Global upheaval dominates global markets and politics
A sweeping set of issues from US commerce to international tension fills the dispatch. Secretary Hoover announces a triple inquiry into foreign combinations shaping rubber and nitrate imports while the treasury moves toward a large certificate issue. Naval plans target polar exploration with the dirigible ZR-1, and various incidents strain diplomacy across Europe and the Americas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Commerce
Loover
Washington
Germany Ready for Settlement Plan Backed by Industry
London reports Germany is prepared to propose a final reparations settlement with a plan backed by German industrialists. The scheme would include guarantees to France and an international loan of about 20 billion gold marks, with proceeds to France, Britain and Belgium for initial payments.
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London
Germany
Daily Telegraph
Karl Bergman
Berlin
Great Britain
France
England
Belgium
President's 1922 Income Tax Payment Report
President Harding’s first full year income tax return shows $17,990 due on a $75,000 salary. The 1922 filing reflects an amendment taxing the President’s salary that took effect when he assumed office.
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Columbus
United States
Internal Revenue Office
Huarding
Harding
Bootlegger Defends Alibi as Sale Prospect List
Washington reports that a bootlegger linked to a recent arrest and a circulated list of prominent citizens, officers, and officials claimed the names were not liquor customers but automobile sale prospects. The assertion reframes the seized material as business leads rather than illegal clientele.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Navy
State Department
Radio closes $1.2 million Broadway office sale
In New York on March 15 a $1,200,000 real estate deal was completed by radio. Clifford Potter, aboard the Adriatic in the Mediterranean, confirmed discussions with colleagues as the seven story office building at Broadway and Thirtieth street sold to Amri Realty Company via long distance wireless transaction.
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New York
Clifford Potter
Mediterranean
Broadway
Thirtieth Street
Amri Realty Company
Health for Working Women and Lydia E Pinkham’s Cure
Advert reads testimonials from women in Brooklyn Milwaukee and Webster praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for monthly troubles, fatigue and backache. Claims private text book on ailments peculiar to women available free from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E.pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Brooklyn
N.Y
Carolyne Mangels
Lydia RE. Pinkham
14Th St
Brooklyn, N. Y
Milwaukee
Wis
Eleanor Sheblak
36Th St
Milwaukee, Wis
Webster, Mass
Mary Plaza
West Street
Diamond Dyes Advertisement Claims Easy Home Dyeing
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as simple to use for dyeing or tinting dresses, skirts, sweaters, draperies, and more. It promises no spotting fading streaking or running and advises telling your druggist fabric type before dyeing. The ad closes with a moral line urging amends if you have wronged someone.
If Shakespeare Were Alive Today Would He Sell a Reel
A speculative remark ponders whether Shakespeare could attract modern audiences and succeed in the film market if he were alive today. The speaker questions the staying power of classic drama in contemporary entertainment.
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Shakespeare
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Quick Cold Relief
An otic description notes cold symptoms as nasal catarrh and a run down condition. Hall's Catarrh Medicine combines a local ointment and a blood-acting tonic to strengthen the system and reduce susceptibility to colds. Sold by druggists for over 40 years by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Misunderstanding Sparks Banter About Shakespeare
Ella asks Stella if she likes Shakespeare and Stella replies she holds no personal grievance against the author. The exchange reveals a lighthearted, casual conversation about literature and authorship.
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Ella
Shakespeare
Stella
Detroit Declared Wettest Spot by Prohibition Chief
Federal Prohibition Commissioner Haynes called Detroit one of the wettest spots in the United States and pledged to expand federal prohibition forces as needed to enforce the ban. He spoke in Detroit on March 15 to James R. Davis who leads the Detroit office.
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Detroit
Mich
United States
Haynes
James R. Davis
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National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Treasury
Mellon
Naval
Lakehurst
Ieadora Duncan
Department of Labor
Albert Birney Seip
Washington Monument
James Roscoe Day
Syracuse University
Craig Hall
Atlantic City
N. J
Tie
John W. Overall
Tennessee
Nashville
Karl von Mueller
Emden
Braunschweig
Pacific
R. M. Murphy
Cudahy Packing Company
Omaha
Neb
George Herman
Babe) Ruth
Yankees
Delores Dixon
Davis
Topeka
Kan
EK. T. Thompson
Norton A. Garner
Lincoln
Gaspari Monti
Gary
Black Planet” Society
Federal Enameling and Stamping Company
McKees Rocks
Pittsburgh
Edward Josupert
Dayton, O
August J. Christian
Bridgeport
Madison
State Prohibition Department
New York Coast
Baltic
Maracaibo
Bolivia
Ovizaba
Fig
San Antonio
Tex
San Juan
Porto Rico
Santa Clara
Cuba
Havana
Camaguey
Harry W. Dougherty
Majestic
Ruhr
Salt Lake City
Utah
Earl Scott
Arizona Tush
Mackinaw, Jrl
Wisconsin
C. N. Iluston
World Commerce Corporation
Iluston
W. O. Marx
Teller
Shishmrref
Alaska
F. P. Barton Lumber Company
Charleston
S. C
Rostoff
Warsaw
Abyssinia
League of Nations
Constantinople
Smyrna Harbor
Brussels
Winston Churchill
Cannes
Dusseldorf
Brunswick
Doorn
Vienna
Buer
Benamichi
Mex
Sonora River
Wisalt
Earl Glickstadt
Landsman's Bank
Copenhagen
Paris
Montevideo
Uruguay
Rio Grande Do Sul
Covertry
Gibraltar
Garcia
U. S
Prohibition
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