World News Capsule Mixed Across Continents
Snipers continue in Belfast with at least eighteen dead and over fifty wounded. Lloyd George wins Commons confidence on foreign and domestic policy. Chinese shipping arms vessels against pirates. Duccaneer tables and guards noted. Standard Oil suspends Tampico refinery work harming over a thousand jobs. Ireland’s British military evacuation may resume under Irish leadership. Union and political tensions ripple globally including Czech and Hungarian actions and U.S. judicial expansion debates.
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Belfast
Ireland
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Duccaneer Taple
Standard
Tampico
New York
Michiel Collins
Irrish
London
Whiston Spencer Chuarehill
Macceady
Trief
Man Collins
Tron
Cpo
Apa
Adox MacDonald
Toliffex
N.S
Carrell
Harold Whidden
Tlalifax
Stanhope Street
Adelard Delorme
Raoul
Ottawa University
Harding Signals Early Railroad Liquidation and Navy Cuts
President Harding voiced confidence that federal railroad control work would be substantially finished by January 1 1924 and that government obligations incurred during control could be liquidated without new congressional appropriations. The Kenyon bill to aid unemployed was recommitted and viewed as effectively dead. Secretary Denby asked for 360 million dollars for the navy with personnel reductions and destroyer cuts. The War Department plans further officer and man reductions in Germany. Debates at the Interstate Commerce Commission included Davie Wayfield proposing economical handling of railroad equipment.
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Congress
Harding
Gillett
Kenyer
Long
Cuba
War Department
el Paso
Washington
Department
Howze
Denby
Navy
Navy Department
House Naval Committee
Germany
Interstate Commerce Commission
Davie Wayfield
National Association of Owners of
Board of Economics and Engineering
Association
Unclear Ocean Rescue and Turbulent News From Mixed Dispatches
A chaotic snapshot from the era connects shipboard salvage efforts for John Lickner near the Cartney, cotton prices in New Orleans, and stray criminal cases. Reports include a Louisiana district attorney's six month disbarment, an Oakland bail saga, tensions at Juarez Fort Bliss mobilization, a Philadelphia homicide case, a Dothan syrup plant fire, and a Los Angeles murder suicide. American stockpiling and law enforcement events mix with international brinkmanship and a woolgathering barrage of incidents.
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Seven Seas
New York Harbor
Mercey
John Lickner
Cartney
Atlantic
New Orleans
Hivauthees As
Mussyfoot Jolson
Viiters
Nieuwe
Vtexn
Will Caine
Thal Perean
Tore Verte
Certian
Ilugh
Pisher
Western District of
Louisiana
Washington
Lorenzo Guissi
Oakland
Califl
el Paso
Texas
Juarez
Mexico
Fort Bliss
Catherine Rosier
Oscar Rosier
George A. Bowen
Mary Bowen
Julia Taylor
Los Angeles
Cal
William Desmond Taylor
Woolwine
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Commaree
New Var
Aleahethe
Ork
China
Alabama
Harvey Church
Chicago
Federal report urges 12,000 new hospital beds for veterans
A conference of mental disease specialists proposed a nationwide expansion of veterans hospitals. Plans include 12,000 beds, with new facilities and expanded capacities across districts from New England to the Midwest and West, plus upgrades at Fort Logan and other sites. Congress was asked to provide 16 million dollars for construction.
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Washington
Veterans’ Bureau
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Norfolk
Mass
Fort Hoover
Buffalo
Perryville
Gulfport
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Maywood
Wven
Michigan
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Nawoew Hospital
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Knoxville
Minnesota
North Puhatu
South
Vabetis
Tal Monten
Orefen
Idaho
California
Nevada
Arizona
Fort Logan
Root
Little Rock
Ark
Bureau
Congress
Power promise for Muscle Shoals project debated
Thomas W. Mastin of Alabama Power declared hydro electric power from Muscle Shoals could serve municipal and industrial needs within 400 miles if Congress accepts the company offer. He said operating under the federal water power act would make the firm a public utility bound to serve all, with non discrimination in rates and service.
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Washington
Muscle Shoals
Alabama
Thomas W. Mastin
Alabama Power Company
Congress
Shoals
Martin
Photographers Pay to Snap Princess Mary Wedding
London plans for Princess Marys February wedding require photographers to pay large sums for prime vantage points. About 40 to 50 motion picture cameras and around 100 press cameras will cover the procession, with a preferred location near the Westminster abbey gateway for shots of the bridegroom Viscount Lascelles and royal guests alighting from carriages.
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London
Princess Mary
Westminster Abbey
Viscount Lascelles
King George
Queen Mary
Rebels Cross Border Into Mexico From Chihuahua
Governor Enriquez of Chihuahua reports thirty men crossed the border into Mexico at Columbus New Mexico pursued by federal forces. Rebel units under Rosario Hernandez have been driven from Chihuahua into the hills of Coahuila.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Columbus
N. M
Enriquez
Chihuahua
War Office
Rosario Hernandez
State of
Coahuala
Department of the Interior
Plan Expansion for Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee
Governor Taylor announced a nationwide campaign to raise two million dollars as an endowment and expansion fund for Lincoln Memorial University in the Tennessee hill country. The plan aims to build facilities for over a thousand students, praising the school’s role in regional development. The university was founded 26 years ago at Cumberland Gap.
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University
Washington
Lincoln Memorial University
Tennessee
Taylor
Memorial University
Hill
Cumberland Wap
Governor Appeals to Assembly on Schogle-Gerald Bill Passed Into Law
Columbia reports the general appropriation bill totaling 5 672 758 51 was finally passed by the house and sent to the senate after long debate. The measure faced numerous amendments chiefly from the ways and means committee led by T Humpes with key changes to state education funding and welfare salaries.
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Columbia
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Senate
House
T. ©. Humpes
Marion
C. N. Sapp
Richland
Kk. R. Lesser
Sumter
A. O. Hydrick
Orangeburg
R. J. Wade
Aiken
University of South Carolina
J. C G. Kearse
Bamberg
G. Croft Williams
State Welfare Board
Ways and Means
J. K. Owens
Marlboro
State Bank Examiner
State Department of Agriculture
Confederate Home
J. K. Hamblin
Union
Department of Education
Cooper
Legislature adopts free conference on inheritance tax bill
Both houses back the conference report and approve an amended inheritance tax bill that taxes gifts and deeds made within two years of death. the measure heads for ratification, barring veto, while several other bills including a public fees disclosure proposal and a steel traps ban are killed. The house urged no two year limit, but the senate settled on two years. other killed measures include a county road damage suit limit and a publication of state clerks fees bill.
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Sage
General Assembly
Senate
Goodwin
House
Gerald
Street Railway Company of Columbia
Pearce
Miller
Ragsdale
Watkins
Columbia
House of Representatives
Eugene S. Bleuse
Newberry County
F. G. Harris
Spartanburg
W. P. Robinson
Lancaster
J. R. Bryson
Greenville
F. 4
Harris
Julius
MelInnes
Darlington
United States
South Carolina
James DeTreville
Walterboro
J. O. Williams
Basley
Committee On Banking and Insurance
Hart
Christensen
Griffenhagen
Senate Legislative
Nssembly
Free Conference
W. R. Harris
McInnes
J. K. Hamblin
Highway Commission
Governor Names Appointments in Union and Pigkeng Counties
Governor Cooper announces appointments including W. T. Giles J. D. Epps and T. J. West as supervisors of registration for Union county T. E H Stanley named magistrate at Marion replacing D E B Godbold who declined to serve J W Walmer named master in equity of Saluda county Capt Elias Day S H Brown and J A Brown named supervisors of registration for Pigkeng county
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Cooper
W. T. Giles
J. D. Epps
T. J. West
Union County
T. E H. Stanley
Marion
D. EB. Godbold
Whilden
J. W. Walmer
Saluda County
Elias Day
S. H. Brown
J. A. Brown
Pigkeng County
Calomel Dangers Warned in Dodson Liver Tone Ad
An old advertisement warns calomel as a dangerous drug and touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless vegetable substitute. It claims calomel causes cramps sickness and salivation while promising quick liver relief with a spoonful. The copy targets general consumers and even children.
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Dod- Son
Dodson
Best Medicine Claims Proven by Thousands
Swamp Root from Dr Kilmer and Co is advertised as a kidney liver and bladder remedy backed by sworn statements and customer testimonials. The ad urges readers to request a sample by mail from Binghamton New York and offers bottles in various sizes at drug stores.
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Swamp Root
Parcela Post
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Aspirin Introduced by Bayer in 1900
Advertisement recalls Bayer as the world famous aspirin maker in 1900. The copy touts Bayer Tablet as the recognized remedy for a broad range of uses, emphasizing protection against temptations and success without apology.
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BAYER
Dr. Pierce Elevates Favorite Prescription and Other Remedies
Fifty years ago a Pennsylvania physician known as In consultation gained fame for his success in treating disease. Dr. Pierce moved to Buffalo and offered his Favorite Prescription to the public, promoting it as a tonic for diseases of women and claiming it restored health after nervousness dizziness and weakness. He also advertised Anurse for kidneys and backache and urged readers to send 10 cents for trial copies or request free medical advice.
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Pennsylvania
Dr. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
N. Yu
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Henry Ford
Senator McKellar
Here
Baltimore
Odenton
Baltimore and Ohio
Senate Judiciary Committee
Schogle
Gerald Bill
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