Bomb Explodes on Wall Street Shatters Morgan Building
A terrific blast at the Morgan building annex on Broad Street damages windows and interior features. Five Morgan officials including Julius Spencer Morgan and Thomas W. Lamont were in the building but escaped injury.
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Morgan
Morgan Bank
Italy
Thomas W. Lamont
Dwight W. Morrow
Eliot C. Bacon
George Whitney
Broad Street
Julius Spencer Morgan
J. P. Morgan
Anarchist Circulars Tied to Wall Street Plot
Five radical circulars signed American Anarchist Fighters were found in a Cedar Street Broadway mailbox at 11 58 am. Justice agents link the crash in Wall Street to a broader nation wide plot and compare the items to June 1919 devices. Chief Flynn notes similarities and potential two printers.
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New York
Department of Justice
Cedar Street
Broadway
Wall Street
William J. Flynn
Bureau of Investigation
Flynn
J. P. Morvan and Company
Financial
Anarchist Bomb Suspected in New York Explosion
Washington dispatch reports evidence points to an anarchist bomb in yesterday's New York financial district blast. Justice Department agents probe the crime with William J. Flynn leading the principal inquiry.
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Washington
New York Financial District
Department of Justice
Wiliam J. Flynn
Department’s Bureau of Investigation
New York
Flynn
Three Men Flee Scene as Explosion Probed
New York report details sightings of a death wagon near the assay office before the blast and three men fleeing the scene. The district attorney's office says Edwin P. Fischer has limited knowledge after eight hours of questioning while William H. Edwards receives a warning of an impending attempt.
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New York
Edwin P. Fischer
French High Commission
Toronto
William H. Edwards
Internal Revenue
Citizen Sends Card To Revenue Official
A postcard warning of an imminent explosion at the New York customs house was mailed to William B. Edwards, the internal revenue collector, after the Wall Street blast. Edwards called the notice a hoax based on preliminary checks, while the Justice Department and Post Office were alerted. Edwin P. Fischer arrived from Canada claiming further incidents would follow.
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Stroy
Elmer W.kehrer
Alexander Brailovsky
Broad and
Wall Street
Plumb Buch Island
Sheepshead Bay
James Gegan
Plumb Island
New York
Customs House
William B. Edwards
Internal Revenue
Edwards
Thomas G. Patten
Department of Justice
Ford Announces Price Cuts to Pre War Levels
Henry Ford announced a reduction of prices on all Ford Motor Company products to pre war levels as a step toward restoring normal business conditions. He said high prices hinder progress and called for stabilization of the economy and lower costs as war prices end. Major manufacturers did not immediately comment on a broader price decline.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Johnson Denies Appeal as He Heads to Leavenworth
Jack Johnson former world heavyweight champion will begin a one year and one day sentence plus a $1000 fine for Mann Act violation. He failed to appeal this morning and will depart Chicago at six tonight by Santa Fe train to Kansas penitentiary.
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Chicago
John Arthur
Jack) Johnson
Leavenworth
Johnson
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Kansas Penitentiary
George A. Carpenter
California
Chisago
Pioneer to Launch Weekly Industrial Series in Big Timber
The September 30 issue marks the start of a fifteen week industrial publicity campaign in Big Timber and Sweet Grass county. R K Evans will write the articles with W D Davis assisting to showcase local life and business to attract immigration and outside capital. The Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture endorses the plan as a strong marketing effort.
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Pioneer
Big Timber
Sweet Grass County
Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
R. K. Evans
W. D. Davis
Sweden Presses to Suspend Eight Hour Law
A Swedish government committee recommends suspending and revising the eight hour law enacted by the Eden government. It urges flexible hours via mutual agreement and potential longer days under certain conditions. The report finds no productivity gains and flags potential plant closures due to costs. The eight month inquiry notes heavy fines and new councils, with Branting and labor leaders opposing claimed reductions in production.
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Stockholm
Eden
Hige
Hjalmar Branting
Western States Get Much Tourist Money
In Spokane Washington on September 18 1920 officials from good roads and tourist groups said western tourism was worth 250 million dollars in 1920 and urged Congress to fund 1 million for park promotion. The highway tour will proceed to Seattle Tacoma Portland San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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Spokane
Wash
West
Europe
Harry M. Burhans
Denver
American Tourist Development Association
Congress
Railroad Administration
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Secretary Refuses Suffrage Opponents
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Colby declined to rescind his action proclaiming the suffrage amendment as part of the federal constitution. He was considering tonight a Tennessee anti suffrage delegation request for a statement showing the Tennessee house second vote certification had reached the state department.
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Washington
Haying
Colby
Tennessee
Tennessee House
State Department
Northwestern winter apples offered by Consumers' Supply Co
Fragmentary notice advertises assorted varieties of apples in bulk and boxes. It mentions an orchard they own and promises quality price and service. Shipments to begin early in October.
Rural Schools Struggle With Teacher Shortage Says NEA
The Nationwide NEA reports show rural districts face severe teacher shortages. In areas with higher salary increases, conditions improve, but most rural regions lack enough trained teachers. Congress may consider the Smith-Towner bill creating a Department of Education and $100 federal aid per student.
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National Education Association
United States
Congress
Smith-Towner
Department of Education
Ipak Yen the Celestial Power in Soviet Russia
In Moscow a barber’s assistant turned powerful figure, Ipak Yen, rules from the Kremlin with a palace and four wives. Lenin consults him on major moves while critics call him a Rasputin like influence, accusing him of immense wealth and political sway.
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Ricksha
Berlin
Soviet Russia
Ipak Yen
Bilagonostchensk
Ipak
Beda
Kremlin
Moscow
Lenine
Celestial
Jakovicf
Rasputin
The Fiji Islands Labor Dynamic in Harper’s Magazine
Sidney Greenfield reports in Harper's Magazine that in Fiji the ethos favors slow pace and waiting, while Indians perform most tasks. White colonials supervise as Indians dominate labor in plantations, factories, and land purchases, with Fijians relegated to idling and minimal gains.
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Fiji Islands
South Sea
Lebor
Sidney Greenbdie
Harper's Magazine
Excessive car use harms digestion and health traditions
A writer laments excessive automobile use in American life, arguing it reduces walking and digestion with ripple effects on heart and lung function. The piece cites medical opinion, urging better eating and exercise to curb rising ailments and support physicians.
Lone Negro Lone Delegate At California Progressive Convention
John W. Fowler of Oakland, the sole progressive party delegate from California's Thirty-ninth district, chaired a Sacramento convention endorsing Harding and Coolidge for president and Shortridge for U.S. senator. Fowler likened the party to the prodigal son and praised Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram Johnson while criticizing the Democratic Party. The resolutions backed four candidacies and called for greater Irish freedom amid the McSwiney case.
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Sacramento
Cal
John W. Fowler
Oakland
Progressive Party
Harding
Coolidge
Samuel Shortridge
United States
California
Fowler
Theodore Roosevelt
Hiram Johnson
Shortridge
Ireland
Terence McSwiney
Democratic Party
North Dakota Supreme Court Halts Rate Increase Orders
The North Dakota Supreme Court ordered railroads statewide to stop intrastate rate hikes in effect since Sept 1 and to rebate any increases collected. The court found no legal order by the state railroad commission authorizing the rise, despite a secretary's Aug 26 notice of a 35 percent freight and 20 percent passenger fare increase. Three commissioners testified they had agreed to the increase. The sufficiency of the rates was not ruled on. a new application to the railroad commission is anticipated.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota Supreme Court
State Railroad Commission
Railroad Commission
Congress Considers New Reclamation Program and Funding
Many For Nati SEATTI E reports a congressional push for a nationwide irrigation program. The plan seeks 250 000 dollars to begin work under the Reclamation league, with seven member states and key officials from the American Valley and Northwest association guiding the effort. President Johnson and interior officials pledge cooperation as the league forms.
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Congress
Inter
Arthy
United Ution Service
Mr. Davis
John Barton Py
Interior
James Aa. Johnson
Reclamation League
Ness
Jame
Ber of Commerce
Johnson
Toole County Irrigation
Montana
St Mark's Episco church services listed for Sunday
St Mark's Episcopal Church announces Rev C P Burnet at 10 00 a m and 11 00 a m services on Sundays with first and third Sundays at the church and Lutheran Rev A Holbeck with Big Timber service at 8 p m both services at Young People's Leave p m on Saturday September to catechetical inside the church at 2 p m
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St. Mark's Episcop
C. P. Burnet
Lutheran C
A. Holbeck
Big Timber
Congregational Notice for Sunday Service Schedule
Reverend E. R. Belling leads Sunday School at 9 and morning worship at 11 with an evening service at 3. Contingent activities may be announced during the day at the church.
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Congregational
E. R. Belling
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Sweden
Russ
Chinaman
Teddy
North Dakota
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St. Joseph's Cathet
Father Sheehy
Henry Witten
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