Polish Forces Repel Bolshevik Attacks Near Lemburg
Soviet efforts to take Lemburg are reported repulsed by Polish troops at a position east of the city. The Minsk peace talks at risk, food shortages worsen for Polish delegates, while French advisers urge limited attacks until peace terms are set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Associated Press
Minsk
Prussia
Lemburg
Paris
Foreign Ministry
France
Poland
East Prussia
Government Reaps Heavy Revenue From Illegally Taken Pelts
The Nome district reports a substantial yearly gain from seized fur pelts. Marshal E R Jordan's Second division shipped about 10000 dollars worth of skins mainly beaver to the treasury on the Victory. Under game laws the furs will be sold and proceeds turned over to the U S Treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Jordan
Marshel
Treasury Department
United States Treasury
Nome
Knights of Columbus to visit Alaska for initiation
Siv men led by M. J. Luby state deputy depart Spokane August 31 to Seattle and sail to Juneau Alaska with other members and families to initiate about 40 candidates into the Knights of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siv
Lodge of Knights of Columbus
M. J. Luby
Order
Spokane
Seattle
Juneau
Alaska
Knights of Columbus
Bar Association Backs Legal Aid Bureaus for the Poor
At the American Bar Association convention speakers urged creating free legal aid bureaus nationwide to provide advice to the poor to prevent radicalism. They argued poverty blocks access to legal rights and fuels discontent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BAR Association
Legal Aid Bureaus
ST. Louis
Associated Press
American Bar Association
Wage Increase For Illinois Coal Miners
Coal miners working by the day will get a fifty cent daily wage increase retroactive to August 16, under an agreement ratified in Chicago by operators and miners. Kansas miners plan to seek the same raise at a joint conference Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Associated Press
Kansas
Pittsburg
Kan
Illinois
Christians Killed by Rand Boudoins Near Jerusalem
About 150 Christians were killed at Ajlun a village 50 miles from Jerusalem by a band described as Boudians. The report from Cairo via the Associated Press notes the mass slaughter occurred amid fighting in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rand Boudoins
Cairo
Ang
Associated Press
Ajlun
Jerusalem
Women to Campaign for Nominee Harding
Spokane Aug 27 five minute speeches on porches by women speakers mark a front porch campaign for Harding. The Associated Press notes women will organize and canvass neighbors to support the nominee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Associated Press
Harding
Bogus Tax Collector Defrauds Women in Pittsburg
A bogus tax collector, after the suffrage proclamation was signed, visited New York women in Pittsburg and required a tax payment for the vote, collected the money, and left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ated Press
Colby
New York
Communists Destroy Hydro Aircraft in Pinsche Woods
An Entente commission seized munitions and hydro aeroplanes valued at 2 million dollars in Pinsche woods along the Spree river. Three thousand workers at the plant, many of them Communists, destroyed the facilities per a Times dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Associated Press
Entente Commission
Pinsche Woods
Spree River
Times
Schooner Defiance Goes On The Rocks At Grays Harbor
The Defiance lies on the rocks off Grays Harbor while tug Wallula, storm bound at Astoria, attempts to reach her across the Columbia river bar. A 75 mile gale rages outside the bar as rescue efforts prove fruitless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Grays Harbor
STORM
Portland
Ore
Associated Press
Wallula
Astoria
Columbia River
Columbia Bar
Longshoremen Strike Sparks Riots at Irish Ports
Longshoremen halted work on four White Star liners in New York as protest over Archibishop Mannix removal. Rioting breaks out in Belfast with shootings and incendiarism. Sinn Fein raiders attack Omagh fair, wounding a sergeant and injuring a constable before being repulsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Star
Archiboship Mannix
Omagh
Ireland
Associated Press
Drumquin
Timber Lands Burn in Big Horn District Fire
Fires sweep timber lands in the Big Horn district near Sheridan Wyoming with over a hundred acres burned as large crews rush to battle the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Wyo
Associated Press
Big Horn District
Divers Raise Princess Sophia Wreck Before Large Lift
Divers with Deep Sea Salvage Company work daily to place lines on the Princess Sophia wreck at Vanderbilt reef in Lynn canal. A Puget Sound tug arrived with three barges and gear to aid the lift, and hoisting tackle will soon enable the actual raising operation. Judge Bunnell at Dawson notes clemency could spare Marlo Segura from the death sentence to life imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tibbets
Harold C
Deep Sea Salvage Company
Princess Sophia
Vanderbilt Reef
Lynn Canal
Puget Sound
Bunnell
Dawson
Marlo Segura
Fairbanks
Wilson
Millionaire Will Contest Prompts Family Dispute
Salem Mass Aug 27 The will of Edward F Searles millionaire recluse who left 50 million to Arthur T Walker a clerk is challenged by Albert Victor Searles nephew who received 250000 in the estate contest proceedings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Mass
Associated Press
Edward F. Searles
Arthur T. Walker
Albert Victor Searles
Hearing on changes to fishing trap regulations in Alaska
Colonel Shultz announced a hearing will be held in Juneau on September 14 to consider questions involved in proposed changes of government regulations for floating fish traps in Alaska waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Shultz
Juneau
Alaskan
Boy Bandits Try to Rob Packing Company Payroll
Three boy bandits were arrested in Chicago after an attempted $40 000 payroll robbery at the Wilson Company packers. They confessed a plot to kill Charles Comiskey in his office on September 16 after overpowering a guard at the White Sox park. They planned to steal gate receipts from the scheduled ball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Associated Press
Wilson Company
Packers
Charles Comiskey
White Sox
Name squadron returns to Ruby on trip home
A Name special to the Dawson Daily News reports the aviators reached Ruby on the return trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nome Squadron
Ruby
Dawson
Associated Press
Dawson Daily News
Yukon placer gold yield for 1920 tops 448000
Dawson reports the Yukon valley placer camps produced an estimated 448,500 in 1920. The winter freeze is expected to end the season in about six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson
Associated Press
Yukon Valley
Texas to Celebrate Ratification Suffrage Holiday
Austin announces September 4 as a state holiday to mark the ratification of the woman suffrage amendment, issued by the governor in a proclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Austin
Tex
Associated Press
Flour prices dip as wheat supply exceeds demand
Flour wholesale prices drop 40 cents a barrel as the wheat exchange reports a somewhat over-supplied wheat crop. In San Francisco on August 27 the Associated Press notes the event. In Antwerp Americans dominate the springboard diving contests with L. E. Keuhn of Portland taking first place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Associated Press
Wheat Exchange
Antwerp
L. E. Keuhn
Portland
Fire damages plant of Shingle Company at Port Moody
Fire swept the McNair Shingle Company plant in Port Moody British Columbia destroying sheds offices and materials valued at 75000 while the mill itself was saved. The Aug 27 AP report notes total loss of plant structures but indicates the mill remained intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Moody
B. C
Associated Press
McNair
Serbia seeks allied commission for Albania Jugo-Slovak conflict
Washington Aug 27 The Serbian government asked the United States Great Britain France and Italy to appoint representatives on an allied commission to investigate the conflict between Albania and the Jugo Slovaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Albania
Plumb objects to freight rate rise on rail profits
Glenn Plumb author of the Plumb plan declares the new freight rate increase means a diminished income for everyone and would raise the income of owners of railroad securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Associated Press
Glenn Plumb
Plumb
Fish Prices Show Slight Gains in Seattle Market
Prices at noon August 26 in Seattle: halibut 14 1/4 cents, chickens 6 cents, sable fish 5 cents, red and ling cod 2 cents. Special to the Daily Times notes the latest market quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
The
Daily Times
Cox cites $8 million GOP campaign quotas in 27 cities
Governor Cox charges the Republican campaign fund totals 8.0 million dollars in 27 cities across 51 principal cities, while Hays says the party budget is just over 3.0 million. Uppman denounces the list as a phony claim and says funds are allocated to states, not cities. Cox promises further exposes within a week of his Pittsburg speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Associated Press
Cox
Harding
New York
Hays
Chicago
Fred W. Uppman
Republican National
Republican National Committee
Coos Bay Lumber Receivers Ordered to Restore Funds
Federal master in chancery orders the return of a rehabilitation and reorganization fund and the delivery of $759,000 to the trustees of the Coos Bay Lumber Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Associated Press
Coos Bay Lumber Company
Channery
Last Picture Brides Coming Next Month
The last steamship from Japan to the Pacific coast will bring picture brides aboard the Tenyo Maru, due next month. The Japanese Association of America informed Senator Phelan of the shipment details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Assocted Press
Japan
Pacific Coast
Japanese Association of America
Phelan
Carlyon Road Bond Plan Wins Strong Endorsement
The Good Roads Association convention in Everett Washington endorsed the Carlyon referendum to issue a $30,000,000 bond for state road improvements by a wide margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Wash
Associated Press
Good Roads Association
Carlyon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beloy
Brusshill
Leppeuple
Mercilla
Foch
Associ
Ane
Associated
Cunard Line
Belfast
Coxscharges
Hold UP Packing CO
Yukon
Uncle Sam
Coos Bay
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!