Illinois Central Magazine reveals coal saving aims and long serving workers
The Illinois Central Magazine for September surveys crop conditions across fourteen Mississippi Valley states and outlines coal saving goals of 20 percent per unit of service. It highlights employee efforts, cites Wil liam Stark’s storied coal saving, and notes long serving Minnesota division veterans.
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Illinois Central Magazine
Illinois Central System
Mississippi Valley
Illinois Central
William Stark
Illinois
Minnesota
Dubuque
Iowa
Pease, Yatchman
Waterloo
J. H. Quinlan
William Adrian
T. J. Quinlan
Fred H. Spohr
Waverly
Quinlans
League speaks against catac ac tions at World Conclave on disarmament
In Geneva the League of Nations assembly heard praise for the world disarmament effort. Indian lawyer Srinivasa Satri spoke in English in native attire urging US action beyond criticism. Spanish Count Gimeno awoke South Americans with praise and used Spanish, later translated. Columbia’s Urratia urged wider publicity. Bourgeois noted many American press correspondents in Geneva.
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Geneva
Assembly of the
League of Nations
United States
Washington
America
League
Srinvasa Satri
United
M. Bourgeois
Murder Theory Surfaces Over Fitzpatrick Case
United States Attorney E F Collins hints Frank J Fitzpatrick head of the federal narcotics squad was murdered after a raid on the steamship King Alexander. Investigators initially cited death by self inflicted gunfire but officials question the autopsy finding and pursue a murder theory. Col C G Forrer of the internal revenue service also weighs the possibility of foul play.
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New York
Frank J. Fitzpatrick
United States
EF. J. Collins
Brooklyn
Fitzpatrick
Col
C.G. Forrer
Internal Revenue Service
Washington
Sentiment frees veteran in theft case
In London at Marlborough petty sessions Judge Giffard overruled strict justice when Ronald Emerton cited his war record with Battery L Royal Horse Artillery. The judge, moved by the memory of his son, granted Emerton another chance to reform rather than a harsher sentence.
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London
H. E. R. Giffard
Marlborough Petty Sessions
Ronald Emerton
Royal Horse Artillery
Giffard
Prohibition Agents Seize Beer Carried From Cattle
Federal agents in New Orleans emptied containers of beer into the sewer. They reported recovering 900 cages and 78 casks of beer or 21, six pence pints diverted from their intended channels.
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New Orleans
Gald
Americans Await Cadiz Voyage to Morocco Legion
Two hundred young men gather in New Orleans awaiting the steamship Cadiz to take them to Spain for service in Morocco. Among the group are 150 Americans and many veterans, joining the Tercio de Estranjeres, the Spanish foreign legion.
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New Orleana
Cadiz
Spain
Morocco
Tercio de Estranjeres
Spanish Foreign Legion
Bomb Thrown at Korea Governor in Seoul Office
An attacker hurled two bombs at the government building room where Governor Baron Minoru Saite of Korea sat. The governor was uninjured in the attempt.
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Seoul
Korea
Baron Minoru Saite
Gov. Saite
President Harding Blames Dishonest Agents Over Immigration Law
President Harding, in a letter to Rep Isaac Siegel of New York, blames dishonest steamship agents for hardships caused by new restrictive immigration laws. Siegel sits on the House immigration and naturalization committee and has sought executive intervention in enforcement.
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New York
Harding
Isaac Siegel
Siegel
House
Om Immigration and Naturalization
Wroth
Fractured OCR Item Yields Fragmented Regional Note
An unclear OCR snippet references names and places with garbled words. Readable bits show personal names, a location, and a date-like element, but the full event remains unresolved. The piece resembles a brief local notice or sports item and may require clearer OCR to activate a complete summary.
Cotton Rally Buoys South with 500 Million Boost
The recent cotton market surge adds about 500 million to the value of new crop and carryover, easing bankruptcy fears and reviving Southern commerce. It underscores support for freer credit and the War Finance Corporation, while urging reduced acreage and greater focus on foodstuffs and soil enrichment.
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South
War Finance Corporation
1200 Sheep Put On Farm In Lafayette County
Five car loads of 1 200 spring lambs from West Texas arrived at the Hopkins and Hutcherson farm in Lafayette County south of Myrtle Miss. The flock will be kept for breeding and marks a notable arrival for local sheep producers.
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N. Texas
Myrtle
Miss
Hopkins and Hutcherson
West
Texas
Lafayette County
Gasless Sunday Plan Aimed at Relief Effort
A public letter urges President to issue a proclamation calling car owners to observe a gasless Sunday monthly. Cars stay in garages and owners donate saved gas and oil to a fund for feeding the hungry and clothing the needy, with disbursement via Salvation Army and Volunteers of America.
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United States
Salvation Army
Volunteers of America
Herve
Profiteering landlord tale from Wayside Tales
A doctor converses with a landlord about appetite and wealth. The doctor advises abandoning wealth to enjoy meals invited by tenants, illustrating a moral about humility and shared provision.
Mrs. Anna Parks Leases Colonial Hotel With New Assistant
Mrs. Anna Parks has leased the Colonial Hotel and engaged Mrs. Annie Milstead as assistant manager. Milstead from Blue Mountain Mississippi has lived there six years and will move with her two sons Max and James to Oxford. She formerly served as matron at Blue Mountain College dormitory.
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Anna Parks
Colonial
Annie Milstead
Milstead
Blue Mountain
Miss
Max
James
Oxford
Blue Mountain College
Dusky Depositor Seeks Bank Withdrawals
A Wayside News quip reports at the Coontown Bank a depositor demands to withdraw funds after four years, but the cashier says no money remains as interest has eaten the principal.
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Dusky
Husky
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Yates Garage
C. R. Knowles
Springfield
Mattie Crosswhite
Glade Spring
Cardui
Mrs. Crosswhite
Judge Frees
Prince Albert
Pringe Albert
Garette Tobacco
Jimmy
Mrs. Parks
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