Fire Devastates American Agricultural and Chemical Works
The article reports a massive fire at the American Agricultural and Chemical company plant in Regia near Havana Cuba, with a ten million dollar loss and widespread explosions causing panic. It also covers war crimes extradition notes, Russian victories, and various U.S. policy items including farm loan suspensions and labor campaign plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whro
American Agricultural and Chemical Company
Regia
Havana
Cuba
Baron Kurt von Leisner
Berlin
Council of Ambasasdors
Ater
Paris
Insted
Odessa
Don River
Nacozari
Sonora
United States
Foreign Office
Germany
Council of Dmbasanidors
Hethmann Hollweg
Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Mackensen
Crown Pringer
Washington returns on World War casualties and policy matters
A roundup details Adjutant General Harris announcing a casualty list, Gilbert Hitchcock commenting on President Wilson, and various policy debates. It covers anti- sedition legislation, free speech concerns, railroad regulation progress, a plan to double West Point cadets, and farm price controls amid wartime measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Winate
Ulltke I
United States
Palmer
House Judiciary Committee
Albert B. Cummins
Town
Senate
House
Harris
Georgia
West Point Military Academy
Senate Agriculture Committee
Edwin T. Meredith
Coal Strike Settlement Commission
Carter Glass
Secretary of the Treasury
Virginia
Thomas
Martin
Marshall
Court fight over prisoner transfer and murder mystery news
Attorney Charles F P Clyne sues in Chicago circut court of appeals to compel Victor Berner to serve a sentence, while New York detectives seek clues in the Constance Hoxie murder case. Wreck of a St Louis Mountain and Southern passenger train, a baby triplets birth in Albany, and major flood losses near St Augustine are also reported. Rhodes scholars named from UVA Princeton and Oberlin. Newberry campaign conspiracy outline. national bank depositaries cut. aviators released at Laredo. transcontinental Alaska air voyage plans announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luis
Ey Mountain
Alleagh
Tensas
Mm Louietowa
Sittin
Vorsey Livingstone
Albany
Ala
St. Augusting
Fla
St. Augustine
Tuimbstore
Arig
Bisbee
Ariz
Robert P. T Hamilton
Truman H. Newberry
United States
Grand Rapida
Frank D. Dailey
Treasury Department
BE. F. Davis
G. B. Grimes
Guerrero
Nuevo Laredo
Rio Grande
Laredo
Texas
New York
Nome
Alaska
American Flying Club
Luxmy Air Service
Heralds Review Of North Carolina Important State Events
Herald’s review compiles a record of notable happenings at the North Carolina Capitol and across the state, surveying political and public affairs as reported for Herald readers. The document highlights governance milestones, legislative actions, and key statewide developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald’s Review of
North Carolina
Capitol
Herald
Changes to Calendar Year Exemption and Tax Rules In North Carolina
North Carolina tax changes set exemptions at 1000 for unmarried and 1500 for married or widows with minor children. Incomes must be listed for 1919 calendar year, with rates rising from 1 percent to 2.5 percent on higher brackets. The state cautions readers about misinterpretations amid ongoing Internal Revenue updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State Tax Commission
New NC Enterprises Chartered in January
Secretary of State reports January saw 28 million dollars in authorized capital for North Carolina startups with about 3 million dollars paid in by incorporators. Cotton mills led investment with 8.8 million dollars into new plants, many in Gaston County, while eight banks and other institutions expanded capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Secretary of State
Gaston County
South
North Carolina Builds and Loans Associations Impress Officials
Reports show Rushling and Loan Associations built 292 dwellings last year and offered stock loans totaling 16 000 dollars and mortgages 230 000 dollars. Commissioner Young praises their failure to lose money and calls the firms vital to industrial progress. One association earned 14 002 87 dollars net in profits and paid off two series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner
Young
Twenty Three Scout Troops Active in Charlotte District
In Charlotte the scout movement marked its 10th American anniversary with a February celebration plan by 23 troops and 400 scouts and officials. J E Steere, deputy national field commissioner, leads preparation as the movement spans 62 countries with 1.2 million American scouts trained in a decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Plana
United States
Charlotte
Eacoutrge
J. E. Steere
America
Connell
Latta
Alumni Conference Called for UNC Associations
Presidents and secretaries of local UNC alumni groups in the state and seven associations in New York, Boston, Washington, Richmond, Norfolk, Atlantis, and Birmingham are invited to assemble at Chapel II on February 21 for the alumni conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Call Jocal
University of North Carolina
New York
Boston
Washington
Richmond
Norfolk
Atlantis
Birmingham
Chapel II
North Carolina Returns $7,000,000 Personal Property
A NC citizen lists $7,000,000 in personal property for taxation under the Revaluation act. The figure, a preliminary report to the Revaluation Commission, exceeds all personal property returns from any county under the old grading system, signaling a surge in listed state values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Revaluation Commission
Influenza Situation Improves in North Carolina with Isolated Pneumonia
Reports to the State Board of Health show improvement in Asheville and two mill towns in Catawba county though Asheville press notes warn of rising pneumonia. Quarantines hold in Meredith College, Peace Institute, and St Marys with no influenza cases reported. In Camp Bragg the Senate approves 1 173 000 for immediate needs as House action stalls. An alleged blockader, Gordon Lowery, was shot in the leg near Falls of the Neuse. revenue officers were involved and no officers were harmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Asheville
Catawba County
State Board of Health
County Health Department
Raleigh
Wake County
Meredith College
Peace Institute
St. Mary's
Camp Bragg
Washington
Senate
N.C
House
Overman
Gordon Lowery
Falls of
Nouse
Lowery
Rex Hospital
Deputy Marshall
Earnest Raines
Eugene Richardson
Jack Gordon
Striking Sights Draw Northern Tourists to Carolina
Northern visitors toured the Carolina coast seeing cotton yards lumber mills and a blizzard struck landscape. They rode through cities like Winston-Salem Asheville and Raleigh while noting tobacco sales and a new yarn mill project. Authorities report influenza cases in Charlotte and a real estate sale in Raleigh drew wide interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunn
Carolina
Coast
Black
Prac
Wil
Milla
Florida
Havana
Broadway
Raleigh
Charlotte
Richmond
New York
Yoa
Japanese Post in Korea Attacked, Large Casualties Reported
A Japanese post in Korea faced a night attack by roughly 700 men resulting in about 300 deaths. Further details on the incident and responsible forces were not immediately available.
Hand of Bolshevik Shown in Korean Hostilities
Washington dispatches report 2000 Koreans crossed from Manchuria armed by Bolsheviks and attacked a Japanese post of 700, killing 900 and routing the rest. Dispatches call it the start of a large insurgent action as clashes continue with frontier Japanese troops. Authorities say Bolsheviks aid and thousands in Manchuria are hostile to Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Korea
Kirin
Manchuria
President Opposes Military Training Issue Ruling
Washington. President Wilson opposes making universal military training a caucus issue for Democratic members of the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
House
Evacuation Claim Amid Wireless Dispute Cited
London reports that Northern Korea was evacuated by Japanese forces amid a wireless dispute from Moscow. An Omsk message is quoted as the basis, while the population rises to aid Korean forces from Chinese territory in a declared move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Catawba Creamery Company
London
Moscow
Omsk
Riot Ends in Bloodshed During Lockett Trial in Lexington
Four people die and several are wounded as a mob seeks to lynch Willian Lockett after he confesses to murdering 10-year-old Geneva Hardman. State troops and local forces exchange fire outside the courthouse amid the chaotic courtroom episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Willian Lockett
Geneva Hardman
Lockett
Foch to Confer With Poles on Bolshevik Menace
Warsaw report says Marshal Foch, commander in chief of the allied armies, will come to Warsaw to confer with Polish military authorities on the Bolshevik menace. The Journal de Pologne, a French language paper, carries the announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foch
Warsaw
Journal de Pologne
Farm groups decline to join American Federation effort
Washington farm organizations will not join the American Federation of Labor in its non partisan campaign to influence this year's union movement trends. T C Atkeson of the zonal Grange with 700 008 members announced the stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Federation of Labor
T. C. Atkeson
Great Railway Strike Ordered for February 17
Detroit reports a February 17 strike by about 300 members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Railway Shop Laborers. General chairmen called the action afterづ reports of government officials’ treatment and coercive pressure on workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Ways
Brotherhod
New Labor Party Formed To Challenge Congress
Washington organized labor totaling about three million members launches the Labor Party with a non partisan national campaign committee. The AFL denounces Congress as failing its duty and aims to mobilize unionists and supporters to defeat candidates indifferent to labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW Party
THE
Labor Party
Washington
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Lovers of Freedom
Tabor
Treaty fight renewed in Senate over Versailles agreement
Washington reports the Senate resumed consideration of the Versailles treaty with Republicans and Democrats uniting to debate it. The chamber voted overwhelmingly to reconsider the decision to lay the treaty aside, led by Senator Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Lodge
Also Mentioned on This Page
the News OF the South
Soutland
W. Morse
Department of Justice
Supreme Court of the United States
Norris
Vidaivostok
Siberian
Graves
Cose
Department of Agriculture
United States Treasury
Glass
Audi & Conference
Lompenon
Internal Revenue System
A.D. Watts
JW. Bailey
Internal Revenue
Sean
Badley
Rimera
Jack O'Lanterne
South Carolina
California
Pacific Coast
Oregon
War Records Association
Roland P. Beasley
Juvenile Courts of
Huthentle
Mr. Beasley
Inge
BOY Scouts
Rocky Mount
Alice McCoy
Burgaw
Tuwn
Nash County
Bragg
Greensboro
Stafford
Winston-Salem
Gilbert T. Rowe
Centenary M. E. Church
J. C. Rowe
Western North Carolina Conference
Salisbury
Lumberton
Robeson
J. 8. Wannamaker
American Cotton Association
Elizabeth City
Pasquotank
Gates Counties
State Highway Commission
Tadmore
Newland Township
Pasquotank County
Acorn Hill
Gates County
Yadkinville
Yadkin County
William Reavis
Bill” Reavis
Lone Hickory
Yadkin-Davie
Ballsbury
R. M. Summey
Chester
Hickory
Southern Power Company
Rhodbias
Catawba
Rhodbiss
Black River
Lamberton
Joseph Regan
Ten Mile Church
South Mills
Elizabeth City-Norfolk
Suth Mills
Charles A. Webb
Western District
T. B. Smothers
James G. Hanes
Hanes Hosiery Mills Company
Far East
Hawaiian Islands
Japan
China
New Bern
Marie Laud
Savannah
C. C. Hodson
Hudson
Greenaboro
Christan
Alaabama
Maryland
Wilmington
Joliet
George , A. Fuller Company
Jean Barber
Gastonia
Joe Ort
Southern Railroad
Spencer
Concord
Rutherfordton
American Federation
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!