Happenings of the World Tersely Told
Washington scenes include Pershing named chief of staff and army plan. Weeks protests army cuts before Senate committee. Grain futures bill passes House 269 to 69. railroads show March operating surplus per ICC. Mexico recognition talks advance. Daugherty to probe war graft. Schuman named ambassador to China. Winter wheat forecast 629 million bushels. tariffs bill clears Senate 68 to 28. Many other international and domestic items follow.
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General Pershing
Tary
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Washington
House
Senate
Sinn Feiners to Terrorize London Suburbs
Rioters linked to Sinn Fein attacked London suburbs and St Albans in a campaign of arson and shooting. Three wounded, including a couple in St Albans. Homes of Royal Irish Constabulary members targeted. some arsons thwarted. a margarine factory burned briefly in North Woolwich.
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Union News Service
London
Sinn Fein
St. Albans
Royal Irish Constabulary
Dublin
Tooting
West Kensington
B. Greenwich
Battersea
North Woolwich
Auxiliary of the
Royal Irish Comma
Wheat crop to be larger in Kentucky in 1921
Commissioner W C Hanna released a monthly crop report showing Kentucky will produce about 7 851 000 bushels of wheat in 1921, 2 241 000 more than 1920, and hay output up by 150 000 tons to a total of 1 658 000 tons with 157 000 tons of last year’s hay remaining on farms.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
W. C. Hanna
Hanna
Two Clerks Arrested on Postal Savings Fraud Charge
James A. Dunlay and Ralph Rosenberg postal clerks were arrested in New York on charges of embezzling $75,000 through postal savings certificate frauds. Each is held on $26,000 bail by a United States Commissioner following action by the Federal grand jury. Dunlay served 18 years at the post office and Rosenberg two years, and both handled receipts for deposits.
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New York
James A. Dunlay
Ralph Rosenberg
United States Commissioner For Action
Federal Grand Jury
Dunlay
Post Office
Rosenberg
Dietz Pardoned by Governor Blaine in Wisconsin
John F. F. Dietz once defender of Cameron Dam and jailed for the 1910 slaying of Deputy Sheriff Oscar Harp was pardoned by Governor Blaine. Dietz had faced life imprisonment, later reduced to twenty years, before the pardon.
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Vernor Blaine
Madison
Wis
Cameron Dam
Dietz
John FF. Dietz
Wisconsin
Blaine
Oscar Harp
Train Wreck at Shirley Knocks Plummer into Open Switch
Train No. 6 known as the Plummer from Bloomington I-Chicago and Alton collided with an open switch near Shirley Illinois at fifty miles per hour. A relief train was hurried to the scene and a number of people are believed killed or injured.
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Bloomington
Chicago & Alton
Shirley
Ill
Aviatrix Laura Bromwell Sets Loop-the-Loop Record
Mineola New York Miss Laura Bromwell 28 year old aviatrix broke the world loop the loop record for her sex at Curtiss Field performing 199 complete loops after taking off from 8000 feet. She wore the uniform of a Lieutenant in the New York Aerial Police Department.
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Mineola
N. Y
Laura Bromwell
Curtiss Field
Bromwell
New York
Wealthy Silk Man Shot in The Bronx
Mystery surrounds the shooting of John H. Reid a wealthy silk manufacturer at the home of Mrs. Havel D Warner in The Bronx He is in a critical condition with five bullet wounds in his body
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New York
John H. Reid
Havel D. Warner
Bronx
Retailers Lobby For Price Reductions In Readjustment Talks
Washington representatives from retail dealers across the country met with Secretary Hoover to discuss progress of retail price reductions as part of the economic readjustment. They argued retail prices have not kept pace with wholesale declines and criticized government agencies for the perceived spread between retail and wholesale prices.
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Washington
Hoover
Butter Rescue On a Galling Vessel At Sea
An oldtime New England mariner recalls a gale night aboard a rolling ship. Utter chaos ensues as trunks, cups, and a table crash about while butter and sugar spill across the cabin floor. The seaman bravely fights gravity to save the butter and restore order before turning back to his bunk.
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New England Mariner
Japanese Women Urged to Drop Back Carrying Babies
Miss Ernestine L. Friedmann reports government guidance in Japan to stop mothers from carrying infants on their backs to prevent stunted growth. She notes a health survey by the YWCA and describes crowded dormitories, limited bed space, and mat arrangements in factory towns.
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Ernestine L. Friedmann
Y. W
Japan
Early vertical railway lift birth in England
The piece traces the origin of the vertical railway in England in the early 1870s with the first lift at Albert Hall where riders paid a penny. It notes the lift is now rare in Europe while the elevator remains common in the United States, birthplace of the skyscraper, explaining high American building heights.
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England
Albert Hall
Europe
United States
America
Cincinnati Markets Commodities and Livestock Prices
Market report from Cincinnati lists hay and grain prices for various sunimaries, Ciats, and wheat grades, with butter eggs live poultry and cattle and sheep values. It also shows hog pricing by weight and quality, including packers and butchers, hog futures, and lamb values.
Trials of a Housewife testimonial page
A collection of testimonials for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound from women in Providence Ohio and Illinois detailing relief from female troubles backache nervousness and fatigue after childbirth. The article emphasizes long usage over forty years and offers a free private text book on ailments peculiar to women.
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Providence
Lydia
E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Herbert L. Cassen
Meni Court
R. I
Ohio
Fayette
Cuester A. Ball
Illinois
Biostar
J.a.mcquitty
Walnut St
Bloomington
Ill
Cassen
United States
Lydia BE. Pinkham
What makes a true diplomatist according to Sorghum
Senator Sorghum says a true diplomatist must think and see many possibilities so quickly that defining his qualities is as hard as detailing what makes a good poker player. He refrains from a precise definition.
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Sorghum
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Blood Purification
Catarrh is described as a local disease worsened by constitutional conditions. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is marketed as a tonic and blood purifier that cleanses the blood and strengthens the system to restore normal conditions. Cirulars are free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Woman Speaks At Length Yet Says Little About Herself
A woman speaks at length about various topics but reveals few concrete details about her life or background. The remarks emphasize self-presentation over personal specifics, leaving readers with a sense of disclosure without substance.
Mark Twain Quote Interpreted as Stairs to Success
A compact note attributes a paraphrase to Mark Twain about progress as stepping up stairs. The remark frames effort as a steady ascent rather than a single leap toward achievement.
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Mark Twain
Mediums and spirits debated by veterans in wartime exchange
In a quoted exchange from the American Legion Weekly, Dugan doubts mediums while Monahan claims proof of their truth. He recounts being misreported as killed in the war, and how his sister was told he wished to return while he was aboard a transport at sea.
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Madison
Wis
George R. Bloom
Harry J. Kelting
Carlstrom Field
Arcadia
Fla
Col
George Harvey
George
Buckingham Palace
London
Ooeas
Dugan
Monahan
Earth
High Sea
American Legion Weekly
Proposals Headline Reads Across Broad Topics
A reader notes the word proposals appears across many subjects from life to steel and naval stores in the Louisville Courier-Journal. The line suggests curiosity about varied items under the proposals header.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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Harding
Gallipolis Grotto No. 15
Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets
Mexico
Obregon
Davis
Daugherty
Wash
War Department
Jacob Gould Schuman
China
Washington Dispatch
Moses
Department of Agriculture
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Eagle Flat
Tex
Texas and Pacific Railway
Mary White
William Allen White
The
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Dempsey
International Fur Ft
Igott Bloomquist
Oklahom
B. Car Deseste
Fort l
Okio
Mary Rossiter
Grangeville
Idaho
California
San Quentin
Emma Schmidt
Havana, Ill
Illinois River
St. Louis
Frank Zezicki
Gary
Ind
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
Los Angeles
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake S. Hamon
Charles H. Morse
Fairbanks, Morse & Co
Chicago
Cook County
Army
Moscow
Metallurgical Workers
Santador
Spain
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Vigo
Mexico City
Queenstown
Belverly
County Cork
Turin
Berlin
Germany
Lloyd George
Foreign Office
Angora
Cillela
Great Britain
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Oder River
Kandrzin
Kassel
Reichstag
Doctor Wirth
Morells
Micholtan
House of Commots
Upper Silesia
SINN
Cincinnati
Timothy
Clover
Pinkham
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberts
British Columbia
W. S. Nethery
Columbus
Bettie
Soneas
Blackman
Blackman Stock Remedy CO
Chattasnoga
Teanes
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