World events brief from the postwar era
Sale of the liner Von Steuben to Fred Eggena of New York for 1.5 million dollars was announced. Oregon population 765,285, up 110,523 since 1910. Prominent figures and events include Wilsons proclamation for Plymouth tercentenary and a Treasury debt reduction of 76.4 million.
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von Steuben
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Fred Eggena
New York
Benson
Shipping Board
Washington
Oregon
Washington Treasury
War Plans Drafted to Defend Poland and Warsaw
Britain and France push plans drafted by Marshal Foch and Field Marshal Wilson to defend Poland and hold a line before Warsaw or just behind it with British and French troops in plebiscite zones. Allies vow aid to Poland and warn Germany against Bolshevik cooperation while Moscow notes a possible Minsk meeting and a renewed blockade.
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Union News Service
Hythe
England
Great Britain
France
Warsaw
Poland
Lloyd George
Millerand
Marshal Foch
Sir Henry Wilson
M. Kameneff
M. Krassin
Russia
Moscow
Minsk
M. Millerand
Roumania
Czechco-Slovakia
Germany
Beach Riot Quelled By Troops at Revere Beach
Federal troops from Fort Banks rushed to Revere beach after sailors and marines attacked a police station and mobbed a Metropolitan Park officer who tried to arrest a sailor. About 100,000 onlookers watched as 800 soldiers cleared the area with fixed bayonets. over 100 arrests were reported as order restored.
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Revere
Mass
Ft. Banks
Revere Beach
Metropolitan Park
Navy
Treasury Warns Amusement Venues On Turnstiles
Washington Treasury Department warns proprietors of amusements against counting admissions with turnstiles. Several places use turnstiles instead of tickets or cards, violating treasury regulations and exposing owners to a $1,000 fine.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Inter- Revenue Bureau
Treasury
Five Die In Orion Michigan Car Crash
Five people from a single family were killed when their car was struck by an interurban train at a crossing near Orion Michigan. The impact hurled the occupants about 200 feet. all but one died instantly.
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United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Dennison
Charles M. Baker
Maude Baker
Orion
Mich
Here
Judd R. Hyde
Cleveland
Forest Fraser
Washington D. H
First Baptist Church
Newark
Msgs
Maude Hoyle
United Brethren Church
Rotifunk
Sierra Leone
West Africa
Lorain
Lew Share Tung
Cincinnati
William Bresenhan
Canton
Marion
R Ralph Frock
Waldo Stephenson
Convoy
van Wert County
Fort Wayne
Ohio Electric Interurban
Cincincinnati
Wheeling
Ohio
State Utilities Commission
George Francis Burba
The
Columbus Dispatch
James M. Cox
Columbus
Ohio Fair Price Commission
Mahoning County
Youngstown
Port Clinton
Ashtabula
Washington D. H. Hag
Dover
Cleveland Heights
Grant Wheeler
Woodfield
Springfield
O’brien
Edgar E. Parsons
New
Lafe Newman
Peebles
Adams County
Ransey
Newmans
William J. Leonard
David H. Griffith
Mouser
Arthur Spohn
National Stock Food Company
Mansfield
Steubenville
Mike Bosskish
Dominic Monacul
Price
News and the Press
Plain Dealer
Eleanor Ward
John Quincy Adams Ward
America
Grasséli Chemical Company
Lowellville
Charles Baker
Kilgore
Hanly
June Shaffer
Marie Poppa
Mildred Mae Heilman
Eas
Coercion Bill Passed Amid House Turmoil in London
The Irish coercion bill cleared its third reading in the House of Commons by 206 to 18. During debate Joseph Devlin of Belfast was suspended and escorted from the chamber as Nationalists, Labour members, and some independent Liberals protested while cheering for the Ministry.
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London
House of Commons
Joseph Devlin
Belfast
Labor Party
Men Out of the Ordinary Powerful Immunities Draw Curious Claims
A London correspondent recalls individuals claiming unusual tolerances and abilities. Some cannot touch steel or wear watches, others resist pain or react to electricity. Tales include a Spaniard who withstood high current, a Leicester man touching dynamos, a Kansas boy immune to snakes, and a Selborne naturalist’s bee sting immunity.
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London
Godinez
Sing Sing
Leicester
Lipscombe
Claud Bristow
Kansas
Selborne
Gilbert White
Depew Snubs Questioning Reporter in Chicago Lobby
Chauncey Depew, greeted by a Los Angeles reporter, reveals his origin Peekskill New York and his delegate role. When pressed for a second choice he quips a playful reply about courting the reporter, turning aside the question.
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Chauncey Depew
Chicago
Los Angeles
Peekskill
Mr. Depew
New York
Butler
Where is Mr Flubdub Lunching Today
The exchange notes Mr Flubdub’s lunch spots are hard to pin down. He is seen near a banana cart that moves along the street, with no fixed regular habit, leaving his whereabouts uncertain.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Public dinner statistician cites a “man who knows”
A well known statistician at a public dinner presented industry figures stating they were not his own but those of a man who knows what he is talking about. The audience smiled as the remark drew attention to the credibility behind the data.
Campaign Emblem From 1824 Adams Run Unearthed
Fragments show a copper finger ring used by supporters of John Quincy Adams during his 1824 presidential bid. The ring bears the inscription John Quincy Adams 1825, marking a campaign artifact with historic voting-era symbolism discovered in readable form.
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John Quincy Adams
Cincinnati Markets Processed Grain and Livestock Prices
Market report lists corn white and yellow values, oats and wheat quotes, butter eggs and livestock prices. Prices shown include corn No. 2 white about 1.45 to 1.66, hay Timothy around 28 per ton, oats No. 2 white near 87 88c, wheat No. 2 red about 2.61, butter 58c, eggs 46c to 42c, cattle steers 8 to 14 dollars, calves 16 to 16.60, lambs 15, hogs 16.25 to 16.50 with various weight classes and grades.
Ohio wonders blaze and wrecks cross state lines
Fire destroyed hay shed No. 2 at Camp Sherman with oats and straw losses. A train collision killed Kirk Hart near Isleta. A three way fight left Henry Miles wounded. Crooksville jiggermen strike idle plants. Oil found near Ashtabula. Marion enacts 6 cent streetcar fare. Freight thefts exceed $50,000 and arrests follow. Several fatal auto train crashes reported.
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Camp Sherman
Kirk Hart
New Comerstown
Isleta
Henry Miles
South Barberton
Frank Knowlton
Ashtablula
Marion Council
Columbus, Delaware and Marion Electric Company
Maude
Hamilton
Rachel
Charles Kline
Port Washington
Wolf Crossing
Uhrichsville
Gallagher
Cleveland
Andrew Lebion
Samuel Ashe
Ruth
Alice Herr
Ada
Harold J. Rowe
Licking County
Springfield
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Wilson
Plymouth Rock
Department of Agriculture
West Frankfort
Franklin County
Illinois
Amiel Calcaterra
Tony Hempel
Lowden
Ninth Infantry
Denver Post
Denver
Cochran
Federal Court
Lexington
Cincinnati Fire Department
Oil Company
John Alexander
John la Grance
Harry Landis
Parley P. Christensen
Farmer-Labor Party
Industrial Workers of the World
Armstrong
Maryland
Baltimore City
Detroit & Ironton Railroad
Henry Ford
Wayne County
Michigan
Reno
Little Rock, Ark
William Crutcher
Field Marshal
Har} Haig
Franklin D’olier
American Legion
Cook County
Board of Assessors
Miller County
Arkansas
Texarkana
Ark
Roy M. Shayne
Ruth Eleanor Wood
Samuel T. A. Loftis
Cox
D. M. Latham
Chicago Chamber of Commerce
Harding
Mondell
Newcastle
Wyo
Mildred Harris Chaplin
Cal
Charles Chaplin
Harris
London Times
North Sea
Baltic Sea
Daily Herald
Nic
Baranovitch
Romer
Grajew
Bilelsk
Bialystok
Narowieck
Danzig
Nikolai Lenine
Bucharest
Berne
St. Gothard
Erstfield
Goeschenen
Asia Minor
Bagdad
Simay
Constantinople
Allenstein
East Prussia
Council
Foch
Chauncey
Fancy
Thomas Mercer
Mercer
Sebring
Alliance
Willard Miller
Reedsburg
Waldo
First National Bank of
Second National Bank of
Toledo
Akron
Youngstown Steel
Ruth Thomas
Peter Thomas
John A. Himmeline
J. Frank Donahue
Edward M. Altstaetter
Sandusky City
Dayton
John Whitehead
Jacob Hare
Huron
Whitehead
A. B. Rim Company
Spencer
Elyria
Lowell Lee
Clarksfield
Lucille Sackett
New London
Joseph Embry
F. B. Embry
Dresden
Thomas Ramsey
J. Shearer
New York Central
Fremont
Tiffin
National Guard
George Moore
Grand
Helen Coe
Wis
Sore Sa
Soln
Stark Electric Company
Lake Shore Electric Limited
Sandusky
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