Rail and world affairs mix in mixed European and American notes
A European and American roundup reports on Bolshevism in Russia and warned threats to private ownership, rail securities held by savings banks, and insurance economics. It notes U S naval decorations, air routes plans by Britain and France, and Mexican and Cuban tensions alongside labor strikes and immigration trends.
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Failron
Whoase Insurance
Mombh
China
Julian Ariel
Pekine
Great Britain
France
London
Shanehal
Paris
Oni Rente
Maj
Montromers Schovler
Memer
Amerteer
Russia
Levin and
Trotaky
Christian
Richal
Boston
Providence
Mexico
Mextes
Perons
United States
Cub-Committee
Brownevils
Tex
Noticina
Matanones
Daniels
Knapp
Comemanier Bagley
Fokker
Anyttsdam
Holland
Amelia
Brasil
German Museum of Hooks and Manuscripte
Loolpele
Mexicali
Academy
Pefune
Kogland
Aie
Hfe
Ie Vartous
Kingdon Nave
iNicuraive
Colds and the Flu Compared by Medical Expert
The article compares colds and influenza noting common symptoms such as nasal irritation fever and coughing. It cites Dr Bates and Dr Soper on onset severity and differences with pneumonia and measles misdiagnoses. It emphasizes no definite way to distinguish between influenza and ordinary cold across epidemics.
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Col Chen
Br. A. Bates
T Heever
K. A. Soper
Soper
Jin
Bal Soper
Army
New York City
Hoover Dinner Tale Debunked by North American
The North American exposed a supposed 1910 Hoover dinner story as a dud. A telegram from Colonel House clarified that Herbert Hoover was not present at the luncheon and that no political discussion occurred. The piece notes other figures claimed to be at the event, including Lord Grey and Cyrus Curtis.
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Pilladelphia Public Ledger
Ehth Hoover
Cat BM
Ralph Funger
New York World
Frank Cobb
Cleveland Jr
Hoover
England
New York American
Viscount Edward Grey
United States
Herbert H. Hoover
Colonel House
Herbert Hoover
Lord Grey
Curtis
Stitch in Time Warns Health Checks for All
The Rural Weekly urges regular annual medical exams for early disease detection. It compares the body to an engine needing periodic overhauls and warns against waiting for full breakdowns.
Camouflage Confession Reveals A Old Flame Recast
Dialogue reveals Jack explaining the woman seen with him was not new but his former partner repainted to look different. The exchange hints at a past relationship and a mistaken impression.
Poisonous Wood Alcohol Warns Against Its Use
An old notice warns wood alcohol is poisonous in any form and unsafe for rubbing or other body uses. It states the skin can absorb enough alcohol to cause poisoning or death, especially in poorly ventilated rooms where extensive weeded wood alcohol errors occurred.
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E. Howe
Free People and Pension Reform Debate Document
A garbled article discusses the age pension act and aims to aid veterans or elderly citizens. It notes shifts in weekly pension amounts and eligibility rules, including income limits and work status implications for pension recipients. The piece reflects political debate on social support.
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Cruid
Jake Forey
Hives Pensioner
Know Thyself from the Arkansaw Thomas Cat
A fragmented moral exhortation urges the reader to introspection and honesty. It advises asking hard questions about one's character and life, comparing oneself to a hoped for ideal, and promises strength and virtue from self-knowledge.
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Arkansaw Thomas
France
Tod
Flight to polar and tropical fronts charts future air routes
The Times surveys airplane potential to conquer hard surfaces and distant routes. It notes Cape to Cairo and Antarctica missions, compares forces of weather, landing options, and equipment like skis versus wheels for polar travel.
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London Times
Howe
Globe
Equator
Atmtralia
Cape To Cairo
M. Jean Charcot
South Pole
Hose Bay
Tropics
Antarctic
Bombay strikes reflect economic readjustment in India
The Times notes that Bombay labor unrest stems from a wide cost of living rise and insufficient wage gains. Official figures show price increases around 102 percent since 1913 while mill wages rose about 50 percent. Housing shortages and rent controls worsen conditions as strikes spread to about 200 000 workers.
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London ‘Times
Bombay
Bodia
IPM
George Dowd
If Only Venus Talks to Us in Minneapolis
A Minneapolis Tribune item muses on whether Martian or Venusian signals reach Earth as Marconi aims to prove or disprove Martian contact on April 11. Dr Abbott doubts Mars as source and suggests a Venus greeting, while a Minneapolis man faces murder charges and a jail diet in the county jail.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Heven
Earth
Newages
Mr. Marconi
Ir. BB. Abbott
Smithronian Astrophysical Observatory
Mars G
Abbott
Veld
Venus
Mare
A Fatal Concert From the Horton Transcript
A fragmentary Horton Transcript hints at a death linked to a concert event. The remarks describe an event described as marvelous and tense with audience reaction noted, though details remain unclear.
What She Wanted From the Lot Angelen Times
Aline faces a request from a mother's cluster friend asking her to act as a grandmother figure. The conversation reveals themes of family ties and dependence as the speaker pleads for care amid a crowded kin network.
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Atlee
New York Horse Aid Society Debates Street Care Rules
At a Horse Aid Society meeting an amendment to the city ordinance on horse care was proposed to bar horses used for driving from streets unless shod in a specified safe manner. The amendment was not specific enough and faced concerns about enforcing the outdated law.
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New York Times
Horse Aid Society
New York
Nine Doughnuts-Day's Food and Calorie Counting
The article details how extra snacks between meals affect digestion and weight. It estimates calories for doughnuts pretzels olives and other foods and explains how to balance extras against main meals to avoid obesity or diabetes.
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Welrit
Dr. Benedict
Washington Monument
Wasting Meat in Kansas At Livestock Convention
George T. Donaldson president of the Kansas Livestock Association warned that high prices reflect rampant prosperity and urged production limits to match demand. He described a survey showing eastern buyers prefer premium beef and lack outlets for plain cuts, calling for stronger regional cooperation and a Washington liaison to protect the industry.
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Topela Kan. Journal
George T. Donaldson
Wichita
Kansas Livestock Association
Joonaldson
Donaldson
Washington
Italy Sees France Plotting to Bind Balkans Against Italy
In Scribners, E Alexander Powell argues Italy fears an Franco-Jugoslav alliance. He contends Italy expects a future war not with Jugoslavia alone but with Jugoslavia allied with France. Italy seeks Delmetian island retention while fearing French moves to curb its Mediterranean influence.
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Alexander Powell
Scribners
Italy
Adriatic
Delmetian
Jugo- Slavia
Jugo-Slavia
France
Mediterranean
Balkans
Let the Cat Out From the Passing Show
A fragment from a Passing Show sketch mentions Little Johnny Swankard and a family exit from a cellar after luncheon. The text is incomplete but implies a humorous stage moment and a clean up after a scene.
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Johnny Swankard
Ceellderf
Musmine
Tell Me Truly Why You Gave Up Drink
A fragment from a Berliner column recounts a mother coming home late to find three visitors in the shack and a sharp exchange on drinking. The piece hints at personal social tensions and small domestic intrigues in a Berlin neighborhood.
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Ler Hrummer
Berlin
Hull House Name Tied to 1866 Pioneer Charles Hull
Indianaapolis News notes Hull House Chicago derived its name from its 1866 origin as a residence for pioneer Charles J Hull. The long history includes a furniture store phase and a later charity focus led by Jane Addams, ending with a grant of the house to her for ongoing work.
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Hull Mouse
Indianaapolis News
Hull House
Chicago
Charles J.ull
Us & Factory
Theoas & Tehement
Jane Meee
Wild Wales hospital transforms crippled soldiers into workers
Berbian surgeons review the Prince of Wales Hospital for Limbless Soldiers at Cardiff, a bold Welsh project where fits for artificial limbs are perfected. The site features a hill like test courses, a mine pit workshop, and a hanging cradle to aid independence, with men earning good wages after disability.
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Prince of Wales Hospital
Cardiff
Bryn Dyeddef
Bryn GoQeith
Liyn Y van Fach
St. David's Well
Sir John Lynn Thomas
Sir John
Wales
Wand Pit
Confiscation of Food in Transit for Flood Sufferers
In a flood case the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad faced loss when a food shipment from Illinois to New Jersey was confiscated by Dayton Ohio authorities for relief use. The U S Supreme Court upheld a jury verdict against the carrier, ruling liability if confiscation was due to the carrier’s invitation or failure to avert transit, with martial law officials distributing the goods to flood victims.
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West
Chicago & Eastern Hiinola Railroad Company
Illinois
New Jersey
Dayton
Ohio
Froeseason
United States Supreme Court
Justice Clarke
Supreme Court
Chicago & K. J. KR. Co
Collins Produce Co
Rallroad Company
Restoring Walnut Forests Spreads Across States
The St Paul Pioneer Press notes walnut tree restoration efforts in 1920 across Ohio Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Ohio Wooster Agricultural Experiment Station published a pamphlet on cultivation by Firmland Secrest highlighting lumber value and wartime use. Pennsylvania plans seed plantings at Mont Alto to produce about ten thousand seedlings. Kentucky will begin a 1926 reforestation campaign including walnut trees.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Ohio
Agricultural Experiment Station
Wooster
Firmland Secrest
Forestry Section
Sevrernt
Pennsylvania
State Forestry Department
Mont Alto
Kentucky
Oldest Living Freshman At University Of Washington
Arnt Tiller, 54, is a freshman at the University of Washington who balances football and other college activities. He began late after decades in mining and shipbuilding, takes 16 hours of classes including English composition and sociology, and plans to graduate in 1922 while living in a boarding house near campus.
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Everybody's Magazine
Arnt Tiller
University of Washington
Tiller
Mr. Tiller
Deai
Lake Union
An Old Fashioned Winter in Iowa’s South
Snow has layen continuously since late November with no January thaw. The writer notes no climate change in 30 to 40 years, cites severe winters of 1890 81, and recalls frozen rivers as a pastime. A snowy winter promises a warm dry spring and good farm prospects in Iowa.
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Dee Moines Tribune
Towa
Children of Laon Carry Wood to School Amid Devastation
In Laon’s ruined Alnue district, schoolchildren haul their own firewood each day. Instead of typical supplies, they bear small bundles of wood and broken branches to keep warm in the desolate ruins.
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Laon
Alnue
Terms of Iowa compensation tag wage allowance request
Editor asks Tribune readers to inform on the Iowa compensation tag wage allowance, citing W G Hurlbut. Law pamphlet form available by writing to the State Auditor in Des Moines.
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Sioux City
Tribune
The
Des Moines
Million Letters Every Hour at New York Post Offices
Postmaster Patten plans to curb a flood of mail at city stations as he faces a rule of 4 million incoming letters daily. He appeals for civic aid to reduce the burden, noting about 1 million letters reach Manhattan offices between morning and night.
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New York
Patten Io
Cty
Bn Ari
Natn
Manhattan
Potten
Fragmentary description of classroom scene and student behavior
The excerpt depicts a teacher addressing the class on a topic about the people of a distant place. A pupil in the front row chews his pencil to pulp and then ends the session with a rough comment about manners and appearance.
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Oe Paket
Incoherent wartime dispatch from a nurse in France
Fragmentary rude dialogue describes a nurse who opposed France and a wounded hero speaking up. The speaker swears he would set up a political protest if he ever returns to Alabama, warning against believing the head country.
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France
Hewro
Frouds Boone Resort Chant Echoes at Night Tide
Fragmentary report from a Seminole resort recounts a murky scene as voices mix with waves and hotel staff debate payments. Readable names and clear actions are limited, leaving a hazy impression of a dispute or tension near the hotel.
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Frouds
Boone
John
Hotel Vienta
President Wilson’s Article X Tactical Misstep
The text argues Wilson erred in making Article X central to the covenant, claiming his belief that X held the league’s essence led him to overlook other provisions. It suggests a strategic shift toward negotiating Article XXIV and weakening Article X to strengthen the covenant.
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Wilson
League
Panda
Benat
Windjammer accused in family dispute details emerge
A report describes a home rector Jin Why doce William Windjammer facing allegations amid a family dispute. A household server or maid reportedly mistook him for Musakam, leading to confusion and investigative questions.
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Jin Why Doce
William Windjammer Ek
Musakam
Birthday tribute to Washington by Rufus Choate
The piece extols George Washington as Father of his Country praise from Rufus Choate. It lauds his leadership in the Indian wars the Constitutional Convention and as a guiding president. It proclaims Washington as the first and foremost love of America and a symbol uniting the nation.
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Rufus Choate
America
Washington
On g French Train
Mrs. Norman de J Whitehouse recalls travels in French railway cars describing stifling heat and cramped seating with a metal heating strip between benches. She notes kindness of travelers and soldiers, the reluctance to open air vents, and a general fear of drafts despite frequent deep fatigue from long journeys.
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Norman de J. Whitehouse
Interesting Fuel Experiment In Pulverized Coal Use
The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company plans experiments to burn pulverized coal in power houses. Large waste piles from anthracite mining may be repurposed with improved boiler practices. Briquettes and fuel mixes could unlock vast untapped reserves, lowering costs if a viable method is found.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
How He Landed on One. A Plymouth Tale
A brief wry note cites a Boston Transcript item about how a thief explains his crime. The defendant answers to the judge that his ancestor landed on Plymouth Rock, implying a long tradition of arrival and mischief.
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The
Boston Transcript
Plymouth
Do you believe in the beneficial estoote of laughter
Quoted humor from the Boston Transcript features a playful remark about laughter and borrowing from someone’s mood. The line explores wit and social banter with a light, ironic tone.
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The
Boston Transcript
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