World events brief amid Harding's rise and postwar shift
A condensed roundup notes Warren G Harding sworn in as U S president with Calvin Coolidge as vice president, Cabinet nominations presented in senate, and major postwar changes. It covers demobilization, public access to the White House grounds, Wilson's return to law practice, railroad freight car surpluses, and various international disturbances and political shifts worldwide.
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Warren Gamaliel Harding
Ohio
United States
Capitol
Washington
Senate
Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts
Irish General Cumming Killed in North Cork Ambush
North Cork witnessed a deadly ambush as 500 Irish Republicans fired on an English convoy. Brigadier General H. R. Cumming and three other officers were killed, with two privates from the East Lancashire Regiment also losing their lives. The convoy was attacked near Clonbannin while traveling from Rathmore to Buttevant. The gorse-hidden assailants opened fire and fled after their left flank was turned. The mines along the road did not detonate.
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Union News Service
London
Cork
H. RB. Cumming
East Lancasshire Regiment
Cumming
Kerry Infantry
Has
Rathmore
Buttevant
Clonbannin
Gorse
Scottsboro
Ala
Farm Tenants’ Union
Stevenson
Stevens
Alabama
Fabius
Married 14 Times in Three Years Deserter Held in Prison
Harold Hammond 20, alleged war record includes 14 marriages in three years and desertion from both army and navy. In annulment actions by his wives, it was revealed he enlisted in 1917, deserted from Ft. Ethan Allen Vermont, then married in New York City and now serves at Portsmouth Naval Prison New Hampshire.
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New York
Army
Navy
Naval
Portsmouth
N. H
Harold Hammond
Hammond
Ft. Ethan Allen
Guabito Captured as Costa Rican Forces Advance
In a brief military action near the Isthmus of Panama Costa Rican troops seized Guabito after hours of fighting. Panamanian forces retreated toward Bocas Del Toro leaving 18 dead and many wounded as the Costa Ricans occupied the Almirante Railroad and besieged Ciudad de Almirante on the Atlantic coast.
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Guabito
San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Rail Strike Is Injurious to Public Interest in Atlanta
The United States Board of Mediation offers to mediate between B. L. Bugg as receiver and striking railroad workers of the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic line. Commissioner Chambers and Assistant Commissioner Kluttz will arrive to begin negotiations, per Brotherhood officials.
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Atlanta
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
United States Board of Mediation
B. L. Bugg
Chambers
Kluttz
Brotherhood
Liberian President King Arrives Aboard Panhandle State
Liberia's President Charles D. B. King arrived in New York aboard the Panhandle State and will depart for Washington to seek a $5,000,000 loan for Liberia. Liberian Consul Edward T. Merrill stated the planned meeting.
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New York
Charles D. B. King
Republic of Liberia
West Africa
Panhandle State
Washington
Edward T. Merrill
Pay Homage to Champ Clark in Rainy St Louis
Thousands of St Louisans waited in rain to honor Champ Clark as his body arrived from Washington. A terminal engine derailment killed a yardman delaying the train. Clark lay in state at City Hall while a military guard stood watch. The body then departed for Bowling Green at dawn.
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Champ Clark
St. Louis
Savage Borneo Burial Rites Described in Detail
The excerpt details Penyabong burial practices in central Borneo as described by Carl Lumholtz. It covers rites for both men and women, including body preparation, offerings, equipment laid by the corpse, and the widow's year of mourning. It notes a dugout coffin, absence of a feast, and remarriage rules after mourning ends.
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Central Borneo
Carl Lumholtz
Tamaloe
Copper-rolled Sheffield plate marks early silversmithing
The piece notes the accidental origin of Sheffield plate in 1742 when Bolsover fused silver with copper while repairing cutlery. This led to a new style of objects resembling solid silver, with later silversmiths like John Hancock expanding production. For about six decades copper was plated on only one side.
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Sheffield
Shefield
Bolsover
John Hancock
Hoxsie's Croup Remedy Ad Promises Quick Croup Aid
An old advertisement touts Hoxsie's Croup Remedy for croup coughs and colds, claiming a fast setback for a young man or a clock. It stresses no opium or nausea and lists a 60 cent price from druggists in Newburgh New York.
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Hoxsie
Kells Co
Newburgh
N. Y
Mfra
When Jefferson Took Oath Inauguration Drama Unfolds
The first Jefferson inauguration featured tension with Aaron Burr who he distrusted and Chief Justice John Marshall who administered the oath, a move Jefferson saw as improper. He then delivered a notable inaugural address in the senate chamber and later received congratulations from foreign diplomats and party leaders at his boarding house.
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Jefferson
Capitol
Aaron Burr
Marshall
Adams
Burr
Senate Chamber
Popular Party
Origin and attribution of the tune Yankee Doodle
The article discusses attributions for Yankee Doodle to Dr. Richard Shuckburg and Edward Harvard Bangs. It notes Hale linking the current version to Bangs, a Harvard graduate of 1777, and traces origins to England with associations to Samuel Arnold’s opera Two to One in London 1784.
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Richard Shuckburg
Edward Everett Hale
Edward Harvard Bangs
Harvard
England
Samuel Arnold
London
Quincidence Spelling Shift in Boston Transcript Note
A Boston Transcript reader laments awkward spellings like eo words and praises a writer’s Quincidence style, urging authors and printers to quaperate to trim odd terms. The exchange hints at evolving language usage and editorial choices in early 20th century press.
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Colin
Coop
Boston Transcript
Romance of Paper From Cave Men to Moors
The piece traces early paper use from ancient times when cavemen read burned bark and plant fibers to the Moors who introduced paper to Spain in the twelfth century. It highlights the ancient origins and the spread of papermaking across cultures.
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Spain
Tomorrow They'll Do It Again Spark Plug Battery Joke
A comic exchange from Science and Invention features a spark plug declaring I got fired today while the battery retorts Ive been discharged as well signaling a playful inventor humor beat about machinery.
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Science and Inventon
Cincinnati Markets Report Grain Butter and Livestock Prices
Market notes list Hay and Grain prices including Timothy and Clover, corn and oats by grade, Red and No 2 to No 8 wheat ranges, butter creamery extras and firsts, live poultry prices for broilers chickens and fowl, cattle herd values from good to fair to common, calves, sheep and hog figures with per unit costs and weights, incomplete text ends with fragmented prices and terms.
Globe trotter buys Syrian lambs fleece then rabbit skin coat
A young traveler, rich but rewardingly naive, buys Syrian lambs fleece at a high price and orders an overcoat lining. On trying it on, the tailor reveals extra material was needed, noting the fleece is only obtainable in Syria but in England is known as rabbit skin.
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London
England
Syria
Montreal Herald
A purse is doubly empty when it is filled with borrowed money
A brief proverb notes that a purse becomes doubly empty when filled with money borrowed from others. The saying links debt with financial emptiness and prudence in borrowing.
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