18 Mar 1921
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1921
Page
1
Chicago on March 18 reports economist Clifford Type arguing freight reductions are needed after wartime increases. He warns government action and rail rate guarantees harm industry, urges relief from railroads, wage cuts, and regulatory revisions to end the rate regime.
Salem and nearby towns seek the young woman described as the advance agent for a bandit gang. She visits stores and vamps an employee to obtain funds, then returns with the gang to rob the location.
A medical note explains indigestion results from hyperacidity and dairylike fermentation in the stomach. It recommends four ounces of Rad Salts in water before breakfast for a week to neutralize acidity and aid digestion, liver, and kidneys, claiming broad, inexpensive relief.
New York reports of Joan Jacobson born in Romania who stowed aboard the Eldena at Bizerte in French North Africa to seek American citizenship. With no passport he faces expulsion from multiple nations while held in the brig as emigration officials and the captain threaten severe penalties. He recounts a life of war, capture, and bravery in multiple armies.
Francois Foreman, a Navy sailor visiting Brookfield, recounts torture by Bolsheviks in Russia while prisoner for three months. He says captors burned his feet with candles and braided his wrists with hot irons while seeking a navy message he carried. Foreman, recovering in a Colorado army hospital, says he lost 95 pounds.
The survey notes that fourteen presidents were sons of farmers or planters, three were sons of clergymen, and Andrew Jackson’s father was a sexton and constable, highlighting humble origins among early U.S. leaders.
London March 18 Great Britain and Soviet Russia announced a commercial agreement for reciprocal trading after nearly two years of negotiations. Talks have seen several suspensions but progress continued aided by Labour Party influence on government policy.
Sir Alfred Mond after returning from Palestine described the country as a basket of jewels with immense possibilities. He noted capital and labor are needed and that public utility schemes and a government bond issue are under consideration. He said Jewish refugees prefer safety over Bolshevism and Palestine could link East and West commercially and culturally.
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