Happenings of the World Tersely Told
Joseph J. Ryan dies in New York. Laura Spellman Rockefeller Memorial fund created with 863000000 by John D. Rockefeller. George M. Smith dies of ptomaine poisoning with heart disease. Coal crisis ends. ICC vacates priority orders for open top cars. Georgetown seismograph records an earthquake lasting 44 minutes. October exports rise by 150000000 while imports drop about 1000000. Swedish minister Ekengren dies in Washington. Wilson commutes Franz Rintelen sentence on condition of exile.
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John D. Rockefeller
New York
Laura Spellman Rockefeller
George M. Smith
The
New York Tribune
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Night watchman robbed as $51,000 taken from taxi service
In New York on East Sixty fourth street three armed men bound blindfolded and beat a night watchman then blasted the office safe and escaped with about $51,000. Other items note price cuts on window shades by Columbia Mills and steel price movements in Pittsburgh.
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Columbia Mills, Inc
New York
Fifteen Cadets Slain in Irish Ambush
The incident near Macroom Cork reports fifteen auxiliary cadets killed and one wounded when two patrol lorries were ambushed. A cadet is missing, under District Inspector Drake, as the patrol encountered heavy gunfire and explosions during patrol. London reports say American gunmen sighted in Londonderry and Liverpool, with Sinn Fein conspiracies alleging arson and street violence. A Downing Street conference by Lloyd George and police heads followed as galleries closed in Parliament. In London district Finsbury a group of six men attempting to torch a lumber yard were challenged by a police officer. five men fled after a confrontation with armed assailants, with one later arrested.
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Macroom
County Cork
Ireland
Thifteen Auxiliary Police
Drake
London
Londonderry
Dublin
Liverpool
Sinn Fein
Edward Shortt
House of Commons
Hamar Greenwood
Lowther
Metropolitan Police
Scotland Yard
Finsbury
London Bridge
Bank cashier admits embezzling large sum in Grand Rapids
Fred Wrench, assistant cashier at City Trust and Savings Bank in Grand Rapids, confesses to stealing between 800,000 and 500,000 dollars. The admission ends a ten year effort to repay the initial 400 dollars stolen as a teller, aiming to build a fortune rivaling the Morgans and Rockefellers.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand Rapids, Mich
Pfrederick W. Irench
City Trust & Savings Bank
Morgans
DuPonts
Rockefellers
Willie plans to make Auntie Maud kick the bucket
Humorous exchange from Tit-Bits features Willie promising to give Auntie Maud his spade and pail so she will kick it, prompting the punchline that their father says she might kick the bucket and thus leave them money. The joke relies on a play on words about inheritance and the idiom.
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Willie
Diamond Dyes promise rich fadeproof color for any fabric
Ad promises Diamond Dyes for wool silk linen cotton and mixed goods with simple directions for at home dyeing. Includes color card with 16 colors and guaranteed perfect results. Also a brief joke about Percy umpiring a game and a doctor father offering free care.
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Stubby
Percy
Bobby
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Cure for Catarrh
The advertisement states Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh and related deafness via internal use and blood action. It limits claims to catarrh and deafness caused by catarrh and offers free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Known to Fame and Cinderella Quip in Yonkers Statesman
The Yonkers Statesman quotes the Observer of Events and Things musing that Cinderella first put her foot in it, framing fame as a slippery public weapon and playful aside about notoriety.
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Cinderella
Fortunate is the woman who can travel life’s highway
A pithy aphorism on a wife traveling life’s road at her husband’s expense. The line frames domestic gender roles with a sharp, ironic tone characteristic of older newspaper humor. No specific people, places, or dates are named.
Evening Star Terms for Planets Explained
The passage explains that any planet rising before midnight is called an evening star, while a planet rising after midnight is a warning star. It notes these terms apply only to planets, not to real stars called fixed stars.
Cuticura Toilet Trio Promises Clear Complexion
Advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for clear complexion and scalp cleanliness plus Cuticura Ointment for skin. It adds Cuticura Talcum for fragrance and softness, presenting them as a complete toilet trio.
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Ady
For Economy's Sake Katharine's Daily Offtime Ruse
A humorous quip notes Mrs Exe-What lets her daughter off every afternoon and Mrs Wye agrees that the time away saves dishwashing, since fewer dishes are broken. The exchange signals domestic economy and witty social banter.
Why Drug Gists Recommend Swamp Root
Promotion notes Swamp Root as a kidney liver and bladder medicine and physician prescription. It claims long standing test and popularity and urges readers to get Swamp Root now or request a sample by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
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Joseph J. Ryan
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Georgetown University Seismograph
Department of Commerce
W. A. F. Ekengren
United States
Wilson
Franz Rintelen
United States Industrial Board
Tittsburgh
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Curley Mekkelvey
Ophelous MeKelvey
James 1
Adams
Worth County
Dewitt, Ga
State Bank of
Fillmore
N. Y
CG. J. Ilowden
Buckeye Cotton Oil c Company
Memphis Tenn
Minneapolis
Walter Henry
Leonard Olson
Eugene Tenry
Kewanee
Ill
Railway Fuel Company
Jasper
Ala
Tionus
Torch Motor Company
Detroit
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Butte, Mont
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Regular Army
Williamson
W. Va
Mingo
Lamb
Ardmore
Okla
J. A. Carter
Claremore
Tampa, Fla
Lehigh Valley Transit Limited
Nazareth
Bethlehem
Pastores
Colon
Panama
President Elect
Mrs. Harding
Jamaica
Jake” I. Hannon
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
Minnesota
St. Paul
Nonpartisan League
San Antonio
Tex
North Pacific Coast
Seattle
Robert Lowe
Arlington
Fort Worth
Gaston Chevrolet
Lyle Jones
Eddie O’donnell
Eddie O'Donnell
Chevrolet
Frontenac
Densenberg
O'Donnell
Los Angeles
John Bresnahan
Edna Hollingsworth
Florence Russell
Summitville
Ind
C. C. Mosley
Mineola
Oliver W. Filteau
Katherine Vilteau
San Antoni
Tex Ile
Stoughton
Wis
Ralph Gibson
Shell Rock
Mohall
North Dako
Mexico City
Cascara
la Grippe
County
Cork
U. S
Commons
Bayer
Bayer Manufacture
Moncacetiarié
Sollepiioy
Gray
Mother Gray
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