Notable Losses and Affairs Mark 1920 Week
Logan, president of Bluff City Shoe, dies in Hannibal after train strike. Commodore Craven, U.S.N. retiree, dies in Annapolis at 62. Opera star Galli Curci to wed pianist Homer Samuels likely Jan 16. Special delivery mail rules changed nationwide. Wilson vetoes Clayton act section on interlocking directorates. Influenza immunity noted by health service. Fire aboard Mayflower reported. Prohibition raids and labor disputes surge nationwide.
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Logan
Bluff City Shoe Company
Hannibal
Ohio News Roundup Reports Fatal Crash and Crimes
Ohio items include Otto Culbertson family killed when their auto was struck at a grade crossing near Greenville. Other notes report prison term for theft in Cleveland, a fatal auto accident in Youngstown, and the death of Woman’s Relief corps leader Mrs. Louthan in Lima.
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Otto Culbertson
Greenville
Harry Nickels
Atlanta
Cleveland
Youngstown
James Corrigan
Fred D. Louthan
Woman's Relief Corps
Ohio
Lima
Akron
Barberton City
Carl F. Knirk
Northern Ohio Milk Producers’ Association
State Tax Commission
Columbus
Cox
Charles H. Kyle
Xenia
State Board of Clemency
Randolph W. Walton
Kent
Buckeye
Warren A. Myers
Frank Wager
William Westphal
Patty Hudson
Kellys Island
Frank Reinheimer
Victor B. Swickard
Edward Bection
Foster
Carrie Bection
Robert L. Buse
Cincinnati
Miss Australia Drape
Christ Wilson
Annie Evans
Arthur Bateman
Kenneth Boyle
Springfield
Mary Thompson
Waynesburg
Fern Baker
Canton
Wilton Houser
Findlay
Cusac
Census Bureau
Toledo
Burnet House
Lorain
Dover
Ira Krissler
Michael V. Balogh
America
Ohio State Teachers’ Association
End of Abnormal Profits Marks a Return to Merit in 1920
Merchants welcomed the year 1920 as prices fluctuated wildly and profits normalized. The era of easy speculative gains ended, with open markets and lower values paving the way for genuine merchants through renewed emphasis on merit and service. Buyers from large retailers return to replenish lean stocks, while wholesalers and jobbers plan visits to place orders.
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Union News Service
New York
Bandits' Victim In Culver Shot Wounded in Bank Robbery
Culver merchant Russell Laine, shot during a running fight after the Culver Exchange Bank robbery by five men, cannot recover. Four bandits have been captured and most of the $10,000 stolen has been recovered. Earl Wilts of La Porte County is the alleged fifth member and remains at large, accused of firing the fatal shot.
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George W. Goethals
Davis
Columbus
State Highway Department
John C. Speaks
G. A. Hamberger
Lancaster
Carl Wehbold
Albert Morris
Uhrichsville
Holly Krohn Company
Lorain
Ned W. Siger
Mt. Vernon
Milan Irvine
Irvine
Tilger
Bernard G. Bechdelt
Ohio
George Riester
Big Four
Ansonia
Charles Chaddock
Steubenville
Indiana
Lincoln
New Philadelphia
Ohio State Journal
Columbus Dispatch
Robert F. Wolfe
Harry P. Wolfe
Queen Company
John P Bailey
Emily van Derveer
Hamilton
Ferdinand van Derveer
el Criswell
Canton
Thomas J. Duncan
Franklin County
Leonard Houseberg
Mansfield
Livbon
Nick Rodi
Rodi
Nick Fendel
Dayton
City Railway Company
Board of Health
Jack Audrielle
Alliance
Joseph Geller
Frank Dodge
Wadsworth
Mt. Sterling
J. Patrick Quinn
Tabor
W. W. Sly
George J. Fanner
W. W. Sly Foundry Company
Cleveland
Mia
Ida Gillespie
North Bloomfield
Warren
Cora Lower
Culver
Russell Laine
Culver Exchange Bank
Earl Wilts
la Porte County
Saine
Ohio Auto Department says license applications will be filled promptly
Columbus officials deny reports that the Ohio Automobile Department cannot fill 1921 license applications for weeks. They state the department and branch offices are ready to process all applications promptly and deny widespread circulation of delays.
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Columbus
Ohio Automobile Department
Sugar Equalization Board Liquidates 30 Million to Treasury
The Federal Sugar Equalization Board completes liquidation turning 30 million dollars into the Treasury. Chairman George A. Zabriski wrote to Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon, who chaired the Senate committee that investigated the sugar situation last session.
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Washington
Federal Sugar Equalization Board
The
Treasury
George A. Zabriski
Charles ©. McNary
Oregon
Senate
Steel price cut signals valley demand dip
Republic Iron and Steel Company lowers standard pipe price by seven dollars a ton to match Steel Corporation levels. Aside from pipe sales, few new steel orders enter the valley and prospects of further suspensions and curtailments loom.
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Youngstown
Canada Welcomes Record Immigrants in 1920
Canada admitted more than 150000 new residents in 1920, with about 80000 from the British Isles, 49000 from the United States, and 22000 from other nations. It was the largest yearly immigration since World War I began.
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Canada
Montreal
British Isles
United States
Now is the Time To Buy Boston Adress to Chamber
Alba 4 Johnson, president of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, told the Boston Chamber of Commerce that business readjustment and deflation are half completed and the worst is over. He urged buying now to restart industry and reduce unemployment, aiming to improve conditions over the longer term.
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Boston
Alba 4
Johnson
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Its Kind Bees Speak a Language a Scientist Notices
A witty quip notes that a scientist recently marks bees may have a language of their own and that they use it mostly to deliver stinging remarks. The remark plays on bee behavior and human speech.
Garfield Tea Purifies Blood Said to Cure Ailments
The ad claims Garfield Tea purifies the blood to eradicate rheumatism dyspepsia and many chronic ailments. It presents a promotional health claim seeking buyers and hints at broad restorative benefits.
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Garfield
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William L. Lampton
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Denver, Colo. Ee
John Eccleston Craven
Annapolis, Md
Mme. Galli-Curci
Chicago
Homer Samuels
Pianno
Washington Dispatch
Peter Augustus Jay
Rhode Island
Roumania
Wilson
Antonio Pappano
State Department
Julius Kahn
California
Japan
Navy Yard
Federal Trade Commission
Public Health Service
Edge
New Jersey
Shipping Board
Thomas §. Adams
Treasury Department
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Houston
Fuel Administration
A Committee
Wwe
Ind
American Federation of Textile Operatives
Pall River
Mass
Thomas A. Edison
West Orange
N. J
Record Department
Hurley
Wis
Lade
HL Cooper
Kewanee
Hammond
Theodore Nelson
Geneva
Kane County
Ilinois
Edwardsville
Atlantic City
Robert H. Ingersoll
Mays Landing
New Way Manufacturing Company
Eau Claire
Joseph M. Dixon
Helena
Mont
Tom W. Vickery
Jeff C. Couch
Fort Worth
Tex
Pullman Car
George Buster
Terre Haute
Inland Steel Company
Hammond, Ind
Ford Motor Company
Detroit, Mich
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Upper Great Lakes
Soo Canals
Robertson
Oklahoma City
Okla
State of Oklahoma
Clara Barton Smith
Jake” L. Hannon
Harding
Harry L. Davis
Marion
Great Britain
London
France
Italy
Paris
Einwehnerwehr
Nice
Cannes
Tokyo
Asama
Georgia Marklewicz
Dublin
Hallye Peck
Miss Whatley
Louisville
Paria
Cavigila
Fiume
C. G. Timerman
Lawrence County
Ironton
Robinson
Deshler
W. H. Ricepfer
Zion's Lutheran Church
Defiance
Lechburg
Martin Beagle
Herbert Crane
Atlee Pomorené
John G. Cooper
Allen County
Ruth Callahan
Charles Baxter
Christ Episcopal Church
Rudolph EH
St. James Memorial. Church
Pittsburgh
Walter Walter Baker&Co Ltd
Dorchester
Jud Tunkins
Fletcher
Bellans
Peggy
Kemp
Nate Tee
Rosewarne
Wallingford Bldg
Covington
West Virginia
Minaoma City
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