Dirigible ZR-2 collapses on Hull test flight tragedy
Hull England August 24 hundreds witness the ZR-2 disaster. Seventeen American and twenty seven British naval officers and men perished as the 695 foot airship buckled mid flight over the Humber river. Only five survivors were saved and rescue efforts followed amid fires and gas.
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Hull
England
United States
United States Navy
Maurice Lay
Greensboro, N. C
E. M. Maitland
Wann
Howden
Pulham
Atlantic
Mull
Humber River
Humber
N. C. Walker
Lieutenant Little
Maxfield
Esterly
Ben Franklin and the Masons in American History
Franklin’s Masonic ties aided his career abroad and at home. Born 1706 in Boston, he rose to Deputy Grand Master of Pennsylvania about 1734, later becoming Grand Master of Pennsylvania and contributing to the Declaration, the U S Constitution convention, and early science feats. Tem ple Tidings.
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Franklin
George Washington
Pennsylvania
Henry Price
Massachusetts
Boston
Philadelphia
King’s Chapel
Europe
Congress
United States
Mason
Temple
Mummy Hand and Breeches Bible Left to Bradley Tech
In the will of Annie E. Petherbridge two artifacts are bequeathed to Bradley Polytechnic Institute a mummy hand believed to belong to Pharaohs daughter who saved Moses and an ancient Breeches Bible.
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Pharoahs
Moses
Nile
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
Annie E. Petherbridge
Treaty of Peace With Germany Signed
Washington announces a Berlin signed pact that mirrors the Versailles treaty in key rights for the United States while omitting League of Nations provisions. It maintains Allied obligations, resuming diplomacy after ratifications and governs German reparations and trade under the new instrument.
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League of Nations
Washington, D. C
United States
Germany
Berlin
Ellis Loring Diesel
Friedrich Rosen
China
Siam
Liberia
Shantang
International Organization of Labor
Congress
Versailles
Claude Kitchin Slams New Tax Bill In Congressional Telegram
Claude Kitchin Democratic leader urges House Democrats to oppose the Republican tax revision bill in a telegraph to Representative Garrett. He argues that repealing excess profits tax and imposing a 15 percent corporate tax will save big profiteering corporations hundreds of millions while harming smaller, non profiteering firms. He cites 1916 to 1921 profits of about 50 billion dollars, with many profits concentrated in a few large firms. He warns it would be a fatal mistake for Democrats to support the measure and notes wartime taxes and tariffs that favored large corporations.
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Scotland Neck
House
Claude Kitchin
Garrett
Tennessee
Kitchin
United States
Steel Trust
Bethlehem Company
du Pont Company
Standard Oil Companies
Coal Combine
Wool Trust
Meat Packers
France
Wooden Ships Sale Attacked in House
Washington August 25. Representative Joseph W. Burns of Tennessee assailed the Shipping Board policy to sell $150 million worth of wooden ships for $450000 in the House as part of the emergency appropriation bill. He cited recent sales and maintenance costs to argue the sale was wasteful, noting ships cost up to $800000 each and are valued at much more than the sale price.
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Washington, D. C
United States Shipping Board
House
Joseph W. Burns
Tennessee
Appropriations Committee
Shipping Board
Burns
Lasker
Norfolk
Amundsen Plans Wireless Maud Arctic Drift
Captain Roald Amundsen explains plans to install wireless aboard the Maud in Seattle after repairs. He hopes to drift past the North Pole, using magnetic polar currents, and to spend the next year in the United States, mainly around Seattle, before sailing again.
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Seattle
Wash
North Pole
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Amundsen
Maud
Cape Siberia
Arctic
Norway
Nome
United States
Polar Basin
Cape Serdze
Pole
Atlantic Ocean
North Carolina Confederate Veterans Parade in Durham
The 1921 reunion parade in Durham drew over 10,000 spectators. Veterans led by General James Mette and General Julian B. Carr rode in cars to the Main Street route, then marched past the reviewing stand from Trinity College to downtown. The event capped the reunion with a grand ball that night.
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North Carolina
Trinity College
Main Street
James [. Mette
Julian 8. Carr
Army of Northern Virginia
Prisoners at Newland Get Gloriously Drunk
In Newland on a Saturday, county jail inmates became intoxicated after two men, a mule and buggy, and five gallons of whiskey were seized by Deputy Hunscutt. The jailer stored the liquor away but left the prisoners unsupervised briefly, allowing them to confiscate a gallon of whiskey and trigger a drunken, disorderly scene.
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Newland
Hunscutt
Farm Ownership Shifts to Tenants in U S Farms
Census Bureau data show a long-term trend from owner operated farms to tenant and hired management. In 1920 there were 6 448 366 farms with 3 925 096 owned operated, 68 525 with hired managers, and 2 454 746 operated by tenants. States with 80 percent or more owner operated farms include Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island and Vermont. The tenant share is highest in the southern states.
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Washington, D. C
Census Bureau
United States
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Vermont
Utah Resort Closed One Year for Liquor Violations
Salt Lake City Utah Tillman D Johnson United States District Judge sustained an injunction closing the Ryan ranch six miles southeast of Salt Lake City for one year. This marks the first enforcement of section 22 of the Volstead act in Salt Lake City with prosecutions of liquor law violations. The section allows closure of any place where liquor is sold or manufactured for up to one year by injunction.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Tillman D. Johnson
United States
Ryan Ranch
Lordly Dining and Old Washington Tales
George W. Christian Jr. recalls Lord Northcliffe at the White House saying Come on in Lord. The 1871 Alabama claims commission tale features a White House luncheon with Earl de Grey as chair and a butler instructing waiters to say My Lord. A waiter quips Cold salmon, my God in reply to a dish inquiry.
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George W. Christian, Jr
Harding
Lord Northcliffe
White House
Washington
Joint High Commission
Bomb injures six in Belfast street flash attack
An unknown assailant threw a bomb into a Belfast street injuring six people. The blast shattered numerous windows with the concussion, causing additional damage and alarm in the neighborhood.
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Belfast
The Ways of the Crow
A natural history note on crows describes their social home life in tribes. Crows build nests communally in April with clay cement and wool lining, guard nests before dawn, and hold secret dawn meetings. They forage in groups, sleep hidden in trees, and may show rudiments of language in calls. Some crows are tame and can mimic speech.
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Pliny the Elder
Tiberius
Morrison Grants Paroles and Pardons in North Carolina
Governor Morrison issued multiple paroles for violations of the prohibition law including Jack Reed of BuncombeCounty who must bond $1000 and appear monthly. Others paroled or pardoned include Berry Dockery to care for his 94 year old mother, L A Bartlett, S M Anderson, and 17 year old James Parker with theft of an automobile. Morrison plans to hear petitions only in the second week of each month.
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Asheville
Morrison
Jack Reed
Buncombe County
Berry Dockery
Madison County
L. A. Bartlett
Mecklenburg
S. M. Anderson
Columbus County
James Parker
Yesday
Oregon Ex-Service Men’s Club Home For Disabled Veterans
In Portland Oregon a home for disabled war veterans will be provided via the American Legion Post No 1 the Daddies Club and the Masonic building committee. Two renovated residences near the business district will be owned by the Masonic order and house the Oregon Ex Service Men’s Club.
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Portland
Oregon
American Legion
Post No. 1
Daddies Club
Masonic Building Committee
Masonic Order
Ex-Service Men's Club
Bourget Field July Transport Totals Report
More than 2 200 passengers were carried in 511 Bourget flights during July. The period moved 30 000 pounds of merchandise and 800 pounds of mail. No serious accidents were recorded.
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Bourget
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Corporation Pier
Debrie
Ben Franklin
Durham
Lord
The
Naturaliata
Oregon Home For Veterans
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