Building Trade Lockout Ended by Judge Landis Umpire
A Chicago building industry lockout ends as federal Judge Ken M. Landis is chosen as arbiter to set a wage scale. About 25,000 to 30,000 workers are expected to resume construction across multiple trades, with a new scale valid until May 31, 1922, and potential extension after review.
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Operacago
Kenn M. Landis
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Landis Phe
Rockout
Chicago
Byudge Landis
Cleveland Desieien
Cleveland
Fhe
Germans Ordered to Withdraw Across the Oder
London report says German oath of Gleiwitz in Upper Silesia follows an Allied plebiscite commission order to withdraw west of the Oder River. Poles in the western sector told to retreat to the boundary near Ybnik and Ratihor as a first definite scheme to restore order is applied. British forces occupy the railway junction at Wossowska, pushing Poles south.
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London
Gleiwitz
Upper Silesia
Offer River
Ybnik
Ratihor
London Times
Oppera
S Ia
Wossowska
Soldiers Fight Fire at Fort Niagara Falls NY
Fire at Fort Niagara destroys nine buildings causing about 500000 in damage. Twenty second infantry soldiers battled the blaze with several overcome. Private John C Zely in serious condition. Fort hospital residents evacuated safely.
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Niagara
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Fort Niagara
jTwenty-second Infantry
John C. Zely
Fort Hospital
Guilty in Poison Booze Case in Springfield
Samuel Darling of Hartford was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury in the supreme criminal court. He was charged with murder over tainted wood alcohol whisky sold during Christmas week, 1919, causing two deaths in Micicopee.
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Sprinfield
Mass
Samuel Darling
Hartford
Conn
Supreme Criminal Court
Darling
Congress Opens in Moscow on Third International Sessions
Moscow dispatch reports that the third congress of the Third International opened in Moscow on Thursday. The event gathers delegates from Riga and other locations for discussions on socialist coordination and policy.
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Rede
Moscow
Riga
Latvia
Third Internationale
Efficient planting rules for corn stands in Nebraska
The article argues a perfect stand is unlikely but two to three kernels per hill yields better results than thick planting. It warns against four to five kernels per hill, stresses testing, and using sound business judgment due to uncontrollable factors like weather and pests. It notes farming is a major gamble and luck should not drive production decisions.
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Nebraska
Blood Tests Link Father to Daughter in 1900s Case
Paul Vittori of San Francisco denied paternity but blood samples from Vittori and the daughter showed he was the father. Superior Judge Thomas F Graham accepted the results as conclusive. The article describes early 20th century, speculative electronic blood analysis and the Oscillophore device used to assess vibratory energy, age, sex, race, and other data from blood.
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Paul Vittori
San Francisco
Vittori
Thomas F. Graham
Maany
Albert Abrama
Ll.d
Popular Mechanics
Reciprocity at UIU girls society bans smoking
At the University of Illinois a girls society bars cigarette smoking and the boys retaliate by denigrating girls who rouge, wear low necks or short skirts, pluck eyebrows, or dance the shimmy. The sexes drift toward strained relations.
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University of Illinois
No Place Like Home See Us About One
Sidney Lumber Co presents a concise local item urging customers to visit for home building needs. The note conveys a call to action with emphasis on available materials and services in the community.
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Sidney Lumber CO
Live Stock Prices at South Omaha June 15 1921
Live stock prices at South Omaha show cattle trading active with Monday’s lower levels about 25 cents, tops at $8.00 to $8.30 for steers, and cattle quotations across classes from prime beeves to common stockers. Hogs declined about 10 cents with tops around $7.75 and most trades $7.00, while sheep and lambs sold mostly firm to lower with spring lambs at $12.00 and shorn lambs $8.50 to $9.00.
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Union Stock Yard
Would He? London Passing Show Line Question
Ray and Doc are asked if an operation is still needed despite lacking money. The London Passing Show frame presents a comic or dramatic inquiry about medical care and financial constraint. The exchange centers on whether necessity overrides affordability in medical treatment.
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Ray
Doc
London
Ice Cone Rises From Water Pipe in Upstate New York
A pressure pipe in northern New York state projects water above ground and gradually freezes into a natural ice cone standing around thirty feet high, creating a striking winter sculpture amid frigid conditions.
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Nothern
New York State
Tulsa Riot Lessons Ignored by Colorado Disaster
State Journal warns that Tulsa’s race riot and flood calamity reveal dangers when racial hatred, unbridled speech, and firearms go unguarded. The Colorado disaster has pushed Tulsa’s lesson off the front page, risking similar humiliations in other American cities.
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Pueblo
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Colorado
State Journal
White House History: Early Selection and Features
The White House site in Washington DC was chosen by George Washington in 179. first occupied by President Tom Adams in November 1800, burned by the British in 1814. It lists principal rooms including the Red Blue Green Dining Rooms, Usher's Lobby, and private stairs and elevators. The building is named for its white freestone exterior, with a frontage of 170 feet and depth of 86 feet.
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White House
Washington
District of Columbia
George Washington
Tom Adams
Spirit World Proof and the Limits of Knowledge
The text debates whether a spirit world can be known through faith or communication. If spirits exist and can interact with this world, reasoning could yield ultimate demonstration, but proof cannot come from instrumental or physical experiments. Revelations would arise from the subconscious mind and enter the conscious as a foundation of thought.
Not through our senses alone matter and mind unite
The passage cites Charles Platt arguing a materialist yet open view, allowing a spiritual world within a general evolutionary concept. He contends that such a world could touch ours through subconscious mind impulses, noting nothing offensive to science if evidence were present.
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Tess
Charles Platt
M. D
The
Literary Review
Walker Rites Held for Nebraska Pioneer George N Walker
George N. Walker born January 28 1860 in Carlisle Pennsylvania died June 7 1921 near Lorenzo Nebraska after nine days illness aged 61 years 4 months 15 days He lived in Illinois and North Bend Nebraska before moving to Cheyenne county Six sons Edson James Charles Fred Bert Leonard and two daughters Mrs Harold Spiker and Ethel survive his wife eight of ten children five grandchildren and five brothers Walter James Richard Charles and William Funeral services were by Rev T Porter Bennett at the M E church in Sidney Interment Greenwood cemetery Attendees included William Walker Newark Nebraska and J Brooke Fremont Nebraska
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George Nealy Walker
Carlisle
Pennsylvania
Loenzo
Nebraska
Illinois
Mary K. Brooke
North Bend
Walker
Cheyenne County
Goys
Edson
James
Charles
Fred
Bert
Leonard
Harold Spiker
Ethel
Walter
Richard
William
T. Porter Bennett
M. EK
Sidney
Greenwood Cemetery
William Walker
Newark
J. ¥. Brooke
Fremont
Wood as a Crop in Indiana Forests and Future Pulp Trees
H. H. Windsor in Popular Mechanics argues that early settlers wasted black walnut while modern science seeks wood substitutes and reforestation. He notes challenges in wood substitutes, cites paper from spruce as best cost-quality option, and foresees crossbreeding and rapid tree cultivation transforming waste land into timber for pulp within decades.
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Indiana
Othr
Nature
H. H. Windsor
Popular Mechanics
Examinations For Teachers Certificate In 1921
Examinations for teachers certificate will be given on Friday June 24 and Saturday June 25 at the court house Sidney. All county and life certificate subjects will be given at this time. ANNA McFADDEN County Superintendent.
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Court House
Sidney
Ne- Tieton
Lanne
Anna McFadden
Who's Who In Sidney Film Project Arrests Motive Spoof
A Detroit News clipping describes G R Raymond of Raymond Film Company filming a reel titled Who's Who in Sidney at the U S A Theater. Patrons may win cash by guessing identities from backs shown in two-week program. The story also references Dorothea Dix's early 19th century asylum reforms and her impact on American mental health care.
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G. R. Raymond
Ramond Film Company
Sidney
United States
Raymond Jones
Tun
Dorothea Lyne Dix
Worcester
Mass
House of Correction
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Dickens
Detroit News
First Insane Asylums A New England Woman
A New England woman in an early report is described in solitary action amid scenes involving asylums. The account notes a single individual’s role and highlights the era's medical and social treatment contexts.
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New England
Puri
Cheerful Place To Awaken In Widwood Cemetery
In Williamsport Pennsylvania a unique tomb in Widwood cemetery provides a safeguard against burying alive. Built thirty years ago to spare relatives from such risk it features five vault compartments with felt lining and fresh air ducts. Only key holders can unlock from outside though inside handles allow exit.
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Widwood
Williamsport
Pennsylvania
Popular Mechanics
Bidney Lomber Co Promotes Local City Scheme
Fragmentary ad style note invites interest in a local scheme run by Bidney Lomber Co. The brief text hints at a community project or promotional effort in a town thought to be the best on earth.
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Earth
Bidney Lomber CO
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