Railway safety test and royal court intrigues in 1921
Inter Mountain Globe reports a London test of an Australian design foolproof railway system where two locomotives on separate points brake automatically to stop short of danger. It also covers Prince William of Sweden fending off a lion with a hunting knife during an African expedition and a court case over Charles Francis Hohenzollern’s custody.
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London
Fust
Prince William
Sweden
Prince Willam
New York World
Prince Charles
Joachim
Prince Litel Frederick
Charles Francis
Penny difference in a cent a pound fuels sugar bill
The Rural Weekly notes that a one cent per pound change would save the nation about 97 324 490 dollars annually in sugar costs and affect fortunes and failures. It argues for shifting government thinking from billions to thousands and to consider the penny's impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saya
American Farm Burea Federation
Beer Prescriptions Stir Prohibition Debate Across States
Wayne B Wheeler notes permit for beer under Secretary Mellon allowing manufacture and sale by prescription in nine states including Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Maryland Wisconsin and California. Doctors need only name and address illness directions and a sworn need, with whisky allowed similarly. The ruling challenges federal ban, risks reopening breweries, and highlights Senate inaction on a beer enforcement bill.
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Wayne B. Wheeler
Mellon
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Wisconsin
California
Senate
Washington
Bureau of Internal Regulation
Congress
House
Mello
Bloodless Surgery Advances in Philadelphia Doctors
Des Moines Register reports Philadelphia physicians using bloodless techniques to remove birthmarks, malignant growths, and facial tumors with radium needles. Early methods caused great pain. modern procedures employ local anesthetics allowing patients to watch the operation without pain.
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Des Moines Register
Philadelphia
Respectable citizens and the wheat liquor question
The Indianapolis News notes a New York grand jury statement that thieves break into the homes of respectable citizens to take liquor they claim to confiscate. It raises the paradox of liquor existing in the homes of respected individuals under the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis News
New York
Grand Jury
Inhabitants Use Mosquitoes Eggs and Termites as Food
A garbled passage notes Central American peoples eating mosquitoes eggs and pressing them into flat cakes while African termites are described as staple fare for millennia in southern regions. The text oddly references biblical mentions and mocks unfamiliar foods, reflecting dated ethnographic stereotypes.
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Central America
Africa
John
Wealth and moral duty in the movie era
A longtime critic argues that Hollywood wealth and power warp public life. Fatty Arbuckle and star salaries symbolize excess, while stars shape desires and daily life for millions including a Dakota farmer’s wife. He urges internal reform, not censorship, from within the industry.
Press Muzzling in Japan Under Censor Rules
From Die Gremathoten Herlin the article notes censorship in Japanese press with five forbidden categories including political trials confidential government documents and reports that could unsettle the land. It states fines and mandatory deposits for newspapers to enforce obedience and appoint country editors for full term sentences.
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Japan
Die Gremathoten
Herlin
Sheep Rescued by Airplane Over Flooded NSW
Word from Sydney reports a flock near Moree in northern New South Wales surrounded by floodwaters and starving. An aero-plane delivered corn to the sheep, sweeping the terrain to reach them and prevent mass loss. A later note mentions a Chilean pawnshop opening for workingmen loans.
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Harr
Christian Seleys Monitor
Australia
France
Valentine
Sydney
Moree
New South Wales
Probbabi
Efficiency Methods in Grime
A fragmented note lampoons efficiency gurus as burglaries rise in cigar stone and hat stores on May 16 and September dates after weekend trades. It predicts organized crime using calendar and card index tools, warning only a god efficiency expert could stop the burglars.
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Citigen
Weaving Dreams and Fragments Across Cultures
A fragmented verse piece from The Bookman mentions Katharine Monro and a Louisville Courier-Journal item about a spider and King Robert Bruce. It references golf safety discussions, Yale and Michigan professors’ pay, and a Minnesota man aged six whose mother lived to 110, noting modest birthday activities.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Robert Bruce
Minnesota
One American life and society’s harsh edges in a single page
The column surveys grim portraits from Evelyn Thaw’s downfall to a critical take on railroads and government wage conflict. It notes a murder, a suicide, and a fading civilization while mocking claims of private rail dominance and praising public support. It also lampoons sensational theories on evolution and art history in a brisk, polemical tone.
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Evelyn Thaw
Much Cheap Land in Scotland Seen as Bargain Buoyed by American Prices
The Toledo Blade notes Scottish estate land sold at auction in Argyllshire went for about 37,000 dollars for 10,000 acres, roughly 1.70 dollars per acre. It argues European agriculture is hampered by global competition from the U S and other regions, making vast lands cheap by productive standards, and questions Europe’s ability to feed its population with modern methods.
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American Mining Congress
Kentucky
Colorado
New York
Chicago
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Omaha
Pittsburgh
Milwauker Journal Save
Germany
Voliva
Church of Zion
Zion Realty Department
Russia
California
Paderewek
Moe
Curie
Berlin
Cilongo Daily News
United States
Mavorin
Munich
Fatty Arbuckle
Pittoons
Arizona
Solomon
Fatty
Cleopatra
Leslie
King Solomon
Alexander the Great
Napoleon
Charlie Chaplin
Mary Pickford
Elysian Fields
Africa
Swiss Alps
Vatican
Therra
Mt. Washington
Mt. Blanc
Harry Lauder
Scotland
Argyllshire
Europe
Argentina
Canada
Australia
Scotch Highlands
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Wisconsin
Canadian Northwest
Ching Ta
Charles and Zita fate debated amid entente standoff
The little entente pushes to hand over Charles while seeking invasion of Hungary as the alternative. Paris reports the big entente plans to intern Emperor Charles and Empress Zita aboard a British monitor until a fate is decided. A vaudeville comeback for the exiled royals is jokingly proposed as a money maker.
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Charles
Entente
Hungary
Hitle Entente
Paris
Big Entente
Empress Zita
Mara
South Africa's Problema and Garvey Nonsense Amuses U S
Capetown correspondent notes scarlet robes and bom bastice talk by Marcus Garvey and a self styled president of a negro republic. Mrs Bergdoll questions money in war time. American forces on the Rhine around 11000, Narecolice air operations in France from suspicion.
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South Africa
Capetown
New York Times
Marcus Garvey
New York Ky
United States
Mra. Bergdoll
Open Door Policy in Far East Trade Debates
A discussion on the open door to China frames a clash between major powers and China over free trade, tariffs, and the right to access Chinese markets. The dialogue covers debt, surplus nations, raw materials, and Japan as a model, arguing for markets beyond national borders and Chinese industrial development.
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China
Far East
Asia
New Republic
Germany
Europe
France
Reginald McKenna
England
United States
Great Britain
Ching
Japan
Railways will gain from federal control says Eastman
Joseph B. Eastman of the Interstate Commerce Commission defended federal control citing benefits and denying rumors of political manipulation. He noted the return to private control saw a $600,000,000 deficit in six months and $350,000,000 deficit in the next year despite wage increases. He attributed wage hikes to a bipartisan arbitration board led by Franklin K. Lane and criticized postwar mischaracterizations of agreements under Walker D. Hines.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Centrol
Board of Arbitration
Franklin K. Lane
Walker D. Hines
Transportation Service
Skien
Mutual Need Mary Clemmer Verse Fragment
A brief prose fragment presents a pairing of mutual need between Mary Clemmer and a male partner. It expresses that men need women for clearer vision and softer heart while women need men for vigor judgment and devotion, highlighting balanced friendship.
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Mary Clemmer
Parner
Unmarried Americans and wartime mobilization noted
Census figures show over 1.6 million Americans aged four and older are unmarried. The text cites large numbers of bachelors and widows, with war mobilization affecting about 9.0 million men, many wounded and over 10 thousand killed.
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United States
Japan
Mene
World's Best Babies claim boosts Calgary health record
The London Daily News reports Calgary, Alberta, as leading among Canadian cities for infant mortality at 64 per 1000 live births. The piece credits Dr C S Mahood and local women, with health reforms, milk tracing, and housing rules reducing slums, aided by milk from tuberculin-tested herds.
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W. T. Cranfield
London Daily News
Aaleeby
Canada
Calgary
Great Britain
United States
C. 8
Mahood
Dominion
German Mark and Easy Mark in Boston Bulletin
Dealers in blue sky schemes have pushed bonds tied to Germany and Poland, aiming to lure investors with low prices. The article notes cholera outbreaks along the Volga and cooler leather markets, while mentioning plans to form a group to support an orphanage and Bible lands.
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Boston Commercial Bulletin
Germany
Poland
Rus
Volga
la Ly Bible Lands
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Paul W. Yeoman
PUB
Hulett
Crook County
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Patlent
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San Frenneisey
America
Ameericans
National
Ofiuerd
Elowe Loweh
New York Tiidem
Prohibition
Hobin
Jay
Lenile
Chile
Southwark
Katharine I
Monro
Pakes
Colves
Yale
Michigan
Columbia
Harvard
Metrvesene Io
Eigit
Steen
Oil
Institute For Public
Michael Angelo
Moses
Church of St. Peter In Chains
Toledo Blade
Rhine
Department of Agriculture
Tte
Wayne
Needham
Hon Zara
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