World News Roundup Hints at Ambassadorship and Politics
A broad World News Roundup notes Col George Harvey of New York named ambassador to Great Britain. It reports Harding's stance on German reparations, Irish stowaway controls, liquor withdrawal limits, railroad finance talks, and first presidential pay day. Also covers Debs, censorship, tax rulings, ship losses, and notable deaths.
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Col
George Harvey
New York
Great Britain
White House
Washington
Coal Mines Stop All Work in UK Except Few Districts
A foreign London dispatch notes all coal mine work halted at midnight with only a few districts operating leaving about 1,200,000 miners idle. Immigration stats for 1920 show 587,500 passports issued, 211,827 to emigrants bound for SHS. Dublin dispatch reports nearly 600 killed in January to March riots. Crown forces suffered 179 dead and 266 wounded, civilians 319 dead and 285 wounded. Viscount French to be replaced as lord lieutenant of Ireland by Edmund Talbot. Paris chamber debate claims American army not to blame for theft of supplies to France. Eight communists jailed over the St Marks yard fire go on hunger strike in Trieste. Wilhelm Sylt shot in Berlin after attacking warders while trying to escape. injuries serious but not mortal. Fourteen police missing after attack on Ross Carbery barracks, Cork. Venizelos trips to Japan to seek arbitration between Japan and the U.S. Independent Labour Party in Southport rejects Lenin’s 21 conditions for affiliation with the Third International. Wilhelm Sylt, the Berlin leader, dies from a bullet wound after striking a policeman. Ex-Kaiser Charles reportedly leaves Hungary for Switzerland after a Budapest vote and allied threats, ending the coup attempt.
Greeks Defeated by Turks in Eski Shehr Battle
Western Newspaper Union report from Constantinople states Mustafa Kemal Pasha proclaims every Turk must enroll or be executed as a traitor. The Eski Shehr fight ends after nine days with Biledjik recaptured and Greek forces retreating toward Brusa.
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Union News Service
Constantinople
Eski-Shehr
Mustapha Kemel Pasha
Biledjik
Brusa
Army of Salvation
Ineboli
Eski- Shehr
Thrace
Asia Minor
Black Sea
Moudania
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Kiazim Kara Bekir
Armenia
Sivas
Demand For Automobiles In Cleveland Grows
Cleveland automobile plants show 1,500 more employees than a month ago, a 24 percent gain per the Chamber of Commerce and Labor Department survey. Other sectors rise 4.2 percent in food and kindred products 2 percent in textiles and 5.3 percent in miscellaneous factories. Ninety seven plants reported.
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Cleveland
Chamber of Commerce
United States Department of Labor
Charles Leaves Hungary By Safe Conduct To Switzerland
Austria grants safe conduct to former Emperor Charles to travel to Switzerland. British French and Italian ministers presented protests to Chancellor Mayr against Hapsburg restoration. Entente reaction seen as aimed to bolster government in an emergency.
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Charles
Hungary
Vienna
Austria
Switzerland
Prnciple
Mayr
Hapsburg
Falls Sixteen Stories-Lives
Peter Blidere a carpenter fell sixteen stories down an elevator shaft on Broadway skyscraper He clutched a cable while sliding thirteen floors before burning his hands forced him to let go He struck a plank and broke his fall landing at the bottom still conscious He was taken to a hospital to assess injuries
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New York
Peter Blidere
Broadway
Wanderer drills prisoners at county jail before hanging
Carl Wanderer, once a lieutenant, supervised six fellow inmates on the death row tier as they drilled under his commands in the jail exercise room. His commanding voice echoed through the tiers as guards reported squads left and squads right during the drill before their execution.
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Wanderer
Chicago
Carl Wanderer
Three Suspects Held in 1919 Baseball Scandal Case
Nate Evens of New York, linked as the missing figure in the 1919 major league baseball scandal, and three other men described as professional gamblers in the East and Florida were arrested as fugitives from justice in St. Louis Missouri. The men with Evens reportedly identified themselves as Snyder Stater Hyman Cohen and Elias Vink.
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St. Louis
Nate Evens
New York
Florida
Evens
Snyder Stater
Hyman Cohen
Elias Vink
Wool Imports Rise Amid Tariff Anticipation
Washington reports January and February wool consumption fell 56 percent from a year earlier, but imports surged to over 68 million pounds as buyers stockpiled ahead of an emergency tariff. Argentina accounted for more than half of its wool exports to the United States during the period.
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Washington
Bureau of Markets
Argentina
United States
Chivalry Among the Birds
A humorous survey of avian courtship and manners across species. The cock partridge leads hens in nesting, while winter titmice stay in gardens. penguins propose with pebbles, and cedar birds pass food along a line, illustrating animal courtship behaviors.
Mummy Debate Trails Through Bluff Diggings
A Kansas City Star quote describes Dodd Durnitt recounting locals near Shellback county removing a mummy from a bluff. The tale splits between exhibiting it in a fair tent and sending it to the legislature, reflecting humorous speculation of the neighbors.
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Dodd Durnitt
Shellback County
Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Dodd
Kansas City Star
Virgo born people described as calm and dependable teachers
Report describes individuals born between August 22 and September 23 under Virgo as cool, orderly, self possessed and reliable in business, study, play, or competition with strong memories. They excel in tasks and make good teachers though may show selfish tendencies, while remaining devoted friends.
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Virgo
Remarkable Cork Oak Tree Near Cordele Georgia
A cork oak tree stands a half mile north of Daphne station west of Cordele Ga on the edge of a cotton field. Asserted by American Forestry Magazine it is the largest cork oak in America over a century old. Tradition says its acorn came from Spain via a southern planter. The tree measures 45 inches in diameter one foot above ground with a height of 60 feet and a crown spread of 60 by 70 feet.
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Daphne Station
Cordele
America
American Forestry Magazine
Spain
Cincinnati Markets Report Hay and Grain Prices
A Cincinnati markets note lists live stock and farm product quotes including hay and grain per ton prices for Timothy Clover mixed and other timothy types, oats, wheat, butter and egg prices, live poultry section with weights, cattle ranges for steers heifers and calves, sheep and lamb quotes, hogs and fat hogs price ranges, and miscellaneous farm commodities.
Harold Obeyed His Mother Luncheon Request
A mother told Harold not to stay for luncheon unless grandma insisted. Harold agreed to stay only if asked twice, then enjoyed the meal. Grandma later asked the mother what he meant, confirming the double-prompt rule. Cuticura ad promotes talcum powder as part of a fragrant cosmetic trio.
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Harold
Value of Every Minute
Quote urging strict time use by F A Walker from Chicago Daily News. It stresses that life comprises time and effort, warns against waste or stealing time, and urges valuing each minute as reliably as money.
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F. A. Walker
Chicago Daily News
Denied the Charge Kind Lady
A terse exchange features a hobo arguing he owes society nothing while a well meaning woman urges responsibility. The dialogue hints at social judgments and class tension in a rough street encounter.
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Boston Transcript
His Step The Suitor Tested by Father in Life
Dialogue excerpt shows Fond Father demanding the suitor reveal strength endurance balance and poise before consent. Fanette replies affirming Reggie Fox trots divinely.
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Fanette
Reggie Fox
Dr Peerys Dead Shot Promotes Worm Expulsion
An Indianapolis Star snippet highlights Dr Peerys Dead Shot as a powerful safe remedy that expels worms and a tapeworm from one dose without castor oil. It includes a claim of no opium or nausea and lists Kells Co Newburgh NY as manufacturers.
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Hoxsie
Kells Co
Newburgh
Not a Good Business Man Says J D Rockefeller Jr
In a Y M C A address Rockefeller argues the modern business world needs skilled managers. He warns against entrusting authority to unsuitable figures and cites a humorous tale of a young Corn Husk learning about grain and his father’s resources to illustrate misjudged delegation.
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J. D. Rockefeller, Jr
Shop Talk. First Printer Loses a Targeted Insult
In a brief comic exchange, a First Printer ridicules an unseen rival by calling him a type and is then corrected with the jab that he is a case, not a type. The dialogue hinges on punny printhouse jargon.
Vocation Transferred and Poem Writing as Time Killers
A fragment shows a doctor shifting vocation and spending idle hours writing poetry. One speaker teases the physician about patient absence while the other confirms poetry serves to pass the time. The exchange hints at a change in professional focus and personal coping.
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Harding
Germany
Boston
Davis
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Clark
Interstate Commerce Commission
Barton
Railway Labor Board
Katherine Shea
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Carl Neuf
Frank Zimmer
Grover Bergdoll
Baden
Berlin
Daugherty
Eugene V. Debs
Charles G. Daves
War Risk Bureau
Supreme Court
Governor
Point Wilson
Seattle
Wash
Marie Anderson
Joseph Willmer
Sioux City
Anderson Willmer
Lawrence Rew
Birnamwood
Wis
Margaret
Ford Motor Company
Lansing
Mich
Peter Bildere
Carpenter
Summit State Bank
Albany
Michigan
State Supreme Court
Madison
Glenn P. Turner
la Follette Progressive Association
Firetone Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Breckenridge
Tex
Eugene C. Weeks
Des Moines
Polk District Court
Sand Point
Idaho
Somers Match Company
Saginaw
William GC. Adams
Federal Fisheries Bureau
Third
Walnut Streets
Frank ©. Bancroft
Cincinnati Baseball Club
Deaconess
Cincinnati
James Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
C. Be, Haviland
Linoges
France
Mr. Haviland
Theodore Haviland
John Burroughs
New York Central
Kingsville
Pasadena
Cal
London Dispatch
United Kingdom
Department of Emigration At
Rome
Dublin
Crown
London
Viscount French
Ireland
Edmund Talbot
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
St. Marks Navy Yard
Trieste
Wilhelm Sylt
Ross Carbery
County Cork
Venizelos
Japan
Athens
Independent Labor Party
Southport
England
Lenin
Budapest
Sultan
Ottoman Empire
Bill
Antarctic
Misa Penguin
Cincinnati! Markets
Harvest
Canada
Eras Farm
Pyper
Western Canada
Realessere
Ottawa
W.S. Nethery
Brig
Columbus
Spohn
Spohn Medical Company
Goshen
Ind
Indianapolis Star
Postum
Postum Cereal Co.,Inc
Attle Creek,Mich
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