All Are Tenderly Cared For by Kansas City Couple
Miss Sarah and H H Jacobs of Kansas City Kansas dedicate their lives to humane work. For 25 years they run a cottage sanctuary with dogs cats parrots and other animals while serving in Wyandotte County Humane Society and Associated Charities. They spend about 600 to 700 dollars yearly on animal care and view it as a pleasure not a sacrifice.
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Kansas City
Sarah
H. H. Jacobs
Kan
Jacobs
Missouri
Wyandotte County Humane Society
Associated Charities
Humane Society
Cinderella
Flawa
Miss Jacobs
Galo
Yarrow
Mary Craige Yarrow
Philadelphia
Arkansas
Hermano
Texas
Misa Jacobs
Hamburg Trade Grows Fast
Trade in Hamburg expands rapidly as merchants report brisk activity and rising orders. Local officials note growing imports and increased shipping through the port amid a mounting momentum in regional commerce.
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Hamburg
Farmers Go Crazy for Lack of Recreation
Dr. J. M. Lee of Rochester New York told the seventy seventh annual American Institute of Homeopathy convention that farmers fly to insanity from work worry and lack of recreation. He warned that insanity is slowly increasing even among professionals and cautioned readers not to overconfidently assume safety.
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Washington
American Institute of Homeopathy
United States
J. M. Lee
Rochester
N. Y
Lee
Royal salute as Dutch steamer brings first herring to Petrograd
The Dutch steamer Alexander Polden arrived at Kronstadt and Petrograd with its first large herring cargo in about three years. The ship was saluted by the battleship Marat as dock workers unloaded 5,350 barrels, with twenty carloads sent to Moscow the next day and the rest distributed in Petrograd. Two more steamers have since arrived with 17,000 barrels, quickly unloaded.
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Riga
Alexander Polden
Petrograd
Izvestia
Moscow
Kronstadt
Marat
Fight over 15 million estate in Montana prompts will contest
Mrs. Mary Hammon Murray widow of James A. Murray and her son Stuart Hol dorn refuse to compromise with distant relatives seeking a share of the 15 million estate. The contest is filed in Salinas California and names Mary Anna Flynn of Rochester New York and nieces and nephews Anna, Nelle and Frank Golden Moscow Pennsylvania Mrs John Martin Gouldsboro Pennsylvania Mrs Agnes Doyle St Thomas Ontario Canada Mrs Hugh Turner Detroit and Emmet Golden Buffalo New York as challengers.
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Mary Hammon Murray
James A. Murray
Montana
Stuart Holdorn
Salinas
Cal
Mary Anna M. Flynn
Rochester
N. Y
Mr. Murray
Anna, Nelle
Frank Golden
Moscow
John Martin
Gouldsboro
Agnes Doyle
St. Thomas
Ontario
Canada
Hugh Turner
Detroit
Emmet Golden
Buffalo
N.Y
Girl Must Return His Ring Court Rules In New Jersey
A New Jersey court rules that when a couple ends an engagement the man is entitled to the ring he gave. Judge Lawrence of the Court of Common Pleas settled the delicate issue in a case involving a Trenton man who sought legal action to wed another man.
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Asbury Park
N. J
New Jersey
Lawrence
Court of Common Pleas
Trenton
Fragmentary Phrase From a Historical Clip
A distorted OCR fragment reads and of the same with unclear meaning and missing context, offering few verifiable names or dates and no recoverable events or actions.
Stupid Yankees Lose in Baltic
In Riga Latvia American businessmen suffer from outdated forms and miscommunication as English German and British firms outpace them with clear catalogs faster price quotes and direct replies. The Baltic trade tale highlights foreign firms winning millions due to better information and efficiency.
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Riga
Latvia
Baltic States
New York
America
Germany
England
Europe
Russia
Pacific
Comeback for horses in Oklahoma work amid low feed costs
Vinita Oklahoma county agent George HB Thomas reports horses, mules, and even oxen are being used again for plowing and field work as the drought and low feed values push a revival across Oklahoma and neighboring states. He notes the era of reliance on gas and kerosene tractors is waning with the cheaper feeds supporting traditional draft animals.
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Vinita
Okla
George HB. Thomas
Craig County
Oklahoma
Lost Automobile Wheel Baffles Chicago Man
Fred W. Brunts of 550 Surf Street sees a wheel roll north along Boul Midh at night. A police chase leads to a crash near North Michigan Avenue with officers arresting no one and the wheel found to be from Brunts’s own car after it hopped onto Randolph Street and into a plate glass window. He is rewheeled and sent home.
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Chicago
Fred W. Brunts
Surf Street
Boul Midh
Mr. Brunts
Mr. Bruots
Randolph Street
John T Shayne
North
Michigan Avenue
Shayne Company
Fewer Marriages in England Amid Trade Slump
London reports show a sharp fall in marriages in the final quarter, with 36 098 fewer nuptials than the prior quarter and 19 584 fewer than the fourth quarter of 1919. The 1919 boom years had suggested a strong 1920, but the trading downturn changed plans.
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London
Dog Howled by His Dead Masters Side in New York
The New York item reports a dog's nightly howling for two months beside John J. Moore, a pardoned criminal, whose dead body lay in a small furnished room until repair workers forced entry and found him wrapped in blankets. The dog had previously kept vigil, its howling continuing through the night.
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New York
John J. Moore
Moore
Lnst
Hunt River of Gold north of Peace river tale sparks Prospector chase
Edmonton observers recount a legend of a lost river bed north of the Peace where gold nuggets were supposedly washed from streams by a Yukon and Alaska party long ago. An old Fort St John trapper accumulated gold before dying, with the secret location never revealed. Modern prospectors back the tale and invest to test a northern El Dorado beyond Clear Hills.
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Edmonton
Alta
Yukon
Alaska
North Country
Peace River
Bend of the Peace
Fort St. John
Battle River
Hudson’s Bay Company
Clear Hills
Naughty Little Doors Go
Washington reports swinging doors at the health department entrance were removed to stop them hitting visitors. An official reason cites preventing back and forth movement. an informal view says they reminded staff of pre Volstead days and hindered concentration on work.
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Washington
Health Department
District of Columbia
Angora Marriage Bill Sparks Debate in National Assembly
A proposed Angora marriage bill would compel men to marry unless previously health reasons prevent it, sparking controversy in the national assembly. The measure, tied to Angora Asia Minor, faced rejection on health grounds and drew opposition from opponents wary of personal freedoms.
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Angora
Asia’ Minor
Bac Hay Een
Astronomer Harlow Shapley Reframes Universe Size
Cambridge Massachusetts astronomer Harlow Shapley formerly of Mount Wilson California says the universe is a thousand times larger than previously thought. He places Earth far from the center and estimates the galaxy measures about 300 000 light years across. He notes light travels 6 000 000 000 000 miles per year and eight minutes separate Earth from the sun.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harlow Shapley
Harvard
Mount Wilson Observatory
California
Doctor Shapley
Missouri State University
Princeton
Earth
Bank Canary Delivers The Bank Rate Change
London announces a change in the Bank of England discount rate by posting the new level after a closed deliberation. A red coated messenger known as the bank Canary reveals 6 percent, triggering a global scramble among bankers, clerks, and newsrooms as the notice goes out.
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Bank of England
London
Bank
Canary
Scientific Kiss Trial Involving Clairvoyant Murdock
In Los Angeles a case against James A. Murdock alleges he charged $199 for a so called scientific kiss. Mrs. Sarah Blackburn and her seventeen year old daughter Billie testified that Murdock demonstrated kissing in a room alone with Billie and spoke on brain impact on dormant faculties before the act.
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Los Angeles
Cal
James A. Murdock
Sarah Blackburn
Billie
Murdock
Blackburn
Bear and rattlesnakes upset train schedule
Elmira dispatch reports on the New York Central line from Corning into Pennsylvania coal fields. A huge black bear blocked a moving coal freight train delaying schedules as rattlesnakes appeared on the tracks. Train crews faced an unexpected wildlife interference disrupting the timetable.
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Elmira
N. Y
New York Central
Corning
Pennsylvania
Daide
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Reorganizer
Walter Rathenau
Reichstag
Doctor Rathenau
M. Loucheur
France
Hunt ‘River’ OF ‘Gold
Trapper
Harding
John Wadkins
Shamut
Ala
White House
President Harding
Wadkins
Angoras
Quintillion
Broadway
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