France Russia Genoa clash and Grant centenary noted
France may withdraw delegates as Genoa talks stall while Britain clings to Russia. France Britain and Japan back opposing views on the soviet debt and reparations. Ulysses S. Grant centenary commemorations span Point Pleasant and Washington with a grand memorial dedication. China braces for a major battle as warships move in and appointments seek calm. Ireland and Ulster tension flare as Mullingar falls to Free State forces and Sinn Fein faces criticism.
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Genoa
France
Lloyd George
Portugal
M. Barthou
Paris
Japan
Belgium
Hungary
Poland
Serbia
Rumania
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
Germany
Moscow
Ulysses S. Grant
Point Pleasant
Washington
Harding
Ohio
National Capital
Botanic Gardens
Grant
Coolidge
Weeks
Princess Cantacuzene
Ida Cantacuzene
General Grant
Gary Lakefront Industries Reach Eight Miles
A proposed industrial belt along Lake Michigan from East Chicago to Gary would total about eight miles of plants and storage yards. United States Steel and subsidiary sites, including Universal Portland Cement and Gary Tube, would anchor a $200 million investment alongside rail and canal developments.
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Hammond
National Tube
Gary
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Universal Portland Cement Company
Lake Front
Stockton
American Sheeting Tinplante Company
United States Steel Corporation
Miller Beach
United States ‘Steel Corporation
Indianapolis
Indiana
J. F. Taulbee
United States Army
Congress
Jones & Laughlin Steel
East Chicago Company
Secretary of War
Ship Canal
Steel Company
James A. Collins
Richard C. Sipe
Marion
Indiana State Prison
Ethel
Baldwin & Curtis
New York
Indianapolis Light Artillery
Battery A
House of Representatives
Wags
Columbus
Kiwanis
Bedford
Bloomington
Franklin
New Albany
G Gvests
Benjamin J. Burris
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Burris
State Finance Board
Madison County Trust Company of
Anderson
Indiana Reformatory
Pendleton
Hartford City
Plackford County Farm Bureau
Logansport
Cass
County Farm Bureau
Cass County
Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations
Lawrence Lyons
State Highway Commission
Michigan City
General Construction Company
Chicago Heights Coal Company
Chicago Heights
Baileytown
Lake
Porter
Laporte
Chicago Heights Company
Louisville Cement Company
Louisville
Universal Cement Company of
Indiana Portland Cement Company
Greencastle
Indiana Portland Company
Brazil
Reelsville
Manhattan
Mt. Meridian
Poincare Warns France May Act If Needed in Bar-le-Duc Speech
Premier Poincare proclaimed in Bar-le-Duc that France will act if necessary to defend national interests. The speech framed a determined stance amid mounting international tensions and domestic concerns over security.
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Poincare
Bar-le-Duc
France
West Virginia coal field treason trials open in Charles Town
The 1921 coal field war aftermath leads to treason trials for nine miners union officials and members in Charles Town with C. Frank Keeney and Frank Mooney among the defendants. Forty four others face treason counts and many charged with murder and conspiracy as motions to quash fail and separate trials are ordered. William Blizzard, called general of the match against Logan, is first defendant.
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West Virginia
Charles Town
W. Va
C. Frank Keeney
Frank Mooney
District 17
William Blizzard
Logan
Harding Plans Labor Peace Scheme For Coal Industry
Resident Harding weighs a plan to settle the coal strike and curb future walkouts though details remain secret. The plan omits federal supervision and creates a standing commission to handle wage disputes. The American Farm Bureau Federation approves temporary merchant marine aid while urging subsidies be flexible and self supporting eventually. Lamport Holt rate war prompts immediate rate cut by Shipping Board Chairman Lasker.
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Harding
American Farm Bureau Federation
High Seas
Lamport & Holt Line
Great Britain
South America
Lasker
The
Shipping Board
Lamport & Holt
Not the Man for the Job
Thomas Robertson of the Eagles club appointed lodge members to a sick committee. A member stopped on the street and revealed he was an undertaker, prompting Robertson to excuse him from service.
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Thomas Robertson
Eagles Club
Robertson
Kansas City Star
Bayer Tablets of Aspirin Ad Promotes Brand Protection
The ad touts aspirin introduced by Bayer and urged by physicians for over twenty one years. It emphasizes asking for Bayer Tablets of Aspirin and notes the Bayer name is stamped on each tablet and package to guard against imitation.
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Bayer
Question of Sex on College Avenue Car
Two women debate a newspaper headline about Arbuckle being indicted for manslaughter. One woman says she cannot understand how arrest for manslaughter is possible when a woman was killed. The brief reflects social attitudes of the era.
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College Avenue
Arbuckle
Indianapolis News
Sparkling Gems and the Editor’s Sarcastic Reward
A humorist contributor visits the busy editor of Answers and faces reluctance to stay. The editor finally pauses his busyness to deliver dry sarcasm about a gem of a joke, praising it with a twist and a quip about its place on the page.
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Answers
Pri
Srei
Answeta
In Use for Over 30 Years
An old advertisement emphasizes Fletcher's Castoria as a trusted remedy used for more than three decades to soothe children's stomach discomfort. It targets parents seeking a familiar pediatric product with a long history.
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Fletcher
Give Him Time In Betty’s Quizzing About New Brother
A neighbor questions Betty about her new baby brother. Betty wavers between truth and loyalty and admits she cannot yet determine how the baby will turn out, noting he looks quite special at the moment.
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Betty
Zackly
Dess
Prize Fight Stakes and a Tree Top Stakeholder
A dialogue notes a prize fight with a quarter purse. A boy up a tree is described as the stakeholder while another boy below holds a club, highlighting a curious, punchy scene.
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Leonid Krassin
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Whiting
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F. J. Stuart
Goodyear
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