War Department Bulletin Outlines New National Defense Structure
A War department bulletin presents the first official look at a reorganized United States army and a decentralized mobilization plan. It stresses staff efficiency learned in France and a peace time framework to mobilize with minimal delay, led by the Regular Army National Guard and Officers Reserve Corps with Colt. John Palmer guiding congressional framing.
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War Department
United States
Batefields
France
Hbinetin
Resular Army
National Guard
Colt
John Pahner
Congress
Senate Finance Debates Tariff Revisions Amid Disagreement
The senate finance committee resumes tariff hearings and faces a long winter of revising customs laws. February 1 remains the target to extend emergency tariffs, but passage of permanent legislation by then is unlikely. The American valuation plan dominates debate, earning support from Republican members of both the finance and ways and means committees.
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Senate Finance Committee
Congress
United States
Ion
Senate Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Banks Soundness Up Despite Resources Drop Since 1920
Comptroller Crissinger reports the banking system remains sound with total resources of all 30,815 reporting banks at 49.69 billion dollars, down 3.39 billion from June 1920. National banks hold about 20.62 billion in resources, state banks 14.20 billion, and savings and loan institutions account for the rest. Loans and discounts total 12.24 billion, investments 4.03 billion, and deposits decline mirrors reduced reserves in federal banks.
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Mutual
Comptruler
Federal Reserve Banks
United States
Cleverest Legislative Agents In Congress Gallery
The piece praises legislative agents who lobby Congress calling them masters of their craft. Wayne B Wheeler leads in the Anti Saloon League circle with Alfred Thom representing railroads. Others include Benjamin Marsh Charles Lyman Edgar Wallace and Frank Morrison among over a hundred agents in Washington.
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Congress
Washington
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Wheeler
Alfred I. Thom
Thomais
American Association of Stailway
Benjamin C. Marsh
National Farmers’ Council
Charles Lyman
American Board of Farm Organizations
Edgar Wallace
American Federation of Labor
Frank Morrison
Jackson Ralston
ADL
Building Boom In Northeast As September Contracts Set Records
Reports to the President's conference on unemployment show 1,966 building contracts totaling 89,986,900 awarded in September in the New York district, the highest monthly total. The Chicago district awarded 27022 contracts worth 58,153,400 across eight states. Across 27 states, September contracts exceeded any prior month this year, 11.5 percent above August. Hoover leads coordination with mayors’ committees to expand public works and utility projects, with each job creating four indirect positions.
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United States
New York
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missoni
Kansas
Eebrasks
Hoover
Polish Renaissance Influences Shape Paris Gown Trends
A Paris fashion writer notes Poland’s revivalist impact on autumn and winter couture. Polish Renaissance motifs reimagine sleeves, collars, waistlines, and skirts with heavy trims, gold embroidery, and rich fabrics. Designers like Patou and Madeleine explore quilted velvet, Persian lamb, perforated broadcloth, and fur accents in gowns and tailored suits.
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France
Poland
Rodier
Jean Patou
Patou
Escape for Liberty by Gardner from McNeil's Island Prison
Western bandit Stoy Gardner escapes during a Labor Day baseball game at McNeil's Island Puget Sound leaping a barbed wire gap as guards fire. Two accomplices die or wounded, 250 prisoners panic, Gardner vanishes into the island’s rugged surroundings.
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Seattle
Wash
Stoy Gardner
Pacific Coast
Gardner
Arncle Sam's
Jall
Puget Sound
Island
Mberty
Fort Worth Mail Robbery Attempt Averted by Messenger Hero
Alvin Page, assistant chief clerk of the Western mail service, volunteered to play the held up messenger in a Fort Worth based plot to rob a mail train. Deputies and federal officers ambushed bandits J Morris and W Edwards near the drop point, killing Morris as Page fulfilled his role. Edwards was killed in a running gunfight and the mail pouches were recovered and returned to the train.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Alvin 8
Page
Western Mail Service
Washington
Hays
Ger
Alvin
McLendon
J. L. Morris
Morris
William ST. Edwards
Edwards
Care of Stenciled Linen Curtains and Borders
Linen or canvas curtains with stenciled borders wash with lukewarm soapy water and half cup salt. Wash by hand not on a board, squeeze dry, drip dry in sun, iron when damp with a cloth over the stenciling and avoid a very hot iron to prevent color change.
Fringe returns to fashion as Paris leads style surge
A Harper's Bazaar essay notes fringe as the season's smart feature, replacing fur and embroidery in many gowns. It highlights fringe used as bands, panels, sleeves, and tunics, with a focus on its straight, clingy silhouette and versatile finishes for deep shawl collars and tunics.
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Harper's Bazar
Aris
Paris
Side Trimming Described In Fashion Wedding Gowns
Side trimming described as cascading folds across skirts with extra length drooping at the sides. A fashionable wedding features bridesmaids in fuchsia chiffon gowns and hats in bright blue, highlighting bold color combinations.
Dog Wins Own Parole Plea In Kansas City Court
Teddy the Collie pleads his case to Police Judge West in Kansas City Kansas, winning parole to return home under good behavior after two weeks in the humane society refuge. A second item reports Charles Anderson finding $35,000 in stolen bank money while plowing in Alsfield Bloomington.
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Kansas City
Teddy
West
Kas
Wyandotte County
Bloomington
Alsfield
Charles Anderson
Child Strangled by Swing Rope Tragedy
Dorothy Harrison, two, died in St. Louis when her head became caught in a noose formed by a backyard swing rope after the seat slipped. Authorities said no foul play is suspected and the accident is under investigation.
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St. Louis
Dorothy Harrison
Masked men whip wife beater in Beggs incident
In Beggs Oklahoma Irank Gooseby was kidnapped from his home by masked men who bound him to a tree and whipped him with a blacksnake lash. They said the beating was punishment for allegedly abusing his wife and children.
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Beggs
Okla
Irank
Gooseby
The Secret About Focusing On Our Own Business
A Boston Transcript line urges success by treating personal affairs as a business. It warns against meddling in matters that are none of our business and emphasizes disciplined focus on one’s own enterprise.
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Boston Transcript
Oldtime advertisers and the conscience fault in sales
New York ad expert Frank Irwin Fletcher criticizes exaggeration in ads. He recalls a salesman patron dialogue about prices direct from manufacturer, sheriff sale stock, and selling at a dead loss. He notes the decline of such frauds as exaggeration fades from modern practice.
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Frank Irwin Fletcher
New York
Condensations and Wit on Money and Morals
A string of proverbs and quips on aging wealth and ethics. It lampoons profiteering, money's role, and social pretenses while offering bite sized observations on human folly and conduct.
Penitentiary for Life After Wedding Ceremony
James McGill wed Meda Tros tol in San Francisco then was sent to San Quentin to serve a life term for the murder of merchant John D. Koples of Marysville California Two deputy sheriffs witnessed the ceremony Superior Judge Troutt who performed it doubted its legality noting marriage may be a civil right withheld from felons and was unaware of the sentence
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James McGill
San Francisco
Meda Trostol
Sacramento
Cal
San Quentin
John D. Koples
Marysville
Troutt
McGill
Boost Cost of Ph D Degree in Berlin
Berlin reports the Prussian finance minister plans a higher fee for the doctoral degree conferment raising it to 600 marks. The increase from the previous 200 to 300 marks varies by university, and the change translates to about six dollars in current exchange terms. This move aims to boost revenue for education.
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Berlin
Crying Baby Sparks Divorce Suit in New York
Mrs. Dorothea Kirsh sues Adolph Kirsh for divorce alleging motive and neglect after disputes over their crying baby. She quotes his remark that he has no love for her or the child and values them no more than a dead dog.
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New York
Dorothea Kirsh
Adolph Kirsh
Mrs. Kirsh
Man in Tampa kills two after divorce suit
Angered by his wife’s divorce suit, O. Chark shot and killed two people and wounded Mrs. Clark before killing himself. Mrs. Clark’s mother and her attorney were among the dead in Tampa, Florida.
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Man
Tampa
Fla
O. Chark
Aerial Performer Falls 400 Feet to Death in NYC Area
Lloyd Reese of New York City died after attempting to transfer between two airplanes using a rope ladder. He lost grip and fell about 400 feet. In Wisconsin, a deer fleeing a dog caused a car to overturn near Deer, injuring four including A Burt. The deer was unharmed.
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Faille
New York
Lloyd Reese
New York City
Organ Pipes and Pitch Lengths
The longest organ pipes produce the lowest pitches and a closed tube doubles this effective length because vibrations must retrace their path to a return outlet.
The Buck's Revenge In The American Legion Weekly
A brief wartime vignette shows a telephone exchange at Division Q M office. An operator seeks officers Colonel Lummax Major Dingus Captain Doodale and Lieutenant Bumpshus as a voice from headquarters asks for a call. The scene captures military slang and humor in a wartime periodical.
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Bumpshus
Leutenant
American Legion
Lesson from a bee tale test of morality
Grandfather asks six year old Robert for the lesson from the busy bee. Robert replies the lesson is not to get stung, a humorous moral test after a film from the Aesop’s film Fables series.
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Robert
Little Robert
Turn of Affairs in Mrs Wiggs and Sadie Plot
Dialogue centers on a proposed wedding as Mr Huggins asks Mrs Wiggs’s daughter Sadie for marriage and she directs him to her mother. Mrs Wiggs jokes about her age yet agrees to a wedding next Thursday in a light domestic scene.
Infallible Signs Chapter Moment at Lesson Start
Miss Cross the new governess asks John about his English history study as he and the sisters begin their first lesson together. John replies his history book is dirty, illustrating their modest schoolroom start to learning.
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John
Miss Cross
Profiteering in Elopements Cited in Boston Transcript
Transcript quotes a squire admitting profits from eloping marriages. He claims $5 per ceremony and $10 extra for speed, noting couples rush to wed. The dialogue highlights alleged revenue from hurried nuptials and enforcement fines.
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Boston Transcript
Literal Diction in a Bootlegger Tale
A quirky exchange questions bootlegger lore with Uncle Bill Bottletop doubting legality while admitting some liquors taste boot like. The snippet riffs on honesty and luck, ending with a wry remark about right and left in fate.
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Uncle Bill Bottletop
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