Five Die As Denver Riots Prompt Martial Law
A Denver streetcar strike riot left five men dead and forty seven injured. The Denver Post plant was damaged and the city placed under martial law with Funston troops guarding as violence spread through downtown and car barns.
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Funston
Colo
Carmen
Denver Post
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Colfax Avenue
Logan Street
Black Jack
Jerome
Camp Funston
Tramway Men’s Union
Noted Aviator Killed In Flight Crash
Los Angeles pilot Lieutenant Omer Locklear and his aide Lieutenant Milton Elliott died when their plane plunged from 1000 feet during a moving picture stunt. Fireworks were set off from the craft and a searchlight array illuminated the scene as Locklear attempted to recover before impact.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Omer Locklear
Milton Elliott
Locklear
Elliott
Lieut
Reds Sent to Prison in Chicago Conspiracy Case
William Bross Lloyd and nineteen other members of the communist labor party were found guilty by a jury of conspiracy to overthrow the United States government. They received sentences ranging from one to five years in prison or jail, with fines up to $2,000 in some cases.
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Chicago
Ill
William Bross Lloyd
Communist Labor Party
United States
New Rail Rates Set by ICC to Take Effect Soon
Washington plans new passenger and freight tariffs to start August 26 under ICC orders. A. P. Thom says filings due by August 21 with five days’ notice. Expected revenue rise about 1.58 billion dollars, 283 million from passengers and 1.3 billion from freight, average freight rise 35 percent and passenger fares 20 percent, with Pullman charges half, lasting until March 1, 1922.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
A. P. Thom
The
Association of Railway Executives
Pullman
Miami Scouts Set World Record at Jamboree Trek Cart Event
A Miami Florida team of eight American boy scouts at the International Boy Scout Jamboree reportedly set a world record in the trek cart competition by covering 500 yards with a two wheeled cart loaded with eight sandbags weighing 400 pounds in two minutes. They unloaded, reloaded, and ran through water as part of the course while a Welsh team took more than four minutes.
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London
Miami
Pia
Nebraska crops and county notes dominate midsummer report
A Deshler area oats field averaged seventy bushels per acre while Nebraska farmers anticipate over 500 million dollars from wheat and corn this year. The report covers bond issues in Paxton, grasshoppers in Gage county, large wheat yields near Murdock, a new Farmers Union Co Operative in Filley, and rail rate impacts. Also noted are air services rumors in Omaha, a 31 thousand dollar O Neill water project, a Deshler broom factory, and plans for an Omaha to Crawford airplane race with 2500 dollars in prizes.
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Gage County
Murdock
Gus Wendt
Farmers’ Union Co-Operative Association of
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nebraska
Deshler
Big Broom
Omaha
Canada
O'Neill
Crawford
Tristate
Kerekones
Platsmouth
Iowa
Trenmore Cone
Consumers’ Land Company of
Valley
State Railway Commission
McKelvie
Grammer
Cole
Howard County
Supreme Court of Nebraska
St. Paul
Amsberry
EG Keith Neat Omaha
North Platte
Bloomfield
Chris Hansen
Hastings
The
American Legion
Lincoln
Village Board of Grant
Big Skinner Packing Plant
South Omaha
State Board of Control
Beatrice
Hardy
Edith Garvin
Omar Locklear
Saline County
Wilber
Crete
John Dunn
Eberstein
Arthur
Banner
Perkins
Sco Eraeta
Durr
Clothes Makers Cut Force in New York
Several clothing manufacturers in New York reported a reduction in their working forces due to lack of orders. Schwarz and Jaffe, employing over 4,000 workers, announced that 25 percent were indefinitely laid off. Industry leaders said they were not alarmed and expected market stabilization soon.
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New York
Schwarz & Jaffe, Inc
Wheat Dips Below Two Dollars on Chicago Board
Wheat on the Chicago board treads near the $2 mark for the first time in over two years as December prices fall 10 cents to $2.12 and March at $2.13. Leading traders view the drop as evidence of an oversupply in the nation’s grain market.
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Chicago
Til
Chicago Board of Trade
Smuggling Route Claimed for Japanese Into U S West Coast
Tacoma report cites an underground system along the Pacific coast used to smuggle thousands of Japanese into the United States yearly. Congressman Albert Johnson, head of the House immigration subcommittee, announced the location during questioning.
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Tacoma
Wash
Pacific Coast
United States
Albert Johnson
House
Sub-Committee On Immigration
Northwest
Whisky Stocks Dwindle as Prohibition Sinks U S Warehouses
There are 54,000,000 gallons of whisky in bonded warehouses in the United States, a drop of about 15,000,000 gallons since January 16 when prohibition began. Federal prohibition commissioner John F. Kramer reports the decrease.
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New York
United States
John F. Kramer
Howat Refuses to Comply in Kansas Coal Strike
Alexander M. Howat, president of the Kansas Mine Workers union, telegrammed John L. Lewis, head of the international union, refusing to follow Lewis's order for Kansas striking miners to return to work immediately.
Say J. W. W.'s Control Party
Salt Lake City Utah two leaders in Utah say a former labor party letter to George Crosby state chairman accuses the Industrial Workers of the World of controlling the party and outlines resignation actions.
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Say
Salt Lake City
Utah
George Crosby
Industrial Workers of the World
Mileage Books to Be Void in New Schedules
Washington DC officials say return tickets will not be valid when the new schedules take effect as Interstate Commerce Commission informs.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Devlin Defies Authority Over Ireland Defense of the Realm Act
Belfast figure John Devlin is suspended amid Irish opposition to the Defence of the Realm Act 1914. The measure aims to restore order in Ireland, extending military court and trial provisions to crimes committed in Ireland, and involves high officials in its execution.
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John Devlin
London
Ireland
Joseph
Devlin
Narionatis
Belfast
Howse
Rezelati
Leutenant
Lord Leutenant
Belux
Land
Rocus
Nebraska to pay $0 for necessaries under freight raises
Nebraska lawmakers say interstate freight increases will push costs on families yet the state may absorb much of the rise. Merchants and jobbers argue manufacturers will still profit as pass through rates affect prices for goods and services statewide.
Reds Open New Front Amid War Claims in Asia
Unclear battle notes describe a Bolshevik thrust into Siberia and Min forces threatening the Persian Gulf region. Officials debate whether new warfare is prompted by Bolshevik aggression and French and British actions in Asia.
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Washington, D
Bes
Poland
Heran
Asia
Fragmentary note hints at a local event or notice
A garbled archival fragment mentions a fee, a citea with the inter, a Tabor, and a toad. The legible items are sparse, offering little concrete detail on date, place, or involved entities.
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Inter
Striking Coal Workers Hit Heartland Rally Shrouded in Unclear Speech
A fragmentary report notes a coal strike in progress with union leaders and supporters gathered in the Midwest. Mentions Indiana and Kansas contexts and a speaker named Lewis, but details are obscured in the OCR text.
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