Electrification plan for Boston to Washington proposed by Interior
Secretary Fall submitted to President Harding the geology survey analysis of a national superpower system for the North Atlantic coast. The plan envisions 970 miles of 220000 volt lines and 1.7 times that in 170000 volt lines, totaling 104 million dollars by 1930 and 1.11 billion overall. It claims coal savings and fuel expenditure reductions, boosting labor and industrial output, with wider benefits to citizens and financiers.
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Fan W
Harding
Geological Survey
North Atlantic Coast
Boston
Washington
Congress
Boston-Washington
Fall
America
Department of the Interior
More Efficiency in Veterans' Bureau Recommendations
A Senate special committee report urges the Veterans Bureau to broaden its interpretation of laws and expand hospital and training services. Proposals include $16.1 million for hospitals, transfer of all government hospitals, a chaplain corps, cemeteries at hospitals, extended insurance, and wider aid to Allied veterans. Only a small fraction of rehabilitations have occurred despite past spending.
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Veterans’ Bureau
Special
Senate Committee
Army
Navy
Bureau
Chaplain Corps
Farmers Co operatives Grow As Marketing Systems Expand
Department of Agriculture figures show farmers co operative organizations handled $375.7 million in business last year and saved $21.15 million. In 1920 798 county agents helped organize co operatives, about 61 percent of field agents, with average business per agent at $626,121 and saving per agent $43,304.
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Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Elms Planted At Lincoln Memorial For War Memorials
American Elms printed by the American Forestry Association were planted at the Lincoln Memorial grounds. One elm honors allied armies and the other allied navies and was dedicated by Charles Lathrop Pack of Lakewood New Jersey, president of the association.
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Lincoln Memorial
Charles Lathrop Pack
Lakewood
Pack
Warren G. Harding
American Legion
Twenty-Third Street
C. O. Sherrill
Department of Public Buildings and Grounds
Warding
Canton
South Bend
Ind
William McKinley
Lincoln Highway
Chicago
America
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Ted Ray Causes Stir In Toledo With Eccentric Golf Attire
Articles describe Ted Ray as a tall overseas golfer drawing attention for his unusual dress during championship play. He wears a brown heavyweight suit and a sunbonnet like straw hat, with a stiff collar and four in hand tie, while remaining calm amid large crowds and traditional golf etiquette.
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Dame Washion
Ted Ray
Toledo
Father
Ray
Ted
Metis sets streak in season with errorless play at first
Stuffy Metis, Boston Americans first baseman, played 119 consecutive errorless games at first base to close the American League season, with only one error charged all season. Tyrett Scott completed 882 games as shortstop as the season ended on October 2.
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Stuffy Metis
Boston Americans
Tyerett Scott
Wrestling Reforms Limit Brutal Holds in New York
The New York State Athletic Commission has re formed wrestling with rules banning head locks toe holds and scissor holds. Officials say the sport will be less brutal and closer to genuine grappling, with matches focusing on technique rather than brutality.
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New York State Athletic Commission
New York
Penn to field two varsity eights next spring
Coach Joseph Wright of the University of Pennsylvania plans to develop two varsity eights for the next season. He says there is ample material for two senior boats and a junior crew, replacing the prior one-senior-one-junior tradition.
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Joseph Wright
University of Pennsylvania
Zie
Swedes Impress in Swimming Games Ahead of Olympiad
A Swedish swimming team toured England without a defeat, tying 8 to 3 with the Northumbers and winning nine other matches. They compiled 69 goals for and 21 against, signaling strong form for water polo in the next Olympics. Britain held the Antwerp title last year.
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England
Northumberlands
Yisboers
Great Britain
Antwerp
Ball Stars of Mesquite Town Produces Pro Baseball Players
In Mesquite Texas a town of 850 people, nicknamed Mille, prides itself on producing professional baseball players. Since the eighties, 27 natives have reached organized baseball, including notable names such as Babe Polly, Mike Erwin, Jack Khabell, and Buddy Napier, many reaching the big leagues.
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Dallas
Babe Polly
Mike Erwin
Brooklyn
Jack Khabell
Pittsburgh
Buddy Napier
Cincinnati
Yale to Book Game with Iowa in 1922
Yale plans an intersectional football game with Iowa in New Haven in 1922. Tad Jones and Howard Jones are noted as brothers and Yale will host Iowa on Yale’s field with no return engagement Westward. Intersectional matchups grow in popularity, adding excitement to the short gridiron season.
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IOWA
Howard Jones
Tawa
Tad Jones
New Haven
Tow
Blue Eleven
Francois Descamps Heads Boxing Tour in France
Francois Descamps, manager of Georges Carpentier, travels with a troupe of boxers across France promising fair contests. Paul Journee, Carpentier's former sparring partner, stars the troupe and has twice kissed the canvas in U S bouts.
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France
Journey
Francois Descamps
Georges Carpentier
Francois
Paul Journee
Manhasset
Paul
United States
Ohio State Adopts Jiu Jitsu with Sato Coaching
Ohio State University adopts jiu jitsu with more than 20 men under coach Sato a student at the school receiving instruction. The program signals growing breadth in the university athletics scene drawing interest from the Orient.
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Ohio State
Orient
Sato
Industrial Conditions Show October Improvement Nationwide
A Department of Labor survey indicates a definite turn for the better in October with improved employment across most districts. Gains include Youngstown 22.3 percent and Toledo 20.6 percent, plus 1,428 firms reporting 15,626 more payrolls than September.
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Department of Labor Employment Service
Mountain States
Pacific Coast States
Youngstown
Toledo
Memphis
Jones
Sports Notes From The Nation On And Off The Field
Quips of sport range from Yommy Murphy training Peter Manning to run a mile in 1 56 and Babe Ruth singing in vaudeville. The Giants plan spring training in San Antonio 1922 Speaker refutes retirement and Yankee prospects mix in. Leach Cross enters sixteenth boxing year as results show 2 10 plus trotter records. Plenty of athletic moves in football soccer boxing and track across colleges universities and cities with notable names.
Billings Buys New Trotter Barung
Barung, a trotting gelding raced last season on Ohio half mile tracks, joins the C. K. G. Billings saddle horses stable. Thad Logan purchased the gelding from Doctor Smith of Frederick Maryland, price not disclosed.
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Ohio
Select
Frank Hedrick
Springfield
C. K. G. Billings
Thad Logan
Doctor Smith
Frederick
Timing system adopted for IA A A A championship races
The executive committee of the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America voted to time all championship races in tenths of a second instead of fifths. The change aligns with timing practices used in Olympic games.
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Intercollegiate Association
Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America
Red Sox Draft Sloan Zip’ Thomas J Jr
The Boston Americans draft Thomas J Zip Sloan Jr a pitcher from Pittsburgh who played last season for Hartford in the Eastern League.
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Red Sox
Boston American League Baseball Club
Thomas J
Zip’) Sloan, Jr
Pittsburgh
Hartford
Yale to Play Army Again Next Season
Yale plans to renew its football series with Army pending a bowl game. Prof. C W Mendall, chairman of Yale athletic advisory council, commented that West Point would be on Yale's schedule next year if the game can be arranged in the bowl.
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Yale
Army
West Point
C. W. Mendall
Yale Athletic Advisory Council
Salm Steps Down as President in Wichita Falls Club
Salm, already serving as manager, will not continue as president of the Wichita Falls club. At a recent meeting he was named manager for 1922 and 1923, relinquishing the presidency.
Sally League Plans 1922 Season Dates and Rule Change
Directors of the South Atlantic Association set the 1922 season from April 17 to September 4. Pitchers are barred from using the spitball in league play.
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South Atlantic Association
Ghost picture tragedy linked to marriage and suicide
A Topeka photographer recounts a case where a retouched wedding portrait supposedly summoned the first wife’s spirit. An Irish wife, enthralled by spiritualism, separated, then died by suicide after believing the ghost warned her off remarriage. The image was allegedly burned.
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Topeka, Kan
Topeka
Capital
F. G. Willard
Mr. Willard
East
New York Man Sues Surgeon Over Gauze Left in Jaw
Lee Fisher sues Dr. Martin W. Ware in New York alleging a two and a half inch gauze was left in his jaw after surgery. He seeks 50000 dollars in damages.
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New York
Lee Fisher
Martin W. Ware
Boys Fish as Officers Guard Park Pond Bass Limit
In Elyria Ohio police kept older residents back while local youths under fifteen fished in the city park pond. The boys reportedly took the limit of sixty cutfish and six bass.
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Elyria
Farmer’s prize pumpkin yields 37 ples in town tale
Cedar Rapids resident James Murphy from Alburnett brought his prize pumpkin to town and handed it to a baker to see how many ples it would produce. The baker returned with a result of 37 ples from the giant pumpkin.
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Cedar Rapids
James Murphy
Alburnett
Berlin Opens Chief Aerial Post Office Amid Air Route Growth
Berlin establishes a chief aerial post office as air malls grow with 13 regular air routes leaving the city. The move reflects expanding German mail service and the development of the aerial network.
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Berlin
Dying Engineer Guides Rescuers In Fatal Ditch Incident
Michael Gerber New York Central engineer age fifty of Newark N Y directed rescuers for over four hours as a heavy freight engine toppled into a ditch near Churchville causing 88 car derailment. He died soon after hospital treatment in Rochester with crushed legs and severe injuries.
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Churchville
N. Y
Michael Gerber
New York
Central Engineer
Newark
Philip Golding
Gerber
Rochester
Mustard Gas Used to Clear Rattlesnake Den
In Husum Washington ranchers used mustard gas supplied by a local party after Department of Agriculture approval to release the gas through hose. Within 30 minutes rattlesnakes wandered out blinded and incapacitated and were killed by orchardists. The method reportedly has sparked interest from other communities seeking relief from venomous snakes.
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Department of Agriculture
Home Brew Caused Two Deaths in Windy City
In Chicago two deaths resulted from home brewed alcohol incidents. Sam Mirabella toppled while pouring wine in a basement and drowned in a wine barrel. Gabriel Troth started a house fire to distract firefighters from a barn explosion where an alcohol still burned. his clothes caught fire and he perished.
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Chicago
Sam Mirabella
Gabriel Troth
Weds as Father Is Doomed in Connecticut Trial
Rudolph Schutte married his sweetheart the same day a judge sentenced his father to die for first degree murder. Schutte testified against his father during the trial. The couple will live in the bungalow where the father attempted to kill his mother.
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Middletown
Conn
Rudolph Schutte
Schutte
Bald eagle attacks girl in Vanderhoof scene
A seven foot wingspan bald eagle attempted to seize a nine year old girl from her home in Vanderhoof British Columbia The neighbor intervened and beat the eagle to death The child was not seriously hurt according to local reports
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Vanderhoof
B. C
Man Hurls Stone in Self Defense After Dog Attack
Bert Stevens was bitten by a dog and, in self defense, hurled a stone that fractured the bone in the upper part of his arm. He reported the attack to local authorities in Bowling Green Ohio.
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Bowling Green
Bert Stevens
Stevens
Baby Adds Penny Chaser to Dime
Cincinnati report says Edna Krippendorf twenty one months old swallowed a dime and then pushed a penny down after it. She was taken to a hospital where examination showed the coins in her throat and an operation removed them.
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Cincinnati
Edna Krippendorf
Blind Man Becomes Lutheran Pastor in Springfield
Blind Daniel W. Uhlman of Springfield has been ordained as a Lutheran minister. He studied with the aid of a friend who was also ordained.
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Springfield
Daniel W. Uhlman
Sign languages in jails reveal silent codes across Europe
Inmates use a fully developed silent alphabet to communicate. They spell names for deaths by fingers and ears, indicate years by ear taps, and signal letters with hand motions. Coughs and sneezes convey messages while a letter is imagined by finger scribbling.
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Europe
Rum pus Ridge quarrel sparks planned spectacle
Gap Johnson recalls a heated argument with his wife on Rum pus Ridge and says if she endures, he will invite all the married men to gather and watch the spectacle. The remark is quoted by the Kansas City Star, reflecting local dialect and incident on the ridge.
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Kansas City Star
Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
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