Oatman Arizona Hit By Devastating Blaze
A major fire swept through Oatman Arizona damaging the business district and leaving only a handful of buildings. About 1,500 residents lived there with annual gold output near 30 million dollars. Four people were seriously burned and the town faced water scarcity and broken communications as fires raged through the hillside settlement.
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Oatman
Ariz
Busineas
Arizona
J. R. Marks
Albert Smith
Earl Parsons
Dumage
Prescott
Aero
City Council Moves To Cut Fares On Street Car Lines
The Des Pioles city council considers keeping fares down while three ordinances set the street car system on a preparatory track for new franchise negotiations. Mayor Barton demands substantial fare reductions and a detailed franchise proposal before any franchise action proceeds, with service improvements anticipated to remove waste from city streets.
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Pioles
Pig- Bonhood
Barton
Cabine
Rail wage cuts extend to 210 roads in new order
The labor board extended its wage reduction order to 210 roads effective July 1. The decision targets major rail lines across the state, with an estimated $400,000,000 annual savings. The move follows a June 1 decree and broadens the scope of the existing reduction program.
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Chicago
United States
SDA. Labor Board
Srec
Very
Laerge
Doctors Seek Repeal of Dry Act in New Jersey City
National doctors federation led by Dr Wallace Frith of the American Medical Association calls for repeal of dry act provisions. The meeting cites medical cures and public health concerns as reasons, offering a prize fund and distribution plans amid organizational address confusion.
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N.J
Wallace Frith
A. Bis
al. Hae Medical Association of America
Eddrees
Our City Guests Have Departed
Eleven members of two families were found dead by fire at Ernest Lawrence’s log home near Hickory Grove six miles north of the city. Neighbors heard screams and shots. weapons and an oil can were found in the front room, suggesting foul play. Coroner’s inquiry and witness statements point to possible motive tied to insanity by Lawrence, though no enemies are known.
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Ernest Lawrence
Hickory Grove
Sheil Marion McCain
Lawrence
Irish Peace Move Reported By London Premier
Premier Lloyd George sent letters to Eamon de Valera and Sir James Craig seeking reconciliation in Ireland. The letters urge a conference between government representatives and southern leaders to explore a path to peace and unity, aiming to ensure King George’s appeal is not in vain.
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London
Lloyd George
Eamon de Valera
James Craig
King George
Ireland
R Wad Hortherd Trelanc
Fight for Liquor Begins in Chicago Warehouses
Former Senator J. Ham Lewis leads a coalition of about a hundred owners in a legal bid to force release of more than half a million Yollura worth of liquor held in Chicago government warehouses. The action seeks mandamus and injunction from the district court to challenge the Volstead Act.
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Chicago
District’ Court
J. Ham Lewis
Woman Completes Manhattan Island Swim Feat by Amelia Gade
Amelia Gade, aged 92, swam around Manhattan Island in about forty miles taking 15 hours 87 minutes, becoming the second woman to perform the feat after Misa Ten Ellensky who did it in 11 hours 35 minutes in 1916.
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Manhattan
New York
Mias Amelia Gade
Manhattan Island
Misa Ten Ellensky
Tulsa Police Chief Indicted in Race-Tort Case
Tulsa police chief Zahn Ay Guatateon and several department members were indicted by the grand jury on charges tied to a recent race riot. The indictment details alleged repeated offenses by police officers during the incident and outlines potential penalties and next judicial steps.
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Fules
Chie
Tulas
Zahn Ay Guatateon
Tulsa Police Department
Charpen
Per
Ditting
Wice
Labor Conferees Block Woman Equal Rights Amendment
Denver news reports the American Federation of Labor convention voting down a constitutional amendment for equal rights and privileges for women in unions. Delegates urged nondiscrimination against the woman wage earner and to admit her where appropriate. The convention also failed to resolve the color line in unions, noting national and international bodies could not be forced to recognize Negro workers. Debates denounced discrimination against both women and Negro workers. The committee report defended women’s industrial equality but the amendment was disapproved.
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Denver
Colo
Convention of the American Federation of Labor
Cigar, “Makers
Laundry Workers’ Union
Organized Labor
W. D. Mahon
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employer of America
Deserters Delivered to Military Authorities at Port Sam Houston
Five alleged draft deserters were handed over to military officials at Port Sam Houston San Antonio Texas marking the first attestation since the war department order began about two months ago. Theater Collapse at Kille Seven Johnstown Pa Investigations into the Grand theater collapse found excavations undermined a wall causing the disaster with several injuries and fatalities. Sinn Fein Wreck Train Washington Three soldiers killed and about 20 wounded when a troop train carrying soldiers was attacked and a guard was injured.
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San Antonio
Tex
Port Sam Houston
War Department
Johnstown
Hamesboro
Sinn
Fein
Notable Labor Leader Sees Opposition Gain Steam
Fragmentary OCR notes reference labor figures Samper Sampera and the Federation of Labor amid mentions of 1884 and various acronyms. The text is garbled but suggests a political struggle, labor leadership, and rising opposition with unclear specifics.
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Gompers Detver
Cola
Samper Sampera
iAmericas
Ana
Wince
Wes
PNAC
Rome
At Feseration of Labor
Whan Meyers
Bitter Fight Over Irish Question At AFL Convention
The Irish issue dominated the AFL convention floor as President Gompers adjourned amid a bitter debate. A substitute resolution urged reaffirming sympathy for Ireland, recognizing the Irish republic, and punishing British forces. A telegram from Eamon de Valera’s secretary urged a boycott, prompting calls to target Britain’s economy.
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Denver
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Resoluion Committee
Irish Republic
Ireland
Cornelius Foley
Barbers’ Union
Harry Boland
Eamon de Valera
Foley
England
Christian M. Madsen
Chicago Federation of Labor
Gompers
Peter Brady
New York
Harding
Congress
Great Britain
United States
Harding to appoint arbitration board for shipboard claims
Washington D C President Harding will form a board of arbitration to settle claims against the Shipping Board totaling about 200 million dollars. The announcement followed a conference with Chairman Lasker. Members will include a lawyer a technical expert and an author.
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Washington, D. C
Shipping Board
Harding
Lasker
Woman Presides in Congress at Centennial Bill Action
Miss Alice Robertson of Oklahoma, the sole woman in Congress, chaired a House session at the request of President Harding and Secretary Hughes as a bill authorizing a United States commission to Peru for the republic’s centennial celebration passed. Jules W Arnstein and four others were sentenced to two years in the federal penitentiary for conspiring to bring stolen securities into the District of Columbia from New York in October 1919.
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Congress
Washington, D. C
American Congress
Alice Robertson
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
Harding
Hughes
United States Commission
Republic
Arnstein
Washington
Jules W
Nicky
Federal Penitentiary
Siddons
District of Columbia Supreme Court
District of Columbia
New York
French Demobilization Authorized for 1919 Class
Paris reports the cabinet has authorized the war minister to begin demobilization of the entire 1919 class. The move follows a receipt that the 1920 and 1921 classes have been adequately trained.
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Paris
Crude Oil Price Cut and Dundee Fire Report
Ohio Oil Company trims Mule Creek crude price by 16 cents per barrel while other grades stay unchanged. A Dundee Scotland warehouse fire causes about 500000 dollars in damage. In Washington a call to tax liquor stocks is floated by Representative Poole of North Carolina. In Iowa James Curfman is struck and killed by lightning on his farm near Chariton.
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Casper
Wye
Ohio
Mule Creek
Hot Springs
Scenic Drilling Company
American Legion
Howard
University of South Dakota
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Fort Snelling
Mlan
Bear Butte
Gus Carlson
Rapid City
Elk Creek
Montrose
Fred Richards
Methodist Episcopal Church
White River
Farmers’ Elevator Company
Yankton County
The
Red Cross Society
Rosebud
Andrew Peterson
Wakonda
Federated Council of Churches of
South Dakota
Jeremiah Davis
Mike Davis
Yale
South Dakota State College
Agronomy Department
Extension Service
South
Ree Heights
Leyson Lake
Rea Heights
Marion
Robert Davison
Clinton, Ti
Roy
Neal Spencer
William Hamlin
Sigum
Sioux Falls
Daniel Wampler
Brown County
Andrew M. Voss
France
State Highway Commission
Mitchell
P. J. Scarbro
C. J. Sinclaire
Homestake Mining Company
Sioux Fall
Dow Bil
South Dakota Bankers’ Association
Yankton
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Committee On Labor
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Dyndee
Scotland
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Poo
North Carolina
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Hamlin County
Hayti
Davison County
P. A. Zollman
Aaron Lutz
Tostate
Yeriontty
Amit R. Powell
Brentford
Young Women's Christian Association of
Gaye
Wind Cove National Park
Day County
Ny Webster
Game and Fish Department
Hutchinson County
Germany
Fred B. Ray
Oak Creek
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Great Lakes
Minnesota
North Dakota
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