers to ask pharmacists for Pep sated Aspirin.
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How Times Have Changed Since Twenty Years Ago
Urbana Ohio February 16. A local club woman recalls contrasts between conditions today and twenty years ago. No one swatted a fly or wore wrist watches or white shoes. Young men paid livery bills, farmers collected mail, hired girls earned 1.50 weekly, butchers added liver, merchants included suspenders with suits, telephones were not tapped, and Fourth of July celebrations were not sane.
Calotabs Promoted as Nausealess Flu Preventive
Physicians and Druggists urge Calotabs to purify the system and keep the liver active as protection against influenza. One tablet at bedtime with water is claimed to dissolve a cold by morning with no salts or nausea and a ready appetite, with a 35 cent price and money back guarantee.
Woman leaps to death from tree in Red Bay home
In Red Bay Alabama on February 16 Mrs Westey Collum thirty year old mother of six climbed a tall tree tied a rope about her neck and jumped Her husband found her body swinging in the breeze She had removed her shoes to aid the climb and had been in poor health.
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Red Bay
Ala
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