Railway Wage Increase Sparks Mixed Reactions Across Ranks
Chicago reports a $669 million wage boost for United States railroad workers after daylong talks. Officials express disappointment at not securing more, while unions anticipate submitting the award to a referendum. Railroads foresee an 18 to 21 percent rise in freight and passenger rates to cover back pay and ongoing salaries.
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Brotherhood
R. M. Barton
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Whiter
Lane Commission
Chamber votes confidence in Millerand government
The Paris chamber of deputies backed Premier Millerand 420 to 152 after he outlined Spa conference decisions and discussed Turkish, Syrian, and German questions. He pledged France’s aid to Poland following Bolshevik responses to Lloyd George’s armistice ultimatum.
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Chamber of Deputies
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Poland
Lloyd George
Lipton challenger Shamrock IV wins international race off Sandy Hook
New York report states Shamrock IV defeats Resolute by two minutes 25 seconds corrected. seven minutes one second handicap noted. In San Diego, Jack Johnson is arrested across the border by a U S marshal while under Mann Act sentence in Chicago.
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New York
Thomas Lipton
Sandy Hook
Johnson
San Diego
Jack Johnson
Mexico
United States
Chicago
First new rice receipts shown at Louisiana sugar and rice exchange
Three sacks of the river crop were received from the Winkler plantation near Donaldsonville. At auction the consignment averaged 15 dollars per sack.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Sugar and Rice Exchange
Winkler
Donaldsonville
Great Britain’s war expenditures in Russo-German armistice period
The British government spent 65 973 000 pounds on naval and military operations in Russia from November 11 1918 armistice to March 1 last, per a parliamentary paper issued Monday.
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Great Britain
Russia
Germany
Soviet Reply to British Armistice Note Spurns Peace Proposals
The Soviet government redefines its stance in response to the British note on armistice with Poland, rejecting the core elements of the British peace proposals and signaling continued conditions for any settlement.
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Poland
German reps sign coal protocol at Spa Friday night
German representatives at Spa Belgium signed the coal protocol framed by allied conferences at 45 o clock Friday night.
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Spa
Belgium
Ruth hits two homers in second game for 31st record
Babe Ruth belted two home runs in the second game of a Chicago doubleheader on Monday, establishing a new record with 31 homers for the season.
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Babe Ruth
Chicago
Ill
Cotton pests and farming notes across Texas
Damaging boll weevils threaten cotton in Cooke County while agriculture authorities report record sugar cane acreage in Wichita and Texas farms rally against pests. The Texas railway and banking sectors gain new charters and lines, and several Texas towns advance public works, clubs, and tax measures as farmers forecast bountiful crops.
Galveston City Officials Ousted Under Martial Law
Governor Hobby suspends Galveston city officials including the mayor city attorney and four commissioners along with police and detectives during martial law citing failure to maintain order protect constitutional rights and enforce laws Brigadier General J F Wolters is ordered to enforce the action in the Galveston military district.
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Austin
Tex
Galveston
Hobby
J. F. Wolters
Texas
Christensen Named Presidential Candidate for New Farmer Labor Party
Chicago nominee Parley P. Christensen, Salt Lake City lawyer and member of the committee of 48, won the party’s presidential nomination on the second ballot over Dudley Field Malone. He received 192.6 votes to Malone’s 174.6 as the fusion party moved to form its platform, while defections began with James E. Ferguson and other uncredited delegates.
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Chicago
Ill
Parley P. Christensen
Salt Lake City
New
Farmer-Labor Party
Christensen
Dudley Field Malone
New York
Platform Committee
Committee of Forty-Eight
Labor
Committee On
Forty-Eight
James E. Ferguson
Texas
Labor Party
Prison report shows many convicts pardoned in June
Austin Texas report notes 49 convicts were pardoned in June. On June 1 the total in Huntsville prison and state farms was 2820, down to 2773 on July 1, a net drop of 47. New admissions totaled 102 with various outcomes and 13 paroled.
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Austin
Tex
State Prison Commission
Huntsville
Weevils Ravage Brazos Bottom Plantations
In Brazos bottom plantations near Bryan Texas farmers report bowing to bull weevils. Many fear another short crop this year as the pest continues to damage cotton fields and yields.
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Bryan, Tex
Brazos
Wilson Cox Unity Reported After White House Meeting
Washington. President Wilson and Ohio Governor Cox Democratic nominee declared complete agreement on the league of nations and party unity after a White House conference with Franklin D. Roosevelt. All three issued statements praising solidarity and shared aims for peace and the Democratic platform.
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League of Nations
Wilson
Cox
Ohio
White House
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Executive
League
America
Roosevelt
Pardoned at Last Uncle Bill Edwards Receives Texas Clemency
Governor Hobby granted full pardon to Uncle Bill Edwards who has lived as a wealthy oil man after a thirty six year sentence for killing G A Rogers in Eastland County. The pardon takes effect July 19 his seventieth birthday. Edwards had previously refused pardons while governors Colquitt and Ferguson were in office.
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Austin
Texas
Bill Edwards
Texas Penitentiary
Callahan County
Colquitt
Ferguson
Hobby
District Court
Eastland County
G. A. Rogers
Edwards
Manifesto Presented in Chicago Trial of Labor Party
The Moscow manifesto outlining Soviet principles, signed by Nikolai Lenin and Leon Trotzky, was introduced Friday as evidence in the conspiracy trial of Wm. Bross Lloyd and 19 other Communist Labor party members in Chicago Illinois.
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Chicago
Ill
Moscow
Nikolai Lenine
Leon Trotzky
Wm. Bross Lloyd
Communist Labor Party
Miss Helen Taft Weds Yale Instructor in Montreal
Miss Helen Taft daughter of former President William Howard Taft married Frederick Johnson Manning in Murray Bay on Thursday. Manning teaches history at Yale University. Taft serves as president of Bryn Mawr College.
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Montreal
Helen Taft
William H. Taft
Murray Bay
Frederick Johnson Manning
Yale University
Taft
Bryn Mawr College
Bank Robbery at Athens National Bank
Two men robbed the Athens National Bank in Athens Texas at 1 PM Tuesday. They escaped with 5000 dollars in cash and 1000 Liberty Bonds. No injuries reported and police launched a search for the suspects.
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Athens
Tex
Athens National Bank
Poles Destroy Town Near Bobruisk
Polish forces before abandoning Bobruisk about one hundred miles southeast of Minsk destroyed the town, wiping out structures and leaving a scorched landscape as they retreated.
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London
Bobruisk
Minsk
Capital Punishment. How remove the letter A from the alphabet
Puzzle note from Boys' Life asking how to remove the letter A from the alphabet with a playful clue. The entry resembles a light quiz item typical of youth magazines.
Freckle Cream Plan With Lemons and Orchard White
A homemade freckle and tan lotion is proposed using two lemons mixed with three ounces of orchard white to create a cheap complexion beautifier. The ad promises vanish of freckles and blemishes with daily massage and claims the mixture is harmless and non irritating.
Why Price the Fool Kansas Sale Notice
The Ladies' Aid will hold another fool sale on Tuesday as reported by the Kansas paper citing the Boston Transcript.
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Kansas
the Ladies’ Aid
Boston Transcript
Don't Take Your Troubles to Bed With You Doctor Says
A humorous exchange features a doctor advising against bringing troubles to bed and a patient replying about sleeping on a cot. The light exchange highlights practical sleep advice in a plainspoken style.
Vacher Balm Promise and Ad Claims
An old advertisement proclaims 99 of 100 minor ailments like nasal congestion sunburn itching or soreness relieved by Vacher Balm. It urges keeping it handy and warns against imitations, offering a mail order option for 80 cents plus stamps to W Vacher Inc New Orleans and notes agents wanted.
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Durant
Oklahoma
Hunt
A. B. Richards Medicine CO
Sherman
Texas
HK. W. Vacher, Inc
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Allen's Foot Ease Promises Comfort for Tight Shoes
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot Ease antiseptic powder for feet and shoes. It claims one size smaller shoes feel easy, relieves corns and bunions, prevents blisters and sore spots, with instant comfort and broad availability.
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Allen
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