Polish and world tensions ripple through warsaw dispatches
Foreign policy aims to secure civil equality for Jews in Poland as Ignace Daszyński urges unity at Warsaw. Reports from Riga and Warsaw claim Polish forces have captured Lida and Pinsk while pushing Soviet troops eastward. 26,000 Red Army prisoners reported.
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Ignace Daszinski
Warsaw
Riga
Grodno
Fourth Red Army
Lida
Vilna
Pinsk
Brest-Litovsk
Wrangel
Trotzky
Kamanetz-Podolsk
Kiev
Odessa
Wrangell
Alexandrovsk
Marino
Poland
Adolph Joffe
Moscow
Russia
Red Army
White Russia
Ukrainia
Exposé on crookedness in organized baseball and Japan US rift
Disclosures of corruption in American baseball spark indignation as Chicago White Sox players face charges for conspiracy to throw games. In Japan US tensions rise over California alien land law and immigration guarantees, with Marquis Okuma rallying opposition and Tokyo seeking a cooling of hostile rhetoric.
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Baron Wrangel
Reds
Moscow
America
Marquis Okuma
Tokyo
Okuma
California
Alexander
Kobe
Far East
Alexan
Grand Jury
Chicago
Chicago White Sox
Hoyne
Cook County
Charles Comiskey
White Sox
Comiskey
Internal Revenue Department
Washington
Cleveland
Brooklyn
Italian unrest grows as peasants seize lands across regions
The effort to communize Italian industry is failing while disturbances rise. Workers and owners in metal plants near agreement with government aid, but other workers and peasants in Sicily and beyond resist. Armed peasants seize lands, starting in Sicily and spreading north, threatening nationwide reach.
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Italy
Sicily
Prices Decline Gradually as U S Dealers Cut Markups
The week saw United States prices begin to fall with dealers attributing reductions to anticipated conditions. Economists urged gradual declines and cautioned against renewed buying sprees. In aviation, America lost the James Gordon Bennett trophy race in France after an entry was ruled out and rivals faltered. Sadi Lecointe of France won, leaving the trophy in France.
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James Thompson
Lacrosse
Wis
Senator Lenroot
United States
Senate
Madison, Wis
America
France
Sadi Lecointe
Danderine Hair Tonic Promises Fuller Thick Locks
An old advertisement touts Danderine hair tonic claiming to revitalize lifeless hair, add lustre and fullness, and refresh the scalp. A 35 cent bottle is marketed to stop dandruff and falling hair, restoring youthful brightness for thinning hair.
Ghosts as a Housing Draw in England Rentals
The Toronto Globe reports desperate renters seek haunted houses for sale or rent stating that a haunting is no barrier. It notes landlords are viewed as profiteers amid losses, though some landlords are considerate.
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England
Toronto Globe
Bayer Aspirin Ad Claims Safe, Widely Used For Pain
An advertisement touts Bayer as the source of genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin proven safe by millions and prescribed for over twenty years. It urges consumers to accept only an unbroken Bayer package with proper directions addressing headaches toothaches earaches neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain. Smaller tin boxes of 12 tablets cost a few cents and druggists offer larger packages. The ad notes aspirin is a trademark of Bayer and identifies the chemical name as acetylsalicylic acid.
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Bayer
Big-game hunter finds old friend in jail during outdoor chat
In a casual open chat about outdoor life a big game hunter learns a friend has landed in jail. A visit to the jail revealed the friend’s status as an inmate, and the talk wandered back to outdoor memories.
Green's August Flower Remedy Ad
Green's August Flower is advertised as a Marvelous remedy for indigestion nervous dyspepsia constipation torpid liver dizziness and other digestive ailments. The ad claims fifty four years of use in thousands of households worldwide with no failure and notes it as a gentle laxative sold everywhere.
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Green
Parr’s Great Age Discredited in Historic Folklore
The text questions the claim that Thomas Parr lived to 152 or 158, noting later inquiries found the age to be unsubstantiated and based on gossip and quack medicines. It mentions Parr died after a brief illness tied to excessive diet and references a London newspaper account.
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Parr
Thomas Parr
Tondon Mail
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Spicer
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Vera
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Billy) Swift
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