Trenton Ghost Keeps Dates In Strange House Visit
The Koch family home in Trenton New Jersey is the center of panic after the ghost of John Koch appears to his widow and relatives. Stephen Hannan and Ephraim Cordwell report sightings and a staged midnight vigil with a dancing latch and eerie prophecies. The tale has displaced previous town talk about Dorothy Miller and her proposed engagement for a costly operation.
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Trenton
N. J
Oliver Lodge
John Koch
Theodore Opendaker
Stephen Hannan
Koch
Opendaker
Hannan
Ephraim Cordwell
Lampe
Cordwell
Page Trenton
Henry Blizzard
Dorothy Miller
Miss Miller
Argentina’s cotton boom aided by state railways
In northern Argentina the cotton industry has surged in three years due to railways state aid. Acreage rose from about 12,000 in 1918-19 to roughly 50,000 in 1920-21, with yields of 1,200 to 1,600 pounds per acre. One third fiber, two thirds seed, and new gin and cotton-seed mill facilities were built to support the crop.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Polish school gardens unite children with Junior Red Cross aid
Washington reports that Polish children joined by the Junior Red Cross plan to cultivate vacant lots into vegetable and flower gardens as spring arrives. The program aims to provide healthful recreation and nourishment for thousands of undernourished youngsters while supporting communal farming efforts in Kosciclusko's land.
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Garden Army
Red. Cross. ‘of America
Washington
America
Red. Cross
Kosciclusko
Poland
Red Cross
Warsaw Gardens Feed War Children With Potatoes
In Poland's capital Warsaw and other centers, children joined the garden army to raise potatoes beets carrots cabbage parsnips and beans. The fall crop of 1920 reached 93 tons and, amid strong success, plans extend the program next spring. Activities operate on a competitive basis similar to American schemes to stimulate interest.
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Poland
Warsaw
Garden Army
America
Cadorna Explains Italian Front Disaster Book Review
Rome report on Lieut. Gen. Count Cadorna outlining his book The War on the Italian Front. He cites inadequate prewar Italian forces, delayed allied unity, and Caporetto defects blamed on disobeyed defense orders and partial withdrawals. He disputes Capello's counteroffensive plans and notes only moral ally support.
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Rome
Italy
Count Cadorna
Caporetto
Cadorna
Isonzo
Caderna
Capello
Lithuanian Coal Miner Accounts for War Tax on Root Beer
A Springfield Lithuanian coal miner drank 54 150 glasses of root beer in a year while facing a 1920 war tax. He was asked by John Pickering, collector of internal revenue, to review his income tax after deductions for union dues churches and charities. He still had 1 541 50 to account for, lowering his income to 1 000.
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Springfield
John Pickering
Internal Revenue
Bad Money Tale Wins Leniency
A Chicago jail tale recalls Shoestring Doyle and five companions getting 30 days for counterfeit bills given by Buffalo Ike. The group, including Slim Roach and Blackie Steps, claim they were duped by Ike who flashed $50 notes and a wild claim of being Andrew Jackson. The judge’s lenient sentence sparked mixed reactions as the men lament the supposed benevolence.
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Chicago
Doyle
Slim” Roach
Blackie” Steps
Spuds”Miller
Dude” Smith
Ducroft
Hobo College
Madison
Halsted
Landis
Jack
Buffalo Ike
Leadville
Colorado
Old Hickory
Andrew
Bandits Flourish in Holy Land amid War War Threats
Fragmentary report notes bandit activity in Jerusalem and surrounding regions during wartime. It mentions Abdul Had Kihay, a notorious outlaw leader, allegedly responsible for several murders, and claims he was shot and killed near Zichron in a failed attempt to relay Gaillee, with other details unclear.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Abdul
Kihay
Zichron
Érelio Gaillee
Boston Billboard Regulations Governing Outdoor Advertising
Regulations in effect in Boston restrict outdoor ads near parks and public buildings within 500 feet, cap sign area at 1000 square feet with rectangular shape, and limit near highways to 10 square feet within 500 feet. Signs must be neutral colored, letters and numbers only, bottoms at least three feet high, and licensed annually. Fire safety approval required. no litter from signs. no ads within 350 feet of street intersections.
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Boston
Department of Public Safety
Playgrounds funding rises city by city nationwide
Memphis Milwaukee Indianapolis Akron and Hartford doubled playground appropriations in the last year while Dayton tripled its prior year. Detroit issued 10 million dollars in bonds for parks and playgrounds. Portland Oregon funded 500 thousand for Claygrounds and Pittsburgh 981 thousand for the same purpose. The American City notes 23 children a month were killed in New York streets in 1920 and most play centers planned by the Playground association remained unfunded. It urges integrated planning with building rebuilds and new construction to provide space before condemnation becomes necessary.
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Memphis
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Akron
Hartford
Dayton
Detroit
Portland
Ore
Pittsburgh
New York City
Playground Association
Trees and shade trees as public property proposal
In a ponderous call from C F Bley in American Forestry Magazine, pioneers planted forest and shade trees, now urging state laws to protect every tree within road boundaries as public property, condemning ruthless cutting of noble sugar maples and urging for future generations.
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C. F. Bley
American Forestry Magazine
Washington
Brain Bullet Removal At Sing Sing Prisons Hospital
Ossining N Y report details a remarkable brain surgery at Sing Sing prison hospital where Dr William L Chapman of Brooklyn removed one of two bullets from a prisoner’s brain in an hour long operation. The second bullet remained embedded behind the right ear.
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Ossining
Sing Sing Prison
William L. Chapman
Brooklyn
Chapman
Steal Crutches of Cripple in Detroit Theft
Detroit police investigated a bold theft in which two men around twenty snatched a crippled man’s crutches as he paused near Seldon and Cass after alighting from a bus. The crutches, bought that day downtown, were meant to aid his travel home from the church corner.
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Detroit
Mich
Alberta
Malone
Seldon and
Cass
Amphibious tank demonstration fascinates Marseilles officials
An inventor named Leon Foenquin showcased a walking floating and diving tank to French naval and military authorities in Marseilles. The machine resembled an ordinary whippet in appearance and capabilities.
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Marseilles
Leon ‘Foenquin
The Lady of Shalott Dreams and a Sudden Calm
A troubled girl Mary rebels against stern parents and worldly rules. She skips school to visit the woods and imagines herself as the Lady of Shalott. A boating accident leads to darkness then awakening in a white room with music and a radiant young man, signaling a transformative moment.
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Jane
Mary
Andy
Camelot
Flowers
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Saga
Ike
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Galilee
City of
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Chambersburg
Jean Sharp
Nero
McClure
Ique
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