Four Lines of State Industrial Program in North Dakota
North Dakota advances four main lines of activity under the nonpartisan league led industrial program. The state runs public mills and elevators and a state bank, with a home building association under development. A Drake flour mill and a Grand Forks complex will serve the 1921 wheat crop, aiming to later handle livestock and other farm products within the state.
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League
Industrial Commission of
Drake
Grand Forks
H. E. More
Nonpartisan League
Home Building Association
More
High Point Faces Winter Weather After Christmas Warmth
After a Christmas period of favorable weather High Point received rain and sleet last night and today. Rain began at 4 pm and by 9 pm the ground iced over. Sleet continued into the night as residents ventured out reluctantly. Early morning rain thawed much of the ice and the day proved among the coldest of the winter.
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High Point
Clean up then you’ll be paid says Fort Peck official
Maj. EK D Mossman, Fort Peck Indian agency superintendent, announced $156000 to be distributed to Indian wards at $80 per capita. He warned that payment would be held up until towns on the reservation pledged to curb gambling and alcohol after disbursement, urging towns to clean up to receive funds.
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Helena
Mont
Maj
Ek.” D. Mossman
Fort Peck Indian Agency
Mossman
Capital Shakeups In Washington Tied To Supreme Court and Treasury
Washington reports shake ups as Secretary of the Treasury Houston and Comptroller Williams clash over policy. Williams may resign amid calls from allies to denounce Treasury policies. Justice McKenna plans to resign, paving the way for Chief Justice White. The expected replacements are Taft and Hughes with ongoing debate over who becomes chief justice.
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Washington
Toady
Influenza Strikes Small St. Kilda Island Settlement
St. Kilda, a lonely island with about 80 residents, endures an influenza outbreak affecting the tight knit community and challenging local health measures.
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St. Kilda
Lonely Island
Auto accidents flood Greensboro road in rainstorm
More than a dozen accidents occurred on the Greensboro road during a rain and sleet storm yesterday afternoon and last night. An Overland driven by Mr. Benson with four men left the pavement and rolled three times into a 15 foot embankment. no injuries. An unknown white man in a Forg ran off into a broken field damaging an axle and fender. Several other cars skidded off the road with minor damage.
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Greensboro
Benson
Jamestown
Othello Hurry to Catch Last Train Sparks Stage Sway
The national theater performance of Othello featured Desdemona actress Emily Markus living near the city rushing to catch the last train. In a dramatic bedchamber scene Othello silenced Desdemona as the audience watched the Moor’s fury. Markus whispered to him to strangle quickly to avoid missing the last train and the Moor complied.
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Othello
Desdemona
National Theater
Emily Markus
Sarah
Miss Markus
Sight seeing buses chart new route past Wilson home
Washington observers note bus tours will reroute to pass the home of Woodrow Wilson. The former president will be in a rear library and study on the second floor with a southeast view over downtown, while visitors glimpse his residence in Sheridan Circle.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Massachusetts-are- Sheridan Circle
New Truck Line at Greenville Inaugurated Next Month
The chamber of commerce ship by truck committee today announced a new Greenville Laurens line to begin in January under W. D. Workman. Freight between Greenville Laurens and intermediate points will be transported. The group seeks to attract additional lines to nearby towns and cities.
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Greenville
Chamber of Commerce
Laurens
W. D. Workman
Marriage Licenses Boom In Greenville County
Greenville county judges issued 120 marriage licenses this month with 70 in the past week. Clergy anticipate a record rush this coming week as the holiday season approaches and ministers expect a busy time on the joyous day.
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Greenville
Greenville County
Red Cross to Play Santa for Polish Orphans
Sixty thousand hospital and orphan inmates in Poland will receive Christmas gifts from the American Red Cross. Captain H. H. Hall of Pittsburgh will direct distributions as chief of Red Cross stores in Warsaw. Warsaw hosts 55,000 orphans and over 16,000 sick or wounded in hospitals. Lemberg Cracow and other centers will be overlooked.
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Red Cross
Warsaw
Poland
American Red Cross
Santa Claus
H.H. Hall
Pittsburgh
Lemberg
Cracow
Postponement of March Tax Payments Claimed by Republicans
Washington December 24 officials report Republicans plan to delay federal tax payments due March 15 to June 15 as part of an emergency tax program. Congressional leaders aim to push the measure at a so called psychological moment.
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Congress
Southern Baptists warn Europe faces new war risk
Dr E Y Mullins warns that without US intervention Europe could see a large scale war soon. He notes volatility in Austria Hungary and Russia’s possible moves while urging moral support and resources for postwar recovery. The Southern Baptists expand missions across Europe amid a 75 million dollar campaign.
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Louisville
United States
Europe
E. Y .Mullins
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Southern Baptist Convention
J .B. Gambrell
Baptists of
Austria
Hungary
Versailles
Mullins
Russia
Shropetis bArgit
Sonktries
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Southern Baptists
Spain
Jugo-Slavia
Roumania
Ukrane
Ukraine
Italy
Drs. Gambrell and Mullins
Peasants Seek Title Under Latvia Land Policy
In Libau Latvia many peasants mistrust government promises to parcel estates to landless villagers. They fear losing land to old owners without a deed or blue paper and seek title, while lacking animals seed and machinery to cultivate allotted plots. Some ask former owners to return as managers to restore old estate systems.
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Libau
Latvia
Prices Still On Toboggan Prices Still On Toboggan
Prices are crashing in the United States faster than elsewhere as authorities foresee a rebound in a month or six weeks. Wholesale prices have fallen about 35 percent since February 1, with retail down half as much.
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United States
United States Chamber of Commerce
Bradstreet's
Sioe
Golf Players to Buy Higher Clubs As Prices Rise
Boston December reports that pro golfers forecast higher prices for golf sticks next season due to increased material costs and scarce hickory. Shafts and heads have risen about 80 cents, with consumer costs likely up from last year. Dr. Kendall studies Amazon wood substitutes, testing club shafts from various woods.
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Boston
Mass
W. G. Kendall
Amazon
A. Hamilton Rice
Kendall
South America
Betha-Berra
Kendal
Texas
New York State
Poland Grants Entry to 2000 Russian Refugees
Warsaw reports the Polish government, after a telegram from General Wrangel, has admitted 2000 peasant refugees from territories once under Wrangel into Poland. They are mainly wives and children of Wrangel's soldiers and face severe hardship. Authorities foresee more appeals as central Russia refugees migrate toward the Black Sea coast amid winter hunger fears.
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Warsaw
American
Red Cross
General Wrangel
Poland
Russia
Black Sea
Kostroma
Rjasan
Kaluga
Man Arrested for 6000 Cigarettes Theft in Greenville
Greenville December 24. George Amick aged 19 was jailed by Sheriff Willis for allegedly obtaining 6000 cigaretts from a local wholesale firm by posing as an employee of a customer. Amick reportedly confessed. A second wholesaler later claimed 19000 cigaretts were taken similarly and identified Amick when confronted.
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Greenville
George Amick
Willis
Amick
Amik
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