Canton Portraits From a Pearl River City During Revolution
The piece sketches Canton as a commercial hub with luxury markets, temples, and river life. It contrasts Cantonese wealth with poverty, notes street-barred homes, boat-dwelling residents, and a busy harbor. It highlights markets, crafts, and historic temples amid revolutionary activity and plague-fighting efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gre
Prac
Tre. Rutherhood
Canton
Thasevy
Hunan
Tan-min
Furtye
Lery Mitlahs
Forecast of Third Huge Corn Crop in 1918 Season
Washington March 1 The agriculture department forecast a three billion bushel corn crop for the third time in history based on conditions on August 1. Wheat yields were revised with July rust lowering spring wheat and winter wheat up 15 million bushels from July. Total wheat crop nearly matched prior estimates while tobacco shows continued gains and may exceed 1918 records by 200 million pounds. Principal state outputs include Pennsylvania 25,581,000. Indiana 27,040,000. Illinois 29,959,000. Missouri 29,350,000. Nebraska 52,366,000. Kansas 123,600,000. Oklahoma 39,136,000 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Fatal Auto and Train Accidents Reported Across U S
Chicago dispatch notes a surge in deadly crashes on August 8 with seventeen deaths and many injuries across five cities. Incidents include a crash near Orton Michigan, a Huntington West Virginia rail wreck, a Pennsylvania train striking a car near East Liverpool Ohio, five men killed, two boys drowned near Butte Montana, and two more drownings in St Louis while aiding swimmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
United States
Orton
Mich
Huntington
W. Va
East Liverpool
Pennsylvania
Butte
Bolshevik Advance Tightens Grip on Warsaw
Paris reports Bolshevik forces closing in on Warsaw with reinforcements in the Mlawa region. The situation may force Poland to form a new army north of Warsaw and possibly abandon the Bug to make a stand on the Vistula, risking a battle within Warsaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Warsaw
Mlawa
Danzig
Vistula
Wierprz
Many Newspapers May Quit, New York
Phillip T. Dodge of International Paper warns over 400 U S newspapers rely on paper from his firm and may suspend publication if ICC fails to modify priority orders for coal and wood cars. He says papers are living from hand to mouth due to shortages.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Phillip T. Dodge
International Paper Company
Commission For Relief
United States
Internaional Paper Company
Re-nomination Leads In Kansas Republican Ticket
Primary returns show Senator Charles Curtis and Governor Henry J. Allen winning re nomination by large margins. Curtis leads John A. Edwards two to one, Allen leads George Snow three to one. Democrat contest for governor sees Jonathan Davis defeat C T Wood Dempster Potts and W S Hyiaott.
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Topeka
Kansa
Kansas
Charles Curtis
Henry J. Allen
Curtis
John A. Edwards
George Allen
George B. Snow
Oakland
Jonathan Davis
Bronson
C. T. Wood
Dempster Potts
Wichita
W. S.hyiatt
Parsons
Prohibition Ticket Nominates Watkin and Colvin
In Germantown Ohio an enthusiastic crowd saw Rev. Aaron S Watkins accept the nomination as standard bearer of the Prohibition party with D L Colvin as his running mate. They pledged enforcement of prohibitive laws and the Volstead act as vital issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown
Aaron S. Watkins
D. L. Colvin
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Women
A testimonial from Omaha Nebraska praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles after twenty years of use. The letter claims good results and invites readers to write for advice to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co with confidential handling by women.
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Lydia E. Pink
Omaha
Nth Street
Bake
Nebraska
Lydia A Baham Medicine Co
Splendid Baton For Foch to Be Presented to Marshal
Ferdinand Foch, marshal of France, will receive an ornate baton noted for its cost and gold inscriptions. The baton bears Fochs victories and the motto Terror belli, de cus Pacis, with the names of France and the United States. James A. Flaherty of Philadelphia will present it when the Lafayette statue is unveiled in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Foch
France
Marshal Foch
Metz
St. Gond
Marne
Strasburg
Marechal Ferdinand Foch
United States
Lorraine
Knights of Columbus
Pennsylvania
James A. Flaherty
Philadelphia
Lafayette
Always His Leap
A light verse notes a frog named Hewitt leaping despite the season. Jewett playfully asks why not and points out the frog’s perpetual leap in a Leap year themed exchange.
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Hewitt
Jewett
Long distance flights of swallows tracked from England to South Africa
Five swallows ringed as nestlings in Lancashire Ayrshire Yorkshire Staffordshire and Stirlingshire were traced to temporary homes in Capetown Orange Free State East Griqualand Natal and Lake Chrissie over periods from February to February 1920. The ringing scheme was started by J H F Witherby.
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Christian Science Monitor
Capetown
England
South Africa
Lancashire
Caps Province
Ayrshire
Orange Free State
Yorkshire
East Griqualand
Staffordshire
Natal
Stirlingshire
Lake Chrissie
J. H. F. Witherby
British Birds
Poetic Secret Sparks Comedy in Fiances’ Tense Scene
A humorous exchange reveals a poet lover hiding his vocation from his future father in law as tension builds. A witty dialogue contrast drives the scene with lines about romance and secrecy.
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