Surge in Tokyo crime alarms city authorities
Crime in Tokyo has reached record levels in 1924 with a drastic rise in thefts and robberies. In November alone, over 2,500 incidents were reported as unemployment and the quake's aftereffects depress business. The spread of radicalism, a shoplifting surge, burglaries, street holdups, and swindling epidemics mark a broad breakdown of public probity.
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Luther A. Huston
Tokyo
Metropolitan Police Board
Daisuke Namba
Olive Tablets advertised as breath aid and laxative
An advertisement promotes Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets as a gentle bowel and liver stimulant that purifies the system and relieves bad breath without calomel side effects. The sugar coated tablets, made from a vegetable compound in olive oil, cost 10c or 30c and are meant to be taken nightly for a week.
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Tr. Edwards
Peinheabs Voic
F. M. Edwards
Outbreak of thievery shocks Tokyo society and palace
Japan reports rising crime with ten car thefts in Tokyo's business district in October. Even Akasaka Palace amid the chrysanthemum garden party sees overcoats stolen from cars. Police cite traffic duties as the reason for limited theft prevention. The piece also notes community leaders and an event schedule with local officials, music, and charity activities, and mentions landscape architect Mary Rutherford Jay, descendant of John Jay.
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Japan
Tokyo
Akasaka Palace
Community Notes From Columbia and Nearby Areas
Local visits and family news include Mrs. Robert Stephens visiting Ida Porte and attending her cousin Mrs. Andrews funeral in Fields. Raymond Hales recuperates in Memorial hospital after appendicitis surgery. A joint county Grange installation drew 500 at Brooklyn Heights. Local musicians Bills and Mrs. Agnes Jones performed. Rev. Glenroy Shoup to lead revival starting Jan 25 with Sadie Mishey assisting. Clyde Martin contracts scarlet fever. Community meetings highlight strong church year with paid debts and high Sunday school enrollment. The 34th Farmer's Institute is set for the upcoming Wednesday.
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Columbia
Robert Stephens
Ida- Porte
James Alexander
Andrews
Fields
Raymond Hales
Grange
Brooklyn Heights
Cuyahoga Co
Scrott Clark
Ashtabula County
Acme Grange
Frank van Arsdale
Agnes Jones
Mira. Bills
Jones
J. F. Shelby
Cleveland
R. A. Eider
Lewisville
Glenroy Shoup
M. E
Sadie Mishey
Clyde Martin
L. D. Miller
Glenn van Arsdale
Charles Mills
Grippe
Dr. McIntosh
Oberlin
Baptist
Ladies Mission Circle
Fred Hathaway
Farmer's Institute
Property Owners Women Vote Pioneered by Madras Presidency
The Madras Presidency led India by granting suffrage to women who owned property, marking a landmark expansion of political rights for women.
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Madras Presidency
India
Vegetable Compound Restores Strength in Terre Haute Woman
In Terre Haute Indiana a worn and nervous woman describes dizziness fatigue and loss of appetite. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained strength and reports a healthy delivery with her baby boy. She endorses the medicine for health before and after childbirth and notes it is sold by druggists everywhere.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Lydia E. Pinkham
Wm. J. Lre
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Daily News Letter
Europe
America
Forest Hill
West Side Lumber & Coal Co
AL Mason
West Ave
THE
Martha Lee Club
Arris’ Appy Armonizers
Elks’ Hall
Lee Whitney & Co
North Dakota
Lois G. Crary
State University
Grand Forks
Roland Walkden
Joan Is. Longbow
Lyman Sabins
Charles Lawrence
Shum Way
M. H. Welty
Columbia Band
Durkee
North Eaton
Ladies Aid Society of
the Methodist Church
Mary Rutherford Jay
John Jay
Supreme Court of the
United States
J H. Bartter
Nelly Don and
Pial G
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