Michigan considers county government reform plan
A Lansing press briefing outlines a proposed constitutional amendment to empower counties to adopt modern forms of government. The plan, led by Gov Groesbeck supporters, seeks to cut costs and remove duplications by creating centralized authority and enabling a county charter option via state and local votes.
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Michigan
Lansing
State Citizens’ Committee
Gev. Groesbeck
Board of Supervisors
Robert T. Crane
University of Michigan
Elvin Swarthout
Grand Rapids
National Municipaliue
Orville Atwood
Newaygo
C. Roy Hatten
Bridegroom Row on Ship Sparks Near Turnover
In New York Bay a ship carrying prospective brides from Greece Russia Italy and Armenia nearly capsized as women clashed with onboard suitors. Greek Russian Italian Armenian women battled across the deck while officers separated them and guards kept groom hopefuls at the dock until the vessel docked.
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New
York
Helias
Finality
Allcun
Ford Recount Gains 49 Votes in Mt Clemens Ward
Senate recount shows Ford gaining 49 votes in Mt Clemens First ward due to miscounted split Democratic ballots as straight Republican. Ford's net gain reaches 1,926 from 1,375 precincts with Newberry at 220,054 and Ford at 212,487. final result expected by Saturday.
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Washington
Senate
Ford
Mt. Clemens
Midland
Charlevoix
Iosco
Newberry
State Board of Canvassers
Schwab Named in Ship Probe
A voucher for 260000 dollars for personal expenses of an officer of Bethlehem Shipbuilding was found in the main office audit. Colonel E H Abadie told the Walsh committee investigating the Shipping Board that the officer is Charles M Schwab, director general of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, who will testify.
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New York
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Mmain
E. H. Abadie
Walsh Congressional Committee
Shipping Board
Charles M. Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Schwab
Austrians Reported On Strike Across Country
A general strike begins in Austria with meetings nationwide demanding union with Germany. The Paris dispatch says the parliamentary opposition refuses to assume responsibility for governing under current circumstances.
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Lonndon
Austria
London Times
Paris
Seys
Meetigs
Unio
Germany
Harding Heads to Florida on Vacation
President elect Harding leaves Marion Ohio for a Florida trip before taking office. He vacates the Mount Vernon avenue residence, a focal point of front porch campaign activity, and shuts the nearby office where dignitaries offered guidance on national issues.
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Harding
Florida
Marion
White House
Mount Vernon
Rebels To Be Taken Hostage If Attacks Continue
Dublin reports a proclamation by military authorities stating that if bomb and firearm attacks on crown forces in motor cars persist, known rebels will be carried as hostages for the safe conduct of all motor vehicles owned by the armed forces of the crown.
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Dublin
Disarmament Move Advances in Senate Committee
The foreign relations committee voted to recommend Borah's resolution urging the president to begin negotiations with Great Britain and Japan to curb naval shipbuilding programs.
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Washington
Congress
Geutle Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
Great Britain
Japan
Communist party ties deemed grounds to fire teacher
Albany ruling by F B Gilbert, acting commissioner of education, upholds dismissal of Julia D. Pratt by the Buffalo board of education. Gilbert finds approval of the Communist Party demonstrates a mental and moral condition unfit to be an instructor.
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Albany
N. Y
Communist Party
Gilbert
Julia D. Pratt
Buffalo Board of Education
Adoption petition filed for seven Russian children
Anderson North Carolina Rear Admiral jie Cully filed a court petition to adopt seven Russian children from Sebastopol. In Stockholm officials deny Sweden contemplates securing a loan from the United States or elsewhere.
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Stockholm
Sweden
United States
Pennsylvania Railroad payroll cuts denied at company offices
Philadelphia report says reductions in wages were being considered by the Pennsylvania Railroad but denied at the general offices. In Annapolis Maryland Henry W Brown a Black naval mess attendant confessed to killing nurse Harriet M Kavanaugh at the naval hospital with robbery given as the motive by authorities.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Annapolis
Henry W. Brown
Harriet M. Kavanaugh
Naval Hospital
Ward Copper chief found frozen near Teller Alaska
Nome reports Thomas Ward president and general manager of Ward Copper Company of New York was found frozen to death a few miles from Teller Alaska on January 12. The discovery was relayed to Nome.
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Nome
Alaska
Thomas Ward
The
Ward Copper Company of
New York
Teller
Supreme Court Allows Seizure of Vehicles In Liquor Case
The Supreme Court held that seizure of automobiles or other conveyances transporting liquor is authorized even when the vehicle owner is innocent of illegal activity, in a case originating in Georgia.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Georgia
Chicago tax convict Albert Lauer kills himself
Albert I. Lauer, 43, the first man convicted on income tax binbing charges in Chicago federal court, committed suicide. He was secretary of Briggs and Turivas, a $1,060,000 iron and steel wrecking and salvaging firm.
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Chicago
Albert I. Lauer
Lauer
Briggs and Turivas Company
Madison Policeman Acquitted in Campus Killing Trial
Madison police officer Matthew Lynaugh was acquitted of murdering Carl Jandorff a Grand Rapids Michigan student at the University of Wisconsin during a campus demonstration last May. The verdict ends a high profile case for Jefferson Wisconsin jurors and follows a tense courtroom review.
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Jefferson, Wis
Matthew Lynaugh
Madison
Carl Jandorff
Grand Rapids
Mich
University of Wisconsin
Lynaugh
Jandorff
New York Bakers Debate Bread Prices After War
The 5 cent 11 ounce loaf from small bake shops appears in New York for the first time since pre war days. Major bakers refuse to lower the 8 cent 14 ounce loaf to match the challenge and maintain standard pricing.
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New York
Triest and DAnnunzio Leave Fiume After Sudden Departure
The Italian poet Gabriele DAnnunzio departed Fiume by car in a mood described as pathetic. He delivered a lengthy speech in the council hall where Dr. Grossisch, the provisional governor, replied. Stores closed amid a large public demonstration.
Sears Roebuck & Co declares 2 percent scrip dividend
Directors of Sears, Roebuck & Co. announce a 2 percent scrip quarterly dividend payable February 16 to stock of record January 31. The scrip is redeemable August 15, 1921 with interest at percent. This mirrors prior dividends except it uses scrip instead of cash.
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Chicago
Sears. Roebuck & Co
Reward Offered by Klan Leader for Conviction of Misuse
Col William J Simmons imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan announces a $106 reward for the conviction of any person who uses the Ku Klux Klan name unlawfully or for any movement not sanctioned by law. The notice targets misrepresentation and illegal association.
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Atlanta
William J. Simmons
Imperializard
The
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan
Nash Motors 1920 earnings show $7 million net profit
Kenosha Wisconsin Nash Motors reports 1920 net profit of 7 067 047 after charges. After deducting 315 000 preferred dividends earnings equal 122 49 a share on 54 506 common shares, compared with 95 06 a share in 1919.
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Kenosha
Wis
Nash Motors Company
Woman Hails Return of Husband After Funeral Expenses
Mrs. George Willis of Grantville West Virginia mourns the costs of a funeral for a man believed to be her husband. The body was identified and paid for before George Willis returned from work in the northern part of the state, alive.
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Grantville
W. Va
George Willis
Willis
George
Arctic explorer McMillen plans July departure for new discoveries
Wheeling resident and Peary expedition veteran Donald B. McMillen announced he will sail July 6 from Boston Harbor aboard the Bowdoin to pursue Arctic explorations. He aims to bring back new scientific material in geology zoology botany for the United States.
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Wheeling
Donald B. McMillen
Peary
North Pole
Arctic
Futher
United
Boaton Harbor
Schoon Bowdoin
Meilan
Bowdoin Maine
Michigan Farm Rentals Rise Across State Says Survey
Leesing Michigan January 14. A Michigan State Farm Bureau survey covers 380 counties and 2 561 farms. It shows renting of farms rising over the last decade with 52 994 owner operated farms. The report notes lack of long term credit as a key cause and cites varied county results across the state.
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Leesing
Mich
Michigan
United States
Cencue
State Farm Bureau
Moral Standards Seen Shifting Among Youth in 1930s Debate
Denver Times columnist argues modern youth, both boys and girls, exhibit lax morals and excessive pursuit of pleasure. He contrasts current behavior with past decades, cites kissing, muting, vamping, late nights, and indecent dress, and urges parents to reassert traditional restraint and decency.
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Jaxz
Deunver Times
Local Social Notes and Village Visits Highlight Week
Community members visit relatives and attend gatherings across Clare Sanday and Midlasd. Health updates mention several residents being ill while revival meetings closed. An advertisement promotes lawn parks for poultry and a classified liner runs next week.
Ditch Work Nets Notice and Local Fish Pond Event
In the vicinity Delby McNeil has men on the ditch project again. Reverend and Mrs Kendricks and Mr Kettle were at M L McCalveys and other nearby places. A box social and fish pond at Schofield schoolhouse Friday night aimed to raise funds to buy an organ for the school.
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Ugageanyie ‘Bepper
Kemp
Roy” Garvsec
Beulake Alwood
Prancie Alwood
George Langworthy Ie
Elmer Miller
Leek
Rassell Alwood
Richard
Clare Sanday
Alwood
Casel Jackson
Saborcay Z
Inlaw
John Alwood
Floyd Denno
Mire
Chas. Kleinhardt
Ben Kleinohbaerdt
Henry Mickie
Nina
Ben Kleinhardt
Tony ‘Freed
Clare
Jobo Hartman
Eon William
Tony Freed
Ora McNeil
Tom Wood
Delby McNeil
Rev
Mia
Kendricks
M. L. McCalveys
Thid
Thareday
Box
Schofield Schoolhhouse
Dirtie Lengworthy
John Abbots
Rennie Carr
Leonuard
Detroit
Eaener Kjoiver
Sem Gueat
Canada
Joseph Jerred
Mrs. Anderson
Brand
John Rolapaughb
Ralph
Eva Langworthy
Pieasant
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Fiume
Sears
Roebuck
Ku Klux Klan Lawful
Nash Motors
A. Thurston & Son
Clere Edw
Imp. Co
Adv
Fred. Joslin
Pr. B. J. Sanford
Tatman
Floyd Kirkpatrick
McEwas Street
Clare, Michigan
James A
Harve Kratz
Wm.h. Gaple
Clare Hdw
Imp. Oo
Atv
Clare Whaoiei
Saie
Markee
Clare Elevator Co
Waol
L. W. & F. Jackson
Orin Reynold
Osborn
Oliver
Alma
Dap New
Ae Pete Pe
Thos. Groves
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