Two Day Farmers Institute Held at Twelve Mile
A two day session of the Twelve Mile farmers institute opened with an 11 o clock program led by Reverend Smith. Alma Lines Friend spoke and Maurice Douglas discussed help and organization. An oyster luncheon followed and the afternoon featured brief talks on breeding and sale of livestock. Committee members names include Tracy Frank Hoover and O. Kering.
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Twelve Mile
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Alma
Lines
Charles Sewell
Otterbein
Maurice Douglas
Douglass
Tracy
Frank Hoover
O. Kering
Ome
Carson
Omer
Keinoman
Brooklyn Cafe Owners Arrested for Selling Booze
Eleven agents from Moonshine Country arrived in Brooklyn to combat prohibition violations. They arrested two proprietors a bartender and a waiter after ordering drinks at The Assembly and prompting arraignments. Refilling whisky bottles with other liquids and selling under the whisky label is noted as a growing fraud in the area.
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Associated Press
New York
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Mountain stiJls
Brooklyn
Connecticut
Willian D. Allen, Jr
United States
Ross
Revenue Force
Daniel L. Porter
Internal Revenue
Allen
Justice Reid Ties His G8ist Marriage Knot
Justice James A. Reid, known as the Marrying Squire, united William A. Sneathen and Laura Steinkiste in a 3 PM ceremony. He has officiated about 681 marriages in 20 years, noting fees ranged from ten dollars to two poor cigars, with many ceremonies performed gratis.
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James A. Reid
William A. Sneathen
Laura Steinkiste
Justice Reid
Greatest round up of radicals across the nation
On January 2 1920 federal agents with 4000 warrants raided communist and communist labor party headquarters across major cities led by Attorney General Palmer and Chief Flynn. The operation targeted aliens and radicals with early arrests in New York Chicago Rochester and other locales amid warnings of a nationwide conspiracy and prior bomb plots.
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New York
Department of Justice
New York City
Flynn
Department of Justice Secret Service
Palmer
Washington
United States
Communist Party
Communistabor Party
The
Nicholai Lenine
Leon Trotzky
Chicago
Paris
Lenine
Lusk Legislative Committee
Rochester
Organization of
Palmer Explains Why Hoyne Was Asked To Defer Chicago Raids
Attorney General Palmer publicized a letter to MacLay Hoyne Chicago to defer a local raid. He said DOJ planned a nation wide campaign against the same targets and Hoyne had been informed the Chicago action was premature.
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Hoyne
Chicago
Washington
MacLay Hoyne
Cook County
Department of Justice
Communist Party
Russia
Communist Labor Group
Communist Labor Party
Labor
Garwin
Soviet Russia
Three Thousand Reds Expected at Midnight Raids Continue
Reports indicate up to three thousand reds expected to be gaulght at midnight with more than fifteen hundred radicals in custody. Police raids continue across locations as authorities seek to quell unrest and document arrests in the crackdown.
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Government conducts large national round up of radicals
A January nationwide operation led by the government is reported to have seized numerous incriminating documents from cities across the coast. The action is described as the greatest roundup of alleged radicals in U S history with Justice Department custody guiding the arrests.
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Federal Agents Renew Campaign Against Reds in Chicago
Federal agents in Chicago renewed efforts against alleged radicals with raids across Indiana cities including Wayne, Gary, and Terre Haute. Deputy marshals participated as hundreds of warrants for individuals were issued. raids targeted specific persons rather than locations. The operation moved to the exterior of federal cases handled by the prosecutor Hoyne and the police chief Gar.
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Indianapolis
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Indiana
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Louis Tarre Haute
Gary
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Hoyne
Committee Appoints Members for Commerce Session Report
A committee named J to recruit new members for the Commerce section during the twenty mile trip. Attendees included Homer Holman Klican and Frank Sewell who delivered three recitations.
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Commerce
Homer Holman Klican
Frank Sewell
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Acre
Weather Record Low and Freezing Temperatures Reported
A partial weather summary notes a zero temperature in Logan County with afternoon readings around five degrees below zero. The instrument then rose to near zero by midnight, marking a very cold day described by the weatherman as a temperature event.
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Logan
Nonstop Mail Flight Claims Record Breaker
Officials believe a nonstop mail flight from Cleveland to Philadelphia covered about 156 miles in seven minutes. The pilot completed a longer earlier trip, part of a weekend display by naval authorities and the Schwab organization.
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Passenger service on the Pacific outlined by shipping board
Shipping board chairman Payne outlines tentative Pacific coast passenger routes to Japan China Vladivostok and the Philippines Strait settlements and India with weekly sailings and ships to cost about 530 feet, three ships on the first two lines and two on the last, ready by May.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pacif
Payne
Shipping Board Car
Hese Wit
Japan
China
Vidivostok
Philipines
Straitsettlements
Idia
Te Gota
Jase Papeenmera
Churches To Pay Their Preacher Higher Salaries
A. Vanclerve announces eight Methodist Episcopal conferences will raise annual cash salaries to 1500 for clergymen with several others at 1400 and 1300. Many pastors will also receive free housing as part of the compensation package across multiple states and regions.
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A. Vancleve
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Theodist Episcopal Church
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Nebraska
Ohio
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Dakota
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Erie
Tennessee
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Iowa
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Oak Puget Sound
Ignia
West Ohio
West Sia
Wyoming
Tors
Farmers Start Fight on the Sugar Treaty In Senate
The article reports renewed efforts to break the deadlock over the peace treaty in the U S Senate as lawmakers from both parties return from holidays. Major figures Lodge and Hitchcock pursue a first move toward compromise while debates over Article X and League of Nations voting power shape the talks.
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Shington
Senate
Lodge
Massusetts
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Ing
League of Nations
Farmers Converge in Denver to Save Sugar Beet Industry
A January 26 convention in Denver called by multiple farmers groups including Inter-Mouv Farmers' association and the National Grange aims to expand the sugar beet industry, alleviate shortages, and restore fair prices. Delegates to be elected from among farmers. news received at National Grange headquarters.
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Inter-Mouv Farmers’ Association
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Nebraska
Ancient Order of Gleaners
Farmers’ Union of Colorado
Mountain States Beet Growers’ Association
State Grangers of
Washington
Colorado
National Grange
Coroners Jury Split on Cause in Griffith Death
In Louisville on January 2 the coroner's jury returned a non committal verdict in the Elizabeth Forg Griffith death inquest. Two members thought suicide, two believed homicide, and two were unsure if murder or self-inflicted. None held Dr. Christopher G. Schott responsible for the fatal shot. The jury could not determine who fired the shot.
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Louisville
Elizabeth Forg Griffith
Christopher G. Schott
Centennial date set for Indianapolis celebration
Indianapolis January 2 The committee on date and plan decided the Centennial of Indianapolis will be held June 7, 1920 The choice aligns with the state capital selection made on June 7, 1820 by a commission whose report was signed in John McCormick’s cabin A semi centennial observance followed on June 7, 1870 fifty years later.
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Indianapolis
John McCormick
Japanese Officers Visit Mexico City
Eighty officers and men from the Japanese cruiser Yakuma left Manzanillo for Mexico City by special train. The group includes five senior officers led by Captain Tomoyo Usagawa, forty-one cadets, and a marine band, accompanied by a Mexican military reception committee. An elaborate reception is planned in Mexico City.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Yakuma
Manzanillo
Tomoyoshi Usagawa
Nayagen
Radicals Sail On Ark To Soviet Russia
New York January 2. Emma Goldman Alexander Berkman and other deported radicals aboard the Buford progress toward Russia two thirds across the Atlantic on a New Year’s day wireless update. The ship sails a northerly route near the Azores with no notable incidents reported.
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New York
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Buford
Azores
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