Crime and population trends in the District of Columbia
Representative Tinkham criticizes crime and social decline in the capital under congressional rule. Data show DC population rising 1910 to 1920 by 82.2 percent, with police court cases increasing from 22,779 in 1910 to 42,808 in 1920 and 47,786 in 1921, despite a shrinking populace.
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Tinkham
Massachusetts
Police Court of
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District Branch
Supreme Court of the
Police Court of the
Work Stopped on Building Battleships After Washington Treaty
President orders immediate halt to all new ship construction and related spending under the naval limitation treaty. Savings estimated at 5 million dollars per month for taxpayers, with about 200 million potential total cuts in the U S navy program. Some naval officials question the builder claims due to contractor claims. Limitation effects expected in the United States England and Japan with no planned increases in France and Italy.
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Harding
Senate
Denby
United States
England
Japan
France
Italy
Definite Moves Toward World Peace YASASEINGTON
A conference yields major agreements toward peace. The plan includes a ten year quadruple treaty among the United States Great Britain France and Japan pledging mutual respect and a Pacific conference for crises. A fifteen year five power naval limitation treaty followed by a prohibition on poison gas and a piracy ban for submarine attacks on merchant ships. A three power status quo pact for Wachite fortifications and bases. Shantung settlement with Japan restoring the province to China and China gaining the Shantung railroad. Nine powers open door revival and Japan’s twenty one demands modified. Former German cables allocated in the Pacific. An international commission to meet within three months.
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International
United States
Great Britain
Japan
China
Shantung
Roosevelt Sequoia Park Bill Amended In Congress
Barbour pushed an amended Roosevelt Sequoia National Park bill to bar water power projects, gaining support from Sierra Club and conservation groups. National Parks Service head Mather won over Kings River valley power interests, while opposition came from Rep Addison Smith who favored a Yellowstone irrigation project plan.
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Sierras
California
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William F. Bade
Sierra Club
Stephen T. Mather
National Park Service
Kings River
Sierra Club of
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Yellowstone National Park
Overseas Women Form National Charter League
Former overseas workers form the Women's Overseas Service League to keep alive wartime spirit and aid veterans. The group seeks a national charter, favorably reported by the Judiciary Committee. Eligibility targets women who served between August 1, 1914, and January 1, 1920, excluding postwar reconstruction workers.
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Women's Overseas Service League
Congress
Bil
Europe
New League
Army
Navy
America
Victory Memorial dome to hold 5 million service stars
Washington plans a vast dome in the George Washington Victory Memorial building to display 5,016,832 service stars. Gold stars honor those who died serving, blue stars for others, with state clusters and a telescope view to locate each star. Funds aim for 20 to 25 million dollars with state subscriptions and bonds.
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Assembly Hall
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Navy
Marine Corps
Henry F. Dimock
George Washington Memorial Association
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Women clash with hatpins in Buenos Aires interview scene
Rival women job seekers fighting for a chance to interview President Irigoyen resort to hatpins and nails while a janitor and a policeman intervene. Another notice reports Mrs. Mary Di Gregorio of Cleveland claiming thirty one children as a world record mother with thirteen living, and a Siam king allegedly attended by a guard of eighty pretty young women.
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Argentina
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Siam
Aged Man Reaches Centenary Milestone in Ottawa
Robert Barnabee reached his 100th mile post with no fanfare. He carried on with his usual duties around the House before walking five miles to a friend's home. He joked his mother lied about being 110 and noted a sister aged 93 and a brother 94, both in good health.
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Ottawa
Kian
Robert Barnabee
Barnabee
Dyed Cats Ensnare Singer In Florida Promised Reform
New York singer Miss Margaret Owen, age 22, was freed by Magistrate Hatting after promising not to dye her cats to match her draperies and clothing. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals witnesses testified she dyed a valuable cat blue. the animal died. The magistrate urged her to return to Florida and stop dyeing cats.
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New York
Margaret Owen
Harding Urges Ship Subsidy And Merchant Marine Plan
President Harding urged Congress to grant a subsidy to American shipping, proposing 10 percent of customs receipts to a revolving fund, a $125 million loan pool at 2 percent, tax relief for shipping, and a merchant marine reserve. He argued the plan would restore private initiative and a second naval defense for the nation.
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Washington
Presiden Harding
Congress
Shipping Board
America
Philippine Islands
Substitutes for Rubber in India Rubber Compounds
The article notes substitutes for rubber using combinations of linseed, peanut, rape or mustard oil with sulfur to form rubberlike substances. It states that pure unvulcanized India rubber floats or nearly sinks in water, while oil substitutes are slightly heavier and sink.
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India
Decidedly Blue The Blue and the Gray Woman with White Hair
A brief portrait describes a woman aged with her first white hair amid Civil War era hues. The memory evokes the blue and gray divide, hinting at enduring identity and history.
Jews as a Nation Defined by Ancestry and Tribes
The passage defines Jews as a Semitic nation tracing descent from Judah and Benjamin. It notes Jews are a district people who retain their nationality, historically linked to Hebrews and Israelites.
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Israel
Judah
Benjamin
Birchwood uses span ancient papyrus to rural English needs
Birchwood served as papyrus for ancient writers and in rural England is used for shoe heels torches and charcoal. A rumor about the Knnags home still circulated when I visited but they did not offer a drink. The tale was started by a neighbor claiming Mrs Knagg brewed trouble.
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Thurston
Knnaggs
Wetmore
Mrs. Knagg
How Did He Know Freddie Ma Has No Name
A brief exchange between Freddie and Ma about naming a baby, revealing confusion over ownership and belonging, with a Scotsman referenced. The fragment hints at cultural or familial identifiers amid a naming question.
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Consolidated and local Iowa notices on schools and crime
Voters weigh a $60,000 consolidated school program while plans for a $176,000 Clarinda school advance. Gas rates drop 20 cents in Keokuk. J P Manatrey dies of paralysis. Benna Vista directors oppose teacher salary cuts. Weston named Webster City postmaster. Meekins of Zearing earns $100 for saving a life. Burglaries hit Cleghorn schoolhouse. Dirigible crash kills Major Tharnell of Sidney. Congressional notes on headstones for soldiers. Fessey the Poland China sire dies at 734 years in hog terms. County physicians agree to county work for $3,500. Zobel Bros sell Polands. Griswald watchman Charles Scott killed. Redfield shooting injures Arlie Work. dispute over wife. Holstein sale averages $131.75. Humboldt ships 212 carloads. Iowa farm holdings up in corn, wheat, oats value since Dec. 1. Self-inflicted death of Oscar Anderson. Moville bank consolidation to $60,000 capital. Moonshine spree ends in Louis Macahen’s death. Mason City names Edna Dean city pathologist. Linn County to equip vigilant committee with guns. Iowa City pioneer Robert A. McChesney dies at 87.
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Webster City
Harry Meekins
Zearing
Mary Ella Perris
Cleghorn
John G. Tharnell
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Roma
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Clerk of Courts Keck
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Shenandoah
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Council Bluffs
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Cerro Gordoco
Mason City
Linnco Bankers’ Association
Cedar Rapids
Robert A. McChesney
Iowa City
Colfax
Mr. McChesney
Towa City
Council Bluffa
Royal Wedding. Princess Mary Weds Viscount Lascelles at Westminster Abbey
Princess Mary, daughter of the king and queen, married Viscount Lascelles at Westminster Abbey with a grand ceremony. Crowds gathered across London and Buckingham Palace, Americans among the onlookers, as royal family and guests decorated the historic event.
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England
Viscount Lascelles
Earl of Harewood
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Queen Mary
Alexandra
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May Cambridge
Care of Paintings and Frames in the Home
Advice on maintaining art at home notes oil paintings should be lightly cleaned yearly with a fine sponge or chamois and no cleaning substances. After sponging, polish with a dry silk handkerchief. Gilt frames need frequent dusting with a camel’s hair brush. Egg white removes fly marks.
Roof repairs and ancient roofs in history
The article notes George Washington repaired his Mount Vernon shingle roof in 1785 and it was not repaired again until 1860, a 75 year span. It then discusses long lasting cedar roofs and Egyptian sarcophagi surviving for millennia. It also highlights Amazon balata trees yielding abundant gutta percha, noting vast unexplored forest riches along the Amazon.
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George Washington
Mount Vernon
American Teorestry Magazine
Amazon
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