Russian visit prompts Rubin's harsh Bolshevik verdict
Jacob H. Rubin, a Milwaukee socialist, reports from Moscow on conditions under Bolshevik rule. He describes widespread fear, constant surveillance, and arrests, noting shortages and nationalized housing. He cites encounters with Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman and recalls his own prison ordeals, release, and travel hardships.
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Milwaukee
Jacob H. Rubin
Russia
Rubin
Lenin and
Trotzky
Czar
Rasputin
Romanoff
Moscow
Petrograd
Kronstadt
Odessa
Kiev
Chaikoff
Mr. Rubin
America
Emma
American Federation of Labor
St. Louis
Williams
Lenin
Denikine
Bolsheviks
Radio market news service expands to farmers by wireless
The U S bureau of markets expands its wireless market news to transmit daily price reports from Washington Bellefonte St Louis and Omaha via Post Office air mail stations. Programs include live stock grain and fruit reports with 800 mile coverage for amateur radio operators to distribute to farmers and agricultural interests.
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Washington
United States Bureau of Markets
D. C
Bellefonte
St. Louis
Omaha
United States Post Office Department
Bureau of Markets
United States Bureau of Standards
Post Office Department
Bureau of Standards
Kansas City
Chicago
Minneapolis
Kansas
City
Winnipeg
National Stock Yards
United States Weather Bureau
Chicken Dinners and a Valley Romance
Nick Rogers, a mining engineer, arrives at his Peter Valley shack to find Ah Sing the cook claimed the chicken supply. A hidden valley girl guards a gate and confronts Nick, leading to an alliance over a mine and a marriage proposal with Ah Sing.
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Nick Rogers
Peter Valley
Ah Sing
Nick
Civilization
Sing
Blue Hills
Billy Ware
Little Peter Creek
Howdy
Ah -Sing
John Ferriss & Co
John Ferriss
Ferriss Camp
Barry
Schicken
Prepared for a Revival Vanceburg Bootleg Whisky Found
Boys discovered a quantity of hootleg whisky under the Holiness church on State Creek just before a meeting. An enterprising bootlegger reportedly planned to sell his supply during the gathering.
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Vanceburg
Holiness Church
State Creek
$1 830 Keeps Family a Year in Madison Costs
Madison figures show a workingman and wife with three children need $1 880.71 annually for basic life essentials and health. The data, from Wisconsin immigration commissioner B. G. Packer, uses Department of Labor surveys from eleven cities and prices in Madison stores. The typical family includes a 12 year old girl, a 6 year old girl, and a 2 year old boy.
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Madison
Wis
B. G. Packer
Wisconsin
Department of Labor
Turning Sewage Into Power Plan From Australia
From Australia comes a plan to generate septic gas from town sewage. The British ministry investigates the inventor’s claims. Gas analysis shows 60 percent methane, 17 percent nitrogen, 8 percent hydrogen, 14 percent carbon monoxide, and 0.1 percent oxygen. Experts say properly controlled bacterial action in septic tanks can yield usable power. engine tests show promising horsepower results.
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Australia
Popular Science Monthly
Did She Give it to Him Recipe Indigestion Request
A young man, flushed and agitated, pleads with Miss Blanche for a recipe she had promised. He asks if she will share the remedy for indigestion, and she responds with encouraging consent as their exchange turns toward the requested cure.
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Miss Blanche
Stenographer Mary Higginson to Wed Poet Cecil Stone
Mary Higginson told her employer Judge Graves she will marry Cecil Stone the Poet. She warned of asking a substantial wage increase, while the judge quipped about finding another stenographer.
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Mary Higginson
Judge Graves
Cecil Stone
Los Angeles Times
Old Timer jokes fade as business grows
The piece notes that mother-in-law jokes lose punch when the market expands and joke smiths can afford to marry, signaling a shift in humor style and reception over time.
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Goldman
United States Bureau
Postal Department
Putham
Sundrige
Woking
England
Fletcher
Stearns
U. S
Eatonic
H. D. Crippen
Co. Mfg. CO
Struet
Buffalo
N. Y
West Texas
State
W. M. Owen
Pecos
Texas
H. D. Lacey
Richmond
Ind
Black Diamond Supply Co
Shenandoah
Harry Katz
Washington Aves
Bronx
New York
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