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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1920
Page
2
Vermont is the first state to show a population decline in the past decade with 352 421 people, down 3 535 or 1 4 percent. Other items note a wage dispute request to reopen miners pay, rising US debt, and various national events.
The senate backed by Edward W. Pickard reports a federal trade commission finding that farm implement makers used price meetings and inflated costs to raise prices by 73 percent from 1914 to 1918. It calls for reopening anti trust cases against International Harvester and other firms. The association counters that the critique is unwarranted.
The senatorial committee heard about a deluxe book titled Republicanism in 1920 to be published by William Barnes of New York. A list showed about $37,000 pledged by wealthy backers for Barnes effort. Wilbur Marsh, Democratic treasurer, said this signaled a plan to raise large funds outside the regular Republican machinery, naming several allied organizations including the National Young Men's Republican League and the Southern.
Reports say Cork’s Lord Mayor Mac Swiney has not starved himself to death and is growing stronger in Brixton jail. Riots in Ireland and supportive efforts continue as Britain refuses release. Frank P Walsh says Colby promised to act quickly for the prisoner, though the scope of any American action remains unclear.
Wheat growers from Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska gather in Salina to push for a living price for the 1920 crop. They adopt a plan after a Kansas City conference set a fair minimum of 2.30 dollars per bushel at the farm and plan to seek wide cooperation to secure the price.
A gasoline stove explosion sparked a blaze in Lyndon Illinois leveling more than half the business section. The fire destroyed multiple stores including two groceries causing major local damage.
Report from Rome on a critical period in Jugo-Slavia with Croats Magyars Bosnians and Montenegrins planning a collective rising against Serbia expected within a week. Travelers note Serbian evacuation of Ragusa Dalmatia near Cattaio.
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