Crime in American Cities Outpaced European Counterparts
Raymond B. Fosdick argues toler ant American cities overwhelm London and Paris police with crime levels in Chicago New York and Philadelphia show far higher murder and burglary rates than their European peers. He cites 1914 1919 crime figures to claim unassimilated populations contribute but do not fully explain the excess.
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London
Paris
New York
Chicago
Raymond B. Fosdick
Europe
Bureau of Social Hygiene
Fosdick
Metropolitan Police Force
Brigade de Surete
Mr. Fosdick
Great Britain
United States
New York City
England and Wales
England and
Wales
Prisoners of Reds Go Crazy Curse Their Flag and Denounce Coun try
In Stettin Germany a crowd of Russian prisoners of war sullenly awaits repatriation. Many are ragged and ill, with days of suffering in Russian camps clearly showing. One man with missing limbs curses Germany, declares that he bears no flag or fatherland and blames both armies for his injuries.
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Stettin
Germany
Russia
Bulgars Mourn Lost Lands After Serbian Occupation
Sofia reports Serbian troops crossed the border to occupy territory detached by the Neuilly treaty. Bulgaria protested the move but ordered withdrawal to show loyalty. Serbian forces entered Tzaribrode as stores closed and three days of mourning were declared nationwide.
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Bulgaria
Neuillly
Paris
Tzaribrode
Paris Children Strike to Avoid Geography Study
Lower grade students in public schools across France stage a strike led by older pupils. They protest studying geography until conditions are settled, saying time spent on European geography is wasted.
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Paris
France
Europe
Son Reappears After Thirty Years in Oklahoma Visit
Bristol readers learn that a son of Mrs. Morgan Snodgrass living near Steele's Creek three miles from Bristol vanished thirty years ago at age ten and has returned to visit his mother. The report places the father in Oklahoma.
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Bristol
Tenna
Morgan Snodgrass
Steele’s Creek
Snodgrass
Oklahoma
Town of 800 Packs Up to Move 10 Miles Away
Kohay Mississippi with 800 residents relocates its town. Buildings shift onto wheels and others load onto flat cars, moving ten miles north via a logging road to a new site.
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Hillsville
Miss
Kohay
Cellist Bernard Parrocini Returns to Art in Town
Cincinnati based cellist Bernard Parrocini of the Symphony Orchestra is back to devote full time to music after using most of his inheritance to tour Europe. He has $1,000 left of the $25,000 estate and will receive $180,000 at age sixty one, five years from now.
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Qincinnati
Bernard Parrocini
Symphony
Europe
Parrocinai
Army men hit hard by postwar unemployment in Berlin
Berlin reports 50,000 former German officers discharged after the armistice join an army of jobless. Many toil at hard labor or rely on meager pensions while wives work in shops to pay grocer bills. Widows and wounded veterans beg on streets, some displaying wounds to gain sympathy as Americans witness a starving ex-soldier collapse.
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Berlin
Germany
Sam
Unter den Linden
Nebraska News Briefs From Statewide Coverage
Fremont forms Kiwanis club with over fifty members. Thedford wins county seat fight 512 to 360. Twelve new Nebraska lawyers admitted to the bar. Lincoln hosts poultry management short course January 10 to 15. Gophers plague prison farm. bloodhounds urged for Scottsbluff. new Lutheran hospital at South Beatrice dedicated at cost around 140000. Fire chief Olaf Olson returns from Cristobal. state budget prep underway. Nebraska doubles dairy gains in two years. Wilson memorial plea signed by 1260 Nebraska women for league of nations.
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Fremont
T. A. Line
Central City
American Legion
Columbus
Nebraska
College of Agriculture
Lincoln
Thoms County
Thedford
Seneca
Bar of
Platte River
Louisville
Kiewit Brothers
Omaha
Scottsbluff Chamber of Commerce
Lutheran Hospital
South Beatrice
Theo, M. Osterman
J. W. Carey
Beatrice
Milo Steenick
Crete
Henry Utesh
Bitting Norman
Beatrice American Legion
Ching Chong
Gilbert Theater
Post
United States Department of Agriculture
Nebraska Crop Growers’ Association
P. H. Stewart
University Farm
Olaf Olson
Sommer
Panama Zone
Cristobal
P. EF. Kross
Victor Stamm
Hoskins
Young Stamm
Hubbell
J. E. Palm
State Dairymen’s Association
League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson
Fred Blasek
Nebraska Ballot Count and Local Notes
Official canvass of Nebraska votes lists tallies AB3145 247,498 119,608 and other figures. Items note Norval Clark’s top club record, D Harris Cook’s death, a hen laying 269 eggs, groth corn crop gathering, Vandorn death near age 100, a Fremont bandit identified, and livestock, teaching, wool stock, and light-use news from Lincoln and Columbus.
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Norval Clark
Seward
Chicago
D. Harris Cook
Plattsmouth
Northwestern University
Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station
Lincoln
Oscar Groth
Blair
Groth
Nathaniel Vandorn
Stromsburg
Richmond County
Ohio
Polk County
Nebraska
Fremont
Earnest A. Guest
15Th Cavalry
St. Russell
Cheyenne
Wyo
M. B. Posson
Nebraska Improved Jive Stock Breeders’ Association
Leo Rutten
Tilden
United States
Omaha
Rutten
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Sioux City
Matzen
Hartford
Platte County
Duncan
Columbus
Farmers of
Mussehl
College of Agriculture
Frame House of Unusual Design with Six Comfortable Rooms
A feature on a colonial style frame house with six rooms and a split layout. William A. Radford offers free building advice while detailing a living room with a brick fireplace, a spacious dining area, a pantry and a two story plan with three second floor bedrooms.
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William A. Radford
Wiliam A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Charming two story home with rear two car garage plan
The text describes a white sided 26 by 80 foot house with wide doorways for air flow and a concrete trackway to a matching rear two car garage. It emphasizes ample circulation and sunlight for a medium sized family, noting low maintenance and inviting appearance.
Albee Operation Adopted by English Surgeons
Dr A Rendle Short learned of an American tuberculous spine procedure at a medical convention. The operation splits five vertebrae and inserts a shin bone graft to form a rigid spinal mass, with striking or comparative success in early cases.
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Albee
England
A. Rendle Short
Not in Demand in Language of a Studious Child
A Birmingham Herald note quotes a student asking for two rare books in a library and contemplates ambition. The playful exchange centers on requesting works like two lives of William and similar curiosities, reflecting a literary curiosity in Chant Age.
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William
Birminharo Herald
Embryo Politician Frames Presidential Timber Question
In a humorous exchange a youth asks if platform planks are made from presidential timber, prompting a family moment about political rhetoric and legacy. The dialogue hints at the nature of political platforms and inherited ideas within a household setting.
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Pop
Vanity and Pride in Work
An early critique warns against vanity and boastful airs, urging a young man to take pride in his natural talents without strutting or priding himself on abilities. It emphasizes humility, comparing boastful skill to a fish boasting about living underwater, from the Detroit Free Press.
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