Turmoil in Turin and Rome Spurs Violent Clashes and Protests
Disorders intensify in Turin as bombings and street clashes erupt near San Carlo square. In Rome a mob battles with police over villa occupations, while Mario Santini head of the Young Men's Nationalist Association is reported killed.
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Sevier
Young Men's Nationalist Association
Gattle
Rome
Turin
Mario Santini
San Carlo
Avanti
Milan
Genoa
Wetal Workers’ Union
Gumpi
Wilson U. K s Trade Pacts
The state department announced that President Wilson decided not to abrogate existing treaties restricting special tariffs and transportation rates on imports carried in American bottoms. He acted before the 20 day window expired and did not consult foreign governments.
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Washington
State Department
Wilson
Congress
United States
Henry Ford Cuts Prices on All Ford Motor Co. Mowers
Ford Motor Company lowers prices on all mower products in a Michigan ad stating prewar reestablishment aims. The release emphasizes the full line of Henry Ford Mower state products and midwest market focus.
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Ford Motor . Company
Police In Ireland Kill Sinn Fein Chieftain
Dublin reports say County Councillor Lynch a leading Sinn Fein figure in Limerick was shot dead in his Royal Exchange hotel room by uniformed men described as black and tans. Balbriggan, struck by attacks, was quiet again as 150 black and tans toured the town in motor lorries tossing bombs and firing rifles.
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Dublin
Lynch
Press Association
Royal Exchange Hotel
Balbriggan
Dublin Castle
Ags
Jans
Here
Medals Proposed For Armistice Day Veterans
Indianapolis Sept 24 General observance of Armistice day Nov 11 urged by national officers of the American Legion with presentation of Government Victory Medals to former service men and to relatives of those who died. A communication was sent to all Legion posts urging programs and medal distribution.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
Legion
Germans Give Up Tonnage Under Treaty Commitments
Paris reports the reparations commission says Germany has surrendered 1 044 565 gross tons of steamers and sailing vessels by September 16. Most tonnage due under the treaty has been delivered except ships under construction or repair and those in Schleswig held for plebiscite. The commission moves to enforce remaining shipping clauses.
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Paris
Germany
Schleswig
Europe Abuzz As Immigrant Tide Swells to Ellis Island
New York reports a vast flow of European peasants seeking a dream of America. Italians lead a million bookings while Polish Irish and others surge toward steerage. After a wartime lull the gates clog and an embargo briefly halts arrivals before officials expand space on Ellis Island.
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New York
Europe
United States
Italy
America
Ellis Island
Wallis
European corn borer found near St. Thomas Canada
Washington reports the European corn borer discovered near St. Thomas Canada prompting the Agriculture Department to dispatch entomologists to Michigan to consult with officials and prevent spread. Quarantines have already been placed in several states including New York Massachusetts New Hampshire and Pennsylvania to curb movement into the corn belt.
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Washington
St. Thomas
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Michigan
Bureau of Entomology
New York
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Cox's Train Wrecked Near Peoria on Santa Fe Line
Governor Cox's train moving from Phoenix to Prescott was derailed one mile north of Peoria due to a broken rail. No injuries to Cox or his party. one engineman severely hurt and several passengers injured. The incident occurred 16 miles from Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Sign 300000 Boys to Train Under State Law
New York youths between 16 and 18 must enroll under state military law as part of a sign up campaign. Officials report about 809000 eligible boys and girls nationwide, with local measures guiding recruitment and training requirements.
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New York
G A R Changes Its Ritual in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on September 24 the G A R alters its ritual as part of a ceremony involving a veteran group. Details are limited in the available fragment.
French Troops Hold Off Turks in Major Southern Asia Minor Battle
Constantinople reports Tuarkian nationalist forces of about ten thousand Turks and Arabs besieging Adana with daily shelling at Tarsus. French battleships fire on Mersina to repulse attacks, while Americans in Adana distribute food to 2000 daily. Amnesty offered to those deserting, but headless body reports shade the fighting.
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Constantinople
Asia Minor
Adana
Tarsus
Mersina
Sengalese
Philip L. Flora
Springfield
Mass
American Committee For Relief In the
Near East
Lenin and Trotsky plan extraordinary Russian congress
Berlin reports Nicolai Lenin and Leon Trotsky draft an extraordinary Russian congress to meet in Moscow inviting Bolsheviks and all political groups. They reportedly feel their power slipping and may seek to place authority in a congress elected commission until a permanent government is chosen.
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Berlin
Nicolai Lenine
Leon Trotzky
Moscow
Bolshevists
Russia
Glacier Pocket Bursts on Monta<overs> Glacier Near Chamonix
A glacier pocket on the Montauvers glacier burst releasing a flood that swept the Chamonix valley. The torrent carried large rocks and ice, destroying forests and farms and erasing two electric railways in its path.
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Geneva
Montauvers
Chamonir
France
Chamonix
Hog prices crash at Chicago stockyards after corn drop
The hog market collapsed with a 75 cent decline per hundred after a corn price drop on the board. Top hogs sold at 18 dollars, falling to 17.25. All major livestock including cattle and sheep also declined as buyers anticipated further losses.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Merger of Autg Firms Near New York
Union of the Chalmers and Maxwell motor car properties will be effected in a reorganization of the Maxwell Motor company. A syndicate will provide 15 million dollars new capital. A new company is to be formed with 1,000,000 authorized shares.
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Zabetskoy
Chalmers and
Maxwell Motor Car Companies
New York Dispatch
New York
Maxwell Motor Car
Maxwell Motor Company
Maxwell and Chalmers
Maxwell Company
Crew Refuses Cablonz Ship Over Troop Embarkation
The crew of the steamship Cablonz refused to operate the vessel in Venice after 500 troops were embarked. They claimed the soldiers were to be used against the working class as they were sent to flood districts near Trieste, leaving thousands homeless.
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Trieste
Cablonz
Bombay
Venice
Japs Oppose Armament Cut Says Tokyo Cable
Tokyo cable advices report the Japanese diplomatic council objects to armament reductions proposed by the League of Nations. The protest is based on current military and naval strength of each nation.
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League
Honolulu
Z.-H
Japanese- Diplomatic Council
League of Nations Council
Tokyo
Bank Branch Robbery Sparks Detroit City Alarm
Four armed bandits held up a First State bank branch at Mount Elliott and Mack avenues in Detroit and fled with about thirty thousand dollars. The claim is supported by bank officials and police reports from the scene.
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United States
South Bend
Ind
Sons of Veterans
Indianapolis
Crow-Elkhart Motor Corporation
Elkhart
Oren Hall
Salt Lake
W. Bigler
Kemmerer
J. W. Genthrez
Bingham
Utah
Kemwerer
Wyo
New Orleans
First State Bank
Mount Eliott
Mack Avenues
Detroit
Mich
Turin
Rome
Europe
Major Sampson
Paris
Italy
Signor Meda
Treasury
New York City
Albany
Edwin C. Dinwiddie
India
London Daily Express
Alahabad
Bokhara
Chicago
Lina Cavaliera
Communist Party
Germany
Berlin
Some surgeons carve out fortunes for themselves
Fragmentary ad style lines reference surgeons and wealth, and a remedy claim for eye discomfort. The text mentions Roman Eye Balsam as a nightly application and hints at sharpness in cutting to the quick, conveying a vintage promotional tone.
Cascarets Ad Claims Gentle Nighttime Relief
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a nighttime laxative to "straighten you out by morning" improving head, stomach, and breath with no griping. It targets adults and children with a small price and includes a Danish proverb about cleanliness.
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Cascarets
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted for Cure
Catarrh is described as a constitutional condition requiring constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and claims to act through the blood on mucous surfaces to destroy the disease's foundation and strengthen overall health. Circulars free from F. S. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. The ad ends with the slogan the man with horse sense knows when to say nay.
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Hall
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Pape's Mepepsin Corrects Stomach Distress
Corrects stomach distress caused by acidity indigestion and gas with quick relief from a few tablets. Advertises Pape's Diapepsin as harmless pleasant and widely used with millions helped annually.
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Tartu
Naxiene
Soviet
Villa
Albani
Tor‘on
Apollo
Cellere
ENRY
FORD
George S. Rice
United States Bureau of Mines
Financial
Bureau
Mr. Rice
Inreland
Sinn Fein
Limerick
Wes
Land of
Cox
Serpe Ae
Auguste Bonamy
Supreme Court of
Haiti
American State Department
U. S
Lawrence McDonough
South Union Avenue
Peter Za Netskas
District 5
Communist Party of America
Zalietskys
Garrity
South Halsted Street
Poice
Zalietskas
Union Avenue
Soldier Cargo
Lene
Susie Sacatansky
East 17Th St
Bayonne
N. J
Lydia EK. Pinkham
Fletcher
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