End of World Theories Stoked by Detroit Preacher
Detroit minister Rev George T Guillen claims Earth speeds toward destruction at 600000 miles daily with eight possible extinction scenarios including axis shift volcanic collapse sun death and a collision with a dead star He cites spectroscope readings and asserts humanity may last about 100000 years amid scientific commentary that end is not imminent
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Detroit
George T. Gullen
West Grand Boulevard
M. KE
Mars
Jupiter
Hercules
Guillen
Earth
Neptune
Nippon Yusen Kuisha names Ito president amid shipping slump
Yonejiro Ito, a University of Michigan graduate, is elected president of Nippon Yusen Kuisha replacing Baron Rempel Kondo who died. Ito warns of an oversupplied world ship supply and weak cargo demand forecasting a long downturn in the shipping business.
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Tokyo
Japan
Nippon Yusen Kuisha
Yonejiro Ito
University of Michigan
Tte
Baron Rempel Kondo
Ito
Only one harem left in Constantinople owned by a Frenchman
A French correspondent visits the final harem of Constantinople owned by Baron Durdenu Bey. The city shows a mix of modern and ancient customs with emaciated nightlife, high tips, and a crime wave as shootings and robberies occur nightly after the empire’s collapse.
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Constantinople
Durdenu Bey
New York
Chicago
Paris
Survey of Lignite Areas in Dakotas and Midwest
Dr. Erich W. Zimmerman of James Millikin University is detailed by the U S Bureau of Mines to study the fuel situation in the Dakotas Minnesota and nearby states to assess whether carbonite lignite could enter the market. The investigation follows a $100000 appropriation by the Sixty fifth Congress for increased Northwestern lignite utilization.
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Washington
Erich W. Zimmerman
James Millikin University
Decatur
United States Bureau of Mines
Dakotas
Minnesota
Poles Move Roumania Grain by Train to Poland
Polish trains haul about 25 000 tons of grain monthly from central Roumania to feed Galicia and relieve Polish shortages after Bolshevik raids. Warsaw and northern Poland receive flour largely from America. Experts foresee good harvest prospects with peace.
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Warsaw
Roumania
New Republic
Poland
Galicia
America
Armistice Car To Be Shown At Invalides Terrace
The railway carriage in which German representatives signed the armistice will be placed on the terrace of the Invalides with Marshal Foch's consent. It was previously to go to the Louvre, but its military significance leads to exhibition at the Invalides beside Crimean war trophies.
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Peris
France
Foch
the Invalides
Louvre Museum
Man May Have Polygenic Origin Says Dr Hil Tout
Los Angeles based Dr Carlos Hil Tout a member of multiple scientific bodies plans a Royal Society of Canada report asserting evidence that humans arose from more than one ancestral line. He cites a fossil cranial study of eanthropus and anthropoids to support a polygenic view reversing monogenetic evolution theory. A large photo collection will illustrate his theories.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Carlos Hut Tout
Up. Ly
American Institute of Research
Archeological Institute
Royal Society of Canada
Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain
Hili-Tout
Hill-Tout Bellieves
HilbTout
England
British Isles
Europe
Baer
Ter. Hiltout
Gems Recovered From City Drain In Shaw Incident
Samonds valued at 8000 dollars dropped by Mrs. Henry J. Shaw into a street drain were retrieved by a city drain man with a mop. After plumbers failed, a municipal worker pulled the gems from a 24 inch sewer in front of the house, wrapped in a handkerchief.
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Samonds
Henry J. Shaw
Letter Returned After 47 Years Finds Its Way Home
Allentown Pennsylvania reports a letter sent from Germany 47 years ago by the mother of former City Councilman Henry Roehmer to the city. The notice arrived back to Roehmer in excellent condition after decades in storage.
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Allentown
Germany
Henry Roehmer
America
Roehmer
Harriet and the Piper Stars Anita Stewart at Fox Theatre
Charlies Richman and Ward Crane lead in the First National film Harriet and the Piper based on Kathleen Norris story set in Greenwich Village. Ward Crane, Irving Cummings, Myrtle Stedman and others headline with Bert ram Bracken directing. critics hail it as Stewart’s best film vehicle to date.
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Harriet and
Anita Stewart
Fox Theatre
Kathleen Norris
Greenwich Village
Pictorial Review
Miss Stewart
Ward Crane
Charles Riehman
Irving Cummings
Byron Munson
Myrtle Stedman
Margaret Landis
Barbara LaMarr Deeley
Loyola O'Connor
Bertram
Citizens Military Camps Open Hour August 1921
The War Department opens two training camps in August 1921 in Camp Pike Arkansas for Arkansas Kansas Missouri residents and Fort Snelling Minnesota for Iowa Minnesota Nebraska North and South Dakota residents. Candidates aged sixteen to thirty five must show good character medical fitness and furnish certificate. All expenses are paid with five cent a mile reimbursement or government transport option. Enrollment requires no later service obligation and return home at camp end.
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Camp Pike
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Fort Snelling
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
North and
South Dakota
Seventh Corps
Military Training Camps Association
Masters Building
Chicago
War Department
Ith Corps
Fort Crook
Fred L. Lemmon
Nature versus civilization in dental decay
Poem argues modern life damages teeth and health, contrasting savage and civilized living. Author Fannie FE Gilbert from Washington Iowa laments overindulgence and artificial foods, urging a return toward natural routines and wiser dental care. The piece reflects early 20th century health reform ideas.
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Fannie FE
Gilbert
Washington, Iowa
Veterans of 38th May to Attend Des Moines Reunion
Veterans of the 88th division plan a Des Moines reunion in September and seek to charter box cars on major Iowa railroads to transport members from multiple states. The event will recreate wartime transport in French box cars with insignia, include films from the war, Camp Dodge tours, and an all-divisions banquet with a traditional mess line.
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Des Moines
France
Washington
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Minnesota
Reunion
Signal Corps
Chinese Medical Practices Through Early Vaccination Methods
The text describes early Chinese vaccination ideas such as mouth application at stations in the 70s, uses of puncturing tools, and the claim that Europe adopted these concepts centuries later. It mentions Caputerte Zalion from rolled plant leaves said to help rheumatism and nosebleeds, and notes anesthetic effects from mushrooms and a plant root.
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Europe
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Millikin University
United States
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Promen
Charlies Richman
Ward
Crane
Washington County
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Johnston McCy
Fred Niblo
Mannhardt
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