Jack Johnson Leaves Prison After Ten Months Hard Labor
Former heavyweight champion Jack Johnson walks free from Leavenworth after ten months for violating the white slave act. He paid a $1,000 fine and plans a Chicago homecoming while receiving telegraph offers to fight Fred Fulton in Havana on November 15. Johnson is accompanied by Lucile Cameron Johnson and her aunt Mrs. J Adams.
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Fred Fulton
Havana
Cuba
Leavenworth
Wan
Jack Johnson
Federal
Lucile Cameron Johnson
Chicago
Johnson
Elmer Tencely
New York
J. Adams
Burr H. Rowlin
Great Lakes St Lawrence waterway tour set from Niagara Falls
Federal government and 16 states will be represented on a July 11 tour of the Great Lakes St Lawrence water way project. Cabinet members, senators, representatives, governors and engineers will travel under the Great Lakes St Lawrence Tidewater Association. The party will view proposed improvements to open ocean trade, hosted by Canada with a steamer through Welland canal to Toronto and on to Quebec before returning to Montreal.
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Niagara Falls
N. J
Great lakes-St. Lawrence
Harding
United States
Great Lakes- St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Welland Canal
Toronto
St. Lawrence River
Quebec
Montreal
TRY TO FIRE TROOP TRAIN
A passenger train carrying soldiers from Dublin to Cork was attacked at Clondalkin as bombs were used and petrol poured on coach roofs. The assault wounded several passengers, with one serious. At Milltown County Limerick a former soldier named John Moloney was shot dead, and ex-soldier William MacPherson, abducted earlier, was found with a label reading Spy.
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Dublin
Ireland
Cork
Clondalkin
Milltown
County Limerick
John Moloney
William MacPherson
Hauled Grapes Not Bombs In Deadly Wall Street Case
Giuseppe De Filipis of Bayonne New Jersey denies driving the death wagon into the financial district on the day of the September Wall Street explosion he claims he was hauling grapes. His case was postponed until July 19 for further proceedings before U S Commissioner Hitchcock as investigators review his assertion.
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New York
Giuseppe de Filipis
Bayonne
N. J
Financial District
Wall Street
United States
Hitchcock
de Filipis
Rockefeller aid to Czechs for new public health institute
Prague July 11 the Rockefeller foundation officially announced a gift of 27,000,000 crowns to establish a thoroughly modern Institute of public hygiene in Czechoslovakia.
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Foundation
Institute of Public Hygiene
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Rockefeller Foundation
Newport Obituary for Charles A. Prouty Former ICC Member
Charles A. Prouty, a former member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, died at his Newport home in July. He was a notable figure in transportation regulation and served in public service roles impacting policy and oversight. He passed away at his residence in Newport, Virgin Islands, at an advanced age.
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Newport, VI
Charles A. Prouty
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Plan World Revolt Observers Seek Lenin Trotzky Accord
Observers from Riga to Moscow report a likely accord between Lenin and Trotzky factions at the Third Internationale congress. They expect Trotzky to push global revolutionary work while Lenin pursues reforms in Russia, with both sides backing the other’s positions in practice.
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Lenin
Trotzky
Third Internationale
Riga
Latvia
Moscow
Baltic States
Russia
Soviet Russia
Radek
Zinoviev
Bucharin
Los Angeles Hosts Elks as Grand Lodge Opens
Six days of pageants parades excursions banquets barbecues balls and business sessions lead to the grand lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in Los Angeles. William W Mountain of Flint Michigan is the leading candidate talked of for grand exalted ruler as delegates arrive from Chicago Dubuque Detroit St Louis Milwaukee Kansas City Omaha Denver Salt Lake City Louisville Minneapolis and Washington DC.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks
Grand Lodge of
Order
Elks
Fuler
William W. Mountain
Flint, Mich
Chicago
Dubuque
Detroit
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Omaha
Denver
Salt Lake City
Louisville
Minneapolis
Washington, D.C
Rockefeller tax reduced over Hudson properties suit
John D. Rockefeller Jr won his suit against the New York City tax commissioners. The appellate division of the supreme court unanimously upheld his contention that properties overlooking the Hudson River were overassessed by about $800,000 for 1917 and 1918, reversing a lower court ruling in favor of the city.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Hudson River
Manhattan Island
Supreme Court
Live Stock Prices at South Omaha Market Report
Market for sheep and lambs shows improvement with spring lambs topping at 11.00. Tuesday’s cattle run about 5,700 head, with best beef steers at 8.60 and best yearlings at 8.75. Hogs on sale 9,000 fresh, tops at 9.65, bulk 8.90 to 9.00, up about 75 cents from a week ago. Sheep and lamb quotations include spring and native lambs, yearlings, and feeders with varied prices across categories.
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Union Stock Yards
Close Race Seen as End of Earth Glaciation Prediction
Greenville Piedmont notes a scientist forecasts the earth entering a new glacial period as the coal trust endures beyond the ice trust, framing a wary wager on long term energy and climate dynamics.
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Coal Trust
Ice Trust
Greenville
8. C
Piedmont
Humor in Matrimony Maps as Obsolete Wedding Idea
A Chicago Herald excerpt criticizes adding sense of humor to marriage vows after obey was removed from the service. It argues humor is useless in matrimony, noting the burdens of bills and the impracticality of jokey promises once prices rise. It compares humor to an antique map of Europe.
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Europe
Chicago Herald
Ice Cream Reward Incident At Ellis Island Sees Greed Rise
Immigrants were treated with plates of ice cream at Ellis Island as Commissioner Wallis hosted 1,700 diners last Sunday. The scene turned into a marvel with a Balkan native and a Negro from East India first in line. The East Indian man enjoyed his dish, while the Balkan grabbed a larger portion, displaying visible greed as the crowd watched.
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Ellis Islanct
Wallis
New York World
Ellis Island
Land of Promise
East India
Cotton Seed Utilization in Unginned Cotton Remainder
Experts from the Bureau of Markets, United States Department of Agriculture, estimate that a ton of unginned cotton yields only 700 to 750 pounds of actual cotton fiber. The remaining 1,250 to 1,300 pounds are seeds and linters. Linters are used in pads, mattresses, upholstery, explosives, paper stock, and low grade yarns, while seeds provide oil and other byproducts.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Government ownership debated by Washington Star
The Washington Star notes no system of railway ownership avoids public financing. It argues public interests depend on whether management is economical or costly, whether under government or private ownership.
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Washington Star
Moving Toward a Race War in American Society
A New Republic article argues the Negro population prompts collective resistance and warns that mob law and peonage fuel race war. It urges Americans to seek a modus vivendi guaranteeing ordinary rights and to prevent mutual harm across the nation.
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the New Republic
Chicago mother welcomes twelfth child and granddaughter
Mrs Keythe Kruckow of Chicago delivered her twelfth baby at 4 a m marking a new arrival and six hours later her daughter Mrs Herariotta Sporar welcomed a baby boy of her own as a second child The same physician treated both mother and grandmother noting the family’s double welcome within a single day
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Keythe Kruckow
Chicago
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Rockefeller
Julius Klein
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
RS. MacElwee
California
Harvard
University of California
Paris
Berlin
Plan World Revolt
John D., Jr
South Omaha
Hogs
Good Pictures
Eastman
Macgregor Golf Supplies
RED Flash
KODAK
Bassett’s Pharmacy
Northwestern Bell Telephone
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