Librarian Clark Returns From Globe Book Hunt At Stanford
George T. Clark, Stanford librarian, returns from a world tour with 11,000 volumes to add to the library. He gathered rare items from Tokyo and London, including Musings of Shakespeare editions and the Morrison Asiatic Library. The trip yielded prized finds in Japan China and England, expanding Stanford’s collections despite wartime readjustments.
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Palo
Alto
Cal
George T. Clark
Stanford
Japan
China
Imperial University Library of
Tokyo
George E. Morrison
Baron Iwasaki
Mikinosuke Ishida
London
Clark Particuarly
Rowe
Ohe
Shakespeare
England
Royal Society of London
Philosophical ‘Transactions
Jean
Ana
Clark
Pepysian
Magdalene College
Cambridge
Pepys
Trinity College
Magdalene
Indian Archeological Survey
India
Edlnburgh
Journal
The
American Oriental Society
New Haven
Tarhe
German Experts Into Russia Soldiers of Industry Arrive
London reports Russia prepares to receive five thousand German industrial specialists with four thousand in metal work, 300 in health, and 500 in land administration. Moscow land communes seek two hundred specialists for model communes. Fifteen hundred emigrants have already arrived from America to work, with another large party expected and space for four thousand. Groups include ex Ford Motor Company workers.
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London
Russia
Commissariat of Health
Commissariat of Land
Moscow
America
Ford Motor Company
Burglar Answers Query and Continues His Work
New Orleans report describes a break in at 3 15 a m when a burglar awakened Mrs Julia Wilhelm at 1804 St Ferdinand and told her to remain quiet after ransacking the room the intruder left and she waited for dawn in fear
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New Orleans
Julia Wilhelm
1804
St.Ferdinand
U S Trade Increase Driven by Global Markets in 1920
United States foreign trade set a record in 1920 helped by bigger commerce with Germany, South America, the Orient, West Indies and North America. Exports to Great Britain France and Italy fell, while Germany and Cuba showed sharp gains. Brazil Argentina Chile Uruguay together moved about 1.044 billion in trade, with exports rising to 457 million and imports to 87 million. Spain was the sole major European buyer to grow.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
South America
Orient
West Indies
North America
United States
Department of Commerce
Great Britain
France
Italy
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Uruguay
Cuba
Island
Republic
The
Spain
Maple Sugar Parties Spark Seasonal tapping Tradition
The maple sugar industry, led by the United States and Canada, offers solid commercial prospects. Early tapping boosts yields as days warm and nights freeze, with sap flow sensitive to weather. A simple setup suffices, with buckets for sap collection and 10 to 15 trees often enough for family production. Larger maples yield more syrup, and hard maples eight inches or more are safely tapped, with widespread maple stands across eastern states and into Washington and Oregon.
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Washington
United States
Canada
American Forestry Association
New England
New York
North Carolina
Tennessee
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Oregon
MIT Class Coughs Sneeze Sends Troubled to Clinic
Boston report notes MIT heads new medical department orders faculty to send anyone with cough sneeze or obvious cold symptoms to the school clinic for treatment. Dr George W Morse leads the effort as infections rise.
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Boston
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
George W. Morse
Tech
Doctor Morse
Cherokees Forget Old Row in Cherokee Nation Election
In Talequah Oklahoma a Cherokee tribal meeting resolved historical Civil War divisions over slavery by unanimously electing Levi Gritts a full blood from Muskogee as principal chief and Levi Cookson a mixed blood near Gore as assistant chief. White men by intermarriage sat and voted for the first time, with translations stopping proceedings when needed.
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Talequah
Okio
Levi Gritts
Muskogee
Levi Cookson
Gore
Okla
Twin Sisters Become Mothers on Same Day
Delmonte California reports Mrs Mildred Jacques wife of Claude Jacques and Mrs Maud Pierson wife of a Monterey businessman twin sisters both became mothers on the same day. Each baby girl weighed the same as its mother at birth and the newborn cousins share the unusual birthday.
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Delmonte, Cal
Mildred Jacques
Claude Jacques
Delmonte
Maud Pierson
Monterey
Speed craze hits India and Afghanistan frontier
Bombay reports rapid transport expansion as Times of India frontier correspondent notes three cartloads of motorcycles reaching Jellalabad for Prince Kasir Jan to organize a dispatch. Amir's government orders macadamized road contracts to Kabul and import of autos, with invites for woolen mills and sugar refineries at Kabul.
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Bombay
Afghanistan
Times of India
Jellalabad
Kasir Jan
Kabul
Boy Sets Himself On Fire In Classroom Incident
In Little Falls New York eighth grader Pedro Sacherel at Little Balls high school sparked a fire by rubbing matches from his pocket. A nearby student and a teacher extinguished the flames, Perez removed sweater, and the student returned to class.
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New York
Little Falls
N. Y
Pedro Sacherelis
Little Balls High School
Pedro
First domestic relations court planned in Washington
Seattle Justice of the Peace G Dalton announced plans to establish a court of domestic relations to handle family troubles under the lazy husband act and cases of desertion and nonsupport. It would be the first such court in the state.
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Seattle
Wash
Justice of the Peace
Dalton
Washington
Mennonites to Settle in Mississippi Agreement Reached
Winnipeg reports an agreement has been concluded between representatives of Mennonite groups to settle in Mississippi. Details specify terms on settlement conditions and community setup. The document outlines cooperating parties, locations, and intended timelines for establishing a Mennonite presence in the region.
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Mississipp
Winnipeg
Glorifying God In Your Body and Self Denial
The lesson links physical health to moral conduct, stressing the Christian body as the temple of the Holy Ghost and God’s property bought at a price. It urges self denial in the Christian race for incorruptible reward and subjection of the body, tying health care to spiritual discipline and stewardship.
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Paul
Earth
Jerusalem
Jesus Christ
Very Sure of God The Shepherds and the Wise
A fragmented religious reflection notes that the shepherds and the Wise departed Bethlehem certain of God. It emphasizes their faith rather than doubt, describing the sight of the child Jesus as renewing their consciousness of divinity and acknowledgment of the Messiah.
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Bethlehem
Jesus
Mos
Zachariah
The Typewriter Love Triangle on the Lake
A flirtation turns to turmoil as Hugh wooes Rosy while Hugh Howard’s interest in a typewriter, not a woman, sparks suspicion. Kathryn confesses her knowledge to Rosy, who writes a severing letter and flees to a summer cottage. A brief reunion at the boat ride ends in laughter and a shift toward business plans.
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Rosy
Hugh
Kathryn Steward
Kathryn
Hugh Howard
Rich
Mrs. Parsons
Richard Steward
Richard
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Ruth Sherwood
Chicago Art Institute
Miss Sherwood
Eine Department
U. S
Commerce Department
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Bitzwater
Western Newspaper Union
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