Oddities and facts from a quirky era
A collection of curious notes: tortoises lack teeth. the Vatican reportedly has 11 000 apartments. butterflies live about two months. the Amazon current reaches 150 miles offshore. China supposedly has more ducks than the rest of the world combined. royal mourning colors are purple and violet. St Bartholomew's Hospital in London traces to Henry I's court jester. hens yield about 137 pounds of chalk yearly. royal flush odds cited at 2 598 969 to 1. British Empire accounts for over half of annual gold. a French invention detects icebergs six miles away.
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Amazon
China
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
London
Henry I
Secregy Cloaks Conference Over Strike Injunction
Secrecy surrounded talks between union chiefs and rail executives as Judge Wilkerson prepared to hear Attorney General Daugherty's bid to make the government strike injunction permanent. The shop crafts policy committee also planned a meeting on Monday as the strike entered its eleventh week with generally quiet conditions nationwide.
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Chicago
Wilkerson
Daugherty
Evacuation under way as Smyrna refugees flee coast
In Athens 2400 refugees report Smyrna evacuation amid disorder as Turkish Nationalists near the town. Greek soldiers clash with locals over outgoing ships while airplanes bomb Smyrna. A new Greek cabinet is expected by night. News from Constantinople also notes talks of dethroning King Constantine and declaring a republic.
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Associated Press
Athens
Smyrna
Constantinople
Constantine
Greece
Grecian
Mrs Harding Improves Mildly After Illness at White House
Washington reports Mrs Harding passed a fairly good night and doctors say her condition is less threatening though still anxious at her bedside. Officials note complications noted yesterday are easing as Attending physicians monitor her recovery.
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Associated Press
Washington
Cotton Trade Decreases Worldwide After War
The cotton trade has fallen by one third, about two billion pounds, from prewar levels. In 1921 the 12 principal importing nations imported 4.412 billion pounds versus 6.451 billion in 1913, while the six main exporting countries shipped 4.697 billion pounds, down from 6.478 billion in 1913.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sept
Commerce Department
Injunction Granted To Protec Electrical Workers Meeting
A temporary injunction blocks Federal Marshal Snyder from interfering with the international brotherhood of electrical workers meeting and from actions exceeding the Chicago restraining order’s scope. The court denied the petition against Federal District Attorney Gordon but left room to renew after next Monday when the Chicago order ends.
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Jewell
Washington
Snyder
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Chicago
Bailey
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Gordon
Thirteen Men in Marion Jail in Massacre Case
Thirteen Williamson county men are jailed in Marion Illinois on murder charges connected to the Herrin massacre. Additional arrests occur hourly as the United Mine Workers' attorney seeks bail for Otis Clark, while the state plans to oppose bail during the grand jury recess.
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Associated Press
Marion, Lll
Williamson County
Herrin
United Mine Workers
Otis Clark
Arand
Woman Leaps From Santa Fe Train Near Goldwaite
Mrs Essie Evans aged 5 from Slayton Texas is hospitalized with a fractured skull and other injuries after leaping from a Santa Fe train near Goldwaite last night. Physicians say she has a chance to recover.
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Associated Press
Temple
Texas
Essie Evans
Slayton
Goldwaite
Motion to vacate restraining order against AFL leaders
Chicago sept 9 a federal filing seeks to vacate the government restraining order as it applies to B M Jewell head of the railway employees department and John Scott secretary the action by Donald Richberg cites three grounds namely failure to prove a case polluting clauses of the Clayton act and alleged ulterior motives in obtaining the relief Neff to visit Denison Texas Sept 9 rumors say governor Neff will visit Denison to review the strike situation with military and civil authorities
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Chicago
B. M. “Jewell
Railway Employees’ Department
American Federation of Labor
John Scott
Federal District Court
Donald Richberg
Neff
Denison
Denilson
Texas
Cosgrave elected president of the Dail
William T Cosgrave, minister of local government, was elected president of the Dail fireann by the new Irish parliament at its inaugural session. The only negative votes were cast by labor members.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Wiliam T. Cosgrave
Dail
Woman fatally injured leaping from duct into Trinity River
Mrs. Alice Herron may have fatally injured after she leaped from an Oak Cliff duct into the Trinity River. Police and rescue crews searched the area for clues and possible witnesses. Authorities are treating the incident as a probable fatal accident.
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Asociated
Dallas
Texas
Alice Herron
Oak Cliff
Trinity River
Dallas Man Found Dead With Pistol Nearby
Dallas Texas Sept 9 C Ludolph aged 35 long associated with the Texas Pacific railroad was found dead in his home last night a pistol lay nearby and a bullet hole shown in his head authorities indicated it appeared to be a suicide pending investigation by local officers
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
C. Ludolph
Texas Pacific Railroad
Texas Railroads Net Revenue Rises in Half-Year
Texas railroads report net revenue for the six months ending June 30 at 12,782,000 dollars, up 834,000 or about 7 percent from the same period in 1921, per the state railroad commission.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
State Railroad Commission
Compromise Reached on Tariff Bill Valuation Plan
Senate and house conferees agree on valuation for duties adopting foreign valuation as the basis while preserving key senate provisions. House managers yield most of the American valuation approach in the Republican tariff bill compromise.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Wholesale Raid Nets Stills and Liquor in Pleoneer
In Pleoneer Texas a wholesale raid seized several stills and a large liquor quantity. Multiple arrests were made. Governor Neff was advised of the raid. A federal service woman reportedly gathered the information for the operation.
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Associated Press
Pleoneer
Texas
Neff
Federal Service
City eyes military court amid lax law enforcement
A report from Austin on possible suspension of civil courts and a military court was discussed after a chamber of commerce meeting. Colonel Charles Nimon, martial law commander, urged residents to “clean up” the city and a tentative citizens' law enforcement group formed to improve conditions amid claims of non cooperation among city and county officials.
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Austin
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Nimon
Nimon
Governor Neff Denies Denison Law Enforcement Action
Governor Neff states no plans to visit Denison for an investigation of alleged lax law enforcement and no move to remove Denison officials is planned at this time.
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Austin
Texas
Neff
Denison
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