Americans Secure Manganese Supply
From Paris a United States firm wins the concession for the Tchiaturi manganese mines in Georgia near the Caucasus, the world’s largest deposit, enabling America to secure steel component supply. The piece outlines Georgia’s mining history, regional rail links, and manganese’s role in steel and batteries with noted U.S. and international sources.
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Washington
Paris
United States
Tchiaturi
America
Caucasus
Daily Razor
National Geographic Society
Gary
Bethlehem
Pittsburgh
Minnesota
Germany
Georgia
England
India
Presidency of Madras
Brazil
Montana
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Arkansas
Colorado
Philipsburg
Mont
American Divorces in Paris Courts 1923 Record
Paris records show 148 American divorces granted in 1923 out of 7,064 total. Other foreign divorces of all nationalities numbered 152. French law then applies U.S. state laws in American citizens’ divorce cases.
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Paris
France
United States
Winter Construction Gains Momentum Across Nation
New York builders report winter construction reaches a peak with 1923 as a turning point. The shift eases seasonal unemployment, stabilizes housing supply, and spreads workload year round. Dwight L. Hoppingarner notes heat methods extend operations down to 20 to 25 degrees above zero.
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New York
Dwight L. Hoppingarner
American Construction Council
Gentleman Bum of Fire Island Identified as Andrew M McMillen
Photographs of the so called gentleman beach comber found at a Fire Island hut were identified by McMillen’s brothers as Andrew Sherman McMillen sixty a former Pittsburgh contractor and ex attorney who disappeared from Bridgeville Pennsylvania seven years ago. Bank records show a decline from three thousand dollars to three dollars and six cents in his effects.
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Bay Shore
N. Y
Beach Comber
Fire Island
Andrew Sherman McMillen
Bridgeville
McMillen
Charles E
George B. McMillen
George H. Baird
Pittsburgh
Mae
Mac
McMillen Hut
Brooklyn
New York
United States Naval Radio Station
Naval
Air Mail Gains in Popularity Across the Nation
Washington reports advocates press Congress to boost air mail funding and launch a wide air program. Col. Paul Henderson notes coast to coast service six months old, now seven days weekly, with San Francisco to New York within roughly 34 hours. Plans aim to cut mail cost per ton mile from $2.63 to under 30 cents and expand night flying, capacity, and eventually passenger service.
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Washington
Congress
Paul Henderson
Henderson
San Francisco
New York
Post Office Department
Chicago
Civil War Vet's Name Cleared After 60 Years
Mrs. A. H. Harmon of Kalamazoo Michigan has had her husband’s desertion record erased after more than six decades. Harmon, a Canada resident who enlisted in the Union Army, was wounded in 1864 and sent home on furlough before recovery and the war’s end. He never rejoined his regiment, leading to a desertion designation later removed after an affidavit showing medical restraint. The House Military Affairs committee approved the affidavit, clearing Harmon's record and making his widow eligible for a pension.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
A. H. Harmon
War Department
Harmon
Canada
United States
House Committee On Military Affairs
Wild Boar Practiced Medicine Without License In Paris Suburb
A wild boar pursued by hunters dashed into a private house in Grand Mallory Bourges and entered a bedroom where an invalid man had lain for months. The sick man cried for help rose from bed and leaped out a window. The boar was killed and the invalid returned to work.
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Bourges
France
Grand Mallory
Acoustic wave filter aims to strip unwanted noise
Iowa City professor Dr G W Stewart of the University of Iowa has developed an acoustic wave filter that uses interference between sound waves to cancel certain tones. The device relies on branching tubes to reflect waves and create backward interference, potentially improving telephones phonographs and musical instruments by eliminating undesirable noises.
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Iowa City
Iowa
G. W. Stewart
University of Iowa
Stewart
Doctor Stewart
Nationwide drive forms to stop steel traps in Missouri
A countrywide movement against the steel trap began with the formation of a stop the steel trap society. L. F. Gingery, editor of the Red Ranger foxhound magazine, was chosen as president.
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Rushville
L. F. Gingery
The
Red Ranger
Foxhound
Osgood Records Fifty Years as Leavenworth Masonic Secretary
Edward W. Osgood is believed to hold the record for longest service as secretary of Leavenworth Lodge No. 2. He has filled the office for fifty years, a tenure noted in local Masonic circles.
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Leavenworth, Kas
Edward W. Osgood
Leavenworth Lodge
No. 2
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Russia
United States Commonwealth
Repubic
Caucasus Mountains
Pyrenees
Spain
Baku
Caspian Sea
Batum
Black Sea
Tiflis
Kvirila
Poti
Tchiaturl
Bosporus
Minas Geraes
Rio de Janeiro
Martha Ostenso
Northwest
Dodd, Mead & Co
Pictorial Review
Famous Players Lasky
Miss Ostense
Norway
Hoppingarner
Sweden
Soderbelje Canal
Brothers
Pope
St. Peter’s Church
St. Peter's
Air-Mail
National Capitol
Colonel Henderson
Illinois
Air Mail
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