Mexico Rail Links Resume Traffic With Mexico in 1919
New York reports the American Railway Association will resume free interchange of US Canada and Mexican rail cars on Jan 1 1919 after a year abeyance. Mexican railways will buy back cars to Mexico and cover repair costs with phased payments and no daily charges during transfer.
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New York
United States
Mexico
American Railroad Association
Francisco Perres
National Railways of Mexico
American Railway Association
U S Food Exports Rise in November 1920
The United States exported food products valued at 138 898 081 during November, up from 135 547 166 in November 1919. For the first eleven months of 1920 the total exports reached 1 474 960 176 against 1 961 987 724 in the prior year.
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Washington
United States
Tokio map thief Tsunamori Oyama sentenced to three years
Tsunamori Oyama, charged earlier with stealing maps of Siberia and offering them for sale to the American military attache in Tokio, was convicted and sentenced Tuesday to three years imprisonment.
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Tokio
Tsunamori Oyama
Siberia
Buffalo numbers steady despite extinction fears
Washington reports 3,393 wild and tame buffalo across the United States, per the American Bison Society and the U S Department of Agriculture, easing fears that the native buffalo would soon become extinct.
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Washington
American Bison Society
United States Department of Agriculture
Berlin Proclamation Honors Quaker Aid to German Needy
President Kert issues appreciation for sympathy shown by Quakers and American organizations feeding German children and hungry students.
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Berlin
Kert
Quakers
Kentucky Tobacco Crop Cost Per Acre Estimated
Lexington Kentucky the 192 crop of burley tobacco in Kentucky cost about 309 dollars per acre to grow an estimate released by the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture shows the figure for the average cost per acre across the state analysts note fuel labor and materials influence the total.
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Lexington
Kentucky
College of Agriculture of the Unniversity of Kentucky
Hamburg Line Increases Capital Amid American Purchases
The German Costa Rica Steamship line raises capital by 20 million marks. A large portion of the new shares is bought by the North German Lloyd and Hugo Stinmes, powerful American investors.
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Hamburg
Costa Rica Steamship Line
American Line
Lloyd
Hugo Stinmes
Miners Vote to Resume Work in Rhonda Coal Field
London dispatch reports striking miners in the Rhonda coal field district voting Monday to resume work after negotiations. The decision ends the stoppage that disrupted local production and trade.
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London
Rhonda
Berlin Army Strength Declines Under Allied Accord
Berlin reports the German army strength has fallen to 146 000 as part of the agreement with the allies. The reduction is officially announced this week.
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Berlin
Twelve Prisoners Escape From Pen in Tucker Arkansas
Twelve white inmates escaped Sunday from the state convict farm at Tucker near Little Rock Arkansas. Authorities search the area and expect efforts to recapture the runaways who vanished after an apparent break from the facility.
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Pen
Little Rock
Ark
Tucker
Milan Police uncover counterfeit currency factory
Police in Milan seized about 1 million dollars in counterfeit money after discovering a factory manufacturing counterfeit notes. Several arrests were made as authorities mounted the case against the operation.
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Milan
Budget Outline Reveals Naval Appropriations
Preliminary meetings in the house of Peers disclosed the coming year budget. Naval appropriations total 498,000,000 yen, signaling emphasis on naval needs.
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House of Peers
Relief bills flood Congress as farming aid pushed
The article notes both Senate and House considering varied relief measures for farmers amid the current crisis. It describes proposals to revive the war finance corporation, extend liberal credits to cotton farmers, curb gambling in foodstuffs, and regulate future grain sales, with hearings already under way and patronage changes expected after the Harding administration takes office.
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Edward B. Clark
Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Gronna
Senate Committee On Agriculture
War Finance Corporation
United States
Banking and Currency
Federal Reserve Board
Senate Agricultural Committee
American Farm Bureau Federation
Indianapolis
Harding
Desert Ice Pack
A Sahara party of professionals uses a shaded pit and a 5 by 8 foot blanket with straw and water to create a cooling ice pack for a comrade with malignant fever. They dig a shallow 18 inch pit and by midnight frost forms on straw, with ice by 3 a.m.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Sahara Desert
Striker and Employer Agree on Arbitrator for Dispute
The parties discuss appointing an arbitrator to settle their differences with the striker proposing Turin Pasuino as the chosen mediator and the employer agreeing to the plan.
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Turin
Pasuino
Tax law revision urged by national industry board
New York report from the tax committee of the national industrial conference board calls for a radical overhaul of federal tax laws. It proposes repealing the excess profit tax saving about 900 million yearly, cutting surtax rates losing 200 million, and allowing business losses to offset adjacent years saving roughly 50 million annually.
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New York
National Industrial Conference Board
National Industrial Tax Conference
Cotton Exports Decline in November and Yearly Totals
The Commerce Department reports November cotton exports valued at $91.18 million, down from $181.31 million a year earlier, with 357.72 million pounds shipped versus 478.55 million last November. For the first 11 months, exports reached 2.77 billion pounds worth $1.04 billion, below 1919 in volume but higher in value by $287.35 million. Cotton seed oil exports rose to $3.03 million in November and $29.77 million for the 11 months.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
United States
Employment of Women Increasing in Key Industries
Figures from the U S women's bureau show women make up about one ninth of men in industries once dominated by men. Some 69 000 women work for 1 224 firms in iron steel and related fields, with a 25 percent rise since before the war and evidence of lasting gains due to proven efficiency.
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Washington
Woman's Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Plan to Dispose of Wool Converts Wool to Public Blankets
Texas farmers hold more than 500000 pounds of wool they cannot sell. Plans formed at Texas farm bureau headquarters would turn the wool into blankets sold to the public. Some county pools have contracts, and blankets made of virgin wool could sell for about 12.50, normally 30 or more.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Texas Farm Bureau
Two Huge Lava Streams Flowing From Kilauea
Two lava streams each about a quarter mile wide are flowing from Kilauea after weeks of rising lava in the crater. Reports from the volcano observatory on Tuesday say overflow is through a crack caused by 1868 eruptions about 500 feet above the main pit where lava fountains have been spectacular for weeks.
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Hilo
T. H
Kilauea
Volcano Observatory
Sonora Elects New Governor Miguel H. Pina
Nogales Ariz The Sonora state congress in Hermosillo elected General Miguel H Pina to succeed Flavio A Borquez as governor. Borquez becomes controller of the treasury in President Obregon s cabinet.
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Nogales
Ariz
Congress
Sonora
Mexico
Hermosillo
Miguel H. Pina
Flavio A. Borquez
Mr. Borquez
Treasury
President Obregon
Bull Baiting Sport Described as Historic English Practice
A historical note explains bull baiting once popular in England and legalized in 1885. It describes methods where dogs attacked a bull and pepper was blown into the bull's nostrils to provoke fury. Another variant tied the bull to a stake and released trained bulldogs to seize the bull by the nose. The bulldog is traced to a mastiff type called altaut.
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England
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It
Drugstore reports show widespread hidden kidney issues and promote Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as highly effective. An insurance physician notes many rejections stem from undetected kidney trouble. Sample bottles available for ten cents by mail from Dr Kilmer Binghamton NY with paper mention.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer &O
Binghamton
N. Y
Average fan carries STO or SLA in Mix pocket daily
The comptroller of currency notes that an average fan keeps STO or SLA in a Mix pocket every day. The quip contrasts the idea of an average man with everyday financial habits and a tongue in cheek remark about actors and quarrels.
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Comptroller of Currency
Hyomels Catarrh Treatment Reaches the Spot
Hyomels germ killing medicine offers a direct nose and mouth inhalation approach for catarrh. Guaranteed satisfaction or money back, available from all druggists.
A Silenced Song and Shifting Sentiments in Old Notes
Fragmentary dialogue hints at religious fervor and social control. References to Morning statements and a narrator named Tete Bit Sorletop imply a tense scene among sem inders. The text mentions eye pain and Roma Eye Balsam as relief, plus a dubious remark on diplomacy.
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