Meighen Demands Dominion Powers Over Empire Policy
The Canadian prime minister urged four key terms at the imperial conference challenging British policy on India Mesopotamia and the East. He pressed for dominion information consultation parliamentary approval of treaties and final Canadian decision on matters affecting the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meighen
Canada
Foreign ‘Office
Lord Curzon
Dominions
India
Mesopotamia
East
United States
Gompers Active Leader at 71 in Labor Movement
Samuel Gompers remains a central figure as president of the American Federation of Labor and a prolific organizer. He traveled about 100 miles daily in 1920, authored four books and fifty pamphlets, edits the American Federationist, and shapes labor legislation from Washington. Born in England, he emigrated at thirteen and helped form the international cigarmakers' union in 1864.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United States
Gompeérs
Washington
Sophia Julian
New York City
Gertrude Gleavers Neuscheler
Zanesville
Ohio
England
Gompers
America
Sacchuel Gompers
Churchill to Publish Reminiscences With High Pay
Winston Spencer Churchill has secured an advance of 80 000 for his Reminiscences and royalties, surpassing the 60 000 paid to Mrs. Herbert Asquith for her autobiography. The work in two volumes, due in autumn, already completed, promises new official documents that may illuminate Britain’s wartime policies and postwar period. Churchill, son of Lord Randolph Churchill and Jennie Jerome, remains a perennial public favorite despite past errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston
Spencer-Churchill
London
Thornton & Butterworth
Herbert Asquith
Great Britain
Lord Randolph Churchill
Jennie Jerome
New York
Jewels for Gates Heiress in Estate Tax Case
New York sums executors of Mrs. John W Gates estate to decide if inheritance taxes of 884,089 on New York personal property or 17,000,000 on Texas assets apply. Jewelry in New York valued at 458,670 includes a 110,000 pearl necklace and 80,000 emerald and diamond necklace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John W. Gates
Texas
Gates
Delora F. Angell
Lake Forest
Ill
Kenate
Numerous Ohio deaths and incidents fill weathered reports
A sweep of short items records drownings, crashes, facelifts of crime, weather damage, and local political shifts across Ohio. Notable entries include drownings in Vermillion and Cadiz, fatal car and train accidents in Canton Lima Toledo and Sandusky, a beheading at Van West, a self inflicted death at Geneva, and a lightning death near Gratis. Also noted are labor disputes, city governance debates, a judge moving practice to Xenia, and an auto truck collision in Elyria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attica High School
Kent
Franklin Rader
Oberlin
George Parlance
Canton
Youngstown
John North
Greenville
Edward Thompson
Cadiz
Adam Fridley
van West
Edward Schmidt
Toledo
William Flint
Cleveland
Geneva
Jack Monroe
Joe
Lima
Jay Garrison
Sandusky
Jacob Snider
Cincinnati
Joseph Sheets
Enon
Clarke County
Erie Railroad
Marion
David J. Scott
Toledo University
Toledo Financial House
Eugene L. Lewis
United States
Southern District of
Elyria
Alfred Kaier
Alliance
Minnie Stocking
Herrick
Gerald Pilliod
United States District Attorney
Frederick
G. Rinele
Daniel Williams
Sabina
Clinton County
George Dun
Williams
Erie County
Castalla “Blue Hole
Harry Mitchell
Aling Carmen
Harry D. Cummins
Steubenville
Salem
Lisbon
P.P. Perkins
Mentér
Camp Perry
Businear Erierepe
C. Peneral
Was the Neighbor's Chicken Incident
A suburban family recounts sharing fenced flocks with neighbors and swapping chickens after a mix up. The narrator asked a neighbor to kill a chicken for dinner but later discovered it was the neighbor's bird, prompting apologies and a lighthearted laugh about the mix up.
Theyll Feet at Home Great days for kids
A fragment hints at education shifts with school plates replacing textbooks and a sentiment of contentment, though the full context is unclear. The snippet mentions children and questioning "What now" as the idea of American discovery is noted.
Record of Pleasant Hours in the Book of Night Life
The Chicago Journal describes a modern trend where young couples keep a personal “Book of Night Life” recording theater programs, ticket stubs, and opinions on each performance. The volume grows as a season’s log of amusements with comments on music, plot, actors, and feelings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Journal
Imaginary Spheroid Debate Sparks Classroom Banter
In a playful exchange students discuss a fictional spheroid while Professor-Give challenges the idea with a mock experiment. A student delivers a quip about a rooster laying an egg, prompting amused reactions and a light classroom moment.
Fear of the Devil Spurs Unyielding Battle Across Ages
A stark reflection on the timeless struggle between humanity and evil, noting that courage coexists with fear as people confront the constant presence of the devil. The line suggests persistent inner conflict and the endurance found in steadfast effort against malevolent forces.
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Churchill
Benjamin Ward
Akron
John D. Connell
Delaware
Wits H. Oviatt
St Clairsville
Helen Hawthorne
Edward Kidd
Bellaire
William Means
Yellow Springs
Ohio Electric Railway
John Knox
Mount Healthy
Bennett
Company H
Third Infantry
Camp Sherman
Florence Korns
Lakewood
Lake Erie
Harry J. Davis
Madison County Farmers’ Club
Dayton Charter Association
Charles O. Timberman
Lotain Safety
Maxine Worley
Lorain
Daytona
Fla
Irene Shook
New Cumberland
Newark
Mary A. Evans
Barberton
Helen Kuhn
Pleasantville
Fairfield County
Betsy Anne
Natchez
D. G. Gill
Shippers Packet Company
Pittsburgh
James Ross
Ross
Defiance
James Shepe
Alice Schmidt
Harold Horn
Donald Heitzman
Edward Heitzman
Strasburgy
Tuscarawas County
H. A. Atherton
Law Enforcement League
John 8S. Davis
Reed
George F. Miles
Division of Labor
Department of Industrial Relations
J. B. Childe
Im Weer
Spencer Metal Sdameeny
Spencer
Nai
Fegg ‘Buckeye
8. L. Black
Co 9
Marietta
Lakin Oi Taylor
Black
Davis
Ae Niten Peitecte
Enga
Sith
Wrigley's
Aga
Blackman
Blackman Stock Remedy Co
Chattanooga
Tean
Fade
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