Fort Hamilton bombardment shatters Brooklyn homes
In Fort Hamilton Brooklyn hundreds fled as six and ten inch shells exploded and a lighter carrying 500 shells broke free. Four people were injured and no lives lost. A ten inch shell destroyed a house on Fort Hamilton Parkway. A naval tug protected the wharf by pushing the lighter away as flames spread.
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New York
Fort Hamilton
Brooklyn
Army Reservation
Naval Arsenal
Fort LaFayette
Fort. Hamilton
Ft. Hamilton
Ft. Hamilton Parkway
August Galtern
Boston
Steinerton to seek FTC probe of foreign gov grain market
Washington D C March house to consider resolution by Representative Steinerton Minnesota demanding federal trade commission investigation into possible anti trust law violations in operations of foreign governments in the U S grain market.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Trade Commission
United States
Steinerton
Minnesota
Tulsa Mob Hangs Black Man in Vicious Lynch Case
Tulsa Oklahoma reports an unidentified Black man seized by a mob of about fifty men from a Holdenville jail. He died in a related incident at a telephone post as bullets ripped through his body. Church lecturer Scofield, known as Sunny Jim, died suddenly at Panito TL from ptomaine poisoning. He resided in Feroria for five years and was formerly wed in Denver. Jewelry theft valued at 104 000 from H S Flower’s home, chairman of Fidelity National Bank, remains under police inquiry.
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Tulsa
Okla
Hughes County
Holdenvilie
Scofield
Peroria
James Scofield
Sunny Jim
Panito
Feroria
Denver
Kansas City
Kangan City
H. 9
Flower
Fidelity National Bank
Poulflinbera
News of the Week Cut Down for Busy Readers
Joseph J. Ryan dies in New York. President Wilson to mediate Armenian dispute per League invitation. Gary Indiana census shows 5,299 black residents up 4,916 or 1283.6 percent, white population 60,048 up 33,645. Government seeks trustee to sell stock yards property of big five packers. Senator Sterling to introduce federal immigration board bill. Coal crisis deemed over as ICC vacates open-top car priority orders. Georgetown University seismograph logs an early morning quake at 8:48 am lasting until 7:30 am, epicenter about 2,600 miles from Washington.
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Gary
Ind
Census Bureau
Washington
District Supreme Court
Various 1900s crimes and deaths across the nation
Reports detail a lynching near Princeton Florida of nineteen year old P Harels after an alleged attack on a white woman. Prohibition candidate Eugene Chafin dies in Long Beach California from burns suffered in November. Keith Collins leads officers to $28,800 recovered from an Oklahoma mail car robbery cache. Eddie O Donnell dies from injuries after a Thanksgiving race in Los Angeles. Forty radicals arrested in Chicago raid at J W W headquarters. Robbers seize $467,000 in Liberty bonds in Brooklyn. Bodies found in Monroe Wisconsin home due to furnace asphyxiation. Four hundred regular army troops reach Williamson West Virginia amid Mingo coal strike disorders. Six men killed in a gas explosion at Parish mine near Jasper Alabama. several injured. Gas explosion fatalities also linked to a race car crash involving Gaston Chevrolet and Eddie O Donnell. Numerous others: Curley McKelvey found hanged in Dewitt Georgia. J B Carter found dead in Tampa Florida. a Beaumont Texas lynching.
Hawkeye State News highlights from diverse Iowa towns
A string of incidents across Iowa includes the death of A B Boyes of Webster City after a long illness. Roy Jiricek of Mount Ayr found not guilty of attempting to murder his father. farm and barn destruction by fire at Harry Morelan's place. sale of Handleon farm near Haland at 425 per acre. and Nelson of Selma suffering from illness after harvesting most corn in a day.
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A. B. Boyes
Webster City
Roy Jiricek
Mount Ayr
Harry Morelan
Iowa
Falla Ole Harris
Handleon
Haland
Baventeon
W. C. Nelson
Selma
Nelson
Centerville
M. L. Murray
Salix
Sioux City
Howell
Knoxville
Lloyd Greenland
Emil Rasmussen
Cedar Rounds
Mortivedt
Randall
Bennie
Arthur Mortivedt
Emma Thurtell
Dubuque
Walter Thurtall
Clarence Elwood
P. J. Elwood
Extra
Dubuque County
James A. Terrill
Green Mountain
James Dalton
Davenport
Tipperary
Dublin
Benton County
Louie H. Scheetz
Belle Plaine
Fairview Emma
J. F. Rieck
Laverne
Harry Treat
Chicago
Sparks
Nevada
Southern Pacific
Elmer ‘Schenemann
van Meter
Rock Island
Rockefeller foundation vows world fight to wipe yellow fever
National Capital report notes Dr George B Vincent head of the Rockefeller Foundation says progress against yellow fever is advancing and may wipe it out globally and in the US south. Vaccine work by Idyeo Noguchi is promising. Sanitation can end hookworm malaria, but public cooperation is essential ahead of a 1921 campaign as ports see yellow fever outbreaks in Mexico and Tampico raises oil-field worker concerns.
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Vincent
Idyeo Noguchi
Rockefeller Institute
Mexico
United States
Tuxpum
Vera Cruz
Progreso
Yucatan
Tampico
Mystery account claims Waiblingen sank Cyclops in 1918
PathFinder column in a Washington paper purports to relay a reader sourced explanation of the Cyclops disaster. It alleges the German yacht Waiblingen, masquerading as the State of Maine, shelled and sank the vessel off Barbados, triggering a gas shell cloud that killed others, with the first officer Herbert Wichman said to have died in Houston.
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Cyclops
Washington
the Pathfinder
Bridgetown
British Barbados
New York
Barbados
United States
Waiblingen
State of Maine
Pola
Austria
Atlantic
Walblingen
Caribbean Sea
Alr
Herbert Wichman
Texas
Houston
Tex
Navy
Farmers' National Council proposes broad reform program
The council urges government control of packing houses and railroad operations, creation of a short term farm credit system, expansion of the farm land bank, limited interest spread for lenders, a wealth tax to fund war costs, repeal of the Jones Shipping Act, and government ownership of remaining public resources. Support comes from leaders of multiple national farm groups and councils.
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Farmers’ National Council
George P. Hampton
Farmers’ National Enunesl
J. R. Howard
American Ard Bureau Federation
J. Lowell
National Grange
C. S. Barrett
National Farmers’ Union
Milo D. Campbell
National Milk Producers Association
W. L. Drummond
International Farm Congress
C. G. Smith
Farmers National Congress
Benefactor Hale for King Charles II and the Hudson's Bay Company
Travelers report western Canada will remain wet for decades due to the Hudson's Bay Company charter granted by Charles II in 1670. They claim the charter, extended by the king, cannot be altered until 2018, and will face legal challenges up to London. In 1870 Canada redefined HBC as a trading company, shifting to real estate and mail order.
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Western
Canada
Dominion
Northwest
Western Canada
Hudson Bay
Vancouver
Hudgon’s Bay Company
Charles II
Gentlemen Adventurers
England
London
British Empire
H. B.C
When to Sell Potatoes, Farmer Faces Dilemma
A farmer must choose timing for selling potatoes amid price cycles and storage costs. The USDA analysis shows prices lowest in October, rising through spring. crop size and national trends influence local gains. Growers should study general market trends, storage losses, and demand factors, using USDA crop and market reports to decide when to market.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Market Inspection Protects Shippers Weighs On Perishables
The market inspection program by the USDA Bureau of Markets certifies quality and condition of fruits and vegetables at 25 major markets and about 150 smaller tributary centers. Inspections provide prima facie evidence in court, aiding settlements between shippers and railroads and protecting honest dealers, with a $4.4 per car fee.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Tractor Essentials for Profit on a Farm
A farmer owning and operating a tractor must provide vital conditions for success: work suited to tractor use, enough annual days of work to lower overhead per day, continuous proper lubrication, operator skill to detect trouble, ability to inspect the tractor, capacity to make adjustments, and provision of suitable farm implements to accompany the tractor.
Decrease Number of Pests by Eliminating Winter Shelters
The winter hibernating stage of meat insects becomes critical when their winter shelter is removed. Destroying such hibernating places increases insect mortality, reducing the number of pests to fight in spring.
Implement Shed Justified by Machinery Depreciation Savings
There is enough machinery on every firm to justify a good implement shed. If the depreciation on machinery caused by exposure to weather could be saved it would pay for an implement shed in one or two years.
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Harding
Natton
D. C
National League of Women Voters
National League
Virginia
Bristol
Tate Blondell
Wise
Here
Wiliams
Creed Robinett
Aphalachia
Joseph J. Ryan
Thomas Fortune Ryan
New York. A
Wilson
League of Nations
Sterling
South Dakota
Senate Immigration Committee
Federal Immigration Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Georgetown University
P. Harels
Princeton
Fla
Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition
Long Beach
Cal
Burna
W. M. Coble
Omaha
Neb
Keith Collins
Oklahoma
Feneral
Los Angeles
Eddie O'Donnell
Los Angeles Speedway
West Madigan Street
Manhattan
Frm
Kean, Taylor & Co
N. Y
Monroe
Wis
Henry Butts
Otto Pahleee
Williamson
W. Va
Mingo
Parish
Railway Fuel Company
Jasper
Ala
Gaston Chevrolet
Lyle Jones
Eien
Eddie O’ Donnell
Chevrolet
Frontenac
Deusenberg
O'Donnell
John Bresnahan
Curley McKelvey
Ophelous Mcelvey
James B. Adams
Worth County
Dewitt, Gu
J. B. Carter
Claremore
Oklawaa
Tampa
Ar Johnson
Beaumont
Mina Dot Vaudelot
Hawkeye State News
Program of Farmers’ National Council
King Charles II
United Btates S.udng Cetimates Produet Btecke CN
Wees
Aman
Brenowene Ano
Vean
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