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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1920
Page
4
Kingsport Bonds Sell At 89 Amid High Rates
Kingsport 20 year six per cent primary school bonds sold for 89 despite high money rates. The issue attracted many inquiries and compared unfavorably to corporate and government bonds, yet officials believe the school gains justify this price. The article notes Pennsylvnia Railroad and Victory bonds as higher yield benchmarks and emphasizes Kingsport remains a growing but new town needing investment.
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Kingsport
Kingaport
Pennsylvania Railroad
Victory
United States
Bond sales by towns directly to farmers urged
A suggestion argues cities can bypass banks and sell bonds directly to farmers in their communities. It notes farmers hold time deposits yielding four percent and seek safe, liquid investments. Municipal bonds offering six percent could appeal, especially for Kingsport street bonds secured by eight million dollars in city assessments and taxpayer property.
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Kingsport
Kingsport Farmers Strengthen Ties for Future Growth
Local farmers in Kingsport affirm confidence in the town’s power and prospects, stressing unity and readiness to invest in the area’s agricultural and economic future.
Homesick note from a deported anarchist in New York Sun Herald
The New York Sun Herald notes Emma Goldman’s critique of Bolshevik Russia as rotten and argues she prefers American individual capitalism. It contrasts anarchist behavior in the US with Petrograd’s brutal treatment, suggesting Goldman and her crew fear harsher punishment if they acted in Russia. The piece labels them homesick and cautious under a repressive regime.
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Petrograd
Paris
The
United
Emma Goldman
Russia
America
Emma
New York Sun-Herald
Roberts Will Call Special Session
Washington reports President Wilson urged Governor Roberts of Tennessee by telegram to convene a special Tennessee legislature session to consider the federal suffrage amendment. He cites the Ohio case and Tennessee’s constitutional provision restricting action to elections where the amendment was an issue.
Subsidizing Silver Again Sparks Debate Over Pittman Act
The United States treasury began buying silver anew under the Pittman act, reversing Cleveland era policy and lifting both domestic and foreign silver markets. The piece notes critics claim patriotism motives mask gains for silver mine owners and reflects on wartime politics and constitutional questions.
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United States
Cleveland
Treasury
Congress
Mint
Pittman
New York World
Governor Robertson Calls Special Session on Federal Suffrage Amendment
Governor Roberts announced a special Tennessee legislature session to act on the federal suffrage amendment so women may vote in November. He noted President Wilson’s telegram urging action and said the issue is a federal matter not a state question, with Attorney General Frank M. Thompson handling it with the federal justice department. The telegram was addressed to Nashville and had not yet been formally received by the governor.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Roberts
Tennessee
Wilson
Frank M. Thompson
Federal Department of Justice
Nashville
Major Moses Delivers Commandments At Camp
A rookie at a Western camp endures constant joking until a tall figure steps from the dark. The guard challenge yields the reply Major Moses followed by the jest of advancing and giving the Ten Commandments. The anecdote appears in the American Legion Weekly.
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Moses
Mose
American Legion Weekly
Michigan School Proposal Attacked as Bolshevism
Detroit June 24 Bird S Coler commissioner of public welfare of New York City attacked a proposed Michigan constitution amendment mandating 6 to 16 year olds attend only public schools. He called the measure Bolshevism and linked compulsory education to socialist aims. He spoke at the Detroit Diocesan Union of the Holy Name Society.
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Detroit
Coler
Southern church asks dean to send one day of pay
A London newspaper cites a Southern church honor gesture to its pastor. The congregation writes that they enclose all they can raise and ask for one day’s pay now, hoping to raise the rest later, reflecting viewer contrasts with American practice.
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London
Boston Transcript
Boycott Against Hungary Begins Across Vienna and Regions
Vienna reports the executive committee of the International Trades Union has proclaimed a boycott of Hungary over alleged government persecution of Hungarian workers. Postal and telegraphic links with Hungary are nearly cut. Austrian workers started blockade actions last week. Dispatches say similar measures reached Yugoslavia and Poland.
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Vienna
Hungary
The
International Trades Union
Buapest
Jugo- Slavia
Poland
Ex-Moose Await Harding Overtures
Chicago dispatch notes Western Progressives sulking in tents awaiting Harding overtures. Senator Borah tours Illinois. Ickes recalls 1912 Roosevelt editorials. Progressives seek unity amid Harding Old Guard ties, while anger grows toward Walter Brown over premature G O P alignment. Perkins and Brown clash over convention leadership.
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Chicago
Harding
Senator Borah
Fairfield
Ill
Bolt
Harold L. Ickes
Bull Moose
Old Guard
Walter F. Brown
Ohio
G. O. P. Corral
George W. Perkins
Progressive Party
Brown
Wireless wedding sets record as groom far at sea
In Detroit on June 23 Miss Mabelle Ebert wed John R. Wakeman, a sailor aboard the cruiser Birmingham, while he was about 1 000 miles off the California coast. The service used wireless at mid Pacific to relay the vows to the ship. The Rev C E Mieras coordinated the ceremony with telegraph and the Detroit church audience. The bride awaits future reunion with her husband, location unknown.
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Detroit
Pacific Ocean
Mabelle Ebert
John R. Wakeman
Birmingham
California
Pacific Fleet
First Presbyterian Church
mid-Pacific
John Wakeman
Wakeman
Miss Ebert
C. E. Mieras
Gerat Lakes
Chicago
Pleated skirts in Paris top fashion says Good Housekeeping
The Paris fashion houses favor pleated skirts with varied styles from box to accordion pleats. Jenny and Lanvin present numerous pleated panels and decorated edges while Premet and Doculllet feature tailored or flounced designs.
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Helen Koues
Good Housekeeping
Modistes
Paris
Jenny
Lanvin
Wrangel urges closer relations with the United States
General Baron Wrangel, commander of the South Russian volunteer army, called for closer U S relations in Sebastopol. He praised the U S as a champion of democracy for intervening in the war and proposed American help for railways resource development and education. He envisions a decentralized future Russia and a land policy in Crimea with a self cultivating limit.
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Wrangel
U.S. Sebastopol
Russia
United States
Baron Wrangel
South Russian Volunteer Army
Finland
Poland
Crimea
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Michigan
MOOSE
Roosevelt
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Pacific
Broad Street
Chattanooga
Hamilton County
Western & Atlantic Railroad
Central of
Globe Tailoring Company
Cincinnati
Broad ST
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