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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1920
Page
1
A critical editorial links war fund loot and public jobs to sugar and coal shortages. It accuses Scrulous speculators and officials of profiteering through mine, railroad, and government channels, while questioning the President’s inner circle and Turmulty’s role. The piece condemns secrecy and urges accountability.
A massive relief campaign forms in Peking and other centers to aid up to 40 million people affected by the worst famine in 50 years. The Seven Provinces Famine Relief association mobilizes funds, with foreign aid campaigns led by American and British groups and a mass meeting drawing representatives from major organizations.
Physicians and chemists urge conserving radium for cancer treatment amid rising demand. Dr Harlan Miner discusses alternatives such as mesothorium derived from thorium, notes Brazil ore sources and nighttime glow of mesothorium, and warns of scarce supply if radium is diverted to luminous dials and industrial uses.
Soviet agents try to enter Holland and reach America through a German frontier cordon. Rotterdam reports heavy guards along the frontier and amid warnings that Bolshevik “missionaries” plan attempts to cross into the United States. Police dragnet fails to catch suspects who vanish, with later reports placing some in Germany en route to Mussan frontier.
The Hague reports marriage costs depend on weekday. Monday is society day with an official ceremony at City Hall for 60 guilders. Saturday lowers fees to 6 guilders. Couples may wed privately or in groups, with charges differing by arrangement.
Norrisborg Pennsylvania recounts a dramatic incident where a man intervened in a dog chasing a buck deer in Cold Sprive Stream. He shot the dog with a revolver, allowing the exhausted deer to escape. The event intertwined with efforts to establish a new preserve on the Pine Grove Reserve.
Wille Knuvcites of Frankfort testifies at age twelve that he killed his stepfather Goaven Crews but says his mother was not involved. He admits pretending to help exonerate his mother while a jury weighs the case. Mrs Crewe received life sentences but was later released after years.
In Harrisburg Pa electric service was interrupted when a turkey became entangled with high tension wires. The bird bridged two lines causing a short circuit and a power loss about four miles north of York with the brand wing pan.
New York City crime levels, Rox London and Paris, sparking debate on police capacity. Raymond Fosdick argues American cities face greater challenges due to heterogeneous populations and higher crime rates, citing 1914 to 1920 data and murder, burglary, and robbery trends in Chicago and New York.
The United States is accelerating exhumations of U S war dead in French cemeteries with most bodies to be shipped home by next summer. Officials report about 40 percent already completed and continued removals from German and Belgian sites to U S cemetery portals as France prepares permanent memorials for the fallen.
Fragmented text discusses Hatheera in west York Rear and a large farm near Jeckeanville. Mentions Willem bine wT inquiry, Mam Kline, and a 1970 finding of a turf or torthe. References a loan to a group linked to Wowstland and a Bitehle farm area in SVs.
Fort Wayne Interl high school students protest restrictions on wearing boor wear and uneven hair as girls express objections to the policy.
A fragmented report notes a New York poker figure crossing the ocean in a day to reach a distant posting. The piece hints at travel dangers, weather, and transportation plans, mentioning steamers and a police or military context without clear details.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions percentages, wallets, fees, and erased terms. Readable content is insufficient to determine a clear event, person, or organization.
Advice urges debt reduction and saving to weather inflation. It warns against speculation and promotes three depository options, claiming early dollars today will be worth more tomorrow and urging readers to entrust funds for safety. The text uses dated, uncertain phrasing and contains numerous spelling errors.
A New York family, Mr and Mrs Arthur Meger, send their infant daughter to Scotland with an English governess to secure an American passport. The governess accompanies the child to London, where she is entrusted with the passport duties. The article notes the novelty of the youngest person to obtain an American passport.
In Fromer S86, students resist geography study, sparking debate among public schools. Officials say the issue centers on curriculum focus and time, with supporters arguing for broader world knowledge while critics want fewer geography mandates.
A garbled excerpt discusses an 18th century necropolis concept tied to an accrediting body and a speculative dig into Egypt. It cites M. M. Lacat and mentions papyrus, deciphering hieroglyphs, and the idea of a wastepage era. The fragment hints at a study of ancient burial and sacred objects.
Police seized a traveling bag loaded with counterfeit American forms and stamps as officers investigated a ring selling fake passports to the United States. An officer described the operation and noted the network included an official Polish consulate contact.
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