World events brief from August era tensions and politics
Navy orders Pittsburgh and a destroyer to the Baltic off Cherbourg to protect U S interests. Rail car shortage worsens in U S and Canada with 132 870 cars less than demand. Hog Island shipyard bids soon as shipboard funds planned. July spending falls over 1.5 billion from June per Treasury. Migration bureau reorganized by Interior. Desertion under 1 of wartime registrants per War Department. Arthur Patriarche former Pere Marquette VP dies in Detroit at 71. Tennessee ratifies federal amendment. House 49 47, Senate 28 4. Mrs Alice May Bain suicides in Oakland. One third of Illinois coal mines idle. Indiana mines closed. Frank Farrington urges workers to stay on job. Erwin R Bergdoll convicted for draft evasion. sentenced to four years hard labor. Louis Eckles shot trying to break prison at Joliet. Philadelphia mint produced 601 million coins in year. Sugar price eyed at 15 cents in New York. Ohio utilities bar 20% rate hikes. Muskegon plant explosion kills one, injures eight. Harrisburg man killed in mine blast. Missouri Kansas Texas railroad wrecks kill ten near Windsor Calhoun. Kansas proclaims rat-killing week. North Carolina defeats woman suffrage amendment 71 41. Cox to tour West starting Sept 2. Harding schedule discussed. Cox and Harding to share platform at Ohio state fair Aug 31. Cox calls for arbitration over war avoidance at Camp Perry opening remarks.
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American Track Stars and Golf headline Antwerp meet
Sporting The American performances at Antwerp have netted them 48 points in track and field events. Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Americans died after being struck by a pitch from Carl Mays in New York. Leo Diegel struggled in Toledo as the American Open golf title returned to England with Ted Ray. Finland led in the javelin, sweeping the podium as four Finns surpassed the former world record. Americans qualified in all preliminary Olympic track events at Antwerp.
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Emigration Drive and Repatriation Plans Amid Global Tensions
Reports from Paris and various capitals describe a Serbian official coordinating a commission to repatriate 800,000 Jugoslavs as over a million seek return to Europe. Other items note Popocatepetl activity, Norway luxury imports ban, Bolshevik losses, and Wilson ready to recognize a Mexican government under terms.
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Votes for Women in 1920 Triumphs in National Change
Washington and Delaware ratify the Susan B Anthony amendment finishing the long suffrage fight. The piece recounts suffragists Lucretia Mott Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony and traces state by state ratifications and key milestones from 1848 to 1920.
Increase Recruiting Plan Pushed Amid Army Expansion Debate
Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, said the War Department will press to recruit an additional 100,000 beyond the 175,000 authorized, challenging Congress over a 280,000 maximum. The move could cost about 160 million dollars annually and prompt a Congressional inquiry, while Republicans question the purpose and fiscal rationale of exceeding the appropriation.
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Union News Service
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Virginia
League of Nations
A Love Story in Japan Shows Delicate Footnote Practice
World Outlook notes that in a Japanese version of John Halifax Gentleman a footnote appears mid scene declaring he asked her to marry him. The observer says this replacement of a direct proposal with asterisks mirrors a peculiarly delicate sensibility in Japanese literary taste.
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Court of Lions in Albarabra Spain
The Court of Lions is a renowned court in Albarabra Spain named for white marble lions with water flowing from their mouths into a central alabaster basin.
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How Oysters Grow Shells
Young oysters float on the water surface for a time then sink and fasten to the bottom. Once attached they extract water and deposit it as shell around their bodies.
Bandits Take $100000 In Mail Pouch Robbery
A mail pouch containing $100000 was stolen from an Illinois Central suburban station. Robbers fled in a car after the pouch was dropped from a train at the One Hundred Eleventh Street Station in Pullman, where bank messengers were to receive it. The money was reported destined for the Pullman Trust and Savings Bank.
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Chinese Border Clears After Large Ant Bolshevik Withdrawal
Reports say 18 000 to 20 000 Seminoff and Kappel anti Bolshevik troops retreat eastward to Dauria near the Chinese Eastern Railway. Withdrawal follows Japanese forces pulling back from Chita and Harbin, removing their main support.
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Wage Increase Granted for Toledo Traction Workers
A 15 percent raise was awarded to 150 employees of the Toledo Bowling Green and Southern Traction Company, averting a work stoppage. The temporary 90 day agreement ended after talks between company and workers, who had sought a 40 percent raise.
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Three Die in Plane Crash at Varney Field in Redwood City
A Varney Aviation Field crash in Redwood City California killed three men instantly. Pilot Olton Prodger 82 from England and John G Nelson along with Augustus Jamieson, attaches of Varney Aviation School, were aboard when the plane plunged from 800 feet during a vane demonstration. Prodger represented a British aircraft company.
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Kidnapping Claim Ties Bandit to Mexico City
Eleven Americans and one British subject were reported kidnapped by Pedro Zamora who allegedly abducted them after an act in Autlan Jalisco according to the Mexico City based Exelsior newspaper.
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Dynamiters Wreck Power House at Borderland Mine No 2
Officials report a dynamite blast wrecked the Borderland Coal Corporation mine power house at Huntington West Virginia after an earlier failed attempt to mislead state police from Borderland. No injuries were listed and workers continued operations after the explosion during the ongoing coal strike.
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Eatonic Relief Told by Father and Daughter in Texas
R J Powell of Sweetwater and his daughter report quick relief from Eatonic for digestive misery. The ad claims hundreds use one or two tablets after meals to banish heartburn indigestion sourness gas and bloating. The product costs a trifle and is available from your druggist.
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Bayer Aspirin Claims Genuine and Safe for Widely Used Pain Relief
An advertisement asserts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin are genuine and safe for millions, prescribed by physicians for over twenty years. It warns to accept only unbroken Bayer packages with proper directions, lists headaches toothache neuralgia and rheumatism as targets, and notes small tin packs of 12 cost few cents with larger packages sold by druggists.
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The Ideas Children Have
Ruth praised thick apple butter on bread and visited the country. After days she asked a farmer about feeding apples to cows, and the hostess puzzled over the question. The child’s mishearing led to a humorous note about apple butter and cows.
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Indianapolis News
Cuticura Ad Claims Soothing Baby Rashes
An advertisement touts Cuticura products for soothing baby rashes. It promotes Cuticura Soap for hot baths, Cuticura Ointment for gentle anointing, and Cuticura Talcum dusting, priced at 25 cents each.
Two Views on Providence and Bills in Conversation
In a brief dialogue Deacon A praises providence that memory of hardship fades with time while Doctor B quips that doctors have trouble collecting their bills, noting the difficulty of payment despite the resignation to fate.
Woman health ad touts Swamp Root kidney relief
An advertisement claims thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble with symptoms like back pain headaches and nervousness. It promotes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a remedy and offers sample bottles by mail from Dr Elmer Co at Binghamton with the paper name reference.
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Dr. Elmer & Co
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Get Rid of Worms With Dead Shot Vermitage Ad
An old ad line promotes Dead Shot Dr Peery Vermitage claiming one dose cures tapeworms. The scene includes Old Farmer Hayes greeting James Calkins and teasing his ears as a passing by remark.
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Domestic Interest Films Lead Popular in Inquiries
Inquiries show motion pictures of domestic interest top the list with western thrillers and comedies tying for second place. The report highlights audience preference for locally produced films and mainstream genres.
Goes to the Woods and Trampe Disappears Mystery
From the Louisville Courier Journal comes a terse note on a missing Trampe and a hint of rural tensions as farmers seek help amid gunfire rumors and search efforts in a woods case.
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