World News Highlights From Early 1920s Summary
The Alfred T. Ringling estate valued at 1,056,543 dollars is recorded in Sauk county Wisconsin. President-elect Harding plans a Florida winter, returning before March 4. Bainbridge Colby reaches Rio de Janeiro aboard the Florida. Wilson congratulates Chilean president Arturo Alesandri. Trade with Spain urged by Arthur Young. Fiscal deficits forecast at 2.1 and 1.5 billion dollars. A Siam commercial treaty is sent to the Senate. A world congress proposal seeks White House hosting. Pension bill totals 265.5 million. 196 to 86 House vote on emergency tariff. Senate coal probe uncovers officials involved in price manipulation and a 675 thousand dollar split.
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Alfred T. Ringling
Sauk County
Baraboo
Wis
Siam
Senate
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Illinois
Monmouth
James H. Cartwright
Oregon
Thinus Supreme Court
Louis L. Emmerson
East St. Louis
A. E H. Wreidt
Springfield
Indiana
State Board of Education
Peoria
Lincoln
Chicago
O’conner
D.T. Hartwell
Setino de Santis
Williamson County
Mari
de Santis
Amiel Calcaterra
Tony Hemphill
West Frankfort
Macoupin County
Cair
Cairo
Anti- Saloon League
Edward J. Brundage
Waukegan
North Chicago
Lake County
Grand Jury
Edwin C. Mean
Thomas Tyrell
John Nelson
E. Hemmick
Mead
Hemmick
Len Small
House
Small
C. St. Clair Drake
State Department of Health
Downstate
Urbana
Taylorville
Elgin
Sand Ridge
Menard County
Rock Island
Hillsboro
Witt
Sterling
Rockford
Global turmoil and violence dominate European and world reports
Dispatches reveal armed raids on Cork offices, a violent volcanic eruption from Asama, a Bulgarian officer killed during a frontier meeting, and labor protests in Chile. Reports also note Bolshevik threats in Georgia, Fiume tensions, reprisals in Ireland, and a Mexican pilot flying 225 miles from Mexico City to Vera Cruz in 2 hours 20 minutes.
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Fernando Proal
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
California governor withholds Christmas parole pledge
In Sacramento Governor W D Stephens refrained from granting any Christmas day paroles or pardons to convicts. The report notes the harshness of policy amid other national items including a moonshiner killed by his son and various legal cases across states.
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California
W. D. Stephens
Sacramento
Bunk” Baker
Sevier County
William
Knoxville (Tenn
Illinois Brevities Overview of 1920s Jerseyville and State News
Jerseyville bans Sunday motion picture showings while Kane County votes a salary for supervisors. Notables include the death of Mrs. Anns Nickerson at Ottawa poor farm, a Northwestern highway convention urging weed cutting, a Springfield Feltshans fire, land sale of J. R. Smoot estate, and Illinois gains two more congress seats. Also noted are coal price drops, utility rate actions, wage changes at Inland Steel, a female police chief in Buckner, and upcoming state redistricting.
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Jerseyville
Kane_ county
Anns Nickerson
Illinois
Ottawa
Tainais Reonnties
Freeport
Feltshans
Springfield
J. R. Smoot
Clinton
DeWitt County
McLean County
Inland Steel Company of
Chicago
Buckner
Lydia Overturf
John Mallory
Ilinois
Congress
School of Journalism
State Educational Institution
Central West
Minois Coal Operators’ Association
State Public Utilities Commission
Alton Water Company
Alton
Rockford Gas, Light and Coke Company
Rockford Gas Service
Central Illinois Public Service Company
Pekin
Peoa Waterworks Company
Peoria
Averyville
Bartonville
Champaign-Urbana Railway, Gas and Electric Company
Champaign- Urbana
Galesburg Light and Power Company
Galesburg
Danville Street Railway and Light Company
Danville
Clinton Gas and Electric Company
Bloomington and Normal Railway and Light, Company
Bloomington
Decatur Railway and Light Company
Decatur
Marion
DeNalb
Syermore
Illinois Northern Utility Company
Iinois Central Railroad
Kankakee
Arthur King
Bayer Aspirin Instructions and Uses Advised by Physicians
An advertisement urges taking only genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross on the tablet. It claims dosage directions were developed by physicians over 21 years and proven safe by millions. It lists uses such as colds headache neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and promotes boxes of twelve tablets and larger packs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayer
Heated Exchange Forces The Dictionary Study Break
A tense scene unfolds as she vents contempt while he stays calm and heads to the grocery. He suggests she reads the dictionary while he’s away, turning a quarrel into an odd, mundane task.
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It
Drugstore reports show many people suffer kidney issues without knowing it. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root is promoted as a mild healing remedy with strong insurance relevance. A Life Insurance examiner notes many applications fail due to undiscovered kidney trouble. Sample bottle offered for ten cents by Dr Kilmer & Co.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
Pink Rhetoric and Early English Lunacy Laws
Fragmentary dialogue notes reference the color pink as a fashionable condition. It then notes that the first lunacy laws in England were enacted during the reign of Edward II.
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England
Hdward II
80 Years Old Says Eatonic Eased Sour Stomach
Mrs John Hill, age 80, reports relief from sour stomach and indigestion after a week on Eatonic. The ad claims Eatonic relieves acidity and gas causing stomach distress and encourages trying Batonic if others failed, noting affordable pricing with druggist guarantee.
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Eatonic
John Hill
Batonic
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Harding
Florida
Bainbridge Colby
United States
Rio de Janeiro
Arturo Alesandri
Chile
Spain
Department of Commerce
Arthur Young
Houston
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Coal Investigating Committee
George H. Cushing
American Wholesale Coal Dealers’ Association
Cushing
Cork Examiner
London
Tokyo
Asama
Budapest
Santiago
State Department
Abruzzi
Victor Emmanuel
Naples
Magadoxa
Italian Somaliland
London Dispatch
London Daily Express
Constantinople
New
Republic of Georgia
Fiume
Milan Corierre d'Italia
Gabriele d’Annunzio
Italy
Dublin
Crown
Ballinalee
County Longford
London Central News
Perth
Australia
Caviglia
Millo
Rome
Helsingfors
Petrograd
Cashel Police Barracks
Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Mullinahone
Clonmel
County Tipperary
Army
Lloyd George
Clara Smith Hamnon
Ardmore
Okla
Buck Garrett
Robertson
Oklahoma City
State of Oklahoma
Clara Barton Smith
Jake” L. Hannon
The
Cato Sells
O. I. Peckham
National Candy Company
St. Louis
Ife
Philadelphia
Walter R. Alexander
Alexander
Bolling Field
Tom W. Vickery
Jeff C. Couch
Fort Worth
Tex
Peggy
Daddy
Kemp
Grace Hotel
Jackson Blvd
Clark St
Post Glee
Box H
Walled Lake
Mich
U. S
Hall
Guarantee Building
Atlantic City
N. J
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