Notorious Counterfeiter Lieberman Held on 1921 Indictment
New York City counterfeiter Philip Lieberman, 52, was arrested at 380 New York Avenue Jamaica by Secret Service agents as they tie him to a long history of spurious twenty dollar notes. He faces a Brooklyn counterfeiting charge based on a 1921 indictment and is described as a skilled engraver whose plates and tools were seized along with a printing press and mash at a Jamaica home.
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New York
Philip Lieberman
New York Avenue
Janatea
Secret Service
Federal Reserve
Gavin
Brooklyn
Lieberman
Liebermus
England
William J. Flynn
Bank of England
United States
Atlanta
Connecticut
Max
Adron Silver
Silver Brothers
Lieber‘Inan
Custom House
Benjamin Padulski
Globe Avenue
Jamaica
Padulski
Manhattan
Village Fire Dept Appeal For Return Of Apparatus
Officials in Stolen Pullman Michigan appeal to citizens to return the fire department equipment missing from the village. Ladders hoses pails and other apparatus were hijacked for various uses. The notice warns the community the gear may be needed at homes that night and urges prompt return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fie
Japan Reduces Expenditures for Reconstruction
The diet approved a 160 000 900 yen reduction in reconstruc tion funds as urged by the Seiyukai majority. The cabinet had conditionally approved the cut, ensuring restoration work for earthquake damaged regions could continue. The cabinet decided to accept the curtailment to avoid dissolution and to proceed with the program.
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Tokyo
Diet
Seiyukai
Floating School Sails to Teach Indians in Alaska
The Seattle equipped floating school schooner sails from Seattle on an expedition to southeastern Alaska. Under J. H. Wagner of the U S Bureau of Education officers will teach natives trades including wireless telegraphy and navigation. Fifteen villages of the Thlivget Tsimpsean and Abydok Indians are on the itinerary.
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Alaska
Seattle
Schoon Exposer
J. H. Wagner
United States Bureau of Education
Thlivget
Tsimpsean
Abydok
Housing Growth in U S Cities Under 25 000 Population 1922
The 1922 national building program reports 379 448 housing units for cities and towns with 25 000+ population, with 51.6 percent of construction for residences and 64.8 percent of total cost. One and two family dwellings dominate, average cost per one family home about 4203 dollars. Nonresidential growth includes garages and apartment blocks, while churches and amusement buildings show differing spending levels.
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Washington, D. C
United States
National
Department of Labor
Department
H.B. Humphrey
Glen Echo
Europe
South America
Ancient Slav sanctuary ruins found near Feldberg Germany
Dr Karl Schachhard of the Berlin Museum reports unearthing ruins of a Slav temple near Feldberg believed to be Rethra, once a major shrine between the Elbe and Oder. The god Suarasici is named, with legends of the bishop Burchhard and shreds of folklore tied to northern Germany.
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Feldberg
Mecklenburg
Karl Schachhard
Berlin
M Museum of Anthropology
Rethra
Elbe
Oder
Suarasici
Henry IV
Halbertstadt
Burchhard
Germany
Schuckhard
Mersburg
Spreewald
Man Busted for Vagrancy After Crap Game Jail Loss
In Detroit James Richards appeared for vagrancy saying he lost his trousers during a crap game in jail. The court released him after the statement.
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Detroit
Mich
James Richards
French award honors Fra telli brothers for public cheer
The Fra telli brothers, three clowns in Paris, received academic palms from the French government for spreading good cheer. It marks the first such award since the era of court jesters.
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France
Paris
Fratelli Brothers
Tisters of an implement of many dses
The last quill pens have been removed from the court and cheaper steel pens substituted.
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London
Southwark County Court
Typewriter Bruise Fatal to Pittsburgh Professor
Professor James Boden Smith, 70, of Pittsburgh, died after a bruise from operating a typewriter became infected. He was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to the infection.
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Pittsburgh
James Boden Smith
Cement of Rome and Portland Cement Origins
The article traces portland cement’s birth to Joseph Aspdin in 1824 patent No 5082, compares natural Roman cement to early US discoveries in New York and Indiana, and notes pioneers like Thomas Millen and John K. Shinn shaping early cement production and grinding methods.
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Abraham Lincoln
Ohio River
Joseph Aspdin
Aspeia
King George the Fourth
Portland
Aspin
Aspdin
Holy Roman Empire
Africa
Pantheon
Italy
Vitruvius
Agustus
Pliny
United States
New York State
Erie Canal
Thomas Millen
South Bend
Ind
England
Aith Buggy
Notre Dame
St. Joseph
Millen
Fie
John K. Shinn
Pennsylvania
Care of Teeth Taught Here
Advice from the British Dental Association on children's dental care. For proper mouth breathing, early chewing with hard foods, and limiting sweets. Recommend a nine month start with bones or chop bones to exercise gums. Do not drink during meals. end meals with fruit or crisp salad.
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British Dental Association
Rubber pavement comes to America in railway crossways
Rubber pavement, used in England for years, has appeared in America. A railway has paved a busy highway crossing with rubber hoping to save money despite higher initial cost. The small distance between tracks causes heavy trucks to crack ordinary pavement, leading to costly repairs.
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England
America
Arctic explorer Leden claims Eskimos and Indians identical race
Norwegian explorer Christian Leden returned from Greenland with an outographic and zoological collection for the Peabody museum in Brooklyn. He asserts that Eskimos and Indians are the same race, based on similarities in music.
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Christian Leden
Greenland
Peabody Museum
Brooklyn
Leden
Return of William Leeds Jr and Princess Kenia to America
William B Leeds Jr arrives in the United States with his bride Princess Kenia seeking a home and work. He plans to invest money from a large legacy and a 30 million dollar trust fund, preferring democracy to European royalty. The couple may buy a Washington mansion and divide time between the capital and New York, with future plans to visit Honolulu with former Ambassador George Harvey.
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Wiliam B.leeds, Jr
Princess Kenia
Anastasia
Greece
America
Leeds
Europe
Washington
New York
George Harvey
Honolulu
Leed
Prince Christopher of Greate
Italy
Best Practical Lesson on Road Safety Prize Winners
Miss Teresa M Lenney of New Rochelle N Y won best practical lesson on highway safety in the 1922 national contest earning 500 and an all expenses paid trip to Washington from the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. Second prize went to Miss Henrietta M Hornberger Pueblo Colo for 300 and third to Miss Clyde V White Portsmouth Va for 200. The Automobile organization also funds about 4500 for essays by children. Four teachers received honorable mention: Miss Genervieve L White Mazomanie Wis Miss Josie Jaynes Hughes Springs Texas Miss Bertha E Weinbar Conway Springs Kansas and M B Tsanirsi Sheridan Wyo.
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Teresa M. ‘Lenney
New Rochelle
Highwway Education Board
National Automobies Chamber of Commerce
Henrietta M. Hornberger
Pueblo
Colo
Clyde V. White
Briggs
Portsmouth
Automobile Organization
Highway Education Board
State Departments of Education
Genervieve L. White
State Graded
Mazomanie
Wis
Josie Jaynes
Goodson Rural School
Hughes Springs
Texas
Bertha E. Weinbar
Conway Springs
Conway Sprites
Kansas
M. B. Tsenirsi
Sheridan
Wyo
Butler the Massachusetts political power behind Coolidge
Morgan Butler of New Bedford emerges as a major behind the scenes figure in Massachusetts and national politics. A long time ally of Coolidge, he led state Republican strength, served in the legislature, chaired mills in New Bedford, and joined the Republican National Committee to push Coolidge interests. He is sixty two, twice married with five children.
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Butler
President Coolidge
Massachusetts
Wiam Morgan Butler
New Bedford
Boston University
Senate
Boston
Crane
Coolidge
Republican National Committee
Ir. Butler
Mercury Vapor Boiler Promises Double Power Plant
General Electric unveils a mercury vapor boiler enabling a dual vapor power plant where mercury and water vapors from the same fuel source drive turbines. Experts claim about a 32 percent increase in electricity per pound of fuel versus a high pressure steam turbine system.
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General Electric Company
Wiliam L. Emmet
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Fire Department
Japan
Tack Knight
West
Jack
Central Division
Owaba
U.S
Suarasii
Mercury
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