Soviets Capture Minsk in Fierce Minsk Region Fighting
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports the severest fighting since the Polish withdrawal around Ovruch south of the Pripet marshes. Bolshevist losses include two generals and 400 others. Minsk falls to Soviet troops with Vilna potentially threatened and rail links to East Prussia at stake.
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Ovruch
Pripet
Knut and
Jinsky
Oryson
London
Minsk
Moscow
Sventsiany
Dvinsk
Vilna
Uschitsa
Gukhevitch
Brobrovka
Rovno
East Prussia
Poland
Baltic States
American Relief Association
American Red Cross
Lemberg
Smolewicze
War Office
Kovel
Villa
Volhynia
Budenny
Owruncz
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Big Horn Basin
Mexico City moves to present nationwide dry law
The Universal reports Provisional President de la Huerta will present a bill to make Mexico dry at the next Congress. The provisional president aims to regenerate the Indian and mixed-race populations, described as large consumers of alcohol.
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Mexico City
Mexico
de la Huerta
Universal
Mother of 22 Children Dies After Birth in Columbus
Mary Durrington, 89, mother of twenty two children including six pairs of twins and one set of quadruplets, died in Columbus Ohio after childbirth. Five of her children survive.
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Columbus
Ohio
Mary Durrington
Storm in Mar del Plata sinks ships and drowns sailors
A severe storm at Mar del Plata harbor near Buenos Aires caused five fishing boats to disappear and fifteen more to sink. Authorities fear twenty four seamen are dead as high winds drove the Plata River water into the estuary. The storm also cut electric power, halting water supply to local plants.
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Buenos Aires
Mar del Plata
Plata
Farmer-Labor party nominating convention stirs split
At Chicago July 16 the Farmer-Labor convention nominated Salt Lake City lawyer Parley P Christensen for president and Max Hayes for vice president after a two balloting process. The event exposed tensions with Debs Malone and LaFollette supporters about party dominance and platform issues.
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Salt Lake
Hayes
Union News Service
Chicago
Fusion Party
Farmer-Labor Party
Malone
Debs
Christensen
Ford
Frazier
Bigelow
Post
J. A. H. Hopkins
Labor Party
Hopkins
James Ferguson
Texas
Fireport
Robert M. LaFollette
LaFollette
Committee On Resolutions
Panama Canal Level Drops As Dry Season Bites
The Panama Canal faced a critically low water level after an unprecedented dry season. Officials warn that continued rainfall is needed to refill Gatun Lake and maintain canal operations.
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Panama Canal
Washington
Gatun Lake
Chicago to Catalina by Phone Reported
Wireless telephone communication between Chicago and Catalina Island California was established on the ib.
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Chicago
Catalina
Cathelina Island
California
Evacuations Progress Amid War News and Jewish Relief Deaths
New York reports confirm the killings of Dr. Israel Friedlander and Dr. Bernard Cantor in Ukraine. Cablegrams from Warsaw verify the murders and the men carried about $400,000 in American money. Relief groups announce evacuations from Vilna and Lemberg as Bolshevik advances threaten several areas.
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Union News Service
New York
Israel Friedlander
Bernard Cantor
Ukraine
Felix Warburg
Joint Distribution Committee
Warburg
Warsaw
Friedlander
Cantor
Martial Law in Galveston Suspends City Police
Brig. Gen. J. F. Wolters announces martial law in Galveston effective immediately. Police department is suspended except waterfront workers. city commission members are restrained from interfering with civil administration, sparing the mayor, city attorney, and Corporation Court judge.
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Galveston
Texas
J. F. Wolters
Corporation Court
Dismiss Suffrage Suit in District Supreme Court
Justice Bailey dismissed the proceedings brought by Charles Fairchilds, president of the American Constitutional League, to block ratification of the suffrage amendment. The court said it had no authority to review state legislature actions or to judge the amendment's validity.
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Washington
Justice Bailey
District Supreme Court
Charles Fairchilds
American Constitutional League
Shamrock Wins First Race in 1920 America’s Cup
Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock V defeated Resolute after Resolute failed to finish due to rigging damage. The victory gives Shamrock a foothold in the 1020 regatta as the defender could not compete.
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Shamrock
Sandy Hook
N. J
Britain
Thomas Lipton
Shamrock ,V
Resolute
Monoplane Flight to Alaska from Omaha Pioneered by C N Diets
Wealthy Omaha lumber dealer C N Diets plans an all metal monoplane journey from Omaha to Alaska. The itinerary centers on a July 22 departure with a pilot named Jatonda toly accompanying the voyage.
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Alaska
Omaha
Neb
C. N. Diets
Jatonda Toly
Here
German ministers poised to accept Allied note on coal ships
Spa Belgium July 16 German ministers ready to approve the allied reply to the coal issue each side pressing a yes or no on delivering 2 000 000 tons monthly. Dr Simons met Premier Millerand Lloyd George and voiced cautious acceptance of the proposed solution. In Los Angeles five railroad men fined 1800 each for Lever Act violations linked to the switchmen strike. 40 indicted, 9 dismissed, 5 convicted, 14 acquitted, 12 hung juries.
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Spa
Belgium
Millerand
Dr. Simons
Lloyd George
Simons
Los Angeles
Calif
B. F. Bledsoe
United States District Court
R. W. Canaga
Barstow
William G. Fannon
Oscar F. Lefever
A. N. Miller
Clyde H. Isrigg
Bledsoe
Former German Crown Prince Seeks Return or US Exile
Frederick William Hohenzollern Jr., once crown prince of Germany, plans to appeal to the Dutch government to end his voluntary exile. He seeks a country welcoming him as a private citizen, with the United States as a preferred option if acceptable. If not, he may choose Spain.
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Wellingen
Frederick William Hoblenzollern, Jr
Germany
United States
Spain
Auction of Mumm Champagne Seized Estate Near Rheims
Sequestered goods of Baron Walter de Mumm including eight million bottles of champagne will be auctioned July 28 at his Rheims area estate. The property was seized in 1915 after the baron resumed German citizenship at the outbreak of war.
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Paris
Walter de Mumm
Rheims
Outbreak Confusion After Hospital Stolen in Connellsville
An outbreak of smallpox in Connellsville, Pennsylvania led to the surprising disclosure that the municipal hospital, located a half mile from the city line, had been stolen. Victims are being housed in tents amid the disruption.
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Connelsville
Canada Faces Heavy National Debt
Ottawa reports Canada’s national debt at 2,300,119,508 dollars as of the June finance department statement. The figure highlights a substantial fiscal burden facing the government and taxpayers.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Finance Department
Demand Surrender of Nuevo Laredo Without Guard
The Mexican town of Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Laredo Texas, is asleep on arms after a surrender demand from Gen. Ricardo Gonzales who leads hundreds of disaffected soldiers and guards. Consul Zaracho says Colonel Ortega, garrison commander, refused the demand.
Market Quotation Notes for Fruit and Livestock Prices
Readable entries show late market quotations for fruit with boxed prices and Chicago cattle markets. Listings include apples cantaloupes strawberries and various weights of steers vealers sheep and hogs with price ranges and top figures.
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Chicago
Grain Prices In Chicago Markets
The report lists Chicago grain quotes with rye at 2.26 dollars, barley at 1.29 and 1.24 dollars, wheat at 2.99 for No 2 hard and 2.01 for No 3 hard, corn at 1.56 and 1.06 for yellow and other grades, oats around 1.00, and Timothy and Clover seeds priced at 12 and 55 dollars respectively.
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Colo
Denver
Uth Park
Bouth Park
Denver Price
al Ad
Cchicago
Timothy Beed
Wyoming wartime growth and local incidents reported
The Big Horn Basin industry eyed for lime production near Sheep Carton. Cheyenne faces transport and fire incidents. several injuries and deaths are noted including Covington's fatal crash and a miner’s death in a wreck. Oil, gas, and royalty updates pair with building permits and legal cases across the state.
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Chamber of Commerce
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Willard Magoon
New York Oil Company
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