Footbinding in China Still Widespread Despite Reform
Eleanor Franklin Egeo reports from journeys through Shan tung and Southern Chih li showing that footbinding persists among many Chinese families. She notes few shorn heads in foreign-influenced cities but observes ongoing pain and restraint for bound girls, with a four inch foot still prized by some, while modern cities house more women with larger feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tere
China
Shantung
Chih-l
Schogis
Eleanor Franklin Egeo
Saturday Evening Post
West Virginia Leads Carbon Black Output Despite Drop
West Virginia remains the leading state in carbon black production for 1920 despite a great decrease. Louisiana, Wyoming, Montana, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania follow. Louisiana shows rising output while demand shifts to states with abundant natural gas, affecting the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spiice
West Virginia
Louisiaana
Wyoming
Montana
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
Parrot's Feat After Twenty Three Years in Captivity
A parrot captured near Africa twenty three years ago in Shrewsbury is said to have laid an advertisement. Captain B C Elwel of Oranville Myeet Copthrone Shrewsbury England sent the bird to Weme. It remains in the care of his brother in law Lawrence Corbett. The parrot reportedly lived to age thirty and grew increasingly ill with death reported in Australia Brooklyn Eagle.
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Shrewsbury
B.C. Elwel
Oranville
Copthrone
England
Weme
Africa
Ange
Tils
Lawrence Corbett
Parrote
Australia
Brooklyn
Eugle
Character as the Lardust Problem in Public Life
A reflective critique on public duty and personal responsibility. It argues that vague obligation, environmental influence, and crowd behavior erode promising lives. The piece warns that will power wanes when guided by surroundings, leading to folly and misdirection.
British Isles to be reforested with Douglas fir and Sitka spruce
The British Isles will be reforested using Douglas fir and Sitka spruce from British Columbia. A seed extracting plant will be built at Westminster by the dominion forestry service to process 120 tons of cones annually, producing 3000 pounds of seed for spruce and fir. Sitka spruce cones will be gathered on the Queen Charlotte Islands and Douglas fir cones on the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains near the Fraser River. The move follows a British commission study deeming these species best for reforestation in a region long denuded by centuries of logging and now opening to farming settlers.
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British Isles
British Columbia
Westminster
Dominion Forestry Service
Sitka
British Commission
Signals on riverboats and a curl that never dies
Newcomers to New York observe a harbor signal display from a downtown roof. A naval officer laughs at a misread red flag as a tablecloth while others speculate on meanings. The piece then shifts to Spit Curl history, noting its long literary lineage and modern use to fix curls to the forehead with various substances.
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New York
Southern Porta
Pittaburgh Dispatch
Witenca
World Presse Exhibit at Prague Draws Global Newspapers
A novel exhibit in Prague, under the Charlies Pichal newspapers, displayed more than 4 000 papers from across China Japan Palestine Australia Soviet Russia India Africa Turkey and Europe and America. Over 300 papers from France were shown. The exhibit, though a small sample of world papers, proved highly instructive and successful for the Czech Slovak public.
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World Presse
Prague
Charlies Pichal
China
Japan
Palestine
Australia
Chariot
Russia
India
Africa
Turkey
Europe
America
France
Political Strategy and Wardroom Persona in Washington
The Birmingham Age Herald quotes Senator Snortworthy disavowing elite airs and embracing a plain man image. He says colleagues differ, but he prefers a small town businessman look to strengthen ties with constituents. A returned constituent’s report reinforces him as a friend of plain folks.
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Congress
Washington
Snorteworthy
Mme
Birmingham
lHerald
Record Telephone Conversation Across Ocean Waters
A recently held telephone conversation connected a ship about 100 miles off the Atlantic coast with Catalina Island near California. Wireless telephony carried the call over water. land telephony was used on land. This marks a milestone in cross continental communication.
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Atlantic
United States
Catalina
Aland
California
Moonlit Mint Run Brings Hero to Joyful Bride
In Prospect, Jim Tinsey rescues his horse and love Elsie Pennypacker from Blinky Rogers and Bilky Rogers who mobbed him and tried to rob the branch mint at Doveryville. A posse captures the rustlers, mint pays a $1,000 reward, and Jim plans a home for his bride.
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Bilnky Rogers
Samper
Hiss
Jin Tunsey
Golden Gulch
Blinky
Cyrus Vennypacker
Jim
Elsie Pennypacker
Doveryville
Hill
Dale
Elsie
Essie
Jine
Hope Forever Mine
Blinky Rogers
Bilky Rogers
Mint
Jip
Dorseyville
Rogers
Call Me Early Revenge Dialog From Lehigh Outlet
A fragmentary dialogue features characters discussing calling names like revenge and vengeance. The Lehigh Outpost fragment presents exchange about who should call whom and why, with paradoxical lines about vengeance. The text is incomplete and stylistically terse.
Painting Coffee Beans Flourishing Trade in Rio de Janeiro
The article describes painting and polishing raw coffee beans in Rio de Janeiro as a growing indus try preparing beans for shipment to South Africa. It notes that while plain black grain is preferred in Brazil, polishing and painting are not harmful because graphite ochre and other materials are washed off when the berry is roasted.
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Rio de Janeiro
South Africa
Brasil
Brooklyn Hagle
Fine Buildings in Buenos Aires Opera House Jewel
The Teatro Colon is noted, but the Jockey Club on Calle Florida stands as the city’s architectural jewel. Its grand staircase is wide and pillared with green warble. A banqueting room’s furniture came from an old French château. It also features a great fencing hall.
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Buenos Aires
Teatro
Broken dish set aside for UK days and heroes
A fragmented note mentions setting aside a broken dish for two weeks in the UK and sending it to Heroes of War and Pencs. It contains an odd invocation about worshiping war’s herece and Begrect the heroes of peace, praising those who constantly serve universality with love.
Odd Town Topics Quotation From Leadon Column
A Feature from Town Topics in Leadon includes remarks by an old financier on humanity and folly. He contends against mean actions while noting fools are born every minute and some survive in the world. The piece reflects social humor and aphoristic commentary.
Greenland in the Tenth Century Norse Discovery
A Norseman is described as discovering Greenland and naming the area toward the end of the tenth century, establishing a geology there. The note mentions gold thread technology and historic textile uses, referencing India lace threads and their light weight.
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Greenland
India
Purse by a Widow With Initials On Back Reported
Chicago Ad-Lort notes a sunburnt scene with a purse found or involved, linked to initials on its back as reported by the Boston Transcript. The terse item suggests a local shrouded incident or clue, likely part of a larger crime or miscellany column.
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Chicago
Boeton Transcript
Richards Tells Story Referencing Africa Bishop as Corroborating
Richards recounts a narrative and cites the bishop of Africa as corroborating witness in a likely religious or ecclesiastical matter. The fragmentary text mentions Dias and a referenced figure, with limited contextual clarity.
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Hk. Hi. Richards
Africa
Atom Compared to a Geck in Larworthes Analogy
Sir Georgh Larworthes suggests an atom resembles a Geck with outer spectron system governing chemical and spectroscopic traits through fixed rates of cedlliction. He likens this to a pendulum or clock mechanism where an inner clock spring feeds energy to the pendulum via the escapement in a steady manner.
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Georgh Larworthes
Amber and Ottawa Origin Notes in Ancient Texts
The article describes amber as fossil resin from conifers with distinct composition and properties. It notes Ottawa’s name origin from the Ottawa River and Algonquin relations meaning to trade, with an aside about a mother of a large family facing life as a series of darned stockings.
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Ottawa
Dominion of Canada
Adewa
Furs Mace of Silk Plushes and Carpets Made of Silk
An item notes that plushes carpets and imitation furs are now produced from artificial silk, signaling a shift in textile materials and style in the market.
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Sears
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Dia A
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Satan
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Glews City, Iowa
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