Premier of Britain works hard to cut down expenditures
Sir Auckland Geddes spoke at Basingstoke on government economy and announced a special financial committee chaired by Premier Lloyd George. Geddes said the premier was energetically pursuing expenditure cuts, and warned against relying on the United States for relief.
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U.S
London
Sir Auckland Geddes
Basingstoke
Lloyd George
Sir Auckland
United States
Prairie provinces wheat crop estimate from Manitoba Free Press
Winnipeg report cites 186,225,000 bushels of wheat for Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with Barley and Rye totals. It notes a generally low grade harvest due to heat and rust but overall a profitable season for Manitoba and a partial escape from total failure in the West.
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Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Winnipeg
Manitoba Free Press
Manitoba
Canadian West
Prairie
Bride Weds in One Piece Bathing Suit on Idaho Beach
On Garfield bay Lake Pend Oreille Sand Point Idaho an unusual wedding took place aboard the shore. Sidney V. Rollins of Washington DC and Opal Miller of Garfield Bay married in bathing suits with a Persian silk one piece and helmet shaped bath cap as witnesses Mr and Mrs James Cummins of Spokane who were married yesterday attended. Rollins serves as secretary to the third assistant postmaster general in DC.
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Idaho
Garfield Bay
Lake Pend Oreille
Sidney V. Rollins
Washington, D.C
Opal Miller
James Cumming
Spokane
Cummins
Rollins
Advance Rapidly Against Bolshevik Forces in Southern Russia
London reports the war office statement that General Denikin's anti Bolshevik army on the western front in southern Russia is advancing rapidly along the entire line, signaling continued offensive action and momentum in the campaign.
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London
War Office
Denikine
Russia
Seamen Return to Work End of NSW Strike
Sydney workers resume duties as mass peeling of the men ends a sea men strike. The action followed disruption to shipping with the majority voting to return to their posts aboard various vessels in Sydney harbor.
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Sydney
Nsw
Revolver Fight Fatal in Chicago Saloon
A policeman was killed, a civilian fatally wounded, and two soldiers injured in a revolver fight in a Chicago saloon late last night. The clash arose from disputes over government actions against alleged violators of wartime prohibition.
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Chicago
City Public Schools Reopen For Fall Term
The city public schools will re open for the fall term at aum on Tuesday September 2. Formation classes start without delay as full staff of teachers ready. All pupils must report first day with late comers not reserved. New city comers should visit Toronto St school this week to obtain Admissions card from the superintendent. Beginners enroll eight to nine a.m. aged five years six months. Contact the superintendent at 3178 or school board offices 10 a.m. to noon or 2 to 5 p.m. for course information. High school grades eleven or twelve require early phone names to 8178. no commercial classes this year.
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Toronto St
Denikine Captures Berlalay on the Dneiper River
Gen. Denikine commander of anti Bolshevik forces in southern Russia has captured the town of Berlalay on the Dneiper river in the government of Sherson. The dispatch comes from Taganorod in Don Cossack territory on the Sea of Azov.
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London
Denikine
Russia
Berlalay
Dneiper
Sherson
Taganorod
Sea of Azol
August Snow Storm Hits Hornellts August Morning
Hornell, N Y Aug 26 light snow fell for five minutes this morning in August. The brief fall, melted quickly, marked the earliest snowfall ever recorded in the area according to local reports.
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Flornell
N.Y
Firemen Hurt in Montreal Lumber Yard Fire
Four Montreal firemen were injured early today at J. B. Belledeau lumber yards when a ladder toppled as four men climbed with hoses. One firefighter is in critical condition. Chiefs and crews rescued the victims as thick smoke hindered initial efforts. Damages are listed at 25,000.
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Montreal
J. B. Belledeau
Shortage of railroad cars cuts coal output sharply
Washington reports a railcar shortage in eastern coal fields worsened over last year. A Geological Survey teller told the Senate that car production fell by about 30 to 40 percent, a finding presented to Senator Pomerene of Ohio.
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Washington
Tiree
General Smith
Geological Survey
Senate
Pomeerene
Ohio
Shake-up in Quechec cabinet announced
A shake-up is announced in the Quechec cabinet, signaling changes in senior ministerial posts. Officials confirm rearrangements aimed at reshaping government priorities and policy direction in the near term.
Poultry Show Plans Advance in Medicine Hat
A well attended meeting of the Medicine Hat Poultry and Pet Stock Association discussed the Calgary provincial poultry report, noting support from the agriculture department to acquire top types for the fall show circuit. The Medicine Hat show is scheduled for the third week of December with a local youth stock show to follow next month.
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Nimmo Drus
R. H. Kent
Provincial
Poultry Association
Calgary
Department of Agriculture
Canada
Nen
Medicine Hat
Suffield man fined for harness theft in police court
Charles Gibner of Suffield was fined 50 dollars and ordered to pay costs plus three months in jail for stealing harness from Thomas Floward Alien. He was given time to raise the money.
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Charles Gibner
Suffield
Thomas Floward Alien
The News Want Ads Window of the City
A brief column of want ads reflecting shop window notices across the city. Local postings include services, goods for sale, and small job notices from residents and merchants.
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American Cavalry Returns From Mexican Campaign
Three hundred American cavalry troops cross the Rio Grande in a drenching rain as they lift the chase for bandits who seized and held two lieutenants for ransom. The expedition, aided by Carranza forces, ends with four bandits killed and nine captured at Coyame, while rain and wiped-out trails force abandonment of pursuit.
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Marta
Texas
Rio Grande
Harold G. Peterson
Paul H. Davis
United States
Ruidosa
Carranza
Renteria Band
Coyame
Mexico
Step 10 control busing of packers
The Federal Trade Commission urges President Wilson to declare refrigerator and meat animal transport cars a government monopoly to regulate the five largest packing companies.
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U.S. Trade Commission
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Montreal Killing Sparks Arrest in City Center
In broad daylight in Montreal a man was shot dead. John Quinn aged 50 of Verdun is under arrest for the murder of Roc Lanson of St. Henri. Mrs Quinn had pleaded for protection against Lanson who had persistently harassed her.
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Montreal
John Quinn
Verdun
Roc Lanson
St. Henri
Canadian Ace Finishes First Half Air Race
Col W Barker a Canadian ace arrived in Mineola from Albany at 9 30 this morning completing the first half of the Toronto to New York and return race His machine carried a bag of Canadian mail which was transferred to another plane and rushed to Washington Alberta supreme court reports twelve divorce applications filed last month.
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Mineola
N.Y
Col. W. (. Barker
Albany
Toronto
New York
Washington
Plan to Irrigate Large Tract Near Lethbridge
In Lethbridge on August 20 Hon. Arthur Meighen Hon. J A Calder and Superintendent Drake of the Reclamation Service inspect a proposal to irrigate an additional half million acres northeast and south of the city. They meet delegations at Macleod and visit the Lethbridge irrigation district before touring proposed reserves southeast of the city and addressing a mass meeting. They then proceed to Ottawa for the session.
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Lethbridge
Arthur Meighen
J. A. Calder
Drake
Reclamation Service
Macleod
C.B.R. Lethbridge
Ottawa
Senate panel adopts amendments to peace treaty
Washington Aug 26 The Senate Foreign Relations committee approved a series of amendments to the Peace Treaty. The changes remove the United States as a member of the international commissioners overseeing postwar European reconstruction. The vote on each amendment was 9 to 7, party line divisions.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Europe
Federal by elections set for October nominations
Writs for federal by elections issued outline nominations on October 20 with voting the following week. Voter lists will be prepared immediately.
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Ottawa
Bolsheviks Admit Odessa Occupied by Allies
London reports Bolshevik government wireless vessels from Moscow confirm the occupation of Odessa, the chief Russian port on the Black Sea, after Allied bombardment by thirty vessels over two days.
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Odessa
Black Sea
Moscow
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