Japan's Skyrocket Rise Fourth Installment Explores Railways and Culture
The piece contrasts Japan's rapid modernization with tradition. It notes Mitsukoshi department store growth, American sports influence, and new rail links from 1869 to 1927. It describes urban life, taxi culture, rice farming, and the South Manchuria railway as a modern, quasi military enterprise with schools and welfare work.
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Japan
South Manchuria
New York Central
Manchuria
South Manchuria Railway
Lehigh Valley System
America
Japan and empire figures loom in Manchuria and Korea
The article describes bustling storefronts with bilingual signs and contrasts modern flappers with traditional dress amid maps of imperial holdings. It cites South Manchuria Railway Zone profits, Korea under occupation, Formosa gains, and Sakhalin oil talks, noting population counts and historical shifts from Russia. Tomorrow's feature promises a look at daily life for a Japanese in Tokyo today.
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South Manchuria
Russia
China
Korea
Formosa
Japanese Sakhalin
Japan
Relieve Headache And Quiet Nerves In Three Minutes
An ad promotes B.C. as a fast acting remedy for violent headaches nervous tension and muscular pains. It claims relief in minutes without opiates and notes B.C. comes in 100 and 250 package sizes from druggists.
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B.C
Life and labor in modern Japan from Osaka to Tokyo
The article portrays Osaka’s steel mills and trip hammers, cranes loading barges, and night shift workers under arc lights. It describes office workers in Tokio Yokohama Kobe and Kyoto, night life in clubs and theaters, rice sake, red caps at railway depots, and slant eyed bellboys. It notes Perry’s 1853 encounter and contrasts urban modernity with hinterland Japan.
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Osaka
Pittsburgh
Japan
Tokio
Yokohama
Kobe
Kyoto
Dorothy Gish Reported Seriously Ill in New York Hospital
Stage and screen star Dorothy Gish was reported seriously ill with a nervous disorder at a New York hospital though friends insisted she was only suffering from the grippe. The nurse said Miss Gish was feeling much better.
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Althonyh
Dorothy Gish
New York
Miss Gish
Counties Paying Debts To State Literature Fund
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh Feb 14 The 50 counties owing the state treasury more than 700000 on January 1 for school building loans paid over 550000 before February 1 and by February 10 all but 40 had paid in full. By mid February only 38 counties remained in arrears with six in default Camteret Henderson Polk Transylvania Tyrrell and Wataugi listed.
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Stedman
Camteret
Henderson
Polk
Transylvania
Tyrrell
Wataugy
Illegitimate Child Left at University of Chicago Hospital
Nurses at Chicago L hospital found a cheap suitcase in the lobby with a note on the baby's garment claiming the child belongs to one of the medical students and signed a broken hearted mother. The hospital sits on the University of Chicago campus.
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Chicago
Chicago L Hospital
University of Chicago Campne
Deaf and Barbers Run Jackson Shop in Mississippi
A Jackson Mississippi shop is operated by deaf barbers providing services to the local community. The article highlights their unique communication approach and community presence in the city.
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Jackson, Miss
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