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Washington reports the Navy orders the American cruiser from Reval to Danzig to protect 200 Americans. Federal Reserve foresees slight price declines this fall and winter and lower levels next spring. Prohibition agents in New York and other cities admit taking bribes for protection. Warsaw says Bolshevik army defeated with 70 000 prisoners taken daily. peasants bring in captured spoils. 1920 census to show more urban dwellers than rural. suffrage amendment ratified. Red Cross cites 35 320 000 total war casualties. Gordon Woodbury named assistant secretary of the navy.
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Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Prohibition
New York
Kramer
Warsaw
American Red Cross
Back pay to 275000 workers set by railway decision
Pennsylvania railroad plans to distribute about 23 million dollars to roughly 275000 to 280000 employees as fulfillment of a United States railway labor board order issued after the July 26 decision. The dispatch notes broader crime and public notices elsewhere.
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Philadelphia Dispatch
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States Railway
United States
Tokyo
Society notes and international dispatches brief
Personal nuptials include Adolphus Busch daughter marrying Charles Greenough in New York and Dorothy Miller to William Harold Stewart with Sept 25 ceremony at Millbrook. Obituaries mention Nellie A Black and William K Vanderbilt. War updates cite Grodno recapture, Bialystok evacuation, Tomsk uprisings, plus Volga conflicts and unrest in Belfast and Smyrna.
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Hugo Reisinger
Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
New York
Charles B. Greenough
Newport Society
Dorothy Miller
Roswell Miller
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company
William Harold Stewart
Webster
Mass
Millbrook
N. Y
Neff Beats Bailey in Texas Primary for Governor
Returns at Austin show Pat M. Neff leading J. W. Bailey with about 350,000 of 425,000 votes counted. Bailey opposed the renewal of Nations. Reed Smoot nominated by Utah Republicans in Salt Lake City. James Cantrill assumes active management of Governor Cox’s presidential campaign per Washington dispatch.
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Pat M. Neff
J. W. Bailey
Texas
Austin
Neff
Bailey
United States
Reed Smoot
Utah
Salt Lake City
James Cantrill
Kentucky
Cox
Washington Dispatch
Bleibtry Sets 100 Meter Freestyle World Record at Antwrop
New York swimmer Miss Ethelda Bleibtry won the women’s 100 meter freestyle in 1 minute 13 3-5 seconds at Antwrop, adding another world record to the Yankee Olympic string.
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Ethelda Bleibtry
New York
Wilson D. R.'s Miners Boost
President Wilson backs the majority report of the anthracite coal commission increasing miners pay. Company men receive 17 percent and lower paid workers at least 52.5 cents per hour with about 18 million dollars in back pay. The action avoids retroactive terms outside the commission's jurisdiction.
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Washington
Wilson
Anthracite Coal Commission
Thomas Kennedy
Commission
United Mine Workers
Board of Conciliation
Ferry
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chambers of Commercce
Cleveland
Akron
Ohio
Freezone Promises Quick Corn Removal Without Pain
A vivid ad-style claim offers Freezone as a painless corn remedy. It promises immediate relief and easy removal using a tiny bottle sold by druggists, effective for hard and soft corns and calluses without soreness.
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Parker
Assovux Chem
Patchorua
N.Y
Hindercorns
Hiscos Chemica
Patchogue
N. X
Absent Guard Duty Quip Echoes Courtroom Chat
A judge asks Kelly where he was during guard duties as the sergeant and corporal circle his post. Kelly fumbles with the question then jokes that the mystery worries him, while a line from The American Legion Weekly notes some people see life as an empty dream fueling others’ nightmares.
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Kelly
The
American Legion Weekly
Hypocrisy Dressed in Sunday Clothes Is Tact
A compact phrase reflects on the idea that public virtue hides private duplicity. The observation contrasts outward polish with inner inconsistency, noting society’s tolerance of polite pretense as a form of tact.
Halls Catarrh Medicine Promises Health Restorations
An 19th century advertisement touts Halls Catarrh Medicine to prevent frequent colds by building up the system and cleansing the blood. It claims internal action through the blood to reduce inflammation of mucous surfaces and restore normal conditions, with Druggists carrying the product and circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Candid Criticism About Loss Of Family Dog
A family grieves after their dog Toby is killed by a car and laid to rest in the garden. The elder asks if God could revive Toby, and the younger answer reflects a child's blunt view that God needed a nice dog in heaven, then adds it was a mean choice.
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Toby
Moving New Arrivals Vanish in Quiet Farm Debate
Farmer Countessel and his wife joke about new arrivals who dominate conversation likening them to an ouija boarders. The exchange captures a rural household’s humorous take on newcomers and their chatter.
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State Department
Gordon Woodbury
New Hampshire
Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
J. S. Fauts
Burlington
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New London
Quartermaster Corps
Arturo M. Laracho
Laredo
Tex
Mexico City
Eugene Leroy
Detroit
Mich
Dryden
Rio Janeiro
Chicago
England
France
St. Nagaire
America
Pelagess Fe Tartaliea
William K. Vanderbilt
Paris
James Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Tract, Ia
Nellie A. Black
John C. Black
Continental and Commercial National Bank
Grodno
Bialystok
Koenigsberg
Tomsk
Novonikalaievsk
Omsk
Harbin
Willoughby
Kkheri
Oudh
India
A. A. Sachmatov
University of Petrograd
Stockholm
Peking
Canton
Fukien
Chenhmin
Fukien-Kwangtung
Belfast
Ispector Swanzy
Lisburn
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Ushak
Tuchaischewski
Napoleon
Waresaw
Leon Vtrotsky
Poland
East Prussia
Coal Commission
North Carolina
New England
Bellens
Bellans
Fletcher
Doan
Iowa
18Th St
Burnington
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