Europe Strikes Leave Hundreds of Thousands Idle
London reports show widespread disruption across Britain Germany and Italy as strikes and unemployment mount. Official figures cite about 600000 idle workers with about 403000 unemployed in Britain while states plan relief and government drives unions to widen labor participation amid rising prices and new taxes.
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London
Europe
British Labor Ministry
Great Britain
Gov
Britain
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France
Austria
Italy
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Spirits Warn Against Ouija Boards by Theosophist
Gail Wilson of the Theosophical Society cautions that only riffraff spirits speak through ouija boards. Mise Wilson adds that highly evolved spirits would not use crude methods and that living people offer better guidance. Few records of high spirits using the board exist and may be discounted.
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Epivita
Gail Wilson
Theosophical Society
Theosophical Work
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Mise Wilson
Mas'ud Prohibition Policy in Early Afghan Empire Cited
Mas'ud, ruler of Afghanistan and India, first issued a prohibition in his realm in 1030 A D and maintained it until his death. The text notes part of Europe and a 2 percent labor population belief.
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Mas'‘ud
Afghanistan
India
Europe
British Try for Oil Supply Across Americas
Timed interests seeking control of the world oil supply are extending holdings in North and South America. An official report notes a Mexican concession of 200 miles along the Pacific coast in Lower California granted to Alfred MacKenzie, a British subject, while Oil Control of Fields Ltd pursues concessions in Ecuador and Peru and already has stakes in California, Texas, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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North
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Pacific
Lower
California
Alfred MacKenzie
Hritieh
Ecuador
Peru
Hritiah Control Ol Fields, Ltd
Texas
Venesuela
New Oxford Caps Replace Mortarboards in Fashion
London dispatch reports a new trend at Oxford University where soft black cloth caps with a square top replace the traditional mortarboards. The banded headpiece offers a casual, practical alternative to formal caps worn in ceremonies.
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Oxford
London
Onxford
Wilton Joins Centennial Endowment Effort at Virginia
President Woodrow Wilson accepts honorary membership on the national committee of the Centennial Endowment Fund at the University of Virginia. Dr Edwin A Alderman announces the move in a letter noting Wilson’s willingness to be associated with the effort.
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Charlottesville
Woodrow Wilken
University of Virginia
Edwin A. Alderman
Alderman
Woodrow Wilson
Heckler challenges eight hour wife legislation talk
Emma May spoke in Terre Haute Indiana in favor of an eight hour law for women. A male heckler pressed what help it would offer housewives. Miss May answered that it might give men two wives.
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Terre Mauth
Ind
Emma May
Miss May
Worweedent Reflects on Virginia Class of 1881 Leader
Worweedent, not a University of Virginia graduate, was a member of the class of 1881. Early in college he earned honors as an orator and debater, and upon leaving was regarded as the "biggest" man in college due to his prominence.
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Worwee
Dent
University of Virginia
Tme
Emily
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