Today’s anniversaries mark bold steps in history
March 24 1744 Thaddeus Kosciuszko raised the standard of independence at Cracow as dictator of Poland. 1820 Senator George G Wright born in Bloomington Indiana died Des Moines Jan 9 1896. 1826 Matilda Gage born Cicero New York died Chicago March 18 1898. 1848 Kiel insurrection and provisional Schleswig Holstein separation from Denmark. 1862 William Jennings governor of Florida born Cent ralia Dr died St Augustine Fla Feb 27 1920. 1878 300 lives lost in the sinking of British training ship H M S Hercules near Ventnor. 1889 Chicago anarchists marked Paris Commune anniversary.
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Thaddeus Kosciusko
Cracow
Poland
George G. Wright
United States
Iowa
Bloomington
Ind
Des Moines
Matilda J. Gage
National Woman Suffrage Association
Cicero
N. Y
Chicago
Kiel
Schleswig and Holstein
Denmark
William S. Jennings
Florida
Centralia
St. Augustine
Pla
Ventnor
Crop wealth soars in lower Mississippi Valley states
A billion-dollar rise in crop production from 1910 to 1919 is attributed to reclamation of lowlands and diversified farming in Arkansas Mississippi and Tennessee. The Southern Alluvial Land Association cites levee building drainage and reduced cotton reliance as key factors with big hog shipments and shifting migration noted.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Lower
Mississippi Valley
Southern Alluvial Land Association
Arkansas
Mississippi
Tennessee
Memphis Association
Louisiana
Lower Valley
Victory Medal Proposed for Iron River Prohibition Clash
Iron River plans a bronze victory medal to honor veterans of the bloodless clash between federal Prohibition Agent Major A. V. Dalrymple and Prosecuting Attorney Martin S. McDonough. County commissioners, moved by a joking newspaperman, seek suitable designs from McDonough for the emblem.
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Iron River
Mich
Iron County
A. V. Dalrymple
Martin S. McDonough
McDonough
Idaho Commissioned in Camden One Year Ago Today
One year ago today on March 24 the U S super-dreadnought Idaho was placed in commission at Camden New Jersey Raoul Villain was placed on trial in Paris for the murder of Jean Leon Jaures the French Socialist leader
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U. S
Idaho
Camden
New Jersey
Raoul Villain
Paris
Jean Leon Jaures
Parish Guild Meeting and W M A Session Advised
Social calendar notes a Parish Guild gathering with Mrs. M. W. Brennan at 3 30 PM on Wednesday. A general W M A meeting of the Baptist Church is scheduled at 8 PM Thursday at the church.
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M. W. Brennan
W. M. A. of the Baptist Church
Beyond My Window by John Drinkwater and local notices
A mixed local page notes poetry by John Drinkwater titled Beyond My Window and records social visits across Kennedy Texas to Tyler and New Orleans. It lists attendees of church and club meetings the Sunbeam Band, Tuesday Music and Literary Club, and Junior Auxiliary at the Rectory, detailing activities and members.
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Mr. Cook
Helen McDonald
Janie Mary Ward
Jethel Poster
Eugenia Copeland
Teresa Fasnacht
Elizabeth
Charline Nye
Kathleen Aldridge
Mary Cook
Marjorie Fish
Nellie Ward
Joe
John Robert Fasnacht
Jamie Ward
Miles Nye
George Kehl
Horace Kehl
Woody Bunn
Edward Shabady
Jack Denike
Ralph Cook
Freddie Werner
New York Yankees boast best team yet in history
The New York Yankees appear to have the best squad they ever fielded, possibly stronger than the era when the Yanks first joined the American League. The lineup is described as a very solid, well balanced unit.
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New York Yankees
Yanks
No Sign Of Set Up In Shipbuilding After Ban Lift
Philadelphia reports no sign of a set up in American shipbuilding since the ban on orders from private concerns was lifted. Naval architect EH H Rigg of New York Shipbuilding Corp says vessels totaling about 1 250 000 tons have been ordered, but normal merchant tonnage will take 18 months to two years to return. He notes American ships are largely oil burners giving crew cost advantages over British ships with fewer oil capable vessels.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
EH. H. Rigg
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Mr. Rigg
Engineers’ Club
Rigg
Dinosaur moves out of Field Museum in Chicago
A herbivorous dinosaur along with a herd of peccaries and a zebra were ferried by car down Michigan avenue as the Field Museum relocated its 80 foot five ton skeleton to a new Grant park building. Reassembly will take three months. the fossil dates from the Magdalenian paleolithic era.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Michigan Boulevard
Field Museum
Grant Park
BE. S. Riggs
Middle West
Wilde to meet Canadian champion at Windsor Armories
Detroit March 24. Army and Navy Veterans of Canada seek to stage a bout at Windsor Armories late this month or early April between Jimmy Wilde the English flyweight champion and Bad News Eber Canadian bantamweight title holder. A $6,500 guarantee was offered Wilde.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Army and Navy Veterans of Canada
Windsor Armories
Jimmy Wilde
Eber
Wilde
Their War Record in Galveston Promise Honored Losses and Valor
In Galveston on March 4, women led by Mrs. C. L. Bercow began compiling local war records. City and county authorities and ex soldiers’ organizations assist to create an authentic history of Galveston youths’ participation in World War I. Mayor H. C. Sappington endorsed the project, stressing home efforts should be preserved for future generations.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Texas
C. L. Bercow
H. C. Sappington
Pirates Field Eleven Pitchers Including Notable Tryouts
Baseball notes state manager George Gibson has eleven pitchers in the Pirates camp. Edder Gill, formerly with Holy Cross champions, is trying out with Washington. Joe Mulennan from Woburn High School is impressing as a top pitcher with Joe Tinker's Columbus club.
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George Gibson
Pittsburgh Pirates
Edder Gill
Holy Cross
Washington
Joe Mulennan
Woburn
Mass
Joe Tinker
Columbus
El Paso Lumber Executive Aboard on Brief City Visit
Justin C. White secretary treasurer of P. C. Thede Lumber Co. of El Paso is in the city on a short business trip and staying as a guest at the Bender.
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Justin C. White
P. C. Thede Lumber Co
el Paso
Timely Suggestion On Cough Remedy Use
A timely suggestion promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as pleasant to take and effective for relief from coughs and colds. The remedy has a wide reputation for curing coughs and colds.
Johnson to stump New York in GOP delegate push
New York March 24 Senator Hiram Johnson of California arrives in New York to advocate for primary delegates. He opens with a Cooper Union speech, follows with a Brooklyn appearance, and plans further talks across major upstate cities. His backers slate delegates in twelve New York congressional districts and designate William M Bennett to contest a place among the Big Four at large delegates named by Republican leaders at the last unofficial state convention.
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New York
Hiram Johinson
California
Cooper Union
Brooklyn
Johnson
William M. Bennett
Books for blind aid expands in Texas
The State Library in Austin reports about 100 New York point books available for loan to any Texas resident who cannot read ordinary print. An estimated 3,500 to 4,000 Texans are blind or visually impaired. The collection includes poetry fiction essays history and technical works, with only postage to cover mail, as embossed type books receive free passage under postal law.
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Austin
Tex
State Library
New York Point
Texas
Texas School For the Blind
New Cincinnati Coach Bailey Named Assistant Football Aide
Russell Bailey famed All American center of 1917 and 1919 second choice will serve as an assistant football coach at the University of Cincinnati next fall. A West Virginia graduate, he was regarded as among the East’s best for four years, playing tackle one year and center the remaining three for the Mountaineers.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Russell Bailey
University of Cincinnati
Bailey
West Virginia University
Mountaineers
Navy Official Joins In Criticism of War Policies
Washington March 24 Captain Harris Lanning assistant chief of the bureau of navigation testified before the senate investigating committee that chaos reigned in the navy department after war was declared. He said no clear plan existed following disapproval of the bureau of operations plan and blamed the secretary of the navy for hindering policy approval. He warned the fleet could not be coordinated for war and the eet was unready at the outbreak.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy Department
Harris Lanning
Bureau of Navigation
Senate
Bureau of Operations
Secretary of the Navy
Department
Eet
Wood Leads in South Dakota Republican Returns
Sioux Falls reports in the March preferential Republican primary show Wood with 1998 votes, Lowden 17350, and Johnson 15985 across 651 of 1740 precincts. The tallies include the state’s principal cities.
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Associated Press
Sioux Falls
S. D
Wood
Lowden
Hiram Johnson
Miners and Operators Plan New Central Field Pact Meeting
Washington March 24 The chief of the miners telegraphed the operators proposing that the joint scale committee of operators and miners in the central competitive bituminous coal field meet Monday at New York to draft a new agreement.
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Associated Press
Washington
New York
Representative Browning Dies in Capitol Barber Shop
Washington March 24 Representative Browning of Camden New Jersey collapsed and died in a barber shop inside the Capitol today. The sudden death stunned lawmakers and staff who were nearby as authorities began a routine investigation into his passing.
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Associated Press
Washington
Browning
Camden
N. J
Capitol
Convicts Still Free After Ferguson State Farm Outbreak
Huntsville Texas March 24 Only two of the 250 convicts who overpowered guards at the Ferguson state farm Tuesday remain at liberty. The cause of the outbreak is undetermined and reports that two inmates were killed are not confirmed as official.
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Associated Press
Huntsville
Texas
Ferguson State Farm
Liberty
Hard to Beat Texas in Ten Inning Tie With Aces
Texas University fans saw the Longhorns and Sam Antonio Aces play to a ten inning 11 hit effort with Texas winning two home runs. Falk heads to Chicago White Sox after season and Hart captain had two singles. The intercollegiate season opens in Texas with two games on March 22.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Texas University
Sam Antonio Aces
Longhorn
Longhorns
Barry
Gillett
Falk
Chicago White Sox
Hart
Sox
Westphalia unrest and Wesel clash reported
Paris reports say conditions in Westphalia are unchanged and the proletarian council will not be proclaimed while miners growl against government forces. A labor leader says miners are ready for the Entente to disarm them but would rather die than surrender. Wesel reports six thousand government troops and armed countrymen clash with about 15 000 Communists near the town. sixty two killed and over a hundred wounded.
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Wesel
Associated Press
Paris
Westphalia
Here
New German Cabinet Forming Amid Stalled City Services
Copenhagen dispatch says a new German cabinet is imminent with independent socialists likely to secure key portfolios. Gas water electricity and tramways remain idle as independents adopt a waiting stance in protest of what they call soft measures toward traitors, while Spartacans are held in place.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Bolsheviki repulsed near Bobruisk in fierce fighting
Warsaw reports that Bolshevik forces attacked the Polish front near Bobruisk but were driven out after violent hand to hand combat. Villages changed hands as Polish defenders held firm and repulsed the assault.
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Warsaw
Bobruisk
Anti-Bolshevik troops suffer massive frost deaths in Russia
A Soviet statement reports that more than 16,000 anti-Bolshevik soldiers died from freezing on the plains of southeastern Russia in the western Asiatic provinces.
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London
Russia
Arrest of Ali Said Pasha in Constantinople
In Constantinople on March 24 Ali Said Pasha the military governor was arrested by British forces.
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Ali Said Pasha
Constantinople
United States to reiterate stance on Turkish capital in Europe
Washington reports the United States will reiterate in a note to the allied supreme council that there is no sound reason for keeping the Turkish capital in Europe and that the Turks should be expelled from Europe. The note will be sent soon.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Europe
Allied Supreme Council
Medals for Bravery Awarded in Chimney Rescue
Sheffield March 24 three men received the Edward Medal for bravery after aiding an unconscious steeplejack at the top of a 150 foot chimney. Whelp ton Naylor and Ball ascended the ladder, reached the crown, and applied artificial respiration for twenty minutes before lowering him to ground using a canvas sling raised by rope.
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Associated Press
Sheffield
Eng
Whelpton
Naylor
Ball
Maine Republican Convention Opens in Bengar Me
The advance guard of delegates arrives in Bengar Me for the Republican State convention to nominate presidential electors and pick four Maine delegates at large to the national convention. Congressman Ira G. Hersey will call the gathering to order and deliver the keynote address.
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Bengar
Republian
Maine
Ira G. Hersey
First German Ship Reaches Galveston Harbor
The tramp steamer Marie from Hamburg arrived in Galveston, flown by German colors and crewed entirely by Germans. It is the first to enter the harbor in over three years. No crew members disembarked. The ship loads relief food, cotton, and agricultural machinery for Germany.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Texas
Marie
Ocean Line
Teutons
Hamburg
Germany
LW. W. Effort to enlist ex service men for Legion aid
Washington March 24 The failure of government aid to former service men led the Industrial Workers of the World to stop attempts to recruit them for that group J E Holden state adjutant general of the American Legion told the house Ways and means committee He said the I W W sought to undermine the American Legion and many intelligent ex soldiers were being drawn into the organization
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Associated Press
Washington
Industrial Workers of the World
J E. Holden
American Legion
House
Ways and Means Committee
Spring Drouth Broken By Showers In Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas March 24 The spring drouth was broken with showers in this section today Wheat and oats that had begun to suffer will benefit from the rain and warmer weather Officials declare the area will recover from the dry spell.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Hoke Smith Plans Presidential Nominating Bid
Atlanta March 24 Associated Press Senator Hoke Smith will file as a candidate in Georgia’s Democratic presidential nomination race. He intends to announce his platform within days.
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Atlanta
Hoke Smith
Georgia
McGregor says Texas women could vote without poll tax
Former State Senator T. M. McGregor states that if the thirty sixth state ratifies the woman suffrage amendment Texas women will be allowed to vote without the poll tax payment.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
T. M. McGregor
Man survives 80 foot fall at Calwell plant
Jim Williams of Wichita stock builder and steeplejack fell eighty feet from a smokestack at the Calwell electric light plant. He landed in mud after striking a broken guy wire, but escaped injury and returned to work within minutes.
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Associated Press
Calwell
Kas
Jim Williams
Wichita
Williams
New Steamship Line To Galveston Ghent and Antwerp
Bel gium rapidly is regaining her rightful place among the industrial nations. L A Gaeremynck of Ghent export company says a Lloyd Royal Belge steamship line will begin sailings soon from Galveston to Ghent and Antwerp via New Orleans.
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Galveston
Texas
Belgium
L. A. Gaeremynck
Ghent
Lloyd Royal Belge Company
Antwerp
New Orleans
Gaeremynck
School Truck Gardens in Chicago Reach 125000 Children
Chicago estimates 125000 school children will have truck gardens this year with vegetables worth over a million dollars. Dudley Grant Hayes, head of extension work, seeks special credits for garden work and paid instructors. Last year 90000 child gardeners. A single school's pupils earned over 2000 from a 297 investment.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Dudley Grant Hayes
Hayes
New York City
Southwestern Library Trustees Conference Held in Dallas
Texas Governor invites governors of Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma to send delegates to the Southwestern Conference of Library Trustees in Dallas on March 25. Trustees from four states will attend to discuss enlarged library programs.
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Austin
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Southwestern Conference of Library Trustees
Dallas
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