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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1922
Page
4
The fragmentary excerpt from the Chicago Evening Post mocks wartime chatter and garbled dispatches. It cites political rhetoric and a frenzy of unsound telegraphs, noting how a humorous mishearing near Paris claimed the Hun had been stopped as the world breathed.
Canary jazz debuts in the grand ballroom of the steamship George Washington. After a quarantine delay, Captain Cunningham led a civilian passenger ball featuring soprano Regina Watier and the ship’s orchestra. Six thousand canaries in the hold woke and joined the music as the dancers glided to the bird chorus, creating a hit and the birth of canary jazz.
After a recent meeting the cabinet members, in frock coats, act almost like schoolboys. Attorney General Harry Daugherty challenged Representative Nick Longworth to match a device. Harry won, rejected Nick’s offer of 90 cash cells, and left with four quarters, declaring Nick rich and demanding the whole dollar.
An architect plans a new modern building near Old London Bridge poised to be the tallest in London, possibly surpassing the monument. Meanwhile observers debate saving Leyden bridge’s orb discovery and its significance, showing differing interests in heritage and height.
John Ball of Bessemer Michigan announces his petition for the Republican nomination for sheriff in the August primaries. He asks voters for support and promises to perform duties in a satisfactory manner. He asks friends to remember the name of the janitor.
Local shop urges customers to ask for Daly's cigars noting they are the best. No additional details or context provided.
Wyoming became the forty fourth state in 1890 and is the eighth largest state. Early exploration included Sieur de la Verendrye and traders passing through along the Oregon and Salt Lake trails. The first permanent fort marked the confluence of the Laramie and Platte rivers, and Cheyenne was laid out as railroads expanded. The territory formed from Dakota Utah and Idaho, with women gaining voting rights in its constitution.
The article traces Maine’s beginnings from early voyages by Teelanitic and Cabot to Jamestown era exploration, Gorges and Mason’s grants, and Massachusetts versus Maine disputes. It notes Maine becoming a separate district, later statehood, its political shifts from Democratic to Republican, and its nickname the Pine Tree State with a 22,040 square mile area comparable to other New England states.
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