Deterioration in Cotton Shown With 10 Percent Loss
The American Cotton Association reports a 10 percent drop in crop condition since August 25, leaving September 10 condition at 57 percent due to bad weather and severe bollworm damage. A Washington conference with the Federal Reserve Board and a 60-member farming and business committee may discuss expanding credit to warehouse cotton until demand rises to price levels set by supply and demand.
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Columbia
S C
American Cotton Association
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
Bryan presses for a dry Congress in The Commoner
The Commoner urges voters to elect a dry Congress and questions candidates from parties about liquor policy. It asks if they will uphold the enforcement law and oppose any weakening of prohibition. Bryan argues a dry Congress is safer with veto fights against wet presidential aims.
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Bryan
Greensboro
Feaders
North Carolina
Gillian
Som
State Republican Organization
Hue
Poles Extend Lines Southeast of Brest-Litovsk
Warsaw reports Polish forces pushing southeast of Brest-Litovsk along the Kovel railroad and occupying Wielkoryta Malyorypa and Mielniki after clashes. Bolsheviks in this sector sent nine armored cars in an attack that were captured.
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Warsaw
Brest-Litovsk
Kovel
Wielkoryta
Malyorypa
Mielniki
Dublin to London by Carrier Pigeon Service
Dublin Castle plans a carrier pigeon service after Sinn Fenn Fenners intercept much official mail. A large consignment of army pigeons has arrived in Dublin with more expected for the 500 mile flight to London.
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Dublin
Dublin Castle
London
Sinn Fenners
General Piev Killed Leading Wrangel’s Cavalry at Kahovia
General Piev commanding Wrangel's first cavalry division was killed before Kahovia during a storming attack on the city. The casualty occurred as his detachment pressed the assault in Sebastopol.
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Sebastopol
Piev
Wrangel
Kahovia
Noted Macon Judge Dupont Guerry Killed in Traffic
Judge Dupont Guerry of Macon Georgia died after being run over by a motor truck. He was 72 and served as a longtime lawyer and city court judge.
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Macon
Dupont Guerry
Georgia
Bids Opened for Airplane Service Route
Washington bids opened at the post office department for airplane service between New York and Atlanta via Washington Raleigh N C and Columbia S C with attendance by officials and bidders noted.
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Washington
Post Office Department
New York
Atlanta
Raleigh
N. C
Columbia, S. C
First Woman Contractor and State Auditor Candidate
Boston’s Alice C. Cram is noted as the first woman general contractor in Massachusetts and the first woman to run for a state office. The Ursuline College of New Orleans marked its 192nd commencement as America’s oldest institution for women’s education.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Alice C. Cram
Bay State Democrats
State Auditor
New Orleans
Ursuline College of
America
Postoffice Inspectors Lack Details on Train Pouch Theft
Atlanta officials say they have no reports on the amount stolen from a registered pouch on a Southern Railway train on September 9. Figures rumored to range from 50,600 to 300,000 are unconfirmed and no bonds information is available.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
Wilson rejects further talks on anthracite wage award
President Wilson sent a telegram to Pennsylvania anthracite mine workers representatives denying a new joint scale committee meeting. He called the work stoppage a strike and refused to reopen the wage question, despite praise for the committee’s defense of contract obligations.
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Washington
Wilson
Pennsylvania
Rail shippers urged to maximize freight car use
The Railroad Committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce urged manufacturers and shippers to cooperate with American railroads to load freight cars nearer to maximum capacity and reduce loading and unloading delays. The aim is to achieve the effect of adding 535,000 cars to equipment without new cars.
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Washington
Railroad Committee
The
United States Chamber of Commerce
Georgia Nominates Watson as Senatorial Blow to Democrats
George White says Watson's nomination to succeed Hoke Smith in Georgia strikes “something of a blow to the democratic party.” White spoke on the Southern primary results.
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New York
Thomas E. Watson
Hoke Smith
United States
Georgia
George White
Democratic National Committee
Politicizing Wage Talks Tops Pittsburg Union Meet
The legislative board of districts 1 7 and 9 will discuss President Wilson's refusal to reopen the joint scale committee conference on the anthracite wage award. The meeting, urged by international vice-president Philip Murry of the United Mine Workers of America, will occur as soon as possible.
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Pittsburg
Wilson
Legislative Board of
Philip Murry
United Mine Workers of America
Engagement Ring Breach Suit in Lincoln
Lincoln Neb March 8 1920 Breech of promise suit filed by Rose Gelfand against William Epstein for 20000 alleging misrepresentation and breach of engagement. The couple of Jewish faith held a public engagement ceremony August 8 in Lincoln and Epstein allegedly took the ring and refused marriage.
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Lincoln Neb
Rose Gelfand
William Epstein
Lincoln
Unfilled Steel Orders Decline in August at U S Steel
United States Steel Corporation reports unfilled orders totaling 10,805,038 tons for the month ended August 31, down from 11,118,468 tons at the end of July. This reflects a drop of about 313,430 tons as production and demand adjust in the late summer period.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Gardiner Freed After Ransom Paid in Mexico Kidnap
Mrs. Gardiner and friends report that W A Gardiner, an American citizen, was kidnapped by bandit Zamara in Jalisco Mexico and recovered his freedom through a ransom payment rather than escape. The prior report of escape is corrected by family and associates.
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Gardiner
Fullerton
Calif
W.A. Gardiner
Zamara
Jalisco
Mexico
Pittsburg Not in Immediate Danger After Baltic Grounding
The armored cruiser Pittsburg grounded three miles off Libau Courland in the Baltic Sea. The navy department says she is not in immediate danger though several sections of her double bottom are flooded.
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Pittsburg
Washington
Baltic Sea
Courland
Libau
Navy Department
Army closes Oteen Hospital and transfers patients
The general army hospital at Oteen near Asheville has been ordered closed as an army hospital. Patients are to be transferred to the tuberculosis hospital at Denver.
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Oteen
Asheville
General Army Hospital
Here
Denver
Veterans of Wildcat division to gather in Columbia in Sept
Former division members from 25 states plan to attend the Wildcats reunion in September in Washington DC. Women of Columbia organize extensive entertainment efforts with no visitor costs expected and locals spending about 25000 dollars on various hospitality events.
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Columbia
D. C
Wildcat
Association
Citizens of
Hundreds dead as Italy hit by new earthquake
Rome reports a powerful quake in Italy causing hundreds of deaths and thousands injured. Many towns are wrecked and residents lack food medicines and shelter. Rescue efforts continue amid collapsed towers and damage to Massa Carrara palace and the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
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Rome
Iitaly
Massa Carrara
Napoleon
Pisa
Shipping board training schools graduate 13000 officers
More than 13 000 merchant marine officers have been graduated from the shipping board training schools since their establishment three years ago and 72 percent of the graduates have been licensed for service at sea, records of the board's recruiting service show.
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Washington
Merchant Marine
The
Shipping Board
Esch Defeated in renomination bid in Wisconsin district
Milwaukee voters backed a challenger's bid as Rep. John J. Esch of La Crosse failed to win renomination in Wisconsin s seventh district. The defeat comes as returns compiled by The Milwaukee Journal from statewide primary results show the outcome.
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Esch
Milwaukee
Wis
John J. Esch
la Cross
A. B. Cummins
Iowa
Milwaukee Journal
Reds Evacuate Hrudieszow as Polish Forces Advance
Russian bolshevik units retreat from Hrudieszow southwest of Bres-Litovsk under Polish pressure. The city, 30 miles west of the Bug river, had been held amid fighting with Polish troops, according to a Moscow official statement.
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Hrudieszow
London
Bres-Litovsk
Bug River
Moscow
Greeks Land at Ismid Replaces British Forces
Five transports carry Greek troops to Ismid on the Gulf of Ismid about 55 miles southeast of Constantinople to assume duties from British forces, according to advices received.
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Ismid
Constantinople
Gulf of Ismid
Mail Plane Wrecked Near Elkhart Corn Field
A United States mail plane on a Chicago to New York run was wrecked during a landing in a corn field near Elkhart Indiana. The pilot Lieut Riddersbarger escaped injury.
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Elkhart
Ind
Giolitti Faces Dilemma Over Italian Metal Strike
In Rome belief grows that a settlement ending the weeklong standstill of more than 400 metal plants is near. Premier Giolitti is to travel to Aix les Bains for a summit with French Premier Millerand to resolve the labor dispute.
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Giolitti
Rome
Aix Les Bains
Millerand
France
May Escape Influenza
Public Health Service reports no indications of a renewed large influenza epidemic this winter. Officials note annual case reports typically rise from November to May, but expect this season to be less widespread and virulent than in 1919.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Watson Nominated for U.S. Senate in Georgia
Atlanta Georgia Thomas 3B reports that Tom Watson secured the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate from Georgia on unofficial counts from 143 of 155 counties. The incomplete results show Watson leading in the field as returns trickle in statewide.
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Tom Watson
Atlanta
Thomas
Watson
United States Senate
Georgia
Doctor to attend tuberculosis congress in Paris
Dr. Charles L. Minor plans to depart from here in the latter part of October to represent Asheville North Carolina at the National Tuberculosis congress in Paris.
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Paris
Asheville
N. C
Charles L. Minor
National Tuberculosis Congress
McAdoo Opposes Volstead Act Change on Light Wines
Former treasury secretary William G. McAdoo argues that amending the Volstead act to permit sale of light wines and beers would destroy prohibition. He cautions the shift would erode bootlegging restrictions and undermine national policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
New York
William G. McAdoo
French Loan Over Subscribed in New York
New York the government sold a new 100 million dollar two year loan at 8 percent and immediately closed subscription books as demand exceeded supply J P Morgan Co served as syndicate manager announcing the oversubscription.
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New York
J.P. Morgan & Co
Polish Bolshivik Peace Delegation To Riga
Letvia has given guarantees to theRussian Soviet government enabling a bolshevik peace delegation to travel to Riga to meet Polish representatives. Prince Sapieha the Polish foreign minister was notified by George Tchitcerin, the Russian bolshevik minister of foreign affairs.
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Letvia
Warsaw
Riga
Prince Sapieha
George Tchitcherin
King Victor Emmanuel visits quake victims in Tuscany
King Victor Emmanuel and his entourage visited districts in Tuscany after learning of the local earthquake. He toured affected areas in Pisa and nearby towns to observe the damage and meet residents.
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Pisa
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Tuscany
Earthquake Disaster Reports Hundreds Dead at Fivizzano
A dispatch to The Tribuna from Massa reports several hundred people killed and many more injured in the Fivizzano earthquake.
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Rome
Fivizzano
Tribuna
Massa
Colby Lacks Authority in Georgia Primary Fight
Mrs. Mary McLenson of Atlanta said Secretary of State Colby informed her he has no authority to take action on allowing women to vote in Georgia’s September primary. McLenson, a noted suffragist, reported receiving a telegram from Colby after requesting permission to vote.
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Colby
Atlanta
Georgia
Mary McLenson
No Trace of Slides in Panama Canal Cleanup
Reports from San Diego indicate all traces of recent slides in the Panama Canal have been removed. The Culebra Cut channel is being widened and deepened to restore navigation.
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San Diego
Calif
aAll
Panama Canal
Culebra Cut
Mail Planes Inaugurate Transcontinental Route
Trans continental air mail service to San Francisco officially began when R. G. Page piloting a specially equipped plane carrying 400 pounds of mail started the westward flight from Mineola at 6 30 o clock.
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Mineola
N. Y
Trans-continental Air
San Francisco
R. G. Page
Cox Visits Montana on Western Campaign Tour
Governor Cox, Democratic presidential candidate, begins Montana leg of his western tour arriving from Minot North Dakota. He will speak at Havre and Great Falls as part of the trip.
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Cox
Montana
Havre
Minot
N. C
Great Falls
Harding on Hot Trail St Paul Arrival Heats Up Race
Senator Harding arrives in St Paul after touring Chicago as he campaigns with momentum following Governor Cox in the presidential race. The busy schedule highlights the Republican candidate's efforts to build support in Minnesota before further stops.
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Harding
St. Paul
Minn
Cox
Senator Harding
Jiy
Troops Guarding Factories Amid Italy Labor Turmoil
Paris reports describe Italian metal works seized by workers with red socialist and black anarchist flags. Government troops guard banks while factories are occupied and transport workers block troop movement. Rome seeks a peaceful solution as employers avoid near works to sidestep forcible expulsion.
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Paris
Italy
Lte
Milan
Ministry of War
Rome
Manufacturers’ Association
Mecklenburg Cotton Association Proclaims 40-Cent Cotton Price
A courthouse meeting of Mecklenburg County farmers under the American Cotton Association voted not to sell cotton for less than 40 cents a pound until November 1. After that, the price would rise by one cent each month, with the group claiming this as the most vigorous farmers’ organization in the county.
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Mecklenburg
Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
American Cotton Association
France Sends Fourth Million in Gold for Anglo French Loan
A New York report states another 4 million dollars in gold arrived aboard La Torraine, bringing France’s total gold shipments to about 20 million for its half of the 500 million Anglo-French loan due October 15. Meanwhile Japan faces a serious shipping crisis as government officials tour Kobe and Osaka seeking remedies.
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France
New York
la Torraine
Tokio
Japan
Kobe
Osaki
Peking approves education ministry bid for lecture bureau
The Peking government has approved a proposal by the minister of education to establish a lecture bureau. American and other foreign educators will be invited to lecture in the city.
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Peking
China
Minister of Education
Cholera Epidemic Reported in Korea and Tokio Deaths
Official reports show 15 000 cholera cases in Korea with six thousand deaths. In Tokio the current epidemic results in a toll that highlights regional impact and health concerns.
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Tokio
Korea
Sugar Prices Fall at Arbuckle Refining Plant
The Arbuckle Sugar Refining Company cut fine granulated sugar from 17.1 to 15 cents per pound in New York. With refiners listing 15 cents, demand mainly goes to second hand dealers offering 14 to 14 1/2 cents.
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New York
Arbuckle Sugar Refining Company
Potatoes and Tobacco News The North Carolina Briefs
Reports from New Bern to Greensboro cover potato handling losses at Craven Street, barge freights to Havana, and price drops. Burlington expects a stronger tobacco market after September, while Lexington adds precincts for turnout. Hamlet pays Seaboard workers over 100000 dollars in back pay as Fairboro fairs advance. Raleigh gears for Sir Walter Raleigh pageant with Miss Elizabeth Grimball directing, and Charlotte police seize liquor from Lizzie Richardson’s home as two gallons were found. Resignations at the North Carolina Christian Advocate conclude the item.
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Charlotte
Lizzie Richardson
Fatal Collision Kills Miss Carrie Hornally in Gastonia
A car crash in Gastonia killed Miss Carrie Hornally of Burlington after her jugular was severed by shattered glass in the windshield. Involved were a car driven by J B Robertson of Concord and another by Ed Coffey of Gastonia. a third car stood in the road causing the collision.
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Gastonia
Carrie Hornally
Burlington
J. B. Robertson
Concord
Ed. Coffey
Deal
First Woman Magistrate in Monroe Union County Distinction
The article notes Mrs. Griffin as North Carolina’s first woman magistrate in Monroe Union County. Clerk R W Mond signs the order granting her equal jurisdiction with other Monroe magistrates. Griffin previously served as deputy sheriff and deputy clerk of court.
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Monroe
Union County
Svs
North Carolina
Vulian Griffin
R. Wmond
Griffin
Monroe Township
Wna
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