Rioting in Belfast Clamps City With Deaths and Wounded
Rioting raged through the afternoon in Belfast with two more deaths leading to a total of casualties including a five year old girl. Forty eight wounded were hospitalized as street fighting disrupted Duncairn Gardens North Queen Street and New Lodge Road, while curfew laws were routinely ignored and armored streetcars were summoned.
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Belfast
William Kennedy
Hal Street
Annie Watson
North Queen Street
Prgdéress
Duncairn
Gardens
Queen Street
New Lodge Road
Small disappearance remains a mystery in Toronto case
A December 2 1919 Toronto theatre disappearance of Mr Small remains unsolved. A reward of 50000 for information leading to finding him and 15000 for recovery of his body were announced, with Mrs Small saying the reward would not be renewed.
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Rorontes
Ambrose
Small
Nissig
Trento
War Monument Erected in Red Deer Centre
Work on a 25 foot high war memorial in Red Deer began last week. A Canadian soldier statue seven feet tall will crown the monument, facing west, with two captured German guns between boulevards. Funding reached 5000 dollars, with university and Canadian support, aiming for completion next spring.
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Med Deer and District Way
Red Deer
Germany
Alberta
Cecil S. Burgess
University of Alberta
Frank H. Norbury
Tyndall Erohe
Visttme
Uniiversity
Ontreal
Canada
Calgary
Yo Chow Occupied by Govt Forces in Hunan
Peking reports Yo Chow, a northern Hunan city, has been occupied by government forces. The same province recently repudiated Gen. Wu Pei Fu’s appointment as inspector general.
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Hunan
Wi Pei Fu
Peking
Yo Chow
Wu Pei Fu
Diamond Swindle Comes to Light in Hull.
Montreal August 30 Ludger Quinn faced arraignment after being charged with obtaining two diamonds from local jewelers by presenting cheques drawn on the Bank of Toronto. The stones valued at $1560 and $2200 were accepted without obligation, marking one of the boldest diamond swindles in recent years.
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Montreal
Hullon
Ludger Quinn
Bank of Toronto
Saskatchewan Seeks 3000 Harvesters From Outside
Ottawa Aug 20 Canadian Press reports the employment service confirms Saskatchewan requires about 3000 additional harvest workers from outside the province to harvest the crop. It is undecided if workers will be sent to eastern towns to fill the gap.
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Ottawa
The
Employment Service Department
Saskatchewan
The Mysterious Bangs
Citizens report muffled booms and tremors as explosions occur near the Canadian Pacific Railway yards. Authorities say the blasts resulted from dynamite used to operate a larger turntable, with no involvement by staff in the incident.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Germany Near Martial Law After Ebert Decree
In Berlii, Aug 90, Germany tightens controls as President Ebert issues a decree restricting gatherings and publications likely to incite sedition. The measure warns that any insurrection will be crushed with severe force, with meetings processions and demonstrations curtailed.
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Berlii
Germany
Ebert
Irrigation Push Expands Wheat Harvest Prospects
Ottawa reports a sweeping western crop summary noting a triangle from Medicine Hat to Lethbridge and Calgary. Wet years yield abundant crops but a dry season lowers dryland output while irrigated fields may reach 45 bushels per acre. irrigation growth targets 105 000 more acres north of Lethbridge with land values 40 to 75 dollars per acre.
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Ottawa
R. J. C. Stead
Department of Immigration and Colonization
Medicine
Hai Lethbridge
Calgary
Vauxhall
Lethbridge
Cardster
Raymond
DL Opens Fall Term In City Schools
The 9 am opening time for the fall term is announced with beginners needing five years six months and admission rules. Montreal Street school will become a junior school due to crowding and 31 pupils from Grades VII and VIII must attend Elm Street. Between 120 and 165 pupils from city and Gietrich high schools are expected to enter the high school, with only about 40 to 56 leaving. A teachers’ marriages committee report lists replacements for the fall term including Miss Hume Forbes and Prnch.
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Connaught
Toronto Street
Elm Street
Montreal Street
Biic
Gietrich “Sart
Schoo Board
Miss Hume
Forbes
Prnch
Prime Minister Meighen Set for London Ontario Address
Olawe reports growing interest in announcements by Prime Minister Arthur Meighen at a London Ontario meeting on September 1. Meighen departs for London tomorrow night and will stop in Toronto Friday to speak at the Exhibition.
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Meighen
Toronto Exhibition
Briddy
Olawe
Arthur Meighon
London
Ontario
Toronto
Francisco Villa Still on Ranch in Cantutillo
El Paso Texas August 30 Francisco Villa has not fled nor been shot as rumored and remains on his Cantutillo ranch according to Col Francisco Reygarrdaz sub chief of the President Obregon staff who arrived in Juarez today
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el Paso
Teras
Francisco Villa
Cantutillo
Francisco Reygardaz
Obregon
Juarez
Hays Engaged by United Irrigation District
Lethbridge August 26. Secretary G. and Houston of the irrigation council says irrigation development across the south is satisfactory. United Irrigation district secures D. W. Hays of Spokane as supervising engineer for the South Macleod project which spans 61 000 acres and aims to vote on erection soon with trustees elected at the polls. Trustees plan temporary loans pending act guaranteeing bonds and bond sales.
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Lethbridge
South
G. & Houston
The
Irrigation Council
Te International Joint Commission
United States
Lkely
Council of Furimation
Macleod
United Irrigation District i
D. W. Hays
Spokane
Wash
Reneral
Canada Land and Irritation Company
Medicine Hat
Ree
United District
Open Warfare in West Virginia
Conflicting reports place a large miner force entrenched against a deputy force on the Logan Boone county lines. Adjutant General Charnock returned with an alarming assessment prompting Governor Morgan to seek immediate federal aid from President Harding.
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Gov. Morgan
Pres. Harding
Charleston
W. Va
Logan
Boone County
Charnock
Morgan
Harding
City Council Cuts Fire Department Salaries
The council approved a plan to revert the fire department to a single platoon system with at least ten permanent staff, including officers. Salaries and wages must not exceed 15000 per year, and the garage shop mechanic will move to the works department with dispatch to repair apparatus charged to the fire department.
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Fire Department
Beny
Rye campaign organizer resumes duties in Medicine Mat area
Secretary Richardson of the Chamber of Commerce has started organizing to address the rye stowing issue around Medicine Mat. A meeting of the special committee handling the rye situation is to be convened immediately.
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Richardson
Chamber of Commerce
Medicine Mat
Court room not place to spend one s spare time
In Chicago Judge Joseph Schulman halted a morals court session after locking 32 spectators in the bull pen for two hours. He warned that future spectators face 20 days in the workhouse and condemned the court as no place for vacation or spare minutes at the expense of the unfortunate defendants.
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Schulman
Chicago
Joseph Schulman
Alexandra High School records strong exam results and prizes
In 1920 197 of 228 candidates passed exams. Athletes won Caledonian games prizes and the Rutherford Cup for provincial lifting. At Edmonton exhibition, Gerald Ortner won first prize in Interior Decorating. Medicine Hat High will reopen 1921-22 with two courses offered by a trained faculty.
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Calgary
Alexandra High School
Canada census figures delayed for 25 towns
Ottawa reporting that the Census Branch announced figures for 25 towns and cities will be published toward the end of the week. Provinces’ populations, and the full 1921 Canadian total, may not be ready until December.
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Ottawa
Canadian Press
Canada
Weather, City Conditions Across Western Canada
Weather over the past day was moderately warm and fine across the West. Forecast calls for fair to warm conditions in Alberta today and Wednesday. fire losses in Canada for the week ending August 14 are estimated at 224000 dollars, up from 146000 dollars last week.
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Vancouver
Nelson
Calgary
Lethbridge
Edmonton
Hat
Moore Jaw
Saskatoon
Winnipeg
Alta
Canada
Poplar Council Rebels Over Rates Threaten Prison Action
London August 29 Labour councilors of Poplar borough refuse to levy specific rates in a High Court ruling. A large procession urged a rates no tax strike while vowing to go to prison if needed, with supporters claiming a major Labour victory for the movement. The council insists on not levying the rates and faces possible rearrest in the coming week.
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London
Boal Council of
Poplar
Swindon
East End
Medre
Norsurdhs
Battle Rages in Nicaragua Near Leon
Heavy fighting reported at El Sauce fifty miles north of Leon between government troops and revolutionists. Government forces now hold a large armed strength. Numerous arrests noted for political activities.
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Managua
Nicaragua
el Sauce
Leon
Vauxhall Crops Yielding Well In Irrigation District
Vauxhall August 29 crops are all cut and threshing began last Thursday. Rumors of large yields circulate with a claim of 285 bushels from five acres, but average yields run 30 to 35 bushels per acre on Wind Leland land broken last year and irrigated last fall. Spring breaking crops have not yet been threshed.
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Vauxhall
Leland
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Sir Ernest
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