Cotton crop deterioration seen in Sept report
The American Cotton Association reports a 10 percent drop in crop condition since August 25, lowering the September 10 reading to 67 percent due to bad weather and insect damage. A Washington conference with the Federal Reserve Board and a 60 member farmer merchant banker panel may discuss expanding credit to member banks to allow producers to warehouse cotton until demand rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
American Cotton Association
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Association
Federal Reserve System
Prohibition Fight Shapes Dry Congress Policy
The Commoner reports Bryan leading a campaign questioning candidates from parties on liquor policy. It urges a dry Congress to reject wet measures, pass enforcement bills, and veto any wet president, with focus on upholding prohibition amid national debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Congress
Poles Extend Southeast Line Near Brast Litovak
Poles push lines southeast of Brast Litovak along the Kovel railroad and seize Wielkoryta Malyorypa and Mioiniki after fighting. Bolsheviki attackers use mine armored cars that are captured. Large pigeon service shipments arrive in Dublin amid Sinn Fein disruptions. General Killed near Kahovia in Sebastopol. Judge Dupont Guerry, 72, killed by motor truck in Macon Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Brast-Litovak
Kovel
Wielkoryta
Malyorypa
Mioiniki
Dublin
Dublin Castle
London
Sinn
Macon
Dupont Guerry
Georgia
Wilson rejects reconvening miners' wage panel
President Wilson, in a telegram to Pennsylvanian anthracite workers officials, refused to reconvene the joint scale committee to consider a new wage award. He called the widespread stoppage a strike regardless of name and said he would not reopen the wage question despite praise for contract obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pillsboro
Wilson
Philip Murry
United ,Mine Workers of America
Colby
Atlanta
Georgia
Washington
Colby Lincoln
Neb—Ross Golfand
Mary McLenson
Ing
Wiliam Epstein
Public Health Service
McLanson
Lin
Pennsy Fania
Coming Gathering for Wildcat Division Survivors News
Survivors and friends of the famous eighty first are promised a great time at a coming gathering. The event will honor the division and provide communal remembrance and celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wildcat
Wildcats Reunion Plans Impress Columbia Committees
Former members of the Wildcat division from 25 states plan to attend a September reunion in Columbia. Local committees coordinate entertainment with no costs to visitors, and residents will host guests in homes while the city earmarks substantial funds for events and hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Wildcat
Association
Colombia
Tme
Shipping board reports 13000 merchant marine graduates licensed
Records from the shipping board show that more than 13,000 merchant marine officers have graduated from its training schools in three years and 72 percent of graduates have been licensed for service at sea, reflecting government effort to build maritime manpower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Shipping Board
Greeks Land at Ismid Replace British Forces
Five transported Greek troops have landed at Ismid on the Gulf of Tamid, fifty five miles southeast of Constantinople, and are replacing the British forces according to advices received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
John J. Fach
la Cross
A.B. Cummins
Atutewide
Hridieszow
London
Massa Carrara
Napoleon
Hresnitovek
Ester
Hrndieszow
Ismid
Constantinople
Gulf of Tamid
Italian Workmen Seize Control of Principal Plants
Italian workers take full control of major plants signaling a bold labor upheaval with both red socialist and black anarchist elements named in reports. The situation suggests a national labor crisis as unions assert power across key industries.
Troops Guarding the Banks in Paris and Milan Strikes
Travelers from Italy report a seizure of metal works by workers with red and black flags signifying socialist and anarchist leanings. Government troops guard banks while factories stay occupied. Train unions block troop moves north as Rome counsels negotiation over force. Workers face compulsory drill payments while manufacturers avoid near-factory action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Italy
Milan
Ministry of War
Rome
Manufacturers’ Association
Cuban Vote Seen Pivot To End Revolutions
Havana reports Jose Miguel Gomez, Liberal candidate for president, warns personal passions must not force Cuba to revolutions while declaring no more usurpations of power. He predicts elections will decisively shape the republic and aims for restored democracy, orderly administration, and lasting peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Jose Miguel Gomez
Hbtral
Senor Gomey
Tent
Coast to Coast Air links Chicago to New York and West
Daily air mail service expands across the continent with flights from New York to San Francisco and Cheyenne to New York and San Francisco every day except Sunday. A separate Chicago to New York leg operates daily except Monday. Mecklenburg farmers rally to support 40 cents a pound minimum for cotton until Nov 1 with a rising price thereafter. France ships 4 million gold installment toward a $50 million Anglo French loan. Japan seeks remedies for a serious shipping slowdown. Peking approves a lecturer bureau for foreign educators. Korea reports 15,000 cholera cases and 6,000 deaths. Arbuckle cuts refined sugar price to 16 cents a pound as market tightens. A famed London mulberry tree that inspired readings of the American Declaration falls. France disappointed by fewer American tourists at battlefields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
San New York
Chyenne
Wyo
Cheyenne
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Chao
Mecklenburg
Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
American Cotton Association
France
la Torraine
Potatoes Dumped In City Harbor Potluck
New Bern reports 23000 dollars worth Triad potatoes rotting at Craven street as crews plan to dump them overboard into the Neuse river. Potatoes previously loaded at Norfolk for sale in Cuba, with prices varying up to 31 dollars per barrel, complicating local scarcity and prices across Beaufort and surrounding ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bern
Craven Street
Neuse River
Norfolk
Ray Cuba
Beaufort
Keckport
Tobacco market closures threaten North Carolina balance
Across eastern North Carolina markets tobacco warehouses closed on opening day, dampening New Bern and Greenville prospects. Farmers refuse prices, telegrams urge hold, and there is talk of nationwide warehouse shutdowns until better bids emerge. Meetings planned to coordinate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bern
North Carolina
New Horn
Greenville
Wilson
Reidsville
Eastern Tobacco Markets Closed
Eastern tobacco markets closed as growers complain that prices for weed are far from satisfactory across the state. Growers urge action to address low returns and stabilize earnings amid market fluctuations and seasonality.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Railroad Committee
United States Chamber of Commerce
Thomas &. Watson
Hoke Smith
United States
Representa
George White
Democratic Aationa Committee
Letvia
Laetyia
Riga
Prince Sapleha
George Tehiteherin
Bikbart
Ind
York
Pgn
Traly
Victor Emmanuel
Sy Ligur
Riddelsbarger
Tuscany
Aiolitti
Glolitt
Aix Les Bains
Millerand
Fivntaine
Tae ‘Tribuna
Massa
Post Office Department
Raleigh
N. C
Tom Watson
Thomas B. Watson
San Diego
Calif
United States Steel Corporation
Panama Canal
United States Senate
Firat
Boston
Massachusetts
Allee C. Cram
Bay State Democrats
Gardiner
Fullerton, Calit
W.A. Gardiner
Zamara
St of Jalisco
Mexico
Essee
Asheville
Charles L. Minor
National Tuberculosis Congress
Pittsburg
McAdoo
New Orleans
Vollege
Tceiedal
Desea
Troy
Eda
America
William G. McAdoo
Rotary of the Treasury
Navy Department
Post Office
Geore Wald
Era
Oteen
General Army
P. Morgan & Co
Syndicate Mangers
Denver
Mineola
N. Y
R. G. Page
Coxie
Montana
Havre
Cox
Minot
Harding
St. Paul
Minn
Senator Handing
Ataeet
MacSwiney
Athbascaddor
Peruce
Pert
Anl
Houston
Texas
Berlin
Johnson
M. L. Grat Cone
Jora
Mexico City
Bertie C. Johnson
Berry
Bureau
Hos
Jerenne
Padre Zamora
Aullan
Gulf of Genoa
Mfe
Guadalajara
Sebastopol
Pier
Wrangel
Kahovia
H. W. Mowery
Harold W. Mowery
Belle Boyd
Martinsburg
W. Va
New York Supreme Court
Tokio
Japan
Kobe
Osaka
Peking
China
Minister of Education
Korea
Arbuckle Sugar Refining Company
Thalr
Iver
Burlington
Lexington
Davidson ‘County Board of Elsetions
Lexington Townships
Thomasville Township
Hamlet
Seaboard
Farmville
Walter Raleigh
Raleigh Woman's Club
Elizabeth B. Grimball
Lizzie Richardson
Greensboro
Mussey
Hugh M. Blair
North Carolina Christian Advocate
Methodist Board of Publication, Inc
Thomas C. Hoyle
Gastonia
Carrie Hornady
J.B. Robertson
Concord
Ed, Coffey
Greenaboro
Repubican
Glilliam Grishom
Republican
Monroe-Union County
Gulian Griffin
R. W. Lemmond
Griffin
Ibeed
Monroe Township
Old Mount Airy
Crooked Oak Church
Frank Colson
Round Peak
Bobbitt
Galax
Spencer
Lamberton
Wes
Robeson County
Kington
Kinston Boy
Wilmington
Philadelphia
Winston-Salem
Jeff Jackson
Jackson
War Department
Baxter Ross Hunter
John Aubry Wheeler
D. C
Salisbury
J. D. Norwood
Democratic
KR. L. Doughton
Dr. Campbell
Norwood
Rowan County
Cleveland
China Grove
Guilford County
General County
Guilford Court
Col
Globeville
George Cheak
Sparta
N.C
Margaret Check
Frank R. Mo-Nfheh
Ality
McNinch
South Carolina
Virginia
Florida
Eastern Tobacco Markets
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!