Riots, fires, and crimes sweep across cities in week’s turmoil
A Denver tram strike sparked deadly riots injuring many and killing two. West Frankfort and Wichita incidents claimed lives amid mob violence and a banker's shooting. A night plane crash killed Lieut. Olmer Locklear and co pilot Milton Elliott. Other items report forest fires in Montana and aviation, labor, and military cost news from 1920 era.
Multiple World War I era events and incidents reported near Prague and beyond
Twenty one killed and twelve injured in a menitions factory explosion near Prague. Armistice talks between Poles and Bolshevists break off with Polish delegates returning to Warsaw. Spanish livestock breeders oppose Argentine and Australian cold storage meat imports. Soviet Russia advances toward Teheran after thrust into southwestern Asia. Count Salvetieri wounded in Valencia in an assassination attempt. sister in law killed and wife hurt. A bomb targets their carriage. Britain movilizes for possible intervention in Poland. Lower California blockaded. ports closed per Mexican envoy. Fighting continues between Armenia and Azerbaidjan with Armenian gains in Chapur and Gueroussi. Nouri Pasha gathers bands to aid Armenians. Samuel Fein, 16, heroically saves eight in Brownsville blaze. Poland opens first postwar railroad line Warsaw to Poznan. Italy-Albania agreement over Valona signed at Durazzo. Italy cedes Cape Linguetta and Cape Theforti but keeps Sasseno. Louis F Gross Jr. reports shooting his father in Fairview and is arrested after calling police. Kentucky wool pool stored in warehouses ahead of favorable market. West Frankfort resumes normal life as Italians leave. National postmasters convention set for Cincinnati September 8-11 replacing tri-state meetings.
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Salvetieri
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Great Britain
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Iglesias Calderon
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Azerbaidjan
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Nouri Pasha
Enver Pasha
Chaous
Brownsville
Samuel Fein
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Valona
Durazzo
Italy
Cape Linguetta
Cape Theforti
Farm crop forecasts show record corn and rising yields
The Department of Agriculture on Aug 1 predicted a 3 000 000 000 bushel corn crop, matching records from 1912 and 1917. Wheat and potato forecasts shift with July conditions, while tobacco may exceed 1918 marks. totals include 705 000 000 bushels of wheat and 1 544 000 000 pounds of tobacco across the season.
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Child's Feet Severed by Scythe in Oregon Farm
Fred Lockwood, a North Fork Lane county rancher, accidentally severed both feet of his 3-year-old daughter while cutting hay. The child, who had hidden in tall grass, was struck just as the scythe swung. A Florence surgeon treated her injuries and she is reported to be recovering.
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Ore
Fred Lockwood
North Fork
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Entente Protests German Interference With Train Routes
Paris report says entente delivered a note to Germany protesting interference with entente trains en route to upper Silesia. Berlin reports the note claims such actions violate the treaty.
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Entente
Germany
Upper Silesia
Berlin
Nervous Spells and Heart Strain Relief Claim
Lay, Maryland resident Mr. C B Loats reports rapid relief from nervous spells and heart pressure after using Eatonic. He claims one box cured symptoms that worsened with four specialists and urges others to try Eatonic, promising a money back offer if not pleased.
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Lay, Md
Eatonic
Boz
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