King George Cuts Royal Spending Despite Cost of Living Rise
King George has ordered a major royal household reorganization yielding about $50,000 in annual savings without impairing administration. He refused to seek an increase in the grant from the Commons and has relied on private resources with help from Viscount Farquhar. The king plans purchases of new horses and checks on the Britannia for seaworthiness ahead of the next yachting season.
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London
George
Buckinghan Palace
Windsor Castle
Home of Commons
Viscount Farquhar
Lord Farquhar
Edward
Queen Victoria
Rea Ion
yAny
Medina River
Isle of Wight
Doncaster
Newmarket
Green Apples Run Tractor in Wash State Experiment
An orchardist in Washington drives a tractor powered by alcohol distilled from green apple mash. He aims to use apple by products in manufacturing and plans to present his method to the fall session of the state grange.
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Eastern College
State Grange
Nine Month Old Boy Flashed as Canary Whistler
Youngstown reports Mervin Heyman nine months old, son of Mr and Mrs Max Heyman, can whistle like a canary. Father claims he has been whistling since six months and may become in demand when grown, even rivaling a band if valued by Sousa.
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Youngstown
Mervin
Max Heyman
Sousa
Hawaiian man waits 37 years for wife before divorce
Honolulu resident Maemaa Maemae testified he waited from 1884 marriage until 1921 for his wife Emily to return. She left four months after the wedding and has lived as a fisher on a Kalihi island near Honolulu bay. He filed for desertion.
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Honolau
T. H
Colburn H. Maemaae
Emily
Maemae
Hwa
Aahu
Kalakaua
War officer wears $9 suit shows thrift in army
John Martyn, private secretary to the secretary of war, boasts that civilian War department employees wear the cheapest outfit yet. He says the suit costs 9 with a tailor fee, made from three flour sacks bought in Panama at 1 each.
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Washington
War Department
John Martyn
Secretary of War
Department
Pananm
Martyn
Trees Planted by Monarchs Die in Harrisburg Beds
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania the larch tree planted by the king of the Belgians during his 1920 visit and a companion tree for Queen Elizabeth have died due to overly rich soil in historic flower beds. The soil has long been enriched for gardening, unlike the thriving Foch tree planted by the French marshal which remains healthy.
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Harrisburg
Elizabeth
State Capitol
Marshal
Relief measures cut cholera in Petrograd
Cholera cases in Petrograd reduced to near zero this summer due to sanitary actions by the American relief administration. Efforts included water purification and vaccination of 75,000 residents.
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Yank
Ruse
Petrograd
American Relief’ Administration
Suede Dominates Autumn Fashion Amid Wool Frocks
Fashion notes show suede gaining ground for autumn and winter wear with velours de laine suits and perforated leather bodices. Paris outlines new suede hats and handbag looks while woolen fabrics reclaim space in one piece dresses and tailored coats.
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Paris
Vionnet
Langin
Jenny
Smart
Aise
Birmingham Age Herald Sees Talk of Unified Party Night
Fragmentary chatter recounts a plan to assemble a group to hear a figure speak and wrap up a trip narrative in a single night. The garbled text suggests a social gathering with an implied political or communal purpose.
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Blithersby
Birmingham Age-Herald
One Ray of Joy in the Dentist Chair
A kindly dentist asks the boy what filling he desires and the boy, after hours of pain, brightens at the simple answer chocolate. The vignette appears in the American Legion Weekly describing a small moment of cheerful resilience.
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American Legion Weekly
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Bay Makers
Kilmer
Ilmer &Co
Binghamton
Bayer
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