Anglo American friendship seen as world hope in Hough interview
Northwestern University president Lynn Hough returned from England saying serious English support for Anglo American friendship could shape world peace. He noted economic strains, possible British war debt cancellation, labor tensions, and widespread sympathy toward American ideas, while stressing mutual understanding as vital for civilization’s future.
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Chicago
Lynn Harold Hough
Northwestern University
England
America
Hough
Fisher
English Board of Education
Britain
Wrante
Lord Beaverbrook
Mauretania
St. Britain
Clynes
House of Commons
Frank
Frank Vander- Up
Europe
Oxford
Arthur Steel-Maitland
Balliol
Sir Arthur
Dr. Hough
Sim
Great Britain
Mosquitoes in Murmansk Front Dislike by Troops
American and allied forces on the Murmansk front report Artic mosquitoes as fierce foes. A Yank jokes about organizing an expedition after the war to “smint these mosquitoes for their ivory” as they bite deeply and retreat into the trees.
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Kem
Lapland
Murmansk
Collar Found Casts Light on Alameda Dog Abduction
Charles Elias of Oakland recovered a 24 year old dog collar from Alameda for the missing dog Nigger. The brass tag reads FS J Bliss 1894 and ties theSeaborn abduction to Klondike fever era. The coast may hold further clues from sunken wrecks or lost memories.
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Oakland
Cal
California
Oregon
Charles Elias
Alameda
J. J. Bliss
Bliss
Alaskas
Belgian Girl Heroine Fights Germans Wins Croix de Guerre
Marie Louise Gombier, a Belgian woman who fled to the French lines, sabotaged a German wireless plant at her Brussels home, was sentenced to death, then imprisoned, escaped after five weeks, and earned the Croix de Guerre with two palms as a nurse near Ypres. She intends to settle in Los Angeles with American Red Cross nurse Mrs. L Dowdy.
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Mile
Marie Louise Gombier
New York
France
Los Angeles
Mlle. Gombier
Bresges
Belgium
Brussels
Gambier
Marie
Ypres
L. Dowdy
Red Cross
Innocent Man Freed After Commutation for Perjury Case
New York governor grants commutation releasing Frank Rossamongo a Sing Sing inmate who served fourteen months after Bronx trial linked him to the King of Pickpockets Nathan Lubin. Prosecutors urged pardon as new evidence cleared Rossamongo of wrongdoing. District Attorney investigation found Rossamongo wavered in testimony but was confused rather than deceitful.
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New York
Gov. Smith
Rossamongo
Bron
Nathan Lubin
Bronx
Virtue Is Rewarded Here in a Bond Find
Isadore Geller, a sixteen year old errand boy at Unz & Co in New York, found a package in front of the subtreasury containing over 500000 dollars in Liberty bonds and received a 15 dollar reward after delivering it to Salomon Bros. & Huizler at 27 Pine Street. The firm declined to discuss the incident.
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New York
Isadore Geller
Unz & Co
Broadway
Junius ‘Street
Brooklyn
Geller
Salomon Bros. & Huizler
Pine Street
Skeletons Found Near Scott Farm In Towanda Area
Paul Scott, who uncovered an Indian skeleton on Ulster Road near his Towanda home, reports another larger skeleton unearthed nearby. The Scott farm area is rich in Indian lore with clay pipes stone dishes and arrowheads found nearby.
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Towanda
Paul Scott
Ulster
Scott Farm
Five-Legged Pig Born Near Pennesburg
A freak pig born on Charles Young's farm near Pennesburg had five legs two behind and three in front. The pig was healthy but was accidentally killed by its mother.
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Pennesburg
Charles Young
New German Union Aims for Physical Labor Draft
A radical labor union proposes that unemployed clerks and students enter coal and potash mines or become farm hands. Reports from Helmstadt and nearby areas say some have already moved toward mines with guidance from an officer. In other notes, a boy’s plea to save a pet led to a leg splint update as veterinarians await results. Also mentioned is a reward for faithful service and a pension for a catcher’s horse after 19 years of duty.
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Madgeburg
Mal
Wilmington
Del
Charlie
Bourne
Inventions and agricultural notes from a distant era
Reports describe a medic ine bottle with a side outlet and dropper cover, rail clamps by double-threaded screws from a Louisiana inventor, a Swiss device recording music on tape, cattle feed from para rubber seed residue, flax crop rotation benefits, nitrogen from wax and oats, a sulfur island in New Zealand, a Polish postage stamp photo, Maine woolen trade shipping by parcel post, Chile nitrate export and district geography, 1919 May Swiss coal imports by origin.
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Louisiana
Singapore
New Zealand
New Polish Postange
Paderewski
Express
Maine
New York
Parcel Post
Chile
Tarapaen
Antofagasta
Arauco
Concepcion
Switzerland
Belgium
Rhine
Germany
Wap
Austria
King of Siam Plans U S Visit Next Spring
The king Somdeteh Phra Varanendra Mada Vajiravudh Phra Mongluk Ning will tour the United States after a European trip, accompanied by diplomatic officers and Thai military representatives. His envoy Mrs Prabha Karevents is arranging reception tours as the world notes his war stance and management of occupied territories.
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Siam
United States
Europe
Somdeteh Phra Varanendra Mada Vajiravudh Phra Mongluk Ning
Stinese Army
Bcing
Germiny
Germfin
Arrad
Prabha Karevents
Fowl! Dealings in a Tri and a Fighting Cock Plot
A traveler named Bud Wisher in a tinny tale buys a $20 fighting cock in a stalled stage stop. He shields the bird aboard a car but later learns the eating chickens have killed the fighting cock, leaving the plot and mockery in a rural station setting.
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Bud Wisher
San Wamile
Lusher
Villa
Fisher
Bud
Jim
Linked for Life Queen of the Links Story Recalled
An aged Birmingham newspaper note recalls a couple tied to golf culture with affectionate phrases. The line about the bride and groom hints at a courtship on a golf course and mentions a playful store reference in a local setting.
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Dellcatussen
Knochelor's Hall
Birmingham
Heruald
Modest Bride Answers Clergyman With If You Please
A wedding report notes the bride’s gentle reply to the minister’s question using the phrase If you please, reflecting her modesty and grace. Uncle BU Bottletop jokingly cites Prohibition easing gains in social etiquette as a humorous aside.
Man defends self as wife deemed unreasonable in divorce case
A husband argues in court that his wife is unreasonable and cites her remark that men are the laziest. He insists the dispute stems from marital incompatibility as the divorce proceeds. The proceedings include mention of a tame hen and unrelated remarks during testimony.
Aged Sexton Robbed of Lifetimes Savings in Liberty Bonds
Thomas Brown, sexton at St. Agnes chapel, reported a bold burglary in his parish office. Thieves rifled the room, took unregistered Liberty bonds valued at over five decades of savings, and left the scene in confusion while officers pursued clues. Brown doubts recovery, lamenting the loss of funds built over 50 years.
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New York
Thomas Brown
Sexton
St. Agnes’ Chapel
Trinity Parish
West Nivety-Nest Street
Brown
Se. Agnes Chapel Snes
Bull
Old Trinity
Mr. Brown
Freesen Poe
Tom
Mr. Urewn
Stand-off With Youth Robbers Shocks Camden Crowd
Philadelphia report describes a chaotic early morning scene in Camden where two ten year olds attempted a hold up at a store on Bratelgenty street. Police, aided by bystanders, confronted the youths and restrained them after a brief struggle amid stacks of bundles. Popinski protested as he was urged away by officers.
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Philadelphia
Camden
Trit Fopiinski
Joseph Abtweeski
Begu
Pallee White
Bratelgenty
Popinski
Robbery and Arrest Report Near Boston Creamery
A man, after docking at a Boston creamery, robbed a safe of 250 Rye. Police pursued the masked suspect who faced demands for release. Detectives linked the incident to an earlier theft and moved to secure the suspect.
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Boston
Turgeon
Ghostly sighting haunts Rock Island jail inmates
In Rock Island County jail eighteen black prisoners claim they see the ghost of latent Cook in his former cell days after his death by self harm. They report the apparition pointing at them causing fear and unrest among inmates and staff.
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Rock Island
Cook
Bootlegging Scheme Unearthed at Border Check
El Paso inspectors expose a bootlegging scheme by Lorenzo Hernandez as sausages crossed the international boundary. Authorities found the suspects fed with alcohol during the crackdown.
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el Paso
Tex
Lorenso Hernandez
Milwaukee Woman Says Any Bank Will Do
Mrs. Peter Nowak told police any bank can do business with her as she explains six years ago she buried 1200 dollars in her back yard for safety. Police hunt the thief. Milwaukee. Richard Summler is described as using vacant lots as a home and living on a milk diet while involving himself with back doorsteps.
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Milwaukee
Peter Nowak
Richard Summler
Fragmented Speech From Unknown Source
A garbled excerpt shows misheard names and distorted phrases. It reads like broken dialogue with phrases such as no tetter I wah to show you and where AML put ite, making it unclear who speaks or what event is described.
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Ato
Bayer Aspirin Brand Emphasized for Colds and Pain
An ad highlights Bayer as the genuine aspirin brand with “Tablets of Aspirin” in a Mayer package. It claims nineteen years of use for coughs colds headaches neuralgia and rheumatism and notes boxes of 12 tablets sold at low price by Bayer Manufacture of Monoacolicuddester of Salicylic Acid.
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Bayer
Mayer Prckage
Nino
Domestic Economy Debate Sparks Odd Exchange
A quirky exchange centers on spending and budgeting as two speakers discuss values and allocations. One remarks that another’s targets are half of theirs, then a rumination about table manners and sharing meals follows, hinting at broader economic humor.
Lift off Corns With Freezone Pain-Free At Low Cost
An advertisement claims Freezone quickly removes corns and calluses with a few drops, costing only a few cents. It promises instant relief and easy removal without pain or soreness using a tiny bottle available at drug stores.
Fragmented exchange over under crust of chicken pie
In a terse exchange the speaker complains the chicken pie had no crust, while the writer admits none was present, noting the pie was served on a paper plate and the other has eaten.
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Pol Hazelton
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Rola
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Wright
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Buffalo
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Patna
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