World events briefed for busy readers
Prohibition bribes admitted in New York. U.S. census projects urban majority in 1920. Suffrage ratified. Colby signs proclamation. Red Cross cites war death toll at 35.82 million. Wilson names Woodbury to Navy post. Sacramento moved to Honduras port. Census revisions show changes in Georgia and Wisconsin towns. Kidnapped Americans released. Detroit murder suspect arrested at sea. Women's 100 meter freestyle world record set in Antwerp. Smoot renominated. Cantrill leads Cox campaign. Society notices include weddings and obituaries. Tokyo and European leaders discuss postwar strategy amid unrest and labor tensions. Coal price hikes affect Chicago and ports. British coal syndicate orders mass exports. Numerous political and military reports from Europe touch Poland, France, and Ireland.
Miners threaten general strike over wage dispute
About 300 United Mine Workers delegates from the anthracite region vow to idle 775000 miners if President Wilson does not sign the Ferry minority report or rehear the case within three days. They accuse wage officials of betraying workers and demand at least 25 percent, warning of widespread mine idling. The telegram to Wilson requests a three day decision with September 1 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Union News, Service
Wilkesbarre
Penn
Wilson
United Mine Workers
United States Department of Justice
Charles Ramsdell
Neil Ferry
Ferry
William C. Thompson
William Combell
Federal
Whitson
Lioness Attacks Boy at North Carolina Carnival
Harold Eidell narrowly escaped death when a lioness attacked him at a carnival in Beach, North Carolina. He crawled under the tent during lunch and the animal clawed his scalp neck and shoulders before attendants fired two shots and the lioness released him.
Notary Appointment Marks Nineteenth Amendment Era
Raleigh NC Governor Thomas W Bickett performs first official act under the nineteenth amendment by appointing Mrs Nolan Knight of Asheville to be a Notary Public. The Knights appointment follows a January 2015 appointment by Governor Craig and a NC Supreme Court ruling affirming a women are eligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
Thomas W. Bickett
Nolan Knight
Asheville
Knight
Craig
North Carolina Supreme Court
Jewelers urge action against pistol carrying nationwide
Louisville reports that retail jewelers blame the rise in thefts on pistol carrying and call for federal action. The American National Retail Jewelers Association adopted resolutions urging Congress to outlaw manufacture sale or import of pistols and revolvers for private use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
United States
American National Retail Jewelers’ Association
Congress
Munitions For Poland Reported Moving to Warsaw
London dispatch says Dangig shows marked improvement as munitions are unloaded for Poland. The Times correspondent notes no future loading difficulties and confirms Polish family grants from America are being sent to Warsaw amid a wave of Jewish men of military age in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Warsaw
London
Dangig
Daiaig
London Times
Poland
America
Young Nick Masters Camouflage Plan To Save Money
Nick, nicknamed the boy Machiavelli, explains to his mother he avoids polishing shoes and brushing clothes to remain inconspicuous and save money. He insists his camouflage helps him stay nearly invisible, even as spots on his pants and coat would require new clothing. He promises to clean up when told. The Chicago News is cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick
Machiavelli
Bill
Chicago News
Rat Invasion Bets Town In England Mill Thefts
Millions of rats plague Abertillery Monmouthshire England as worshippers flee a Baptist church on Tillery street. Dr Ballie Smith notes two rat types brown and black with brown rats climbing poles pipes and swarming the town. Local council debates expert help with discretionary power to hire specialists if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abertillery
Monmouth
England
Tillery Street
Ballie Smith
Play Ground in Tiers in Prague First of Czecho Slovakia
The Prague playground rises on a terraced hill with tennis courts pavilions and a running track. It is a cooperative project between the Czech government and the American YMC A and YWCA with the city supplying the site and the YMCA funding equipment while the YWCA provides leadership. Charts for additional small play spaces in other city areas are in preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czecho-Slovakia
Prague
Qazech
YM. C. A
Ohio headlines reflect fires deaths and industry woes
Cardington lumber plant burned. West Alexandria postmistress Julia Holland dies. Drownings, suicides, and accidents plague Cleveland to Lorain regions. Road work contracts near Logan and Crawford counties. Game farm peacocks and other animals poised for distribution. Vocational training eyed in Marion. Gas turnoff planned for Ashtabula County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mert Stahl
Athens
Emma Ehrman
Lorain
Vincenzo Cinciolas
Youngstown
Emil Hidsay
Girard
Frederick Lease
Springfield
State Game Farm
Wellington
Ohio
Marion
Edward Knattin
William Daney
Toledo
Barbara Southard
Homer Southwi
Marysville
Morris Shearer
Akron
Ste
George Hayden Marsh
van Wert
J. Arthur House
Cleveland
Lakewood
Ford Mitchell
Clark ‘County
Elyria
California
Clarence Jones
Ohio Industrial Commission
Dayton
Mike Belche
Middleex
Louis Tojacco
Muskingum
Steubenville
Zanesville
Aspen
Edwin Jones
John @G. Means
Jackson
Samuel W. Lakin
Covington Pike
Sandusky
Stone
Meister Coal Cmpany
Improved artificial silk made from wood cellulose
A new process converts wood cellulose into imitation silk. The resulting fabric is highly brilliant and durable with a real silk feel. It is waterproof and nonflammable like natural silk, can be drawn into finer threads, and is noted for velvet quality.
Its Nature and the Coal Dispute With Germany
A brief exchange notes how the coal dispute with Germany is a burning shame. The dialogue underscores public concern over the diplomatic tension and economic strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Cincinnati Market Report Wide Grain and Livestock Prices
Cincinnati markets show corn and wheat prices across multiple grades with slight gains and precise per bushel figures. Hay and clover values, oats, dairy products, eggs, live poultry, and cattle, calves, and sheep ranges are listed with standard market figures and unit prices.
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Federal Reserve Board
Prohibition
New York
Kramer
Saypee
Census Bureau
Colby
State Department
American Red Cross
Gordon Woodbury
New Hampshire
Washington Dispatch
Sacramento
Port Lemon
Costa Rica
la Ceiba
Honduras
Georgina
Kenosha
Wis
Waukesha
Pedro Zamora
Cuale
Jalisco
Mexico City
Guadalajara
Eugene Leroy
Detroit
Mich
Dryden
Rio Janeiro
F. Fitzanko
Pekin, IL
Antwerp
Ethelda Blelbury
Reed Smoot
Utah
Salt Lake City
James Cantrill
Kentucky
Cox
Dorothy Miller
Roswell Miler
Roswell Miller
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company
William Harold Stewart
Webster
Mass
Millbrook
N. Y
William K. Vanderbilt
Paris
Ong Md
James Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Traer
Nellie A. Black
John C. Black
Continental and Commercial National Bank
Chicago
Beecher B. Ray
U. S
Los Angeles
Cal
Ray
W. J. Atterbury
Olattie
Kan
Ben McCoy
Mahaska County
Ralph O'Hara
Oskaloosa
William James Wilson
Canada
Geological Survey
Federal Department of Mines
Ottawa, Ont
Great Britain
Terrence MacSweeney
Cork
Archbishop Mannix
Trish
Collier Investment Trust, Ltd
Swansea
Wales
Titnois
Titnois Coal
Onlo
Henry Martyn Hoyt
Ale Studio
West Tenth Street
New York City
Ans
Geiger
Baker and
Soafi
Attorne
Kan City
Tuchatschewski
Napoleon
Leon Troteky
Foreign Ministry
France
Tge
East Prussia
Tokyo
Ebert
Berlin
Belfast
Baron
Peter Wrangel
New
Eek
Black Sea
Bebastopol
Lioness
Boy
Deuce
John A. Martin
Greenville
Canton Chamber of Commerce and Merchants
Newcomerstown
Howard Pope
Clarence Pope
Charles Hollander
Consolidated Telephone Companies
Coshocton
Samuel Lakin
Michael Duivie
Barbara Chemeric
Liberty Bonds
Medina
George Rice
Bird's Run
Cambridge
Wills Creek
Toney Fury
B. C. Cattrena
Conneant
Toledo Seed and City Company
William Jensen
D. F. Lash
FF M. Willard
New Philadelphia
D. Fisher
Bolivar
Tuscarawas County Fruit Growers’ Association
Ashtabula
Hamilton Aerie
Eagles
Syracuse
American Legion
John. R. McQuigg
Walter Morris
Twin Creek
Gratis
Walter Finney
Finney
Jacob Engel
Xenia Pike
James Robinson
Camp Sherman
Piqua
Joe Dankworth
Andy Davy
Columbus
Lyman Krowles
George Norton
Summit
Alexander Luther
Carl Clark
Mansfield
Youngstown Steel Mills
C. B. Harris
Lancaster
Anthony Hartman
Sie
Cincinnati
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