Explosions Shake Halifax Narrowly Fear No Loss of Life
Halifax endured a string of explosions at the Imperial Oil plant in Dartmouth near Halifax harbor early today. Fire and blasts rattled windows as residents fled, with reports noting no deaths or serious injuries, recall of the 1917 Mount Blanc disaster, and disruption to telephone service as crowds gathered on Citadel Hill.
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Halifax
N. 8
Imperial Oil Company
Dartmouth
Woodside
Fantern
Citadel Hill
King
Four Thousand Spanish War Vets In Session Today
Minneapolis hosts the twenty third national encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans with national auxiliaries meeting. The encampment began last night and runs through Thursday as local arrangements finalize plans. A reception for visitors is scheduled and Oregon delegates nominate Mrs Cora A Thompson for president general of the auxiliary.
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Minneapolis
Thureday
Politien
Orégon
Cora A. Thompson
Legion Men Who Visited France Return Home
New York dispatch reports two hundred fifty members of the American Legion led by National Commander John G. Emery have returned from France aboard the George Washington. They left August 4 to attend the dedication in Futery of a monument to the A E F.
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New York
Amercan Legion
John G. Emery
George Washington
Futery
France
Increase in autos in Saskatchewan 1920 figures
Saskatchewan reports 1920 auto ownership at 60 825, up from 55 010 in 1919 and 46 780 in 1918. Growth tied to rapid settlement and farm prosperity with farmers owning more than half the vehicles. Farmers invested $6 million in 2 000 new tractors in 1920, averaging $3 000 each, broadening acreage cultivation and tractor use.
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Regina
Sask
Sasketchewan
Saskatchewan
Bavarian News Briefs and Local Legal Notices
Munich reports the Bavarian harvest day advance as authorities announce a government backed sale of 7.5 million in railroad equipment trust certificates approved by President Harding. Fargo filings reveal 15 grocers faced charges for Sunday grocery sales under state law and will be arraigned. In Minot and Branley, court actions include a denied compensation claim for a death at a school wing accident and a county contract for courthouse plumbing with Minot Plumb Ye Go.
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Dipar
Ceres
Harding
Davis
Fargo
N. D
Cass
Farno
Inga ‘Anderson
John
Fica
Church Admits Killing Asmus and Daugherty in Double Murder
Chicago authorities report Harvey W. Church confessed to killing B. J. Daugherty and Carl Asmus after hours of questioning. A second, informal confession suggested accomplices, while two new arrests were made. Church described luring Daugherty to his home, robbing and beating him with a baseball bat, then killing Asmus and disposing of bodies in the basement and river. Police caution that the two accounts differ and no accomplice names were confirmed.
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Chicago
B. J. Daugherty
Carl Asmus
Harvey W. Church
Church
Ttwad
Adams
Wis
Daugherty
Asmus
Daysherty
Asmus van
Adame
Peter Hoffman
Vt Be
Ausmus
Noying
Aga
Watt
Frazier Attacks Bankers in Devils Lake Address
Gov. Lynn J. Frazier denounced bankers and Wall Street as the state’s greatest harm in a Devils Lake speech at a court house gathering cut short by weather. He linked I W W disturbances to political issues and followed remarks by William Lemke and Miss Brinkner urging anti Independents votes, with Lemke attacking the Fargo Forum and defending a home loan project.
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Gov. Frazier
Devils Lake
Tns
N. D
Lynn J. Frazier
Tabor-farmers'basiness
City Park
Frazier
Wall Street
William Lemke
Miss Brinkner
Mr. Lemke
Fargo Forum
Karen
Home Builders' Association
Investigations Begin Into Chester Bridge Tragedy
Chester Pa Sept 12 city officials and citizens shift focus from the Third Street river disaster where 24 people died Saturday night in a bridge collapse. Two inquiries are under way by the county board of commissioners and city police. Officials cite an unusually heavy load on a now-broken supporting arm but the bridge had been reportedly inspected ten months ago. Police say welds were condemned and only two of five bolts could withstand pressure.
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Chester
City
Third Street
Chester River
Board of County Commandonerg
Thomas J. Feeley
Adaaiee
Board of Commerce
Davenport
Eight Thousand Oil Workers Strike in California
Bakersfield California September 12 eight thousand oil workers in the San Joaquin valley struck at midnight after operators refused to enter into agreements with the union. Rt H Frazer vice president of the California district council of the oil workers union announced the strike. The action excludes workers at Standard Oil and Royal Dutch Shell. Standard Oil does not recognize the union and Shell recently signed a memorandum of terms with the union.
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Bakersfield
Cal
San Joaquin Valley
California
Rt. H. Frazer
California District Council
The
Oil Workers Union
Standard Oil Company
Hoyal Mutrh Shell Company
Standard
Shell Company
Senate panel backs existing 32 percent income surtax rate
Washington reports the senate finance committee voted to retain the 32 per cent maximum income surtax in the house bill while considering a bracket change to cut about one per cent for incomes in each bracket. The panel also backs increasing the head of family's exemption from 2000 to 2500 and raising dependent exemptions from 200 to 400, with annual incomes of 5000 or less highlighted.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Gen Bandholtz On Way Back To Washington
Brigadier General H H Bandholtz returning to Washington after overseeing troops in West Virginia coal field disturbances. He thanked Governor Morgan for federal soldiers reception noting utmost courtesy shown. Also brief notices of accidents: Ethel Kibby cut thumb while chopping wood. George Hardeibrink fractured ribs when kicked by a horse.
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Gen. Bandholtz
Washington
Charleston
W. Va
H. H. Bandholtz
West Virginia
Logan
Boone
Bandholtz
Morgan
Bhierwood, N. D
George Hardeibrink
Escaped prisoner captured by Toledo police squad
Charles Schulta, convicted in a conspiratorial relation to a federal office robbery, escaped from Lucas county jail and was captured near Crissey, about 13 miles west of Toledo, by a Toledo police squad and federal authorities before noon today.
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Toledo
Charles Schulta
Lucas County
Crissey
Front
Toedo
Postmaster Named For Killdeer Office
Killdeer North Dakota September 12 a postmaster named for Killdeer office has been notified of his appointment. The position pays 4000 per year. Mrs Deen had acted as postmistress for some time. Madison Wisconsin September 12 a complete record of automobilin in the state by registration number will hereafter be kept Elmer Hath secretary of state announced today. It is also planned to register engine numbers for theft protection.
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Ideneeeee
Cynon
Madison
Wis
Elmer A
Tale
Ie. Bacys
Wisconsin
Baseball results in rough league summary
Baseball box score fragment shows Boston and Pittsburgh with scattered inning runs and players' last names listed. American Association mention includes teams Louisville Columbus and others with erroneous text. Temperature note at end references weather change and a rough, unclear dataset.
Manhunt Reported Near Chisholm for Murder
Hibbing authorities pursue a murder suspect seen near Chisholm after a patrol led by Chief Hikyar and two Hibbing officers last Thursday. The bulletin notes intensified efforts and asks residents to report any sightings, with authorities cooperating across agencies.
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John
Hikyar
San Antonio Flood Death Toll Rises to One Hundred
Debris and destroyed property mark the aftermath as floodwaters subside in San Antonio Texas. Four bodies were found raising the death count to as many as a hundred with many remains unidentified. Relief funds reach seventeen thousand four hundred eighty eight toward a twenty five thousand goal as damages reach eight million six hundred thousand dollars. Train and highway services suffer washouts while rain totals and bridge damage extend across surrounding towns. Relief efforts focus on food distribution sanitation and preventing disease as the worst flood in city history unfolds.
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San Antonio
Here
Josa
C. B. Yandel
Chamber of Commerce
Austin
Federal Weather Observer
Dallas
Cameron
Waco
San Marcon
Texas-Mexican Railroad
Corpus Christi
Laredo
Helton
Nolan Creek
Alazan
San Pedro
German marks take big drop shocks markets in Germany
Washington reports a sharp fall in German marks blamed on inflated currency and weak economic conditions. Treasury officials warned further declines may follow and noted Germany is not as sound industrially or economically as some had suggested.
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Washington
Treasury
Germany
Thieves raid Minot Hardware Store in broad daylight
Thieves smashed a rear window with a brick at the New York Furniture Fund Hardware store in Minot North Dakota around 9:45 this morning stealing guns ammunition and cheap jewelry valued over 1000. Police investigators traced a car backed into the alley and loaded the goods into the vehicle.
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Minot
N. D
New York Furniture Fund
Towner
County Board
Rufus Tree
Byer
District Court
Arbuckle Murder Complaint Filed In San Francisco
A formal murder complaint was sworn in San Francisco charging Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle in the death of actress Virginia Rappe. Maude Delmont testified at length about a party in Arbuckle’s hotel suite and Arbuckle’s arrest followed. Arbuckle remained in custody as prosecutors prepared grand jury action and a coroner’s inquest was set for next Thursday.
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San Francisco
Cal
Daniel O'Brian
Roscoe
Fatty" Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Bambina
Maude Delmont
Arbuckie
Hall of Justice
Medford
Mass
Ley
Haines
Fatty Arbuckle
Virginia
Rappe
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