Word: localitis
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...Berlin Government is backing passive resistance with all its resources, and the coal masters are urging the miners to limit the output to the needs of local consumption. German multimillionaires have placed securities at the disposal of the Government for the purpose of fighting the "invader." The scenes of violence have all occurred in Bochum, where the French fired upon a crowd. This action has done much to stiffen the German resistance. The total casualties of the Ruhr occupation to date are: 9 Germans killed and 13 wounded...
...WHITE FLOWER-Another of those Hawaiian pictures concerning a beautiful half-caste with too many beaux of different shades of pigment. Well-photographed and with interesting bits of local color...
...Department of Public Welfare with four branches: Education, Public Health, Social Service, Veterans' Relief. Senator Sterling serves notice of a finish fight for a separate Department of Education. And the National Chamber of Commerce continues its attack upon the whole scheme as an improper usurpation of local authority by the general government...
Having just returned from its overnight trip to New Hedford on Saturday, the Instrumental Clubs will play at the Radcliffe Endowment Fund show, "Lily", at 8 o'clock this evening at the Arlington Theatre in Boston. This is the first local appearance of the clubs since the joint concert given with Princeton in the fall...
...upon the French taxpayers. Although the national income tax in France is not much heavier than similar taxes in England and the United States, the greater total weight of taxation is seen when one considers the taxes in the departments, arrondissements, and communes, which are much heavier than the local taxes in England and the United States...