Emancipation and World News Highlights Across Nations
A collage of items covers women’s emancipation movements, economic shifts in postwar Europe, tax and legal questions, and global incidents. Reports note Chinese and Formosan marriages, German wage changes, France tax evasion plans, Danish smuggling, fox holes in Meuse, a wine venture, and political candidacies.
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France
Europe
America
Norway
Finland
Sweden
Meuse
Nationwide urge for work and reform in early America
In Arthur Brisbane's Today column President Harding urges using national resources to provide jobs for millions idle, opposing treasury drain on private profits. He cites railroads farms and housing, warns against electoral corruption, notes Ford and Newberry clash, and remarks on global tensions, tech advances, and a prod for a popular geology book.
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Arthur Brisbane
Harding
Anya
United States
Rockefeller
Arctic
False Alarm Cartoon Magazine Note Raises Social Debate
A quirky fragment mentions Birkenhead planning no more policewomen claiming marriage rates among recruits. The excerpt hints at a wider debate on gender roles in policing and reflects the era's sensibilities.
Life on the Moon Debate Sparks Public Outcry
An Ohio astronomer claims life on the moon exists, sparking a public demand to abandon the manned satellite project. The Cleveland rain dealer reports the heated reaction and calls for reevaluation of space exploration plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
An. Aort
Correcting a False Impression From EB Howe Monthly
A fragmentary item notes Mrs. Thomas Spurlock visiting town with a wagonload of items. The piece reflects a local paper’s mistaken impression about her activities and calls attention to a perceived misrepresentation.
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EB. W. Howe
Farmers Wife
Thomas Spurlock
Chokeiwaf & Recreation
Conditions in Germany tax policy and world affairs discussed
The article compares German income and capital taxes after the war, notes a high 60 percent rate for incomes over 600000 marks, and 30 percent on capital. It then shifts to explorers in Palestine, a buried treasure rumor in Jerusalem, and debates on women's equality and disarmament plans. It critiques Dr Straton and reflects on newspaper publishing and modesty in church attire and angel imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
Bealhes
Palestine
Jerusalem
Beth- Shan
Christ
Moses
Signora Passengs
Italy
Fragmented Text on Currency and Paper in Europe and US
The passage discusses disruptions caused by paper currency in the United States and Europe, noting discomfort with older generations and changes in currency. It mentions a discovery of bacteria counts in paper and references sapniery experts and large lacteria figures, though details are unclear.
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United States
Europe
Young People and Amusements in the Church
A Congregationalist piece discusses clashes over amusements in churches as Methodists push for relaxation of bans and Episcopalians in Louisville oppose jazz activities. It emphasizes parental involvement, moral boundaries between liberty and license, and the need for churches to strengthen youth ethics. It retells anecdotes about Diamond Jim Brady, Rev. Albert Edmonds, coal issues, and prohibition rhetoric.
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Methodist Church
Episcopal
Louisville
Diamond Jim" Brady
Brady
Johna Hopkins University
Albert Edmonds
Mr. Edmonds
William
Thieves Steal Chickens After Farmer’s Wife Sells Poultry
Indiana farmer’s wife called a poultry buyer to sell chickens and stored them in a separate coop. Thieves struck, taking the birds. Morning found a purse with $40 and the dealer’s name on the map. War Mothers adopt wine prohibition stance at national conference. Evanston Woman’s Club pushes verse to curb boys drifting from poetry.
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Indiana
War Mothers of America
Pontine
Woman's Club
Evanston
Italians Light Sugar Eaters and Global Notes
Diverse brief items cover Italian sugar per capita, the wartime ration myth, and Italy’s low consumption compared to the United States. Additional notes describe beetle jewelry as beetle-derived ornaments, a Staten Island gold find, Australian immigration warnings, Russia's school policy, waiters’ strike in Herlin, Sweden’s war aid, wage-earner costs, Edinburgh medical quirks, and Evanston police ban on women smoking in city hall.
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American Sugar Bulletin
United States
Italy
Dellclas
Miladi
Staten Island
New York
Rusala
Herlin
Sweden
Edinburgh
Evanston
Han
Premature Claims Stirring Echoes of Americanism Debate
The piece mocks claims of 100 percent Americanism and quips about cures from gland treatments while noting skeptical commentary from Chicago on the topic. It also mentions a Middletown report of plum trees in bloom and berries for sale, and Cleveland’s seven mayoral candidates ahead of an upcoming election.
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Clevelande
The Miracle of Service and Loving to Do
A concise meditation on service as the key to wisdom and power. It contrasts duty-driven drudgery with joyful, loving action that fulfills aspirations and ideals through continued practice.
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Anon
Women on Jury Faulted in California Case
In Sacramento two handsome suspects stole a car valued at $2.00. A six man six woman jury found guilt for petty larceny after opposing the grand larceny verdict. The women prevailed against conviction for grand larceny, prompting dismissive remarks by the court and debate on women jurors.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Sacramento
Cal
Facia
England in danger of revolution warns labor leader
James Henry Thomas, English labor leader and MP, warns workers against social upheaval and violence as a remedy for unemployment. He argues revolution would halt commerce and starve millions, and compares England to Russia after revolution. He cites global military totals and public calls for better pay for judges, plus a baseball score between the Giants and Yankees.
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James Henry Thomas
England
Russia
Henry Ford
Supreme Court
Bequest Plans by the Grand Army of the Republic
The Worcester Telegram notes the Grand Army of the Republic, aging, arranging for final disposal of its property after remaining members pass away and pledging to protect American posterity. It mentions Nicholas Rothstein a once London newspaper man tied to a Soviet mission in Teheran and his influence on European affairs.
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Albania
Serbia
Greece
Turkey
Trotsky
Poland
Roumantia
France
Uncle Sam
Kremlin
Ivan the Terrible
Ivan
Peter
Holy Russia
Europe
Worcester
Grand Army of the Republic
Ntv Inet
Nicholas Rothstein
London
Teheran
Rothstein
Bolaheviet
Boming
Germany
Ahe
Parents Should Address Root Causes of Child Development
The piece argues that faulting teachers ignores underlying issues from early life. It cites studies showing early physical and behavioral defects predict later school struggles, urging parents to improve home conditions, nutrition, sleep, hearing and vision, and moral habits before school starts. It closes with literary reflections on fame and stability.
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Wheer
Indiana
Clara Ho
Cedar Rapids
Iie
Miss Town
Electric progress and dramatic Marital woes in era notes
Steinmetz discusses 220 volt lines and thunderbolt power while predicting cloud energy harnessing. Detroit doctors graft shin bone to spine with a rapid electric saw, promising recovery. A divorce wave reports golf affair and car obsession as modern causes amid a Chicago psychoanalysis craze.
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Steinmetz
General Electric Company
Edison
Detroit
Golf
Sir
Chicago
Hues
The Man Invited to Speak Ends His Address
A local gathering in Edinburgh features a speaker, Mr Brown, who is teased for being nobody special. The chairman introduces him as last to speak and Brown ends with a playful sign off mentioning a street address before wishing everyone good night.
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India
New England
Edinburgh
Complete Equipment Impresses Local Visitor
A disabled p oldler in the hospital boasts about the hospital's extensive services. He notes the eye and throat specialists, a psychiatrist, and facilities for internal diseases, praising the facility as the mer in the country.
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Ion
Portal of Hantiah sovereigns found in New York
A fragment from American Logan Weekly notes a 1776 Hantiah sovereigns portal unearthed in New York. It mentions a hard luck exchange rate and a Milwaukee woman obtaining 4 Ie Matnet to snap as sw a us not work. The text then references Tokyo and figures Leonard Weed and W. Cameron, plus a rising sun insignia decoration by the Japanese emperor.
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American Logan Weekly
New York
Rnde
Milwaukee
Tokio
Leonard Weed
W. Cameron
Wanaral
Whilispines
Vlan Fron
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Inter Mountain Globe
Paul W. Yeoman
PUB
Hulett
Crook County
Wyo
World Movement For
Etewok
Ywonten
John Newton Davies
Montgomery
Jim
Chad
Crosa
Ian
Gross
Arizona
Commussion
Gabrielle T’ Annunsio
Father Knickerbocker
Here Pastor Stokes
Borough of
Manhattan
Air Bond
Canada
Georgia
Volga
Col. W. N. Haskell
Cohrge
Peilef
Tee
Petrograd
Moscow
Buffalo BM
Cody
Bia Deetendant
Paul Cody Mont Jey
Princeton Ambulance Corps
Brince
Congress
California
State Department
Library of Courtess
Trenton
N. J
Berheim Palace
Marlborough
New Duchest
Gundy Deveon
Boston
Nockefeller Foundation
Publi Health Meneunes
Mons
Cily Ingletrate
Mannheim
Paris Valle
New York Herald
Koulion of & Herve
Chitrew
Harries
Iawn Livieh
Jain
Peines Wiliam
Central Africa
United Bath
Neehe Originte
Bn Piaiert
Newberry
Senate
Ford
Leonard Jerome
Wall Street
Edward Roche Hardy
Far East
Young Hardy
Caruso
Victor Talking Machine Company
Talking Machine
Vassar
James Orton
Lake Titheaca
South America
Providence
Earth
Birkenhead
Straton
Dr. Straton
Joseph Pulitzer
Brisbane
Montreal
Angela
Shaw
Mohammed
Gautam
Candler Cobb
Mr. Cobb
New York City
Harvard University
Oxford University
Cerro de Pasco
Andes
Hoover
Sayn
Christian Science Monitor
Service
Arma
Chine
Japan
China
Giants
Haseball
Sirdar Umbrao Singh
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