May See Cox and Roosevelt in South for Reunion
Columbia hosts large scale preparations to entertain thousands of Wildcat Division veterans for a September 2 21 reunion. Invitations have gone out to notable figures including Governor Cox Franklin D Roosevelt Secretary of State Bath Colby Senator Oscar Underwood and several governors and generals.
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Columbia
D. C
Wildcat
South Carolina
Cox Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bath Dridge Colby
Oscar W. Undewood
Bickett
North Carolina
Cooper
Bailey
Bist
Draft Evader Bergdoll Sentenced To Leavenworth
Erwin Bergdoll, known for desertion from the army, has been sentenced to four years in Leavenworth Prison. The article notes city officials and civic groups in Columbia plan a reunion event with the Wildcat Veterans' Association and invites attendance and participation.
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Erwin Bergdoll
Leavenworth
Columbia
Chamber of Commerce
New York
Erwin R. Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Bard
Fort Leaven
Wildcat Veterans’ Association
Coast coal flow curb on tidewater shipments
Washington reports an emergency plan to curb coal movement to tidewater. The American Railroad Association and coal bodies met with the commission on our service to ensure faster unloading at piers and reduce stockpiles awaiting transshipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tidewater
American Railroad Association
Willard
D. B. Wents
National Coal Association
Commission On Our Service
American Railroad Assovation
Huey
Hampton Roads
North
American Wholesale
Jude Coal Association
Seven Divisions Destroyed
London reports Premier Lloyd George does not plan trips to Canada or the United States. Official announcement clarified the mistaken the reports.
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Lloyd George
Canada
The
London
United States
Polish forces cross Bug to trap Reds near Ostrolenka
Paris General Pilsudski's army advances toward Ostrolenka along the Bug and Narew rivers seeking to sever the Warsaw Bialystok route. Reds flee with many horses, but French planes hinder loot. Seven Bolshevik divisions are reported cut to pieces with guns captured while the Polish right wing moves toward Kovel to prevent flank attacks.
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Paris
Pilsudski
Bug
Pill
Narew
Ostrolenka
Warsaw
Bialstok
Bug River
Kovel
Sleeper Awakens as Cottonseed Crushed Reaches 4 Million Tons
A Wisconsin report shows cottonseed crushed during the year ending July reached 4,009,860 tons, up from 4,478.08 tons the previous year. Mrs. Clara Irgensan of Racine, recently released from the county asylum, is noted in Washington correspondence. The story references the three year unbroken slumber and an abrupt renewal of activity.
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Waukesha
Wis
Clara Irgensan
Racine
Washington
County Asylum
Man
Four Pathfinder Airplanes Arrive at Fairbanks
In wartime dispatches Uncle Sam introduces Four Pathfinder airplanes landing at Fairbanks after a Mineola to Warsaw route, with Polish successes reported on most fronts up to Nome and Nome Alaska, while a distant trouble area west of the battle sector shows a two hour travel from Dawson YT. Russian secret forces are said to be advancing toward Lemberg as per an official statement on fighting operations.
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Uncle Sam
Fairbanks
Electric Train Collides With Automobile Killing Four
A Pennsylvaynia railroad electric train struck a automobile box with 14 occupants near Camden. The collision killed six of the vehicle occupants and left at least four injured.
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Camden
Appointment of Receiver for Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Columbus Ohio hearing requests appointment of a receiver to oversee the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and for reorganization and distribution of the union's trust fund, estimated at 10 million dollars.
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Columbus
Brotherhood of Railway
Wilson invites former Italian premier Orlando to visit U.S.
Buenos Aires cable reports President Wilson has officially invited former Italian premier Orlando to visit the United States, per the Rome correspondent of La Nacion.
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Wilson
Orlando
U. S
Buenos Aires
Italy
United States
Rome
la Nacion
Brest Litovsk Occupied by Polish Army Detachment
Advices from the American commissioner at Berlin report Brest-Litovsk has been occupied by a Polish army detachment. The State Department relayed the information from Berlin authorities.
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Brest-Litovsk
Washington
State Department
Berlin
Striking miners clash with guards in West Virginia
Reports from Col. Jackson Arnold describe fighting between striking miners and private mine guards at Cittsville Raleigh county West Virginia. In Georgia Thomis E. Watson a Democratic US Senate hopeful spent a night in Buford jail on liquor possession and public indecency charges per Sheriff Shad’s statement.
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Charleston
W. Va
Cittsville
Raleigh County
Jackson Arnold
Tom Watson
Atlanta
Irish Police Inspector Shot Dead Returning from Church
Belfast reports Police Inspector Swanzy, verdict of wilful murder over Mayor MacCurtain's March assassination, was shot dead on way home from church in Lisburn.
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Belfast
Ireland
Swanzy
MacCurtain
Lisburn
Anxious Candidate Plans Niagara Ride Amid Warsaw Scene
A farmer William Bur brick announced plans to ride Niagara Pairs in a DArFe. Warsaw saw 3,009 red prisoners cheer the citizens as they marched toward the Vistula and into the city amid Polish counter offensives.
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Warsaw
Shubenueadie
William Burbrick
Vistula River
Polish counteroffensive prisoners count tied to French command
Paris reports 74000 Soviet Russia prisoners may be captured in the Polish counteroffensive. Most of the 9000 already counted were taken northwest of Warsaw in the Dangle corridor by forces under French General Hillette, former chief of staff to Lyaut.
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Paris
Russia
Warsaw
Dangle
Hillette
Staf
Lyaut
Morocco
Great Britain to Recognize Egypt Independence Report
London Times reports that Great Britain has already recognized the independence of Egypt. The briefing notes the move as a formal acknowledgment amid postwar diplomacy and regional shifts in the Middle East.
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Great Britain
Egypt
London
The
London Times
Unique Collection Sox Started on Journey Around World By Daniels
Secretary Daniels launches a unique collection box to fund a marble tablet at Belleau Wood military cemetery in France. The Belleau Wood American Legion chapter of 308 women will distribute the box to Marine posts worldwide to honor Marines who perished in the battle.
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Sox
World
Daniels
Washington
Marine Corps
Bellean Wood
France
American Legion
Marshal Foch Voices Friendship For America In Antwerp
Marshal Foch spoke of friendship for America as the American teams competed at Antwerp seeking victory. Bishop Thirkield sought a State Department passport for Mexico City duties, with WILBUR P. Foch noted as marshal and leader at the Olympic Stadium.
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Alexex
Lorraine
Marshal Olympic Stadium
Antwerp
de Wnton
Wilbur P. Foch
Mata
Knights
Olympic Stadium
France
Mexico City
State Department
Mexico
Paneme
Central America
Thirkfeld
Eighteen American Commission Workers Besieged in Adana
In Adana Asia Minor eighteen American relief workers of the American Commission for Relief in the Near East have endured a siege since June 20. A flour cargo remains at Merinza while the railway is destroyed. Supplies reach the town only by convoyed motor trucks amid heavy Turkish fire.
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Constantinople
American Commission For Relief In
Near East
Adana
Asia Minor
American Commission For Beleagured
Merinza
Immigration authorities hold up Letvia legation secretary in Washington
Alfred Nagel, who sought credentials from the minister of foreign affairs of the Letvin reorganization, was detained by immigration authorities upon arriving in New York with his wife. He aims to be fully appointed secretary of the proposed legation in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letvia
New York
Alfred Nagel
Repmdle
Sugar Dealers Seek Government Aid Over Slump
Sugar dealers with large stocks press the Justice Department for relief as part of a campaign to lower living costs. John F Crosby, acting head of the department, reports the appeal amid efforts to ease price declines.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Joss
John F. Crosby
Department
Panama Canal Surges From Seven Month Drought
Washington reports the immense reservoirs feeding Panama Canal locks endured seven months and 11 days with no water over Gatun lake spillways. The prolonged drought challenged the system's adequacy and operation of the canal.
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Panama Canal
Washington
Gatun Lake
Chairman Korean Commission Calls Rumor Japanese Fabrication
Washington dispatch from Columbus Ohio reports the Korean commission chair Kin se Kimm labels a recent rumor about a plot to hold the party a groundless Japanese fabrication. Governor Cox comments succinctly on Tennessee assembly action and national political obligations amid the talk of far eastern policy.
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Cox
Tennessee Assembly
Washington
Columbus
Tokio
Tennessee
Far East
Korea
Kinsie Kimm
Civilization of the World
Mothers of America
Tennessee Ratifies Federal Woman Suffrage Amendment
Nashville reports Tennessee’s lower house approved the federal woman suffrage amendment by 60 to 46, aligning with the senate. The measure makes the state the 36th to ratify, pending certification by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby. legality tests by the Tennessee Constitutional League loom if reconsideration proceeds. Seth Walker, once opposing, shifted to aye to seek reconsideration, with Walker alone allowed to move the motion.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Senate
Bainbridge Colby
Tennessee Constitutional League
Seth Walker
Walker
Eagles Convention Defers Women Subordinates for One Year
At the annual convention in New York, the National Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles debated and then postponed for one year a move to recognize subordinate female aerial units.
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Racuis
N. Y
National Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles
Merchants Conference Cautions on Short Contracts
Richmond Virginia merchants at the Southern retail conference advised caution in buying and selling. Open session warned against short contracts and urged careful watch over business conditions.
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Richmond
Southern Retail Merchants
France Protests Ban on Munitions for Poland at Danzig
Paris reports the French government will protest Sir Reginald Tower's order at Danzig forbidding further debarkation of French munitions for Poland. The dispute concerns Allied aid and transport restrictions amid tense European relief efforts.
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France
Danzig
Poland
Paris
Reginald T. Tower
Dinaig
Alcoholic Costs Rise at Bellevue Hospital
A report by Bird Color, commissioner of public charities, notes a surge in alcoholic treatment cases at Bellevue Hospital over recent weeks, nearly matching levels seen before prohibition. The increase signals broader societal costs tied to alcohol use and public health response.
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Bellevue Hospital
Bird 8, Color
Commissioner of Public Charities
Red delegates told to recognize Poland’s nationality
London reports that Russian bolshevik delegates at Minsk have been instructed to acknowledge Poland as a national existence and to refrain from meddling in Poland’s domestic affairs, according to a Minsk dispatch to The Herald.
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Poland
London
Bolubevski
Minsk
Saya
Lloyd George Replies on British Attitude to Wrangel
Premier Lloyd George states Britain never intended to detach Crimea from Russia or aid General Wrangel. He clarifies stance to Leo Kamenets of the Russian mission in London, outlining the government’s position against Wrangel’s offensive in South Russia.
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London
Lloyd-George
Leo Kamenets
Great Britain
Baron Wrangel
Russia
Crimea
Wrangel
The Worm Has Turned Automobile Hits Locomotive
A Chesapeake and Ohio locomotive near HeLewlett was struck by an automobile carrying EB Cunningham and J B Brown of Petersburg. The impact derailed the locomotive and five freight cars but caused no injuries.
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Richmond
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Hewelett
Eb, Cunningham
J. B. Brown
Petersburg
Bitter Opponent of the President Secures Congress Nomination
In Jackson Mississippi four incumbents won renomination and Representative Ven able of the Fifth District fell short. Ross Collins former Mississippi attorney general and critic of Wilson policies appears successful in early returns though counts are close.
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Congress
Jackson, Miss
Representative Venable
Afth
Jackson Daily News
Ross Collins
Mississippi
Ratifying Suffrage Certificate Enjoined By Tennessee Judge
Tennessee chancery judge B F Langford in Davidson county issued an injunction restraining Governor Roberts Secretary of State Stevens and Senate and House leaders Todd and Walter from certifying ratification to Washington or taking further action on the amendment ruling the legislature lacked lawful authority to act.
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Nashville
Roberts
Stevens
Todd and
Walter
Senate
House
Washington
B. F. Langford
Chancery
Davidson County
Ohio Congress Candidate Defeated By One Vote in Primary
Former Congressman Robert Crosser trails by one vote in the Democratic nomination in the 21st Ohio district after official tallies show 2,257 for Buhka and 2,256 for Crosser. Contests to be initiated per the board of elections.
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Ohio
Congress
Greveland. O
Robert Crosser
Board of Elections
Crosser
John J. Buhka
Agares
Kansas Wheat Crop Ranked Second Largest in State History
The Kansas wheat crop reached 147,000,000 bushels in the latest monthly report by the Kansas state board of agriculture, based on a canvass made August 14. Corn production was estimated at 127,900,000 bushels, with expectations for the largest corn crop in five years.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
American Congressmen in Korea Warned of Detention Risk
Tokio-Press reports from Seoul allege Korean plots to detain the American congressmen visiting the Far East to complicate relations between Japan and the United States. The advices note the arrest of Yang Kein-Tark, once convicted for an assassination attempt on former Prime Minister Field Marshal Terauchi and others in Korea.
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Korea
Tokio
Seoul
Far -East
Japan
Amerfi
Yang Kein-Tark
Field
Marshal Terauchi
Nation Grants Equal Suffrage After Long Struggle
Washington and Tennessee ratified the constitutional amendment, reaching 36 states. The movement’s leaders are named, tracing milestones from early activists to the militant tactics of the National Woman's Party and Alice Paul, whose pickets drew federal attention amid decades of campaigning.
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Beth Cady Stanton
Norn
Adams
Mass
Miss Anthony
Syomen
Rochester
Senate
Sargent
California
Mierenfier
Congress
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Washington
Natinal Woman's Party
Alice Paul
Movement for Woman Suffrage Spans U S History
The article traces ratification efforts in various states, noting key figures Lucretia Mott Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B Anthony and the evolution of suffrage groups from the National Woman Suffrage Association to the League of Women Voters. It covers leaders, organizational splits, mergers and the rise of the League with 27 million potential voters and the League’s current leadership structure.
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Tennessee
United States
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Carly Stanton
Seneca Falls
N. Y
Henry B. Stanton
National Woman's Suffrage Association
Susan B. Anthony
Eliza
Paul
National Woman Suffrage Association
Mrs. Stanton
Miss Anthony
New York
American Wotan Suffrage Association
Mary A. Livermore
Julia Ward Howe
Lucy Stone
Boston
National America Woman Suffage Association
Stanton
Mixes Anthony
Carrie Chapman Catt
Anna Howard Shaw
Catt
Frank Leslie
National Association
St. Louis
League of Women Voters
Chicago
International Woman Suffrage
Allance
Maud Wood Park
Richard Edwards
Indiana
Solon Jacobs
Alabama
Interesting Briefs on Inventions and Global Notes
Gatherings of miscellaneous topics span inventions in California, French wine regions, Japanese folklore on cats and frogs, Indian moss bread along the Columbia, ancient lace origins in Egypt, gold deposits in Southeast Asia, Cyprus island agriculture, and rising female enrollment at the University of Pennsylvania with about two thousand women in winter and summer classes.
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Cypress
University of Pennsylvania
Austro-Hungarian Lines Hold Back Red Forces
Austrian forges are bottled up by river defenses and field works as gates toward escape for the red hordes are effectively closed, according to battlefield observers.
Polish Delegation Insists on Honorable Durable Peace at Minsk
Warsaw says Polish peace delegates at Minsk were instructed to demand an honorable and lasting peace. The Russian Soviet front is bottled up along the northern Prussia Vistula line, with Polish forces trapping many prisoners. No new Polish instructions were issued, and Minsk delegates are being updated by wireless about unilateral Polish gains that could alter terms from the Soviet side.
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Warsaw
Prussia
Vistula Rier
Mate
Foreign Office
Poland
Minsk
M. Daniachevsky
Mexico Not Require Special Cotton Export Permits
Mexico will not require special permits for cotton exportation under a decree to be signed by Provisional President de La Huerta, outlining changes to export procedures and regulatory requirements for cotton shipments.
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Ico
Mexico City
Mexico
de la Huerta
Operating Income Rise for 70 Telephone Firms in March
Washington reports show operating incomes of 70 telephone companies for March totaling 7,309,974 dollars, an increase of 843,233 over March 1919, per reports from the Interstate Commerce Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thterstate Commerce Commission
Crown Prince Carol of Romania Visits New York for Six Days
Crown Prince Carol of Romania, soldier and diplomat, on a world tour, arrived in New York from Niagara Falls for a six days visit before sailing to Europe. He has traveled across the United States during the trip.
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New York
Crown Prince
Carol
Rumania
United States
Niagara Falls
Europe
London Concern Secures 5 Million Interest in American Company
Washington. Explosive Trades Limited of London has acquired a five million dollar interest in the General Motors Corporation of America, per advices received from London to the department of commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Concern
American Corporation
Washington
Premiers Appeal to France on Poland Danzig Use
Lucerne Switzerland Premier Lieut George of Great Britain and Premier Glolitt of Italy call for allied action by France to secure Poland free and unrestricted use of Danzig and its communications under the Versailles treaty.
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Lucerne
Switzerland
Lieut George
Great Britain
Glolitt
Italy
Dave
France
Poland
Danzig
Bolshevism Promoted as Islamism in Anatolia
A proclamation issued in Anatolia declares Bolshevism identical to Islamism because both are based on democracy. It urges all faithful Muslims to embrace Bolshevism, with Moslem religious leaders Anatole endorsing the message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Anatole
Anatolia
German Industrial Leader Seeks Talk with Lloyd George
Paris reports Dr Walter Rathenau and Chancellor Konstantin Fehrenbach arriving at Lucerne for possible talks with Prime Minister Lloyd George. Fehrenbach is understood to have requested a conference, though no decision from Lloyd George has been learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Walter Rathenau
Lucerne
Konstantine Fehrenbach
Fehrenbach
Lloyd- George
Lloyd-George
Fehrenhech
Mexican Government Deploys Three Regiments Into Jalisco
Mexico City reports the government moves to crush the Zamorin rebellion in Jalisco. Three mixed cavalry and infantry columns, led by seasoned officers, were ordered into the state to release kidnapped American citizens and British subjects seized days earlier.
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Mexico City
Jalisco
Pedro Zamorin
Quorum Breakers of Tennessee Lower House Enjoy Alabama Visit
Decatur Alabama reports reveal Tennessee House members instrumental in blocking a woman suffrage amendment. Six members traveled from Nashville to Alabama, inviting by local residents to extend hospitality, while plans to halt sessions appear continuing.
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Tennessee
Decatur
Ala
Tennesvon Howe
Nashville
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