Chaing Kai-shek defies foreign rule demands in China
Chiang Kai-shek leads a Cantonese advance toward Shanghai demanding abolition of extraterritorial rights and unequal treaties. He vows to end foreign jurisdiction, and warns of imperialist opposition while factions shift as Yang Sen reportedly defects.
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Yangtse
Shanghai
Belgium
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Peking
Wuchang
Canton
America
Philippines
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Yangsen
Wu Pei-fu
Szechwan
Shansi
Yang-seni
Justice Eee
Fall and Doheny Go on Trial in DC Oil Lease Case
Former Interior Secretary LBert B. Fall and oil magnate Edward L. Doheny face a DC Supreme Court trial on conspiracy to defraud the government over naval oil reserve leases in the Wik Hill fields, California. Prosecution says $100000 paid November 80, 1921 was a bribe. defense claims the leases served policy and a long friendship.
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Lbert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Edward L. Doheny
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
New Mexico
Fall
Doheny
Pan-American Oil Company
Wik Hill
California
Supreme Court Rules on Spot Reproduction Costs for Utilities
The Supreme Court last week handed down a decision affecting public utilities and their customers, ruling on the legality and implications of the spot reproduction cost. The ruling squares with existing regulatory frameworks and may alter how utility charges are justified for consumers.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Love Virus on a Desert Island
In a distant future, three professors inoculate a young man and a nurse with a rare love germ from Patagonia and Fiji. On a Brooklyn laboratory island, the lovers discover the nurse is immune, revealing women knew the contagion all along and will face exile together.
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Fiji Islands
Brooklyn
Famous Memorial Trees Across American History
A Forestry Almanac summary highlights notable trees as national memorials including the General Sherman Sequoia in Sequoia National Park California aged at about 40 centuries. It also cites the Treaty Oak in Washington, the Shakespeare Memorial Oak at the University of Rochester, the Battleground Oak in North Carolina, and the Liberty Elm by Pine Creek near Avis Pennsylvania where the Pine Creek Declaration of Independence was signed.
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United States
America
Sequoia National Park
California
Washington
University of Rochester
Stratford-on-Avon
North Carolina
Guildford Court House
Pine Creek
Avis
Electric Confetti Shower At Hinckley Parish Wedding
An electrical apparatus showered confetti on the bridegroom, an electrical engineer, as the bridal couple left Hinckley parish church in London. Electricity workers wearing insulating gloves formed a guard of honor while cables carried the current to power the confetti arch.
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Hinckley
London
Have Kidneys Examined By Your Doctor
Flush kidneys by drinking a quart of water daily and take salts occasionally as a renowned authority warns that excess rich foods form acids that paralyze kidneys. Symptoms include back pain, dull kidney ache, headaches, dizziness, sour stomach, coated tongue, cloudy urine, and nocturnal urination. Jad Salts, four ounces mixed with water before breakfast for a few days, is said to clean kidneys and neutralize acids.
Perfectly Logical Coffee Gaffe Lights Up Banter
A witty exchange plays on coffee terms with a joke about grounds and boiling. The comment pokes fun at the coffee’s appearance, implying the grounds were used before boiling, provoking light humor.
Cuticura Talcum Powder Advertised In Trio
An advertisement touts Cuticura Talcum Powder as an antiseptic scented economical powder for face skin baby and dusting use. It claims the powder renders other perfumes superfluous and notes it is part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio with Soap Ointment and Talcum.
Underground Railway Agents Count Surfaces in History
A historic tally records 3 111 agents station keepers and conductors who aided escaping slaves on the pre Civil War underground railway.
Mentha Pepsin Elixir Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An advertisement touts Dave’s Mentha Pepsin as a strong stomach tonic for gas heaviness and distention. It claims the elixir builds lasting stomach vigor and offers a money back guarantee if it does not greatly help, noting widespread availability through local dealers.
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