World events briefed from national and foreign news
A compact digest reports on proposed Volstead act amendments, army budget warnings, Lusitania sinking archival evidence, Radio broadcasts of memorial addresses, prohibition enforcement gains, Thanksgiving observances, literacy plans, crop reports, naval budget and payroll issues, New York real estate sales, and various political and social notes from Washington, Manila, London, Berlin, and Rome with mentions of notable figures and institutions.
Ludendorff’s Beer Cellar Government Sinks in Munich Putsch
A dramatic report portrays General Erich Ludendorff and Adolf Hitler as leaders of a Bavarian beer cellar government in Munich aimed at restoring the monarchy and dissolving the republic. The brief regime collapsed within a day amid beer fumes and political collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erich Ludendorff
Adolph Hittler
Germany
Munich
Ludendorff
France
Bavaria
Mary Bartelme Chicago’s First Woman Judge Profile
Portrait of Judge Mary Bartelme of Cook County Illinois as Chicago’s first woman judge after 26 years in public service. Highlighting her career from public guardian to juvenile court official, her education, and her advocacy that every girl can be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bartelme
Circuit Court
Cook County
Minois
Chicago
Guardian
John R. Tanner
Shze
Bartelme
Houghton the Unloquacious American Ambassador to Germany
Profile of Alanson B. Houghton shows a reserved diplomat who rarely speaks or attends public events. A Harvard man with studies in Paris and Gottingen, he navigates business ventures and politics while earning praise as “the best ambassador we have.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Alanson B. Houghton
Cable
Europe
Jusserand
United States
Wilhelmstrasse
Houghton
Harvard
Paris
Gottingen
Congress
Washington
Banting and Best win 1923 Nobel for insulin discovery
Dr. Frederick Banting and J J R McLeod receive the Nobel Prize in medicine for insulin research. Banting, 32, unaffiliated with profit, helped found a Banting Best Chair at Toronto’s university, while Charles Best, 23, remains a key aide. The Canadian government grants support and insulin is priced at three cents per unit for the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick George Banting
University of Toronto
J. J. R McLeod
Ontario
Banting-Best
Charles H. Best
Ranting
Dr. Banting
Ten acres of asparagus yield for J A Brown Shellsburg
J A Brown of Shellsburg harvested ten acres of asparagus worth 3600 dollars. News notes detail flood damages, new school projects, and local economic activity across Iowa with multiple named towns and organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Brown
Shellsburg
Council Bluffs
Ottumwa
Frank Fisher
Batavia
Des Moines
Carpenter
Eldora
Iowa Falls
Empire Construction Company
Green County
Canada
Iowa
al Hldridge
Iowa Seed Company
Service Bulletin of the Highway Commission
Davenport
Board of
Independent School District
Qne
Iowa Fact Praises Horses Over Cotton, Lands in Debate
An Iowa writer claims horses hold greater value than cotton from any state, including Texas, arguing animal wealth surpasses agricultural export in regional pride and economic sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Towa
Texas
Farmer Teaches City Guest Rind Etiquette
Jim Higgins visits a country farm and, after breakfasting on cold pork, proceeds to gut off the rind and place it aside. The farmer explains that they all eat the rind, prompting Jim to say he is saving his rind for the farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Shell Rock
Secretary of State
First State Bank
Riverside
Washington County
Haber
Anes
Des Moines
America
Denmer
Iowa
T. J. Edmonds
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
France
MM. L. Bowman
Iowa Good Roads’ Association
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Federal Bureau of Markets
Wellsburg
Burdette Bell
Clarion
James Bell
Jim Higgins
Jim
Danderine Promises Thick Luxurious Hair
An advertisement touts Danderine as a tonic that revitalizes lifeless hair, promises immediate correction of falling hair itching scalp and dandruff, and claims to invigorate thin dry or fading hair with strength color and youthfulness. It emphasizes a non greasy pleasant feel and availability at drug stores.
A Time Saver Barber Banter
In a humorous dialect exchange an Italian barber offers quick service while a patron praises Petro for faster, neater results. The banter highlights a boast about cutting skill and time efficiency with playful language and a ghostly twist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petro
Bald-Headed Guest Amused by Sonny's Brush and Comb
A humorous exchange shows a bald headed guest asking what amuses him. Sonny replies that nothing, only mother puts a brush and comb in your bedroom. The moment captures domestic humor and playful misunderstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonny
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dyer
Mussouri
Secretary of War
Goolidgen
Hari Ing
Department of Justice
Daugherty
Department of Agriculture
Haynes
Dever
Washington Dispatch
Navy
Daughters of the American Revolution
Navy Wage Board
Navy Yard
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-seventh
Fifty-eighth Streets
Philippine Senate
Manila
Wood
House
Railroads
Bureau of Railroad Economics
Philadelphia
James Jensen
Racine
Wis
Bayan
Lauso
Mindanao
Joseph FB. Byington
Sing Sing
Cleveland
Tenday Community Chest Fund
McCray
Indiana
Indianapolis
Woodbridge N. Ferris
Big Rapids, Mich
Bank of California
Seattle
Wash
Los Angeles
Cat
Lorraine Arnold Rowan
Pasadena
Robert H. MeAdoo
William Gibbs McAdoo
the Treasury
Hudson
Mohawk
Troy
Schenectady
Judge Thompson
Rock Island
Ilinals
Columbia University At
Nicholas Murray Butler
Little Caillou Bayou
Houma
Latin America
Pacific
Hughes
Elbert B. Gary
League of Political Education
James B. McDowell
Pittsburgh
Darmont
Berlin
Joseph Vasquez
Bordeaux
London
Nathaniel Rothschild
Grover Cleveland Bergdorf
Corliss Hoover Griffis
Mossbach
Retter
Lake Michigan
Windsor
Nicolai Grabiansky
Moscow
Chamber of Deputies
Rome
Mussolini
Russia
Tut-Ankh-Amen
Cairo Museum
Enrico Carnse
Dorothy Park Benjamin
Capt
Ernest Ingrim
Brompton Oratory
Solt
Pomerania
Agrarian Union
Ludendorff’s Beer Cellar
Banting
Town State News
Lilo SY
Chereilles
Baby Eye & Furnitue
Loyd Manufacts
Menominee
Michigan
California
Blue Line Storage CO
Lid & Elm
Ges Moines
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