Strict control in Italy tightens immigrant traffic
Naples reports Italy halts most foreign admissions as passports and visas face strict scrutiny. Consul Boyington notes wartime ship losses and dwindling foreign vessels, with surgeons allowed in New York inspections to sign health bills. Immigrants face extended waits, enhanced checks, and risk from stolen passports, while Italian ports bar non Italians, Poles, and other nations from sailing to the United States.
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Naples
United States
Hemer W."boyington
United States Public Health Service
Io New York
Piraeus
Mae
Italy
Danzig
Bremen
Hamburg
Santa Lucia
Uners
New York
American
Rome
United States Legation
Consolaté T
Ancona
Cosenza
Maples
Europe
Navigation Generale
White Star
Ow ee Brothers Pressing Club Offers Cleaning Services
Cleaning and pressing done well at reasonable rates by Ow ee Brothers Pressing Club. Local residents are invited to visit for speedy service and reliable garment care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owee Brothers Pressing Club
Naples Faces Swarm of Children and Emigration Pressure
A historical description shows Naples grappling with a booming birth rate and crowded streets. Immigrants are portrayed as essential to the United States or South American destinations, while locals endure high rents and rising costs. The city rebuilds with banks funding new offices as wages lag behind price rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parmiteéa
Embirk
United States
Naples
Italy
Brazil
Argentina
South America
Harness Volcano Heat for Hawaii Power Plan
The memorial to Hawaii’s legislature requests $25,000 for borings and preliminary work to tap Kilauea volcanic heat for electric light and power across the island. The plan, to be matched by $25,000 from the Hawaii Volcano Research association, cites Italy’s use of volcanic heat and has Pan-Pacific scientific congress endorsement.
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Honolulu
Kilauea
Filo
Hawaii
Hawaii Volcano Research Association
Italy
Pan-Pacific Scientific Congress
Pictures Go by Wire
A new telegraph method uses alternating current for strict synchronization of sending and receiving units, doubling word capacity and cutting operating costs. Manuscripts copied onto photographic film on a metal cylinder are exposed by arc light, etched, and transmitted. A rotating cylinder guides a needle to reproduce the copy at the destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersen
Joins the Sucker Brigade Scammer in Grand Central Fraud
Gregory Pantasi claims he paid 1200 dollars for a large section of Grand Central Terminal and returned home for 500 more, only to find the owner vanished. Police arrest a young man calling himself Christopher Nicholas as Pantasi alleges the man swindled him in a hall of gullibies.
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New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Atlantic Ocean
Gregory Pantasi
Reetaurateur
Gregory
Grand Central Terminal
Christopher Nicholas
Paatasi
Fragmentary OCR item about a mem Rob with cigarettaa
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a mem Rob and cork tipped cigarettes. The readable text is sparse and stops mid thought, offering no clear event, date, or identifiable subjects beyond the uncertain reference to a person named Rob and cigarette style.
War Heress Ge Left: by en ob odle ceremony here re cently
In a local ceremony in St Ger main the five men received legacy trusts of 800 francs each. All were decorated with the Medaille Militaire and the Legion of Honor. Two remain in the army, one is an holsterer, and two are farmers.
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St Germain
Medaille Militaire
Legion of Honor
Old Men Make Toys at New York Shop
Aged men, who have lost their grip, are given a chance to craft toys for children at the Old Men’s Toy Shop in New York. The store is run by the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, and a photo shows an elderly man at work shaping the toys.
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Old Men's Toy Shop
New York
The
Association For Improving
Runela Family Reported in Georgetown Accident
A farmer near Georgetown was injured when a hay wagon mishap caused a broken leg and broken arm for him and a seven year old daughter suffered a broken leg after falling from a wagon. The wife remained uninjured but attends to the injured.
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Runela
Georgetown
Del
Ward
Curran’s Timbersland Roundup Disturbance Injures Rider
Two years ago Curran built a stretch of timber land. During a roundup a semiwild bull knocked McMahon from his horse. The bull charged the rider who hid behind a tree and survived each attempt. The nimble rider evaded the animal repeatedly.
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Curran
McMahon
Potato Plant Ad Offers Mail Order Seed Deals
An old style catalog blurb promotes potato plant varieties Dooly Yam Nancy Hall Porto Richa and Weliv shipped by mail to your door. It lists pricing such as 500 plants for 1.26 and 1000 or more for 225, with cash-on-delivery terms and prompt filling from Cullman Produce in Cullman Alabama.
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Nancy Hall
Porto
Cullman
Ala
Dept
A Reliable Remedy for Colds and Crous
Mrs J N Rose of Verona Pennsylvania endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy noting long term use by herself her husband and others including a granddaughter who recovered from grip last winter. The letter praises quick relief and widespread recommendation among friends and neighbors.
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Chamberlain
J. N. Rose
Verona
Gough
Husban
Gley
Doans Kidney Pills Prove Worth at Time of Kidney Trouble
Mr. M Burch of BR F D No 1 sick Alabama reports relief from kidney pain backache and urinary issues after using three boxes of Doans Kidney Pills. He notes initial soreness and mobility problems, but says symptoms cleared and health improved significantly.
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M. Burch
BR. F. D
Eick
Ala
Doan
Burch
Foster Mlilbara
Mit
Buffalo, X. Y
Ancient Stomach Crises Prompt Patent Remedy
A periodical note claims disordered stomachs disrupt bones and organs. It urges restoring stomach and liver balance with brain’s Tablets, advertised as a remedy. The unit price is stated as a quarter, promoting trial of the product.
Hastings Seeds 1921 Catalog Free Offer
Hastings Seeds promotes the 1921 seed and garden catalog with 20 pages of vegetables and flowers, illustrated with color plates. It claims superiority as the largest seed house, promises free delivery by mail, and urges readers to request the catalog and place orders.
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Retarea Menl
Hastings
H. O
Sesocmen
Atlanta
Billous Attack Fablets Offer Quick Recovery Remedy
For sale by all dealers. Take three of Chamberlain's Fablets and a quick recovery certain.
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Chamberlain
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Promoted for Cold Cures
An old advertisement urges readers to take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy when suffering from a cold. It warns that colds cause financial loss and serious injury by paving the way for worse diseases and targets those with lung trouble to avoid saying they had a hard cold last winter.
Automobilists Cross Andes to Link Atlantic and Pacific
Several Argentine drivers arrived in Santiago after crossing the Andes by the southern pass from Bahia Blanca. The journey covered about 1,100 miles to promote motor communication between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of South America.
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Andes
Autolats
Santiago
Chill
Bahia Blanca
de Andes
Atlantic
Pacific
South America
Polish Troops Receive 40 Acre Plots Under Peace Treaty
American flyers and nine Koselusaken squadron members are listed among Polish forces awarded 40 acres each. The plan designates land along Poland’s eastern boundary for veterans, to be held in trust or delivered for permanent settlement as they leave military service. The system aims to prepare veterans for reentry to national service.
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Waray
Koselusaken
Saldiaca of Fortune
Poland
Rub My Tism Pain Killer Claim Promises Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Rub My Tism as a remedy for pain soreness rheumatism neuralgia and sprains. The copy emphasizes fast relief and general applicability for common ailments.
Social efficiency prep talks stir cabling plans
Several men plan social efficiency efforts by organizing a cabling group to entertain eight to ten girls, aiming to showcase coordinated display and etiquette in a community event.
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Portico
Resina
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Delhi
Agra
East Indies
Plan Electric Light
Crater
London
Smuart
New York Grand Central Terminal
James J. Harris Courtland
Read Phosphate Co
Nashville
Tennessee
Hedy
Basti
Hastings Seeds
Clients
E. Christian
Leighton
Als
Tencent
Saleamen
Florence
F. E. Littlefield
Court House
Morgan County
Decatur
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