Treasury Register Reports Large Net Reduction in U S Debt
The annual report shows a net reduction of more than 1 billion dollars in the interest bearing public debt for the year ending June 30. Bearer and registered securities retired totaled over 12.1 billion with retirements across Pre War loans Liberty loans certificates of indebtedness war savings securities and related items.
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United States
Washington
Register of the Treasury
Treasury
District of Columbia
Car Loads Biggest Known Rail Freight Loadings This Year
New York reports heavy revenue freight loading for the year, with the car service division of the American Railway Association: for the week ended November 18 total shipments of all commodities reached 969,094 cars, up 178,731 from the same week in 1920 and up 15,181 from the prior week affected by Armistice day and election day.
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New York
Car Service Division
American Railway Association
Survey Favors 8 Hour Day in American Industry
President Harding cites a Federated American Engineering Societies report after two years studying over forty continuous industries including steel and iron. The committee finds the twelve hour day not an economic necessity, reflecting Harding's social viewpoint.
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New York
Harding
Federated American Engineering Societies
Steel and Iron
Carding
Postal deficit drops as revenue rises for year end
Washington reports Postmaster General Hu bert Work states postal service for the year ended June 30 posted a deficit of 60.8 million dollars, down 20.6 million from the prior year, with revenues at 484.85 million and expenditures at 545.64 million.
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Washington
Hubert Work
New Disorders in Smyrna Reported in Athens
Athens reports say Turkish troops fired on a Smyrna meeting attended by many nationalities. Up to 500 killed or wounded in the clash aimed at driving out Greek merchants who sustain city commerce.
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Athens
Smyrna
Three Rebels Executed in Dublin After Dail Protests
The Free State government answered opposition protests by executing three rebels captured October 30 after the Oriel House attack. Joseph Spooner Patrick Farrell and John Murphy were tried by court martial on November 14. Mulcahy announced documents show plans to disrupt Ireland within six weeks.
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Dublin
Dail Eireann
Oriel House
Criminal Investigation Department
Joseph Spooner
Patrick Farrell
John Murphy
Mulcahy
Dail
Free State
Britain halts scrapping ships after Washington treaty pledge
London reports Britain will not scrap more warships until the United States and other signatories of the Washington treaty have scrapped their shares. Commander Eyre Mansell, financial secretary to the admiralty, announced this in the house of commons.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Eyre Mansell
Admiralty
House of Commons
Progressive bloc forms to push government reform drive
Washington on December 2 34 Republican and Democratic senators and representatives and their elects organized a progressive bloc to pursue an extensive program of government reform and innovation at the call of Senator La Follette.
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Washington
LaFollette
Rep
Wis
Healy Accepts Governor Generalship of Irish Free State
Dublin dispatches report Timothy Healy has accepted the governor generalship of the Irish Free State. His appointment will be announced when royal assent is granted to the Free State bill.
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London
Timothy Healy
Irish Free’ State
Free State
Dublin
Congressman Mann of Illinois Dies in Washington
Washington reports the death of Representative James R. Mann of Illinois at 11:15 p m Thursday. A longtime congressman and floor leader, Mann fell ill with a chill a week earlier and pneumonia developed in both lungs. He served in Congress for about 25 years.
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Washington
James R. Mann
Ilinois
Mann
Congress
Missionaries Flee Central China Ahead of Wu Pei Fu Battle
American missionaries in central China are fleeing to Shanghai to avoid bandits. General Wu Pei Fu advised the flight and said he could not protect them. He is preparing for a great battle.
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U. S
China
Shanghai
Firestorm at Mexico City Hall Leaves Dozens Dead
In Mexico City crowds protesting mayoral graft and water shortages were fired on by mounted police. The mob burned the city hall, damaged the cathedral plaza, and federal troops cleared roads for firefighters as the building burned to its walls.
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Mexico City
Zocalo
Wheeler denounces scientific liquor test plan
Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League opposes a proposed scientific commission to define intoxicating liquor. He says one man can be drunk by a glass of 2.75 beer while another drinks a quart of white lightning with ease, arguing such a test cannot determine intoxication for 100,000,000 people.
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Washington
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Samon League
Wheeler
Reds Lose in Switzerland Capital Levy Vote
Switzerland rejected a Bolshevik inspired capital levy on fortunes above 80 000 Swiss francs by 7 to 1 in the largest poll yet, with 725 000 voting against and 109 000 for. Socialist and communist sponsors failed to carry any of the 121 cantons.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Great Amount in Fines Collected by Government
The Department of Justice announced that fines and other moneys deposited in suits totaled 5,718,118 dollars for the last year. The year saw a rise in collections, with 28,876 criminal cases and 8,064 civil suits disposed of in the twelve months.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Daugherty Defends Actions Amid Impeachment Charges
Attorney General Harry M Daugherty said in Washington that impeachment aims not to remove him but to compel disclosure of evidence. He asserted the government is investigating or prosecuting in such cases. Warren Farm Union barred in New York notice follows.
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Washington
Harry M Daugherty
U. S. Market Report for Week Ending November 23
Prices for fruits and vegetables, dairy and grain show mixed movements across major markets. Northern potatoes, onions, cabbage, apples, and boxed Jonathan varieties are listed with f.o.b. and delivered prices. live stock and grain prices in Chicago and regional centers accompany the report along with hay, feed, and mill products pricing.
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Washington
Chicago
F.o. B
Red River Ohios
Cincinnati
New York
Northwestern
Iowa
North Dakota
Kansas
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
Prairie
St. Louis
Lusitania cargo report says no explosives on board
Official cargo report released by Dudley Field Malone shows the Lusitania carried 5400 cases of ammunition but no guns troops or high explosives. The ship sank off Ireland six days after leaving New York, killing over a thousand people including more than a hundred Americans.
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New York
Cunard
Lusitania
Dudley Field Malone
Department of Commerce
Old Kinsalehead
Ireland
Prince Andrew of Greece Exiled for Life Over Disobeying War Orders
Athens December 4 Prince Andrew brother of deposed King Constantine was sentenced to life exile and military degradation for disobeying orders during the recent war with Turkey while in command. Lake Portage Michigan December 2 the Canadian steamer Maplehurst broke up a mile west of Lake Portage drowning Captain Nelson Bernard and ten crew members.
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Athens
Andrew
Greece
Constantine
Turkey
Lake
Crown
Calumet, Mich
Nason Bernard
Lake Portage
Bavarian Towns Face Allied Fines Over Attacks
In postwar reports the Allied authorities levy fines totaling 125000 dollars on two Bavarian towns for recent attacks. Paris and British military officials oversee the penalties and compliance.
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Paris
Dee
The Good Samaritan Lesson on Neighborly Love
Lesson focuses on Luke 10 25 37 with emphasis on loving neighbors as a duty. It outlines the lawyer’s trap Jesus parable and defines who counts as a neighbor and what loving entails including discernment, compassion, personal aid, wounds binding, hospitality, and financial support.
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Christ
Jesus
God
Lord Descends With Shout as Faithful Rise First
Fragmentary biblical quotation from Thessalonians evokes return of Christ and resurrection. The garbled OCR fragment mentions the Lord coming with a loud command and the dead in Christ rising first, indicating a page entry on eschatology.
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Archangel
Christ
Thessalonians
Esther James and the horsehair home of longing
Esther James lives through a life of refined taste and postponed love in a village, clinging to memories of Miles Congreve while rejecting suitors. After sixty seven years she dies in her sleep, and her horsehair furniture sells for little, then gains unlikely value as antiques.
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Esther
James
Allan Craven
Miles Congreve
Essmher
Emery
Sorgreve
Fawsett
Edgerton
Congreve
Miles
Esther James
Mrs. Holgerton
John
Jim Edgerton
Miss. Esther
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John Hays Hammond
RISH
Action
Britain
England
Commons
Healy
REDS
Daugherty
Warren
Farm Union
Mrs
Cora
R. Franz
Cora R. Franz
Jacksonville
Via
Order of the Eastern Star
Genera
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
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P.B. Fitzwater
Moody Bible
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Western Newspaper Union
Good Samaritan
Myra
Curtis Lane
Hunan
Newspaper
Union
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