Blind Soldier Boy Proves He Earns A Living
Corporal Christen Poulsen of the United States Marines, blinded in June 1918, rebuilds life in Chicago. After hospital discharge in 1919 he trained at the Red Cross Blind School in Baltimore, worked in his father’s feed store, and now is a full partner. He and his wife study business management via a correspondence course with the Federal Board for Vocational Education.
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Muhicago
Christen Poulsen
States Marines
Army
Poulsen
Chicago
Marines
Paris
Sixth Marines
Woolsen
Silo Army Hospital
Evergreen
Baltimore
Federal Board For Vocational Education
British Concern Offers Suits At Shillings Each
VIENNA Aug 20 The offer by a British concern to sell 400000 ready made suits in Vienna at one pound ten shillings each has crowded papers amid the political strife. Master tailors and ready made clothing merchants oppose it, while the Ministry of Trade has refused approval. Vienna press backs the opposition citing native tailors charging at least 10000 crowns per suit, while the British offer equates to about 4600 crowns.
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Vienna
Ministry of Trade
Impet Tieenac
Secietien
Four Bandits Held in Altoona Train Robbery Case
Ed and Marion Yon of Juanita and George Lafferty with Gilbert McCloskey of Altoona are under arrest in Altoona for allegedly holding up the Manhattan Limited on the Pennsylvania Railroad three weeks earlier. McCloskey was captured in Canton, Ohio, after bandits robbed trainmen by jostling them in a freight car.
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Altoona
A.P
Marion Yon
Juanita
George Lafferty
Gilbert McGloskey
Manhattan Limited
Pennsylvania Railroad
McCloskey
Canton
Unemployment in France Drops Amid Crisis Lull
Paris August 20 unemployment in France continues to decrease as the provinces recover from the crisis. Total unemployed reach 47,566 with 1,429 in Paris and Seine department, 16,187 elsewhere. Unemployed rate stands at 0.1 percent of the population.
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Paris
France
Department of the Seine
Cenaua Fle
Coldest Winter in 25 Years Forecast by Weather Prophet
Pottsville Pennsylvania August 20 Gus Luckenbill weather prophet of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Co today declared that the coldest winter in 25 years is approaching He warns railroad men there will be numerous blizzards making it difficult to keep raffle open Luckenbill who works in the Reading classification yards at St Clairs has correctly prognosticated weather for years and is known to have been wrong once
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Pottsville
Gus Luckenbill
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co
Luckenbill
Reading
St. Clairs
Dry petition of vast length presented at WCTU convention
A dry petition stretching a mile and a half, signed by 7,500,000 people from 50 nations, was shown at the Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention in San Francisco. It urges raising the law to Christian morals and stripping the drink trade and opium traffic of safeguards and sanction.
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San Francisco
Cal
A.P
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Convention
Amatlan Oil Field Fire Rages Near Tampico
Fire broke out yesterday on lot 224 in the Amatian Oil Fields near Tampico and flames were raging fiercely last night. Oil field workers confront a serious problem extinguishing the blaze as authorities assess the blaze and potential damage.
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Mexico City
Mer
A.P
Tampico
Bandits Obtain $20,000 Diamond Ring Near Detroit
Two bandits halted a party returning to Detroit from Mt. Clemens on Lake Shore road when a tree blocked their path. They escaped in Hastr's car, later found near Mt. Clemens. a diamond ring, concealed by one of the women, was recovered from the vehicle.
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Detroit
Michigan
A.P
M. Glaser
New York
Lake Shore
Mt. Clemens
Ir Hastr
Waitress Slain in Steubenville Incident Grips City
In Steubenville a Market street restaurant waitress Nellie Fuller, 83, was shot and killed Friday night just before 7. Samuel H. Ingle, 37, of Wellsville, a railroad conductor, was arrested shortly after in connection with the crime. Authorities cite a marital dispute as the likely motive.
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Steubenville
Nellie Fuller
Market Street
Samuel H. Ingle
Wellsville
Cleveland and Pittsburgh
Soldiers' Toy Workshop Spurs Holiday Craft in Boston
Hundreds of students from Mary Hemingway Public School in Dorchester work from nine to four under Miss L. Gertrude Howes to craft toys and furniture from scrap. Benches sit under fir trees in a natural park on Lonsdale Street as children make ducks, horses, tanks, guns, dolls, and inventive pieces from cans and tops, with a bad weather shop housing a house made by the pupils.
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Boston
Aus
Mary Hemingway
Dorchester
Santa Ching
Thei Ha
Lonsdale Street
L. Gertrude Howes
Irish Republic recognition plan outlined at Grafton meeting
A large meeting in the Knights of Columbus hall heard Peter J. MacSwiney call for a boycott of British goods and urge U.S. recognition of the Irish Republic. He announced plans to form a West Virginia state association, with a Parkersburg gathering and coordination with the National Association in Chicago, as he toured Charleston Huntington Parkersburg Fairmont Morgantown.
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Grafton
American Association For
Knights of Columbus
Peter J. MacSwiney
Terrence MacSwiney
Brivton
England
MacSwiney
Parkerburg
Whte
National Association
Chicago
United States
Washington
America
Thomas Jefferson
Republic of France
Zion Woman Arrested For Low Necked Dress
Zion reporter notes Mrs. Eliza beth Naden of Zion was arrested by Policeman Isaac Party after a complaint cited a dress with a neck cut too low to expose the neck and shoulders. The incident follows Zion laws against immodest dress issued by overseer Wilbur Glenn Woli Ya, labeling such clothing as vulgar and likely to corrupt morals.
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Zion
Elizabeth Naden
Isaac Party
Wilbur Glenn Woli Ya
Failure of Trippe and Co. Shocks New York Market
The failure of Trippe & Co. was announced on the New York Stock Exchange. The firm, organized a year ago, consisted of George M. Wooaley William J. Palmer and John J. Gillies. Once prominent as a commission house for ten years the failure surprised many and was blamed on customers’ inability to meet obligations and shrinkage in collateral values. A. W. Putnam of another firm was appointed receiver.
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New York
A.P
Trippe & Co
New York Stock Exchange
George M. Wooaley
William J. Palmer
John J. Gillies
A. W. Putnam
Stock Exchange
Labor Board Says Roads Not Pay Time and a Half
Aug 20. The United Railroad Labor Board approved seven shop craft overtime rules from the wartime national agreement but ruled overtime is not due on Sundays or holidays for operations deemed absolutely essential. A minority dissent by A C Wharton criticized the changes and salary basis adjustments for emergency road workers.
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SOAGO
United Railroad Labor Board
War- Time Railroad Administration
Wharton
American Federation of Labor
R. M. Barton
Grand Trunk
Priday
Railroad Labor Board
A. C. Wharton
Wharta
Widay
Mr. Wharton
Washington
Homie Pot
P J McSwiney Explains Irish Republic Plans
Prominent Irish Republican leader Peter J McSwiney in an America tour interview urges recognition of an Irish Republic and calls for self determination. He accuses Britain of historic wrongs, asserts Ireland as an ancient nation, and says peace with England must be on equal, just terms. He warns Ireland faces extermination if recognition fails.
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The
Sentinel Today
Peter J. McSwiney
America
McSwiney
Lloyd George
Eamonn DeValera
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Ireland
Great
Hiltain
Gladstone
England
Greece
Lincoln
Farm Values Advanced To A Huge Total
Washington Aug 19 The Bureau of the Census releases preliminary 1920 census figures for U S agriculture with 1910 comparisons The total value of all farms on January 1 1920 was 866 384 009 556 with owners valued at 39 074 303 568 managers 2 000 6 021 985 and tenants 25 793 024 005 The average value per farm rose from 5 471 in 1910 to 10 287 in 1920 and land value alone climbed from 28 475 674 169 in 1910 to 54 903 402 925 in 1920 The distribution by operator type shifted with 60 1 percent owner operated 4 0 percent manager operated and 35 9 percent tenant operated The report notes sizable gains for all categories and highlights substantial increases in land and building values per farm and per acre.
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Washington
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
United States
Rgin Farms
HMAG
Farm ownership types and 1920 value figures
The article explains two farm ownership classes full owners and part owners. It cites 1920 farm values: full owned operations valued at 20 717 493 565 and part owned at 9 215 510 001. It notes 1910 figures and mentions averages for part owners and state values including West Virginia and Ohio data.
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West Virginia
Ohio
Bailey Trial Opens Amid Mountain Feud in Kentucky
In Mt Vernon Kentucky John Bailey accused of slaying Beverley White faces trial as 25 National Guards from London and 20 special deputy sheriffs guard Rockcastle County Courthouse. About 100 Bailey and White clan members attend as feuding factions threaten disorder. The case stems from a killing in Knott County.
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MT. Vernon
Ken
ALP
London
Chevitis
Rock Castle County Court House
John Bailey
Beverley White
Bailey
Venng
Knos County
Bailey-lee
White
Kentuckky
Jaco Retires After Forty Six Years With B and O
John W. Jaco of Grafton WV retires as boiler maker after forty six years with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. A letter from Vice President C W Galloway commemorates his faithful service and long career, wishing him a comfortable retirement as still part of the B and O family.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
John W. Jaco
Grafton
C. W. Galloway
Jaco
Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
W. Galloway
Downtown gunfire as police chase gang on main street
A police car pursued a gang through a downtown street at night. Shots were exchanged in the street, pedestrians fled for cover, and the gang remained in control as bullets whizzed during the confrontation.
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Lstreets
War Bride Kidnapped in New York City
War veteran Thomas J. Kane reports the disappearance of his French Red Cross wife Antionette Latin in New York. A woman in her workplace allegedly said she was kidnapped by two men in a car. Kane fears she may be taken back to France as diary entries reveal loneliness since the marriage.
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New York
A. Y
Poliice Bureau of Missing
Thomas J. Kane
Red Cross
France
California To Entertain The Insurance Men
California plans to host the twenty sixth annual convention of Insurance Agents. The event opens Sept. 1 with attendees from across the nation. President Moston and Patt Whitman headline the program. Dinners, informal gatherings, a beach visit, and a barbecue are included in the entertainment schedule.
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Los Angeles
Association
Califocala
Arizona Flood Recedes After Two Foot Rise in Capitol
Flood waters in Phoenix receded from two feet in first floor governor offices. Damage to the capitol estimated at $300,000 with loss of records in basement store rooms. State troops were deployed to guard the flood area as Northwest Phoenix residents were urged to move to higher ground after water cut through the land Canal north of the city.
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Phoenix
Arizona
A. P
State Capitol
Sher i
Legionnaires Dedicate Big Verdun Tablet
Members of the American Legion dedicate a Verdur tablet in Verdun city hall recalling the February and March 1916 German onslaught. The dedication honors defenders who uttered the immortal words They shall not pass as Americans in Mexico City receive medals from various cities amid bandit violence.
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Verdun
France
American Legion
Verdur
Mexico City
New York
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Tshillins
Altoona, PA
Cassandra
Amatlan
Public School
NEW York CO
Labor Board
Ulster
Belfast
Daniel O'Con ‘Nell
John Redman
Wole ‘Lone
Society of the United Irishmen
Irish Republic
P. J. Macswiney
Peter MacSwiney
Terence MacSwiney
Bureau of Census
Agriculture
Kentucky
Grace White
Rock Castle County
Gratton, W. Va
War Bride
New York City
California
Legionnaires
Big Verdun
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