Smuggler Parade and Civilian News From Abroad
An article notes a smuggler’s parade halted by customs, with gold and other valuables concealed in a coffin. It also reports Otto A. Kahn gaining citizenship, a Dublin incident involving a girl driving a car with firearms, and various international economic and labor updates including Soviet trade talks, U S labor costs, Canada’s wheat shipments, and a Dominion steel closure impact. The piece blends espionage, immigration, crime, and global market shifts with quotes and statistics from officials and agencies.
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Germany
Wheshington
Davis Han
América
Russia
Sean
Dominion Steel Corporation
Bidney
N.S. W
faeRaner
Ethelbert Stewart
Gioner
Washington
United States
Tunsia Jc
Britain
Milwaukee Journal
Maine Ice
Casus
Wises
Cuba
Boan
Sunday Law Reform Debated Over Base Ball Sunday Shows
A scanned 1 December legal discussion argues for amending Sunday law enforcement on public baseball games and moving shows to Sunday. Attorney General Wyne outlines reforms, including corrective provisions to ensure enforceability and modernize prohibitions while preserving property rights and public order.
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Pete
Werkalle
Reyuilestoi
CPN
Parerty
Enhammonds
Gangs Arrested in Sheriff Seizure of Contraband Mash and Spirits
A group led by Sheriff Wood Smith seized mash and two barrels of spirits after a stakeout at a farm. The raid followed reports of illegal distilling linked to a stove and kitchen setup. Several suspects, including a man named Anderson, face charges as investigators trace influence to a local gin operation and seizure of roughly 200 pounds of mash.
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Mahe
B.D. Deo
Xyental
Vier Anderson
Gregory
Stare Ty Sheriff Wood Smith
Smith
Asieiean
Unable to Save Son From Drowning in Verdun
In Verdun a father and mother witnessed their son drown after a fatal fall into water. Neighbors heard cries and rushed to help, pulling the boy from the water. The father, chilled and shocked, was treated at home while her son was recovered, though the incident left the family distressed.
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Verdun
Wit
Building permits shrink in November activity at Mitchiita
December 6 Mitchiita D H reports November building in Mitchiita was hit by stringency. Total issued permits dropped to 648,490 for the year to date, down from 159,650 this month. Past figures show 5,085 in 4 years ago, 39,625 three years ago, then a 1919 drop of 300, with expectations of new free projects pending market loosening.
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Mitchi
Itta
Chicago Starts Trust Probe In Light of Alleged Graft
Chicago authorities have begun a formal probe into an alleged trust buildup and graft scheme. The grand jury has been convened to hear testimony from key witnesses and assess evidence presented by the U S Attorney. Early reports indicate officials aim to determine scope and responsible parties in the suspected scheme.
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Chicago
United Press
Local altercation leads to hospital and bond in court
In Huron, a general row left Oscar Peter son and Louie Oerth Jy with injuries and a bond for appearance, amid a chaotic scene as police separated the two formerly close friends. Nearby in Alieniee Mary Mayo aged 1 was saved after a stranger snatched her milk bottle, prompting a quick rescue by her parents and bystanders.
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Haren
Dee
Oscar Peterson
Sprague Hospital
Louie Oerth Jy
Gerthi
Peterson
Ofere
Police
Affahr
Huron
Alieniee
Mary Mayo
Mary
University Band Plans Short Midwestern Tour
The University of South Dakota band has prepared a tour of Vermillion area towns to raise funds for a spring trip. If schedules hold, the group will perform evening concerts to support an extended state tour, spending a week on the road during spring vacation visiting Yankton Mitchell Huron Redfield Aberdeen Watertown and Sioux Falls. A Hill City tour is planned after the holidays.
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Ermillon
Manag Jurké
University of South Deker
Coyute
Visi
Vermillion
Yankton
Mitchell
Huron
Redfield
Aberdeen
Watertown
Sioux Falls
Hick Hills
Federal officer moves to destroy seized wine
United Marshal Hickey travels to Vermilion Yankton and Jefferson to destroy twenty five barrels of impure wine seized September 1 on state commissioner’s finding. Case set for October with no appearance, so proceeds were pursued but no destruction occurred.
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Sirius Falls
S. D
United Marshalm
Hickey
Vermilion
Yankton
Jeffers
German Refusal to Finance New York Paper Purchase in 1915
New York report states the German government refused to fund the 1915 purchase of the York Evening Mail by Dr. Minard Rumely. deposition from Professor Von Graevernitz says Rumely asked him to approach wealthy Americans and the German foreign office to arrange financing. Germany reportedly declined.
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New York
United Press
York Evening Mat
Minard Rumeley
Rumidy
Iet
von Schultz Graevernitz
Irethure University
Rumely
Keruthe
Germany
Roumely
Herman Sielken
Adolpius Busch
George Ehrt
Torétsa
Relatives Worry Over Missing 17-Year-Old Boy in Cleghorn
The Brown family in Cleghorn Ta cares for 17 year old Larl Brown missing since mid September. He has light hair blue eyes a scar on his left eyebrow and weighs about 145 pounds. Relatives have sent inquiries to possible places he might have gone.
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Cleghorn, Ta
Larl Brown
Fines for Saying Damn at County Clerks Office
In Oklahoma City on December 4 a man pays 6 cents for the use of a county clerk's office when uttering the word damn. Women clerks have created a fund by collecting fines for such offenses, building a small bank from the penalties.
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Oklahoma City
Divers recover opium value totals in Honolulu
Divers retrieved opium valued at 377000 in Honolulu with another consignment earlier this week totaling 13900. The drugs were believed dumped from a vessel recently in a separate find. Separately a Geneva dispatch notes resurgence of influenza in Switzerland after a temporary lull.
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Honolulu
T. H
Associated Press
Political maneuvering in South Dakota Senate race
In Pierre South Dakota factions of the Republican Party debate the 1922 senate and congress nominations with Chas H Burke seen as a potential rival to Gov Norbeck and possible U S treasurer. Royal C Johnson's candidacy looms as Burke aims for a three cornered contest while leaders consider L L Stevens John E Hipple and Jack Lockhart for Congress and federal posts including U S attorney and marshal highs.
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Harding
Wari
Burke
Republican Party
Chicago
Gent
Norbeck
U. S
United States
John Burke
North Dakota
Sterling
Pierre
Royal ©. Johnson
Johnson
Congress
Chas. H. Burke
Ed S. Johnson
Congressional Timber
Royal C. Johnson
Senate
Congressional
L. L. Stevens
Luke” Stevens
Stevens
Gaffey
John E. Hipple
Daily Capital Journal
Hipple
South Dakota
Washington
John L. Lockhart
Jack
Documents found with De Valera tied to German conspiracy
London December 8 Associated Press Premier Lloyd George told the house of commons that documents found in the possession of Eamon de Valera on May 1 1918 would be included in the upcoming government publication These papers allegedly implicate the Irish Republican Army in a German conspiracy.
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London
Associated Press
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Documenta
Eamon de Valera
Irish Republican Army
Europe Is Drifting Through Indebted Europe
Warburg reports from New York Times on the Portamouth union congress cost of living study urging peace, defined indemnities, and a cautious path for Germany. It cites British capital and French moderates as pivotal to Europe’s fate while warning against Bolshevik drift and excessive war debts.
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Paul M. Warburg
New York Times
Trades Union Congress
Portamouth
Germany
Urey
Europe
France
England
Congressmen as War Alarmists on Far East Trip
A critical editorial mocks Congressman Dyer and other lawmakers for promoting war scare arguments after a junket to the Orient. It accuses them of misreading conditions, urging insistence on a larger Pacific navy, and condemns the trip as a taxpayer funded holiday that breeds national policy misinformation.
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United States
Japan
Orient
Pacific
Noni
Congressman Dyer
St. Louis
Far East
Dyer
Philippines
America
Europe
The Right Spirit Independence and true independence
The passage argues independence as a confident inner power tempered by respect for others. It rejects false pride and aloof loftiness, promoting a delicate firmness grounded in faith in one’s powers and recognition of human interdependence.
Italian Socialism Faces Internal Split in Italy
The piece notes a growing division within Italian socialism between moderates led by Turatt and Treves and a bolshevist faction seeking Moscow guidance. By a 7 to 5 vote the directorate expelled moderates at Lenin’s urging, signaling a widening gulf though analysts hope the extremism is a passing phase linked to unsettled trade and industry.
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Christian Science Monitor
Turatt
Treves
Lombardy
Settlaent
Bolshevist
Moscow
Serrati
Avant
Othe
Nicholas Lenin
Italy
Chamber
Bridegrooms and Grandfathers in War Era Wedding Style
A New York Herald piece humorously notes bridegrooms may imitate grandfathers by wearing inherited garments but warns of awkward fashion risks. It laments the era after World War I, praising the Third American Army and the ongoing American presence in Germany two years postwar, symbolizing perseverance.
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New York Herald
Illinois
Andrew Jackson
Hayes Perio
Army of Occupation
Luxembourg
Coblens
Ansigna
Germany
Hhrenbreitstein
America
Marne
St. Mihiel
Kriemlinde Stell
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