Coal ships to the United States by September 1
The Shipping Board announced more than a million tons of coal will reach the United States from England and Wales by September 1. The report notes a slight recovery in mine activity after a lengthy strike and signals readiness to push new legislation to avert further coal and rail disruptions.
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United States
England
Wales
Shipping Board
Washington
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Boston
Marty J. Boland
Sinn Fein
Dublin
Skerries
National Army
Illinois Wheat Yields In Whiteside Higher Than Average
Whiteside county reports yields above average with thrashers showing 30 to 35 bushels per acre and tests 58 to 64 pounds per bushel. The roundup covers crime, politics, health, and infrastructure across Illinois with notes on labor, prohibition, and public notices.
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Whiteside
Thrashers
Lawnton Automobile Repair
Paris
Moline
Moline Chamber of Commerce
Illinois
Springfield
George Yule
Freeport
Wisconsin
Illinois State Association of
Champaign
William H. Rogers
Kankakee
Winnebago
E. W. Harrison
Rockford
Cook County
Board of Assessors
Board of Review
Catherine J. Holmes
Henderson
Central States Fair and Exposition Company
United States
Holmes
Doctor Rawlings
Small
National Coal Association
Herrin
Chicago
People’s Gas, Light and Coke Company
West Twenty-fifth
Throop Streets
Bell, Inventor of Phone, Dead in Cape Breton Home
Alexander Graham Bell, aged seventy five, died at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, after progressive anaemia. He founded the Aerial Experiment Association in 1907, helped develop the hydrodrome during World War I, and advanced long distance telephone work. His labs near Baddeck housed a private museum of his inventions.
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Sydney
N. S
Alexander Grahan Bell
Baddeck
Doctor Bell
Cape Breton
Samuel P. Langley
Quantico
Langley
Aerial Experiment Association
America
F. W. Baldwin
Mr. Bell
Bell
Washington
Promulgation of Working Plans for Coal Distribution
Washington August 4 the presidents fuel distribution committee issued working plans to govern coal allocation during the strike emergency. The order lists priorities for supply including public utilities households manufacturing public necessities and general industry with district committees to distribute orders from the federal program in the eastern producing districts.
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Washington
Mississippi River
Fatal Train Fire Kills 200 Near Kiev
A five car train burned between Kiev and Schepetowka killing about 200 passengers. Among the dead were eight Zionist pioneers bound for Palestine.
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Kiev
Riga
Schepetowka
Palestine
Miner John Mackesi Found Dead After Night Disturbance
Italian miner John Mackesi, age 38, was killed by a blow to the head after waking to threats from three men who fired into his room. His body was found outside his home in Auburn Tl. Aug 4. Police investigate the nighttime assault and homicide.
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Anton Coury
Estancia
N. M
Duran, N. M
Auburn
John Mackesi
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Bartlett, Frazier & Co
Skokie Country Club
Glencoe
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John ©. Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Los Angeles
Punk” Harris
Hot Springs
Ark
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Lieut
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Kelly Field
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Tex
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Madalynne C. Obenchain
J. Belton Kennedy
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Tracey Lyons
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Port Jervis
Montana
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Minn
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Clay County
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Cheyenne
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
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Colwell
Floyd County
Iowan
Sabine
Magna Petroleum Company
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg Dispatch
Charles Stewart
Winnipeg
Nebraska
Iowa
Omaha
J. H. Winchell & Co
Haverhill, Mass
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Atwood
W. Va
Grotto of
Lourdes
Villecomtal
France
Wang Chung Hui
China
Peking
Interisland
Manila
Great Britain
London
Harry Long
Logansport
Ind
Fitzhugh Langston
N. C
Erdenbreitstein
Germany
Berlin
Bern
Switzerland
Jungfrau
John Jova
Sagguala Grande
Cuba
Ogle County
Mount Morris
Henry R. Rathbone
State Commerce Commission
Sterling
William Burgess
Des Plaines
Burgess
Ilinois
Bloomington
William J. Davidson
Davidson
Theodore Kemp
Ku Klux Klan
Divernon
Southern Illinois Soldiers and Sailors’ Reunion Association
Salem
Senator Kessinger
Aurora
Winifred Mason Huck
McCauley
Shick
Adjutant Setliffe
Minois Department
American Legion
Isaac D. Rawlings
Department of Health
Peoria County
Saline County
Tazewell County
Whiteside County
Williamson County
Union County
Department of Highways
Len Small
Carroll
Kane
Will
Jefferson
la Salle
Madison
Marion
Saline and
Bell, Inventor OF
Phone
Nova Scotia
Aerial Experiment Station
Russ
Trio
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