World Happenings Terse Summary From 1921 Dispatches
News briefs cover boxing rivals Dempsey and Carpentier set for a Cuba fight between February and July 1921. Other items note MacSwiney’s death after a 74 day hunger strike. campaign finances for Harding and the Democratic drive. relief plans for Jewish war orphans. Grain and oats adulteration case in Chicago. and varied international political moves from Greece to Bolivia.
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Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Europe
Cuba
New York
Crime Wave Sweeps Chicago Striking Death Toll Rises
A wave of crime in Chicago leaves sixteen dead and many wounded amid robberies and fatal crashes. Robbers in Elmhurst target well-to-do patrons at a Masonic temple dedication, shooting Chief Harry Magers who later dies. Other killings involve a chemist, a man found dead in a vacant lot, and a grudge murder.
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Union News Service
Chicago
Tfl
Elmhurst
Harry Magers
Eluhurst
Magers
Tom Johnson
Charles Madderen
Madderen
Minnesota
K. Madderen
William Sanderson
Chester Bevins
al Tearney
Anna Dixon
Joseph R. Norris
Bevins
Norris
John W Rainey
John Goloméieski
Edwin Lainey
Rainey
Louis Pommier
Larney
Pommier
Beef and Pork Prices Fall in October Wholesale report
Washington wholesale meat prices dropped in October per the Institute of American Meat Packers. Carcass beef led with about 18 percent decline from early September to end October, while light pork loins and pork chops fell around 21 percent. Shoulders dropped about 10 percent and smoked ham and bacon fell just under 10 percent.
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Washington
Institute of American Meat Packers
Marines Launch Nationwide Search For Missing Lieutenant Franklin
Washington reports a full Marine Corps surveillance effort to locate Lt Edgar Franklin missing since October 7 from the Raleigh hotel. Officials fear foul play citing his mature age strong health and fine officer record as investigators pursue all leads. His wife describes persistent uncertainty about his whereabouts.
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Washington
Marine Corps
United States
Wiat
Edgar Franklin
Raleigh
Pirn Bettef
Franklin
Tracing a Counterfeit Through Many Hands
A Secret Service operative tracks a counterfeit $20 bill through a chain from a Cincinnati bank to a Cincinnati patient via a grocer a shoe dealer a dentist and a traveling oculist. The trail ends when the cottage industry reveals Mr Smith as the supplier and the grocer as a blind front. The case highlights policing ingenuity and the broad web of counterfeit circulation.
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Secret Service
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Pittsburgh
Growth of Beauty in Age
The Exchange argues that beauty grows with age through intellectual and spiritual refinement. It cites Lincoln as an example and lists figures like Tennyson Longfellow Howe Beecher Willard Lowell Verdi Brahms, noting their later beauty as gray hair and wrinkles darken.
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Abraham Lincoln
Tennyson
Longfellow
Julia Ward Howe
Amerson
Beecher
Frances Willard
Lowell
Verdi
Brahms
Singular Marriage Feast in Polynesia Bids Bride Alone
The article notes a Polynesian wedding custom where the groom is banished to the bush when the bride joins the family. He stays away during the marriage feast, a practice explained as a long-standing tradition lacking a clear reason.
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Polynesia
The One Absorbing Topic
A Boston Transcript quote notes people limit talking about themselves because they have nothing else to say. The line comments on social behavior and self-focus.
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Boston Transcript
Cincinnati Markets Hay and Grain Prices Incomplete List
Grain and live stock quotes for Cincinnati markets include corn, oats, wheat, butter, eggs, live poultry, cattle, calves, hogs, and lambs. Prices show various grades and weights such as No 2 white corn at 98 1 4 to 98 1 2 cents, No 2 red wheat around 2.28 to 2.29, butter extras around 6 to 7 cents, and hogs priced up to 13.25 per cwt with value ranges for different classes. Some text appears corrupted, but primary items and price ranges are identifiable.
Flea Preserved in Ancient Honey Revealed by Excavation
An Egyptian tomb yielded a honey jar with a flea trapped inside for millennia. The honey hardened into candy though the sweetness faded, preserving the insect near the bottom as archaeologists noted.
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Stygian
American Forestry Magazine
Egypt
Adam's Lost Rib Cited As Wakefulness Failure
A humorous or symbolic remark notes that if Adam had stayed awake he would not have lost the rib, implying a playful judgment on awareness or distraction.
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Adam
It Is Better to Shake Hands Than Shake Friends
A short-fashioned saying emphasizes choosing cordial greetings over harming personal ties, urging kindness in social interactions and caution against actions that might end friendships.
Hungry traveler gets a held train at Drench Road junction
A Cleveland man with Illinois business interests rushed for a meal before a departing train. The counterman offered to hold the train and telephoned the superintendent to pause the trip. The man was told the superintendent wants him to have a good meal in the private dining room.
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Cleveland
Illinois
Drench Road
Gloom Across the Town as Mr Grumpins Reacts
The scene centers on Mr Grumpins whose mood appears unusually gloomy. Miss Cayenne notes his demeanor and suspects he has something on his mind impacting his outlook.
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Gloom
Mr. Grumpins
Miss Cayenne
Oxford Grants Degrees to Women After Years of Agitation
After enduring persistent pressure, Oxford University announces it will award degrees to women. This marks a historic shift as the institution extends formal recognition to female graduates, aligning with broader suffrage and gender equality movements.
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Oxford University
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Frank L. Polk
Terence MacSwiney
Cork
Brixton Prison
London
Medical World
Republican National Committee
Warren G. Harding
Fred W. Upham
Senate
Democratic National Committee
Wilbur W. Marsh
Ukrainia
The
People's Relief Committee For
Armour Grain Company of
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Tampico
State Department
Gustave B. Salier
Sailer
Greek Chamber of Deputies
Coundouriotis
Greece
Athens
Ad Coundour
Miral Marine
Venizelos
Kevin Barry
Noak’s Brewery
Dublin
St. George's Cathedral
England
Wales
Sylvia Pankhurst
Mexio
Mexico City
MacSwiney
Karl Helfferich
Berlin
Sebastopol Dimputeh
Baron Wrangel
Irish Republic
Munster and Leinster Bank
Bolivia
Buenos Aires
Die Freiheit
East Prussia
Bavaria
Chamber of Deputies
Alvaro Obregon
Republic
Chamber
Prince Henry
Prussia
William
Holland
Wieringen
Doorn
Germany
Labor Ministry
Poland
Russia
Moscow
Constantinople
Tabasco
Sesgion
Helsingfors
Finland
Kronstadt
Petrograd
Lemberg
Galicia
Petlura
Thomastown
Kilkenny
Ireland
Bothwell
Glasgow
Scotland
Cullman
Marshall
Blount
State Law Enforcement Department
Montgomery
Ala
George Cushna
Southwest State Bank
Fiftieth Street
Racine Avenue
David McNeal
Welland, Ont
American Distilling Company
Moorhead
Minn
Patapaco River
Timore, Md
Sir Robert Borden
Canada
Ottawa
Standard, Oil Company of Insana
Wrigleys
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