West Is Magnet For Immigrants Drawn to Industrial Centers
Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island increasingly head toward inland manufacturing hubs like Pittsburgh Detroit and Akron for higher wages. Officials note shifts in origin and destination, with more women and children, returning veterans, and fewer male arrivals due to new laws and passport hurdles. Monthly arrivals range from about 19,000 to 88,000, while overall numbers adapt to postwar immigration regulation and port exam requirements.
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New York
New York City
Washington
J. F. Rowe
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Akron
Ohio
America
Massachusetts
North Atlantic Seaboard
Oregon
California
Baker
Elite Island
Mary
Bridegroom 105 and Bride 74 Plan Belated Honeymoon
In Stevens county Washington Charles HB Diamond 105 and his 74 year old wife spend a belated honeymoon. They married 31 years ago but the union was not recorded. He hopes a second ceremony will secure his estate for his wife.
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San Jose
Cal
Charles HB. Diamond
Stevens County
Washington
Diamond
Literacy test exemptions and detention rules noted
The article outlines literacy test exemptions under amended law and requires detention to prove eligibility. It also notes many women and children traveling to relatives must be detained and their relationship proven. The process involves pase porte visas endorsed by the American consular agent and American authority at embarkation.
German Made Wrong Guess at Mets Statue Site
A letter from Dr. Marcel Knecht to William P. Larkin recounts how an early German tourist to Mets, now open to visitors, wandered near the old site of the statue of Emperor Friedrich Wilhelm. The piece notes the statue had stood there previously.
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Marcel Knecht
French High Commission
William P. Larkin
New York
The
Knights of Columbus
Mets
Ers
Alte
Friedrich Wilhelm
Statue Lafayette to Replace Overrated Figure in Gala Day Plans
Fragmented OCR text notes a proposed reconfiguration of a statue of Lafayette. Mentions a gala day planned for August and city planners debating the replacement, with scattered references to Kaiser and American context.
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Teuton
Lafayette
Raids Net Fortune in Booze in Newad
Federal prohibition agents in Newad seized over 86,000 gallons of liquor and alcohol valued at $1,000,000 in raids conducted January 1. Thousands of gallons of beer with more than half a percent alcohol were confiscated. The confiscated goods are stored in eight warehouses awaiting shipment to Washington.
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Newad
William J. McCarthy
Washington
Mother Finds Children With Blacksnake Near Field
Mrs. George Mead of Susquehanna Pennsylvania reported two missing children found playing nearby. A four year old boy rode a blacksnake over three feet long while his sister Gladys three years old struck the snake on the head with a switch. The reptile seemed content as it slipped away when the mother approached.
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George Mead
Susquehanna
Gladys
Anake
Turkish Women Break Customs and Seclusion in City Life
Turkish women in Constantinople and major cities shed veils and join public life. Educated abroad, they lead reforms in charity, education, and politics, aided by wartime need for women in relief and hospital work. American college influence sparks sports and broader social participation.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Buried OCR Slop: Pe-Ru-Na Product Ad Snippet
Fragmentary OCR text shows an old style advertisement for a liquid or tablet medicine likely named Pe-Ru-Na. Reads as a terse product line with phrases like a well man and tone indicating health claims, but lacks coherent details, dates, or complete branding.
Relief From Blazing Skin Diseases Advertised
A mysterious health inquiry asks where relief from blazing skin diseases can be found and if torture from itching ends. The text mentions various disorder cures and urges readers to write to a Chief Medical Adviser in Atlanta for valuable literature.
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Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga
Truly An Awful Thought
A young girl prays for a little brother and is comforted by her mother. She dreams of a sibling, but when the nurse brings a newborn to her mother’s side she fears God may answer all her prayers. The tale ends with a child’s astonished question about the divine timing of prayers.
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Susie
Hard to Believe Workman in West Side Factory
A West side factory worker cut his face with a brad then fainted before medical help. The doctor gave him a large drink of bottled-in-bond, dressed the wound, and he left. About thirty minutes later he returned with his wife who accused him of drinking, saying she knows when he is drunk from years of marriage.
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Indianapolia News
Bathing Suit Ad Problems Answered
The exchange notes the garment is well made, pretty, and stylish. It adds that it also allows bathing if desired.
Water Cart Capacity Mix Up in French Supply Camp
In France a marine supply captain questioned a private about the gallons a water cart could hold. While tallying figures, Wilkins vanished inside the cart during a strange episode, reappearing with the admission that he could not locate the capacity anywhere.
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France
Wilking
Dle
Wilkins
Siberian Exports Ready for Open Navigation Opening
A Siberia dispatch reports Omok authorities forming a committee to ready the Ob and Yenisei basins for navigation. Export materials total 75 million dollars including 2.5 million squirrel pelts 500000 fur pieces 360000 pounds bristles 2700 tons wool 2700 tons fax linseed oil and other raw materials. First shipments planned at 10000 tons with plans to grow later.
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Siberian
Omok
Siberia
Yenisei
Nest egg growth hinges on thrift bank accounts not growth
The note states Melona cannot grow from a nest egg and that a bank account can inherit value only from thrift, implying prudent saving is key to accumulation.
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Postum Cereal Company, Inc
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