War department pushes American merchant marine revival
Washington reports a broad program to revive inland waterways and build up a U S merchant marine under new law. plans include preferential treatment for U S vessels, expansion of river and canal services, and mixed rail water terminals to cut costs and boost national defense. the shipping board may sell wartime ships and fund private shipbuilding, with mail carriage and extended coastwise rights under consideration.
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Director General of Railroads
New York State Barge Canal
Mississippi
Warrior
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Federal
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Senate
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House
People of
Mississippi River
St. Louis
New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
Philippines
United States
Shinming Board
Shipping Board
W. S. Benson
United States Shipping Board
Admiral Benson
Wesley Jones
Senate Commerce Committee
Dream of Fishing Signals Luck and Fortune
Dreaming of fishing embodies happiness and success depending on method. A pole and line suggest small joys, nets imply greater gains, and catching fish denotes favorable outcomes. A Bac pond vision indicates good fortune, while illness or trouble may follow other dream motifs.
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Bac Pond
Fia
Skim milk good food and nutrition myth
The article argues that removing cream from milk does not remove nourishment. It dispels the saying that skim milk is nearly water and explains that fat is separated but nutrition remains in the skim milk.
Germany Accepts Allies Disarmament Demands At Spa
German cabinet agrees under protest to accept Allies ultimatum on disarmament. Germany must reduce army to 150000, abolish conscription, surrender arms above Versailles limits, and publish surrender proclamation. Ruhr occupation threat remains if terms unmet, October 1 deadline noted. Lloyd George urges immediate action as Reichstag leaders authorize cabinet to sign.
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Ruhr
Berlin
Spa
Belgium
Germany
Reichstag
Lloyd George
Walter Simons
Simone
Fatal wage dispute ends in farmer and killer suicide near Win City
Clifford Gallea a farmer near Win City was shot and killed by his hired man John Penman after a wage dispute. Penman informed Mrs Gallea of the shooting then killed himself.
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Minnesota
Win City
Minn
Clifford Gallea
Here
John Penman
Penman
US to attend Brussels financial congress unofficially
Washington July 9 Secretary Houston announced the United States will be represented unofficially at the Brussels financial congress under the League of Nations on July 28. The move signals participation without formal delegation.
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America
League of Nations
Houston
Washington
United States
Brussels
Johnson Puts U. S. on Chicago Platform
San Francisco July 8 Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California declares Republicans must nominate a candidate pledging strong Americanism. He notes the League of Nations debate has defined the choices for November and contrasts Republican and Democratic platforms on the issue. He says the final decision rests with the American people.
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San Francisco
Republican Party
Hiram W. Johnson
California
League of Nations
Congress
Johnson
Democratic Party
Smoking rooms redefine Washington women’s clubs
The Ladies City Club of Washington unveils a dedicated smoking room transforming its Puritanical image. The club has about 8800 women members, many active nationally, with initiation and annual fees of 10 dollars each. They raised 70 thousand dollars to buy the Mary Scott Townsend house, once Roosevelt family residence during White House repairs.
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Washington
Mary Scott Townsend
Roosevelt
White House
Davis Message From Ambassador Davis To Americans Abroad
London July 6 Ambassador Davis sends a message to the American people urging Independence Day as a festival of rededication to country and ideals. He notes the history liberty and progress and reminds that hardship and sacrifices cost, with duties to other nations and mankind. The path to greatness lies in courage and service.
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London
Davis
Europe
Twins born in Quebec jail amid murder cases
Marie Anne Boude Gagnon, sentenced to death for cruelty murder of her stepdaughter Aurora, gave birth to twins in the jail infirmary. The father, Telespree Gagnon, serves life for complicity in the same murder at St. Vincent de Paul penitentiary.
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Quebec
Marie Anne Boude Gagnon
Aurora
Telespree Gagnon
St. Vincent ‘de Paul
Prince of Wales Train Derails in West Australia
A train carrying the Prince of Wales was derailed near Bridgetown Western Australia on July 4. No injuries were reported and officials investigated the incident.
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Wales
Bridgetown
West Australia
Prince of Wales
Hard Paths vs Easy Roads In Ambition
Orison Swett Marden warns in the Chicago Daily News that most people choose the easy route and settle for mediocrity. He argues true success requires thorough preparation and paying the price, while many grumble at hard luck and envy others’ greater wealth.
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Orison Swett Marden
Chicago Daily News
Mary
Disclosures on Wood Campaign Funds From New York Donors
A Senate investigation revealed New York donors backed Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood’s 1919 presidential bid with about 1 million dollars. William Loeb testified that Col. Ambr oise Monell Rufus Patterson George A. Whalen and others pledged the money and that checks totaling 406000 passed through Loeb’s hands. Details included checks to Georgia Florida Maryland and a District of Columbia Republican official. Loeb said the funds came from various sources and may have circulated, with Wood present at the meeting but not at the underwriting. The testimony touched Missouri Lowden campaign funds and delegates, noting customary payments for campaign travel.
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Chicago
Leonard Wood
New York
William Loeb
Wood
Monell
Mowell
Mr. Whalen
William Cooper Procter
General Wood
J. B. Duke
Loeb
George W. Perkins
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
Senator Reed
Frank H. Hitchcock
Florida
Georgia
Colonel Smith
Republican National Committee
District of Columbia
Maryland
Reed
Plattsburg
Missouri
Lowdon
T. W. Huckmede
Warrington
National
Jacob L. Babler
Mr. Huckstede
Lowden
E. L. Morse
Republican State Committee
John T. Moore
Ozark
Willam G. Kitchen
St. Louisa
Huckmede
Taft
Bandits steal $20,000 from Chicago messenger fleet
Robbers smeared with coal hijack a courier car carrying twenty thousand dollars. They force the auto to stop when a second vehicle collides with it, signaling a bold daytime heist in Chicago.
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Chicago
Democrats Pick Cox and F. D. Roosevelt
Edward W. Pickard reports the Democratic national convention in San Francisco nominated James M. Cox of Ohio for president and Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York for vice president. Cox secured the nomination on the forty fourth ballot after long deadlock and party realignments following Attorney General Mitchell Palmer releasing his delegates.
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Edward W. Pickard
San Francisco
James M. Cox
Ohio
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Cox
Carlin
Palmer Forces
McAdoo
Tammany
Cox says Roosevelt a vigorous progressive running mate
Governor Cox, the Democratic presidential nominee, says his running mate Franklin D. Roosevelt is a good candidate. He notes he is not intimately acquainted with Roosevelt yet calls him vigorous, upstanding, courageous and progressive and remarks that Cox and Roosevelt is a catchy pairing.
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Dayton
Cox
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Boose graft probe hits Chicago officials
Warrants issued for two deputy collectors as the internal revenue service reveals more than 1 million dollars in discrepancies in the distilled spirits division. Chicago operatives are under scrutiny while a 12 man justice department detail heads to the city to lead a swift inquiry.
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Chicago
Revenue
Department of Justice
Department of Internal Revenue
The
Revenue Service
Frank B. Richardson
Washington
Richardson
Internal Revenue Department
Woman suffrage suit seeks to block ratified amendment
Charles C. Fairchild of New York, head of the American Constitutional League, asks the District of Columbia Supreme Court to enjoin Bainbridge Colby from issuing any proclamation that the woman suffrage amendment is ratified and to prevent Attorney General Palmer from enforcing the amendment. Justice Bailey set July 13 to show cause.
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Washington
Bainbridge Colby
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Charles 8. Fairchild
New York
American Constitutional League
Fairchild
Aseks
Palmer
Justice Bailey
Colby
Mine Danger Warned By United States Bureau In Greece
In Athens Greece on July 10 the United States Bureau of Mines warns of danger near the Apia Minor city. The terse notice cites mine risk and urges caution for workers and residents in the affected area.
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Athens
Greece
Brussa
Apia
United States Bureau. of Mines
Alates cc
Catgerty
Volunteers Rally Amid Bolshevik Advance Across Front
Amid Poland and Russia fighting volunteers from various sectors enlist for active service as universities suspend classes. Women join as officers and recruits parade. universities urge students and girls to volunteer while Bolshevik forces push along the Beresina and Dnieper fronts with heavy clashes reported near Mohilev-Podolsk and Orekrov.
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Warsaw
National Council of Defense For Volunteers
Socialist Party Central Committee
Poland
Beresina
Navosinski
Borisov
Minsk
London
Staro-Konstantinov
Litichey
Proskirov
Mohilev-Podolsk
Dnieper
Wrangel
Orekrov
Favor Divorce Amendment
New York July 10 Inauguration of a campaign for a federal constitutional amendment prohibiting remarriage of divorced persons was announced by the Rev Dr Walter Gwynne general secretary of the Society for Upholding the Sanctity of Marriage Vigorous propaganda will be carried on said Gwynne and ministers of every creed will be urged to refuse to perform the marriage ceremony for divorced persons Leaders of the movement say it is indorsed by Episcopal clergymen of New York.
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New York
Walter Gwynne
The
Society For Upholding
Gwynne
Gunmen Rob Motor Trucks On Lincoln Highway Raid
Three men posing as prohibition agents raided three motor trucks traveling from Baltimore to New York on the Lincoln highway near Paterson New Jersey. They bound the drivers and drove them for two hours before leaving them in Paterson. the gang stole 500 cases of whisky valued at about 100000 while other members fled with the liquor.
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Paterson
N. J
New York
Baltimore
Lincoln Highway
Paerson
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