Vase gift, four billion debt and Congress notes
Senator Caraway tours the Capitol and points to a vase gifted by the French government while France still owes four billion dollars. Capitol police and student workers fill roles, and lawmakers receive special license tags. Brig. Gen. Nolan earned the Distinguished Service Cross for action near Appremont.
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Ashington
Caraway
Arkansas
Capitol
Senate
France
Dennis E. Nolan
Appremont
Herofam
Farm Corn Yields Dip in 1924 Across Major Nations
The International Institute of Agriculture reports a 14 percent drop in last season's corn across 11 leading northern hemisphere producers. U S declines drive most of the reduction, while Italy Hungary Jugoslavia and Roumania show gains. Argentina notes a record flax crop and Canada halves its wheat exports. The U S undertakes a comprehensive livestock census to forecast future production and markets.
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International Institute of Agriculture At
Rome
United States
Italy
Hungary
Jugoslavia
Roumania
Carburetor Tuning for Seasonal Engine Performance
Instructions explain adjusting carburetors to suit summer lean mixtures and winter richer blends. It covers throttle stop screws, idle and high speed mixtures, choke alignment, ignition readiness, and testing methods to ensure smooth acceleration without flooding or stalling.
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S. N. L. Technical Syndicate
Ghost haunted cemetery tenant jailed for vagrancy
Los Angeles reports say a man named Michuel Blanco slept in an empty tomb at a historic Spanish cemetery to dodge high rents. Police investigated after rumors of nightly ghosts and he was arrested and jailed on vagrancy charges.
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Michuel Blanco
High Renta
World Champion Globe Trotter Walks Atlas Globes
Dec 12 Paris reports Allen Helgh night watchman for Atlas Globe Company. He traverses the company attic walking across hundreds of globes each night, claiming to have traveled billions of miles by leaping continent to continent in a single step.
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Paris
Hlobbe-trotter
Allen Helgh
Atlas Globe Company
Canada Harvest Yields Rise in Wheat Potatoes and Beets
Canada reports notable increases in wheat potato and sugar beet yields for the last season while winter rye acreage declines. Strong gains reflect crop performance across provinces.
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Canada
Floor Walkers Fade as Stores Embrace Managers
Old floor walkers with pageant attire vanish as department stores shift to floor managers. Managers take on traffic control plus duties like supervising staff, managing on time work, helping shoppers, and solving inquiries. Stores boost staff for the holiday rush and tighten security against shoplifting. Berlin profile: Herman Laught rises from office boy to wealth via cardboard wastebasket manufacturing, dubbed the Henry Ford of the wastebasket industry.
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Carl Smith
H. P. Wasson & Co
Berlin
Herman Laught
Germany
Henry Ford
Spillon family forms tax free island nation off Italian coast
The Spillon family creates a self governed island near Italy that operates outside Italian tax law and government oversight. They claim independence and establish local rules and governance on the obscure rocky outcrop.
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Rome
Spillon
Italy
Three Days' Cough Warns of Danger Signal
An advertisement for Creomulsion claims a persistent three day cough signals danger and promotes an emulsion of creosote with other herbs to soothe inflamed membranes kill germs and heal throat troubles. It asserts creosote is a top healing agent and guarantees satisfaction with money refunded if not relieved after following directions.
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Creomulsion Co
Atlanta
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