Persians Evacuate Teheran as Talks With Wilson Reported
Washington dispatches say Persia is evacuating Teheran and U S minister Caldwell is authorized to move the legation staff. Requests to depart Tabriz were approved. Secretary Colby and Undersecretary Davis discussed the Polish situation with President Wilson, but details remain undisclosed. Soviet Russia holds ample munitions for five years of war on Poland, with bolshevik stocks including German made ammo and Japanese rifles. Transportation limits hamper full use of depots while factories at Tula Kazan Perm and Ural produce arms and only the Dux plant at Moscow builds planes.
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Washington
Teheran
State Department
United States
John L. Caldwell
Legation
Tabriz
Persia
Wilson
Colby
Vis
White House
Poliah
Davis m
Soviet Russia
Poland
Russia
Denekine
Kolchak
Tula
Kazan
Perm
Putiloff
Ural Mountains
Dux
Moscow
Spa
Fiat
Murman
Archangel
U S City Population Surpasses Rural Areas for First Time
Washington officials estimate the 1920 census will show more people in cities and towns than rural districts for the continental United States. Final tabulations are expected to place urban dwellers at around 51 to 52 percent of the population.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Continental
J. A. HU
Liquor Use Surges as Warehoused Whisky Declines
New York Aug 5 The federal prohibition commissioner John F Kramer reports 54 000000 gallons of whisky stored in U S warehouses a drop of about 15 000 000 gallons since January 16 when prohibition began He says no wholesale permits will be issued to handle whisky in large quantities locally
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New York
United Tes
John F. Kramer
Knights of Columbus Urge Ireland Independence
New York Aug 6 The Knights of Columbus in their annual convention pass resolutions declaring Ireland has the right and urge it to be a free and independent nation.
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New York
Knights of Columbus
Ireland
Fragmentary regional note on revival meetings and crowd reactions
An excerpt from the New York Evening Post describes a southern Oxinboma setting with fervor at a camp meeting. It mentions cotton crops, a minister extolling heaven, and a tumultuous hopeful audience reacting with shouted praise and excitement.
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Oxinboma
Shdégting
Increased Rail Rates in States Are Asked
Washington August 3. State railroad commissions urge intrastate rate hikes, citing persuasive reasons for increases and urging September 1, 1920 as the start date. The report, signed by Pennsylvania, Florida, and Iowa commission leaders, supports implementing higher rates under ex parte 74 to boost railroad revenues.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
William D. B. Alney
Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania
Royal C. Dunn
Florida Railroad Commission
John A. Gusher
Iowa Railroad Commission
Rhode Island Population in 1920 Census Reveals Growth
Washington reports Rhode Island's 1920 population at 804,297, up 61,787 since 1910 or 11.04 percent. Other figures show Mahoning County Ohio 188,310 residents, up 70,459 or 60.4 percent. Coles County Illinois 35,108, up 591 or 1.7 percent. La Salle County Illinois 92,925, up 2,793 or 3.1 percent.
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Washington
Rhode Island
Census Bureau
Mahoning County
Youngstown
Coles County
Charleston
Til
la Salle County
Streator and
la Salle
I W. W. Meet Is Raised Near Spokane
Ten men said to be delegates from Industrial Workers of the World locals in Washington Idaho and Oregon were arrested after a dispersed gathering seven miles northeast of Spokane. They were jailed in Spokane County and the injunction forbids all IWW activities in the county.
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Spokane
Wash
Industrial Workers of the World
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Judge rules no limit on liquor prescriptions by physicians
Lexington Ky Aug 6 United States District Judge Cochran ruled that no limit can be placed on the number of liquor prescriptions a physician may issue. The decision was made public at the federal court office in Lexington.
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Lexington
United States
Cochran
Federal
Fragmented dialogue around pies and preferences
A fragmented dialogue mentions Individual pies and preferences between Mr. Thinboarder and Mr. Borden Lodge. The garbled text hints at a humorous or casual exchange about serving pies and personal tastes. No clear event or outcome is stated.
Peace Envoys Sent to Rebei Governor by De La Huerta
Dispatches from San Diego report hostilities beginning at Ensenada as rebel Esteban Cantu seizes Tecate and kills its captain. Provisional President de la Huerta demands Cantu surrender, offers him a colonelcy if he stops revolting, and dispatches peace envoys to Mexicali. Government troops mobilize at Guaymas and Puerto Isabel. Calles says Cantu commands about 1000 men. The Villa peace terms published in San Pedro outline retirement to private use with 50 guards, one year pay and farmland for followers, and Villa living at Canutillo in Durango.
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San Diego
Cal
Ensenada
Esteban Cantu
Cantu
Leonardo Zepeda
Los Angeles
Estaban Cantu
Lower
California
de la Huerta
Mexicali
Huerta
Mexico City
Universal
Lower California
Guaymas
Puerto Isabel
Sonora
P. Elias Calles
Central
Atlantic
Pacific
Francisco Villa
Sabinas
Coahuila
San Pedro
Villa
Rich Poles Reach Paris in De Luxe Express
Paris dispatch reports the first luxury express from Poland since Warsaw’s crisis carrying wealthy Polish refugees. The carriages overflow with millionaires fleeing the red invasion, packed with money securities and jewels, while most carry little clothing due to bulk.
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Paris
Poland
Warsaw
Governor ordered to suppress gambling in Tamaulipas
President de la Huerta has ordered the suppression of gambling in Tamaulipas. The action follows a request by Consul Arturo Laracho and was urged by citizens of Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, seeking orderly conduct along the border region.
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Laredo
Tex
Tamaulipas
de la Huerta
Arturo Laracho
Laracho
Nuevo Laredo
Lloyd and 19 associates convicted of sedition
William Broas Lloyd, a millionaire socialist, and 19 associates were found guilty of sedition by a Chicago jury under a new Illinois statute. Sentences ranged from one to ten years in prison and a $2000 fine.
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Chicago
William Broas Lloyd
Lloyd
The Tenement Tree in New York’s Garden Gates
The tenement tree story describes a palmlike plant from China used in wealthy gardens. It grows amid discouraging smoke and defies being planted elsewhere. The narrator notes its stubborn growth and resilience as urban greenery faces harsh conditions.
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New York
China
Russian Soviets Urge Poles to Seize Wealth
A provisional soviet government formed in occupied Polish regions urges laborers to seize works and mines from capitalist owners. The manifesto calls for land and forests to be nationalized and managed by peasants and workers, with towns run by workers deputies and villages by village soviets. The aim is a Polish soviet republic after the current regime is overthrown.
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London
Poland
Moscow
Julian Marchilewski
Pilsudsky
Russia
Children Ark sails from San Francisco to Petrograd
The Yomei Maru chartered by the American Red Cross carries 782 refugee Russian children from San Francisco toward the Panama Canal as the second leg of their journey from Siberia to Petrograd. The children, guests of the city and Red Cross for three days, received many gifts. Several are said to be nobility offspring, separated from parents during World War I. Overland return to Petrograd proved impossible due to transportation collapses and unsettled conditions.
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San Francisco
Siberia
Petrograd
American Red Cross
Panama Canal
Red Cross
Yanks Get Canadian Booze Across Detroit River
Wind Sor Ont and Detroit see heavy whisky running as 100 kinds of contraband trade operate nightly. Isadore Polozker, U S district attorney in Detroit, says at least 1000 cases of Canadian liquor cross the border each night in interviews with Toronto Star.
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Toronto
Ont
Detroit River
United States
Windsor
Detroit
Isadore Polozker
Toronto Star
Wire Accident Kills (Dubuque) Swift Plant Electricians
Roy Mueller aged 24 was electrocuted and E. M. Davis severely burned at Swift & Co. plant in Dubuque Iowa when they touched a high tension line after completing a pasteurizer installation. The incident occurred August 5 as both men worked as electricians at the facility.
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Dubuque, Ia
Roy Mueller
E. M. Davis
Swift & Co
Determining Height of Mountaine
The article explains height measurement by barometric observation using atmospheric pressure at different levels. It notes how pressure variation helps calculate elevation and mentions challenges in precise readings.
Poland Sends Note to U S and Allies on Political Situation
The Polish foreign office dispatched a special note to the United States on the actual political situation. In Warsaw, Aug. 9, fighting continues as Bolsheviks press the offensive against General Wrangel in southern Russia.
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Wrangel
Warsaw
United States
London
Russia
Crimea
Moscow
Alexandrov
Bug River
Brest-Litovsk
Terespol
Maramiec
Myszniec
Ruas
Paris
Foreign Office
Miller
Hythe
England
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Marshal Foch
Poland
France
Hungary
Rou- Mania
Latvia
Poppert
Peace Commission
East Prussia
Berlin
Minsk
Britain to spend about 600 million on World War veterans
Washington reports Britain plans to spend nearly 600 million dollars on World War I veterans in the 1920-21 fiscal year, according to a memorandum of expenditures submitted to Parliament and received at the Department of Commerce.
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Washington
Great Britain
Department of Commerce
Composer Carlos Troyer Dies in San Francisco
Carlos Troyer longtime composer and recording figure for indigenous music died in San Francisco at age 84. He documented songs of the Indians of Peru and the Zoni tribes of New Mexico and Art Gona.
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Carlos Troyer
San Francisco
Peru
New Mexico
Artgona
Irish Coercion Bill Passed in Commons. Devlin Suspended
The Irish coercion bill passed its third reading in the British House of Commons by 229 to 48. Nationalist MP from Belfast Joseph Devlin was suspended and removed as he denounced the proceedings as sham and humbug amid jeers from government loyalists and many Labour members.
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London
Chouse of Commons
House of Commons
Ireland
Joseph Devlin
Belfast
Labor Party
Devlin
Labor chief condemns day act as unrest driver
James Duncan head of the Granite Cutters' union and AFL vice president told the federation's executive council in Atlantic City that prohibition fuels labor unrest and should be weighed under current conditions. He questioned the eighteenth amendment and its reach into food and dress regulation, calling it an invasion of American freedoms.
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Atlantic City
N. J
James Duncan
Granite Cutters’ Union
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Robbery of Messenger Yields $3179 in KC
Three bandits in a motor car held up Ralph Williams a 17 year old messenger for Wilson & Co. in Kansas City Missouri and stole 3179 in currency. The bandits escaped toward the Missouri side.
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Kansas City
Ralph Williams
Wilson & Co
Kas
Missouri
Japanese ship owners balk at freight rate rise plan
Honolulu report says Japanese ship owners told a U S ship ping board rep in Kobe they would not accept raising freight rates to American levels because of the American merchant marine act they deem harmful to foreign shipping per a Tokyo cable to Nippu Jiji.
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Honolulu
T. H
United States Shipping Board
Kobe
Tokyo
Nippu Jiji
Six Men Arrested After Silk Goods Freight Heist
An attempted robbery of silk goods worth several thousand dollars from a Northwestern freight train was foiled in Sioux City Iowa on August 9. Six men are in custody on alleged involvement.
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Sioux City
Northwestern
Market Prices Including Grains Hay Butter Eggs and Livestock
Grain prices show Spring wheat at 12.7 to 13.75 and hard spring at 12.50 to 12.6, hay No.1 timothy 28 to 33, creamery butter prices with varying scores, eggs fresh firsts 46 cents, live poultry rates for fowls and turkeys, potatoes per bin 46 to 60, cattle and hogs with wide ranges from prime steers to heavy packing hogs, sheep values listed for native and western lambs.
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Atecra
Deduction on Aviator Attention Sparks Dispute
Fragmentary record notes a dispute over a man’s reputation as a gambler and his relation to a champion aviator drawing attention. The garbled text mentions names and a quoted exchange, but details are unclear and not fully readable.
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Rinallh
Denes
Pescy Bed Bugs Bold Claim In Patent Medicine Ad
An advertisement promotes P. D. Q. a new chemical touted to rid hotels hospitals railroads and other public institutions of bed bugs roaches fleas ants and cooties. It claims eggs are killed and clothing is safe includes a quart bottle with a patent spout and appeals to druggists to supply or order by mail from Owl Chemical Works Terre Haute Indiana.
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Esky Devils
Owl Chemical Works
Terre Aute
Indiana
Trustworthy Samaritan Turns Out Thief in Tarkio
The Tarkio Avalanche reports a local crime where a man posing as a helper to Dr. William Cunningham, a physician, tampered with his touring car after offering aid and drove off, with the incident still unresolved as of now.
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Tarkio Avalanche
William Cunningham
Kansas City Times
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Mexico
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Aaron Sherman Watkins
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