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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
1
A roundup of recent innovations and developments includes a railroad punch registering ticket perforations, a glass bell incubator with lamp heat, and Egypt like ideas in flax growing. Reports cover clocks, canoes, peat diesel engines, and new headlight dimmers.
Milton Voight, the town's oldest and smallest newsboy, draws steady crowds in South Bethlehem. He is thirty nine years old, 42 inches tall, and weighs 120 pounds, making him a well known local character.
Mrs Gladys Kimball Warhurton acting United States prohibition enforcement officer for the California district was relieved of her post by Commissioner Williams. Federal grand jury evidence in San Francisco showed a conspiracy of former whisky brokers to withdraw liquor from bonded warehouses. Warhurton denied knowledge of the operations.
George Keller dressed as a lion acted as Columbia's mascot as the Columbia football team defeated New York University 14 to 7.
The most monumental disturbance in human history occurred in an interior Samoa valley starting August 1905. After a brief lull the eruption persisted four years with lava discharge estimated over five cubic miles.
A reflective note argues that time reveals few things are as bad as they appear. It comforts readers with the idea that fears often outsize reality and trouble often eases with passage of time.
Ancient tribes used cattle and sheep as exchange. Ten sheep equaled one ox, and the Latin pecunia derives from pecus meaning cattle, showing money as property in cattle.
A Jud Tunkins remark praises true horse sense that avoids bragging by picking winners at the racetrack. The quip underscores restraint and practical judgment over flashy bets.
Washington October 16 Secretary Houston told agricultural representatives that the treasury will not block market movements to support prices and he warned that reviving the war finance corporation would raise debt and distort money markets. Delegates pressed for easier farmer credit and a hearing before the Federal Reserve Board as Governor Harding prepared a policy statement.
The United States expresses alarm at Armenian invasion by Soviet and Turkish forces as they threaten to overrun the country and seize Trebizond and Batum. The cruiser St. Louis and three destroyers head for Constantinople to join the flotilla patrolling between Trebizond and Batum, Batum being the port for Baku oil fields.
A city wide crackdown led to arrests of numerous suspects described as subpar actors involved in a staged crime spree. Police coordinated across stations to neutralize the alleged conspiracy and recover stolen items.
George Allan of Jefferson died from burns while Morris Henderson of Rockwell City sustained serious injuries when a small airplane failed near Rockwell City in October.
A mob in Greenville hangs a man identified as Reid after an alleged assault on AL Arrington, superintendent of the Souther Cotton Oil Company plant. The incident occurred near Greenville, Alabama, on October 16.
In the Agujitas district Coahuila state coal miners led by Bolshevik leaders seized three coal mines and placed them under soviet control. Federal troops were dispatched to restore order.
Belfist Ireland De 15 Me Mehan senior Catholic curate of Castlehor parish County Mayo was arrested in the presbytery of his church for alleged connection with extensive raids in the district.
Washington reports confirm nationwide probe into the whisky ring following Chicago revelations. Prohibition officials seek to uncover illegal permit access by officials or workers in Washington with two congress members and other officials implicated. Canada and Mexico routes are examined as large liquor shipments reach New York. An alleged bribery by a Washington woman employee is denied.
In Dunmanway Cork 80 armed republicans attacked Hee Barracks defended by 25 Black and Tans and three police. The fight lasted about an hour with one constable wounded. Casualties among attackers unknown. Police sent reinforcements after a wireless call but the assailants had already withdrawn.
American officers and men and German observers watched Captain Arthur's pursuit squadron perform stunts over Coblenz on the Rhine. Coblenz officials protested after being ordered to build a new airdrome costing 1,000,000 marks for the unit.
London reports Michael Fitzgerald an Irish hunger striker held in Cork jail died after 67 days without food. The death marks a historic first in modern Western civilization for such a case.
Millatesta head of Italian extreme radicals was arrested in Milan charged with plotting against the government.
The body of 60 year old David S. Paul a Camden bank runner who disappeared with a satchel of 10 dollars in cash and 1 500 in checks was found in the woods about 20 miles east of Mount Holly New Jersey.
Plans propose turning the Terni arms factory into a workers cooperative. Workmen would receive shares and have a voice in management as the project moves forward. The initiative aims to modernize production and ensure worker participation.
Report claims a great revolt began in Moscow and was captured by revolutionists per a foreign ministry dispatch. Communications from Zurich dated October report unrest spreading and authorities ceding control.
The Messager reports a new strike declared in Triest Botany and Dresein with Isa energy cited. Eleven people were killed and 160 wounded during the round at San Giovanni otonda in the event.
Trussell Gillard twenty one was found guilty of manslaughter after a twenty minute jury deliberation. His car crash near Muskegon caused the death of William rk Collier a local manufacturer.
Chicago authorities probe the theft of ten barrels of grain alcohol valued at 80 000 dollars from the Kenart Synthetic Products company plant at night. The incident occurred October 16 and is under investigation by local prohibitum authorities.
Frank Camplone, 21, and John E Reese were hanged in the county jail after pleading for mercy. Camplone shrieked as the trap fell, crying to be released, while the other condemned received stays of reprieve in recent weeks. A third inmate cursed society before his own execution.
London reports the great British coal strike may push unions toward a soviet as executives from major trades meet this week. Governments halt army and navy leaves. plants reliant on coal plan closures. Over 2 million idle within a week as defense measures tighten.
Eighteen hundred ninety one delegates to the third Internationale at Baku disbanded after taking a solemn oath on a naked sword to overthrow capitalism. The State Department announced Alunineff of the Petrograd soviet is seen as responsible. Flo was quoted in Halle, Germany, linking the United States to the movement. Three delegates from the United States attended.
Mexico City October 18 report states Popocatepetl volcano 26 miles west of Puebla erupts with rich steam and deep rumblings. No damage yet, but residents prepare to flee.
Associate Justice Scott Wilson of the Maine Supreme Court ruled that Maine women must supply their precise age and birth date before voter registration, detailing the required information for eligibility.
A secret Sinn Fein arsenal at New Ross in Dublin county Ireland exploded injuring five people including five youths. Police report the blast may have killed or left survivors uncertain as authorities investigate the incident and its motive.
Evidence shows bootlegging run by a powerful Chicago organization reaching high and low officials. Investigators suspect involvement by as many as two Congressmen as federal authorities pursue the case.
In Washington on October 15, William Jennings Bryan earnestly urged cancelling the debt of ten billion dollars owed by Germany and others to the United States. The speech signals a major proposal facing political figures and public opinion.
General Alvarón Obregón told a Texas fair audience that the new Mexican government will recognize all legal foreign debts and rights of Mexicans and foreigners in Mexico. He stated Mexico would not become a province of the world or of the United States and urged U S recognition once stability is shown.
President Wilson asks Governor Allen of Kansas to send any evidence to the Federal Trade Commission that price declines in wheat result from unfair practices or artificial causes. Secretary Tumulty sent the letter amid calls for a Canada wheat embargo. A farmers committee includes representatives of 30 agricultural commodities from the convention.
Abe Attel former boxer prominent in ball exposure circles in the United States is living in Montreal since investigations began. He told reporters in Montreal that he has stayed there and that they cannot touch him there.
Mrs. Caroline Votaw sister of Senator Harding resigns as probation officer of the womans bureau of the Washington Metropolitan police giving no reason in her letter. Reports of friction within the bureau have circulated for some time. Blaze destroys seaplanes at Bollingfield killing hangars and other property worth about 1 million dollars.
New Concord Ohio Oct 19 John A Gray aged seventy two longtime professor of mathematics at Muskingum College died suddenly here He was a prominent Ohio educator for 45 years and one of the best known in the state.
Buenos Aires on October 18 reports the board of trade disapproves of exporting gold from Argentina to the United States to regulate the exchange situation.
In Alaska 18 workers in government coal mines threaten a strike unless the government grants a $1.50 daily wage increase. Washington veterans note rising tensions as talks proceed.
Danville Illinois October 16 Willam Cathcart of Sidell Vermilton county banker and one of the state s largest land owners died by suicide at his home he shot himself in the head authorities reported Cathcart was a prominent local figure and landholder in Vermilton county
Cuba appeals to the United States for aid as it faces serious financial difficulties. The request is under consideration by the proper Cuban authorities.
A thousands-strong unemployed protest in Whitehall dimmed Downing Street as demonstrators clashed with police. Stones flew from a treasury window, a parapet collapsed, and 50 people were injured including two officers and two women. A 10 000-strong march to Trafalgar Square followed the unrest.
The Supreme Court refused to review the New York conviction of the American Socialist party for violating the espionage act. The party faced a $38,000 fine for publishing Scott Nearing's pamphlet The Great Madness. Nearing was tried concurrently and acquitted.
Washington October 20 The Supreme Court refused to advance the hearing of Charles S Fairchilds suit seeking an injunction to restrain Secretary Colby from promulgating the federal suffrage amendment. The decision bars any hearing before the November elections and marks a new victory for suffrage forces.
Dr. John Dewey of Columbia University and Dr. P. S. Reinsch former American minister to China received the degree of philosophy at the University of Peking in a ceremony attended by a large gathering of students and educators from China and the United States.
Washington reports bituminous coal production has reached 12,000,000 tons per week, a level the National Coal Association says is needed to prevent a winter shortage.
After Wrangel’s forces defeat at Sinelnikovo two Soviet regiments stationed in Ribaskoe village surrendered, according to an official report dated October 20 in Sebastopol Crimea.
Sebastopol October 20 Reuters reports that two thousand five hundred civil prisoners were executed on orders from five commissions in the final days of the Berdiansk occupation on the northern Sea of Azov coast.
After fighting paused on the northern front, Ukrainian forces press to rid their country of Bolsheviks, joining Wrangel and Warsaw in renewed action across Ukraine.
J. J. Maclaren of Toronto and Rev. Arthur K. Brown of New York, prominent delegates to the World's Sunday School convention, were received by the Empress in Tokyo on Sunday afternoon.
The Supreme Court refused to review Charles B. Munday of Chicago, a banker, convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to an indefinite penitentiary term.
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