Peculiar Facts From The Era On Commerce And Society
A collage of short notes reports gas mantles usage obesity in superstition street numbering in London and a Kentucky journalist appointed aide de camp. It also mentions cotton yarn weight Chinese flag stripes Japanese and Korean female work trends Red Cross training for blinded soldiers and a French scientist capturing fast notion pictures. A dog tattooer census oddity and a safer more useful cellulose film are noted.
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London
M. Annie Ponge
Ashlind
Sahara Desert
Red Cross Institute For the Blind
Tualtimore
Popular Mechanics
Hght
Unknown Warrior Interred in Westminster Abbey Ceremonies
The coffin of England's Unknown Warrior, mounted on a gun carage, passed the Cenotaph in Whitehall before interment in Westminster Abbey. The ceremony honored the unknown hero as a resting place for England's heroes since Norman times.
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England
Whitehall
Westminster Abbey
Mrs McLean to Play Key Role in Inaugural Affairs
Mrs. E B McLean wife of the Washington Post and Cincinnati Enquirer publisher returns from Texas with President elect Sarding's party. The McLeans will assist in inauguration arrangements and play a leading role in Washington society during the ensuing administration.
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Edward BR. McLean
Washington Post
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Washington
Texas
Sarding
McLean
Burgs Night Watchwoman Guards Black Forest Village
In Burg Germany a woman serves as night watchman in the Black Forest village. The image shows her patrolling with her dog, carrying a lantern and a horn as she guards streets through the night.
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Burg
Black Forest
Germany
Waterproof cement for iron vessels mixed from lead and litharge
A recipe of equal weights red lead and litharge with glycerine forms a waterproof fireproof cement for iron vessels. More glycerine yields a homogeneous putty like consistency suitable as a protective sealant.
No Room for More in College Quip Prompts
A Dartmouth humor piece quotes a back-and-forth about opinions and readiness. The exchange highlights rivalries in campus media satire with a sharp line about having “three gl” ready, reflecting student wit and publication culture.
Sidewalk and Fireside Dialogues on Soviet Life
A brief snippet captures a chat between Farmer Countesses and others about Soviet life. The exchange notes worry about winter and contrasts soap box rhetoric with practical wood box concerns.
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Farmer Countesses
Winter talk on yellow grass rug in Louisville
A brief dialogue from the Louisville Courier-Journal notes winter arrives and grass becomes yellow. The exchange frames season change with a folkloric touch as the speaker remarks on the rug and color.
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Louisville Courieg-Journal
League Moves to Eliminate Article Ten From Covenant
Geneva December 6 The League of Nations debates removing Article 10 from its covenant amid Austrian admission discussions and Argentine protest. A plan for an economic blockade against covenant-breaking members is adopted by the Subcommission on Blockade as officials seek to speed assembly work.
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Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations
Assembly of the League
Charles J. Doherty
Honorio Phyrredon
Jimmded
Paul Hyminn
League Assembly
Giuseppe Mattin
Austria
Vorarlberg
M. Motta
Loague
League
Assembly
Eric Drummond
Commission For
Wilson
Armenia
Council of the League
INTERN SINN FEINERS WILL BE INTERNED IN IRELAND
The first group of Sinn Fein prisoners was moved from Dublin to Ballykinier County Down to be interned under a government plan. They will receive treatment similar to prisoners of war without recognizing their status. In County Cork near Bander three civilians were shot after an ambush on a police party. police suffered no casualties.
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London
Sinn Fein
Dublin
Ballykinier
County Down
Ballykinler
Dundrum Bay
Hamar Greenwood
Ireland
House of Commons
Irish Republican Army
Bander
County Cork
Sinn Fenners
Jheir
Treasury Reports November Public Debt Jump
The U S Treasury announced a rise of 112646571 dollars in the public debt for November. The gross debt stood at 24175156244 14 on November 30 compared with 24062509672 96 on October 31. The month’s increase was driven by a 232000000 dollar issue of Treasury certificates with only 46400000 maturing during November.
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Washington
Treasury
Widows Macau Swiney Arrive as Hunger Striker’s Kin Testifies
The steamship Celtic brought Mrs Muriel MacSwiney and Miss Mary MacSwiney to New York to testify before the committee of one hundred in Washington investigating Irish conditions. Irish sympathizers greeted them while police reserves secured the pier.
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New York
Celtic
Muriel MacSwiney
Mary MacSwiney
Terence MacSwiney
Cork
Brixton Prison
London
Mints Set New Coinage Record in 1916 Output
Washington reports the Mint produced 800,500,000 coins in the last fiscal year, a 440 percent rise from 1915. Over 512,500,000 were 1 cent pieces, per Director Ray Baker's annual report.
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Washington
Ray Baker
Indict Two In Building Trust Case In New York
Two indictments by the extraordinary grand jury accuse John A. Philbrick a builders' supplies dealer and Joseph Penny secretary of the Builders' Supply bureau in the building trust investigation in New York.
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New York
Building Trust
John A. Philbrick
f_enler
Joseph Penny
Builders’ Supply Bureau
U. S. to Buy 300 Airplanes for War Dept Planes
The War department plans to call for bids within days for 800 new airplanes based on army aviation designs. The project, with tests validating improvements, is estimated to cost about eight million dollars. In Belgrade the Yugoslav election results show 97 radicals 91 democrats and 55 communists among 183 conservatives.
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Washington
War Department
Army Aviation Section
Jugo-Slavia
Belgrade
Sinn Fein Proclaims Treason Prosecutions Across Ireland
Belfast reports Sinn Fein circulates proclamation in the west and south declaring treasonable conspiracy offenders will be executed as traitors to the Irish republic. The宣 acknowledges the severe penalties proposed by the movement.
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Belfast
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Tax estimates total over four trillion dollars
Washington December 7 hopes for relief from federal taxation faded as the government announced total estimates for all branches reaching 4 653 856 759 dollars.
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Washington
Lumber Prices Cut Again by Milwaukee Dealers
Milwaukee dealers cut lumber prices again from 7 to 11 percent with total reductions reaching 25 percent from the peak. The move marks a broad easing in the timber market as inventory and demand shift.
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Milwaukee
Shoe dealers in Wheeling slash prices
Wheeling shoe dealers cut prices by 20 to 80 percent to stay in step with reductions elsewhere. The move aims to match declines already seen in other communities and attract buyers during the season.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Britain Signs Trade Pact With Bolshevik Russia
Dec 4 London dispatch says Leonid Krassin Bolshevik minister of trade and commerce has been handed the British trade agreement which has been signed by both sides. A Moscow wireless message confirms the action.
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Britain
London
Leonid Krassin
Moscow
Ambush and bank robbery reports from Ireland and Ohio
Six policemen ambushed at Youghal Ireland with one wounded and one missing. Nearby three volunteers shot and found along the road. In Columbus Ohio armed bandits robbed the First National Bank of Grove City of about 169000 dollars in cash and Liberty bonds amid non negotiable notes.
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London
Youghal
Ireland
Ohio Bank
Columbus
First National Bank of
Grove City
Chicago Bandits Kill Merchant at Farrier Shop
Henry Krokner owner of a farrier shop at 305 East Thirty-fifth street was shot and killed as he tried to stop bandits fleeing with about 4000 dollars worth of his stock in Chicago.
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Chicago
Henry Krokner
East Thirty-fifth Street
Four birth children born to Plain City couple
Mrs. Vina T. Knight wife of a Plain City Utah farmer gave birth to four children three boys and a girl. The doctor reports the mother and children progressing favorably.
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Salt Lake City
Vina T. Knight
Plain City
Utah
French Red Leaders Die As Boat Sinks Returning Home
Three French communist leaders who attended the Moscow congress perished in a sailing boat wreck off Mourmansk during their voyage back to France. Their boat, used as a base for the return trip, was lost at sea with the leaders aboard.
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Paris
Moscow
Mourmansk
France
Philippines legislature funds propaganda drive
Manila reports the Philippines legislature adopted a bill to appropriate 500000 dollars annually to spread propaganda in the United States in a campaign for independence of the islands.
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Manila
P. 1
Philippines
United States
U S Weekly Market Report Dec Week Ending Dec 2
Grain prices closed higher overall amid heavy export sales and solid cash demand for wheat and corn. Flour demand improved, and a Farmers’ association urged farmers to stock up on flour while prices stay favorable. Hay and feed markets remained weak with high receipts and demoralized pricing. Dairy prices fell with butter sliding and cheese steady, while stock and meat values showed mixed moves but a general downward trend.
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United States Bureau of Markets
Washington
Iilm
Farmers’ National Grain Dealers’ Association
Peoria
Chicago
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Omaha
Timothy
Cincinnati
New York
Baldwins
Philadelphia
Boston
Wisconsin
Young Americas
Veal Ealves
Killarney Shops Sacked in Irish City Violence
Cork dispatch reports uniformed men visited Killarney and smashed most shop windows causing several thousand pounds in damage. Glasgow police arrested six Irish nationals, including three women, on treasonable conspiracy charges after locating gelignite explosives gunpowder detonators grenades revolvers cartridges and Sinn Fein literature in homes.
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London
Killarney
Ireland
Cork
Evening News
Glasgow
US Lightship Adrift After 90-Male Gale At Shoals
The Nantucket relief lightship reached Bedford after a 90 mile gale tore it from its moorings near the shoals. Its commander said the crew has been trying to reach port since the incident.
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U. S
Boston
Mass
Nanstucket Shoals
Bedford
Sinn Fein Leader Countess Markiewicz Guilty
Dublin reports Countess Markievicz a Sinn Fein leader found guilty by court martial of conspiring to spread sedition and cause murder in Ireland. Sentence to be announced later.
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Sinn.Fein
Dublin
Markiewicz
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Cox Accepts Life Membership In National Democratic Club
Governor Cox of Ohio, who defeated the Democratic nominee for President, accepted a life membership in the National Democratic Club in New York. He expressed that he felt highly complimented by the honor.
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New York
Cox
Ohio
National Democratic Club
Bandits Loot Mail Car On Northbound Train
Four armed men boarded the Southern north bound train from Chattanooga to Cincinnati near Oneida and rifled the mail car before escaping. The post office at Oneida had earlier been robbed.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Cincinnati
Oneida
Death report of Baron Desborough declared false
London reports of Baron Desborough’s sudden death in Birmingham were proven incorrect. The baron is in the best of health and the published notices are denied by authorities.
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London
Baron Desborough
Birmingham
Jury Agrees to None in Maybelle Roe Murder Trial
In Los Angeles on December 3 a ten man two woman jury hearing the Maybelle Roe murder case of McCulloch Graydon reported a disagreement and was locked up for the night.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Maybelle Roe
McCulloush Graydon
Census figures show East St. Louis population changes
The census notes 7,433 Negro residents in East St. Louis Illinois with an increase of 1,551. The white population reaches 59,306, up 6,660 or 12.7 percent.
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East St. Louis
Washington
Imreau Pe
Plan U S Loan to Aid Farmers
Senator Hitchcock proposes immediate government loans totaling 60 million dollars to farmers. The funds would come from the government’s share of Federal Reserve profits and be used to bolster gold reserves or redeem Liberty bonds. Loans via federal land banks would be secured by agricultural products or livestock with six months to one year terms.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Hitchcock Plungs
Congress
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal
War Finance Corporation
Edge
New Jersey
Senate Committee On Reconstruction
Holidays Aid to Business in Week Ending Dec 3
Dan's Review notes signs of betterment in business and sentiment, with holiday demand nudging retail activity. Prices hold back operations temporarily but buyer interest is reawakening in leading lines as some markets recover. November failures rise as part of ongoing business readjustment. dry goods sections show hopeful signals as spring cloths may spur purchases.
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New York
Dan
Moscow Threatens Japan in China Alliance Bid
Moscow warns Japan to cease imperialist push in Siberia or face a Soviet China alliance. The official paper says Japanese Far East policy threatens joint interests of the Far East republic and China and hints at a military alliance to counter Japanese moves in Asia.
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Berlin
Moscow
China
Japan
Siberia
Far East
Moonshiners Nabbed After Bell County Clash
In Kentucky nine moon shiners were captured after a battle with revenue officers near Bell County. Authorities reported several moonshiners killed or wounded as the raid disrupted a large alcohol operation in the southern part of the county.
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Kentucky
Lexington
Bell County
Constantine Aims for Smyrna Command in Greek Forces
Athens dispatch cites foreign office rumors that Constantine plans to travel from Paris to Smyrna to assume command of Greek forces, especially if he does not regain the throne.
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Constantine
Paris
Athens
Foreign Office
Smyrna
Sinn Fenners Interned in Kinler County Down
Internment reported in Kinler County Down with no public release of the detainees' numbers. Local officials offered no further details beyond the action taken.
Campaign probe seeks extension to March 4
Washington reports the Senate will be asked to extend the campaign expenditures investigation until March 4 by the committee led by Senator Kenyon of Iowa. The request aims to keep probing spending details and related actions.
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Washington
Senate
Kenyon
Iowa
Death sentences reach 1206 in September by Soviet tribunals
Berlin dispatch reports Isvestia announcing that 1,206 people were sentenced to death and executed by Moscow revolutionary tribunals during September, not an average of 40 per day.
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Berlin
Moscow
Isvestia
Loot Recovered From Shanty After Clifton Bank Heist
Half million dollars in notes and mortgages and twenty four thousand dollars in Liberty bonds stolen from a Clifton M bank two weeks earlier have been found beneath a section shanty in Huntington Ind on December 4.
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Huntington
Ind
Clifton (M.) Bank
Harding Bids Senate Farewell In Historic Attire
President-elect Warren G. Harding addresses the Senate from his longtime desk, marking the first time a President-elect has attended sessions as a member. He pleads for cooperation, respect, and a bipartisan spirit to guide the nation through postwar readjustment and the coming four years.
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Washington
Warren G. Harding
United States Senate
Harding
Senate
Congress
House
Sinn Fein Arms Documents Reported Found in Seaforth Raid
Sensational Sinn Fein documents alleged to detail large scale purchases of arms and munitions were found during a Seaforth raid. Two young Irish girls were arrested in connection with the seizure in Liverpool on December 8.
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Sinn Fein
Liverpool
Seaforth
Bread price cut again in Cleveland
The second bread price reduction in two weeks was announced in Cleveland Ohio. Pound loaves now sell for 12 cents and one and a half pound loaves for 16 cents, each down by 1 cent.
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Cleveland, O
Supreme Court orders dissolution of Lehigh Valley trust
Washington December 8. The United States Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of the combination formed by the Lehigh Valley Railroad company and its affiliated rail coal production and sales firms.
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U. S. Wins Trust Sul
Washington
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
United States Supreme Court
Japan Expands Seaplane Corps To Fifteen Units
Tokyo reports the navy is increasing its seaplane corps from two to fifteen units, totaling 280 planes, with a British model mother ship under construction.
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Japan
Tokyo
Navy Department
Two Die in Auto Plunge on Hickory Grove Road
Davenport Iowa December 8 Emil Peters son and Mike Anderson were killed when their car failed to make a curve and plunged over a 30 foot embankment on Hickory Grove road.
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Davenport
Emil Peterson
Mike Anderson
Hickory Grove
Home for Vice President Proposed as Bill Introed
Washington December 8 construction of a home and office building for the vice president was proposed in a bill introduced by Senator Elkins of West Virginia with a cost not to exceed 350000 dollars.
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Washington
Sixteenth Street
Park Road
John ‘Kr. Henderson
Senator Elkins
West Virginia
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