Aldermen May Meet Monday to Frame Jitney Ordinance
Mayor hints a special session may be called to craft a new ordinance barring jitneys from principal streets. He cites three day legal notice before a meeting and weighs several plans to keep trolleys running for public convenience. City Attorney Comsey defers on strategy while discussing the broader transit fight.
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Board of Aldermen
Connecticut Company
Comsey
Taters
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Nine Killed in Irish Rioting and Belfast Clash Report
Rioting across Belfast left nine dead and scores wounded as troops fired after a warning. Reports describe attacks on workers and offices with petrol set to flames, and a renewed outbreak in Kashmir road.
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Belfast
Brov Michael
Clonard
Pallsroad
Wittar Downey
Wiliam Godenrey
Brother Morgan
Kashmir Road
James Connors
Bainbridge
Cal. Smith
Sinn Fein
Ting
Clonard Monmglery Eartier
Ballymacarrell
Connecticut Company Proposes Seven Cent Fare Plan
Connecticut company files seven cent fare plan with Public Utilities commission. Proposals include distance based fare from a central traffic point, limits set about 2.3 miles on rural lines, flat rate on short city lines, and free transfers within two and a half miles of the center.
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Connecticut Company
Public Utilities Commission
Trafic Center
Vanderbilt Dies in Paris After Long Illness
Paris reports the death of William K. Vanderbilt after extended illness. He died this evening at his hotel with wife, the Duchess of Marlborough, and sons William Jr. and Harold present. The body will be shipped to the United States for burial on Staten Island, ending a prominent American life.
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Paris
Juy
Wiliam K. Vanderbi
Vanderbilt
Dishaughter
Duchess of Marlborough
William Wk. Jr
Har‘alg
Edmund Groos
United States
Staten Island
Avangesnist
I Iit
Coal Priority Plan Details Await Commerce Commission Direction
New ink land will be given priority in shipments following a conference in New York among railroad executives coal operators and James J Storrow former New England administrator Colonel D B Wentz president of the National Coal Association and Daniel Willard president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad plans to submit the agreement to the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington tomorrow or Saturday The commission will also be asked to grant priority to New England on terms similar to a prior order with the same basic intent
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New York
James J. Storrow
New England
D.B. Wentz
National Coal, Association
Damiel Willard
theSaltimore
Ohio Raifraad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fifteen Rail Unions Accept Wage Award Under Protest
In Chicago an executive conference of railway labor unions decided to accept a wage award despite protest. Timothy Shea announced that 15 of 16 recognized unions agreed, while the Brotherhood of Telegraphers referred the award to its membership and a few others planned to renew protest.
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United States Railway Labor Board
Vhr
Timothy Shea
Aren
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood of
Railway Telesraphers
Tte
Togeter
Ieee
War scare as Allied aid to Poland sparks fear of regional clash
Washington reports pessimism about Poland relief timing as France and Great Britain struggle to deploy troops before Warsaw falls. Berlin vows to protest any entente troop movement through Germany as clashes resume near Grodno and front lines shift with Soviet advances.
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Poland
France
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Berlin
Dr. Simons
Foreign Affairs Committee
Reichstag
Entente
Paris
Min
Bryan Declines Dry Nomination in Lincoln Telegram
Bozeman Montana July 23 William Jennings Bryan again refused the Prohibition party nomination for president. The Lincoln Nebraska convention telegram announcing the nomination was received at 2 PM local time. Bryan reportedly sent a brief telegram from Nevada declining the nomination.
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Mont
William Jennings Bryan Jonlaht
Lincoln
Nim
Auieck
Madison
Novila
Army Transport Plan To Remove Americans From Poland
The Parahontas commander whereabouts in Warsaw informs that approximately four thousand Americans, including over one hundred women, are to be evacuated from Danzig. Many are engaged in relief work while awaiting transport and further directions from White.
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Parahontas
Warsaw
Poland
Danzig
Dempsey Offered Large Fight Sum to Meet Carpentier
Willam A Brady announced that promoter U A Cochran authorized 50 000 pounds to Jack Dempsey to sign for a match with Georges Carpentier in London in November or December of this year. The plan was disclosed in New York after theatricals.
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Jack Dempsey
New York
Willam A. Brady
U. A. Cochras
London
Georges Carpenter
Watkins Named To Lead Dry Campaign Team In 1920
Lincoln Neb July reports Watkins of Germantown Ohio named to head the Dry party, after Willam Jennings Bryan declined. Watkins won on the second ballot with Patton and others receiving support as the convention votes proceeded.
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Lincoln
Lightning Sets Fire To A Stream Of Oil
A lightning strike during a thunder storm yesterday afternoon ignited a stream of leaking oil at the Columbia Grapho plane company’s plant on Railroad Avenue. Flames spread briefly but were confined to nearby structures. no buildings were endangered. Quick fire department action extinguished the blaze.
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Columbia Graphoplane 5S Company
Mim
Piremet
Apparitus
Harding Accepts Nomination in 1920 Address at Marion
Senator Harding spoke to a crowd of about four thousand in Marion Ohio after receiving notification of his Republican nomination. He rejected Wilson's League and urged peace by congressional resolution and a later understanding to preserve American sovereignty.
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Lodge
Harding
Senate
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League of Nations
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Dale
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Massachusett
Chicago
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Ne Pree
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Pliatform
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Manth
Wireless Phone Carries Voice 2000 Miles
Experts from the Mares Wireless camp report long distance wireless telephone tests near Chelmsford station outside London. They heard a message spanning more than 2000 miles and confirmed recognition of the veil escort leader while failing to reconstruct a complete sentence.
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Mares Wireless
Tey
Chelmsford
London
Urey
Camals
Atul Leatiedd
Young Woman Held as Murder Probe Expands
In Chicago on July 28 Miss Oris Walters of Memphis Tennessee is in jail as authorities investigate the murder of promoter Taine Dexter found shot in his hotel room. Walters is described as the other woman in Poindexter's life. He leaves a widow and six children in Buchanan, Michigan. He had claimed to be related to Senator Miles Poindexter of Washington.
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Memphis
Tern
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Mnaturais
Mrss
Tainedexter
Todiey
Fragmented Notice About Unclear Event
A garbled OCR fragment references a lightning related event with partial words and stray place mentions. The text is unreadable for precise details, leaving the exact action, location, and date indeterminate.
Compers Declares R R Men Will Not Strike
Washington July 22 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor said that railroad employees are disappointed but will not strike to enforce a firmer decision of their needs. He noted workers have a right to be disappointed by the wage award and warned this may bind them to accept the compromise.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation
Gompers
Paterson Silk Workers Back General Strike Vote
United Textile Workers and Amalgamated Silk Workers in Paterson New Jersey voted tonight to go on a general strike to protest a wage reduction in the silk industry. The vote was unanimous among the local members as labor actions loom in the region.
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Paterson Silk
Inmate killed at Bridgewater reform ward outbreak
Bridgewater Mass July 22 one inmate was killed and three others were severely wounded during a violent outbreak in the reform ward. A prison guard shot and killed a detainee amid the disturbance.
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Bridgewater” Reform
F Wates
Gwon
Lievyd
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