Argentina's Trigoyen Leads Radical New Government
Argentina's newly inaugurated president Hipolito Trigoyen heads a radical administration. Supporters hail him as the greatest man, while opponents fear his governance. Details about his background and rise to power are noted in the report.
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Hipolito Trigoyen
Argentina
Deetor Trigaven
Satie
Tie
Ian
Aecoupeiien
Wren Ps
United Chineso
Piuenos Aires
Belisario Porras Returns to Washington as Panama Envoy
Belisario Porras returns to Washington as Panama's ambassador with Senora de Porras. The couple, noted for hospitality, received honors but Porras has not yet been fully decorated. Their unusual proxy marriage in Washington marked a historic first for Panama's diplomatic corps.
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Washington
Panama
United Straces
Lurrus
Porta Riesa
Doctor Porras
Senora de Porras
Porto Rico
New York
Pansaimne
Migister
Doctor Wiley on high cost of living and food prices
Dr Wiley former head of the government chemistry bureau warns on price rises and advertising driving costs. He cites Cereal and wheat prices and argues reduced consumption could ease living costs while brands inflate perceived value through ads.
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Toledo
Miss Annie Roe Oversees Nation's Currency Makers
A profile honors Miss Annie Roe for fifty years at the U S Bureau of Engraving and Printing directing 229 workers in counting sealing and separating United States notes. Her disciplined leadership ensures daily output while balancing strict standards with measured leniency.
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United States
Miss Roe
Miss Ree
Global Oddities and Early 20th Century Facts
A montage of world trivia notes New York hosts 2400 Chinese laundries elephant ivory yields 2 pounds per full-grown animal Switzerland outputs over 60 000 planoas a year turtles and tortoises total 300 species Luxenberg area 1000 square miles Holland coal output about 2 000 000 tons annually Priblof lands seal pups numbers up by 10 450 this year steam turbine efficiency up 35 percent Names assigned to 727 minor planets with new discoveries ongoing
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Switzerland
Luxenburg
Holland
Pribflof
Deserves Affection of Man The Foul Weather Nuthatch
The Chicago Evening Post praises the white-breasted nuthatch as a loyal winter friend that remains active in cold weather. It climbs head first down trunks with ease, hides food in crevices, and greets observers with a simple Quank. The bird embodies warmth of heart amid harsh conditions.
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Chicago Evening Post
Escapade of Skigwags in a Flawed Illness Joke
A Detroit Free Press note recounts Doctor Fishack boasting of successful operations on Mr. Skigwags for inverted gizzoducts and a Franken Prussian gland, claiming no charge while a second misstep requires another procedure. The patient exits amid jokes about missing tools and a window escape.
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Skigwags
Skigwigs
Capricious Hair Loss Story Stirs Quiet Parlor Talk
A Port Worth Star-Telegram reader shares a lurid parlor exchange about excessive hair shedding while washing and brushing. Two women recount their experiences and a third offers a hint of an unshared remedy, as plans surface to form a company around the product.
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Martha
Endian
Ueath
Chode Callan
Port Worth
Star-Telegram
Canin
Hubby
Living Barometer Leech Predicts Weather From Cramped Jar
A leech in a glass jar serves as a weather prophet. In fine weather it stays motionless at the bottom. In rain it climbs to the top and waits. Wind drives it to sprint through its chamber. Thunder and rain forecasted by days of thrashing and restless thrashing. Frost and clear skies see it stay bottom, snow or rain bring it to the mouth of the vial.
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Sumy
Pier
Domestic Amenities Not Deliver Vanity Box
Dialogue notes a missing vanity box with a hinted expectation of a plano case and a small package arriving instead. The exchange implies a casual domestic expectation and confusion over delivery contents.
Distinction Drawn On Public Nuisance Of Opinion
Senator Sorghum argues that while every man is entitled to his own opinion, expressing it publicly in a manner that becomes a nuisance should be discouraged. The remark highlights tension between free speech and public order.
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Senator Sorghum
Olive Riddleberger and the Census Bureau's Data Lab
Miss Olive Riddleberger, assistant statistician in the census bureau, leads a lab of figures preparing plans for the 1920 census. She helped design tabulations for the 1902 Philippine census and 1908 Cuban census, and now guides machine aided classification of 1.2 billion cards. The upcoming census will require about 4,000 clerks and 1,000 enumerators.
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Uncle Sam
Department of Commerce
Washington Department
Olive M. Riddleberger
Virginia
Miss Riddleberger
Census Bureau
William C. Hunt
Commerce
United States
Ormlinary
Ans
OVO
Rose Valley of Bulgaria Yields Bulgaria’s Attar Essence
Uncle Sam’s consul general at Sofia describes Bulgaria’s Rose valley where Rosa Damascena and Rosa Alba roses cover about 20 000 acres along the Balkan southern slopes. Roses are gathered by women and girls from daybreak to late morning, then distillated to produce the prized attar. The region’s soil climate and seasonal conditions preserve a strong perfume, unlike Asian Minor attempts after 1878.
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Sam
Sofia
Bulgaria
Bulgeria
Ijlere
Julearia
Balkan Mountains
Turkey
Asia Minor
Broussa
Rei
Rose
Sailors Correct Movie Theater Flag Upside Down
Ten sailors saw the American flag hung with stars inverted over a New York theater and rushed inside. The manager explained there was no trouble. the sailors taught him the flag in distress means mutiny, and he immediately righted the flag amid their applause.
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New York
The Shortest Route
A street Arab near Battersea Home for Lost and Starving Dogs observes a passerby seeking a quick route. The child advises the man to bite a policeman, offering a macabre but darkly humorous suggestion in a London street scene.
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Battersea
Blowpipes of Sarawak Dyaks Demand Great Skill
Popular Science Monthly notes blowpipe making by the Land Dyaks of Sarawak, North Borneo is highly skilled. A yong log is drilled through its length to form a perfect bore, using an experienced driller who uses progressively longer handles on the chisel as the hole deepens, followed by shaping the exterior with axes, a parany knife, and scraping.
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Sarawak
North Borneo
Popular Science Monthly
Borneo
Petroleum powers economies and fuels industry worldwide
The article explains petroleum as a backbone of wealth with vast oil wells in Russia and America. It describes refining into petrol and paraffin in tanks, the creation of naphtha, and the transport of crude via underground pipes to ports for shipment. It notes long oil pipelines, about forty miles in length.
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Petroeum
Russia
America
Americans Detest Quiet in an Odd Century Tale
A Philadelphia Ledger note cites rising factory outputs of talking machines and phonographs, contrasting with piano production. It claims 1,000 planes and 1,800 talking machines produced daily, alongside $15.6 million spent on talking machines and $11 million on records two years ago.
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Sam
Responsibility and the awakening of self-respect
The text argues that all individuals have some responsibility to society, even the insane or publicly dependent, and that social security rests on each person answering to the whole. It emphasizes teaching responsibility to elevate children and those with impairments through self-respect.
Making the Mast of Radium
A heavy lead lined safe within a steel chamber keeps radium from entering the surrounding room. Emanations cannot be blocked, and since a grain of radium lasts generations, the focus is on concentrating ore energy rather than saving it.
Closest Election Yet Sparks Doubt on Voter Spending
A local exchange highlights voter apathy as a man notes the lack of willingness to spend even a two dollar bill for a vote. The remark suggests an unusually tight election climate and skepticism about campaign spending.
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Willin
Jones Takes Flight in Aviation Stock Move
In a measured business shift, Jones recently embraced an aviation stock purchase. The move signals a strategic bet on aerospace markets and potential growth prospects for his portfolio.
True Religion and Works in James Interpretation
The article argues that James 1 27 defines religion as worship expressed through benevolence and purity, not mere outward acts. It cites Gordon Shaftesbury Barnardo Grenfell and Moody as examples of faith fueling service, yet notes true service must stem from life born again and be offered before God.
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James
Coleridge
Chinese Gordon
Sudan
Khartum
Seventh Earl of
Shaftesbury
Barnarde
London
God
Gordon
China
Earl of
Barnardo
Ireland
Grenfell
D. L. Moody
Mr. Moody
Jesus Christ
Labrador
Asi
Son of God
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