U. S. Seizes Reds in Many Cities
Federal authorities led by Attorney General Palmer raid across the nation targeting radicals and alleged conspirators. Thousands of warrants issued, with New York alone seeing eight hundred arrests as the government moves to deport alleged anarchists and agitators.
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Washington
United States
Department of Justice
William J. Flynn
Department
Bureau of Investigation
America
New York
Baltimore
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moins
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Hartford
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Milwaukee
Newark
Omaha
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Portland
Ore
Providence
San Francisco
Scranton
Spokane
St. Louis
St. Paul
Springfield
Mass
Syracuse
Toledo
Trenton
Garvin
Department of Labor
New York City
Palmer
Communist Party
Communist Party of America
Communists of America
U S Mints Set Record in 1919
Washington January 5 1919 the United States mints produced a record 838 911 195 coins for domestic and foreign governments according to Baker director of the mint bureau this reflects a surge in coinage during the year.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Baker
Mint Bureau
Communist International
Communist Party of America
Chicago
Lansing Denies Report on Grey Loan Pledge
Washington January 5 Secretary of State Lansing denied reports that Viscount Grey left the United States with a pledge from the Wilson administration for a thirteen trillion dollar loan.
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Lansing
Washington
Viscount Grey
Wilson
Dry and Order Sunday Seeks Nationwide Prohibition Enforcement
Daniel C. Roper urges January 18 as law and order Sunday to mark the first post prohibition, promising strict enforcement by the Internal Revenue Bureau. He says enforcement should be uniform with other laws and calls for public conscience and state cooperation to begin a nation-wide movement toward daily observance.
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Washington
Law and Order
Daniel C. Roper
Internal Revenue
Attorney General Takes Charge In Brown Murder Probe
Mount Clemens Michigan January 3Attorney General Alexander Groesbeck assumed direct control over the investigation into the murder of J Stanley Brown. A secret court of inquiry was ordered to hear witnesses and may issue murder warrants, with Cecil Vester already named as a suspect connected to the victim Lloyd Prevost.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Alexander Groesbeck
Michigan
J. Stanley Brown
Here
Groesbeck
Lynn Johnston
Bert V. Nunneley
Lloyd Prevost
Young Brown
Pershing Seals Right of Way for Argonne Breakthrough
Gen. John J. Pershing told Nebraska veterans that the Argonne mission was the toughest sector and only American forces could pass. He praised Allied trust in 1918 and claimed the American army proved to be the best on European battlefields.
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Pershing
Argonne
Lincoln
Neb
John J. Pershing
Europe
Mary Pickford to Be Free From Matrimonial Ties
Reno reports Mary Pickford will soon be free of all marriage obligations including the name Mrs Owen Moore. Attorney William H Sheldon says Pickford and Moore recently met in New York and arranged a divorce. Moore had previously threatened action against Douglas Fairbanks, tied to Pickford in California.
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Reno
Nev
Mary Pickford
Owen Moore
William H. Sheldon
New York
New York Reports Record Homicide Total for 1919
New York established a new annual homicide record in 1919 with 206 cases. Of these, 134 went to trial while 72 were dismissed by the grand jury, surpassing the previous high of 191 set in 1915.
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New York
District Attorney’s Office
U S Ship Lost in Storm Off England
Five survivors of the American schooner Eleonora Percy, from Rio de Janeiro to Copenhagen, were picked up 150 miles west of Lundy Island after four days afloat in a motorboat. The ship foundered in a Christmas Day storm. the remaining crew are believed drowned.
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Swansea
Wales
Eleanora Percy
Rio Janeiro
Copenhagen
Lundy Island
England
Firearms seized from U S steamer Lake Gretna in Cork
The captain and officers of the American steamer Lake Gretna arriving from New York protested police boarding the ship at Cork and taking their firearms. They noted Dublin and Belfast had not treated them this way.
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Cork
Lake Gretna
New York
Dublin
Belfast
Bolshevik Front Advances Threaten Denikine in Russia
London dispatch reports Denikine’s retreat widens along a 600 mile front as Bolshevik forces push through the Donetz coal basin. Novocherkasky prisoners and a near rail cutoff threaten the Caucasus flank while Trans Caspian advances loom near Krasnovodis and Merv. Kolchak is deemed no longer a factor.
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London
Denikine
Russia
War Office
Donetz
Moscow
Bakhmut
Lugansk
Novocherkasky
Novayskoye
Trans-Caspia
Djebel Station
Krasnovodis
Merv
Trans- Caspia
Central Asia
Kolchak
Esthenia
Dorpat
Major General Thomas H. Barry Dies After Illness
Major General Thomas H. Barry, former commander of the department of the east, died at Walter Reed hospital in Washington D C after three weeks of illness. He was born in New York on October 18 1853 and retired from the army on October 13.
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New York
Thomas H. Barry
Department of the East
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Governor’s Island
Barry
Army
Camp Grant
Central Department of the Army
Chicago
Estonia Signs Armistice in Dorpat
After a month of talks Soviet Russians and Esthonians signed a seven day ceasefire with a temporary boundary adjustment and military guarantees, recognizing Esthonian independence.
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Dorpat
Six Firefighters Injured At Michigan Shipyard Blaze
Bay City January 3 six fire men including Capt Nicholas Flading and City Electrician John Crampion were badly burned and cut by flying steel when acetylene gas at the Defoe shipbuilding plant exploded during a fire that destroyed the building. Loss put at 75000 dollars insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Bay City
Mich
Nicholas Flading
City
German War Death Toll Reaches 1.5 Million
Official statistics released in Berlin add that about 1.5 million Germans were killed in battle. The figure excludes those who died in prisoner camps, with the report dated January 1. The data underscore the high human cost of the conflict for Germany and its military forces.
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Berlin
Schott Held to Grand Jury for 17 Year Old Office Girl
Louisville January 3 Dr Christopher H Schott was held to the grand jury under eight thousand dollars bail to answer the charge that he hired a seventeen year old office girl Elizabeth Ford Griffith.
BC Salmon Pack of 1919 Sold for Over 15 Million
Vancouver reports British Columbia's 1919 salmon pack valued at more than 15 million dollars has been sold. Seventy five percent of the pack was exported to England.
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Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
England
Bank Robbery At Highlands: Four Men Escape With 10000
Four well dressed young men in a large touring car robbed the Farmers and Merchants bank at Highlands Indiana, five miles south of Hammond, taking about $10,000. The robbery occurred at noon on January 5. Police searched the area but details and suspects remain scarce.
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Indiana Bank
Gary
Ind
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Highlands
Hammond
Gary, Ind
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
H. S. Daugherty
Borden Thanks Rockefeller for Canadian Medical Education Gift
Ottawa report says Premier Sir Robert Borden wrote to John D. Rockefeller thanking him for a 5 million dollar gift to promote medical education in Canada. The letter notes the significance of the donation and its impact on Canadian medical training.
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Borden
John D. Sr
Ottawa
Robert Borden
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Canada
Indiana bank loses ten thousand in Highlands robbery
Gary Indiana January 3 four fashion Farmers and Merchants bank at Highlands five miles south of Hammond held up cashier H S Daughtery and escaped with ten thousand Fix No Blame in Death Louisville Kentucky January 5 a coroner's jury reported it could not determine who killed Elizabeth Ford Griffith seventeen year old office girl, in Dr Christopher G Schott's office
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Louisville
Elizabeth Ford Griffith
Christopher G. Schott
Panama Canal Sees Record Traffic in 1919
Traffic through the Panama Canal in 1919 exceeded any prior year with 2,896 ships totaling 7,128,000 net tons, plus naval vessels displacing about 1,000,000 tons, passing through the waterway.
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Panama
Panama Canal
Britain Warned of Peril by Churchill Speech
London reports Churchill in Sunderland warning that new forces rise in Asia Minor and a Bolshevik Turkish alliance would threaten Britain. He argued civilized nations cannot embrace Bolshevism as it destroys freedom and opposes self determination.
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London
Winston Churchill
Sunderland
Asia Minor
Great Britain
Churchill
Maxim Litvinoff
James O’grady
Gasoline and kerosene prices rise nationwide
New York January 5 the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey announced an immediate increase of 1 cent per gallon for gasoline and kerosene. The company cited a rise in crude oil costs as the reason for the higher prices.
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Standard Oil
New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Lame Man Healed at Beautiful Gate Testimony of Peter
Narrative notes the healing of a lifelong beggar at the temple gate by Peter and John. It covers the miracle’s method and immediate impact, Peter’s subsequent preaching of Jesus Christ, repentance, forgiveness, and the promise of future redemption as shown through Scripture.
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John
Peter
House of Worship
Jerusalem
Jesus Christ of Nazareth
Jesus
Christ
God
Jesus Christ
Pilate
Barabbas
Israel
Earth
Foot washing as a royal lesson in service and humility
The text argues life measures usefulness by serving the world. True dignity comes from faithful service, not outward rank. It cites Jesus washing the disciples' feet as a prime example of serving others.
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Jesus
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Liberty
Highland
Britain
P. B. Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
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