Mother Recalls Son Missing Nine Years In War Return
A Wilkes Barre area story recounts Charlie Watson, a 20 year old veteran with seventeen wounds, who vanished after the war and spent nine years abroad. A Plymouth canvasser, he returns to his mother after she recognizes him at a door. The tale includes wartime service details and a poignant homecoming.
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Jane News Service
Whlikes Hatch
Nans
Cnnes
Wille
By Ninth
Wilkes Bane
Charlie Watson
Grewer Wilkes Barre
Dommeres Vrowitht
Clive
France
Plymouth
Qund
Ragalnen
Chamber of Commerce
Charlie
Charle
Riv
Wilkes Barre
Centenaries Of 1921 New York
A review of individuals born in 1821 honored in 1921 across fields like literature science and public life. Notable figures include Gustave Flaubert and two American publishers Charles Schimmer and Frank Leslie, among others, highlighting contributions in art letters and exploration.
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New York
Gustave Flaubert
Charles Schiimer
Frank Leslie
Eleven Die From Gas Poisoning In Chicago District
Chicago authorities report eleven deaths from gas asphyxiation linked to high pressure by the People's Light and Coke Company. Victims include Mrs. Giovanni Bellmonte and a 20 year old daughter, a 11 year old girl, and several men. Coroner orders investigation. some bodies found in beds, others at homes on the South Side and near Berwyn. Police note one possible suicide involving a Polish note and a gas hose.
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Chicago
Willian G. West
J. A. Shepard
Jeanette Smithsows
New Auto License Plates Required On Cars Saturday
State Highway Department outlines new license plate rules with a December 24 deadline for applications and a January 1 start for issued plates. The program warns that late applications may not guarantee delivery and notes thousands of plates already shipped for pneumatic tires and other vehicles.
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State Highway Department
Warto
Doe
Ces
Io Highway
Popattmautent
Matore
Guaranice Selivery
Bena
Sambers
Weber
Madres Behieve
Price Scrutiny Placed On Anthracite Market
International news digest reports Washington review of coal pricing amid postwar reconstruction pressures. Officials from New York and other regions address rising supply costs and potential measures to curb price spikes as production declines and demand remains strong.
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Cinternanional News
Washington
Dee
New York
Ahalroman
New Prohibition Rules To Take Effect January First
Prohibition enforcement will shift on January 1 under plans of Prohibition Commissioner John F. Kramer. Licenses to traffic liquor, alcohol and patent medicines containing alcohol will be reevaluated. many may be revoked, with some officials predicting thousands. Medicine products manufactured under various brands and claiming low alcohol content face new limits. enforcement tests questioned past practices.
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Washington
John F. Kramer
Kramer
United States Bureau For Internal Revenue
Prohibition Enforcer Unit
Reid
Diameter Of Star 260 Million Miles Says Astronomer
Prof A A Michelson announced at the American Physics Society meeting that Mount Wilson observers have measured Alpha Trion in Orion to about 260 million miles in diameter. The finding shows a star vastly larger than the sun, making Earth appear comparatively small.
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Amer ‘Ican Association For the Advancement of Science
Michelson
Orion
Colonel Rickards Appointed General
A garbled report notes Colonel Rickards is appointed to general rank in the Balba States army with a year’s term. The text is unclear and includes printer errors, but implies his confirmation and senior command. The rest of the content is unreadable, yielding limited verifiable details.
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Washington
Itiekarda
Majurkent
Balba States
Alliance Girl 16 Secretly Weds 19 Lover
A teen aged couple Ruth Rawacher 16 and Fred Hoffman 19 from Alliance eloped with chaperon 14 Alice Stacie. They traveled to Toledo where Ruth was confined to a juvenile home and Fred to a police station. The girl’s mother suffered a stroke and the lovers planned to marry in Louisville after Alice acted as chaperon.
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Poledu
Ramaren
Adyrnthesd
Ruth Rawacher
Fred Hoffman
Alliance
Juventia Netention
Toledo
Toonpollen
Ruth
Alice Stacie
Tech School
Atudantic
Alice
Pitty
Atapad
Alfog
Canton
Anti ‘Jub
Fred
Louisville
Anglo Canadian Firm Targets Russian Forest Concessions
COPENTIAGEN Dec 31 A representative of an Anglo Canadian firm arrived in Mggeaw to negotiate forest concessions in northern Russia with the savied government. McBugow was described as seeking rights not included in the grant to American capitalism and discussed with Washington. Proceeding appeared to advance with limited sympathy from local authorities, signaling immediate action.
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Mggeaw
Russia
McBugow
Washington B
Vandoriin
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