Air routes planned and political notes from Washington
Three new air mail routes between New York and Chicago New York and Atlanta and Pittsburgh and St Louis are planned for January by the post office department. President elect Obregon faces assassination threats while Wilson urges Fire Prevention Day observances. Esch loses renomination in Wisconsin and corn prospects improve for September 1. Harding returns to Marion after a Minnesota fair tour.
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New York
Chicago
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Post Office Department
Washington
Wilson
New Hampshire
United States
Moses
H. L. Spaulding
Spaulding
Georgia
Thomas E. Watson
Hoke Smith
Hugh Dorsey
Watson
Wisconsin
Irvine L. Lenroot
Brandegee
Connecticut
Marcus Smith
Arizona
Polk to Join Stetson Jennings Firm in New York
Personal Frank L. Polk former undersecretary of state will join the law firm Stetson Jennings and Russell in New York on October 1. Also notes Olive Thomas dies in Paris from mercurial poisoning and other early 20th century items including a fatal railroad crossing accident and a widespread railroad strike ending.
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Frank L. Polk
Sta
State
Stetson, Jennings & Russell
New York
Foreign film stars visit London amid global unrest
Foreign Jack Pickford and Owen Moore arrived in London from Paris for a brief rest. A customs seizure halted a train car carrying 900 pounds of silver ingots en route from Germany to Strasbourg. Reports span Mexican, Russian, Italian, and Irish events, from prison releases to battles, earthquakes, and political moves across Europe.
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Jack Pickford
Owen Moore
London
Paris
Strasbourg
Sarrere Mines
Lithuanians Clash With Poles as Europe Seethes
Soviet rule spreads in northern Italy sparks industrial strife as workers seize plants and run them under soviet management. Italy fears disruption of coal and metal output while Giolitti weighs intervention. Polish-German tensions rise over Bolshevik incursions and disarmament failures. Prime elections feature Wilson league loyalties and notable state contests.
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Italy
Giolitti
Turin
Brescia
Venice
England
America
France
Germany
Lithuanians clash with Poles over Suwalki province
Polish troops in operations against Russia have clashed with Lithuania. Lithuanians defeated the Poles at Sejny and advanced toward Suwalki aiming at Augustowo fortress. Poland protests to the League of Nations as Lithuania rejects demarcation lines set by Earl Curzon and Marshal Foch. The Russians are described as taking a different stance.
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Prussian
Poland
Germany
Prussia
Reichswehr
Lenine
Russia
Berlin
Moscow
Karl Balloc
Trotzky
Suwalki
Lithuania
Sejny
Augustowo
League of Nations
Earl Curzon
Marshal Foch
Russians claim Wrangel pressure near Kachovka and Dnieper bridge
Reports from southern Russia describe conflicting fortunes with Baron Wrangel’s forces seemingly surrounding Bolsheviks at Kakhovka. A fierce battle rages for the Dnieper bridge as Moscow says strategic value and reserves shift the balance. The Polish General Staff refuses a joint push, citing imminent Riga peace talks and allied caution.
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Russia
Baron Wrangel
Wrangel
Kachovka
Dnieper
Reds
Riga
Hunger striker MacSwiney near death as government refuses release
Terence MacSwiney, Cork lord mayor, remains dangerously weak in a hunger strike with no prospect of relief. Sir Hamar Greenwood says government decision is final and irreversible. London dispatches say Archbishop Mannix may visit to aid peace efforts, while Rome reports papal intercession.
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Terence MacSwiney
Cork
Hamar Greenwood
Ireland
Lloyd George
Switzerland
Rome
Pope
MacSwiney
London
Mannix
Australia
Earthquake devastates northern Jaly region
An earthquake in northern Jaly between Florence Milan and the Adriatic coast killed several thousand people and left thousands homeless. Many towns and villages were wholly or partly destroyed with extensive property damage.
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Jaly
Wde
Florence
Milan
Adriatic
Canada Harvest Promising Wheat Yields Across Prairie Provinces
The Winnipeg Free Press notes rising hopes for Canada’s wheat crop with forecasts near 250 to 300 million bushels for the three prairie provinces. Alberta may exceed 70 million, with forecasts of 22 to 25 bushels per acre, while Manitoba and Saskatchewan show strong oats and barley results amid favorable rains and tall standing grain.
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Western Canada
Saskatchewan
Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Battleford
Lloydminster
Manitoba
Dempsey Defeats Miske For Heavyweight Title
On Labor Day in Benton Harbor Michigan the heavyweight title clash drew about 20 000 spectators. Billy Miske fought bravely but faded in the third round as Jack Dempsey floored him with a right hook to end the bout.
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Billy Miske
Jack Dempsey
Benton Harbor
Mich
Mr. Miske
Mr. Dempsey
In the Country. A brief jest about rural life
In this brief exchange two characters discuss country life and a missing stile, noting that stile is out of style. The dialogue evokes rural setting and humor through a concise, light remark.
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Alvarado Obregon
Mexico
Pennsylvania
Joint Scale Committee
Mexico City
Treasury
John J. Esch
Esch
DEM
Cox
Portland
Orer
Rene Oydatform O
Warren G. Harding
Marion, C
Minnesota Fair
Olive Thomas
Warren Delano
Dutchess County
New York Central
Barrytown
N. Y
Weat Door
Einglish Severe
Wardine
Gertrude Virger Wuehling
Roy Harper Kuehbling
Potomac
George H. Harries
Military Order of the
Detroit
Baltimore
Aeolus
TGC
San Francisco
Marina Feld
Herbert Hosiery Mills
Conshohocken
American Woolen Company
Riverside
Cal
Riddlesburger
Elkhart
Ind
Francisco de Dr. Afariel
Puebla
Carranza Sed
Genoa
Corea
Tokyo
Gogo
Offiaes
Frugdad
Sherehan
Diala River
Bakuda
Viscount Uchida
Japan
Warsaw
Constantinople
Anatolia
Tarsus
St. Paul
Adana
Emilia
Gabriele d'Annunziio
Fiume
D’annunzio
Imperator
Lord Inchape
Manchester
N. H
George H. Moses
Rudolf Mosse
Herr Mosse
Gratz
Berliner Tageblatt
Berliner Volks Zeitung
Ismid
Gulf of Ismid
Tullow
County Carlow
Vdvlice
Dr. L. S. Rowe
Lett
The
Pan-American Union
John Barrett
Edward J. Pickard
Budenny
Pripet
Lemberg
Lublin
Carrara
Victor Emmanuel
Senatorial Committee
Harry M. Blair
Upham
Republican Committee
Blair
Dudley S. Blossom
Cleveland
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Augusta
Ill
Democratic Fund
Charles Boeschenstein
Boeschenstein
Canada
Winnipeg Free Press
Bright
Doan
Cans Sinner Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Indianapolis
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