Poles Advance on East Prussian Frontier Amidst Heavy Fighting
Poles push from the Ossoyetz forts across Bobr marshes toward the Augustowo lakes east of the frontier. Bolshevik troops resist in forests and marshes, with German frontier lines on both flanks. Polish officers report 3,000 prisoners between Minna and Clechanow and capture of six cannons and ten machine guns on the Kolaw Myszyniee road. Grodno prepares for a great battle as Bolshevist forces concentrate. eighty thousand Soviet soldiers have been captured, 40,000 killed, and 30,000 interned in East Prussia.
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Union News Service
Paris
Bobr Marshes
Augustowo Lakes
Augustowo
Augustowo-Grodno
Nieman River
Bolshevist
Geran
Kolaw Myszyniee
Kobryn
Leonpol
Grodno
Foreign Ministry
Poland
US Reducing Loans as War Finance Corp Liquidates
Washington notes the War Finance Corporation loans have been cut by 219 million dollars since loan cessation and liquidation began. Total outstanding loans on August 21 stood at 132.2 million according to figures released by Managing Director McLean.
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Washington
War Finance Corporation
McLean
Women Jury Delivers Eviction Verdict in Akron Court
In Akron Ohio the first all women jury in Judge A F F O Neill's municipal court returned a verdict for the defendant in an eviction case marking a historic moment for state history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
A. F F. O'Neil
Fires kill three as Dundalk riots blamed on reprisals
In Dundalk Ireland two Protestant Unionist shopowners stores and homes were burned and two girls and one salesman died. The fire damaged the Ulster Bank and spread to nearby property. The blaze is claimed to be reprisal for Catholic property destruction in Lisburn and Belfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dundalk
Ireland
Ulster Bank
Lisburn
Belfast
Interstate Commission approves $8 million loan to Erle railroad
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved an $8,000,000 loan to the Erle railroad to help finance 1920 maturities totaling $28,516,000. The commission had earlier authorized extending the same loan to cover additional maturities.
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Erle Railroad
Washington
Interestate Commerce Commission
Erle
Ponzi Assets Dwindle in Boston Mississippi Discovery
Receivers of Charlee Ponsi's Securities Exchange Company finished examination of papers found in half woven boxes, uncovering under $15,000. Sightings suggest assets are far less than earlier estimates, with talks that total assets may approach ten million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Miss
Charlee Ponsi
Securities Echange Company
Man Killed by Punch in Denver Auto Party Tragedy
William Swint of Denver died after a punch struck his jaw following an uneaten remark about a woman. Four men in a Denver to Wyoming automobile party were arrested as witnesses. R H Blackburn of Wichita is named as the strike. Swint and friend Harrington were en route for fishing when their cars collided near Fort Lupton. Swint died before reaching Fort Lupton. deputies cornered and detained the Blackburn group north of Evans.
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Greeley
Cole
William Swint
Denver
Swint
Wyoming
R. H. Blackburn
Wichita
Kan
H. Farrington
Fort Lupton
Blackburn
Harrington
Evans
Man seeks Sunday wife across Chicago for child visit
Chicago man Blatfield appeals to authorities to locate his wife who he sees only on Sundays. He says separation arose because she wanted to work and find a job with a furnished room. He claims she refused to give his address though they were together every Sunday and he fears for their child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutceld
Incorporation tale of a Wisconsin foster family
A fragmentary report from Wisconsin describes Jacine and a family labeled Witeheack pursuing incorporation to rear 18 foster children. It notes claims of being the only incorporated family to America with nonbiological children and mentions a bank, stockholders, and an annual dividend promise, though details are garbled.
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Jacine
Wis
Witeheack
Bank Geet
Pliteheack
Oyen
Oear
America
Hoy
Sigmed
Girne
Man o War the horse of the century captivates the crowds
The 8-year-old chestnut Man o War, by Fair Play Mahubah, owned by Samuel D. Riddle, trained by Louis Feustel and ridden by Clarence Kummer, has the eastern track crowd in a frenzy. Riddle plans two more years of racing before he retires to stud, with Man o War declared as a national treasure and never to leave the country.
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Fair Play-Mahubah
Rock Sund
Maj
August Belmont
Samuel D. Riddle
Philadelphia
Louis Feustel
Clarence Kummer
Glen Riddle Farm
Man O' War
New York Tribune
Aqueduct
Fair Llay
Whit
Eise
Tle
Richig Ranson
Kalry
Bend
Dame Mushan
Guy Hard
Boghand
McCalmont Stud
Kentucky
Colin
Mair
Lawrence Renil
J. KE. Madden
J. H. Rosseter
California
Friar Rock
Inchcape
8. C. Hildreth
Hildreth
Mr. Riddle
Saratoga
J. Loftus
H. P. Whitney
Man O War
Noicense
Preakness
Withers
Stuyvesant
Upset
Golden Broom
Plates
King Thrush
Cleopatra
Dominique
John P. Grier
Piolleo
Wpset
Wildal
Belmont
Wilduak
David Warum
Bie
Sun Briar
Paley Wand
War
Bir Horton
Teake
Dean Awitt
Liverpool
England
Kammer
Ault
Hinlah
Man of Ware
John W. Grier
Borrow
Boots
Brown Prince
Don
Los Angeles
Artful
Morris Park
Frank Loftus
Clive Gordon
Dwyer
Mr. Siddle
Kummer
Riddle
Iddle
Joseph L. Murphy
Philadelpha
United States
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Ossovetz
Augustowwo
U. S
Child
Wisconsin
Izan O' War
Samuel
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