Soviets Take Minsk As Fierce Minsk Fight Rages
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports Minsk captured by Bolshevist forces after severe fighting near Ovruch south of the Pripet marshes. In the same dispatches two Bolshevik generals and a division commander plus 400 Bolsheviks were killed. Warsaw notesVilna may be next as Bolsheviks push along railways toward East Prussia.
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Warsaw
Ovruch
Pripet
Knut and
Jinsky
Oryson
Vilna
East Prussia
Poland
Baltic States
Minsk
Mexico City Prepares to Present National Prohibition Plan
The Universal reports Provisional President de la Huerta will present legislation to make all of Mexico dry. The move aims to regenerate Indian and half breed races, according to the paper, as large consumers of alcohol.
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Mexico City
Mexico
de la Huerta
Universal
Mother of 22 Children Dies in Columbus at 89
Columbus Ohio reports the death of Mrs Mary Durrington aged 89 mother of twenty two children including six pairs of twins and one set of quadruplets She died here following childbirth Only five of her twenty two children survive in the family.
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Columbus
Ohio
Mary Durrington
Storm Claims Five Fishing Boats in Mar del Plata
A severe storm in the harbor of Mar del Plata sinks fifteen fishing boats and floods the estuary. Twenty four seamen are feared drowned as high winds drive water into the river Plata and cut power to local plants. Electric utilities report inability to secure water for their plants due to the storm surge.
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Buenos Aires
Mar del Plata
Plata
Farmer-Labor party nominates Christensen for president
At Chicago’s July 16 convention the Farmer-Labor party nominated Salt Lake City lawyer Christensen for president on the second ballot, defeating Dudley Field Malone 195.5 to 174.6 with Max Hayes named as vice president. The Labor faction dominated as the fusion party adopted its platform, while defections and clashes over LaFollette’s alternative platform marked a tense, riot‑tinged session.
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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 on Dry Season
Washington reports Panama Canal operation depends on Gatun Lake rainfall. The canal was reduced to a narrow margin of supply after an unprecedented dry season, threatening water levels and future traffic.
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Panama Canal
Washington
Gatun Lake
Chicago to Catalina by Phone Startup
Wireless telephone communication between Chicago and Catalina Island, thirty miles off the California coast, was established on the ib
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Chicago
Catalina
Cathelina Island
California
Red Cross evacuees report deaths of Friedlander and Cantor
New York July 18 Dr Israel Friedlander and Dr Bernard Cantor two Jewish relief workers killed by bandits in Ukraine on July 7 reported to have carried about 400 000 in American money when attacked Felix Warburg chair of the joint distribution committee said cablegrams from Warsaw confirmed the murders Evacuation of Vilna and Lemberg by American relief groups completed amid Bolshevik advance Polish forces report victories in Pripet and Volhynia Bolshevik general Budenny defeated fleeing toward Rovno with Polish forces advancing near the Pripet region and Owrucnz occupied with 200 prisoners taken.
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Union News Service
New York
Israel Friedlander
Bernard Cantor
Ukraine
Felix Warburg
Joint Distribution Committee
Warburg
Warsaw
Friedlander
Cantor
American Relief Association
American Red Cross
Vilna
Lemberg
Smolewicze
Minsk
War Office
Kovel
Villa
Pripet
Volhynia
Budenny
Rovno
Owruncz
Martial Law imposes halt on Galveston police force
Brig. Gen. J. F. Wolters announces immediate martial rule in Galveston Texas suspending city police except waterfront workers and restraining most city officials from interfering with civil administration due to a longshoremen strike. The mayor city attorney and Corporation Court judge are exempt from the restraint.
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Galveston
Texas
J. F. Wolters
Corporation Court
Washington Court Dismisses Suffrage Suit
Justice Bailey in the District Supreme Court dismissed proceedings brought by Charles Fairchilds, president of the American Constitutional League, to block ratification of the suffrage amendment. The court found no authority to review state legislature actions or the amendment's validity.
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Washington
Justice Bailey
District Supreme Court
Charles Fairchilds
American Constitutional League
Shamrock Wins First Race At 1920 America’s Cup Regatta
Britain's Shamrock V captured the opening race of the 1920 America's Cup series in Sandy Hook New Jersey after defender Resolute exited following a rigging accident.
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Shamrock
Sandy Hook
N. J
Britain
Thomas Lipton
Shamrock ,V
Resolute
Monoplane Flight to Alaska Leaves Omaha July 22
Wealthy Omaha lumber dealer C N Diets plans an all metal monoplane flight from Omaha to Alaska with Jatonda toly aboard leaving July 22. The bold cross country trek aims to showcase new aviation tech and endurance for the era.
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Alaska
Omaha
Neb
C. N. Diets
Jatonda Toly
Here
Strikes and Coal Talks Trim German War Strain
In Spa Belgium on July 16 German ministers signaled willingness to accept allied terms and move toward an affirmative cabinet decision. Germany agreed to deliver 2,000,000 tons of coal monthly under conditions, while allied notes pressed a yes or no reply. Dr Simons reported talks with Premiers Millerand and Lloyd George. Los Angeles officials: five railroad workers fined 1800 dollars each for Lever Act violations tied to the switchmen strike. 40 indicted, 5 convicted, others acquitted or case dismissed.
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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
Crown Prince Seeks New Home After Exile
Frederick William Hohenzollern Jr., once crown prince of Germany, plans to ask the Dutch government for permission to leave voluntary exile. He surveys possible countries for welcome, preferring Germany as a citizen, then the United States, and Spain if the U.S. deems him undesirable.
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Wellingen
Frederick William Hoblenzollern, Jr
Germany
United States
Spain
Auction Planned for Baron de Mumm Estate near Rheims
Sequestered properties of Baron Walter de Mumm, including Paris eight million bottles of Mumm's Champagne, will be auctioned July 28 at the Rheims estate. The assets were seized in 1915 after the baron resumed German citizenship at the outbreak of war.
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Paris
Walter de Mumm
Rheims
Peat House Stolen Sparks Smallpox Quarantine
An outbreak of smallpox in Connellsville Pennsylvania led to the disclosure that the municipal hospital, located a half mile from the city line, had been stolen. As a result victims are being quartered in tents.
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Connelsville
Canada Faces Heavy National Debt
Ottawa reports Canada's national debt has reached 2,300,119,508 dollars in the June finance department statement. The figure underscores fiscal pressures facing the country as government measures and borrowing costs rise.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Finance Department
Demand Surrender of Nuevo Laredo
Laredo Tex. The federal garrison at Nuevo Laredo across the border from Laredo is arming after receiving a demand for surrender to antigovernment forces. The demand was made by Gen. Ricardo Gonzales who commands several hundred disaffected soldiers and customs guards. Colonel Ortega the garrison commander refused the demand.
Late Tin Market Quotations and Livestock Prices
Cattle and hog markets in Chicago show mixed results with fat yearlings steady and top steers around 16.40, while heaviest weights dull 15 to 26 cents lower. Vealers to 13.60, western lambs 25 to 50 cents lower, wethers near 10.00, ewes to about 9.00, and hogs mostly 26 cents lower with bulk sales around 13.50 to 16.35 for 260 pounds and up. Apples and cantaloupes cited with varied box prices in Colorado and Illinois markets.
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Chicago
Seo
Grain Prices and Market Quotes Slated for Wheat Corn Rye
In Chicago markets seasonal grain quotes show No 2 hard at 2.99, No 3 hard at 2.01, No 4 hard at 2.67, Corn No 2 mined 1.56, No 3 yellow 1.06 to 1.56, Oats No 2 white 0.97 to 1.00, No 3 white 0.94 to 0.98, Rye 2.26, Barley 1.29 to 1.24. Timothy and Clover seed prices listed as 10.00 12.00 and 25.00 55.00 respectively.
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Cchicago
Timothy Beed
Wyoming News Roundup Highlights oil, fire, and trials
Wyoming news items report a planned lime industry at Sheep Carton, Cheyenne as state growth, a deadly car overturn near Horse Creek, a gas pipeline expansion from Casper to Poison Spider, a fatal train incident at Lusk, and notable oil royalty transfers to state schools. Other items note alfalfa gains in Albany county, a lightning death near Shawnee, a big Casper building permit total, a Union Pacific theft case at Rock River, and the murder verdict in Pete Cordillo’s trial.
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Albany County
Bosler
Gerhart
Shawnee
Magoon
Young Woman
Lance Creek Oil Field
Homer Davis
Willard Magoon
New York Oil Company
Casper
Poison Spider
Casper Creek
Polson Spider Field
Jack Radovich
Lask
van Tassell
Lusk
Jesse Bragg
Dubois
City Engineering Department
Clarence England
Union Pacific
United States
Rock River
Elk Mountain
United States Grand Jury
Cheyenne
American Legion
Wyoming
George Vroman Post
Pete Cordillo
Frank Jennings
Wyoming Ecattleman
Cheyenna
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Radicals IN Control
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DR. Friedlander
Cantors
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Western Newspaper
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U. S
Mumm
Peat
Nuevo Laredo
Denver Markets
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Denver
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Salt Creek
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Laramie
Chamber of Commerce
John A. Jordan
A. Baker
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