Coal Exports Raise Domestic Prices, I C C Finds
The I C C report to the Senate says foreign demand for American coal helped push Atlantic coast prices higher in early 1920, but abnormal domestic demand and production factors were the main cause. Nine months of 1920 saw 30,273,879 tons shipped, with 23,560,618 exported and 6,713,966 for bunkers, about 8.5 percent of production. Prices rose at mines, with contract coal at 3.26 per net ton in July 1920, versus 2.47 the year before. spot coal reached 3.96 per net ton.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Jane
United States
New York
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Baltimore
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Charleston
Commiss Eion
May Deport Russ Dancer Baklanoff From Ellis Island
Russian baritone Georges Baklanoff of the Chicago Opera company arrived from abroad and was sent to Ellis Island immigration station for deportation after a special board order. He appealed through his attorney to the secretary of labor. Baklanoff had been arrested in Chicago in January on a complaint by Mile. Elvira Amazar, a Russian soprano who traveled with him in 1915, accusing him of bringing her to America under false promises of marriage while he supposedly had a wife and children in Russia.
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New York
Navy
Georges Baklanoff
Barytone
Chicago Opera Company
Ellis Island
Secretary of Labor
Baklanoff
Chicago
Mile
Elvira Amazar
America
Russia
House Immigration Panel to Push Ban on Aliens
Washington November reports the House committee on immigration plans to urge tighter limits on alien admissions to the United States. Chairman Albert Johnson says the panel will start Monday to draft recommendations restricting immigration and setting ages in the naturalization bill already on the House calendar.
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Washington
Congress
House Committee On Immigration
Albert Johnson
House
Budapest streets unsafe martial law proclaimed
Former Prefier Karl Huszar declares martial law for Budapest to protect night streets after a policeman was killed while gangs allegedly insulted Jews abroad after dark. The proclamation aims to restore order amid rising violence and unrest in the capital.
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Karl Huszar
Drewe
Budapest
Hungary
Nebraska Brevities Hastings Plans Amusement Park Revival
Hastings plans to save a first class amusement park next season adding a pavilion swimming pool athletic park and aviation field along with cabins for boy scouts and camp fire girls conferences. A porcupine, among the first killed in Holt county along the Elkhorn valley, was run over near O Neill by ranchman Thomas Rae and sent to a taxidermist. Local elders say it is the first of its kind seen in the valley.
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Boy Scouts
Camp Fire
Elkhorn Valley
Holt County
Thomas Rae
O'Neill
Elkhorn
North Platte Valley sugar beet harvest and regional notices
The North Platte valley area estimates sugar beet harvest near 770000 tons from 70000 acres west of North Platte. Norfolk post of American Legion plans December county meeting to form a permanent county Legion Association. Nebraska Chamber of Commerce to be incorporated by leading businessmen. State to be split into eight prohibition enforcement districts with an agent in each. Omaha headquarters. Nebraska Association of County Commissioners Supervisors and Clerks to meet in Omaha December 7-9. Alliance Times editor Ben J Satlows and former Alliance chamber secretary Rufus Jones buy Minatare Free Press. possession December 1 with Jones in charge. Kenneth Mc Farland dies from a self-inflicted gunshot while performing stunts with a revolver in North Platte. K B Howell of Omaha linked as possible Secretary of the Navy under President Harding. Lehron’s fire department gets a new modern fire truck housed in city hall after remodeling. Chappell commercial club reconvenes after hiatus and calls for active efforts.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Ben J. Satlows
The
Alliance Times
Rufus Jones
Alliance Chamber of Commerce
Minatare Free Press
Mr. Jones
Hastings Club Meeting Plans Development and Secretary Question
Rural mail carriers of Hastings marked the 20th anniversary of the first rural mail route in the area with informal celebrations last week. The Hastings organization discussed expanding interest in the club and considered hiring a paid secretary at the recent meeting.
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Hastings
Lutheran Academy Hebron Receives 80000 Appropriation
An appropriation of 80000 dollars has been made by that denomination for improvements in the Lutheran academy at Hebron.
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Lutheran Academy
Hebron
Cornerstone Ceremony Marks Platte County Court House
The cornerstone of Platte county's new court house will be laid with impressive Masonic ceremonies on November 30, led by local officials and civic leaders.
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Platte County
Cass County Jail Empty After Four Year Lockup
For the first time in more than four years the Cass county jail lies deserted as the last prisoner was released last week, marking a historic end to a lengthy confinement period and signaling potential budget and policy changes for the county.
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Cass County
Mills Destroyed by Fire at Stamford Last Week
Stamford flour mills were destroyed by a fire of unknown origin last week. The loss is covered by insurance.
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Stamford
All metal monoplanes stalled on air mail route
A reported delay disrupts the Omaha to Chicago air mail service as metal monoplanes encounter issues. Officials investigate mechanical faults causing the halt.
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Omaha-Chicago
Campaign Notes Highlight Local Civic Activity In Nebraska
Three hundred six men joined the Hamilton county farm bureau on day one of the campaign. Half moved from cornhusking to Aurora for a booster meeting. Plattsmouth lodge B P O E plans a twenty piece concert band led by professor Ed Schulhof, a noted band instructor in southeastern Nebraska.
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Hamilton County Farm Bureau
Aurora
Plattsmouth Lodge B. P. O. E
Ed. Schulhof
Southeastern
Nebraska
Plattsmouth Fire Department Reduced by Resignations
A newly delivered fire truck highlights a near empty department as all but two volunteers and the chief quit over dissatisfaction, leaving Plattsmouth with a diminished firefighting force and unresolved leadership.
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Plattsmouth
Night classes for women in Hastings high school
Forty four women are enrolled in night classes established under the Smith Hughes law at Hastings High School. Courses include sewing cooking and millinery with sessions held after regular hours to provide practical skills.
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Hastings
Smith-Hughes
Bloomfield Post Office Safe Cracking Bid Fails
An attempt to crack the Bloomfield post office safe failed as the yeggmen appear to have been unsuccessful in their burglary bid, leaving investigators puzzled by the botched effort.
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Bloomfield
Entry blocked as doors remained closed at post office
Looters frightened off before entering, outer doors intact. Several mail pouches rifled, but few valuables taken. Fire destroyed the Cond Valley gur.
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Cond Valley
No Place Like Home Loss at Melbeta Auction
In Melbeta last week an event caused owners RK. E. Williams and C. Glutch to suffer an approximate loss of 10,000 dollars. The notice suggests the incident occurred near the Sidney Lumber Co. and references The Telegraph.
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Melbeta
RK. E. Williams
C. &. Glutch
Sidney Lumber CO
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