Strike In Britain A Serious Problem
London reports a grave railway strike as negotiations collapse. National Union of Railwaymen general secretary James Henry Thomas says government offers are unchanged from September 26 and mediation continues by other unions while railway workers halt actions. Government emergency powers close Regent's Park for market distribution.
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London
James Henry Thomas
National Union of Railwayment
Mr. Thomas
Regent's Park
Poison sales to Archangel women alarm officer
A United States officer arriving from Northern Russia reports chemist shops in Archangel openly sell poison to young women. They say they will use it to kill themselves rather than fall to Bolsheviks, while most anti Bolshevik residents refuse to leave despite deportations by Entente powers.
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Paris
Archangel
United States
Russia
Count Max Lynar Louden Former German Agent Sentenced
New York reports Count Max Lynar Louden a former German agent who plotted to kidnap President Wilson and invade Canada with 150000 German reservists was sentenced to three years in Sing Sing for attempted forgery. He had previously spent time in prison since April 1916 serving an indeterminate sentence for bigamy.
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New York
Max Lynar Louden
Wilson
Canada
Sing Sing
British Fleet Lands Troops in Odessa Occupying City
Advices received at Budapest report British naval forces have landed in the Black Sea port of Odessa and occupied the city, signaling a significant escalation in the conflict.
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Vienna
Black Sea
Odessa
Budapest
Notables Marked For Assassination Linked to German Agents
Former German official Wilhelm von Brincken testified to Commissioner Henry M. White that agents of the German government marked notable figures for assassination. The targets included Charles M. Schwab Sir Cecil Spring-Rice and British officials. transcript delivered to Henry M. Owens. Von Brincken serves a two year term for involvement in the Hindu conspiracy case at McNeil's Island.
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San Francisco
Cal
Charles M. Schwab
Cecil Spring-Rice
United States
Lord Fisher
Lord Kitchener
Enzenada
Mexico
Wilhelm von Brincken
Henry M. White
Seattle
Washington
Henry M. Owens
von Brincken
McNeil's Island
D Annunzio Aids Regulars in Rome Front Discusses Armistice Line
Rome reports orders closing the Jugoslav frontier prompt the Abbassia based chief of staff to meet Captain d Annunzio s chief of staff. Volunteers may hold the armistice line as Epoca notes close collaboration with regulars. Fiume blockade worsens with mail often halted at the frontier. Food suffices for three months for Fiume residents.
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Rome
Abbassia
d’Annunzio
Epoca
Fiume
Milk Price Rise Approved by Board of Commerce Toronto
Under the Board of Commerce order the price of milk increases in Toronto. Consumers get 13 tickets for $1 instead of 15, lifting the price by a cent per pint. The board allowed farmers a 45 cent can increase, with 6,000 cans daily consumption, boosting farmer income by $2,700 daily or about $985,000 yearly.
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Toronto
Board of Commerce
Admiral Kolchak voices call for national unity in Russia
Amid decree ordering Zemstvo congress convening Admiral Kolchak head of the all Russian government appeals to the population to drop party strife and unite around the government.
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Omsk
Zemstov
Admiral Kolchak
Customs receipts rise in Ottawa six month period
Ottawa customs receipts for the first half of the fiscal year ending September 30 totalled 82,269,212 dollars, up 256,323 dollars from the prior year. September receipts were 14,833,240 dollars, 2,756,729 dollars higher than September 1918.
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Ottawa
Huge Stocks Held In Cold Storage In Manitoba
Manitoba cold storage warehouses hold 1,367,000 pounds of butter and 1,110,000 dozen eggs, with William Davies Company listing 367,878 pounds of butter and 30,000 barrels of pickled pork plus 500,000 plus pounds of frozen beef. Arthur Lobb appears among filers with 13,500 pounds. Officials expect a total beef tally around 3,000,000 pounds.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Cold Storage Company
William Davies Company
Manitoba
Board of Commerce
Gordon W. Shants
John MacPherson
William Davies
Arthur Lobb
M.la
Rockwood
Gordon, Tronside and
Fares
Clothing Is Next On Price List
A Toronto Board of Commerce sitting, led by Judge Robson with W F O Connor and F A Acland as commissioners, will probe the retail end of high clothing prices. Retailers testify as costs flow back to manufacturers to explain the textiles price spread. The session also signals the big five packers will contest the wholesale pork price order.
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Toronto
Board of Commerce
Judge Robson
W. F. O'Connor
F. A. Acland
Lignite Briquets Feasibility Confirmed for Winnipeg Area
The lignite utilisation commission reports the final problem solved in briquet manufacture in southeastern Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba. Ottawa shown briquet plant ready to produce on a paying basis with sale price near 10 dollars per ton in fall 1920. Financing from federal and provincial governments.
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Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
T. H. Johnson
Johnson
Ottawa
Plebiscite in Luxembourg Shows Bias for Grand Duchess and French Alliance
On the first days of counting votes in Luxembourg, backers of Grand Duchess Charlotte and a French economic alliance led. In 14 000 ballots counted, 11 132 favored the duchess and 2 868 the republic, while 10 071 backed France and 3 130 Belgium. About 80 000 votes cast, with 40 000 abstentions including the Socialists who ordered abstention. The Socialists claim nearly one fifth of the electorate.
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Luxembourg
Charlotte
France
Belgium
Grand Duchy
Republic
Mauna Lao Lava Flows to Sea Destroys Homes in Hawaii
A lava stream 800 feet to one mile wide and 30 miles long poured from Mauna Lao toward the sea in Hilo. The eruption, which began four days ago, overtopped the crater and reached the ocean hours earlier than expected. Two ranch houses and other property were destroyed by molten rock on the island.
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Hilo
Hawaii
City
Northwest Mounted Police to Become Royal Canadian Mounted Police
In Ottawa the Northwest Mounted Police bill proposes amalgamating with the Dominion police to form a single federal force. The name will change to Royal Canadian Mounted P.
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Ottawa
Northwest Mounted Police
Rowell
Dominion Police
Royal Canadian Mounted P
Rumanians Seize German Plane at Hotin
Romanian troops seized a German biplane in Hotin Bessarabia carrying 300 million paper rubles and a printing press. The craft with four German officers was forced to land due to a gasoline leak en route to Moscow.
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Geneva
Hotin
Bessarabia
Berne
Moscow
Russian General Must Apologize
Maj. Gen. Graves demands an apology from General Rozanoff for the arrest of U S officers Captain Johns and Corporal Specer ling and the flogging of Specer ling by Cossacks under General Kalminkoff. A Japanese inquiry into a Japanese officer at Iman is also begun. The September 5 incident among Siberia operations is labeled highly serious.
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Siberia
May Flame Into War in Europe as Italy Dissolves Parliament
Adriatic tensions rise after Italy dissolves parliament and schedules November 16 elections. Paris concerns mount over potential Balkan involvement and a clash between war and peace factions led by d Annunzio. A single accidental death of a Jugo-Slav could spark broader conflict.
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Paris
Adriatic
Rome
Supreme Council
Balkans
d'Annunzio
Fiume
d’Annunzio
San Francisco Bay Area Labor Tie Up Deepens
About 60,000 workers across San Francisco Oakland and Alameda face industrial disturbances crippling the Bay Area economy. Oakland Alameda shipyard and iron trades workers led a wage strike demanding eight cents more per hour, with 25 000 in Oakland Alameda and 30 000 in San Francisco out. Union officials declare shipyard ties complete while no comment comes from the California Metal Trades Association.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Alameda
San Francisco Bay District
The
California Metal Trades Association
Destructive Fire Ravages Sunbury County Lumber Yard
A vast blaze in St John New Brunswick near Oromocto nearly wiped out Sunbury County’s River Valley lumber company complex. The fire destroyed the saw mill offices yards and about 4 million feet of lumber along with five stores and several homes. Lumber company losses reached 200000 while total property loss exceeds 500000.
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St. John
N.B
Oromocto
Sunbury County
River Valley
Good Roads Plan Expands 277 Miles Of Manitoba Roads
The Good Roads Board approves 277 miles of road construction in Winonipeg at an estimated cost of 676000 dollars. This increases total mileage to 3758 miles with about 219000 dollars borne by the province and municipalities.
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Good Roads
Winonipeg
Good Roads Board
Floods Swamp Spanish Villages in Valencia Province
Inundation hits Carcagencante and Lima villages in Valencia. Damage reported heavy as floods sweep through the area causing substantial disruption and property impact.
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Madrid
Carcagencante
Lima
Valencia
Adriatic Question Clears Build For World Exposition In Paris
A French financial firm backs a $20 million Quai de Passy project to construct a permanent world exposition on the Seine for producers and buyers worldwide. Twelve and a half acres are secured, with a frontage of 845 feet and a 2.5 million square foot floor area. The plan aims to promote allied nation trade and keep peace principles intact amidst Adriatic dispute pressures.
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Paris
Seine
Quai de Passy
Washington
Italy
Fiume
d'Annunzio
Supreme Council
Romania
Hungary
Greece
Turkey
Germany
Russia
Council
Adriatic
Europe
United States
Bela Kun Transferred From Heidelmuhl Amid Protests
Bela Kun, detained by Austria at Heidelmuhl near Raab, was moved after peasant protests in neighboring villages and official Vienna representations. The secret transfer avoids further disturbances and keeps the new location undisclosed.
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Milan
Bela Kun
Heidelmuhl
Raab
Austrian Peasants’ League
Vienna
Sugar Card Ration Seen As Way To Ease Calgary Shortage
A Calgary dealer backs Britain’s sugar card plan as the only sure method to distribute limited sugar. Wholesalers report some shipments. the city’s sugar probe closes October 2 and will shift to other business topics.
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Calgary
Britain
Omaha Woman Attacked by Negro Near Home in Black Belt
Mrs W G Wismer, a white resident, was assaulted by a black man behind her Omaha residence. The assailant fled. The Wismer home lies in the city’s black belt, an area placed under military authority led by Major General Leonard Wood.
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Omaha
W. G. Wismer
Wismer
Leonard Wood
Wooden Hindenburg Monument to be Demolished
The great wooden von Hindenburg statue will be removed, as reported by Vossische Zeitung. It had during the war been studded with nails representing money donated by the populace.
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Berlin
von Hindenburg
Vossische Zeitung
Strike Levels Social Distinction In England
The railroad strike bridged social lines as elites joined patriotic tasks. A duke drove a motor lorry and an earl rode as chauffeur in a convoy from Billingsgate. The sixth Earl of Port Arlington helped unload perishables while Frederick Henry Smith, heir to Baron Colwyn, served as fireman on a Liverpool to London express.
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London
England
Billingsgate
Earl
Port Arlington
Frederick Henry Smith
Baron Colwyn
Hudson Bay railway at Port Nelson decaying
Captain R. H. Taylor of the mounted police patrol boat reports that the Hudsons Bay railway terminals at Port Nelson are deteriorating with roadbed from Mile 214 collapsing and telegraph poles down. Terminal shops are rusting and decaying.
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Hudson’s Bay Railway
Port Nelson
R. H. Taylor
Mounted Police
Bay
Mile 214
Women Struggle With Appreciation For A Gentlemen's Art
The remark notes that some women fail to appreciate a gentleman in any stage of the interaction, highlighting social expectations and gender dynamics.
Labor Troubles Sparked by Bolshevists Across Nations
Montreal Herald cites a Liverpool returnee claiming Canadian bacon surplus in England was sold to soapmakers with Lever Brothers melting 500 pound cases into soap. The report notes prices and that bacon went to soap factories while warning of Germany’s resurging power if Bolshevik influence continues in Russia.
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England
Montreal
The
Herald
Liverpool
Lever Bros
St. Lewis
Germany
Russia
David K. Francis
American Bankers’ Association
United States
League of Nations
Brest-Litovsk
Lenine
Trotsky
World
Europe
Hunger Comes To Those Who Sit And Wait
A compact proverb-like note warning that idleness invites deprivation, urging action rather than reliance on luck or chance. It frames hunger as a consequence of patient waiting and encourages proactive effort.
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Kolchak
Grand Duchess
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Wooden Man
H.B. Railway
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