Diverse World Notes and Social News Items
An array of items from 1919 and prior: war reports from France and Poland, a Putnam heiress tale, editor polls on government competition with private industry, writ service changes in Ireland, German goods and wage data in Allegheny, Moscow rewards for Maj. Fauntleroy, Polish aviation units, Yokohama war talk vs US, India grain exports amid famine, New York pupil health checks, prewar Constantinople crime, English brides, Paris marshal Lyautey, Tokyo enjoyment tax, Northwestern lumber transport shifts, and Dutch-German border smuggling crackdown.
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Allegheny Counery
Pennsylvania
Comery
State Secretary of Internal Affairs
Moscow
Cedric E. Fauntleroy
Ore Equetron
Cort
Fiat
George M. Crawford
Tlimmerton
Del
Chicago Daily News
Yokohama
United States
Manchuria
India
New York
Health Department
Childrew
Constantinople
Tokio
Oxford Grants First Women Degrees Amid Modern Strikes
Oxford University for the first time grants degrees to women with a total of 60 degrees issued. Meanwhile miners wives travel from across the United Kingdom to meet in protest against the strike. Large German textile concerns report higher profits in the year ending April 1990, while New South Wales goods rise in price as shipments head to the United States.
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Oxford University
United Kingdom
Andun
New South Wales
United States
Major League Baseball forms 12 club New National League
Chicago nov 9 war declared in baseball as eight national league clubs and three american league clubs form a 12 club New National League. Judge K M Landis elected chairman of the board of control with a 60 000 a year seven year term. John A Heydler to serve as president secretary and treasurer. Minor leagues not to be invaded. Ban Johnson and the American league solid five oppose the move and prepare to push minor leagues toward Kansas City to resolve the reorganization plan.
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Chicago
Judge Kenasaw M. Landis
Board of Control
John A. Heydler
Ban B. Johnson
Cook County Grand Jury
Lasker
Boston
New York
A. D. Lasker
Chicago Nationals
Boston Braves
Boston Red Sox
Brooklyn
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati
Chicago White Sox
New York Giants
New York Yankees
Philadelphia Nationala
Pittsburgh
St. Louis Cardinals
Landis
Landis Atence
Kansas City
Johnson Storm
Ban Johnson
Storm
Johnson
Post office safe broken into at Fort Pierre
Word reached Sioux Falls that burglars tried to blow open the Fort Pierre post office safe early Monday. The safe was damaged but not opened, yielding only a small amount of money and stamps after breaking a desk drawer. Lialy'e oil production for 1920 is officially estimated at 69,600,000 pounds of cocoons, up 87 percent over 1918.
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Sioux Falls
Fort Pierre
Italian Yugoslav Delegates Meet Today at Santa Margherita
Italian and Jugoslav delegates have arrived at Santa Margherita near Genoa to begin talks on the future disposition of eastern Adriatic territories. The Vienna government is authorized to pledge imperial tapestries as security for a loan.
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Rome
Adriatic
Santa Margherita
Genoa
Vienna
Fordpiutta
Tariff Plan Outlined by B C P Washington
Washington observers summarize expected Republican tariff revisions aiming to raise duties. Proposals include protection for infant industries, protection for non-exporting producers, higher tariffs on agricultural goods, and a bargaining tariff to prevent foreign discrimination. The plan signals departure from revenue-only tariffs under Wilson and reflects shifts in world trade and U S economic conditions.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Butt
America
Butte man sentenced 20 years for assaulting 14 year old
Butte Nebraska November 9 A A Lamp ert pleaded guilty to assaulting a 14 year old girl in Spencer October 29 and was sentenced to 20 years in the state penitentiary in Lincoln by Judge R R Dickson William Bush charged with robbery received 1 to 10 years George Ryan also charged with robbery pled not guilty and is held on 3000 bond A special term of court will be held in December to hear Ryan's case.
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Ireland
Butte
Neb
A. A. Lampert
Spencer
Lincoln
R. R. Dickson
William Bush
George Ryan
Dickson
Ryan
Nebraska rail rate law enjoined by federal court
In Omaha Nebraska today a federal court blocked enforcement of the state's two cent passenger rate law. The restraint followed a request from railroads operating in Nebraska. The decision halts the commission from enforcing the passenger rate rule pending further judicial action.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska State Railroad Commission
Nebraska
Football Player Dead at 28 in Kansas State Game
Emporia Kansas reports the death of Jack Reeves age 28 fullback for the Kansas State team. He sustained a back injury during the Normal Washburn game last Saturday and never regained consciousness. He died from injuries suffered in the collision.
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Emporia
Kan
Jack Reeves
Kansas State Perma
Reeves
Miners Face New Income Tax Hurdle After Wage Increase
From Brussels dispatches comes notice that miners, while receiving a wage rise effective September, are unsettled by an unfamiliar burden as income taxes are levied for the first time in their experience.
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Adiapatch
Brussels
Eay
Tragedy in Fulton: Two Women Found Slain Behind Locked Doors
In Fulton Missouri two women Miss Carolyn Weant and Mrs Mason McCowan were found shot to death inside a locked room. A coroner's jury could not determine which woman fired the shots. Neighbors say heated words preceded the tragedy and Miss Weant had been ordered to move out prior to the incident.
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Fulton
Carolyn Weaat
Mason McCowan
Miss Weant
Harriet Acison
McCowan
Plan to Rescue 5 Men Ice-Bound on Schooner Polar Bear
Plans by H Liebes Co to lead a relief expedition to Banks Island off the Alaskan coast to rescue five men ice-bound aboard the Polar Bear fur ship. Nome wireless said the ice trapped vessel and its four fur cargoes worth 100000 dollars. The Polar Bear led the 1914 Vilhjalmur Stefansson expedition and has featured in Arctic exploits.
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San Francisco
Banks Island
H. Liebes & Co
Nome
Vilhjalmir Steffanson
Arctic
Nebraska attorney dies in South Texas
Norfolk Nebraska reports Bert Mapes a prominent northern Nebraska lawyer died in Corpus Christi Texas Sunday morning after a period of illness. He was elected as a delegate to the last Republican national convention in Chicago but could not attend.
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Norfolk
Neb
Bert Mapes
Nebraska
Corpus Christ
Tex
Mapes
Chicago
Eight Cent Fare Continued on Chicago Car Lines
Chicago reports the eight cent fare for surface lines is suspended indefinitely by a ruling of the state public utilities commission. The decision, issued November 6, affects passenger service across Chicago streetcar routes and transit operations as oversight continues.
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Chicago Car
Chicago
State Public Utilities Commission
Monten
Gen Wood Fails To Have Vote Placed Upward
Gen Leonard Wood traveled from Chicago to Bourne Massachusetts to vote but could not have his request that his name be placed on the voting list fulfilled.
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Leonard Wood
Chicago
Bourne
Mass
Training Little Citizens in New York Weekly Series
A fragment from a Ly esational Kinder article series notes a weekly column in Portieth New York City focused on training young citizens. The item references a publication issue number 49 and the weekly nature of the feature.
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New York City
Play Lessons for Little Children by Marion Lansing
Mother can start simple play lessons at home to develop a child's sense of size shape and texture using common household items. Suggestions include sorting, matching, and tactile exploration with blocks, beads, spools, fabric swatches, and everyday containers, guided by Froebel principles and framed by recommended readings and a call to support kindergarten access.
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Marion Florence Lansing
A. M
Froebel
Elizabeth Harrison
United States Bureau of Education
Luella Palmer
Ginn & Company
Beaton
Mass
Raising Boys and Girls From the Thrift Magazine
An editorial urging parents to raise honest, dependable youths as a nation’s future. It compares children to a farm’s crop, stressing high ideals, healthy bodies, thrift, and steady training through consistent effort and parental guidance.
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Thrift
Neigh Sommeee
Li-Po and the Banished Aner in Chinese verse
A fragmented poem recalls Li-Po the poet of ancient China who praised wine and wrote verse seen as divine. The text blends names and errors, mentioning Rathore and a watery grave while musing on journeys at night and images in the Wave.
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China
Li-Po
Feeding the Hungry And the World’s Demand Shifts
The article argues the United States, previously seen as the world’s supplier of food, became a net importer in seven months ending July, with imports rising by over 1.56 billion and exports falling by about 500 million. It notes sugar and other goods flowed to America due to buying power, while many hungry nations sold surplus to pay high prices, revealing economic forces over altruistic aims.
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Department of Human Activity
Europe
America
Department of Commerce
United States
Holland
Denmark
China
Japan
Health standards among working women warned by Dr Mann
Dr Kristine Mann warned that despite war and public health efforts, many department store girls suffer substandard health. She cited high rates of headaches, indigestion, cramps, eye strain, and dental issues, noting only about 10 percent are truly sound. Remedies lie in better diet, posture, footwear, and reasonable work hours.
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Kristine Mann
American Public Health Association
New York City
Mann
Hier
Robert Lansing’s Book Prospects and Quiet Retreat
The piece discusses Robert Lansing former secretary of state and his potential book drawn from diary material during Paris duty as an American delegate. It notes his discretion since retirement, his stance amid Senate peace treaty debates, and his cautious approach to public commentary.
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Christian Science Monitor
Robert Lansing
State of the United Ten
Norapio
Paris
Bert Sellare
Lansing
Senate
League of National Ao
Question of Lansing’s Confidence in Wilson Remains Secret
The text notes that whether Lansing retained Wilson’s unquestioning confidence during the lengthy peace table deliberations has never been publicly revealed. It emphasizes the lack of public disclosure on this leadership dynamic.
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Lansing
Wilson
Housing Shortage Persists As War Strains Finance Lag
The piece notes a severe housing shortage despite lower building costs and war related shifts in materials. It cites the National Civic Federation’s housing plan to ease financing via state guaranteed mortgages and bond issues. Critics warn the plan could verge on socialistic policy, risking public acceptance and political backlash.
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Housing Committee
National Civic Federation
Federation
Ois
Poles and Lithuanians Clash Over Vilna Districts
The Christian Science Monitor outlines a polemic between Poles and Lithuanians over Vilna Suwalki and Augustowa. It notes Vilna under Polish control while ambassadors seek a solution in Suwalki, and argues historic Lithuanian frontiers basin from 1772 would complicate a clean ethnographic state.
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Christian Science Monitor
Vilna
Suwalki
Augustowa
Council of Ambassadors
Mapa
Historia Lithuania
Poland
Aufgustowo
Lithuania
Germany
Solomon
Tom Tiddler
Bidding For Women Emigration Efforts in Canada
The Toronto Mail and Empire reports a British government effort to assist emigration of ex service women to Canada. Applications from typists and factory operatives rise as domestic help remains scarce in Britain. Widespread unemployment pushes about 1000 women without passage. Britain has about 200 surplus women per 1000. Canada offers matrimonial opportunity amid settlement expansion as colonization continues.
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Toronto Mail
Empire
Www
Britain
Canada
England
Orchids of the Rio Negro and Exotic Aromas
The passage describes vast orchid thickets along the Rio Negro and the vivid colors and scents of several orchid varieties. It notes how some aromas from vanilla and related plants affect birds, with a focus on tropical allure and sensory detail.
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Rio Negro
Unclear historical note on election tools and tendering
Fragmentary item appears to discuss an election process or procurement in a medieval context with references to Edward I and various garbled terms. The readable portions indicate a dispute over a strike, a failure of a talee, and tender-driven decisions affecting a Gr t of hs kind, but specifics are obscured.
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Trince
Edward Ialund
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Iowa
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