Boxer Ad Wolgast Fights Draw in Yuma and Other 1920 News
Famed lightweight champion Ad Wolgast drew six rounds with Heaven of Yuma in Arizona. A high number of injuries followed two interurban rail cars collision near San Jose. Los Angeles clubs ban the shimmy and cheek to cheek dances. Railway management shifts between Mexican and Pan American systems may revert to private control within a month. George Primrose dies at San Diego leaving $25,000 estate to Viola Primrose and Albert. A temporary injunction blocks Los Angeles cafe beer sales. a Beatrice hotel fire causes $300,000 loss.
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Ad Wolgast
Yuma
Ariz
Heaven
San Jose
Calif
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Athletic Club
Mexican Railways
Pan- American Railway
Multnomah County
Oregon
George Primrose
San Diego
Viola Primrose
Albert
Police Department
Superior Court
Market Quotations For Flour Sugar and Wheat
Wholesale prices from the U. S. Bureau of Markets show wheat flour at 5.50 to 5.65 per quarter or 100-lb sack. Yellow corn meal and white corn meal priced around 4.20 to 4.30 per cwt. Sugar granulated listed at 10.06 per cwt.
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U. S. Bureau of Markets
DOT McWay
Colo
Lima
Calif
H. H
Doz
Denver
Eastern Livestock Market Report from Chicago Prices
The Chicago market shows hogs with heavyweights at 21.56 to 22.90 and light to light heavy ranges, packing sow prices around 19.75 to 21.50. Cattle values span beef steers from 9.50 to 18.50 with various grades, cows from 5.75 to 13.75, veal calves at 15.00 to 17.25, and feeders 7.75 to 13.75. Sheep and lambs range from 2.75 to 16.25 with yearling wethers at 10.50 to 13.25.
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Chicago
Metal markets report Colorado settlement prices
Market notes show bar silver at 1 per ounce, copper around 22 to 23 cents per pound, lead and tungsten prices listed as 4 7.85 and 7.50 to 12.00 respectively, reflecting local metal settlement values.
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Colorado
Ccesersvessccces Boelter
Grain prices and provisions from Chicago market
Cash markets report corn No 2 mixed at 1 99 to 2 Mae No 2 white 78 81 Rye No 2 1 67 to 1 68 Barley 1 37 to 1 41 Timothy 9.00 to 11.50 Clover nominal Pork nominal Lard 34.00 Ribs 27 00 to 28 00.
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Chicago
Labor union plan calls for tripartite control of railroads
Washington August 5 Organized labor demands retirement of private capital from railroads and creation of a tripartite system with public, management, and workers in joint control. The plan seeks government bonds for private owners and shared excess revenues to fund improved service while lowering costs. Trainmen were not represented due to absence of W G Lee.
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Ohio
Smith
L. P. Gibson
Ohio Home Rule Association
William H. Recap
George L
Tex) Rickard
Rickard
Indiana Public Service Commission
Western Union ‘Telegraph Company
Washington
Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Wilson
United States
Wall Street
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood
New Mexico and Arizona Coming Events and Legacy Notes
New Mexico and Arizona items cover the Arizona State Fair dates, memorials for Phoenix figure Walter Talbot, veterans organization in Deming, and debates over care for aged pioneers. Reports include 1918 mining output by state, court guilty pleas in Navajo trading post murder, cotton and cantaloupe crop forecasts, a near miss with a switch engine, and government revenue projections.
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Walter Talbot
Phoenix
Capitol
Los Angeles
Howard Post
American Legion
Deming
New Mexico
Arizona
Carl Berkenfelt
Tucson
Prescott
Abaltoni Bigue No. 2
Charles Hubbel
Navajo
Flagstaff
Abaltoni Bigue No. 1
L. M. Harrison
Bureau of Crop Estimates
J. C. Sears
Raton
Trinidad
Carter Glass
the Treasury
New Mexico Normal Univrsity
Las Vegas
Farmington
Pinal County
County Board of Equalization
Silk Workers Strike in Paterson City Mills
About 15 000 to 17 000 silk workers struck in Paterson New Jersey after a call to halt all silk mills. The industry employs 25 000 to 28 000 total workers. Later thousands more joined after being locked out for reporting late in an attempt to enforce a forty four hour week.
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Paterson
N. J
Rumanians in Budapest Occupy City Advancing from Theiss
Budapest is occupied by Rumanian troops who advanced from the River Theiss despite representations by Lieutenant Colonel Romanelli the Italian representative of the allies at Vienna.
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Budapest
Theiss
Romanelli
Vienna
May Cede West Indies to United States Considered
London report says the National News notes a suggestion to cede the British West Indies to the United States as part payment of Britain’s war debt. The idea is being discussed seriously on both sides of the Atlantic.
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National Assembly
Weimar
Black Sea
Constantine
Constantinople
Count von Bernstorff
Herman Mueller
Berlin
London
Great Britain
Sir Auckland Geddes
Board of Trade
Chemulpo
Albert Claveille
English Channel
M. Claveille
George
Marshal Foch
Buckingham Palace
Guildhall
General Pershing
America
Armenia
Armenian Republic
United States Relief Committee
Erivan
Georgia
British West Indies
United States
Bayonets Used to Drive Rioters in Liverpool
Rioters were cleared from Liverpool streets by troops with fixed bayonets after orders to charge. The cruiser Valiant and two destroyers moved into the Mersey to shield docks while bus and tramway crews failed to report for work though no strike notice had been filed. It is not believed the unrest aligned with the policemen's strike.
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Liverpool
Valiant
Mersey
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Aids Mitchell Mother
Mrs Pearl Monyhan of Mitchell Indiana reports neuralgia relief and strong recovery after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound during pregnancy. She notes improved strength, ability to perform housework, and a healthy seven month old baby weighing 19 pounds.
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Mitchell
Ind
Ae E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pearl Monyhan
Bishop Bristol Advises New Bridesgrooms in Chattanooga
In a Chattanooga address June advice from Bishop Bristol to prospective grooms urges restraint on wedding day comments about mothers pies. He suggests praising the bride’s baking as a culinary feat and discreetly taking a pill to avoid criticism.
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Bristol
Chattanooga
Freezone Corn Remedies Offer Pain Free Corn Removal
An ad promises instant relief from corns and calluses with Freezone. A tiny bottle costs little at any drug store and a few drops applied to the corn or callus stop hurting and allow it to lift away root and all without pain.
No References Jones Quip Feels Like Newspaper Banter
A humorous exchange about references features a job seeker asking for prior employer references and a typist joking about being married to the former boss. the light exchange reads like a quirky vintage newspaper quip.
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Jones
Quote on love and advice shaping marriage thoughts
A proverb notes that a girl only considers a young man as a potential husband once she starts giving him advice. The saying reflects social ideas about courtship and female influence in relationships.
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Home and Abroad
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Henry Krone
George Krone
Lamar
Wash
Henry
Paddock
Beatrice
Neb
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San Francisco
Kahn
California
War Department
Europe
Siberia
Secret Service
W. HH. Moran
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
France
Railroad Administration
Chamberlain
House
Army
Navy
Walter D. Hines
William B. Culver
Jt. C. Leffingwell
Colver
Karl Renner
Paderewski
Warsaw
Paris
House of Commons
Posen
Posen Castle
Germany
Joseph Brandt
Admiral Kolchak
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Long Island Sound
United States Coast Guard
Acushnet
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Siviase Ae
Sahsiniein Leasaeays
Murrain
Eine
Scare Lee
Basta
Eastern Livestock
Metal Markets
Tripartite Ownership
Southwest News
Francis Bloy
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Globe
South Side
Mesa
Frank Shelton
Magdalena
Pecos Valley ‘Livestock Association
Roswell
Pecos Valley
Aot
Mike Mandarich
North Globe
Mandarich
Fort Bayard Hospital
Uncle Sam
West Indies
Rall Ave
Brooklyn
Harold Son
Bright
Doan
F. W. Conrad
Cigar Store
Pearl Street
Boulder
Arisin
Iris Foster-Milburn
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