Notable 1920 Topics Span Labor, Law and War Policy
Western Union reports on key events from 1920 era headlines. Chicago grain dealer Charles Eggleston dies in Pasadena. Dr. Brewster flies 60 miles to operate in Nebraska. Pastor Cronenberger drowns in Corvallis. Army officers clash at a Texas festival. Iowa Labor convention selects Fort Dodge as 1920 site. Carol Sergeant killed returning home from service. Bethel Kincaid jailed for murder. James Tyren hanged for 1918 child murders. Oregon divorce condemnation urged at Portland convention. City of Eureka launches with record build time. National eight hour day proposal introduced. Vivisection bill debated in Senate. Washington Supreme Court referendum opens to liquor forces. Cable company suits against seizure considered. Woman suffrage passes House. Water power committee created. Poll shows anti repeal stance on beer and wine.
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Charles B. Eggleston
Chicago Board of Trade
West
Pasadena
Calif
F.A. Brewster
Beaver City
McCook
Neb
J. Cronenberger
First Christian Church
Corvallis
Ore
Wilamette River
Polo Field
Eighth Cavalry
France
Carol Sergeant
Hochatown
Oklo
Bethel Kincaid
James Tyren
Sacramento City
Folsom State Penitentiary
Capital
Holland
Alice
Myers
Montana
Senate
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
Washington
Commercial
Commercial Pacific Cables
House of Representatives
House Water Power Committee
House
Congress
Diverse World Events Mark Early 1920s Tensions And Incidents
Reports show attempts to demolish the U S legation in San Jose Costa Rica an Italian aviator flight to 7230 meters and 40 minute ascent. Stromboli eruption in Italy caused three deaths. Poland captured Lutsk and 2000 prisoners. Peace treaty likely mid June with German signatory hopes. 200 Americans greet new ambassador Wallace in Paris. Officials discuss postwar tours and Shantung protests by Chinese students. Various sports bouts and crimes noted across U S Europe including bank robbery in Cicero and fatal aircraft crash in Atlantic City.
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Legation
San Jose
Costa Rica
State Department
Prackpapa
Stromboli
Italy
Messina
Co. E.M. House
Committee of Organization of the League of Nations
Taft
Paris
Lutsk
Volhynia
Lemberg
Berlin
American Club
Hugh C. Wallace
United States
Tokio
China
Shantung
Japan
Arizona State News Mixed local items and international notes
A roundup of Arizona and national items includes the Willard Dempsey boxing dispute protest in Phoenix, a manslaughter conviction for sheepman J. D. Newman, a Nogales shooting suicide by Wilbur Earl, Lyman dam progress with 125 workers, Governor Campbell’s East trip, Yaqui raids near Moctezuma, War Department truck allocations for Arizona, Sonora liquor ban denial, Yuma designated for aviation field, a Nogales auto accident survivor Maia Preciado, Cananea bandit link rounded up, chalcedony contribution for the Washington monument, and a probate dispute over Col. Robert F. Hunter’s estate filings.
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Ministerial Union of Phoenix
Toledo
J. D. Newman
Flagstaff
Phoenix
Frank Hector
Hot Springs Junction
Wilbur Earl
24Th Infantry
Columbus
N. M
Nogales
Ariz
Lyman
Campbell
New York
Arizona
United States
Washington
San Pedro de Suaqui
Sonora
Moctezuma
Arizona State
War Department
H. Walde
Naco
Yuma
Tucson
Miss Preciado
Frank Borboa
Cananea
Alberto Alcavar
Douglas
Carlos Plank
Washington Monument
William Nelson
Los Angeles
Ancient Roman Coin Carries Two Thousand Year Tale
Arthur S. Hibler, an immigrant inspector in New Orleans, owns a 2000 year old silver disc coin believed to have passed through Roman elite and gladiator circles. The talisman was sold by a Mexican crossing Brownsville, tied to Villa era warriors, and linked to a martyr’s handkerchief given to his mother. The coin bears Domitian on the obverse and a Jerusalem temple replica on the reverse, and Hibler calls it genuine though its exact path remains a mystery.
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Arthur S. Hibler
United States
New Orleans
Mexico
Hibler
Brownsville
Tex
International Bridge
Villa
Domitian VIII
Imp
Caesar
Jerusalem
Solomon
Mr. Hibler
Tale of an Egg Captures Late Night Wry Moment
Muncie police captain Frank Lafferty recalls a bizarre call from a restaurant. An elderly man wept over a hard boiled egg, sobbing that eating it doomed an innocent chick. Officers calmed him by declaring it was not that kind of egg.
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Frank Lafferty
Muncie
Lafferty
Indianapolis News
Peru Press Lists Merchants Backing Germany in War
Peruvian publications publish the Official Allied Black List naming merchants who aided Germany. The boycott targets firms and any employees. transactions with listed employees are treated as transactions with the firm itself and face consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Germany
Wedding Bells Diversion Sparks Laughter at Ceremony
A wedding in Chicago amused guests when the fire alarm in the hose house across the street rang during the minister's vows. An auntie, hard of hearing, mistook the chimes for a sweet addition, adding to the lighthearted moment.
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Chicago Tribune
Criminals Turned Soldiers Rewarded by City Reform Bureau
In Philadelphia the 299 men once labeled petty criminals enlisted through the reform agency and served overseas with distinction. Many have returned as respected, contributing citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Treaty Clash as German Leaders Weigh Signing Peace
Berlin reports Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau vows to resist signing what he calls a "sentence of death" while the German delegation seeks to improve workers' lot through negotiation. Paris notes hint Germany will disarm to 200000 within two years and reject extending peace terms talks.
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Count
Germany
Union News Service
Berlin
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Versailles
Herr Haase
Paris
Spa Says
Peace Conference
Suffrage Move Slows Up in Senate Battle
Washington opponents blocked quick Senate action on the constitutional amendment. House passage last week triggers renewed efforts by supporters to push the measure toward a vote soon.
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Washington
Senate
House
Decorate American Graves in France Memorial Day
General Pershing directs 70000 American graves in France be decorated by forces still there. Memorial day exercises will include all American soldiers. President Wilson to speak at the American cemetery in Suresnes near Paris.
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Lyons
France
United States
Pershing
Wilson
Suresnes
Paris
Mob Marches on Parliament in London Seeking Jobs
Discharged soldiers and sailors armed with stones marched on the House of Commons after a Hyde Park meeting demanding work and a minimum wage. Police clashed with the demonstrators who were scattered, then reformed and moved toward Buckingham Palace. Similar protests were reported nationwide.
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Parliament
London
House of Commons
Buckingham Palace
Hyde Park
Agricultural Prices and Grain Quotes Report
Prices paid farmers delivery by the U S Bureau of Markets list Wheat hard winter at 3.80 to 3.83 per cwt Oats white Neb No 3 at 2yhb Yellow corn No 3 at 3.35 Mixed corn No 8 at 3.20 Barley No 3 Cwt 2.60 Feed barley 2.60 South Park hay No 2 ton 35.00 Alfalfa No 1 ton mostly 200 Straw 0.00 Flour and sugar wholesale prices Wheat flour per cwt 5.65 Cornmeal yellow and white per cwt 4.20 4.30 Sugar granulated per cwt 10.06
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Bureau of Markets
South Park
U. S. Bureau of Markets
Denver Price List for Hides and Pelts
A historic price list from Denver for hides and pelts detailing values for dry flint hides under various weights, green salted and dry hides, horsehides, wool pelts, shearlings, and glue hides. Entries include per pound rates, No. 1 and No. 2 classifications, and deductions for headless or partly cured items.
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Denver
Colorado settlement prices in metals markets
Bar silver at 1.05? and copper at 16.16c per pound lead at 5.25 dollars spelter 6.00 dollars tungsten 7.50 per unit 10.00.
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Colorado
Chicago Market Prices for Hogs Cattle Sheep and Lambs
Market quotes show bid ranges for hogs from heavy to light weights with prices from 19.65 to 21.25 and packing sows at 19.75 to 20.60. Cattle categories list choice and prime at 19.00, several meat and weight classes down to 6.50, veal calves at 13.75 to 14.75, and feeder and stocker steers around 8.50 to 13.75. Sheep and lambs feature weights and prices from 12.50 to 18.75 for various grades and conditions.
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Denver
Stowe
Ux Broilers
Alvarezus
Colo
Eseaneae
Lima
Setae
Chicago
Cash Grain Prices in Chicago Report
Chicago cash grain values show corn No 3 yellow at 1.81 to 1.82, No 4 at 1.80, No 5 yellow nominal, white 70 to 71 cents, standard and No 2 at 1. SSA. Bee aL. 23 1.2 Timothy priced at 9 dollars. Clover nominal. Pork products list lard 33.00, ribs 28.00 to 28.75.
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Chicago
Price of Sugar in New York Markets
Sugar prices listed in New York market notes show centrifugal at 7.28, cut loaf 10.50, crushed 10.25, mould A 9.50, cubes 9.75, XXXX powder 9.20, powdered 9.15, fine granular 9.00, diamond A 9.00, confectioners Aa 8.90, No 1 8.85.
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New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Iowa Federation of Labor Convention
Fort Dodge
Fred A. Caulfield
Cedar Rapids
Charles B. Cain
Dubuque
Earl Co. Willey
Sioux City
Oregon
Union
Portland
Thirty-First
The
Episcopal Church
City of
Eureka
Columbia River Shipbuilding Corporation
Moses
New Hampshire
Michigan
Notre Dame
Frankie Mason
Fort Wayne
Ind
Peoria
Ill
Hart Puryear
Tulsa
Okla
Johnny Griffiths
Len W. Rowland
Memphis
Griffiths
Fort Worth
Thorpe
Benny Leonard
George “Young” Erne
Buffalo
Trenton
N. J
Kaiser
Baker & Sons
Cicero
Charles Biker
Donald Stewart
James J. Hill
Great Northern Express Company
St. Paul
Standard Oil Company
Bayonne
Newark Bay
Beryl Kendrick
Atlantic City
James Bew
Kendrick
Catholic Mutual Benefit Association
John J. Hynes
Order
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Salvation Army Home Service
General Pershing
Salvation Army
National Convention
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Cincinnati
Anti-saloon League
William H. Anderson
New York State
Mobile
Ala
Arizona State News
Fannie EB
Per
T. H. Miller
Virginia Hunter
Robert F. Hunter
Maricopa County
James C. Rives
Cupper
Texas
Rome
Uuscard
Western Newspaper
Denver Markets
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