Rail Strike Ends? No Deal As Executives and Unions Rebuff President
Washington report says after 44 days of mediation both sides reject the third settlement proposal. Railroads and unions refuse to submit seniority to any board and vow to fight on. Executives fly to New York and state they can operate a year with current equipment without shopmen.
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Washington
Hardoing
Railroad Labor Board
Laber Bhonard
New York
T. DeWitt Cuyler
Gen. W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania
A. H. Smith
New York Central
Woman earns seventh class of Imperial Order at Washington embassy
Miss Lillian Wenz, 17 years of service at the Japanese embassy in Washington, receives the seventh class of the Imperial Order of the Sacred Treasure for valued service during World War and the disarmament conference. She is the sole woman to be honored at this level.
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Lillian Wenz
Washington
Imperial Order of the Sacred
Demuyter Wins Bennett Cup Balloon Race in Brussels
Belgian balloon Belgica piloted by M Demuyter won the James Gordon Bennett cup race starting from Geneva. He covered about 1 300 kilometers to claim victory in Brussels amid a dispatch from Geneva.
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M&m
Brussels
M. Demuyter
Belgica
Geneva
Sun Yat Sen Quits Canton Leadership in South China Republic
Sun Yat Sen, leader of the Southern China Republic and Canton, arrived by steamer from Moorhen harbor and prepared to depart for Shanghai aboard the Empress of China. The trip indicates a strategic move amid regional political tensions.
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Sun Yat Sen
Canton
Southern China Republic Boards
Shanghai
Stongkong
Moorhen
Shangzhai
White Turban Recalled as Familiar Black War Moth Style
A fragment notes a white turban popular years ago for its resemblance to a black war moth style. The item is described as draped in the same manner and appears very similar in presentation.
Great Russian Trial Ends with Fourteen Deaths
Moscow reports that fourteen of thirty four social revolutionists accused of high treason against the Soviet government were sentenced to death by a Bolshevist tribunal. Three defendants were acquitted and the rest given prison terms. The death sentences of twelve were upheld with an indefinite stay, conditional on the party ceasing counter revolution. Three women were among the condemned, including Eugenie M. Rattner who defied the court.
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Moscow
Social
Eugenie M. Rattner
Helen Hanova
Lydia Konoplova
Lenin
Winifred Hart Quits With Husband Hart
Hollywood separation reported between William S Wart known as Big Bill and his wife Winifred Westover Hart wife left home three months ago moving to Santa Monica to stay with her mother Mrs Clyde Westover and awaiting a child due in November divorce proceedings considered by Winifred Hart per rumor from Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William S. Wart
Big Sill
Five Die as Yacht Shfrin Sinks Off Miami Beach
Explosion and fire sent the motor yacht Shfrin from Miami to Nassau to the bottom off Miami Beach. Five lives lost and three known missing among the 21 aboard mostly African American passengers. Cause of the blast undetermined. Survivors clung to wreckage until rescued.
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Miami
Fla
Shfrin
Nassau
Miami Beach
Explosion Kills and Injures Many at Dillon Mine
An explosion at the Dillon mine’s powder magazine near Fort de France Martinique killed and wounded many workers. The blast destroyed worker homes and the main company buildings including engine houses, with effects felt across the island.
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Fort de France
Island of
Martinque
Dillon
Ornamented Ribbon Embellishes Pongee Slip-Over Attire
Description notes a ribbon edged with gold threaded through rings at the back of a pongee slip-over. It mentions fancy braids woven for the SADG purpose, ends looping and trimmed with beads, rafale, bits, or stuffed balls.
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Rapaele
President urges flexible tariff with tariff board control
President Harding sends a letter to Senator McCumber urging a flexible tariff and designating the tariff board as the agency for investigation and recommendation on rate changes. He argues the world conditions postwar require adaptive duties and a formal role for the tariff board in executive actions.
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Washington
Tariff Board
Harding
McCumber
Finance Committee
Senate
Tariff Commission
Agency For
Congress
Agency
Agency of Investigation
Blanton Raps Rail Control Move by Harding
Abilene Aug 12 Congressman Thomas L Blanton denounces President Harding plan to seize railroads saying it risks national bankruptcy and weak labor unions. He warns of Brotherhoods pressuring government similar to wartime actions and cites the Adamson law era.
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Abilene
Tex
Thomas L. Blanton
Harding
Congress
Congress May Take Action On Rail Strike
Washington Aug 9 President Harding demands a full congress in Washington and ready for action to handle the railroad and coal strikes. He has directed leaders to cancel recess plans after August 15 and keep lawmakers in session to address a transportation emergency. White House says no threats are made and no steps decided yet.
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Washington
Harding
House
White House
Senate
Congress
Mr. Harding
British Ships Seized Off Block Island In Prohibition Stunt
The British schooner Marina 200 tons bound from St Pierre Miquelon to Havana with 2000 cases of whisky was captured off Block Island by the submarine chaser Hahn of the prohibition navy. The skipper lacked papers. Marina taken to Newport then Providence. Liquor valued at 200000 dollars.
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New York
Marina
St. Pierre-Miquelon
Havana
Block Island
Hahn
Prohibition Navy
Newport
Providence
Harold F. McCormick
Chicago
Madama Gunna Woalska
Wene
Paris
J. L. Manning
Santo Domingo
Internations Banking Corporation
Ozuma
Haiti
Hays
Georgia Fruit Exchange
Athinta
Los Angeles
Santa Fe
Louisville & Nashville Engineers
Henderson-St. Louis
Evansville
Ind
Clonmel
Ireland
Free State
Dublin
Ganna Walska
Illinois
California
Daugherty
Washington
British Cabinet Rejects Poincare Plans Deepening European Split
The British cabinet rejected Premier Poincare's economic rehabilitation proposals as tensions rise with France. Paris approves Poincare policy while Belgium's Theunis counterproposals offer the only visible compromise. A potential halt on Germany and a new international conference are discussed amid fears of a rupture in the entente.
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London
Poiincare
Europe
Germany
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
Theunis
Belgium
Millerand
M. Poincare
Great Britain
France
Britain
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Italy
Poincure
Grape Growers Face Loss Over Transport Shortage
Sacramento California August 10 California grape growers must find a new disposal method for their crop beyond shipping in crates to eastern markets or face heavy losses due to inadequate transport. Viticultural expert R L Nougaret estimates at least 10000 more refrigerator cars are needed this season. Railroad reports offer little hope for those cars becoming available.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
R. L. Nougaret
State Department of Agriculture
Nougaret
Bureau urged to counter anti Americanism at convention
The American Bar Association committee on American Ideals urged the creation of a bureau to promote American deals and combat rising anti Americanism seen as fueling prejudice against the courts and the Constitution. They warned that many citizens might vote to abolish the Constitution if given a ballot.
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San Francisco
Sugar tariff boost approved by Senate
The Senate approved a sugar tariff of 2.3 cents per pound by an 87 to 35 vote. The Cuban sugar rate becomes 1.84 cents per pound, up .24 of a cent from the emergency act and .84 above the Underwood law rate. Fourteen Republicans opposed, four Democrats supported.
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Washington
Senate
Harding Extends Birthday Wishes to Germany’s Ebert
President Harding sent a telegram to President Ebert on the anniversary of Germany's republic birth. He expressed good wishes and hope that the German republic will advance toward peace understanding prosperity and happiness under the new government.
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German Republic
Washington
Harding
Ebert
Germany
Warren
Bolsheviks seize British ship George at Batum
The British steamship George was captured by Bolshevik forces at Batum last week. Passengers were held three days and moved to the French steamer Tula. Among them were Dr. W. Co. Emhardt, an American Episcopal missionary, his daughter, and Miss Water, part of a Near Hat relief group returning from Etchmiadzin.
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Constantinople
George
Batum
Tula
Dr. W. Co. Emhardt
Miss Water
Caucasus
Etchmiadzin
Eastern Oregon Bishop Quits Amid Loyalty Charges
Bishop L. R. Paddock of the eastern Oregon diocese announces resignation to be offered at the Portland convention in September. He cites shattered health and says the charges have broken his heart.
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Hood River
Ore
L. Rk, Paddock
Eastern Oregon
Episcopal Church
Portland
Hoover Celebrates Birthday Quietly in Washington
Washington on August 12 reports Secretary Hoover marking his forty eighth birthday. Commerce department officials note he simply vowed to be busier than ever, with no other celebration disclosed.
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Washington
Hoover
Commerce Department
Arthur Griffith Dies in Dublin Influenza Death
Belfast reports Arthur Griffith president of Dal Eireann has died in Dublin from influenza. Confirmation comes as news from the Irish political scene.
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Irish Free State
Belfast
Arthur Griffith
The
Dal Eireann
Dublin
Style Note Emerges Through Interesting Medium
A Variety of seasonable styles arrives through an amiable combinate technique. The piece blends fashion and tone with a lively rhythm, presenting a stylish survey of trends and artistic approaches.
Fragmentary Text on Jacket Emblems and Attire
Readable lines describe an embroidered jacket badge and a utilitarian ankle wrap as part of a larger garment description. The fragment mentions other patterns and items, but the context remains incomplete and unclear.
Davis elected president of American Bar Association
San Francisco August 14 John W Davis of West Virginia former American ambassador to Great Britain was chosen president of the American Bar Association at the annual convention. Frederick W Wadhams of Albany was elected treasurer and W Thomas Kemp of Baltimore named secretary.
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San Francisco
Henry G. Gerbel Dies at 64 in St. Louis Hospital
Henry G. Gerbel, general counsel for the Missouri Pacific Railroad, died in St. Louis after a short illness. He was sixty-four years old.
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G. H. Herbal
Dive
St. Louis
Henry G. Gerbel
Misuri Pacific Railroad
International and local news items from early 1920s press
A collage of brief items reports King George signing a treaty copy in London, Chicago rail workers voting to strike, a baby's death allegedly from a mosquito bite, and labor strikes in Lisbon. Other notes cover political turmoil in Ireland and Ireland’s Free State actions, stock and banking moves, transport disruptions, and a Paris marriage later deemed invalid. Several regional incidents include murders near Sauk City, Georgia peach crop data, and Santa Fe train stoppages linked to security concerns.
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Washington
King George
London
Chicago
Aurora & Elgin
Atlantic City
N. J
Lisbon
Germany
Empire
Core
Queenstown
Peyre
Lublin
Theenth Federal Reserve District
Kapsar City
Insky
Cork
Big Tim Murphy Freed After State Nolle Prosequi
Chicago August 11. "Big Tim" Murphy cleared of a murder charge as the State's attorney nolled the case. He had been on trial for two months as a conspirator in the death of Police Lieutenant Terrence Lyons.
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Chicago
Big Tim" Murphy
Terrence Lyons
Nol
Markets Report Grain and Livestock Prices
The market note lists flour and wheat prices for various grades including hard spring wheat short patent at 7.40 to 7.60 and 9 percent, rye flour white patent 4.0 to 4.8, hay prices around 14 to 22, and cattle ranges from prime steers 9.55 to 10.75 down to cutters 3.15 to 3.90. Hog prices show choice light butchers at 8.50 to 9.90 and other categories. Sheep and lambs and other items appear with mixed figures.
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Timothy
Southwestern Prairie
Prairie Harvest Outlook Near 1915 Bumper in Manitoba
Manitoba and Western Canada outlooks show generally favorable crop prospects for 1916. Southwestern Manitoba nears a bumper harvest, rye yields exceed 30 bushels per acre, and rustless wheat plus strong corn and fodder prospects bolster dairying alongside grain farming. Saskatchewan reports broad excellence with late but strong yields, while Alberta varies by region with southern areas good and northern moisture shortfalls reducing wheat oats and barley outputs.
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Canada
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Brandon
Canadian National Railways
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Edmonton
Prairie
Campaign Fund Offer Sparks Subtle Objection
An enthusiastic ally offers a million dollars to a campaign fund but Senator Sorghum responds with gentle regret that campaigns should not be overshadowed by later investigations. The exchange frames ethics concerns over election priorities and accountability.
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Sorghum
Soak hands in Cuticura Soap and Ointment Advice
Advertisement claims Cuticura can handle toilet needs by soaking hands in hot suds with Cuticura Soap, drying and rubbing in Cuticura Ointment, removing surplus, and using tissue paper. It touts Sore Ointment and Talcum for all toilet purposes as well.
Miss Neverwed and Mrs Youngmother Baby Show Banter
The exchange shows Mrs Youngmother rejecting baby show entry for her child saying they would win the blue ribbon but blue isn’t his color.
Giving Him His Chance He I Would Die for You
In a brief quoted exchange the Boston Transcript captures a bold vow and a firm decision. The dialogue hints at a dramatic moment or challenge framed as a pledge to act.
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Boston Transcript
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U. S
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Harding Felicitates
Batum Three Teaye
East Oregon
J. W. Davis
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