Global Coal Shortage and Oddities Highlight Year
A roundup notes tiny fractions of coal mined, high infant mortality in the United States versus several regions, a dentist using jazz phonograph music as anesthesia, and a forestry process to convert lumber waste into cellulose boards. It also mentions higher smallpox rates, an English boiler innovation, a Russian Spitzbergen expedition, life as a mystery, tortoise shell use, and refugee carpet weaving and silkworm rearing in Greece and Turkey.
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United States
Magedland
Wales
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Irish Free State
New Zealand
Australia
England
Spitzbergen
Arctic Ocean
Is He Charlie Ross Claim Sparks New Identity Claim
Philadelphia man W. Dewitt, claiming to be the long missing Charley Ross, says he has papers identifying him as the kidnapped boy. He joins a crowd of would‑be Charley Ross claimants in this old mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. W. Dewitt
Philadelphia
Charley Ross
Submarine S-5 Sunk Off Block Island In Deep Sea
A buoy marks the sunken S-5 submarine rest site on Block Island sound. The tragedy claims 28 crew members who lie at the bottom as waves whisper their quiet end.
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Block Island Sound
Vittoria Colonna and Her ties to Michelangelo
Vittoria Colonna daughter of Fabrizio Colonna grand constable of Naples was a poet of noted ability and charm and the only woman known to have impressed Michelangelo at all.
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Vittoria Colonna
Fabrizio Colonna
Naples
Michelangelo
Obvious Course Jinks My Boy’s Law School Threat
Dialog recounts Jinks teasing about reforms as a playful jab. The speaker jokes about sending the boy to law school as a humorous consequence.
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Jinks
Hard Maple Dominates Type Wood Use For Electrotype Backing
The article notes hard maple as the preferred wood for wool type and electrotype backing due to its hardness density and stability after cutting. It mentions cherry and inks as historically used but now replaced by substitutes because of scarcity.
This Girl Can Jump at New York Track Meet
Photo shows Helen Fiskey competing in a New York Graph c meet where she just missed a world record in the 60 yards hurdles with a 9 second clocking as she cleared the final barrier.
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Helen Fiskey
New York Graph c
German Couple in St Louis Delights in Radio Event
Charlie Grimm reports on a German couple in St Louis who buy a radio set. The wife asks to switch on the X ray in the sitting room, prompting the husband to exclaim in confusion about the radio term. The scene captures a humorous mispronunciation and domestic humor of the era.
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Lefty Grimm
Chingo Cubs
St. Louis
Gretchen
No Profanity Will Be Heard at Butler College
Butler College cheerleaders will omit all profanity from football yells this season by request of President Robert J. Aley and instruction from Coach H O Pat Page. The president believes the change will not impair the force or value of the cheers.
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Butler College
Robert J. Aley
H. O
Pat") Page
Aley
Nurmi Ends Tour After Wrong Race Choice
Paavo Nurmi, famed distance runner, chose to try the half mile in the United States to add to his record. He was defeated by Alan Helffrich, proving his strengths lie in longer distances not sprints. The article notes America’s sprint dominance and Nurmi’s failure to adapt.
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Paavo Nurmi
Finland
Nurmi
Alan Helffrich
United States
Helffrich
America
Pease Leads Columbia Grid Team as Captain and Quarterback
George Pease commands the Columbia football squad as captain and quarterback this fall. Described as a finished product under Haughton’s system he excels in kicking running and passing and is hailed as one of the East’s best leaders. He catches punts well and disrupts opponents’ passes with speed.
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George Pease
Columbia Grid
George Tease
Columbia University
Haughton
George
Pease
Koppisch
Columbia
Kirwan of Kentucky Football Player Profile
The photograph features Captain Kirwan of the University of Kentucky football team. He plays end and weighs 185 pounds.
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Kirwan
University of Kentucky
Sports Happenings Of Interest From Early 20s Reports
A survey of baseball football and tennis notes shows Oklahoma City selling Third Baseman Joe Tate to Dallas in the Texas league and Rene La Coste joining aviation troops in France. Helen Wills wins a national tennis title for the third time at twenty, while Edward Reichle signs a new Burlington contract.
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Oklahoma City
Joe Tate
Dallas
Rene la Coste
Helen Wills
Edward Reichle
Burlington
Ate Seuxon
Price And Promises In Major League Baseball Deals
The piece argues high prices for minor league pitchers rarely guarantee major success. It highlights Chicago White Sox acquisition of Alphonse Thomas from Baltimore, in trade for Maurice Archdeacon, noting Archdeacon cost 70000 two years earlier. Thomas set an International League strikeout record with 260, while Lefty Grove failed to pay off a prior big price.
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Johnsons
Browns
Alexanders
Mathewsons
Chicago White Sox
Alphonse Thomas
Baltimore
Maurice Archdeacon
Orioles
Sox
Archdeacon
Comiskey
Thomas
Sive Workman
Lefty Groves
Athletica
Sport Notes highlights player moves across leagues
Nashville signs outfielder Jimmy Thrash from a Missouri independent league. Mel Kerr to Wichita Falls Texas league, Joe Martino leads Southern league pitchers. Coach Alonzo Stagg begins 34th season at Chicago. Hinkey Baines signs with Giants in NPFL. Amarillo to San Angelo league expansion planned. Paul Schreiber sold to Newark’s International league. Hoyt hints at trade as Washington possible destination.
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Nashville
Jimmy Thrash
Mel Kerr
Wichita Falls
Chicago Cubs
Alonzo Stagg Han
University of Chicago
University of Pennsylvania At
Philadelphia
York
Paul Schreiber
Kneading
Newark
Schreiber
Mosul Dispute and Nestorian History in Mesopotamia
The Mosul region holds oil and has long been disputed between Turkey and Iraq with Britain guiding boundary talks. The piece traces Nestorian Assyrian Christians from ancient Mesopotamia, their decline, persecution, and survival in Assyrian highlands, with culture, language, and patriarchal traditions noted.
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Bojety
Washington
Dosus
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Turkey
League of Nations
Vilayet
Mosul
Bagdad
Basra
Great Britain
League
Council
The
Asia
Persia
Tartary
Siberia
Mongolia
China
India
Nestorius
Constantinple
Edessa
Seleucia
Africa
Spain
East
Constantinople
Hulagu Khan
Tamer- Inne
Assyria
Van
Lake
Urumiah
Xenophon
Christiana
Caucasus
Christendom
Shamoun
Simon
Israel
Thomas
Matthew
Thaddeus
Immortal Identity Confusion Cited by Westminster Verger
The article describes how the living and the dead can blur identities, quoting a Westminster Abbey verger guiding North England visitors and pausing at Addison’s memorial to illustrate the mix of fame and mortality.
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Westminster Abbey
North England
Britain
Addison
Stripping Cork Tree For First Harvest And Quality
The cork tree yields its first stripping around twenty years old and produces virgin cork that is rough and coarse. Successive bark layers are removed at eight to ten year intervals, yielding finer cork. Careful stripping is essential to prevent damage that halts growth in the affected area.
Grammophone Inventor Cited Amid Crowd's North Accent
In a crowded scene a husky northern voice from the rear calls out that the man is the inventor of the gramophone. The remark signals a notable moment as the audience reacts to the claim.
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Allence
Forest Service Sees Six Million Annual Visits
The article notes that six million people visit national forests each year for camping fishing hunting and rest. It mentions more than a thousand camp grounds are set apart and posted for public use across the United States.
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National Forests
United States
Cutting Glass Under Water
Submerging glass during cutting does not make it cut easier but reduces cracking compared with cutting in air. The process creates vibrations that tend to crack the glass, and being under water greatly dampens these vibrations.
Great fur-collecting centers listed in order
They Serd Em Here Leipzig Nijni Novgorod and London are named as the great fur collecting centers in the world in the order given.
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Leipzig
Nijni Novgorod
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Navy of
New York State
Europe
New York
Newport
Academy of the State Nautical School
Prague
John Huss
Vatican
Mr. Congo
Amerbest
Penjamin Burbridge
Jacksonville
Fla
Seventy-first Regiment
New York National Guard
Dorothy Lee
Miss Lee
Sergt
Wilbert Moss
New York State College of Forestry
Greece
IS HE
Charlie Ross
E. Bradford
C. Bradford
Harvard
Charlie Grimm
Butler
Kentucky
Canada
Pittsburgh Pirates
Tokyo
Dennis Genrin
Milwaukee
Ethan Allen
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati Redos
Claude Willoughby
Dubuque Club
Mississippi Valley League
Phils
Augusta
John Paul
Alabama
Jones
Shreveport
Cincinnati Reda
Hal Sullivan
Macon
Greenvitle
Indiana University
Harry Mormann
Nteher
Tdunaville, I
Arthur C
Dazzy") Vance
Brooklyn
Big Eagles
Golden Gate Tennis Club
San Francisco
Ohio State University
Rickey and Bartelme
Syracuse
Montreal
Ramon Herrera
Boston Red Sox
Springfield Club
Crisheld Club
Easstern Shore League
Eddie Streleckle
Swooklyn Robins
Mily Brush
Toledo
Ohio
al Leith
Kruamus Hail
Howard C. McCall
University of Pennsylvania
Maurice
Sport
San Antonio
Watt
Bears
John
Jesse Jtiffe
Houstonville
Robert Swenson
Danville
Minneapolis
Mike Kelly
Elmer O'Shaughnessy
Jakey Hurt
Swenson
Joe Martino
New Orleans Oyster King
Washington Nationals
Hinkey Baines
Penn State
New York Yankees
Giants
Harry Dupuy
Waco Club
Texas Association
T. A
Amarillo
Plainview
Lubbock
Lamesa
Sweetwater
Alettine
Brownwood
San Angelo
Walte Hoyt
Waashington
Alexander
Tigria
Him
Foreste
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