Flappenings of the World Tersely Told
A broad collage of 1920s world facts and local incidents. Notable items include Cardinal Gibbons burial in Baltimore, US travel and reparations policy shifts, Irish ship stowaway bans, and wage disputes in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia railways. Also reports on deaths, lynching, fires, and notable crimes across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rene Viviani
France
United States
Harding
Friends of Irish Freedom
Hughes
Congress
Foreign five Mexican followers executed after nine man revolution
Five Mexican followers of the Car depas brothers were captured near Matamoras, court martialed, and executed within hours. Also reported were deaths of Prince Andreas of Greece from wounds in action near Brussa. A collision on the Mexican National line at Villa Garcia killed 33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardepas
Matamoras
Andreas
Greece
Constantine
Brussa
Constantinople
Villa Gartra
Mexico
Communist Revolt and Greek Defeat Dominate Balkan Front
Reports describe renewed communist activity in Germany with clashes in Saxony and Halle while Greek forces suffer a setback at Eskishehr in Asia Minor. Diplomatic moves include Hungarian attempts to restore the Habsburgs and Irish peace talks amid Irish Republican tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Prussian
Saxony
Halle
Pbelein
Westphalia
Weissenfels
Berlin
Reds
Asia
Eskishehr
Constantinople
Minor
Dardanelles
Bulgaria
Thrace
Albania
Macedonia
Balkans
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praised by Altoona mother
Mrs. C W Benz of Altoona writes six children died at birth before taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After a course the baby survived to four months, healthy and well, with a photo to prove it. The letter urges other women to try the remedy for female ailments and related symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Benz
Altoona
C. W. Benz
8Rd Ave
Lydia’. Pinkham
Senator Shelves Lobbyists on Capitol Steps
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip portrays a senator who feigns busyness to avoid Indy lobbyists. He ultimately sighs and invites them in, humorously accepting their demand to be seen by photographers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
Germany
Marshal Fayolle
London
Paris
Statesman
Capitol
Birmingham Age-Herald
Wind Lady and Hobo Clash Over Society Debt
A terse dialogue unfolds as a well dressed Wind Lady admonishes a hobo claiming he owes society. The man replies he owes nothing and jokes about his activities being merely playing bridge.
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Boston Transcript
Worry Is the Interest Paid on Trouble in Advance
A pithy aphorism notes that worry accrues before trouble arrives, framing anxiety as a toll exacted ahead of hardship and urging calm planning over fretful anticipation.
The 20th Century Kidney Treatment Promise
Do kidney troubles worry you The Mitchell Chemical Company offers a 23 day kidney treatment for Brights disease diabetes and urinary problems at $2.00 with mail order options from Altoona Pennsylvania. The ad urges early action and warns against substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Chemical Company
Altoona, Pe
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Frank C. Bancroft
Cincinnati
Deaconess Hospital
James Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Washington
State Department
U. S.S
Col. Genee Harvey
New York
Great Britain
White House
Boston
Davis
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Federal Reserve Board
Pennsylvania Railroad
General Managers’ Committee
Pittsurgh
Maineuince
Wey
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
Philadelphia
Cambrai
Sandy Thompson
B. E. Dobson
Brandon
Miss
Langford
Manila
San Lazero
Michigan
State Supreme Court
Lansing
Samuel Fizgeschowski
Poland
S. Jacobs
Assembly
Madison
Wis
Glenn P. Turner
la Follette Progressive Association
Cardinal Gibbons
Orphans’ Court
Duiltimore
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Labor Bureau
Point Wilson
Seattle
Waal
Ulstediner West Blurtland
Rice Institute
Houston
Harvard
Gary (Ind
United States Steel Corporation
Marie Anderson
Joseph Willmer
Sioux City
Anderson Willer
J. Hermin Wharton
School of Business Administration
Syracuse University
Syracuse, N. Y
Holmes Greekwith
Russia
Popocatepet
Crown
Tipperary
Mayo
Trish
Armagh
Fermanagh
Tyrone
Wildare
Queens
Dublin
Brussi
Cuba
Fernando Quininos
Liga National Party
Havana
Ernesto Collado
Austria
Charles
Vienna
United Kingdom
Kemal
Eski-Shehr
Steinamanger
Frances
Department of Emigration At
Rome
International Red Crosse Committee
Geneva
Gustave Ador
Switzerland
Chamber of Deputies
Viscount French
Ireland
Edmund Telbeat
Atterbury
Caproni Hydro
Italy
America
Dusseldorf
Moorland and
Gaucher
Hungary
Edward W. Pickard
Austria- Hungary
Mikes
Teleky
Budapest
Horthy
Sieinamaiger
Steinnamanger
Lehar
Willigain Goulding
Riway
Cardinal Lovue
Dundalk
Volunteer Ecommittee
One Hundred
Belgium
Trish Republic
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Labor Board
Cummins
Mondell
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Warding
Jay J. Morrow
Canal Zone
S. E. W. Wittelle
Navy
Virgin Islands
Robert Work
American Medical Association
Charles H. Burke
South Dakota
George Carter
Town
Thomas Robertson
Maryland
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
Sistine Chapel
John Burroughs
Ohio
Roxbury
Catskill Mountains
Dox
Bright
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