Record of important events from the past week
A digest of notable incidents includes a dredger explosion near Wit Japan harbor killing many, mass ticket demand for the California Ohio State game, votes backing grape industry experiments in Fresno area, and postal treaty talks. Also reported are a bold robbery of a Los Angeles businessman by a masked woman, jewelry seizures, Western Union cable suit, strong overseas trade figures, a Boston theft case, naval spending talks, a fatal rifle accident near Fresno, tariff embargo planning, and Peter Tumulty declining a top judicial post.
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Wit
Japa Harbor
South Bend
Wash
Pasadena
Tournament of Roses Association
House
California
Agricultural Department
Fresno
Oakville
Edward David Rice
Edward Fe, Rice & Co
Boston
Rice
National Shawmut Bank
New England Trust Company
Great Britain
Japan
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Bornh
Daniela
House Naval Committee
Peter J. Dooling
Peter Dooling
New York City
Calif
Dooting
New York
San Francisco
Hugo Bogle
Joseph C. Farrell
Plac
Joseph Tumulty
Presdent Wilson
Court of Custom Appeals
Oa of Law
Washington
International issues and Cork fire aftermath dominate news
Romania asks League to dispatch international army to Armenia while Austria joins the League and Belgium Brazil Spain and China named to the League of Nations council. Bolshevists invade Campeche. Lefevre resigns over military service bill. Cork endures weekend of terror with widespread destruction and closures. Harding to Palm Beach before inauguration. US census tallies 106,708,771 people. Indictments against Daniel Hayes Company officials for mail fraud. Hylan pursues crime wave after Broadway shootout. Heydler extends NL presidency and salary rise. Chicago stockyards workers accept wage ruling. Donnelly anti trust case fines contractors. Lewis wins heavyweight title. Dempsey remains champion.
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Romania
League of Seatees
Armenia
Austria
League of Nations
Assembly of the League
Geneva
Belgium
Brazil
Spain
China
Council of the
Bulgaria
Black Sea
Zongudak
Assembly
League of Nations Byt
Upper Broadway
New York
Leutenant
St Jenst
Jon FP. Hylan
Floyd Horton
Horton
National League
John A. Heidler
Lim
Heydler
Chicago
Samuel Alschuter
George Youstra
Stockyards Labor Council
John B. McAvoy
Supreme Court
B. D
Strangler) Lewis
San Jose
Calif
Joe Stecher
Dodge
Nebs
Jack Dempney
bin Brennan
Madison Square Garden
Dempney
Fun in Playing Old Kris Hero Holiday Play Idea
A how to guide for a Christmas skit with Kris Kringle as Santa. It suggests a family audience of siblings and parents, with costumes including white whiskers cap and a fat suit. The script covers audience participation, disguising voices, and a playful reentry ending.
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Prince of Good Fellows
Jolly
Kris
North Pole
Dad
Mother
Santa
Christmas Carol returns to Bethlehem in longing refrain
A poetic piece urges the heart to return to Bethlehem as a year ends. It rebukes strife envy and pride and calls for remembering the Star and the angels. The poem repeats a plea for inner peace and a Christmas renewal.
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Bethlehem
Excuse for Ceasing Work in Russian Christmas Traditions
The Russian working people historically used Christmas as a reason to pause labor for an extended period, sometimes a month. Before the revolution, Kolenda marked Christmas Eve with peasants visiting nobles and nobles tossing coins, followed by a large masquerade where peasants of all ages dressed as animals to honor the nativity in the stable.
Make Every Day a Christmas Too Prose Policy
Editorial urges sustaining Christmas spirit year round through brotherhood and helping others. Calls for daily kindness, softened life, and thanks to blessings of the country, envisioning an age of universal order and shared values. Refers to Tiny Tim and a call to mutual compassion.
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Tiny Tim
Simple Home Made Gifts for Practical Sewing and Comfort
Simple home made gifts offer practical projects for all ages. Neatly hemmed handkerchiefs with embroidered initials, denim gloves for wet weather, night slippers for upstairs journeys, and stocking foot socks for children provide easy sewing options. A woolen corset cover from an old sweater, a doll dress or bonnet, mittens from flexible wool, and a fur rim for a muff are suggested. A cheerful house plant is advised for an invalid friend.
In for It Drum Gee Warns of Beating
A fragment quotes Marlon Harland urging belief in Christmas figures for babies. The playful line suggests a cultural Christmas sentiment amid a bustling scene.
A Christmas Wish Father-What Were You Wishing
A brief dialogue focuses on a child’s Christmas wish to be the janitor’s little boy so his father can also be polite, reflecting humble family hopes during the holiday season.
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Johnny
Christ
Towns wiped out in quake in Andean Argentina
Western Newspaper Union reports a severe Argentine earthquake along the eastern Andean slope near Mendoza causing widespread ruin. Tresportenas Lavalle and Lacentral suffered massive loss with many dead and injured. Costa de Araujo and La Valle also hit. Red Cross aid dispatched as relief teams rush to救救 survivors.
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Union News Service
Buenos Aires
Mendoza
Tresportenas
Conta de Araujo
Lavalle
Lacentral
San Martin
Rivadavia
Costa de Aranjo
la Valle
Constantine Returns to Athens After Allied Return
Constantine of Greece, deposed in 1917 by allied powers, is back in Athens following a plebiscite. He arrived by train and was received at the Place de la Concorde. Queen Mother Olga the regent and Princess Anastasia greeted the returning monarch along with others.
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Athens
Constantine
Greece
Place de la Concorde
Olga
Anastasia
Christopher
Inaugural Ball Revived For Har ding Inauguration
Washington committee decides to revive the historic inaugural ball as part of the festivities surrounding President elect Harding. The event will mark the first society appearance of the new president and the new first lady at the March inauguration.
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Harding
Washington
Palm Beach
Pla
Wilson
Dispute Over U S Certificates in Chicago Taxicab
Publication here reports a dispute in Gary Indiana involving Charlies 8 Jagger Herman Faber a dry goods merchant and Justice Benjamin L Laurie over ownership of several thousand dollars in United States certificates of Indebtedness. It reveals Jagger possessed nearly 160000 in certificates said to be found by his wife loosely folded in a Chicago taxicab last month.
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Gary
Ind
Charlies 8
Jagger
Herman Faber
Justice of the Peace
Benjamin L. Laurie
United States
Chicago
Kidnaped Penn freshman president ill after escape
Herbert A. Bingham Jr the University of Pennsylvania freshman class president lies critically ill with pneumonia after a kidnapping by sophomores who dragged him from his bed and drove him seventy miles to Stroudsburg to stop him from attending a freshman smoker. He escaped after several days of detention.
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Philadelphia
Herbert A. Bingham, Jr
University of Pennsylvania
Bingham
Stroudsburg
Not Too Thrifty at Public Bath House
A grimy customer questions prices at a public bath house. The cashier quotes 5 cents per bath or 12 for 5 dollars, suggesting a savings deal. The customer refuses, joking about not needing 12 baths to cover years. The Toledo Blade records the exchange in a lighthearted, witty tone.
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Toledo Blade
Indigestion Relief Ad Promotes Eatonie Use
A testimonial from Mrs. Dora Williams claims Eatonie aided her recovery after a lengthy stomach illness. The ad asserts Eatonie wakes the stomach and relieves excess acidity and gases, recommending Eutonic after each meal for indigestion sourness heartburn belching and repeating food. Big boxes sold with druggist guarantee.
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Dora Williams
Eatonie
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South
Central America
Mexico
International Parcel Post
Richard G. Hoegling
Los Angeles
Cal
Calle
Princes Matthews
West
Sereen
Matthews
Western Union Telegraph Company
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Barbadoes
South America
Alexander
Campeche
Yucatan
Andre Lefevre
Chamber of Deputies
M. Lefevre
Cork
St. Patrick's Street
Berlin
Census Bureau
Congress
Besis
House of Representatives
Daniel Hayes Company
Santa Claus
St. Nicholas
Kriss Kringle
Marlon Harland
the Tree of Love
Grove’s
Schwartz
Mmurttry
Denver Horse & Mule CO
Union Stock Yards
Denver
Colo
Eset Lockilty
Uae
Nedorn
Money One CO
Mone Havery Co
Howard
Parker's
Matt
Kremola Bessie Eh
W. Nu, Denv
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