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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1920
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text offers few clear facts or names. The readable parts hint at a local-item brief with scattered letters and partial words, insufficient to identify event, people, or place. The item remains incomplete and cannot be fully determined.
Review of 1920, noting the United States at peace despite the Senate's failure to ratify the Paris peace treaty. The article observes recovery from World War I, lingering territorial disputes, budding tensions in Eastern Europe, and steady U.S. prosperity amid readjustment. It highlights persistent issues in Europe and broader postwar challenges.
A sweeping, if fragmentary, timeline covers the 1918 to 1920 era: the Versailles peace ratifications in Paris with several powers, the League of Nations forming in January, subsequent battles and armistice actions across Poland Ukraine Russia and the Balkans, and varied political upheavals in Greece Ireland Italy and Austria. It notes key events from the Polish Ukrainian accord and Kiev capture to Wrangel’s forces in Crimea, Armenian Turkey peace, and shifts in leadership in France Greece Austria and Ireland along with domestic U.S. rail rate changes and labor trials.
Across Ireland Germany France and Britain turmoil continues with near civil conflict in Ireland and a failed bid by Clemenceau for French presidency. Kapp revolt in Berlin ends. Cork politics face Home Rule clash. Mexico erupts in revolution forcing Carranza’s flight and eventual assassination.
A sweeping recap of 1920 events notes Warren G. Harding’s Republican nomination at Chicago, Cox’s nomination at San Francisco, and the overwhelming return of Republican electoral votes in November. It also covers nationwide prohibition, the wartime enforcement act, the failed Versailles treaty vote, labor party actions, and pivotal congressional acts before adjournment.
The text reviews postwar labor unrest with radical elements in several nations. In the United States a steel strike began earlier and by year’s end saw partial surrender. France faced a general railway strike in February, with government intervention and a later compromise. Coal operators and miners in an early spring deal was reached on March 31.
A sweeping account outlines wartime wage awards and labor unrest across nations. Bolshevik activity spurred strikes in Loy Mary and nearby provinces, with workers and peasants forming soviets. French and railway workers joined the movement, while authorities cracked down and unions faced wage settlements. escalations spread to Italy and Britain as workers seized plants, cooperatives formed, and governments pressed to restore order amid wage reductions and production pressures.
A compendium of late 1910s to 1920s sport milestones covering America’s Cup races with Shamrock and Resolute, golf championships won by Bryans, Jock Hutchinson, and Ray, the U S Olympic team dominance, Dempsey heavyweight title defense, Carpey’s light heavyweight win, and a baseball scandal hint.
A fragmented necrology lists numerous notable individuals with varied spellings and dates from January to August, including Nicolas Steard, Reginadd DeKoving, Richard L. Garner, Cyr Townsend Brady, Edward Payson Ripley, Gaby Destys, Gen. William K B Mickle, Rear Admiral Robert E K Peary, John fr Bankbesd, Mra Humphry Ward, Laurent Honore Mariveste, Ferdinand Roybet, Theodore Vall, Levi Perton, Bishop John H. Vincent, Will Gorges, Eugenie, and others, with scattered birth and death dates and roles across arts, science, and public service.
Judge Keneraw Mo Landis of Caiseat established a hoard of control with an annual salary of H1000. Rosco Surles won the ZOmile automobile race at Los Antotes on November 26. In this tee Gistoy Chere. Jet was killed in OOiiMon.
Report lists widespread earthquakes and disasters causing extensive deaths and millions in damage. From Mexico and Veracruz to Oregon and Alabama, blasts, fires, and tremors devastate communities. Notable events include a Rothenstein munitions blast, Cherokee Oklahoma fatalities, Japanese fires, and Europe Italy and Chile quakes.
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