Drapery store fire follows cork bomb explosions
Cork on St Patrick street saw a large fire after several bomb explosions with losses estimated at £50 000. Reports said Black and Tans at gunpoint hampered firefighters. Earlier Sinn Fein club rooms burned in Tipperary. London dispatchs report six killed and twenty injured in a Vergato plant explosion near Milan.
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Cork
St. Patrick Street
Tipperary
Sinn Fein
London
Vergato
Milan
London Times
Football toll of 11 deaths in 1920 season recapped
Chicago reports the 1920 football season closed with 11 fatalities, five more than 1919 and one above two years earlier. The AP tally notes youth deaths largely among high school players, with historical totals showing 12 in 1917, 18 in 1916, and 15 in 1915.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Suitcase Believed Owned by Murderers Found Near Washington
A suitcase thought to belong to one of the fugitives from the Henry A. Pierce murder case was found near Washington. Boys reported it along the road after a red automobile sped toward Wheeling. Marie Phillips and Treadway were later arrested. the bag may belong to another member of the party.
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Washington
Henry A. Pierce
Toard Wheeling
Phillips
Treadway
Power company seeks rate increase in Charleston district
Charleston based West Virginia Power company, supplying mines in Cabin Creek district, Charleston, and Kanawha valley, applied for an industrial rate. It asks for a rate double that in 1917. a prior increase was granted months ago. Representatives say no profit under present schedule. Kentucky and West Virginia Power also seeks higher rates for Mingo and McDowell operations.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Power Company of
Cabin Creek
Kanawha Valley
Mingo
McDowell County
Kentucky & West Virginia Power Company
Plant Temporarily Closes in Charleston
Klopstein chemical plant in Charleston West Virginia shut down temporarily on November 27 to take inventory and wind up the year, leaving about 150 workers without work.
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Charleston
W. Va
Klopstein, Chemical Company of
South Charleston
Coal crisis passes as ICC revokes priority orders
The Interstate Commerce Commission declares the coal crisis over and cancels remaining priority orders for open top coal cars. Effective midnight next Monday, the commission urges railroads to quickly drop emergency reconsigning rules and charges. Chairman Clark says the move should reduce formal complaints if carriers recognize the change. The advisory committee of the Association of Railway Executives is involved through Daniel Willard.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Daniel Willard
The
Association of Railway Executives
Clark
Commission
Barge Pirie Reported Ashore Off James Island
No trace of the hunting barge Pirie was found today after being reported ashore near James Island off the Washington coast. The coast guard cutter Snohomish went to aid the stricken vessel. Sixteen people, including the captain’s wife and their baby, were aboard the Pirie.
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Wash
W.J. Pirie
James Island
Washington
Coast Guard
Jensen
Pirrie
Bankers consider Ryan committee to probe finance affairs
New York on November 27 reports plans for a bankers and lawyers led committee to inquire into A A Ryan financier whose Stutz Motor stock move last spring triggered Wall Street actions and his removal from the exchange. Liabilities near 16 million with assets pegged at 20 to 25 million while Ryan, ill, is confined at home.
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New York
A. A. Ryan
Stutz
Wall Street
The
Exchange
Dra
Ryan
Restrain New York Railroads From Using Intra-State Advances
New York railroads have been restrained from raising intrastate rates next Monday. Deputy Attorney General Griffin announced the public temporary injunctions issued by Supreme Court Justice Gropsey last night.
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New York
Stat
Griffin
Supreme Court
Gropsey
Diamonds stolen in daytime robbery in New York
Two tin boxes containing diamonds valued at 60000 were taken by four daylight holdup men who attacked David Saylor, a jewelry house messenger, as he exited the Pacific bank at Sixty ninth street and Seventh avenue. Saylor was assaulted as he stepped outside, with a crowd watching, before the robbers fled in a waiting automobile.
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New York
David Saylor
Pacific Bank
Sixty-ninth Street
Seventh Avenue
Saylor
Stour
Monumental Posts Mark Lincoln Wollax Awanorn Road
Springfield dispatch reports plans to erect monumental posts in 18 central Illinois counties marking the route Abraham Linesin traveled in 1947 while active in law. The project honors early legal circuits and the eighth Judicial district with builder markers in each county. A related verdict awards $24,486 to Mrs. Antowell in Yonkers against X ray specialist Dr Friedman for burns from treatment.
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Lincoln Wollax
Springfield
M Linois
Abraham Linesin
Lincoln
David Davis
Judicial Circuit
New York
Sarah Antowell
Yonkers
Oseph Freldman
Manhattan
Ary
Supreme Tauden Thompson
White Plains
de, Freidman
Telephone Co Gets 20 Percent Rate Increase
Charleston Nov 2 The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co won a 20 percent rate increase statewide effective December 1 after Public Service Commission approval. The company cited deficits in 1917 1918 and 1919 and rising wages since 1916. A letter to subscribers explains rates will rise in December and that the company will strive to meet obligations and provide good service at reasonable rates.
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Charleston
W. Va
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company
Public Service Commission
Grafton
Public Service Commission of
West Virginia
Iit
Telephone Organization of
Governor Won’t Object To Guard Unit Across Kentucky Border
Frankfort Ky November 27 If asked and needed for the federal troops in the Mingo County coast strike zone to cross into Kentucky Governor Morrow would approve the arrangement that previously allowed federal troops to guard both sides of the Kentucky West Virginia border with Governor Cornwell.
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Frankfort
Mingo County
West Virginia
Kentucky
Morrow
Cornwell
Parliament Seals Down Downing Street After Barrier Erected
London reports eight foot barrier erected to bar the public from Downing Street and nearby streets. Parliament closed to visitors after a strange man was detained in the lobby. The Evening Standard cites possible Sinn Fein links behind the move. In Indianapolis a federal court upholds a ruling voiding coal and food act provisions as unconstitutional in a hearing before Judge Anderson and appeals judges Baker and Page.
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London
Publc
Downing Street
Charles Street
Evening Standard
Sinn Fein
Indianapolis
Ind
Anderson
Indiana District Court
Baker Ad Page
Federal Court of Appeals
Chicago
Meicor and meteor phenomena linked by Hill's Practics
The passage discusses Meicor as an atmospheric term linked to shooting stars and meteorites. It explains meteoroids orbiting the sun heat up entering Earth's atmosphere, becoming meteors and meteorites. It notes native iron in meteorites and periodic meteor showers with a 33 year cycle, suggesting current month may end that period and potential future showers.
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Hill
Meteorite Missed Taxi in Howesville Collision Placed on Court Square
Preston County reports a meteor struck near Howesville last Monday evening causing a loud blast and shattered windows. No deaths occurred though a taxi narrowly avoided the debris. residents urge keeping any meteor fragments on court house square for public display and study.
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Gratton
Howesville
Ritgwond
Preston
Preston County Journal
Kingyoo
Sever
Dowesville
Don
West Virginia Northern Railroad
Albright
Howes Ville
Salem Typhoid Epidemic Now Under Control
Salem reports typhoid fever conditions have improved since Thanksgiving with only three new cases in 48 hours and no additional deaths. Emergency hospitals are discharging patients as beds remain available, while a state epidemiologist confirms the epidemic is under full control and expects only occasional contact cases for weeks.
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Salem
G. Boudreau
Federa
Heath
Missing Office Boy in Philadelphia Payroll Heist
A 15 year old helper at Baldwin Locomotive Works vanished after distribution of pay envelopes, with $4500 in envelopes unaccounted. Detectives believe he fled with a dying father in Spokane, while his mother travels to the West. He was last seen at the fire tower. pay box empty. He is described as short, blue eyes, black hair, wearing gray knickerbockers and shoes.
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Phuladelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Elliott Teem
Spokane
Wash
Cty
Aboe
Harding Ends Canal Zone Visit Tonight
Cristobal Canal Zone November 27 President elect Harding prepares to bid farewell today as his Canal Zone visit ends tomorrow when he sails home aboard the steamer Pastores for the United States.
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Harding
Canal Zone
Rome Seeks 2000 New Schools to Fight Ignorance
Rome authorities plan to open two thousand new schools to combat illiteracy. A special appropriation of 12 million dollars has been approved. The measure aims to accelerate education efforts and improve access across the city.
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Rome
Hyman
Kerr's Store Big Sale Opens in Grafton Today
Kerr's store launches a major sale after Thanksgiving closing, offering 20 percent off on most stock and a large supply of Christmas goods. Management promises guaranteed quality and urges customers to take part in the anticipated event. The notice also includes unrelated political material on radical movements and German politics with no direct local link.
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Portwy ‘K
Kerr's
Grafton
Cis
German Radicals Plan Revolt Supported by Russian Communists
Halle, Nov 7. German radical leaders announce a plan developed with prominent Russian communists to start a revolution in Germany to establish a dictatorship of the proletariat. They expect action late winter or early spring and split on success vs failure, with some moderate Socialists opposing dictatorship yet favoring a workers government by force if needed. Women and girls in the galleries show strong support, singing The Internationale while gray-uniform ex-soldiers stand among the crowd.
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Figh
Moscow
Berlin
Halle
Saxony
Iig
Germany
Independent Socialist Party
Independent Socialists
Third Internationale
Mosscow
Reichstag
West Virginia Falls Down in Nat's Guards
Washington dispatch reports a federal survey showing fourteen states have reorganized their units while West Virginia remains without recognized national guard troops. The reorganization faces public antipathy toward military affairs and recruitment difficulties. General Carter cites injustices but asserts guards officers were not broadly discriminated against compared with regular officers.
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West Virginia
Washington
Jesse E. Carter
Arkansas
Delaware
Tinos
Indiana
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
North Dakota
South Dakota
Carter
Guard
National Guard
Congress
Exports Gain as October Trade Shows Large Gold Inflow
exports rose to 752 million dollars in October while imports fell to 562 million. The October export surplus reached 190 million, the largest for the year, with ten months total exports at 6.832 billion and imports at 4.72 billion. Gold imports hit 117 million in October, 26 million of which was gold exports. The year to date shows a favorable U S balance of 2.113 billion.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Oshio
Ceté
Ber
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Wheeling
Another Power CO
L.C.C
Willard
Lincoln Circuit Marking Association
Astoria
Ore
Umatilla Reef
Gotham
Jewelry Company
OpehUa
Crow Avenherts
Clarksburg
Chesapeake & Potomac Company
Parliament
Downing
Vis
Stors
Quaker City
Kerr’s
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