Aging Supreme Court Faces Possible Personnel Shifts
The article notes the high average age of the U S Supreme Court with several justices near or over retirement age. It discusses potential retirements in light of the 1912 political climate and the likely impact on court composition depending on whether a Democrat or Republican wins the presidency.
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Justice Holmes
Justice McKenna
Justice White
Justice Day
Justice van Devanter
Justice McReynolds
Probaaly
Supreme Court
White
Woodrow Wilson
Mr. Cox
Wilson
Supreme Bench
Supreme Tribunal
Fire department finds no blaze after odd alarm
Fire crews respond to Seventh and Wood at 1 30 today and find no fire. Smoke from a kitchen flue in a nearby cabin caused residents to alarm and call for help.
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Seventh and Wood
Plebiscite and Propaganda Demands From Soviets
Washington reports outline Bolshevik peace terms for Polish areas including a plebiscite to decide Russian Poland, unrestricted propaganda for one year before the vote, unregulated code transmissions, and Soviet control of salt and coal mines. Polish opposition is viewed as likely to erode Warsaw's hold.
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Washington
Poland
Russia
Germany
Warsaw
Russian
Milliners in High Demand at Mrs. Jordans Illinery School
Enroll now for diplomas and broad job opportunities across many firms. Mrs. Jordans Illinery School located at 220 Highland Avenue Atlanta Ga invites applicants.
Peace terms seen as harsh at Minsk talks and Baranovitch end
Officials fear the Minsk negotiations will yield severer terms than those tentatively set at Baranovitch after Polish emissaries said they lacked authority to conclude peace. Soviet gains are cited as enabling tougher conditions. Washington follows Polish tensions. France expresses satisfaction with U S stance and Wrangel recognition. U S hopes to push sympathetic messages via Wrangel in southern Russia. Finland and the Baltic states are targeted as strategic points for anti Soviet messaging.
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Minsk
Wrangel
United States
Russia
Finland
Baltic States
Ponzi in Jail as Four Others Arrested in Boston Case
Four men accepted millions from New England investors with promises of fabulous interest. Charles Ponzi, held on 53 counts of larceny, was jailed after bond woes. Three officers of the Old Colony Foreign Exchange Co and Samuel Zorn were arrested on related charges. Bankruptcy actions were filed in federal court against Ponzi partners while state officials probed bank ties.
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Boston
New England
Charles Ponzi
Ponzi
Middlesex County
East Cambridge
Old Colony Foreign Exchange Company
Charlee Street
Charles M. Brightwell
Raymond Meyers
Fred Meyers
Ponzi Securities Exchange Company
Albert Hurwitz
Suffolk County
Samuel Zorn
Dorchester District
Partners of Ponzi
Hanover Trust Company
Two Famous Confederates In The Lost Cause
Obituary style note highlights General Jon Clifford Pemberton and William Lowndes Yancey as prominent pallbearers for the Confederacy. It cites Pemberton’s 1414 birth date, West Point training, Mexican War heroics, and his 1862 rise to brigadier general as he joined the Confederate cause.
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Jon Clifford Pemberton
William Lowndes Yancey
Coincidence
Pemberton
Yancey
Philadelphia
Ogeechee Shoals
Civil War Generals Pemberton and Yancey Profiles
The narrative outlines Pemberton’s command during Vicksburg’s siege and his surrender in 1863, noting Grant’s victory and the resulting Union capture of troops and artillery. It also summarizes William Lowndes Yancey’s Georgia birth, Alabama move, political career, 1844 Congress seat, defense of slavery, Europe mission for recognition, and death near Montgomery in 1863.
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Grant
Pemberton
Virginia
William Lowndes Yancey
Georgia
Alabama
Montgomery
United States Congress
Yancey
Congress
Europe
Confederacy
South
Senate
Manila Celebrates Twenty-One Years of American Occupation
The article recalls American forces raising the flag over Manila twenty-one years ago and describes a city where old and new mix amid modern parks, gardens, and busy streets. It notes improved sanitation, reduced death rates, varied dress, and a bustling, contrasting urban landscape inviting visitors to explore the old and new streets.
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Manila
Republic
Aguinaldo
Orient
Washington
Toronto
Dublin
Rome
Venice
Classified ad seeks renter for rooms in News-Star
Local News-Star notice invites landlords to place room rental listings. Spots available for multiple rooms with flexible terms. Contact details not shown in readable text.
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The
News-Star
Markets Report From Saturday August 14 1920
The Markets section notes quiet spot sales at 5 for August 1920 with price ranges and closes listed for several contract months. It records figures for Cet uk and POEtics with highs lows and yields, and notes Liverpool not quoted.
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Liverpool
L L Smiths Daily Cotton Letter on Weather and Markets
New Orleans reports inland weather unfavorable for cotton progress with heavy rains and low temperatures. Market sentiment dampened by European political tensions between France and England over the Polish Russian situation. Warsaw described as in a slave state with the Red Army nearby and armistice talks noted.
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New Orleans
France
England
Premiers Conference Aims to Ease Frontiers Crisis
Report notes a planned conference between French and British premiers in Boulogne to seek agreement in the current crisis. Lloyd George faces British labor opposition to war on the Reds while France backs the de facto Russian government and the US refuses to treat with the Bolsheviks. Crop progress shows slight deterioration from July 25, with continued wet weather forecast.
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Boulonge
Lloyd George
France
Russia
United States
Rail rates raised in Canada to match US ICC increases
The Dominion Board of Railroad Commissioners approved higher through rates to the United States in Canada. The new charges apply to all commodities except coal and coke and align with the Interstate Commerce Commission increases recently authorized in Washington.
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Ottawa
Dominion Board of Railroad Commissioners
United States
Canada
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
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