Population Shifts In Japanese Cities After 1923 Fire
Tokyo population has recovered nearly half a million of the dead or fled since the 1923 disaster. Osaka shows strong growth, absorbing suburbs since 1920, surpassing Tokyo in size, with Kyoto third and Yokohama fifth. Impressive ceremonies marked the interment of Mrs. Elizabeth Gordon at Koya San, where she believed Buddhism and Christianity share foundations and prepared to divide her ashes between Koya San and another site.
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Tokyo
Osaka
Japan
Kyoto
Kobe
Yokohama
Koya San
Elizabeth Gordon
Kobo Daishi
Gordon
Orient
Osaka Overtakes Tokyo as Japan's Largest City
Tokyo remains capital but Osaka leads in preliminary census on September 21 with 2,167,000 people to Tokyo's 1,986,000. Tokyo hopes for final figures to reclaim the top spot, but after the 1923 earthquake and fire its population fell to about 1.5 million.
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Luther A. Huston
International
Tokyo
Osaka
Japan
Prescription for Colds and Fever Ills Across Regions
A dated record notes a remedy labeled for Colds Grippe Flu Dengue Billions Fever and Malaria. The item appears as a printed pharmaceutical recommendation or patent remedy with broad intent to treat multiple febrile illnesses.
First Foreigner Buried on Koya San Devout Burial Ban
The Diamond mountains of Korea funeral rites note ashes laid at Koya San as Mrs Gordon becomes the first foreign woman buried there. The Lord Abbot of Kongo-bu-ji led the service with 25 priests and hundreds of students chanting scriptures.
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Diamond Mountains
Korea
Koya San
Gordon
Kongo-bu-ji
Municipal Banks In Bigger Demand In City Hotel
Business is improving at the municipal bankroom in the city building. November saw a hundred percent rise in men given a night's lodging. Mine Host Harry Nelson logged 263 visitors in November, 115 more than October. No night had fewer than four guests, with several nights reaching 16.
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Harry Nelson
Flyers Against Service Policy Court Told at Trial
Washington December 5. Naval airmen oppose current air policies. Commander Kenneth Whiting testified at Colonel William Mitchell's court martial that only a handful of flyers favor the policy. He said the policy is not designed to bring out the best work of the personnel.
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Washington
Kenneth Whiting
Navy
Col
William Mitchell
Mitchell
Whiting
Education head in cabinet urged by Lafayette college
Dr John H McCracken president of Lafayette college Easton Pa and chairman of the American commission on education urged President Coolidge to create a cabinet level department of education. The commission has approved the bill and backs the reform.
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International News Service
Washington
Department of Education
President Coolidge
John H. McCracken
Lafayette College
Easton
McCracken
The
American Commission On Education
Miss Vreeland Delights New Castle Students With Song
Miss Vreeland visited New Castle schools delivering programs for junior and senior high pupils. She praised the Educational Art society’s push to bring high quality music to youths and stressed children develop music taste at home.
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New Castle
Miss Vreeland
Ben Franklin
Educational Art Society
Miss Vréeland
Mexican village looted by bandit gang
Mexico City dispatch reports San Isador under threat as a hundred armed bandits attacked the village. Troops rushed to the area after residents fled and looting occurred with several casualties among those who resisted. The note on Maine’s location appears unrelated.
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International News Service
Mexico City
San Isador
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Regulates Bowels For Weeks
An ad touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle regulating laxative for children. It claims one dose provides weeks of regular bowel movements, reducing the need for frequent dosing, and contrasts it with harsher purgatives. Buy a 60 cent bottle at any medicine store.
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Dr. Caldwell
Ocean-O Deep Sea Water Restores Nervous System Vitality
A promotional claim for Ocean-O concentrated deep sea water as a tonic for nerves and neuralgia. It cites mineral content and blood benefits and offers a money back guarantee if no relief, from McKee’s Drug Store or any druggist.
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Ocean- O
Ocean-O
McKee’s
Quick Relief Home Treatment Trial Offer
The notice offers a rapid relief Home Treatment for bladder irritation and frequent night urination. Fill the coupon and mail to F. Ty. McWETHY at 1019 Main Street Marshall Michigan for a free trial by mail.
Coupon for McWethy's Home Treatment Trial Offer
Coupon invites readers to fill in name and address on dotted lines and mail to F. IL McWETHY at 1019 Main Street Marshall Michigan. The sample treatment will be sent by mail to the applicant.
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F. IL. McWethy
Main Street
Marshall
Mich
R. F. BP
City
Chapman Runs True to Form in New Hearing
Gerald Chapman the first convicted murderer to seek presidental clemency faced a federal court hearing at the state prison where he awaits execution on March 3. Warden H K W Scott testified Chapman was registered as a convict and his status as federal or state prisoner was debated by Judge Edwin Thomas and Frederick J Grohl.
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International News Service
Weathersfield. Com
Gerald Chapman
Coolidge
United States District Court
Chapman
H. K. W. Scott
Atlanta
Connecticut
Witners
Edwin
Thomas
Consel
Frederick J. Grohl
New
Eiher
Scott
Hartford
Supreme Court
Three Held in Pottsville for Girl’s Murder
William Katleans of Shamokin and William Vesco with Stephen Lucas of Mount Carmel are under arrest in Pottsville to be questioned about the charred girl’s remains found on Broad Mountain near Heckersville last fall. A shooting in Centralia during a police stakeout wounded Katleans, Detective McGinley, and deputy Adem Klover. all are being treated at Fountain Springs hospital.
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International News Service
Pottsville
William Katleans
Shamokin
William Vesco
Stephen Lucas
Mount Carmel
Broad Mountain
Heckersville
Centralia
Michael Josephs
McGinley
Josephs
Katleans
Adem Klover
Fountain Springs Hosp'tal
Railroad Accepts Government Loan Amid Financial Struggles
H K E Byram former president and now receiver for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul rail road testified before the interstate commerce commission that the road faced severe financial trouble in fall 1920. He said bankers refused loans as they doubted freight rate increases approved in August 1920 would rescue the line.
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International News Service
Washington
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
H. K E. Byram
Interstate Commerce Commission
Byram
Death overtakes mother while son speeds on train
Harrisburg dispatch reports Mrs. Katherine Patterson, 77, died at her bedside as her son Colonel Charles H. Patterson, artillery unit, Fort Leavenworth and Washington, D C, rushed toward her on a fast train from Kansas. Another son, Andrew Patterson, is president of Union Trust Co. in Harrisburg.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Katherine Patterson
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