Hardings compromise plan eyed to end coal strike
President Harding and four state talks push a four state wage and contract scheme to end the coal strike with wage restoration, a coal commission, and a spring review. Governor McCray threatens martial law as Indiana mines reopen under guard and railroad shopcrafts seek broader talks.
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Inventor of the Superphone and secret radio messaging
A report describes an invented device called the Superphone by a researcher from a penal coin research laboratory. The device purportedly enables radio messages to be transmitted in secrecy.
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Ohio Republicans nominate Carmi A Thompson for governor
The Ohio primary results name Carmi A Thompson as Republican candidate for governor, backed by the Harding administration and the Anti-Saloon League, while Democrat A Donahey of New Philadelphia is its nominee.
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Anti-Saloon League
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New Philadelphia
General Strike Roils Portugal Amid Food Price Rise
Portugal faces a general strike sparked by rising food costs. Martial law is declared, constitutional guarantees suspended, and the government relocates to Fort Cascaes amid the unrest.
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Portugal
Fort Cascaes
Missouri Pacified collision kills score near St Louis
In the shop men strike clash references, the worst wreck occurred near St Louis Missouri when a steel coach passenger train on the Missouri Pacific running past block signals collided with a local train rear end. Thirty seven killed and one hundred eighty eight injured.
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St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Matt Glenn
Dle
Typhoon in Swatow Worse Than Before
SAM reports from Swatow on the China coast say the recent typhoon ranks among history's worst. Death toll estimates rose from 5 000 to 50 000 and about 100 000 are said to be homeless.
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Sam
Swatow
China Coast
Carving of Christus De Profundis Vanishes
A carved Christus De Profundis, planned for a New York shrine and once funded by photographs, has disappeared. The artwork, attributed to a Guatemalan prisoner on death row, was displayed on a large Florida bean and led to a fundraising drive, but it now lacks its whereabouts.
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New York
Guatemala
Boy recites altered Twinkle Twinkle in home efficiency
Lee Junior four, son of Mr and Mrs H Lee Bassett of Columbus Indiana, studies his mother’s time saving methods and, after a moment of thought, remarks pwo twinkles little star how I wonder what you are, adapting the song to efficiency.
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H. Lee Bassett
Columbus
Ind
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Indianapolis News
Barber shop nostalgia echoes in North Woodward incident
A Detroit Free Press report recalls a Wednesday incident at a North Woodward barber shop where a man found five girls ahead of him and four others in chairs, highlighting the era of male sanctuary in barber culture.
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North Woodward
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Detroit Free Press
Worth Knowing value of US goods in 1920 and Rhodes income
Figures show United States manufactured goods valued at 62 910 202 000 dollars in 1920. Rhodes scholars receive a yearly income of 300 pounds for three years.
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United States
Moonlight ripening claim, odd bread contest victory
A Chicago man entered a bread making contest with 45 women and won first prize. Mexico in pre conquest days reportedly had zoos aviaries and aquaria.
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Chicago
Mexico
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