Various Innovations Highlight Early 20th Century Advances
A collage of technological notes shows progress across fields. Topics include safe window chairs, rockers for window sills, rising petroleum use, absinthe origins, Australian pulverized mineral steam use, a novel reclined cradle device, child seating on elephant figures, rail lubricants from Syrian limestone, British medicine registration laws, Danish acetylene lamp variety, electro deposition to extend car parts, static electricity energy ideas, and daylight simulating electric lamps for color work.
Sweets From Mr Wilson
Mrs. Green of Washington receives a box of candy from the president as a gift for a family heirloom. She had earlier sent a blue woolen scarf to the president and embroidery to Mrs Wilson in gratitude for their daily automobile greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Wilum M. Green
Washington
Allee the Sorrel Mare Aids Diphtheria Antitoxin Effort
A plain sorrel mare named Allee from Berkeley California has donated blood for over two years to produce diphtheria antitoxin. Miss Margaret Williams at Cutter Laboratory extracts the blood and scientists report that more than 1 900 children have been saved from death thanks to the serum produced.
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Allee
Berkeley
Cal
Margaret Willams
Cutter
Allece
Hungary to Reward WWI Heroes With Distinguished Surname
Budapest dispatch reports Hungary will grant land to World War I veterans who oppose the Red government. Eligible men may add the word hoss hero to their family name, creating names like Hoss Vargo Jan or John Hero Vargo as recognition by the government.
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Hungary
Budapest
Red
Hoss
Hero
Vargo Jan
Hoss-Vargo Jan
John Hero-Vargo
Saucer Lamp Design Traced to Semitic Roots
The open form of the saucer lamp is believed to be of Semitic origin. Greeks and Romans refined the style with careful development. Traditionally, it was a covered lamp with a small air hole, featuring atop it carved figures, becoming an elegant ornament.
Cyprus Home to Many Monasteries and Churches
The island of Cyprus hosts eighty two monasteries along with numerous churches shrines and chapels of various denominations.
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Island of
Cyprus
Domestic Ducks Traced to Wild European and American Stocks
All ducks originate from wild stock and today are domesticated varieties. Most are European or American in origin. The Indian runner duck is a long-legged breed descended from an unidentified stock.
Notice in English Grocery Pro v ided you get one bad ese from us we will on your returning if give you two for it
A brief retail notice in the Boston Transcript states that if a customer returns a defective item, they will receive a replacement or a two-for-one deal. The language is terse and appears as a clipped advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Dr. Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo, N. Y
Sinn Féiners Fire Liverpool Warehouses and Yards
Wide arson campaign by Sinn Feiners engulfs twelve cotton warehouses and multiple labor yards in Liverpool. Police attacked. one man shot dead amid fires, seventeen smoke victims. Fire brigades from nearby towns respond as yards on Sparling Publey and Jordan streets burn. London strengthens defenses against Irish unrest and Bolshevik fears, with police and military co-ordination surrounding government offices.
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Liverpool
Aa Elgillan
Duantel Ward
Sparling
Publey
Jordan Streets
Vulcan Street
Barnfield Lane
London
Whitehall
Norwood
Downing Street
Parliament
Lloyd George
Bonar Law
Foreign Office
Indian Office
Board of Public Works
Education — Office
Trish
Dublin Castle
Laredo Bank Clears Way For Inauguration Train
Bandits near the border prompted the International and Great Northern to block the special train carrying Gov. Hobby and other dignitaries to Obregon’s inauguration in Mexico City. After a three hour delay a Laredo banker provided a cashier’s check for 60000 to guarantee the return of the dining car, allowing the trip to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Tex
International & Great Northern Railroad
J. Z. Hobby
Texas
Obregon
Mexico City
Spaniards in U S Warn Return to Spain Cites Unemployment
Madrid reports a note from the secretary of foreign affairs warning that many Spaniards in the United States seek to return home due to industrial crisis and unemployment, but lack funds for the voyage.
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Madrid
United States
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Spain
INCU
Waterspout Kills Many in Tangier
A waterspout in Tangier caused numerous deaths and widespread destruction. Homes collapsed as the storm raged with unprecedented violence, leaving many residents dead or missing.
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Tangier
Steel Prices Drop to 1919 Base in Pittsburgh
Jones & Laughlin Steel Co adopts new selling rates returning steel prices to the base level set by the United States Industrial Board on March 21, 1919, marking a price shift in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Uhited States Industrial Board
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Georgia mob lynches man in Dewitt after sheriff shooting
The body of Curley McKelvey, a black man and brother of Ophelius McKelvey, was found hanged from a tree in Dewitt Georgia after the shooting death of James E. Adams of Worth County. The incident occurred on November 27.
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Dewitt
Curley McKelvey
Ophelius MeKkelvey
James KE
Adams
Worth County
Explosion at Stoughton marketing plant kills five
Five people, four men and a woman, died when a large hopper exploded in the condensary of the marketing plant at Stoughton Wisconsin. The incident occurred on a November 27 in Madison Wisconsin with the blast attributed to a malfunctioning hopper. Authorities investigated the cause and noted multiple fatalities.
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Madison, Wis
Stoughton, Ws
Charleston
W. Va
Williamson
W.va
Mingo
Woman Killed as Soldiers Held in Carlisle
In Carlisle Pennsylvania on Monday night Mrs Juin Drewrey thirty five was shot dead in her home. The district attorney holds two soldiers from the field service school on suspicion pending investigation.
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Carlisle
Juin Drewrey
Field Service
Disappearance of Fillmore Bank President Triggers Shortage Probe
Olen Nov 25 three bank examiners audit the State bank of Fillmore after the disappearance of president C J Towen and the discovery of an alleged $50 000 shortage.
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Olen, N
State Bank of
U S Weekly Market Report Hay Grain and Livestock News
Market overview for week ending Nov 27 shows hay receipts up and demand weak with timothy and prairie prices down 1 to 3 dollars, alfalfa steady. wheat and bran lower, oats and corn mixed with December prices slipping. Fruit, vegetables, and dairy notes include potato declines, apples steady, butter weak, cheese firm, and cattle, hogs, and lamb trends mixed lower across key markets.
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Wehrekly Marketgram
U. & Bureau of Markets
Washington
Timothy
Prairie
Chicago
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
Red Dog
St. Louis
Kansas City
Seaboard
Winnipes
F. O.b
Kaldwins
New York
Virginia
Philadelphia
Boston
Wisconsin
Plymouth
Wils
Cheese Exchange
Square
Rob Taxi Office of $51,000 Heist in New York
Three armed men robbed a motor taxicab service on East Sixty fourth Street, bound and blindfolded the night watchman, then blew open the safe and escaped with 5101,000 in ash and promissory notes. It was part of a series of thefts reported across the city.
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New York
East Sixty-fourth Street
French Cruiser Lorraine Ordered to Piraeus
Paris reports the French cruiser Lorraine is to proceed to Piraeus at once to safeguard French interests in Greece while internal disorders surrounding the throne succession are resolved.
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Piraeus
Paris
Lorraine
Greece
British Front Commands Troops to Afghan Indian Frontier
General Sakols Wikoy commander of Tulshit Tale shevist forces orders troops to advance toward a position on the Afghan Indian frontier. Berlin reports German syndicate plans nitrogen plants in the United States and Japan as negotiations begin. Memphis notes Buckeye Cotton Oil cuts jobs with about 600 workers laid off due to oil shortages.
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London
Sakols Wikoy
Tulshit Taleshevist
Purkestan
Ifmedicnely
Berlin
Unitine Syndicate
United States
Japan
Memphis
Tenn
Buckeye Cotton Oil Company
British arrest Sinn Fein chief Arthur Griffith
Arthur Griffith founder of Sinn Fein was arrested by auxiliary police at his residence on St Lawrence Road. He was taken away by motor lorry to an undisclosed destination as a statement from Dublin Castle noted no arms found. Griffith had been to address an Irish Self-Determination League meeting in Manchester.
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Arthur Griffith
Sinn Fein
John MacNeill
National Unversity of Ireland
Sinn Wein
Londonderry City
Professor MacNeill
Griffith
Aomenting
Irish Self-Determination League
Manchester
Dublin Castle
Irish Republic
Ireland
England
MacCurtain
Cork
Hamar Greenwood
Dublin
House of Commons
Mast Cavan
Tyrone
MacSwiney
Wilson
Harding to Invite Leaguers for New Nations Conference
Washington reports President elect Harding will invite all foreign governments to Washington for a conference on a new league of nations. Senator Medill McCormick sails for Europe to sound out leaders, with A J Balfour urged to defer amendments until America’s views are received.
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Washington
Harding
Association of Nations
Senitor Medill McCormick
Europe
Senitor McCormick
A. J. Balfour
League Assembly
America
One Wounded in Rum Raid at Escanaba Saloon
One bartender was shot likely fatally during a raid on 18 alleged liquor resorts by a Michigan state constabulary detail led by Capt. Archie Downing. John Kerensky, posing as a lumberjack, was shot by Trooper Sheridan after entering Kerensky’s saloon.
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Escanaba
Mich
Michigan State Constabulary
Archie Downing
John Kerenski
Sheridan
Kerenski
Window shade price cuts announced by Columbia Mini
New York Nov 29 price reductions of about 38 1 8 percent were announced by the Columbia Mini Tuc to low shades, the largest manufacturers in the industry in the country.
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New York
Columbia Mini
Tuc
President Wilson commutes Rintelen sentence conditionally
In Washington on November 27 President Wilson commuted the German convicted of wartime conspiracy Fring Rintelen’s sentence. The order requires Rintelen to show love for the United States before January 1.
Ambitious Charity Fund Raised in New York Memorial Event
An unclear message reports a large charity total raised in New York on November 27. The item references a memorial honoring a wife and mentions several individuals, though the exact names and roles are garbled in the OCR text.
Chevrolet Is Killed In 250 Mile Race Tragedy
Gaston Chevrolet, famed race driver, is killed in a collision with Eddie O'Donnell's car in the 250 mile race at the speedway. Lyle Joles dies of injuries and John Bresnahan is injured as the crash tears the fence and wrecks two cars in the turn. Roscoe Searles wins as the crowd watches in gloom over the fatal accident.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Gaston Chevrolet
Lyle Joles
Kiddie O
O'Donnell
O'Donnnell
Chevrolet
Prontenac
John Bresnahan
Deusenberg
Speedway
Roscoe Searles
Murphy
Melton
de Valma
Fall River Mill Pay Stands Keeps Wages Steady
Fall River Massachusetts November 27 The Cotton Manufacturers association votes to maintain current wages with no reductions. Lawrence Massachusetts November 27 The USWoco mills of the United States Worsted Company close indefinitely due to lack of orders. Fifteen hundred workers affected. Pembroke mills employ 1000 operatives and close until December 13 for similar reasons.
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Fall River
Mass
Cotton Manufacturers' Association
Lawrence
Uswoco Mills
United States
Pembroken
Lodge proposes U S immigration accord with Canada Australia and New Zealand
In Philadelphia Senator Lodge urged an acord among United States Canada Australia and New Zealand on Asiatic immigration. Georgetown University seismograph recorded an earthquake at 6 43 p m lasting to 7 30 p m with disturbance extending about 2600 miles from Washington.
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Philadelphia
United States
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Georgetown U. Records
Washington
Georgetown University Seismograph
Missouri Bank Robbed in Atherton Heist
A state bank at Atherton Missouri was held up and looted of all cash. A posse was dispatched from Kansas City after telegraph advices reached here.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Atherton
Say Bill can Jim keep a secret
In a Boys' Life style item the phrase questions if Jim can truly keep a secret and notes he would likely fail by telling someone. The snippet uses casual dialogue between boys with a playful tone implying a familiar character.
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Bill
Jim
T. F
Diamond Dyes In Its Nature
A critique notes the bacon quality as middling saying it is neither very good nor very bad. The author questions how it could be better given its mediocre state.
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Palestine
Denmark
MR. Wilson
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Antwerp
Belgium
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Sinn Feiners
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ROB Taxi
Kewanee
Walter Henry
Leonard Olson
Eugene Henry
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Butte, Mont
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Nonpartisan League
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Mann
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