Packer Meat Pack Opens Plan for Yard Sales
Washington aims to transfer ownership of the stock yards from the Big Five meat packers to live stock producers. Boston firm Prince & Co. would acquire all fifteen yards via a holding company and offer securities to producers. The deal covers around 152000 shares valued at 30 to 40 million dollars with objections due by September 28 and final argument planned for October 7. Yards and railroads span Sioux City to Wichita, with Swift & Co. still seeking regional yard sales to local interests.
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District of Columbia Supremes Court
F H. Prince & Co
Boston Company
Prince & Co
Sioux City
St. Paul
St. Joseph
Fort Worth
Kansas City
East
Brooklyn Faces Long Fight Over Transit Strike
Brooklyn faces a prolonged clash as the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company and striking workers vow to fight to a finish. With minimal service across subways elevated lines and trolleys, 32 million residents cope with improvised travel.
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Brooklyn
New York
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Tennessee House Reverses Action on Federal Suffrage
Nashville Tenn The Tennessee House of Representatives with quorum present for first time since August 20 expunged from its journal all record of ratification of the federal suffrage amendment and voted 47 to 24 with twenty not voting to non concur in the Senate's ratification of the amendment.
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Tennessee House
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee House of Representatives
Senate
Germany Dumps Inferior Goods as Surplus Exports
Washington reports official advices that Germany floods the United States and England with inferior goods. German exports to Great Britain are labeled Made in America while those to the United States are marked Made in England.
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Germany
Washington
United States
England
Great Britain
America
Italy
Russia
Poland
Colby
Japanese Procurator Wounded in Office Stabbing
Kiritsu Kanayama senior public procurator was seriously wounded when stabbed by a Japanese man who came to his office to discuss legal matters. The assailant, named Irita, is under arrest.
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Tokio
Judge blocks Iowa 8 cent fare law enforcement
Des Moines federal court issues order restraining the Iowa state railway commission from enforcing the old 8 cent fare. A hearing on the temporary injunction is set for September 7.
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Des Moines
Ian
Wade
State Railway Commission
Iowa
Man Held in Murder at Chicago Road House Party
Gerald A. Stack wealthy oil promoter and real estate operator from Lander Wyoming is jailed in Chicago charged with the murder of Paul Brown following a road house party in Niles near the city.
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Chicago
Gerald A. Stack
Lander
Wyo
Paul Brown
Niles
Here
World briefs with postwar changes and census notes
Government costs rise evidence shows transport act lapses while auto exports surge to 232 million and nine times prewar levels. Chicago census revised to 2 701 705. Cuba air mail set for fall. business readjustment foreseen. Coal wages up 20 percent. navy moves to protect Americans in Danzig. Prices fall. prohibition bribes admitted. Bolshevik defeat and 70 000 prisoners reported. 1920 census urban majority expected.
Prohibition Agents Nab Moonshiners After Running Fight
Prohibition Agent Brown and two U S marshals arrested two of three moonshiners eight miles northwest of Springfield Illinois after a running revolver battle. One of the captured is a woman.
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Springfield
Ill
Prohibition
Brown
United States
Miners Ballot Shows Clear Strike Mandate In London
The official coal miners ballot announced in London shows 606,782 voting for a strike and 238,865 against, with the two thirds majority required to sanction a strike exceeded.
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London
Iowa and Sioux City Obituaries and Farm News Roundup
Sioux City founder of the first livestock commission Joseph R. Coe is dead. Fremont county oats set a record at seventy two bushels per acre. Andrew Anderson, 70, injured after falling from a straw stack near Dows, may die. Odell Ruse, 35, killed after being thrown from a tractor near Tabor. C H Davis to judge Holsteins at Water loo dairy cattle congress. James Richardson, 19, dies from motorcycle collision injuries in Waterloo. John Woodhouse, 39, dies after epileptic fit in Plymouth. William Stewart of Mt Pleasant bought 435 acres for 17 dollars an acre. his wheat this year yielded 2800 dollars. William Dean, 36, disappears after taking wife home from church. Milton Parks dies in St Joseph from lockjaw after accidental gunshot. Ted Lubbens farm fire near Yorktown destroys 4000 dollars value. Lawrence Larsen, 65, killed when rail collapses under him at Council Bluffs. Collision near Plymouth injures four, two seriously. Des Moines urges a year round fresh air school via Public Welfare. Maquoketa remembrance for Alva Burt, urged. Oxford stock pavilion urged as nearby towns host sales. Rocky Mountain Limited wreck near Iowa City credited to mostly steel coaches. Fred Stakey and son die in buggy collision with car. Iowa Farm Bureau holds approximately 200000 dollars in cash and Liberty bonds. federation treasurer reports large gains. Kerr sells Grundy County farmland to Brasted at 1255 dollars per acre. five-acre plots desirable for homes.
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Sioux City
Fremont County
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Dows
Odell Ruse
Tabor
C H. Davis
North Yakima
Wash
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
James Richardson
Fairfield
John Woodhouse
Plymouth
Marsh William Stewart
Mt Pleasant
William Dean
Pacific Junction
Milton Parks
M H Parks
Oakland
St Joseph
Ted Lubbens
Yorktown
Lawrence Larsen
State Savings Bank
Council Bluffs
Lee Hobbs
Des Moines
Public Welfare Bureau
William Burt
Maquoketa
Alva Burt
Chicago
Oxford
Iowa City
Fred Stakey
Bondurant
William
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
J. E. Craven
Iowa
Wealth in Canada crops and cattle wealth from the Northwestern fields
A Boston banker recounts a trip to the Canadian West and Rockies praising Canada’s postwar recovery. He highlights rich yields of wheat, forecasting up to two hundred million bushels and half a billion dollars in export wealth, plus growing cattle and dairy sectors as key wealth sources.
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Boston
Canada
Wall Street Journal
Canadian Rockies
Dominion
Western
Status Fixed and a Test of Character
A man answers a series of questions from a girl's father about drinking tobacco gambling and swearing insisting he never drinks smokes gambles or swears and finally invites him to share a candy. The excerpt from New York Central Magazine presents a moral test framed as dialogue.
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New York Central Magazine
What Is a Cat
A neighbor asks about a seven year old ao geologist’s daughter playing with a worn kit ten. The child explains her pet nicknames from family labels while she calls it Kitty.
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Helen
Boston Transcript
All Around Housekeeper Browne-Mrs Smith Renews Wardrobe
A judge remarks on Browne Mrs Smith as an adept housekeeper who reworks old clothes including her husband’s garments during a humorous courtroom exchange. The exchange highlights skill in sewing and household management.
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