Miners Meet Next Spring To Formulate Wage Demands
In Indianapolis on October 33 the United Mine Workers backed President Lewis by postponing wage demand formulation until February. Delegates opposed wage reductions, pledged support for Colorado and Washington miners, and approved Lewis’s recommendations including union organizing in Southern West Virginia and appealing to President Harding for protection of jailed miners.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Bituminous Coal Commission
Wilson
Colorado
Washington
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Union
West Virginia
Harding
Cummins Urges Teeth in Ed Cummins Rail Law or Repeal
Cummins of Iowa warned that Congress must strengthen the railroad law or repeal it. He predicted a major revamp of national policy at the next session due to railroad strike threats and widespread attacks on the current law.
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L. C. Martin
United Press
Washington
Congress
Cummins
Iowa
Packers Seek Damages for War Contract Losses
Swift & Company opened in the federal court of claims a $1.5 million damage suit over a four million pound bacon contract claiming losses due to wartime contract changes. Officials expect additional suits to push total claims toward $10 million as deliveries were deemed unnecessary after the armistice.
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Washington
Federal Court of Claims
Swift & Company
Outlaw Strike Ends as Longshoremen Return to Work
New York reports the outlaw strike by longshoremen ended with most workers returning to duty after wage reductions protests. Officials of the International Longshoremen's Association said replacements would be used for resisters.
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New York
International Longshoremen’s Association
Germans Use Freight Cars as Housing for War Homeless
In postwar Germany thousands remain homeless from the war and live in temporary housing such as shacks or freight cars. A freight car shelter shown here houses three people with bunks, a stove, table, chest of drawers and chairs.
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Germany
World Series to Run in Regular Edition Daily
The Messenger will begin Wednesday October 5 carrying complete play by play of the World Series games between the Giants and Yankees. Games start at 1 pm CST and finish for full evening edition after 3 pm. US sport writers will be on site and relay plays via United Press wires with quick action posted at The Messenger office on West Washington Street.
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The
Messenger
New York City
Giants
Yankees
Reguar
United Press
United States
West Washington Street
Smoke rises as mills resume in Pittsburgh
Renewed activity at four idle mills of the Homestead Steel Company begins an eight hour shift, aimed at distributing work among the unemployed. Officials say ten hour days are not abandoned. A mammoth building program is ready with contracts in the Pittsburgh area valued at about ten million dollars.
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Pittsburgh
Homestead Steel Company
Mingo mine war probe to resume in Washington
A senate labor committee will restart hearings on the Mingo mine war next Monday in Washington. Senior Kenyon announced that miners and operators will have two days each for testimony and two days to hear witnesses. A final report to the senate is hoped soon after the hearings conclude.
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MINGO
Capitol
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
West Virginia
Kenyon
Senate
New York Moving Day Sees 100000 Families Change Homes
Moving day in New York on Saturday affected about 100000 families, a figure estimated at forty percent of the number who moved in May. The article notes the scale of relocations within the city and the seasonal shift in housing patterns.
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New York
Pie Supper At Hebbardsville School House October 6
A pie supper will be held at the Hebbardsville School House next Thursday evening October 6 to raise funds for the school. Girls should bring pies and boys should bring money.
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Te Hebbardsville School
Rockefeller Fame and a Good Stomach as Asset Worth
A satirical quip suggests Rockefeller would donate millions for a good stomach and implies a solid stomach could be worth millions as collateral. It playfully urges listing the stomach as an asset when seeking a bank loan.
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Rockefeller
Argentina Defeats Brazil 1–0 in South American Championship
Buenos Aires crowd of fifty thousand watched Argentina’s 1 to 0 victory over Brazil in the opening match of the South American football championship. The match featured two fifteen player squads and was played here yesterday.
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Buenos Aires
Brazil
South America
Notable Firsts and Milestones in Ohio History
Highlights include 1799 William Henry Harrison elected as Northwest Territory's first congressional delegate. 1832 birth of Edward F. Noyes, Civil War soldier and Ohio governor, in Haverhill Mississippi, died Cincinnati 1890. 1870 Southern convention held in Cincinnati. 1875 Hebrew Union College opened in Cincinnati.
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William Henry Harrison
Congress
Northwest Territory
Edward F. Noys
Ohio
Haverhill
Miss
Cincinnati
Hebrew Union College
Mysterious Death at Greek Church Altar Sparks Murder Suspicions
Nicholas Varzakakos dies during memorial service at St. Nicholas Greek Catholic Church in New York. Witnesses say priest Rev. Kyrillos Vavfiadakis struck him with a heavy brass candlestick amid a dispute over church finances. Police surgeons consider heart disease as a possible cause. funeral tensions rise as church debts threaten closure.
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New York
Nicholas Varzakakos
St. Nicholas
Kyrillos Vavs Fiadakis
Varzakakos
Vavfiadakis
George
National Victory Memorial Drive Planned in Athens County
Collectors for the National Victory Memorial Building will begin a statewide canvass in Athens County on Tuesday October 4. Each township will organize volunteers to raise funds and record service by all state residents who served or supported army and navy efforts, preserving their identity in the national memorial in Washington.
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Washington
Athens County
Harding
America
Army
Navy
National Victory Memorial
Presbyterian Activities and Social Events
The Gametzfelter class social planning meeting is at the church tonight at 6 30. Young Peoples Society officers meet at the Manse Tuesday at 6 30. Prospective church unionists should attend the 7 00 service Wednesday. A large student social by the Gametzfelter class is set for Saturday evening.
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Formrof
Gametz Felter
Young Peoples Society
Gametzfelter
Black Ties Required Amid King Edward Mourning
A major English railway company enforces black ties or bows for all staff as it observes mourning for the death of King Edward VII. The policy reflects the period of national grieving and corporate decorum.
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Edward VII
Steel spies in 1919 strike reveal espionage networks
New York reports detail undercover workers in steel mills as part of anti union policy. The Interchurch World Movement commission cites hundreds of documents and quotes Judge Elbert Gary denying mediation while condemning aims of the strikers.
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New York
Interchurch World Movement
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Disarmament Conference Preparations Across Europe
London reports the Washington conference date nearing as European powers and others arrange delegations and agenda ideas. Britain debates Irish issues unemployment and Briand faces a confidence vote, while France rushes prep and Italy watches anxiously awaiting disarmament progress. Belgium forms a delegation, Geneva suspends disarmament, and dispute centers on land versus naval power between France and Britain.
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London
Washington
England
Britain
Foreign Office
Lloyd George
France
Briand
Will Jask
United States
Italy
Harding
Belgium
Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
League
Europe
Canada wheat crop to rise by 26 million bushels
Ottawa preliminary estimates from the government statistics bureau indicate Canada's total wheat crop will be heavier than last year by 26,000,000 bushels. Last year the yield was 263,189,000 bushels and the current estimate is 288,493,000 bushels.
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Ottawa
Ont
Government Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Red Cross Sessions Convention Opens in Columbus
Preparations were complete in Columbus for the Sessions convention of the American Red Cross to open tomorrow. A chorus of 1500 voices will be a feature of the musical program.
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Columbus
American Red Cross
Canaan Gombes Sunday School Visit to Athens Church
Over one hundred from Canaanville Sunday school visited Athens First Methodist Sunday school. Dr. C L Strecker welcomed them. H O Burch presided as superintendent. Students observed classes and teaching methods, marking a noted step in church cooperation across Athens county. Next stop is Connell church near Nelsonville, then Hebbardsville homecoming.
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Canaanville
Athens
C. L. Strecker
H. O. Burch
Athens County
Connett
Nelsonville
Hebbardsville
Mayors of Five Cities Pledge Unemployment Efforts
Mayors of Detroit Cleveland Milwaukee Boston and Portland Oregon report at the national unemployment conference that they will cooperate in solving the unemployment problem. They plan to push public improvements and engage civic and business leaders to create jobs for the jobless.
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Washington
National Unemployment Conference
Detroit
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Boston
Portland
Oregon
British Ships Dominate Philippine Trade in 1920 First Half
Manila Oct 3 British ships handle the bulk of the Philippines foreign trade in the first half of 1920. Foreign vessels mainly British carried $72,180,000 of US trade while American vessels carried $28,615,000. British vessels exported $46,283,000 compared with $38,728,000 by American vessels. Europe and the UK are attracting import traffic away from the United States as American buyers favor European sources for credit terms and prices.
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Manila
P. L
Philippines
Bureau of Customs
Islands
United States
Europe
United Kingdom
America
England
Germany
Eddie Cotee Denied Pitched, Fans Boo Local Club
Bellefontaine Oct 3 Former Chicago White Sox pitcher Eddie Cotee was refused permission to pitch for the local team on Sunday and was booed by fans who had gathered to see the home club play Zanes Field for the Logan County championship.
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Didon
FIM Bellefontaine
Eddie C'otee
Chicago White Sox
Zanesfield
Logan County
Reverend finds starving Olson family in Big Timber cabin
In Fairfield County Rev. William Eck of the Maywood Mission reports finding Joseph Olson and five children in a log cabin near starvation in Big Timber Valley. The children, including three girls, wear breechcloths and none are under ten. none has seen an automobile or train.
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Fairfield Lancas
Per, CO
William Eck
Maywood
Big Timber Valley
Joseph Olson
Method Spinning Glass Into Endless Thread
A new process perfects turning glass into nearly endless threads that wind onto spools like ordinary thread and serve many uses across industries.
Railroad unions tally strike ballots in Chicago count
Railroad employees nationwide marked time as their strike ballots were tabulated in Chicago. Heads of four railway unions met there to make the official count of the votes cast by the workers.
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Chicago
Warren Man Sentenced to Life for Murder of Ina Bady
Ebeneezer Brown aged 39 confessed to the June 17 slaying of Ina Bady 24 in Warren Ohio and pleaded guilty to second degree murder. Judge Charles M Wilkins sentenced him today to life in Columbus penitentiary. Bady's body was found at 417 Beaver Street just after 4 am by Officer John Vahelyeck after Brown had been living with the widow.
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Beaver Street
John Vahelyeck
Klan Fight Sparks Cleveland City Council Showdown
Cleveland city council prepares to vote on an ordinance to outlaw organization of groups promoting racial and religious hatred. Klan officers warn they will challenge the measure’s constitutionality if enacted and applied.
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Cleveland
Finkle
Unemployment figure dispute in Toledo report
United States labor board representative Allen W. Kureth argued the Toledo unemployment figure will not exceed 10,000, despite reports of more than 20,000 out of work. He noted plants in Toledo have taken on 2,000 men recently.
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Toledo
Allen W. Kureth
United States Labor Board
Kureth
Ten Injured in Lorena Riot Between Klan and Posse
In Lorena near Waco Texas a riot broke out after a Klan parade was challenged by a posse led by Sheriff Bob Buchanan. Ten people were injured with four in serious condition including Sheriff Buchanan Louis Crow Ed Howard and Carl West. Governor Neff offered state aid which County Attorney Tirey declined.
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Waco
Texas
Lorena
Here
Bob Buchanan
Buchanan
F. B. Tiery
Sheriff Buchanan
Louis Crow
Ed. Howard
Carl West
Neff
Tirey
M. Burton
Sherif Buchanan
Burton
Wife of prominent coal operator given suspended sentence
In Columbus a woman tied to a Charleston West Virginia coal operator received a suspended sentence to the Marysville reformatory after pleading guilty to forgery and issuing worthless checks. The judge granted clemency in a case tied to Ohio legal action.
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Columbus
Oct
Bemblia
Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Ho Wom Reformatory
Marysville
Duncan
Chamber to ask Henry Ford to revive Findlay Fort Wayne rail
Findlay Ohio October 3. The chamber of commerce transport committee will petition Henry Ford to revive the old Findlay Wayne and Western Railroad. The line once connected Findlay to Fort Wayne via Ottawa but was abandoned several years ago.
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Findlay, CO
Chamber of Commerce Transport Committee
Henry Ford
Findlay, Wayne and Western
Findlay
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Ottawa
Robbed Office Near Courthouse in Cincinnati
Cincinnati police seek two young bandits who robbed a station agent at the Ohio Electric Railway office in Hamilton about daylight. They took 1900 dollars from the victim as the office sits opposite the courthouse and adjacent to the county jail where the sheriff resides.
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Cincinnati
Sats Meeks
Ohio Electric Railway Company
Hamilton
Court House
Dictionary of the Chinese Language by Pa-out She
The earliest dictionary by Pa-out She, dated around 1100 B C, compiled a vast Chinese lexicon of about 40 000 characters. It marks an ancient effort to codify language and meaning in early Chinese scholarship.
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Pa-out She
There Is Game Enough for All
Five million Americans will hunt this fall and most will have success as wild fowl migrate southward from northern breeding grounds. Upland game is abundant due to good laws, with promises of doubling in twenty years if hunters obey. A free Game Law Booklet, pamphlet style, is available from the Biological Survey via the Washington Information Bureau for stamps.
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America
Biological Survey
Ths
Washington Information Bureau
Nerewith
Rederic J. Haskin
Astana
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