Poles Repel Red Army as Warsaw Front Holds
Reports from Warsaw and London describe a series of engagements along the Vistula and Bug rivers. Polish forces defend key positions near Warsaw, repel Soviet assaults, and gain prisoners and matériel as the Red Army suffers heavy losses in several sectors around Radzymin and the Lublin region.
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Warsaw
Chubotsky
Srableszow
Windawa
Wis
Modlin
Miuna
Nirew
Bug
Delverml
Tter
Star
Imioeh Svar
Brody
Lemberg
Snohetsin
Denver Strikers Sentenced Under Tramway Strike
In Denver on August 17 seven union tramway trainmen were sentenced to 90 days by Judge Greeley W. Whitford for contempt of an injunction. The court found them guilty ten days ago of violating the injunction and ordered immediate imprisonment.
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Denver
Colo
Greeley W. Whitford
Roosevelt Aide Makes North Dakota Address
Franke D. Roosevelt, Democratic nominee for vice president, spoke in Fargo marking his first North Dakota address. He pledged that the Democratic party, if elected, would seek a solution to the producer and consumer problems serving their best interests.
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Fargo
N. D
U S Wins At Antwerp In Olympic Track Trials Record
Loomis of Chicago A A wins 400 meters setting a new world record of 4. He leads wire to wire and beats J K Norton of Olympic Club. Deseh of Notre Dame takes third, Amleos of France fourth, with Christiernssen and Draggs close. Hamilton wins broad jump at 6.80 meters, others also place as the U S earns 44 points in track and field across events.
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Antrom
Aug
Enwes
United States
Frank Loomis
Chicago
Loomis
J. K. Norton
Olympic Club
San Francisco
A. C. Deseh
Notre Dame University
Georges Amleos
France
Carl Christiernssen
Sweden
Charles D. Draggs
Los Angeles A. C
Fay
Brutus Hamilton
University of Missouri
Lehtonen
Finland
Secant
Everett L. Briley
University of Kansas
Thirl
Lorthenen
Trobert le Gendre
Georgetown University
Gyllotsteipe
Buniles
Mayland
Polite
Antorleins
England
Esthoain
Riot in Randolph County In mining town downs violence
St Louis reports a riot in Coub erville Randolph county 40 miles south of St Louis after a train crew said tensions rose over the transport of Black workers to mines. A Black man and women are said to have been attacked and buried with the town fearing removal of Black labor.
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St. Louis
Couberville
Randolph County
Timals
St. Lona
Minots Central
Cox in Chicago Thursday on next swing through Midwest
Governor Cox will travel from Columbus to Chicago on Wednesday night, arrive Thursday morning for breakfast, then proceed to South Bend and speak that night. A sleeping car will be used for this trip and the following week’s engagements in Evansville Indiana Pittsburgh Pennsylvania New Haven Connecticut and New York City.
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Columbus
Harding Promises Sweeping Change in U S Foreign Policy
Aug 17 in Marion a Republican senator Warren G Harding promised a very sweeping change in United States foreign policy if the Republican party wins in November. He said the Republican party will expect a change at the hands of a Republican administration.
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Marion
United States
Warren G. Harding
Senator Harding
Wisconsin professor and wife drown in river near Dells
Prof. Hobart G. Prary of the University of Wisconsin and his wife Mant Elliott Prary disappeared while swimming in the Wisconsin river near the Upper Dells. Campers and others searched the river as city workers dynamited the stream, but no bodies had been recovered.
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Kilbourne
Wis
Hobart G. Prary
University of Wisconsin
Mant Eliott Rary
Wisconsin River
Upper Dells
Rainstorm Devastates Toledo Causes Million-Dollar Damage
Toledo Ohio August 17 A severe rainstorm caused estimated damage over 1 million dollars flooding large areas of city paving inundating cellars and crippling traffic. The storm ranks among the city’s worst, with extensive inundation and disruption reported.
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Toledo
Warships Sent to Baltic and Polish Fronts
Washington reports armored cruiser Pittsburgh and a destroyer ordered to the Baltic to safeguard American interests in Poland and near Danzig as Bolshevik activity rises. Lloyd George warns General Wrangel in South Russia to act at his own risk amid ongoing operations. Berlin protests Prussian boundary cuts.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Battle Sea
Cherbourg
France
Navy Department
Danzig
Free City
Caltle
Poland
Hves
Danalg
Baltic
State Department
Baltic States
Lidl
Wrangel
Lloyd George
Gen. Wrangel
London
House of Commons
Baron Wingel
Siling
Berlin
Camcis
East
West Prussia
Bandits Loot an Iowa Bank Near Mason City
Six armed bandits in two automobiles robbed the First National Bank at Thornton, twenty miles southwest of Mason City, Iowa, escaping with about 25,000 in Liberty bonds and currency. The incident followed despatches noting wartime desertion rates. 178,013 deserters were tallied from 24,000,000 men registered, a marked improvement over Civil War draft records.
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Thornton
Mason City
Aug
First National
Bank J
Ere
U. & Washington
War Department
Injunction Sought Against Two Cent Rail Rate
Sulb filed in the Dulted Lines district court on August 17 seeking to restrain the public utilities commission Attorney General Edward T Drundage and State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne from enforcing the two cent intrastate rail fare set to begin August 3 Seven mul rands and several railroads including Chicago and Northwestern Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Illinois Central Chicago Burlington and Quincy Rock Island Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and Chicago and Eastern Illinois join in the suit alleging the two cent rate would confiscate property and violate the fourteenth amendment by depriving revenue and property without due process They request the court to restrain enforcement and declare the order null and void
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Chicaro
Sulb
Dulted Lines
Mul Rands
Uules Commission
Edward T. Drundage
Maclay Hoyne
Otter Enitroads
Ill.neis
Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Illnois Central
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Rock Island
Atchison
Baseball scores on a mixed up league night
In the National League Cincinnati beat Chicago while New York Philadelphia and two other games are listed with unclear results. In the American League Cleveland defeated New York while Boston won against Detroit.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
York-Philadelphia
Cleveland
New York
Boston
Detroit
Wisconsin Rates Up 35 Percent On Intrastate Freight
Aug. 17 Malligan Wisconsin intrastate freight rates rise 35 percent and take effect soon before Aug. 26 by the Wisconsin railroad commission. The decision aligns with federal ICC action, while passenger fares fall outside their jurisdiction. Wisconsin reserves authority over passenger fares under state law as another law seeks enforcement.
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Malligan
Wis
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Railroad Commission
Federal Interstate Commerce Commission
Chapman Is Seriously Hurt In Baseball Incident
New York report states Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Americans was struck on the head by a pitched ball in the seventh inning while dodging an underhand throw by Pitcher Mays. His skull was fractured and doctors require immediate operation. He was treated on the diamond, taken to the clubhouse, then moved to a hospital.
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Cleveland
New York
Ray Chapman
Chapman
Mays
Cattle Enter Canada Free for Another Year
Ottawa reports that cattle from the United States may enter Canada free of duty for 12 more months. Minister of Agriculture Dr. H. F. Tolmo announced the renewal, extending a privilege that began last year.
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Canada
Ottawa
United States
F. Tolmo
Provision Trains Held in Germany Near Oppeln
Aug 17 Rantoba and surrounding areas report entente provision trains halted by mixed English and French crews amid fears of warefare. Authorities and workers clashed during brief investigations but allowed the train to proceed after finding only machine gun ammunition and soldiers’ clothing. Reports note additional troop trains were stopped elsewhere as Soviet bands allegedly played Prussian tunes to troops.
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Behneidemuhl
Trassia
Polant
Staon
Trohy
Iest
Schneidemubl
Trom Banalg
Thorn Ani Pose
Bertin
Ratoba
Oppeln
Stippal
Werber‘sehletsigcher Zeitung
Nuither
Suldau
East Prussia
Korn
Geran
Buxstan
Wuzens
Soldau
Duetsche Eyula Shectly
Thorn, Graubens
Rosen
Paris
Foreign Office
Rustow
East Prussian
Warsatr
Cotton Drops Five to Six Dollars a Bale
New York August 27 There was a sharp break in the cotton market with prices sliding five to six dollars per bale. Nervousness grows due to European conditions reports of lower offerings in the South and continued absence of demand. The decline carried to 20.05 cents per pound for October, closing at day’s low with August and September showing nominal losses.
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New York
Anegost
Oats Best Crop on Comparatively Cheap Land in Western Canada
An observer compares costs of oats and corn on a Minnesota farm, noting oats cost about 18.13 per acre versus 31.49 for corn, a savings of 13.00 per acre. Western Canada offers cheap, productive oat land around 20 per acre with 50 to 60 bushels per acre typical, prize-winning quality, and bushels reaching 100 in good years.
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Western
Canada
Minnesota
Albert Inmer
Cottonwood County
Minn
Cottonwood
Inmer
Canedsia
Dominion Grain Inspector
Western Canada
Canadian Government Information Bureau
Variaus Cities
United States
Proper Pride Necessary
A compact reflection on self contentment and social influence. The author contrasts personal satisfaction with the harm of excess pride and warns against seeking others' approval. The piece cites Frederick Soudor and notes the hazards of poisonous medicines.
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Frederick Soudor
Aquatic devotee linked to unusual fish tale
Report describes a person named Aqueoun Bhe as deeply devoted to water sports. The text notes an odd claim about drinking eight fish, paired with a local reaction and speculation about the sincerity of the habit. Public interest in the eccentric anecdote grows.
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South Bend
Harding
Wisconsin University
Loess
Commons
Wrongel
Scylete
Iowa
Illinois
U. S
Commission
Germany
Schneidmuhl
Rantoba
Beleane
America
Tainer
Joseph Triner Company
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