World events brief summary of varied 1920s items
Baron Wesborrough's sudden dive at a Birmingham dinner. Senator Watson of Indiana backs extending war debt payments over sixty years. President-elect Harding to name cabinet early February and start work promptly. Federal tax estimates total 4.65 billion dollars. Air Mall records Chicago to New York flight. J. T. Christensen covers 742 miles in 5 hours 31 minutes. Wilson to appoint a mediator for Armenian Turkish dispute. Kenyon Committee seeks extension of campaign-investigation deadline to March 4. East St. Louis grows to 7,433 negro residents. white population 69,806. Wheeling shoe prices cut 20 to 80 percent. Moonshiners battle revenue men in Bell County. several captured, others killed or wounded. Sonoma Sheriff and two detectives killed at Santa Rosa. UMWA pledges full support to miners on strike. A.R.E. reports 836,400 Liberty bonds missing from October 11. Crastus Kennedy dies after toe injury. Train robbery near Oneida leaves mail car seized. Clifton bank bonds recovered beneath a shanty in Indiana. Chicago farrier killed resisting bandits. nearly $4,000 stock taken. Mail car held up near Minneapolis. $50,000–$75,000 in valuables taken. Kean Taylor brokers robbed in Brooklyn. $467,000 in Liberty bonds seized. Governor Cox defeats Democratic nominee, joins National Democratic Club membership.
Global dispatches report Ireland unrest and political shifts
Reports from Paris Dublin and Belgrade outline Sinn Fein threats and executions in Ireland, Constantine return prospects to the Greek throne, a Belgrade assembly with radicals democrats and a few conservatives, and a British inquiry into railways lease to a London syndicate. Additional items note Dublin prison group transfers and political resignations in Budapest.
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Athens
Constantine
Belgrade
Jugo-Slavia
Markiewicz
M. P
Sinn Fein
Dublin
Ireland
Bucharest
Harding Asks Aid of Senate in Historic Move
President elect Warren G. Harding, delivering a tearful farewell in the Senate, became the first future chief executive to sit as a member of the legislative body. He urged cooperation between executive and legislative branches and expressed respect for the Senate while pledging a constructive transition.
Perfection Of Modern Art
A young lady admires a vivid seascape with a purple sunrise and green sky. She notes flying fishes, water birds, sailing liners, and a fisherman's scene, exclaiming that the painting is the prettiest she has ever painted. London answers reflect her enthusiastic appraisal.
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London
The Mercenaries and the American Short Story
Brander Matthews spoke at a Columbia tea on the American short story. He urged writers to favor beauty over cash, noting realism without mercenary aims. He recalled praising a tale as realistic and asked how much it would realize.
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Brander Matthews
Columbia
Cause and Effect in Odd Observations
A fragmented excerpt presents disparate lines about domestic scenes and aging. It notes I saw Jims wife hang lace curtains and Jims hang his watch, followed by a remark that some girls grow more beautiful with age and a remark that practice makes perfect.
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Jims
Pinochle Passion Interrupted by 8000-Barrel Gusher News
A Philadelphia commuter plays two handed pinochle at a nickel pin rate when a telegram arrives announcing an 8000 barrel gusher. The financier ignores the message to finish his game, prioritizing the 25 cent stake over the fortune. The scene unfolds in a library as the butler waits.
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New York
Atlantic City
Cape May
Philadelphia
Thomas
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Portrait of a Teacher Essay by a Pupil
A young student writes a character sketch of Miss Brown in class. The piece describes her amber hair green beads smart and well mannered, noting she dislikes those who are not smart and she is kind when not angry.
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Miss Brown
Breath-Holding Test for Aviation Honors
Some countries require a breath holding test for aviation candidates. A minimum 45 seconds marks a good aviator with reports of a 69 second record. The note observes humans alone use a cookbook or consult a physician.
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Baron Wesborrough
Birmingham
England
Washington
Senator Watson
Indiana
Harding
Chicago
Air Mall
J. T. Christensen
State Department
Wilson
Senate
Kenyon
Iowa
East St. Tewis
Wheeling
W. Wa
Bell County
Lexington
Ivy
James A. Petray
Sonoma County
Miles Jackson
Lester Gorman
San Francisco
Santa Rosa
Cal
Alabama
West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
International Corcecutive Board
Indianapolis
St. Louis
American Railway Express Company
Crastus Kennedy
Washburn
Chattanooga
Cincinnati
Oneida
Tenn
Clifton (N
Tuntington
Ind
Flenny Krokner
Thirty-fifth Street
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minn
Manhattan
Kean, Taylor & Co
Brooklyn
N. C
Cox
Ohio
National Democratic Club
R . Foreign
Carnet de la Semaine
Paris
Gief
West
Irish Republic
Belfast
Foreign Office
Smyrna
Ballykinler
County Down
Budapest
Paul Teleky
Youghal
Baron Desborough
Killarney
Treland
Lague
Rome Messagero
D'Annunzio
Fiume
Cortellanzo
Moscow
Isvestia
Leonid Krassin
Lima
Peru
Luis Gesh
Sik
Warren G. Harding
United States Senate
Senator Harding
Congress
House
Cascara
la Grippe
Spahn
America
Spohin Medical, CO
Goshen. Ind
Postum Cereal Co.Inc
Battle Creek,Mich
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