Harding Plans Federal Conference to End Coal Strike
President Harding intends to invite coal operators and United Mine Workers to a Washington meeting within days to avert a fuel shortage. The government will seek immunity from prosecution for conspiracy to fix wages and will weigh whether talks cover state or national wage settlements with John L. Lewis indicating miners will join if represented by the government.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
Washington
Indiana
Anderson
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Davis
Lewis
White House
N. P. Paper to Be Sold by Receiver in Grand Forks
The defunct Grand Forks American newspaper plant and all appurtenances will be sold to the highest bidder on August 15 by Allen McManus as receiver. Judge C. M. Cooley issued the order in district court. The paper quit publication in January 1921 and was nonpartisan league affiliated.
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N. P
Grand Forks
N. D
Grand Forks American
Allen McManus
C. M. Cooley
District Court
the American
Brokerage House Falls in New York
S M Fuller & Co a leading brokerage firm in the New York consolidated stock exchange suspended operations. Counsel said the failure followed a heavy run on consolidated exchange houses since year start and widespread propaganda by various agencies.
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Brokerage House
Falls
New York
S. M. Fuller & Co
New York Consolidated Stock Exchange
Consolidated Exchange
Railroad seeks permission to issue 8 million in equipment trust
The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to issue and sell 8,085,000 in equipment trust certificates to fund 6,500 new freight cars and 25 locomotives.
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Milwaukee
Washington, D. C
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Grain Trading Bill Passes House
Washington D C The house approved the Capper Tindher bill by 208 to 76 to supplement the future trading act in response to the latest Supreme Court ruling.
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Washington, D. C
House
Supreme Court
World News Roundup Reflects Global Political Strife and Policy
A sweeping summary of international events: release of 40 Americans and restitution of $250,000 seized by Mexican bandits. Capper-Tindher anti grain gambling bill passed in the House. Senate adjournment timing for tariff vote. Haiti occupation study recommends indefinite continuation. White House talks on coal strike resolution. immigration quota cuts proposed. budget director appointment. Wilson Dam funding authorized. postal savings chief replaced. Multiple disasters and notable deaths follow, including quarry explosion fatalities in Tennessee, barge explosion in Oneida New York, and ironies of aviation and political turmoil across Europe. The news covers labor unrest, accidents, and high-level political shifts.
Multiple Accidents and Deaths Reported in Varied Incidents
Report covers Otto Bitzan found dead in a Sturgeon Bay cemetery before his planned wedding amid a revolver find nearby. Also a fatal mining incident near Bridgeport Ohio and a highway bandit kidnapping of Bruce Bielaski in Morelos. Yellowstone sets park attendance records. veterans story from Catawissa. Medford lumberman Frank Owens dies in Chicago. and two military pilots killed in a plane crash near Gertysburg Pennsylvania.
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Otto Bitzan
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Conversation Between Dogs and Neighbors
Robert recalls his mother describing a long talk with Mrs. Brown while hanging laundry. He then notices Topsy and Mrs. Brown’s dog Snowball barking, calling it a conversation between dogs.
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Robert
Mrs. Brown
Topsy
Mamma
Snowball
Distinction Plays Quiet Role in Conversation
A brief fragment shows Flora asking if there is much to say while a fan notes that silence does not stop him from talking extensively. The exchange hints at character dynamics without providing broader context or actions.
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Flora
No Peace for Umpire as Fans Riot at Ballpark
After an umpire ruled a batter out, about 20 000 spectators leapt to their feet and hurled bottles and cushions at him shouting robber thief and chased him from the field. He reached home safely that evening. His wife, who had attended the game, told him he was rotten but that the umpire called the safe runner safe by a mile.
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Bill
Proverbial Sayings on Rain Clouds and Speech
A collection of folk aphorisms about mercy fortune and restraint. It emphasizes that misfortune clusters and that self control in speech preserves strength and dignity.
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Uncle Sam
State Department
Senate
Haiti
Senate Committee
Santo Domingo
United States
Johnson
H. M. Lord
War Department
Charles G. Dawes
Wilson Dam
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Malcolm Kerlin
William KE. Buffington
Holston
Straw Plains
Knewville
Tenn
Ells Green
Oneida
N. Y
L. L. Gregg
Chicago
Eau Claire
St. Paul (Minn
Trade and Labor Assembly
Herrin
Southern
Iinois Coal Company
Navy
Washington State
Syracuse
Cornell
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Nicholas Longworth
Congressman Longworth
Countess de Chambrun
Paris
Cincinnati
Len Small
Kankakee
William Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
Pneumoni
Vienna
Panama
Ciro Arriola
Ontario
Robert Harmer
Toronto
Berlin
Hamburg
Doctor Rathenau
Lloyd George
Winston Churchill
Hamar Greenwood
Ireland
London
Albert Honore Chayes
Principality of
Monaco
Lucy Waits
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Cardinal Valfre di Bonze
Rome
Joe
Dublin
Britain
Isabell McKeown
Belfast
Field Marshal
Earl Haig
John Haig & Co
Ferdinand
J. Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Bucharest
Walter Rathenau
Germany
Catherine Goal Mining Company
Uniontown
Bridgeport
A. Bruce Bielaski
Bureau of Investigation
United States Department of Justice
Cuernavaca
Morelos
Yellowstone Park
Livingston, Mont
Herbert McCarty
Lfe
Catawissa
Shone As
Frank G. Owens
Medford
Ore
Congress Hotel
St. Luke's Hospital
George B. Hamilton
G. B. Marton
Buffalo
Gertysburg
Sun-Maid Raisin Growers
Fresno
Calif
Postum Cereal Co., Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
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