Notable Bits From A Curio of Early 20th Century Trivia
A collection notes varied facts from literature and history including Conan Doyle’s prolific writing claim, marriage bans etymology, Wichita police matron Helen Mason’s service, Epsom salts origin, a Canada UK wool order worth 9 million dollars, and other assorted items. It also mentions Persian demons myths, Great Eastern shipbuilder lineage, egg eating customs, Swiss Rhine navigation plans, France honoring American WWI aid with a statue proposal led by Joffre Foch and Petain.
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A. Conan Doyle
Helen Mason
Wichita
Kas
Epsom Salts
Epsom
Surrey
Rowanin
Canal Zone
Arthur T. McCormick
Trina G Canal
New Cryoscope Detects Water in Milk
Dr Julius Hovert, Minnesota state domist, has perfected a device called the cryoscope. It uses a freez point test to determine the percentage of water added to milk. The invention aims to curb dishonest milk dealers as milk prices rise.
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Julius Hovert
Minnesota
Howert
French doctor proposes plan to balance population in France
Dr Paul Garnot, Beaujan hospital professor in Paris, advocates leveling male and female numbers by using California ashbounds for French girls. He cites a surplus of women in Primace and suggests California has excess males to offset the imbalance.
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Paul Garnet
Beaujan Hospital
Paris
France
Garnet
California
Ife
Primace
Quien
Gladstone and Smoking Etiquette in Hawarden
In a London Sunday Times reminiscence, Gladstone, tied to old norms, forbade smoking as a sacrifice. Only after his son Herbert grew into a smoker did a smoke room appear at Hawarden Castle. When the Prince of Wales dined there he was allowed to light a cigarette to ease the royal guest.
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O'Connor
London
Gladstone
Herbert
Hawarden
Prince of Wales
Mr. Gladstone
Clothes Make the Man Quote Echoes In This Feature
A reflective note argues clothes reveal or conceal character, asserting that those who judge by appearance often misread the person beneath. The piece connects clothing to identity and perception in social life.
Fatigue Drives Surprising Production Boost Under Limits
Observations indicate production rates rise with fatigue within certain bounds. Feverish haste and dislike of incomplete work push workers to finish tasks even when the job is not engaging, suggesting a paradoxical link between fatigue and output.
Pin Money Dispute Over Diamond Pin Demand
In a terse exchange a wife pressures for pin money to purchase a diamond pin while her husband resists. The dialogue centers on financial support for jewelry and household conflict.
A Connoisseur Scene in an Art Museum
A light exchange reveals Mr Banks and Mr Blunderby debating tastes in art and curtos with wit and irony. The banter hints at admiration of vice and highbrow humor within museum corridors. Two gentlemen trade quips over aesthetic indulgences.
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Mr. Banks
Art Museum
Curtos
Mr. Blunderby
Dublin City Mass Casualty Riot Sparks London Dispatch
Reports from Dublin and London describe a large scale attack by Black and Tans on a crowd of 15 000 in Dublin causing numerous deaths and injuries. A dockyard fire and armored car assaults amid Sinn Fein reprisals marked a widespread campaign feared to be part of a planned terror wave.
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London
Dublin Castle
Trehind
Dublin
Peta
Mrilitary
Regal
Coul
Tipperary
Black and Tans
Newberry
Thomas Smith
Maclean
Kualdon
Morehampton Road
Gresham
Elvilian
Sion Fein
Cork
Big Mail Theft Solved in City Yard Robbery Case
Seven more arrests plus one confession and the recovery of thousands in ten dollar bills, tied to a 3.5 million dollar mall car robbery in Council Bluffs Iowa. The money was found in the Daly home chicken house after a confession by Steed. Reed and others, including members of the John Tell family, are held on related charges. An automobile was also recovered.
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Council Bluffs
T. A. Daly
FH. A. Reed
APG Nestoes
Daly
Steed
Reed
John Tell
Portuguese cabinet reshaped with new interior minister
Lisbon reports a cabinet change with Navier de Castro, currently commissioner of Mozambique, appointed as premier minister of the interior. The move replaces the prior minister and signals shifts in the Portuguese government.
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Lisbon
Navier de Castro
da Mozuabique
Bolshevik Forces Capture American Officer Morell
Berlin dispatches report American Coronel Morell captured by Bolshevik troops during the rout of General Wringel's army toward the Crimea.
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London
Berlin
Coronel Morell
Yorkville tin plate plant halts work in Wheeling
Indefinite suspension of work was announced at the Yorkville tin plate plant of the Wheeling Steel and Wire Company. Officials said production at the facility near Wheeling is paused with no stated restart date.
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Wheeling, W. Vin
Yorkville (O
Wheeling Steel and Thew Company
Hawkins will leaves large bequests to animal and arts groups
New York Nov 20 Gen Rush C Hawkins will provides 200000 to the Actors' Fund of America and 100000 to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals saving 100000 for Animala in the city. The document outlines major bequests as part of his will.
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Animala
New York
Actors’ Und of America
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Rush C. Hawkins
Soldier Killed in Barwdmore Aerodrome Attack Near Limerick
News from Barwdmore near Limerick says an attack on an aerodrome guard was repelled with one soldier killed and another seriously wounded. Conditions of the skirmish and the exact location are reported by dispatches received here.
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Limerick
London
Barwdmore
Obregon invites Stephens to Mexican inauguration
Gov. William B. Stephens received a telegraph from General Obregon President elect of Mexico inviting him to attend the presidential inauguration in Mexico City on December 1.
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Obregon
Stephens
Sacramento
Cali
William BD
Elect
Mexico
Mexico City
Britain Receives German Dyes in Nine Months Trade
Britain imported 1574 tons of synthetic dyestuffs and intermediates from Germany in the first nine months of the year, valued at about 280000 dollars according to Washington reports dated November 19.
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Britain
Washington
Great Britain
Germany
U S Weekly Market Report from Nov 6 Market Tends
U S Bureau of Markets notes November 6 market results with weak tone in potatoes and hay. Prices for Baldwins and Yorks steady. carlots in Chicago declined slightly. Wheat and corn show mixed trends with futures at Dec 70 cents and prices pressured by large wheat stocks and weak corn futures. Live stock and meats prove weak with declines in cattle, lambs, and hogs, while veal and pork loins rise slightly.
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Markietgram
U. S
New York
Maine
Baldwins
Apple
Timothy
Phila
Chicago
Fort William
Ont
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Winnipeg Mae
U. S. Warns Western Union Over Cable Privileges
Washington warns Western Union that landing licenses may be revoked if the company does not grant the American government equal handling rights for cable messages. The State Department states W U has refused government messages with prepayment of tolls and rejected carrying messages from outside the United States at the reduced government rate.
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Roland 8S. Morris
Japan
Baron Shidehara
United States
State Department
Washington
California
Pennsylvania Congressman Garland Dies in Pittsburgh Home
Washington dispatch reports Mahlon M. Garland Republican at large from Pennsylvania was found dead in his home bathroom due to heart disease. He represented Pennsylvania in Congress and was a longtime political figure in Pittsburgh.
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Pennsylvania
Washington
Mahlon M. Garland
Pittsburgh
Bolsheviks Capture Borgia on Trans-Siberian Railway
The Bolsheviks resumed assaults in eastern Siberia and seized Borgia on the Trans-Siberian Railway, 225 miles southeast of Chita.
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Peking
Siberia
Borgia
Trans-Siberian Pailway
Chita
Convicted Slayer Hanged After Protesting Innocence
Chicago November 22 Arthur Mansel overseas veteran and American Legion member was executed on the gallows for the murder of his wife despite protests of innocence.
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Chicago
Arthur B. Maensel
American Legion
Refugees in Constantinople Estimate Reaches 100000
An order from Gen Maron Wenn gel of the Russian volunteers estimates the number of refugees in Constantinople at upward of 100000. The figure reflects the scale of displacement amid ongoing regional turmoil and relief challenges.
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Constantinople
Maron Wenngel
Price declines in October items except house furnishings
Washington November 20 price studies from the Department of Labor show marked declines in October across most items entering into the cost of living, with house furnishings as the notable exception.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Army Called Slow Pay in Shipping Board Claims
New York reports that of 208 243 795 in United States Shipping Board claims against the army only 40 000 000 had been collected on account up to last September according to a probe body testimony.
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Schuylkill Arsenal
Philadelphia
Arsenal
Betsy Ross
United States Army
New York
United States Shipping Board
National Farmers' Union urges nationwide strike over farm prices
A call from the National Farmers' Union asks local unions nationwide to halt production and refrain from selling until farm prices reach profit-making levels. The convention cited $1 billion in reduced value and signals a broader push for a farm marketing board while Wheat Growers pressed a wheat strike. Des Moines reports a move to recapitalize the War Finance Corporation with $1 billion to lift grain prices.
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Kansas City
National Farmers’ Union
Wheat Growers’ Association of the United States
Delecntes
St. Louis
National Farm Marketing Board
Des Moines, Inc
War Finance Corporation
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Harding Urges U S Thrift At New Orleans Speech
President elect Warren G Harding told New Orleans chamber of commerce that salvation does not come from patent nostrums. He urged 100 percent production, reduced waste, and rational readjustment to fix the nation’s industrial and economic woes and urged an ideal relationship where workers take pride in productive labor.
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New Orleans
Warren G. Trarding
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Harding
Allies' Army to Vilna Formed by League of Nations
Geneva reports the League of Nations officially creates an army to maintain order at Vilno during the plebiscite. Britain France Spain and Belgium will dispatch troops. the force is described as the nucleus of a real league army. Spain's entry marks a notable shift from the World War stance.
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League of Nations Army
Geneva
League of Nations
League
Great Britain
France
Spain
Belgium
Vilno
Japanese Population in Hawaii Census Figures
The census bureau reports Hawaii's population at 255,512 with 108,260 Japanese residents. Japanese account for 42.7 percent of the 1920 island population, highlighting the island's ethnic composition.
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Washington
Hawaii
Census Bureau
Crow Attack Leaves Hunter Killed and Birds Wounded
Sioux City report says M. L. Murray of Salix was attacked by thousands of crows while duck hunting on the Missouri River near Sioux City. He killed and wounded more than 500 birds in three hours, an unusual assault by the flock on the hunter.
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Sioux City
Missouri River
Here
M. L. Murray
Salix
Mrs. Catt Sails for England to Attend London Meeting
Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt president of the National Woman's Alliance sails from New York on the Adriatic to attend a London meeting beginning November 2.
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New York
Carrie Chapman Catt
National Woman's Alliance
England
Adriatic
Alliance
London
Mob Lynches Three Negroes in Dougherty County Ga
A mob of about 150 overpowered the sheriff and shot two black men and one black woman accused of involvement in the killing of Pearly Harper a young planter in the county. The incident occurred in Dougherty County Georgia on November 20. The report notes the mob action and lacks further judicial follow up.
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Doughs
Pearly Harper
Income Tax Report Shows 74 Fewer Millionaires in 1918
Washington reports that 74 fewer taxpayers earned at least a million dollars in 1918, while total reported income rose to 15,024,689,355 from 13,700,000,000 in 1917. Personal returns reached 4,425,114 with total tax, normal and surtax, at 1,127,721,835, averaging 254.85 per filer.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Business conditions show cautious improvement in 1919
Dan's Review notes modest gains in demand for seasonable goods and lower prices attracting buyers, while overall optimism remains limited. October building permits fall 10.9 percent, cotton consumption drops under 400,000 bales, and bank clearings to Dun Review total 7,976,830,036, down 12 percent from 1919.
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New York
Dan
West
Dun Review
French Fire on the Reds at Constantinople
The French warship shelled Theodosia East Crimean after Bolshevik fire on French destroyers carrying refugees. In Pomona California Congressman elect Charles I Vandewater and his secretary Miss Jammess Leavin were killed when their car hit a truck. In Little Rock Governor Cox won by a margin of 41 191 votes of 188 059.
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Constantinople
Theodosia
Crimean
Bolsheviki
Pomona
Cal
Charles I. Vandewater
Long Beach
Jammess Leavin
Little Stock
Ark
Cox
Arkansas
Secretary of State
British MP Sentenced to Six Months in Dublin
Lieut Col. Listrange Malone a Liberal MP was arrested in Dublin on November 10 for alleged seditious utterances and sentenced to six months imprisonment.
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M. P
London
Col
L'istrange Malone
House of Commons
Dublin
Deportation Planned for Over 500 Russians
Washington officials announced that more than 500 Russian radicals are set for deportation. All but forty are free on bail while the remainder are confined at Deer Island.
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Washington
Department of
Iabor
Deer Island
No Mexican Recognition Delays Quo Washington
State department officials in Washington say no corporation group or individuals will deliver American recognition to Mexico. In Milwaukee a public museum display features two bottles of beer and pretzels with a note declaring real beer extinct for future generations.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Public Museum
Millions for a New Stomach
A moral tale extols the value of a healthy digestion and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery from the Invalida Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo New York. The piece argues happiness hinges on digestion and blood quality and claims the remedy aids digestion without alcohol or narcotics.
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Dr. Pierce
Invalida’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo, N. Y
Higher Mathematics
A comic dialogue features Sambo and Rastus debating a math pun about five chickens in a yard one pinched. The punch line resolves with four left and a racialized joke about birds and faces.
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Rastus
Yassah
American Legion Weekly
Short skirt, merry style noted in dressmaker’s decree
The Grand Rapids Press quotes a young woman braving a sharp northwest wind as she maintains the eleven inches between gown and shoe sole, a measure set by the dressmaker. She privately calls the look a short yet merry skirt.
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Grand Rapide Press
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Hardings
Girl
Andree Clark
William A. Clark
Girl Scouts
Briarcliff
Girl Scout
Persia
Rhine
Ao Point
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Lake Constance
America
Joffre
Foch
Petain
The
Republic
Paul Garnot
Cothes
Dublin City
Reds
Alf. Taylor
Tennessee
Alf Taylor
Nashville
Albert Roberts
Colonel Taylor
Bob
U. S. Weekly Market Report
W. U
Siberian
National Union
U. S. Thrift
Vilna
Mrs. Catt
Spokane
Wash
Izabeth Bounds
Sui
Minole Ef, Galbreath
Prohibition
Edwardsville
Glenn Young
Lake Vukovic
Vudoviec
Joseph C. Pelletier
Boston
Knights of Columbus
Order of St. Gregory
Pope Benedict
Pelletier
Income Tax Report
Crimea
Peggy
Mother
Kemp
Girlie
Bellans
Wwe
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Chesebrough Meg. CO
State Street
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New ‘York
Han
Clawson Davis
Ypsilanti
Michigan
Danarud
Drureiats
Fiseox Chem
Wis
Patchor Ve
N.Y
Druge Tists
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
Mullane Stamping Works
Dept
Moline
Lll
Florida
Trask
Orange Grove
Geo
Davis
Lakeland
Fla
Chigago
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