Vast and scattered notes on mining and politics in 1920s era
A fragmented OCR piece blends reports on United Vente Mining Company's planned rock removal for copper ore near a derome mountain, Los Angeles market consolidation proposals, Hawaii educator shortages, Mrs Lincoln posts in Britain, Honolulu Legion vote against a WWI cash bonus, New York court ruling on Vanderbilt insurance, and assorted global economic and political items.
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United Vente Mining Company
Derome
Arix
Ens Net
Los Angeles
American Legion
Territory of
Hawaii
Islands
Lincoln
Ignatius Linecoln
England
London
Germany
Honolulu
New York Supreme Court
Alfred Gynne Vanderbilt
British Indias
Roosevelt
H Roosevelt
Woman's Roosevelt Memorial Association
Theodore
Secretary of the Interior
Alaska
District of Columbia
Labor notes and price hints in Great Britain trade
The report cites nets and price caps on textiles in Britain, listing items such as linen cotton blends and Shirts with various unit costs. It notes high labor costs in sugar beet fields and claims Mexican workers will be paid 8.60 dollars daily. Mexican laborers have entered the U.S. in growing numbers over three months from Bi Paso.
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Great Britain
United States
Iip
Bi Paso
Ultra violet rays experiment in tropical climate
In a tropical climate like the Sandwich Islands, attempts are described to intensify sun rays using ultra violet exposure. Experiments noted by T Tsuji suggest that preserved plant samples darkened, sugars increased in light-exposed cane, and colors altered in leaves and stems when exposed to UV like screens, with varied effects on growth and appearance.
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Sandwich Islands
T. Tsuji
Loullain
Hie
Pune
Periga Yulugiit
Probable Life After Tuberculosis Sanatorium Treatment
The article discusses sanatorium graduates living years after TB treatment, noting many become self supporting and noninfectious. It cites studies from England showing higher death rates early but normalization after a decade. Insurance implications include premium loading, with better prospects for those six years relapse free.
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Edward Sanatorium
Chicago
Adirondack Sanatorium
Medical Research Committee of
Me National Health Insurance
Tuberculosia Sanitora
Fairy Burial Poem Fragment From Westminster Gazette
Fragmentary verse recounts fairies and a drowned fairy found in Sussex. A moony burial is urged by a foad-mouthed gnome to lay the fairy in a webbed, moth-wing shroud, lest she haunt the woman who loved her. The piece evokes fairy bones, dewpond imagery, and eerie dwarf figures.
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Mushroom Palace
Jean Cuthrie-Smith
Westminster
Iaazetie
Momentous Supreme Court Decision on Open Shop Import
The New York Times reports Justice Lewis Fawcett’s ruling in Burgess Brothers Co. v. Transportation Trades Council and others. The decision sides with the Citizens Transportation Committee, upholding open shop rights and labeling carrier discrimination as a crime when done to aid unions. It stresses carriers must serve public welfare and may not yield to union pressure. If upheld on appeal, the ruling marks a step toward stable industrial relations and open competition.
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Supreme Court
Lewis L. Fawcett
Burgess Brothers Company
Transportation Trades Council
Citizens’ ‘Ransportation Committee
Burgess Brothers
Justice Fawcett
New York
Superintendent tries tramp for shovel job in ham fry prank
A Houston Post item recounts a factory superintendent short of help who stops a passing old tramp and asks if he can do any job with a shovel. The tramp replies he can fry ham on it, revealing a sly, humorous streetwise response to a labor shortage.
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Houston Post
U Large
Ancestry Gifts Advantage as Immigration Tightens
A Yale Record item notes that ancestors arrived in May, celebrating their luck before stricter current immigration laws take effect. It frames heritage amid changing rules, implying urgency for future generations.
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Yale
Flowers Speak Louder Than Words In Danse of Pairs
A playful exchange frames a social moment where a man dismisses talk as cheap while a woman counters with a plan to sow affection through floral gifts. The Detroit Free Press-style banter hints at courtship and light local roustabout charm.
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Detroit Free Press
Babylon
Tyre
Troy
Rome
The Only Genial Member Nominated President Since 1840
The passage notes Mr tardingle as the sole genial member of the United States Senate nominated for the presidency since 1840 when the Democratic convention at Charleston nominated Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. It states Douglas was defeated and remarks no president had been a sitting senator at nomination time except Garfield as a senator-elect. It adds that if Mr Harding were elected he would be the first sitting senator to reach the White House.
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Tardingle
United States
Benate
Charleston
Stephen A. Douglas
Illinois
Douglas
Garfield
Harding
White House
First Aid for the Idle in a Florida Golfing Party
An elderly gentleman asks Geote Ade how a man who has everything can spend his time in retirement. Ade replies that winter golf is pleasant and that a country home in Indiana lets a man retreat to the porch in spring, ending with reflections on idle living.
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Florida
Ade
Indiana
The Pre War Virilists Portrait in The Guardian Tone
A critique of Stevenson and allied virilists in pre war writing. It links Stevenson Henley and Synge to a romantic craving for warfare, notes physical frailties, and mocks their solemn stance on battle. It predicts a postwar shift as younger men tire of violence and retreat to gentler stories. The piece ends with a grim prediction of future casualties and narrow chested figures.
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Manchester Guardian
Stevenson
Henley
Synge
Andrew Lang
O’ Fechtin
Toney
Europe
Territoriala
Quiet Eye
J. K. Stephen
Inheritance of Liberty Speech Reflections in 1990
The fragment discusses securing proof of liberty and government for future generations. It questions whether civil and religious liberty have been guarded and whether heirs have increased or diminished their estate. The text requests an answer to the speech Webster gave and reflects on the heirs’ stewardship.
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Elrig
Webster
Sinn Fein Offenses in Ireland Rise in Early Year Figures
A Dublin dispatch reports 1,237 offenses attributed to Sinn Fein in Ireland during January to April, including murders assaults and incendiary acts. The prior year total reached 699.
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Sinn Fein
Ireland
Dublin
Our Country in 1920 from the Kura Werkly
A fragmentary 1920 column recalls December 120 when Daniel Webster crossed Plymouth Neck to honor the Pilgrim landing. It notes Bath anniversary and a pledge of liberty, urging readers to appraise the blessings of government handed to future generations.
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Daniel Webster Wade
Aieeeh
Plymouth Neck
Ule Tople
America
Repeal bill seen as political move in war law clash
The Springfield Republican critiques a repealing war time bill, calling it deceptive. It notes the measure failed to repeal key war espionage laws and did not specify which statutes would be removed. The piece accuses Congress of rushing a political tactic without clear legal effect.
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China
New York
San Francisco
War Department
Chicago
City of
Protectorate
Southwert Africa
German Southwest Africa
Congress
House
Newune
Ws Peertey
Pulpits and Eggs Spark Quiet Parish Tale
A Burlington Free Press item tells of a man who visited a rural church to supply for a Sunday or two. Inside the quiet village church the ver asks him to say four eggs. The teller quips that the pulpit sits above eggs, a humorous misunderstanding in local speech.
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Burlington
Free Press
Size of the Skull in Rural Weekly Observation
The article questions skull size as a measure of intelligence, noting that large skulls do not guarantee large brains or higher intellect. It explains that brain size varies with thickness, connective tissue, and other factors, and that digestion, health, and discouragement also affect mental function.
Windows of jars mark frugal living in New York arts quarter
A Christian Science Monitor note reveals jars used as food keepers in a New York literary and artistic district. The jars, clay vessels kept moist and in airflow, echo ancient jungle practices to curb living costs. The piece highlights labor-saving, dust-filled modern life and contrasts it with decay imagery.
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Christian Science Monitor
New York
Baobab Pulp Possibility in Tropical Africa
The London Times notes potential for baobab trees to provide paper pulp as a new raw material in tropical Africa. While the giant trunks offer abundant fiber, their bulky, scattered growth and transport challenges limit practicality compared with established wood sources.
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Africa
Planta
Esparto
Exempted Salaries From the Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court has held that the salaries of the president and federal judges are not subject to income tax. It notes the constitution forbids reducing judges salaries or increasing the presidents during their terms. Future appointees may face taxation on their salaries, unlike current officeholders.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Supreme Court
Deposed Chinese Boy Emperor in Forbidden City Revealed
Lonjgen Mail describes Pur Yi the last son of heaven as a prisoner in the central palace since his youth. The article notes he has rarely left the Forbidden City and mentions A F Johnson as the only Englishman to see him, now cited as a strong and well built youth in a guarded court setting.
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A. F. Johnson
We-Hal-Wel
Johnson
Imagination and town house reference puzzle dialogue
A fragment from the Boston Transcript features scattered lines about imagination and identity. The speaker notes uncertainty about a person named Ayies and mentions a discussion of a material noun or place called our town house, hinting at a local setting or allegorical reference.
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The
Boston Transcript
Orients Express in Postwar Europe Described by Rene Benjamin
Rene Benjamin in Echo De Paris portrays a three day Orient Express journey through postwar France Switzerland Austria Poland and beyond as a grim tableau of disorder. He paints greedy speculators preying on exiles and locals while war scarred lands reveal poverty and entrenched inequality.
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Orient Express
France
Su. Serland
Austria
Czecho- Slovakia
Poland
Bis
Europe
Progress in Canada’s Growth Highlighted by Maple Leaf
The Maple Leaf reports Canada’s advancing economy and culture with standout facts. A Canadian retail giant surpasses New York’s top store in annual sales, U S trade with Canada dwarfs South American commerce, and a colossal steel corporation leads the empire. A national university also claims status as the largest in the empire alongside the steel giant.
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Canada
New York Times
Quebec
Dominion
Maple Leaf
Canadian Club of
New York
United States
Steel Corporation
British Empire
The Lady Orators and Belgium Policy
From Milwaukee Journal commentary on Mrs Corinne Roosevelt Hobri son and Mrs Robinson speaking for Gen Wood in Chicago. The piece questions neutrality and protest timing regarding Belgium and warns against politics detached from facts while praising the women speakers for eloquence.
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Milwaukee Journal
Corinne Roosevelt Hobrison
Chicago
General Wood
Robinson
Theodore Roosevelt
Leonard Wood
Belgium
Congress Budget Bill and Tenure of Office Reform
The piece critiques Congress for stalling a budget bill and undermining a reform to reenact the 1867 tenure of office law. It argues partisan interests blocked a constructive measure, preserving executive power and delaying reforms sought since Reconstruction, while predicting the president would pass the office to his successor unchanged.
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Congress
House of Representative
Epiloriy
Rim Ta
Senate
Johnson
General Grant
Wilson Littl
Washington Fish Storage Mystery Headlines
Fragmentary note from the Kanene City Star mentions George Washington Wea oneal, a lover of the White prea, and references a signature involving fed every to the New tte imaestane. The text is garbled with OCR errors and lacks clear event details.
First Shad For President Sparked Dinner Dispute
A shad, the first of the season, was bought for Washington's table but deemed lavish by Fraunces and the president. The price, three dollars, prompted a stern rebuke with the remark that his table should not set an example of luxury. The fish was removed from the table.
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Fraunces
Washington
The Oil of Friendship From the Notarian
The Oil of Friendship argues friendship fuels commerce but cannot drive it alone. It warns that sour customers undermine fair dealing and efficiency, urging stores to maintain quality, fair pricing, and respectable conduct to earn lasting regard and avoid losing business.
Unable to Match It Voters Respond to Pink Sample Talk
A fragment from a Kansas City Star piece notes confusion over a pink sample and polling behavior. It mentions a Mrs Newwater and a husband asking about voting and a lack of matching items at the polls. The text reflects a chaotic voter experience with unclear guidance and mixed responses.
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The
Kansas City Star
Noisy Exchange Reveals Daily Letters From New Maid
In a brief item from the Birmingham Ad provincial page, a peculiar exchange highlights a new maid who sends a daily letter, described as a specat dem livery, illustrating a quirky domestic routine of the era. The report notes the maid’s regular habit and the surrounding social chatter.
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Mirmingham
Present Address May Be Aimed At Investors
A man followed a pattern called Tipe Investors in magazines for years and listed addresses in Ma Bench No 457, indicating a routine search for funding or backing. The fragment suggests a personal record or note linking investor outreach to a specific address.
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Tipe
Bie
Adidireas
Fragmentary 19th Century Dialect Exchange Stuns Nettle Town
A garbled excerpt from the Watchman Examiner reveals a curious dialogue with two girls named Cassidy and Ye and a man called Dugan So. The scene centers on questions about family occupation and local duties, leaving readers perplexed over prewar duties and church collections.
Fragmented dialogue and stray captions in a 1920s paper
The Denver Times exposes fragmented quoted lines and a stray caption about a business arrangement and a Houston report. The text riffs on a movement to compel husbands to pay wives, with dismissive rebuttals and a joking exchange about fairness and restraint.
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Houston
Washingen dilar Do you think Mire Apinnix chea
A fragment from a Washingen dilar piece shows a conversation about cheating with Miss Cavering defending or questioning Mire Apinnix. The text is incomplete and unclear, but suggests a discussion on honesty and wordy phrasing.
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Miss Cavering
Playing Up From the Boston Transcript Note on Rural Speech
A fragment from the Boston Transcript features rural speech about summer boarders and country manners. The speaker jokes about talking and acting differently while preparing for visitors next week, reflecting on modern manufacturing and the perceived need for adaptability.
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Boston Transcript
Hiram
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Beatrice Tremaine
Joe Elwell
Joseph B. Elwell
Lucille
Long Beach
Senators
Springfield Republican
Louis Ginsberg
London Times
Rene Benjamin
Echo de Paris
Tyrol
Moravian
Parth
Paria
Warsaw
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Switzrland
Wagram
Austerlitz
New York World
Notarian
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Dugan
Ehureli
Denver ‘Times
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