How the World Fared in 1922
Edward W. Pickard surveys 1922 focusing on European turmoil and Turkish revival, Irish Free State creation, Italian Fascist ascent, Greek defeat, U S strikes, tariff policy, and the Lausanne conference with Central American talks in December.
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Edward W. Pickard
America
Republican Party
Lloyd George
Italy
United States
Near East
Czechoslovakia
Washington
Harding
Global treaty era and postwar upheaval across Europe and Asia
The text surveys the Washington conference outcomes on arms limits and Pacific questions, adds ratifications, and notes Britain’s China gestures. It covers France and Germany reparations struggles, Turkish War of Independence, League of Nations developments, and political shifts in Britain Italy Greece and China, ending with Russia, Poland, and Brazil events.
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Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Constantinople
Anatolia
Smyrna
Athens
Asia Minor
Kemal
Great Britain
France
Italy
Serbia
Romania
Greece
Dardanelles
Britain
Near East
Adrianople
Thrace
Russia
Mudania
Turkey
Lausanne
Switzerland
United States
Child
Grew
Bristol
America
Mosul
Europe
Mesopotamia
League of Nations
International Permanent Court of Justice
Hughes
Colombia
Venezuela
Esthenia
Latvia
Lithuania
Albania
Irish Free State Established Amid Turmoil in 1922
Under Michael Collins the provisional government formed in January after the Dail Eireann backed the treaty with England. Rebels waged a year of guerrilla warfare with numerous assassinations. Collins was killed on August 22 in an ambush and William Cosgrove became president. Amnesty was proposed but the rebels chose to persist.
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Laborites
Benito Mussolini
Fascist of
Italy
Facta
Mussolini
Chamber of Deputies
Greece
Asia Minor
Constantine
George
Anatolia
Great Britain
Prince Andrew
M. Briand
France
Cannes
M. Poincare
Versailles
Benedict XV
Sacred College
Rome
Achille Ratti
Milan
Pius XI
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Malta
Abdul Medjid Effendi
China
Chang Tso Lin
Manchuria
Peking
Tientsin
Tsu
Li Yuan-Hung
Wu Ting-Fang
Sun Yat Sen
Southern China
Canton
Shanghai
United China
Germany
Walter Rathenau
Berlin
Wirth
Wilhelm Cuno
Kaiser
Hermine of Reuss
Doorn
Holland
Russia
Moscow
Gabriel Narutowicz
Poland
General Pilsudski
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Hughes
Arthur Bernardes
Michael Collins
Irish Free State
Dail Eireann
England
de Valera
Free State
Collins
William Cosgrove
Erskine Childers
Voters punishing conservatism as progressives gain at polls
Amid economic strain and high living costs the 1920 primary elections shift power away from traditional Republicans. Albert Beveridge defeats New in Indiana while Lynn Frazier topples McCumber in North Dakota. Johnson of California and La Follette of Wisconsin win renomination, signaling broader Democratic hopes.
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United States
Harding
Albert J. Beveridge
Senator New
Indiana
Lynn J. Frazier
McCumber
North Dakota
Johnson
California
la Follette
Wisconsin
Turbulent 1920s politics and Prohibition debates sweep nation
The year saw major party shifts in both houses as Republicans lost ground while Al Smith’s New York gubernatorial win drew attention. Prohibition enforcement sparked clashes with reformers and industry, and Daugherty faced impeachment pressure amid war profiteer prosecutions. Judicial and diplomatic reshuffles, landmark rulings on suffrage and labor, and notable disasters marked the era.
Early 1920s Fiscal and Social Legislation Overview
The year opened with the foreign debt refunding bill capping payments at 25 years. The Dyer anti lynching bill passed the house in January but stalled in the senate after December. The co operative marketing bill became law in February. On March 23 the soldiers bonus bill passed the house and reached the senate by August 31. President Harding vetoed September 19, but the house overrode. the senate upheld. New bills followed as agitation continued.
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House
Senate
DuPont
Kellogg
Townsend
Calder
Pomerene
Poindexter
al Smith
New York
Congress
Reed
Missouri
Edwards
New Jersey
Volstead
Daugherty
Hand
Wall Street
Department of Justice
Henry P. Fletcher
Belgium
A. B. Houghton
Germany
Theodore Brentano
Hungary
A. H. Washburn
Austria
A. H. Geissler
Guatemala
Supreme Court
John A. Clarke
United States
League of Nations
George H. Sutherland
Utah
Day
Will Hays
Moving Picture
Hubert Work
Charles M. Dawes
General Lord
Illinois
Herrin
Williamson County
Groesbeck
James Couzens
Detroit
United States Senate
Tom Watson
Georgia
Hardwick
W. H. Felton
Army
Navy
Harding
Labor and Industrial Strikes Shape Early 1920s America
The article outlines major 1922 strikes by railway shopmen and coal miners, their impact on traffic and fuel supply, and government responses. It details wage disputes, federal troop deployment, price controls, and the eventual split agreements ending the strikes, with lingering concerns of future upheaval.
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America
Harding
Cincinnati
Conrad BE. Spens
Federal
Federal Railway Labor Board
Daugherty
Wilkerson
Chicago
Disasters in 1922 Claim Thousands of Lives and Wrecks
A chronology of 1922 disasters lists Greek destroyer losses in January theater collapse in Washington with 97 dead 133 injured mine and airship tragedies in February March fires in Chicago a submarine sinking and St Anne de Beaupre fire April earthquakes and Serb Monastir explosions May Egypt liner collision June a Paraguayan boat blast New York storm Lourdes pilgrims train wreck August vast floods in Mississippi and Texas forest fires in Minnesota Typhoon fatalities Japan Chile and Italy incidents through November 6 gas explosion in a mine.
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Washington
Gates
Roma
Italy
Chicago
St. Anne de Beaupre
Quebec
Mississippi River Valley
Texas
Japan
Monastir
Serbia
Egypt
New York City
Lourdes
France
Swatow
Sulphur Springs
Minnesota
Nitaka
Coquimbo
Jackson
Cal
Falconara Fort
Notable deaths mark every month of the year
The list commemorates prominent figures who died across all months, naming explorers, statesmen, financiers, artists, scientists, publishers, and Cultural icons such as Sir Ernest Shackleton, Prince Benedict XV, Glenn H. Plumb, Alexander Graham Bell, and many others from varied nations and fields. The roll spans January to December, highlighting global impact across politics, science, arts, and industry.
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Tgist
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Antarctic
Marquis Okuma
Prince Kalaninanole
Congress
Joseph Oliver
Odd Fellows
United States
J. H. Millard
Nebraska
John T. Kelly
George B. Selden
Arcchbishop
Gauthier
Ottawa
Pope Benedict XV
John Kendrick Bangs
Colorado
Viscount Harcourt
Henry Bataille
Col
John Lambert
John Eaton
Charles Pope
Charles
Austria
Cyrus Northrup
University of Minnesota
Frederick Villiers
Gen
von Falkenhayn
Henry M. Shrady
Str
Ross Smith
Adrian C. Anson
Henry V. Esmond
John Foord
Asia Magazine
BD. S. Mujica
Leopold Mountbatten
King George
Frederick van Rensselaer Dey
Nick Carter
Paul Deschanel
France
Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
Wu Ting-Fang
William Rockefeller
C. Goss
B. W. Barrett
Birmingham Age-Herald
B. J. Wheeler
Current Opinion
J. F. Goucher
Alice Miriam
R. W. Guthrie
Mary N. Murfree
Charles Egbert Craddock
Glenn H. Plumb
Alexander Graham Bell
W. B. Crow
Pennsylvania
Lemuel Padgett
Tennessee
Enver Pasha
Turkey
Uriel Sebree
Arthur Griffith
Dail Eireann
John G. Woolley
Lord Northcliffe
Levy Mayer
Chicago
Rollin D. Salisbury
Genevieve Ward
Henry Couden
House of Representatives
Delavan Smith
Indianapolis News
Stephen Smith
American Public Health Association
F. S. Peabody
Chicago Millonaire
Arthur Dawson
Nellie Grant Jones
Gen. A. 8. Grant
W. H. Hudson
Theodore A. Bell
San Francisco
Samuel Fallows
Reformed Episcopal Church
Emmet O’neal
Alabama
Leon Bonnat
Enos Mills
Thomas Watson
Georgia
Charles B. Clark
Walker Hill
St. Louis
Marie Lloyd
Washington
Mary S. Lockwood
Bellamy Storer
Richard K. Fox
Police Gazette
Luke E. Wright
The
Philippines
W. G. Sharp
Frank Bacon
George Bronson Howard
Baron Sidney Sonnino
Henry N. Cary
F. C. Nedringhaus
Missouri
G. H. Scidmore
Tokyo
James R. Mann
Ilinois
W. E. Quine
Cardinal Iglesias
Spain
L. B. Prince
New Mexico
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
New York
Alexander Robertson
Jesse M. Overton
Nashville
Tenn
James QC. Davidson
Wisconsin
Lord Marcus Beresford
A. E. Bradley
A. Elf
Mrs G W Hall Sick for Years in Lima Ohio
Lima Ohio memories a long illness story praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter from Mrs. G W Hall describes severe weakness dragging pains and inability to work, claiming relief after using the product and urging others to seek help.
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Lima
Ohio
Tha E. Pinkham
G. W. Hall
Hazel Avenue
Lydia E. Pinkham
Vs. Hall
Moses Before the Court Over a Turkey Theft
A humorous courtroom exchange features Moses on trial for stealing a turkey. The judge questions motive and conscience while Moses deflects with a claim of being left handed, citing spiritual conflict as the cause.
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Moses
Stones From Fundy Bay Power Global Grinding
Workmen in the Bay of Fundy quarry solid rock stones and load them on a flat bottomed boat during rising tides. The tides there, among the world's highest, lift the boat with stones to shore. They unload the stones when the tide recedes.
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Bay of Fundy
War boosts fabric prices and laundry tips emerge
The item notes how cotton and linen prices have doubled due to the war. It suggests extending fabric life by using a Red Cross Ball sleuth in the laundry as a care tip for grocers.
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Red Cross
Everybody's Wearing It. A Family Tie
A playful quip about matching outfits. The speaker jokes that none of the children wants to forfeit the required family symbol, insisting the father is behind every request for coordination. The tone is light and domestic.
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Fletcher
Cuthbert
Questioning Life Purpose Draws Mixed Reactions
Readers ponder what fulfillment means amid varied viewpoints. The column explores personal aims, societal expectations, and the tension between pursuing meaning and avoiding distraction.
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International Bankers’ Committee
Doctor Wirth
Ruhr
Rhineland
Bonar Law
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Paris
Poincare
Allied Supreme Council
Genoa
Brest-Litovsk
Hague
Foreign Affairs
Spangler
Birmingham
Ala
Astoria, Ore
Labor and Industrial
Rineax
Drugsgista
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
Tidal Transportation
Atall
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicag
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