France Will Retain Policies in Senlis Speech
Premier Poincare rejected British reparations proposals and warned against concessions in a Senlis speech. He defended conciliatory aims as en ente with England while preserving French independence and language, and criticized Allied pressure as failing to respect sovereign interests.
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Paris
Poincare
Senlis
Germany
Baldwin
House of Commons
Faincare
England
United States
Indiana spiritualists gather for 33rd annual convention
In Anderson Indiana five miles east, more than three thousand spiritualists attend the opening of the thirty third annual ramp meeting of the Indiana Association of Spiritualists at the Chesterfield Camp Outside Indiana Illinois Ohio and Michigan send large groups with one car in six from Rockford Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
Indiana
Longshoremen Elect New Union Head Rides In Style
July 16 Anthony J. Phlopek, longtime longshoreman and seafaring stoker, departs for Europe aboard the White Star liner Majestic as president of the International Longshoremen's Association. With 140,000 members, he will attend the British trade union conference opening September 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anthony J. Phlopek
Europe
Wajestic
International Longshoremen’s Association
Confernee
U S Demands Stand in Turkish Oil Concession Fight
Lausanne dispatch reports the State Department telling Minister Grew not to yield on validation of the Mosul oil concessions in the proposed Turkey peace treaty. Britain’s Turkish Petroleum Company is tied to the dispute as part of the Mosul field negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lausanne
State Department
Grew
Turkey
Turkish Petroleum Company
Mosul
Germany Nears Quadrillion in Paper Mark Circulation
Dusseldorf July 16 report says Germany will have 1,000,000,000,000,000 marks in circulation before year end if current paper currency production continues. The term quadrillion was uncommon before Germany’s money printing race.
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Dusseldorf
President Harding hears of rail feuds in Alaska
President Harding arrives in Fairbanks Alaska and is told of railroad management issues and Guggenheim influence in Alaskan affairs. Local reports describe complaints gathered by visitors and officials during the visit on July 16.
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Harding
Alaska
Fairbanks
Guggenheim
Robbers Loot Polish Cathedral for $8 Million
In Genzen Warsaw on July 14 bandits broke into the oldest Polish cathedral and stole priceless relics and golden objects including a head of St Albertus. Total losses exceed $8,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Genzen
Albertus
Poland
Marion officer elected Rainbow Forty-second president
Col J Y Martin of Marion Washington D C was elected president of the Rainbow Forty second division Veterans association at the Indianapolis convention succeeding Col William J Donovan of New York.
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Southerner
Rainbows
Indianapolis
Ind
Col
J. Y. Martin
Marion
D. C
Rainbow
Veterans’ Association
William J. Donovan
New York
Prohibition Agents Seize 200 Motorboats in Michigan
Prohibition agents with Treasury officials seized 200 motorboats in Michigan near Wyandotte and Trenton in the Detroit area on July 16, targeting illegal transport or storage of alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Fea
Beral Tentatives — of the Treasury
Pepenent
Wee Wyandotte
Trenton
At Ayer
Rail strike ban made permanent by federal injunction
Judge James H. Wilkerson issues a final decree sealing a 1922 restraining order against 400 000 Federated Shop Crafts and affiliated AFL members from interfering with interstate railways. Attorney General Daugherty says the ruling ends large scale strikes tying up commerce, with 181 exhibits and 250 affidavits considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Daugherty
Federal District Court
James H. Wilkerson
Federated Shop Crafts
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Wilkerson
Atlantic City Robbery Suspect Posed as Surgeon Doctor
Russell George, 28, of Toronto, arrested in Atlantic City N J for robbery after posing as a physician at the Atlantic City hospital. He held the post of resident physician and surgeon from March 1 to May 21 without being questioned, claiming no diploma and that no one asked for one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Russell George
Toronto
Atlantic City Hospital
George
Four U Chicago Students Held in Girl Death
Four University of Chicago students are arrested in connection with the death of Elsie Campbell, 25, who fell from a second floor student rooming house at 5605 Drexel Boulevard and died hours later at a Chicago hospital. Suspects named are Harry F. Scofield, David Lamberg, Clyde Griffin, and W. L. Spencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Chicago
Chicago
Elsie Campbell
Drexel Boulevard
Chicago Hospital
Harry F. Scofield
David Lamberg
Clyde Griffin
W. L. Spencer
Two Idaho Towns Ravaged by Fire Leaving 1200 Homeless
A fire in Mace Idaho destroyed the town and the Burke business district, fanned by a breeze for three quarters of a mile. County officials say damage totals 1.5 million dollars and about 1200 people are homeless.
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Wallace
Idaho
Mace
Burke Canyon
Burke
Air Mail Service Nears Perfection in 1923
Washington reports air mail service achieved 96.73 percent accuracy in 1923 on the scheduled route between New York and San Francisco. The year’s flying covered 1,589,889 miles with flights operating on the transcontinental line.
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Washington
New York
San Francisco
Goats Shipped to Iowa From Brook Haven
A shipment of 200 goats was sent from Brook Haven Mississippi to Iowa. The goats are described as intended to supply glands for use in modern scientific treatment of humans, orchestrated by Walter Turnbough.
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Iowa
Brook Haven
Miss
Walter Turnbough
French Seize 3 More Cities in retaliatory move
Dusseldorf July 14 French troops occupy Elberfeld Barmen and Limburg after a reported German police incident. Hostages are taken and a fund of 8 000 000 000 marks seized. Rome says Baldwins policy aligns with Italian aims and eyes unity among Allies. Italy hopes US representation on the reparations experts commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dusseldorf
Elberfeld
Barmen
Limburg
Coblenz
Hasslinghaussen
Marmen
Reichsbank
Wupper
Ruhr
Rome
Baldwin
House of Commons
Italy
Britain
Germany
United States
International Commission of Reparations Experts
Monticello to Be Bought as $1,000,000 Memorial
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial foundation arranged with owner Jefferson M. Levy to purchase Monticello for $500,000. A national campaign aims to raise $1,000,000 to complete the deal and fund estate maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
New York
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation
Jefferson M. Levy
Calendar Stone Findings Hint Mongol Era in Mexico
American explorer Prof. William Niven reports unearthing a calendar stone in Mexico City this week. The artifact, dated several thousand years before the Aztec calendar stone, is linked to a Mongoloid civilization that predated Aztec culture in the region by seven to ten thousand years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
William Niven
San Migual Amantha
Mexico
Human Ladder Rescues Woman From Moving Liner
Three seamen on the Dante Alighieri formed a human ladder to haul Mrs. Helen Antoinette aboard after the ship began moving. One sailor descended head first, caught her wrists, and she was pulled up as a cheering crowd looked on.
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New York
Mrs. Helen Antoinette
Mrs. Antoinette
Chicago to Host Republican Convention in June 1924
Chicago dispatch reports the Republican national convention will be held at the Chicago Coliseum in the third week of June 1924. Official city selection awaits to be finalized next December when Chairman F. W. Upham returns from Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Coliseum
F. W. Upham
Europe
Four Dry Officers Fined in Denver Prohibition Case
Four former prohibition agents who served under B. H. McClenahan pleaded guilty to charges of making false reports and were fined 300 dollars each in United States court in Denver Colorado on July 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
B. H. McClenahan
United States
Fighters Bring In Tax From Dempsey-Gibbons Bout
Helena Mont July 16 officials say in addition to 22448 dollars from ticket sales for the Dempsey Gibbons fight on July 4 the government will collect 116679 dollars more in income tax revenue.
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U. S
Helena
Mont
U. S. Market Report Fruit and Livestock Prices
U S market report for week ending July 12 lists Georgia watermelons and peaches, California cantaloupes, Virginia Irish cobbler potatoes, and Kansas chips with prices f o b and on bulk. Live stock prices in Chicago cover hogs, beef steers, cows, veal calves, lambs, yearling mutton, and ewes. hay and feed prices. grain quotes. and dairy product prices in Chicago and Wisconsin markets.
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Washington
Georgia
Tom Watson
Chicago
California
Arizona
Virginia
Kansas
Bliss
Timothy
Minneapolis
Prairie
St. Louis
Iowa
Wisconsin
Americas
Britain to draft reply to German reparations note
Prime Minister Baldwin told the House of Commons Britain will draft a reply to the German reparations note in coordination with France Italy and Belgium. Britain is understood to accept the German proposal for an international commission of experts to fix reparations.
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Britain
Germany
Baldwin
House London
House of Commons
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
International Commission of Experts
U S Offer for Bedbugs a Success Gets One Alive
The Department of Agriculture offer to buy 1,200 bedbugs for its insect station in Vienna Virginia yielded one living specimen shipped from Philadelphia in a tiny pasteboard box. The insect will be used for scientific experiments.
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U. S
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Vienna
Philadelphia
Firgo Stops Willard In Eight Round Classic
One hundred thousand spectators watched Luis Angel Firgo the Wild Bull of the Pampas defeat Jess Willard by knockout in the eighth round of a scheduled twelve round match in Jersey City New Jersey. Willard was knocked out.
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Jersey City
N. J
Jess Willard
Luis Angel Firgo
Pampas
Willard
French and Belgian Troops Reported in Germany
Berlin reports from a German source claim 80,000 French and 70,000 Belgian troops in the Ruhr and 97,000 French and 17,000 Belgian troops in the old occupied territory. An additional 10,000 French and 1,000 Belgian railway men have been sent into the Ruhr.
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Germany
Berlin
Ruhr
Rainbow Division Meets in Indianapolis National Convention
Rainbow Division Veterans association opens its three day national convention in Indianapolis Indiana with note that the division helped stop Germans east of Rheims in July 1918 and is honored for its World War I service.
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Rainbow Division
Meet
Indianapolis
Ind
Veterans’ Association
Rheims
Decrease In Employment Reported Across 65 Centers
Washington July 14 a Labor Department employment service report covers 1428 concerns in 65 industrial centers showing a slight decrease in the number of persons employed the figures reflect shifts in job markets and labor demand.
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Washington
Department of Labor
The Disciple John Beloved and His Love
Lesson study on John the Beloved Disciple covering his intolerance of irregular service his care for Mary and the test of divine birth in I John 4 7 8. It emphasizes love as the bond of perfection and God is love with Christ’s example and teaching.
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Jesus
John
Christ
Jerusalem
James
Mary
God
So With All Men All men think all mortal but them selves
A concise reflection on human arrogance quoting Young. The line notes that every man views others as mortal while imagining himself exempt. A literary epigram prompts readers to critique self deception and vanity.
Religion Is Necessary for True Enlightenment
A concise aphorism asserts religion as essential to fully illuminate inner life. genius alone provides only a surface light that cannot reach the resident depths. The statement contrasts external gleam with inner darkness and elevates spiritual faith as necessary.
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H. More
Fortune of Complaint Quote by Johnson
Noted aphorism on the common outcome of complaints, suggesting they provoke contempt rather than pity. The remark reflects on habitual grumbling and its social reception.
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Johnson
Must Count on Christ. All history is incomprehensible with out.
Christ cited as essential to understanding history in Renan’s quoted statement. The fragment reflects a view on the central role of Christ in historical interpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Renan
Mrs. Hickey Sees Health Boost After Pinkham Remedy
Worcester woman Delia Hickey reports severe female weakness improved after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes standing and walking difficulties, doctors' ineffective remedies, and now returns to full household work. She offers testimonial for publication and requests the company send its private text book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Delia Hickey
S. Ludlow St
Lydia E.pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Speech is to be used with great discretion in argument
The note urges that free speech be tempered with caution in heated disputes. It cautions readers to avoid reckless or inflammatory remarks during a controversial exchange. No individuals or organizations are cited.
Housewife admires basket of clean clothes
A housewife smiles at a basket of clear white laundry and thanks Red Cross Ball Blue advertised at all grocers.
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Red Cross
Oil Fuelled Yukon Fish Sprint Up River To Spawning Grounds
Dr C H Gilbert reports a fish with a special oil supply enabling 50 mile per day travel up the Yukon River to reach spawning grounds 2000 to 3000 miles from the river mouth. The Yukon chum, usually lower in rank and spawning near salt water, likewise shows rapid riverward movement in response to a short season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yukon
C. H. Gilbert
United States Bureau of Fisheries
None I Try to Mind My Own Business
A terse exchange echoes a playful dispute about eccentric behavior between two speakers. The line hints at self command and freedom from legal judgment while preserving a light note of humor.
A Road Mope. Yes, my auto turned turtle.
A humorous dialogue notes a car accident with a tortoise pun. The speaker recalls the vehicle flipping, while a second speaker jokes about the change being slight, comparing a tortoise prior to the mishap.
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Arthur H. Evans
Peking
American International Corporation
Department of Commerce
Evans
Department
Abram Simon
Central Conference of American Rabbis
America
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
John the Apostle
Venient
Harold Somers
de Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
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