House Passes Bonus Bill Amid International Tensions
The House approved the four billion dollar bonus bill by 383 to 70 after days of debate and a suspension of the rules. President Harding returns from Florida and weighs veto chances as Senate talks continue amid foreign policy strains and Moslem unrest tied to Turkey’s caliphate.
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House
Chitrinan Campbell
Chatrimnan Joidney
Ways and Menus
Thone
Senate
Wirus and Means Committee
Tirding
Tiding
Florida
Whitehouse Dyne
Mondell
Wyoming
Fardney
Michigan
Towner
Iowa
Campbell
Istusis
Longworth
Ohio
Bess
Congress
Gillett
Garner
Democrat
Texas
Ways and Means Committee
United States Demands Rhine Debt Be Paid By All Allies
President Harding orders all American troops home from Germany by July 1 1923 as the first response to the Allied reparation commission refusal to pay the Rhine expense bill. Secretary Hughes issues a second decisive note asserting U S rights to repayment under Versailles and peace treaties and urges Allied nations to propose a fair adjustment.
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Rhine
Hughes
Underwood
Supreme War Council
Supreme Council
League of Nations
Germany
Washington
Congress
Harding
United States
America
Llughes
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Belgium
Slughes
Senate
Lodge
Plague Fears Rally as Typhus Spreads Across Europe
League of Nations health officials warn ten million emigrants with typhus threaten Western European frontiers as Poland’s barrier collapses and hundreds of thousands flee into Eastern Galicia. Famine deaths leave unburied bodies. sanitary cordon plans hinge on new testing of strength in Congress.
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Urope
Health Department
League of Nations
Russia
Galleia
League
British flag raised on Wrangell Island by STEEN ERON
The record notes that Arctic explorer Steen Eron planted a British flag on Wrangell Island and claimed it for Britain. It recalls 1881 actions by Captain C L Hopper and Lieutenant Robert M Berry who raised an American flag, claimed discovery for the United States, and left a cairn record. The island's strategic importance lies in controlling northeastern Siberia.
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Steen Eron
Great Britain
Wrangell Island
C. L. Hopper
Gorwin
Robert M. Berry
Rodgers
United States
Discovery
Siberia
Supreme Court Backs New York Rent Law Amid Shortage
The court upholds New York’s 7920 rent law, ruling social emergency from dwelling shortages justifies state police power. The piece notes wartime studies suggest visiting trenches along the border of Vieter and South Ireland.
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United States Supreme Court
New York
Vieter
South Ireland
World and National Briefs Move Across Continents
A Gibraltar Telegraph report says British submarine H-42 disappeared with all hands after colliding with a destroyer in the Mediterranean. Other dispatches note Irish staters planning a forbidden army convention, refugees risking cholera and typhus entering Germany, and a neo-Bulgarian alphabet dispute causing cabinet resignations. In the Americas, a Buenos Aires expedition hunts a mythical creature in Patagonia while Irish unrest rekindles debates in London. Potatoes total 90,946,000 bushels in fifteen states, with 30,935,000 to move off farms. Naval searches at Hampton Roads target suspicious packages, and Frank Plano Sr. is acquitted for killing his son to “save his soul.”
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London Times
Patagonia
Buenos Aires Zoological Garden
United States
Department of Agriculture
Hampton Roads Naval Base
Rodman
Fifth Naval District
Department of Commerce
Frank Plano
Chicago
Postwar Coal Rates Probe and Navy Cuts Debated
The Interstate Commerce Commission opened an inquiry into coal shipping rates west of the Mississippi while House members pressed for prisoner releases and the soldier bonus bill moved forward. Navy cut talks circulated amid plans to shift fleet focus to the Pacific and a Living wage jobs drive for 700000 idled veterans began.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
House of Representatives
United States Public Health Service
Alberat
Richmond
Seaboard Air Line
House
Ways and Means Committee
Esther Davidson
Times
Broadway
Forty Second
House Appropriations Committee
Atlantic
Pacific
Navy
Washington
American Legion
New York City Faces Tax Debt and Wage Strife Across Regions
Meyer commission charges NYC exceeded tax limits by twenty million in 1921 and runs a daily deficit of 100000 dollars. S A Keiler urges congressional probe into eviction threats against coal miners and families in eastern Tennessee and southeastern Kentucky amid wage cuts. Railroads challenge government rate orders. a church pastor reports a court case after giggling parishioners. miners plan a joint strike March 31 affecting six hundred thousand workers.
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Meyer Commission
New York City
S. A. Keiler
District 19
United Mine Workers
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ile
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
George Robertson
United Mine Workers of America
Westbrook
Chicago
Isle Dernier
Louisiana
Jacksonville
Fla
J. A. Pelt
Denver State Bank
Kansas City
Memphis
Cleveland
Ohio
J. B. A. Robertson
Oklahoma
Okmulgee
Okla
Jacob Harris
Joseph Weiner
Atlanta Penitentiary
Williams Simmons
Homeen Johnson
Dierks’ Ark
Dodson's Liver Tone offers a safe calomel alternative
An advertisement warns against calomel’s dangers including gum soreness and salivation and promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless vegetable substitute that starts the liver, cures biliousness and headaches, and even can be given to children without salivation risks.
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Dodson
Pickpockets in Hard Luck Report
A social worker notes a shift by New York pickpockets from slipping a finger into a vest pocket to stealing a watch chain with a serrated pin. The thief uses a crom pin to hold the watchless chain in place.
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New York
Gude's Pepte- Mangan Promise Boosts Household Strength
In this advertisement a tonic claims to relieve dyspepsia and headaches by building weakened blood. It promises improved appetite, color to cheeks and lips, and stronger muscles when taken with meals for several weeks. Sold in syrup and tablet forms.
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Gude
Townsfolk recall old Goodpatter and a kind debt
An old tale from the county speaks of Goodpatter S and his family. The narrator notes the town’s respect for a man who helped his father and never charged him, while a bill was sent to the county for a distant favor.
Swamp Root touted for women kidney trouble relief
Advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder complaints in women. It claims back pain headaches and nervousness signal kidney trouble and urges use of a sample bottle by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer and Co of Binghamton New York with mention of the newspaper.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Not Ever Rastus to Sambo in a Tarnished Dialect
A fragment from a Tennessee piece features a dialect exchange between Not Ever Rastus and The Old Woman. Rastus laments lost strength while The Old Woman rebukes him, correcting his taunt in a sharp reply.
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Rastus
Sambo
Rastus Johnsing
Nuashville
Bayer Aspirin Ad Promotes Genuine Tablets
An advertisement urges readers to ask for Bayer Tablets of Aspirin, noting the Bayer Cross stamp on each tablet and package as protection against imitation. The copy claims physicians have prescribed it for over twenty one years and promotes the world famous status of Bayer Aspirin.
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Bayer
Jud Tunkins Endures Rough Road in Odd Undertakings
A garbled reminiscence references Jud Tunkins and a wish to apply patient endurance to his ventures. The fragment implies lessons learned from tough experiences and hints at personal perseverance in uncertain efforts.
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