Making the German Treaty and the Peace Conference
A survey of Europe after World War I detailing the collapse of empires, new borders, and the peace process. It covers the Paris peace talks, the League of Nations plan, and the contested ratification battle in the U S Senate including Wilsons diplomacy and Lodge Hitchcock debates.
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Peace Congress
Supreme War Council
Wilson
Lansing
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Marshal Foch
Russia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Paris
Clemenceau
Japan
Europe
Poland
League of Nations
League of Nations Commission
Peace Conference
Congress
Washington
Boston
Adriatic
Fiume
Marshall and
Caroline Islands
Germany
Council of Ten
Council of Four
Lloyd George
Orlando
Equator
Versailles
Great’ Britain
Mhert
Council of Five
Brockdorff-Rantzau
National Assembly
Shantung
Senate
Lodge
Committee On Foreign Relations
Hitchcock
West
White House
League
Haitchcock
Turbulent World Landscape After World War I
The year saw widespread upheaval across Europe with Bolshevik Russia, Poland, and Hungary facing internal strife and border clashes. Germany swayed between radicals and mainstream government, while Ireland and Korea pressed for independence. In the U S the postwar era brought prohibition, suffrage ratification, strikes, and labor disputes shaping a fragile peace.
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Donald F. Biggs
Paris
United States Senate
League of Nations
Europe
Austria-Hungary
Austria
Hungary
Poland
Czech
Yugoslav
Germany
Russia
United States
Lenin
Trotsky
Fiume
Jugo-Stag
Roumania
Berlin
Carl Liebknecht
Spartacans
Rosa Luxemburg
Ebert
Weimar
Ehert
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Pilsudski
M. Dempski
England
Sinn Fein
Dublin
Kurt Wisner
Bavaria
Munich
Korea
Egypt
Churchill
Vienna
Doctor Renner
Count Karolyi
Italy
Orlando
Francesco Nitti
Finance
Scheidemann
Gustav Adolph Bauer
Labor
Peru
Teruvian
Jose Pardo
Turbulent 1919 Mexico US relations and aviation advances
A compact 1919 roundup shows renewed strain between the United States and Mexico over bandit crises and the Puebla consular arrest, with a failed Carranza push and an execution, while aviation achievement and notable American deaths mark the year including Roosevelt and Frick.
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Ident Carranza
United States
Mexico
Lansing
Wiliam O. Jenkins
Puebla
Campbe Iity
Jenkins
General Angeles
Villa
Carranga
Martini
New Paris Fashion Ideas in Gowns and Louis XV Influence
Paris fashion notes present a Premet model with tadetas in peacock blue, two-tone skirts, and an invisible corsage. emphasis on fitted bodices and boyish waists. Mink fur, musquash wraps, and taffeta gowns dominate, with practical daytime wear and elaborate evening pieces fading. The year favors taffetas, fur combinations, and refined buttons, as designers push modern yet period-inspired silhouettes.
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Paris
Prenet
Rue de la Paris
Baels
Presmet
Che
Samuel the Cashion Tower
Kolinsky
Guth
Teapres
Mystery of the Pioneer Priest Found in New Mexico
An American Archaeological Society expedition led by Jess Nussbaum uncovered the skeletal remains of Father Francisco De Letrato from 1632 buried beneath an old mission altar at Hawikah New Mexico. Ornaments and church habiliments confirmed the priest identity, with deeper ruins suggesting an ancient Indian village.
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Haw- Mkah
American Archaeological Society
Jess Nussbaum
Francisco de Letrato
Father de Letrato
Hawikah
Unt
Denetrata
Zan
Nussbaum
Plan to Raise Reindeer in Northland West of Hudson Bay
A Canadian company gains charter to raise up to 750 000 in capital and graze 75 000 square miles north of Churchill river west of Judson bay. Land remains government owned and open to homesteading. Must stock at least 1 000 reindeer by May 1 1921 and remit 5 percent of herd annually. After five years the firm must sell reindeer to Northland natives at up to 50 dollars per head.
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United States
Canuiry
New York
Lye
War Labor Board
South Ameria
Argentina
Peru
Seattle
Ole Hanson
New England
American Federation of Tamar
Atlantic City
Snipuel Goampers
Building Himployers' Association of Chicago
Chicago
Boston
Wilson
Washington
Department of Jusice
Moderal
Anderson
Indianapolis
Fuel Administration
United States Navy
Archinite
Tyoway
Newformdland
Ie Agares
Lisbon
Portugal
Hiv Ing
Ireland
John Alcock
Arthur W. Brown
Newfoundland
Teeland
Hudson Bay
Haas
Churchill River
Judson Bay
Northland
Talk is Cheap Says Critics on Conservation
The Chicago Daily News comments on the refrain that talk costs little while real conservation actions lag behind. The piece questions public will and highlights the need for concrete measures over rhetoric.
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Chicago Daily Newa
Puzzle of Blouse Line in Fashion Feature
The article discusses the blouse line for two seasons, noting its shifting popularity. It praises long blouses as beautiful and essential, describing fabrics like georgette knit silk and wool, with embroidery and chenille trims elevating plain garments.
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Fia
Beads Demand Surges Across Fancy Goods Market
Reports from the fancy goods trade show strong demand for glass bead necklaces in black and color, with beaded bags selling across prices. Wholesalers report tight supply of celluloid and metal frames for home bag making, and trimming beads in all colors remain in high demand. High color beads are scarce due to heavy demand.
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Foreign Affairs
Yudenitch
Petrograd
Gabriele d'Annunzio
Bulgaria
Thrace
Baltic States
Supreme Council
Taris
Yuedenitch
Nabhonian
Northwest Army
Omsk
Kolchak
Td’ Annunuglo
Zara
Dalmatia
State Department
Gregory
A. Mitchell Palmer
Walker D. Hines
William G. McAdoo
Victor L. Berger
Herbert Mwoover
House
House of Representatives
Gillett
Massachusetts
Cummins
Town
Nquor
Department of Justice
Pershing
Ife
Cardinal Mercier
Belgium
Albert
Eizabeth
Prince of Wales
United States Supreme Court
Labor and Industrial
Tampico
United States Army
Pres
Aeronautics
Yenth
Iwly
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Cleorge F. Yvon Tiertsing
Franklin Belt
U. S.A
Charles Weyn
Vermont
Amelia 7. Thar
William Crookes
Frank W. Woolworth
Sidney Drew
Jules Vedrines
Trobert Taco
Frances Dime 5
Mantel Franco
Paraguay
John C. Spooner
Wisconsin
John Fox, Jr
Edward John Poynter
The
Royal Academy
Oscar Hammerstein
Andrew Carnegie
Sen
Louwis Bothh
Union of South African
Baron Charles William Beresford
John Mitchell
Theodore P. Shonts
Interborough Rapid Transit Company of
Chaiman
Isthmian Canal Commission
Adelina Patt
William Waldorf Astor
Alfred T. Ringling
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Col
D. Bell
Thomas 8. Martin
Virginia
Henry Clay Frick
Lewis XV
Aira
Ian
Rob
Tron
Roblane
Oren
Babe of Taffeta
New Mexico
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