Moscow engineer paints grim Russia under Red rule
Esth enia Sept 3. M W Mamontoff, chemical engineer, formerly with the Soviet Supreme Court of National Economy, lectures in Reval about life in Russia. He details famine conditions, hospital horror, rationed sugar, doctor delays, and mass despair among Muscovites.
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Reval
Esthenia
Russia
M. W. Mamontoff
Rusia
Mamontoff
Russian Neutral Socialistic Society
J. Duckworth
English Favored as World Language by Graf Arco
Berlin August 20 English is favored as the world language for future wireless communication. Graf Arco, Germanys wireless authority, tells United Press a popular vote may elect English for business and news transmission, while stressing mother tongue education remains vital.
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Berlin
Germany
Graf Arco
United Press
Arco
Uch
Makes Up New Faces Every Day Artist Finds New Line of Work
Ella Dudley creates thousands of unique kewpie dolls for carnival companies and stores each year. She buys plaster figures and individually adds arms faces wigs and outfits so no two are alike. Her one of a kind dolls avoid copyright and attract customers with original charm.
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Ella Dudley
Demos Active in Cash Probe Battle for Senate Inquiry
Chicago Sept. 3 Democrats press the campaign funds probe as Ed H. Moore brings new leads and meets leaders. They accuse Republicans of planning a 16 million dollar corruption fund and links to profiteers aiding Harding while others seek government control via labor and underhanded checks.
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Chicago
Senate
Ed Hi. Moore
Moore
Gov. Cox
Harding
Divorce Now Easy in Canada Court
Winnipeg reports Canada's first divorce court, opened last September, heard 152 applications and granted 127 decrees in eight months. The article notes the old cost of about 5000 dollars and federal senate involvement, and cites Manitoba's estimated 139000 married couples with only about one divorce per thousand. It portrays an art studio at 2400 Flint Ave selling decorative dolls by Mrs. Dudley and her staff, including special models and rush orders, with Dudley describing the copyright as untroubling and the desire to keep dolls unique.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canada
Senate
Manitoba
Little Art
Flint Ave
Dudley
Ussing Tote
Bride Reacts To Phone Scream At North Exchange
A woman's cry triggered a police response after an anonymous call from 1721 N 41st. Officers Reynolds and Dench sped to the scene on motorcycles finding a party in the basement of Mrs. George Lawson’s newlywed home. She explained the noise was friends hariving them.
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North Telephone Exchange
George Reynolds
Walter
Dench
N. 41Et St
George Lawson
Bothell Way Receives OK for New Connecting Link
The streets and sewers committee recommended the city council adopt Bothell Way as a connecting link between 10th Ave North East and the relocated Pacific Highway. The project extends from 74th Street to 85th Street along 16th Ave North East and 19th to 20th Avenues, forming a major county arterial road.
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Bothell Way
10Th Ave. N. BE
Pacific High Way
16Th Ave
KB. 85Th St
19Th Ave
20Th Ave
N. EE
Brother accidentally shoots brother during deer hunt
Bryan Tom, 23, was killed near Albany Oregon when a bullet intended for a deer struck him in the chest. Piryan Tom and his brother Borrell were stalking a buck on opposite sides of a ridge. Burrell fired two shots, one hitting Bryan and the other likely killing the deer.
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Albany
Ore
Bryan Tom
Alwea
Piryan
Borrell
Burrell
Bryan
Monument at Laipelg Commemorates Blucher Victory
Next to the pyramids, the tallest monument in the world stands at Laipelg. It commemorates General Blucher's victory over Napoleon, marking a historic military achievement in a grand sculpted form.
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Pyramids
Laipelg
Blucher
Napoleon
Blast Furnace Powers Potatoes with CO2 byproduct
A blast furnace producing 1,600 tons of bye iron daily can supply carbon dioxide for cultivating 4,000 tons of potatoes.
Hadn't Slept for Four Days Arrest Report
Nick Ramada was arrested early today by Policeman P. H. Whalen at First Avenue and Connecticut. He stated he hadn’t slept for four days and nights. A blue bandanna and cash were found on him. He was locked up on an open charge for further investigation by the detective bureau.
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Nick Ramada
P. H. Whalen
First Ave
Connecticut
Whalen
Ramada
Detective Bureau
War Veteran Alonzo Cook Dies at 22 of Pneumonia
Alonzo Cook, 22, veteran of World War conflicts and twice gassed, died at his sister’s home in Seattle after a three day illness with pneumonia. Survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cook and three sisters. Funeral arrangements pending at Home Undertaking.
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Alonzo Cook
BE. M. Hewett
49Th Ave
Ilness
J. W. Cook
Lewistown
Mont
I. T. Hewett
James Cochran
Seattle
Former King Monkat of Siam Held Weekly Court
Former King Monkat of Siam presided over weekly court sessions in the capital's public market area, an activity once common in the city’s traditional governance.
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Monkat
Siam
Coal Miners Sign Wage Contract At Esranton Pa
Escantown miners and operators sign a new wage contract. The United Mine Workers general scale committee and three practical miners met to decide on actions to seek better terms. An appeal to President Wilson or the Secretary of Labor to reopen the case is anticipated.
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Escranton
Anthracis
United Mine Workers’ of America
Wilson
Cae
Signing Fails to Halt Scranton Mine Strikes
News from Pottsville reports that the signing of the mines award did not affect the Scranton area. District No 9 operations show no men at work and all collieries idle as of this morning.
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Pottsville
Scranton
Miners' Vacation Spreads in District No 1
Wilkes Barre Pa Sept 3 The vacation strike of coal continues in district No 1 with insurgent leaders claiming thousands of additional workers joined from outlying sections. The expanding ranks suggest the movement is gaining momentum beyond the original participants.
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Wilkesbarre
Secretary Wilson to Act in Dispute
Secretary of Labor Wilson summoned the commissioners of conciliation to Washington to be ready to act in the anthracite coal dispute sparked by miners' vacation strike in Pennsylvania.
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Wilson
Washington
Pennsylvania
Woman Seeks Divorce After Husband Swears at Cat
In London on September 3 a young wife sought a separation order against her husband after he swore at their cat. The magistrate ruled abusive language not grounds for divorce, and she warned she feared he would murder her. She pled to return if she were struck, but said she could not wait.
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London
Tottenham
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