War costs and postwar wealth shifts outlined by English authority
English financier Edgar Crummond told the Tankers' Institute that Europe’s postwar costs reach about £20 billion in damaged property pensions and losses abroad. He said the United States and Japan gained wealth while Europe remains unsettled and Europe’s trading role shifts to London as the main capital hub. He estimated US wealth at £70–80 billion and Japan’s wealth doubled, while Germany suffered heavy losses including its mercantile marine and overseas investments.
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United States
Japan
Germany
London
Edgar Crammond
Tankers’ Institute
Crummond
Spain
Holland
Switzerland
Greece
Scandinavia
America
Europe
Drummond
Aod
Hythe
Cotton consumption rises in June in lint and linted fiber
The census bureau reports June cotton use at 55,521 bales of lint and 83,960 of intermediates. The prior June figure recorded was 474,380 bales, reflecting year over year change.
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Saga Census Bureau
Washington
Census Bureau
Speech Lost in War Recovered by Bowling
Trooper W Hart, shell shocked in the war, suddenly recovered his speech during a bowling game in Niagara on the Lake Ontario. He was playing with the Davisville Military Hospital team amid the excitement of the match.
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Niagara-on-the-Lake
Ont
W. Hart
Davisville Military Hospital
Texas Cannibals Read From Burned Rock Mounds Evidence
University of Texas anthropology professor James B. Pearce reports Texas was inhabited by a prehistoric people distinct from later Indians. They left kitchen middens on the Edwards plateau with charred limestone, cannyibal bones, chipped flint tools, and meat cooking slabs, showing a nomadic Paleolithic culture with deer as a staple.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
James B. Pearce
University of Texas
Smithsonian Institution Bureaau
Pearce
Edwards
America
Beef imports grow and fall in 1919 1920
Meat inspectors report fresh and refrigerated beef imports rose from 7 673 105 pounds in ten months to 27 068 880 pounds in 1920 while fresh and refrigerated meats doubled to 14 979 663 pounds. Canned and cured meats plunged from 126 624 348 pounds in 1919 to under 2 000 000 in 1920 reducing total imports from 108 602 911 to 50 246 655 pounds. Ring found after 12 years in Chester shows value of 200 dollars.
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United States
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Needle Strikes Patient in Greensburg Home Incident
Mrs. Noel Anderson felt a needle enter her shoulder while resting on a davenport in Greensburg Indiana. A physician arrived and found the needle moving toward the lungs. She was rushed to a hospital where an operation was performed.
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Greensburg
Ind
Noel Anderson
Boys and Dog Dig Up Hoard During Holidays Near Dublin
Four schoolboys while ratting with a terrier in Mulhuchert outside Dublin unearthed a hoard of over 400 pounds in sovereigns. A local postman claimed the money, saying about 400 pounds had been left to him by his father. Parents of the boys refunded about 150 pounds, as inquiries continue to recover the remainder.
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Mulhuchert
Dublin
Edinburgh Scotsman
A Clever Yet Quiet Trader Trumps in Bargain
A silent buyer boasts he can sell a five dollar item for a dollar and still profit. The salesman agrees and pays a dollar, only to receive a five dollar meal ticket with ten cents left, proving the trader’s price advantage.
School Lunches Show Big Impact on Child Development
Scientific tests indicate hot lunches in schools play a significant role in child development. Researchers highlight nutrition and steady meals as key factors influencing growth, concentration, and overall well being.
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Lloyd George
Strange Company
United Kingdom
Chester
John Hunter
Holland Street
Seddystone
Hunter
Chum
New Albany
Estella Kelsall
May Delitzman
Estella
May
Oliver Kelsall
Fletcher
Dar. Gentaur Goxpank
New York
Castoria
Bayer
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