Chevrolet Dies In Auto Race Tragedy At Los Angeles
November 27 report from Los Angeles details a 250 mile Thanksgiving auto race collapse. Gaston Kevrodlet was killed instantly while Eddie O’Donnell and mechanician Lyle Joles died of their injuries. Chevrolet driver O’Donnell died later from a fractured skull. John Bresnahan escaped serious harm. The crash occurred as O’Donnell tried to pass, sending cars into the fence and track infield. The event drew the season’s largest crowd, about 100000, with Deusenberg drivers in tears and the race halted amid the tragedy.
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Gaston Kevrodlet
Lyle Joles
Jor
Eddie O'Donnell
Speedway Hospital
Eddie O’donnell
Chevrolet
Frontenac
Deusenberg
Donnell
John Bresnahan
Cvrolet
O’donell
Antenne
John Jesnahan
Lyle Oles
Peedway Hospital
Igzest
Rosce Searles
Murphy
Melm
de Pnnima
General business revival slows in retail and output
Dun's Review reports a muted recovery with retail buying improving at the counters but unevenly. It notes deferred purchases may affect future development and questions if consumption has fallen with reduced production. Mills rely on merchant orders as contracts rise, keeping output at low levels. U S commercial failures total 218, down from prior weeks and year earlier.
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Harding invites foreign governments to Washington conference
President elect Harding plans inviting all foreign governments to send delegates to Washington for a conference on a new league of nations. Medill McCormick, returning from Europe, to sound out European leaders on the plan. The idea follows Senator McCormick's arrival and Balfour's suggestion to pause amendments pending America’s views.
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Washington
Hardingan
Inator Medill McCormick
Europe
Armenians Face League Plan for Armies to End Hostilities
Ask League for Armenia calls for council to confer with powers to form a force large enough to halt fighting between Turkish nationalists and Armenians. Aimed at unity among 41 league states, with 60,000 troops proposed by Dr. Nansen as a possible minimum.
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M. Viviani
Council of the
League of Nations
Armenia
Robert Cecil
Assembly of the League
M. Spalekjovitch
United States
A. J. Balfour
Great Britain
Balfour
League
Rene Viviani
France
Council of the League
Fridtjof Nansen
Norway
Rob Taxi Office Heist Nets 51000 In Cash
Three armed men clubbed the night watchman at a New York motor taxicab office on East 64th Street. They bound and blindfolded him, blew the office safe, and escaped with 51000 in cash and promissory notes.
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York
Fourth Street
New York
East Sixty-fourth Street
G. M. Smith of New York Tribune Dies
George M. Smith, managing editor of the New York Tribune, died suddenly at his home in New York from ptomaine poisoning, authorities reported on November 24.
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G. M. Smith
N. Y. Tribune
New York
George M. Smith
The
New York Tribune
French Cruiser Lorraine Ordered to Piraeus
Paris reports the French cruiser Lorraine is ordered to proceed to Piraeus to safeguard French interests in Greece amid internal disorders over the throne succession.
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Piraeus
Paris
Lorraine
Greece
Bolshevik General Orders Troops to Afghan-Indian Frontier
London reports General Sokolnikov commander of the Bolshevist Turkestan front has ordered his forces to move immediately to a position on the Afghan Indian frontier amid ongoing unrest.
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London
Sokolnikov
British arrest Sinn Fein chief at Dublin estate
Arthur Griffith founder of Sinn Fein was seized by auxiliary police at his Dublin home as he was to address a meeting of the Irish Self-Determination League in Manchester. The arrest followed a seizure of literature with no arms found and Griffith made no statement.
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Sinn Fein
Ireland
League
Dublin
Arthur Griffith
John MacNeill
National University of Ireland
Londonderry City
MacNeill
Griffith
Irish Self-Determination League
Manchester
Dublin Castle
St. Lawrence Road
America
Eamonn de Valera
Irish Republic
England
McCurtain
Cork
Hamar Greenwood
House of Commons
East Cavan
Tyrone
MacSwiney
Wilson
Fall River Mill Pay Stands
Fall River Massachusetts reports the Cotton Manufacturers association will keep current wages with no reductions. Lawrence Massachusetts notes the US Worsted Company mills closed indefinitely due to no orders, affecting 1500 workers. Pembroke mills halt until December 18 for similar reasons, employing 1000 operatives in cotton goods.
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Lawrence Mills
Fall River
Mass
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Lawrence
Uswoco Mills
United States
Pembroken Mills
Obregon Seriously Ill From Ptomaine Poisoning
Gen Alvaro Obregon, president elect of Mexico, is seriously ill from ptomaine poisoning in San Antonio reports say. He was considered in danger for hours though officials expected he could take office December 1.
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San Antonio
Tex
Alvaro Obregon
Obregon
Nonpartisan League Gains In Minnesota Legislature
St Paul Minnesota November 29 State officials claim thirty members of the next Minnesota House of Representatives are affiliated with the Nonpartisan League as the legislative session begins in January.
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Nonpartisan League
St. Paul
Window shade prices cut by major mill firm
New York November 29 price reductions of about 33 1 8 percent were announced by Columbia Mills Inc the largest window shade manufacturers in the country.
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New York
Columbia Mills, Inc
U S Weekly Market Report Hay Wheat Livestock Dairy Prices
The report shows a Week ending Nov 24 trend downward in hay and grain with heavier receipts and weak demand. Timothys and prairies fall while alfalfa steady. Wheat and corn prices slide with mixed premium shifts. Cattle hogs veal and lambs decline with beef and pork cuts down. Butter and cheese prices weaken but cheese holds steadier in spots.
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U.S. Bureau of Markets
Washington
Prairie
Chicago
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Seaboard
Winnipeg
New York
Virginia
N. Y
Philadelphia
Boston
Wisconsin
Plymouth
Wis
One Wounded in Rum Raid at Scanned Saloon
Escanaba Michigan November 25 One bartender was shot probably fatally and 13 alleged liquor resorts raided by Michigan state constabulary under Capt Archie Downing John Kerenski was shot by Trooper Sheridan after entering a saloon where Kerenski worked wearing a lumberjack disguise and ordering whisky
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Escanaba
Mich
Michigan State Constabulary
Archie Downing
John Kerenski
Sheridan
Kerenski
Ford Issues 7 Million Dollar Employee Bonus
Ford Motor company announces bonus checks totaling more than 7 million dollars for employees. Distribution begins January 1 next, with payments being written in Detroit Michigan on November 27.
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Ford
Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Peace talks broken off between Poland and Russia
Dispatches from Warsaw report the Riga negotiations halted by the Soviet delegation on orders from Moscow. The status of the Poland Russia peace talks remains unresolved as of late November.
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Paris
Warsaw
Poland
Russia
Riga
Moscow
Bolivia as Coca Plant Supplier and Cocaine Source
The article describes Bolivia as the principal global source of coca leaves used to derive cocaine. It explains cultivation on terraced hillsides, drying and baling processes, export to La Paz by mule, and the leaves' 47 cents per pound value in La Paz, noting limited local manufacture of cocaine.
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Bolivia
la Paz
Glass decoration in Prague churches through history
The text notes early Czech glasswork in Prague cathedrals dating to 1276 with Old and New Testament scenes. It describes widespread church ornamentation, high esteem for glass art, and a Prague University division teaching painting wood carving and glasswork, requiring a demonstrated ability to be a glass man for graduation.
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Prague
Asnaes Sylvius
Pius II
Bohemia
Division of Technical Arts
University of Prague
The Last Best Hope of the Earth Reflections on American Freedom
A compact reflective meditation on the American system of private property and individual liberty. It contrasts inspiring quotes from Burke Gladstone and Lincoln with cautions about misused gifts and societal change. The piece argues against socialism and for preserving the locomotive over mule transport and warns against anarchistic excess.
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Edmund Burke
William Gladstone
Lincoln
Newell Dwight Hillis
Banish Melancholy Quotation From Sidney Smith
The excerpt notes Sidney Smith recommended twenty two receipts to banish melancholy. It cites bright fire pleasant memories sugar plums a kettle simmering on the stove as simple pleasures. The writer acknowledges these small joys can counter sorrow better than grand aims.
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Sidney Smith
Adhesive From Snails Promises Strong Porcelain Glue
The Scientific American notes that large snails contain small white gel-filled bladders at their body ends. These bladders produce an adhesive rivaling the strongest glues for porcelain and glass. Apply thinly to fracture surfaces and tie pieces firmly, allowing extra drying time for maximum strength.
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Scientific American
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Eva E Shay
Eva E Shay of Garnett Kansas recounts a dramatic recovery from a nervous breakdown after childbirth. She credits Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her strength after suffering severe fatigue and left sided pain, noting five bottles helped her regain health and she has remained well since.
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Garnett
Kas
Lydia B. Pinkham
Eva E, Shay
Garnett, Kansas
A Fool Admits He Has Wisdom
A short proverb notes that a fool readily claims wisdom while the speaker suggests true insight comes with humility and restraint.
Why Druggets Recommend Swamp-Root In Kidney Care
For years druggists have noted Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root s strong record as a kidney liver and bladder medicine It is a physician s prescription and strengthens the organs It has many friends and is sold by all druggists Start treatment now or request a sample bottle by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY and mention this paper
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
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