Condensed News Wrap Slams Demos And Disasters Worldwide
A wide range of brief items report a deadly lightning strike at Whitewood during homecoming festivities with several killed, injured, and a crowd dispersed by police. Other notes cover sedition fines in Helena, an infernal device at American Fork, train dispatcher pledges in Portland, a boxing title win by Dempsey, drownings near Sterling Colorado, and a memorial planned near Lafayette. Also included are political shifts, labor disputes, war aftermaths, and regulatory actions across the nation and world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intermountain
Whitewood
Wynor
State Constabulary
Brighton
Cole
Colorado
St. Lee
Helena
Smith
Butte Daily Bulletin Company
State Council of Defense
Burleson
Igram
Stewart
Rone
Fashion notes on tunic skirts and outfits in new season
Readable fragments describe skirts with tunics and vivid fabrics. Designers show dense panels, looping trims, and pearl buttons. Blouses use light fabrics and soft forms with fitted sleeves, creating dainty vintage looks.
Figured Ponges and Pousie Hie to Lente Designs
Fragmentary OCR reads like a notice of artistic designs and colors. Names and places are unclear but imply a craft or display event with blue tones and stylized lettering. Further readable details are too fragmentary to determine exact entities or date.
Stop in Petticoat Theme Found in Week’s Talk
A fragment from a Petticoat column mentions a phrase about a way he called and spun, referencing an envelope and a principle. The piece hints at style and interest this week, with readers invited to interpret the quirky local chatter.
Riga After Bolshevik Rule Leaves City in Ruin and Starvation
Captain Howell Forman's Baltic mission report to the American Relief Administration details Riga under Bolshevik occupation. Bodies of clergy found. homes looted. rationing brutal with black market meat and bread scarce. 15000 people near starvation. dysentery feared. prices sky high. population halved from 12000 to 4000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Riga
American Relief Administration
Howell Forman
Baltic
Herbert Hoover
Bolahevista
Perian
Forman
Libau
Bedford Park Pastor’s Dream Triggers Bronx Bell Mystery
James M. Howard, pastor of Bedford Park Presbyterian, returns from Navy service to find his church bell ringing and 40 cars crowding the Bronx street. Police escort and sexton join as the scene unfolds. A prank by former glee club members reveals the alarm was a staged concert tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James M. Howard
Bedford Park Presbyterian Church
America
Tl O
Two Hundredth Street
Bainbridge Avenue
The
Bronx
Charles Hess
Bronx Park
Donald
Hobson
Navy
Bedford Park
Glee Club
SCRAP BIG WARSHIPS Many of 200 That Have Outlived Use fulness
Nearly 200 British navy warships, many past usefulness, will be sold to the highest bidder once cleared of guns. Obsolete ships with historic renown, including those tied to Nelson and other famed officers, face disposal as 100 destroyers and most torpedo boats are withdrawn from service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Admiralty
Tate
Bente
Warenty
Nelson
OTR
King George
Claiming Karl's Gemels A Mullun 195 Ten Yng to the Giapate
Report discusses Italian claims to a jewel or jewel collection linked to Karl and a 18th century incident involving Florence and Archduke Leopold. It notes Austrian government notices, potential restitution, and the risk of harming Vienna’s art collection if the jewel changes hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
CMO
Bymham Conlin
Gig Muncid
Aig
Florence
Guy
Anna Maria
Duque
Leopold
Charles
Switzer
D'Ancona
Gransen
Burgundy
Milan
Marriage license issued in Topeka to widower and his sister-in-law
In Topeka Kansas Ernest D Day thirty two and Katie Day twenty one were granted a license to wed. The couple are described as widower and widow of the same family relation and the unusual license is noted as a first for the locality. The article mentions legal prohibitions and differing state rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Ernest D. Day
Thin City
Katie Day
Sgt
Topeks
$125000 Collar for Dog Celebrates Birth Day
Monte Cristo the bulldog received a $125,000 collar for his birthday and held a party to honor the occasion. The event highlighted the famed dog and its lavish accessory amid coverage of the unusual gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Cristo
Pigeon Hatches Chick Warns Wary Flock
A fragment reports a Williams on the farm at St Williamston observing a pigeon hatching a chick. The scene shows a farmer noting the event, lifting hope amid caution as the bird protects its brood and a community watches.
Police Dog I$ Real Hero in Brownsville
New York police dog Bum of Brownsville station granted sick leave after a broken hind leg from duty. He refused an escort, walked with Officer Becker, and stayed at the officer’s home until recovery. Bum on duty near Pitkin and Bristol. a child accident nearby but no injury to children. Bum, a three year veteran with Favorites, is a local community symbol amid patrols and sidewalk duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bum
Brownsville
Armapas
Becker
Hum
Pitkin Avenue
Bristol Street
Beistel Street
Chile
Pitkinapeine
Reoder
Kunuoh
Sehveliermuller
Merides
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Dean Jacobs
American Fork
Jacobs
Portland
Dempsey
Willard
Chance
Arthur Kistler
Stonebamn
Pawnee Creek
Sterling
Colo
France
Lafayette
Plepas
Noony
Wiatkey Keene Wilking
Phiyalcian
Niassa
Mineola
Long Beach
Lemuel Ely Quigg
Congrest
Francisco Villa
Mexico
MfcBadden
Republican
Pennsylvania
Anna Howard Shaw
National American Woman's Suttrate Association
Moylan
Penn
Germany
Herbert Hower
de Fond Viliilinstenition
Gral Campora
Finander
Abbel States
Theodore Hoonevelt
Ogator Bay
Datriot
Nassau County
Ya Ie
Lieut Nodener
Cap Mary
Wieheington
Department of Justice
Andelistonie
Woodstock
Washington
Wate
War Department
Railroad ‘Administration
Denver &Rio Grande
Railroad Administration
Wilson
Congress
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Mid-Ocean
William Hohemaotiern
England
Tower of London
Mui
Napoleon
Ignatius ‘Tribieh Lincoln
Hungary
Budapest
Turkpest
Liouis George
Horse of Commons
Tte
United States
Bayonne
M. Garant
M. Gemmes
Chamber of Commerce
London Daily Mail
Cologne
Mayence
Tiunco
Helens Gilliioes
Aleo
Cele
China
League of Nations
Opium Trust
Stumbera
Seaman
Great Britain
West
Karl
Jemels
Waly
Itallane
Ae. Paver
Florentine
Vienna
Citiana
Olden Lawton
Levens
Dole
Nike
Nera
Aeneas
Huhewig
Akon Gage
Williameon
Pigean
Williamhon
Mt Hie
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