Washington War Casualties and Policy Highlights
Recap of World War I casualties and other items: total American losses 293070 with breakdowns for killed at sea wounded disease and more. Railroad bond guarantee 514 percent over two years. Navy stations disrupted by storm. Secretary Lane resigns. Hayes resigns as international UMWA president with Lewis and Murray appointed. Wage scales up 17 percent over 1918. Tobacco use among women rising. Three relief workers killed in Syria. German liners sold under prohibition. Siberia troop withdrawals progress. Public debt decline and debt composition reported by Olston.
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Harris
Washington
Syria
State Department
Viscount Grey
London Times
Senate
America
Lodge
Great Britain
Hitchcock
White House
Wilson
House
Board of Appeals
Cummins
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Commerce Commission
Chaos in Sakhalin as Bolshevik uprising strands Japanese
Reported mass killings cut off a party of 200 Japanese prospectors on Sakhalin. Tokyo sends a relief expedition. Austria shows 50 000 deaths and 18 000 births last year, with 36 000 births and 33 000 deaths in 1918 per Vienna. UK Soviet talks in progress per Svenska Dagbladet. Roumanians order troop retreat to frontier. Toronto theaters cancel US attractions due to exchange rates. Sinn Fein men shipped to Singapore from Cork. Odesa garrison largely captured amid Denikin forces. Paris backs alliances as Millerand defends foreign policy. Manila carnival exposition fire causes 1 000 000 damage. Collision near Dion kills 15, injures 30. Coblenz says American pay now 100 marks per dollar, 3000 marks monthly.
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Sakhalien
Tokyo
Austria
Vienna
Hoover backs party if league is issue in election
The article notes Herbert Hoover distancing from candidacy while stating he would back the party supporting the League of Nations if it becomes an election issue. It also lists several notable deaths and events from agencies and cities across the United States and abroad.
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Herbert Hoover
New York
League of Nations
League
A. Mitchell Palmer
Chicago
Johnson
Far West
United States
Lord Grey
America
Great Britain
Ambassadors Open Door to Modifications on German Extradition
The Council of Ambassadors discussed softening demands on Germany over war crimes extradition as Berlin rejects surrender. The debate followed German officials signaling resistance and fears of government collapse if forced to comply.
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Germany
Baron von Leisner
Paris
France
Ebert
Berlin
Council of Ambassadors
Europe
Sir Auckland Geddes
National Service and Reconstruction
Andover
Holland
Wilhelm
Love Origin Ignites in the Heart Not the Brain
A provocative view argues that romantic love stems from the heart while the brain plays no role. Researchers debate whether emotions are felt in the chest or processed in neural circuits.
California Fig Syrup Ad Promotes Child Laxative Use
An old advertisement claims California Fig Syrup is a safe laxative for children. It urges mothers to give the product with fruit flavor and to look for the word California on the bottle for assurance.
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California
Silent dispositions replace sunny moods in certain settings
A concise note observes that silence can serve as a viable alternative to cheer in specific situations, suggesting restraint or calm can carry equal positive weight to brightness.
Only Way Aspirin Should Be Taken
Bayer directions advise taking one or two glasses of water after tablets for best results. Genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin bear the Bayer Cross and include directions for colds headaches toothaches and other pains. Handy tin boxes of twelve cost a few cents and pharmacists offer larger packages. Adv. Also a humorous line about husbands keeping mothers-in-law busy.
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Bayer Company
Bayer
Cuticura Soap Shaving Promo Ad
Shave With Cuticura Soap and double your razor efficiency and promote skin purity, comfort and health. No mug or slime, no germs, no waste, no irritation even with daily shaving. One soap for shaving bathing and shampooing. Adjvy.
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Washington Dispatch
Atlantic Coast
Lane
Interior Department
International Executive Board
United Mine Workers of America
Frank J. Hayes
Miners’ Union
John L. Lewis
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Wome
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Morals
Methodist Episcopal Church At
Shipping Board
Payne
Siberia
Foar Department
Pblic
Olston
Soviet Russia
Stockholm Svenska Dagbladet
Adolph Joffe
London
Hungary
Toronto
Cork
Queenstown
Singland
Odesah
Denikine
London Central News
Odessa
Moscow
Millerand
Manila
P. L
Dion
Coblenz
Occupied Territory
James Grant
Ottawa
Harry MacLean
Moroccco
Tangier
E. P. Ripley
Santa Fe Railroad
Santa Barbara
Cal
Ohio
Barber
Barberton, O
St. Louis
Burlington
John C. Lutzenburger
Lutzenburger
Col. C. Nixon
State Senate
Richmond
Virginia
State of
Maine
Max T. Vankannon
Memphis, Tenn
John J. Pershing
Dallas
Tex
Mid-Western
Lord Reading
Sir William Tyrrell
Atlantic
Virginia Capes
K. Earl Burgess
Los Angeles
Prague
New York City
Viscount
Grey
Edward W. Pickard
Railway Administration
Mississippi Valley
Warsaw
Poland
Russia
Prince Lubomirski
Esthenia
Don
Vladivostok
England
Lenine
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Sims
Admiral Sims
Maintenance of Way
Detroit
Cascarap
Mr. Hill
Afi Drag Stores
Dr. Carter
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