Congress Verbs on Army Size and Cabinet Speculation
Senate and House move to pend enlistments until army strength reaches 175 000 while Secretary Baker and General Pershing warn against lower limits. Harding departs for Florida without cabinet names, amid talk of South picks and potential Republican restraints on Wilson era appointments.
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Congress
Senate
Secretary of War
House
War Department
Wilson
Baker
Department
General Pershing
Phelan
California
Pacific
Reed
Williams
Japan
United States
Great Britain
America
Pacific Coast
Scheer
Vladivostok
Washington
Siberian
Tokyo
Harding
Florida
Marion
St. Augustine
Elihu Root
Charles B. Hughes
Mr. Hughes
Fred Upham
Republican National Committee
South
Army
Navy
Army and Navy
House approves decennial apportionment preserving 435 seats
The House voted 267 to 76 to keep the House at 435 seats for ten years. California gains three seats, Ohio and Michigan two each, and New Jersey Connecticut North Carolina Texas Washington one each, while Missouri and Iowa plus seven others lose seats. The shift skews toward urban regions, with rural Western and Southern agricultural districts bearing the cuts. Critics argue wartime census conditions biased results.
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House
California
Ohio
Michigan
New Jersey
Connecticut
North Carolina
Texas
Washington
Missouri
Iowa
Indiana
Kentucky
Kansas
Maine
Mississippi
Nebraska
Rhode Island
Vermont
Briand Forming French Cabinet With Broad Support
Aristide Briand becomes premier of France and names a strong cabinet with almost full backing of the chamber aside from the Radicals. He also takes foreign affairs and outlines policy to parliament, signaling a conference of allied premiers in Paris to discuss reparations disarmament of Germany Austria Turkey and Greece.
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Harding
Florida
Briand
France
Austria
Reparations Committee
Czecho-Slovakia
Roumania
Hungary
Germany
Grim
Aristide Briand
Paris
Turkey
Greece
Pessimism on Irish Peace Sparks from Cohalan View
Bishop Cohalan of Cork warns there is no peace prospect in Ireland while the independence demand continues and the British government endures. He cites raids, arrests, and reprisals against Sinn Fein centers in London, with Cork police houses burned and a hostages proclamation issued in Dublin.
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Cohalan
Cork
Ireland
Sinn Fein
London
Dublin
O’callaghan
America
State Department
Labor Department
Supreme Court
Committee
Irish Republic
Sweden Moves To Trim Wages As Factories Close
Stockholm reports Sweden is cutting wages and closing factories to stay competitive with German, American, and English products. Factories began dismissing 10 to 20 percent of workers weekly since December as layoffs intensify. Workers fear looming closures unless wage cuts are accepted. Americans' immigration stance influences a conciliatory mood among labor, shifting reliance away from emigration as a fallback.
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Stockholm
Sweden
United States
Nations
Marvin the Weather Bureau Pioneer and Inventor
Harles F. Marvin, chief of the United States Weather Bureau, is celebrated for decades of service and a string of key inventions. The piece credits Major General A. W. Greeley with recognizing his talent, and outlines Marvin’s pivotal role in kite meteorographs, pyrheliometers, seismographs, barographs, nephoscopes, and other instruments that advance forecasting and climate study. It notes his 1918 appointment as chief, his steady salary, and the bureau’s wide impact on farmers, shippers, and cities through timely warnings and extensive meteorological data.
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Harles F. Marvin
United States Weather Bureau
Northland
Washington, D. C
Marvin
Signal Corps
Greenland
A. W. Greeley
Weather Bureau
Uncle Sam
Wilson
National Academy of Science
Division of Agricultural Meteorology
Bureau
United States
West Indies
Alaska
Hawaii
Mr. Marvin
Pensacola
Galveston
Systematize Work and the Skillful Mechanic
The piece argues that skilled workers perform tasks with minimal thought after long practice. It advises mastering routine work to conserve mental energy for unusual tasks and warns constant focus on details hinders overall perspective and leadership. John Blake attributed quote from Chicago Daily News.
Acetic Ether and Its Chemistry Described
The article explains acetic ether or ethyl acetate as the ethyl ester of acetic acid, a colorless liquid with a vinegar-like odor. It notes production by milder reagents and defines acetic acid as the sour component of vinegar composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
Boiling But No Steam as Quaker Hides Feelings
A Philadelphia Quaker concealed strong emotions beneath a calm exterior. The article notes an occasion where his outward restraint hid intense inner sentiment.
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Philadelphia
Aunt Abigail Teaches Quiet Restraint in Tense Meeting
A tense exchange unfolds as a niece scolds Aunt Abigail for seeming indifference to a manipulative speaker. Aunt Abigail responds with calm irony, saying she was angered but kept restraint, hinting at deeper, unseen steam beneath her composure.
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Abigail
Aunt Abigail
Five Scouts Foil Enticer. Man Escapes, Father of Children
Five zealous Hollywood Boy Scouts on a route to camp confronted a man trying to lure two crying girls. They restrained him until police were summoned, but the man escaped upon return. He is identified as an innocent father already taking his children home to bed.
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A. Mitchell Palmer
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Department of Justice
Palmer
France
Samuel Untermyer
Mr. Untermyer
el Dorado
Ark
Chicago
Soviet Russia
America
Constantine
Athens
Hollywood
Covery
Los Angeles Times
Two of Us Find It Hard to Locate Little Money
In a wry exchange the speaker notes the need for an assistant treasurer despite a tiny cash stash. The Boston Transcript quotes the line, humorously illustrating the struggle of a small firm managing scarce funds.
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Boston Transcript
I s toasted Ma Stomach on Strike 20 Years Batonic Settled It
C. W. Burton praises I Eatonic as wonderful after twenty years of stomach trouble. The tablet allegedly removes acidity and gases, promising relief from sourness belching and indigestion. Big box priced modestly with druggist guarantee.
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Batonic
Eatonic
C. W. Burton
Select Associates Carefully For Success
Advice to choose industrious cheerful friends who intend to succeed and can teach productive habits. By surrounding yourself with such people you expose yourself to their working routines and gain easier progress toward personal goals. John Blake. Chicago Daily News.
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John Blake
Chicago Daily News
Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to cure run down states
This old advertisement argues catarrh is influenced by constitutional health. It presents Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a tonic and blood purifier that acts through the blood to reduce inflammation of mucus membranes and restore normal conditions. Circulars are free from B. J. Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
Toledo
Ohio
A Flying Furnace Meteor Entry Burns Up in Air
The meteor is seen about 80 miles up and vanishes at 20 miles, traveling 50 miles before atmospheric friction burns it. Friction is estimated to raise its temperature to around 3,000,000 degrees.
Shaving Linked to Facial Nerve Pain Says Doctor
A physician warns that shaving can aggravate neuralgia and facial discomfort. He notes sensitive skin and nerve irritation may trigger pain during facial grooming, advising caution for sufferers and seeking gentler techniques.
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Tinkham
Massachusetts
Lloyd George
Berlin
Holland
London Times
Wilhelm
Ludendorff
Charles fF.tarvin
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Grove’s
Agore
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Minn
Dr. Pierce
Charles Shaffer
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