Tiaring Diamonds Draw South Africa Claim Rush
In a waterless desert near Tanungs Bechuanaland the Tiaring field is set to open for diamond digging around March. Prospectors from beyond the Zambesi and even the Congo anticipate vast riches, while many men quit jobs and hundreds of women prepare to move to the new diggings as the government plans a township to serve the expected influx.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Tiaring
Tanungs
Bechuanaland
Marcha
Capa
Zambesi
Mozambique
Congo
Market absorbs Japanese goods in US imports
Washington officials report American markets have absorbed Japanese goods with minimal impact on high grade American products. From January to November 1919 imports valued at 367 million dollars rose from 1918 and 1917 levels, with low grade items dominating and only toys and a few novelties showing competitive pressure.
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Washington
Japan
Department of Commerce
Orienta
United States
Far East
Balkans Want Shoes of Modern Material
In Petch Montenegro on January 25, a report notes that the Balkans may shift footwear toward modern materials after the war. Serbian soldiers, once issued stiff western shoes, struggle to return to primitive sandals on demobilization. American Red Cross shoe supplies were quickly bought, and American business is already courting Balkan demand.
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Petch
Montenegro
Ameria
American Red Cross
German tobacco linked to blindness in Koenigsberg
Konigsberg police report several cases of night blindness and chronic visual disturbance among smokers using certain German tobacco brands sold locally. The warning comes as wood alcohol dangers in the United States draw attention to tainted products.
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Konmigsborg
United States
Koenigsberg
Native Son Crews Abington In Recruiting Drive
Abington January 25 native Tennesseans have been recruited to man the new superdreadnought Tennessee. It was indicated tonight that similar recruiting campaigns will be organized for the other ten super-dreadnoughts under construction. The planned ships include the admendinantis, California, Colorado, Maryland, Washington, West Virginia, South Dakota, Indiana, Montana, North Carolina and Iowa.
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Abbington
Tennessee
Tennessseana
Areadnaughts
Aaendinantis
California
Colorado
Maryland
Washington
West Virginia
South Dakota
Indiana
Montena
North Carolina
Lowa
Soldiers fire on mob in cotton mill strike in Bombay Presidency
Dan Bombay reports 200000 cotton workers struck in Bombay Presidency. Military fired on rioting crowd after warning, causing casualties including one death. Morning unrest halted streetcars as strikers compelled passengers to alight and riot escalated.
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Bombay Presidency
Bombay
Dan
Atrike
Musicians Meet Reelect Leaders At Annual Band Meetings
Oscar F Knablin was elected president of the Wheeler and Wilson band and John H McClure chosen president and manager of the Coast Artillery band at the annual meetings held yesterday in Bohemian hall and St Johns hall Ty was the first annual meeting for Wheeler and Wilson and the 18th for Coast Artillery. Reports covered last year with speeches and member reminiscences. The Wheeler and Wilson band voted to incorporate and officers included Knablin Sanger Lord Heldman and others. Coast Artillery noted a strong year with 26 members and histories of origin. Regular officers named for both bands with names of leaders assistants and committees listed. The Wheeler and Wilson band planned an appearance in Middletown with Bridgeporters for a McKinley dinner.
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Oscar F. Knablin
Wheeler and Wilson
John H. McClure
Coast Artiery Band
Bohemian Hall
Hallett Street
St. John'’s Hall
Pembroke
Jane Streets
Coast Artillery Band
John H. McClureda
Coast Artillery
Paul G
Fouling
National Guard
George Raymond
Ludwi Bossert
Wheeler
Red Cross appoints delegates to League meeting
Five American delegates are named to represent the United States at the general council meeting of the League of Red Cross Societies in Geneva the week of March 2. Enot Wadsworth, Willoughby Walling, Samuel Mather, Mrs. William K. Draper, and Henry P. Davison will travel aboard the Mauretania. topics include international health crusade and peace-time financing. Delegates from numerous countries are invited to attend.
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Washington
United States
League of Red Cross Societies
Geneva
American Red Cross
Enot Wadsworth
Boston
Willoughby G. Walling
Chicago
Samuel Mather
New York
William K. Draper
Henry P. Davison
Mauretania
Record coal output tops January week in three years
Washington reports weekly bituminous coal production for the week ending January 17 at 11,565,090 tons, the highest January week in three years. Through January 17 output is about four million tons higher than last year, despite a broad strike.
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Washington
Geological Survey
Rights of Public INR Disputes Is Supreme Issue
Senator Wadsworth explains his vote to restore railroads to private ownership and keep anti strike provisions in the Cummins bill. He argues government operation harms enterprise, urges private management under federal supervision, and says the government must protect public service and the people’s interests.
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Universal Service
Washington
Senator Wadsworth
New York
G. H. Mines
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Wadsworth
McAdoo
Hines
Cummins
United States
Freight Handlers in Boston Delay Strike
Boston January 25 unions at terminals of Boston and Maine Boston and Albany and New York New Haven and Hartford railroads vote to postpone a 48 hour strike set to start tomorrow at seven a.m. to allow for railroad notice while seeking a 20 cent per hour wage increase submitted to Washington months ago.
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Boston
Maine
Albany
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Dock Freight Handlers
International Longwhoremen's Degociation
Railroad Administration
Washington
Engine’s uncontrolled run ends near Chicago suburb
A light engine without an operator raced ten miles on open track in Chicago yesterday. It leaped from the train shed and narrowly avoided the Chicago and Eastern Illinois train before exiting into the suburbs. The steam died out and a pursuer caught up with it.
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Chicago
Chicago and Eastern Illinois
Graphophone Co Buys 3,000,000 Home in New York
Graphophone Co purchases the Columbia bank building at the northwest corner of Wirth Avenue and 34th Street, New York, for $2,000,000. The building will be the firm’s permanent home, with nine new floors to be added immediately at a cost of about $1,000,000.
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Graphophone CO
Columbia. Graphophone Company
Columbia Bank
Wirth Avenue
34Th Street
New York
Middle West Business Remains Strong Despite Some Pressures
The Seventh Federal Reserve district reports high overall business in the middle west with building and activities likely to sustain momentum for the near term. It notes a peculiar pocket of high prices and boycotts while demand outstrips supply, reflecting conflicting pressures in the economy.
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OmcaGen
Genereal
Middle West
Seventh
Federal Reserve District
Connecting Road for Six Systems
A proposed $20,000,000 connecting railroad would act as a clearing house for freight cars of six roads entering or passing through New York Harbor. Extending about 45 miles from Piermont to Elizabeth New Jersey, it would be double tracked with yards at each junction for car exchange, linking Erie, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, Central of New Jersey, Baltimore and Ohio and others. Each railroad would hold equity, while New York Central would connect only by car float.
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New York
Huson River
Beaton
Philadelphia
Piermont
Nyack
Elizabeth
N. J
Newsark Bay
Erie Railroad
West Short
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Morrin and Essex Railroad
Lehigh Valley
Pennsylvania
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Baltimore and Ohio
New York Central
Foch's Move on Russia Postponed Amid Warsaw Talks
Paris reports the departure of Marshal Foch for Warsaw to lead the united drive against the Soviet armies is postponed. The delay follows a Polish premier's London return for a final conference with Lloyd George, who opposes further use of armed force against Bolsheviks in favor of renewed trade relations.
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Universal Service
Paris
Marshal Foch
Warsaw
M. Patek
Leondon
Lloyd-George
France
England
Platinum swindlers caught at Geneva
Geneva reports the arrest of a gang posing as platinum dealers selling lead blocks coated with platinum at 256,000 marks per block. Police seized money and seized correspondence indicating London and New York dealers’ offers. The suspects planned to flee to Berne and Paris with false passports.
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Geneva
Lindau
London
New York
Tindall
Berne
Paris
American Red Cross Opens Military Hospital in Poland
A new American hospital has opened at Vilna in northwest Poland, the first of its kind in Eastern Europe. The facility demonstrates the latest military bulgary practices to Polish army doctors, with Polish surgeons attending three month courses under Major F. Black of the American Red Cross at the University of Wing.
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Warsaw
Vilna
Poland
Europe
American Red Cross
Arsplces
University of Wing
F. Black
German envoy to Japan named from former foreign minister
Honolulu reports Rr. W. Bolt, former German foreign minister, has been appointed ambassador to Japan per Tokio Nippon news. Bolt, a noted statesman, assumes the post amid Japan Germany relations.
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Sot
Honolulu
Associated Press
Rr. W. Bolt
Germany
Japan
Market Outlook Clouded by Need for Retrenchment
Universal Service. New York Jan. 25. Federal authorities decree nationwide liquidation of commodities and securities. Public may gain after disturbances. investors and speculators will suffer initially. Government intervention shifts currency, raises questions about profits, trade, and domestic distribution. Outlook uncertain but with potential for better times.
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Universal Service
New York
Finanalg
United States
Shorts
Reserve Board
Iron ore output falls after strikes in 1919
Washington reports 1919 iron ore production at 60,466,000 gross tons, down 18 percent from 1918 due to blast furnace shutdowns during strikes. Shipments reach 66,319,000 tons, about 22 percent lower, valued at 203,274,000 dollars with mines averaging 3.60 dollars per ton, up from 3.29. A Canadian firm wins a concession of over 75,000 acres for a reindeer grazing program.
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Washington
Important Notice to Tax Payers in Bridgeport
Notice warns owners of downtown business properties factories and factory sites large residential buildings and land suitable for development to contact Burroughs F Perry at 50a Security Building in Bridgeport for sale or lease options.
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Bridgeport
Burroughs F. Perry
Silver's Advance Upsetting Trade In Shanghai
In Shanghai the surge in silver value has disrupted foreign trade. Americans seek pounds in New York at about 3.20, while paying 100 in gold for 76 Mexican dollars locally. Banks halted drafts, exporters funded by old terms suffer, importers paid in Mexican dollars thrive, and workers feel the pinch as exchange chaos spreads. Soviet engineers report gold in the Urals could boost Russia's output by sixty percent in two years.
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Suanghat
Tan
New York
Shanghai
China
Shanghai Bank
America
Rsal Service
London
Ural Mountains
Russia
Dissolution Resolutions for American Graphophone Company
A special meeting on January 8 1920 at 1210 G Street Washington DC adopted resolutions to dissolve American Graphophone Company West Virginia charter cancellation and asset division among stockholders in kind with cash payments as needed. authorities to publish notices and file certificates with West Virginia secretary of state and to pay license taxes and liabilities.
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American Graphophone Company
G Street
Washington
District of Columbia
West Virginia
Washington City
Columbia
Bridgeport
Connecticut
West Virginian
Alloh
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