Worldwide recap of major 1920s events
The week saw a vast range of happenings from mining losses in Australia and a fatal bear river sandpit strike to Dempsey's draft verdict in San Francisco. Other items include rail and factory cutbacks due to car shortages, a fatal Arizona truck crash, and security measures around the San Francisco Democratic convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australian Miners’ Association
Broken Hills
Australia
Bear River
Minn
Jack Dempsey
United States District Court
San Francisco
George A. Wiswall
Arizona Cattle Company
Tipton
Visalia
Calif
Inter Southern Pacific
Exposition Memorial Auditorium
Coburg
Eugene
Ore
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Winslow
Ariz
Wars and political upheavals span worldwide fronts
Reported clashes and strategic moves across Crimea to Yubari in Japan and Chile. Polish forces evacuate Kiev under Bolshevist pressure. Attacks on Arturo Alessandri in Santiago. Liberty and independence chatter from Canada to Ireland. navy incidents and labor union wage talks headline a global crisis.
Late Market Quotations from Denver Hide and Pelts
Quotations furnished by Charles Friend & Co. Inc Denver. Dry hides and pelts priced with various grades listed including dry flint hides butchered pelts short wool pelts and green salted horsehide. Prices shown per pound and per unit for Kip calf hides and cured green hides with several numeric figures and price hints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Friend & Co., Inc
Denver
Fase AG
Tee Faille
Eastern live stock prices mixed at Chicago sale split by type
Live stock quotes from Chicago show fat cows and heifers around bulk prices near 9 to 12 dollars, vealers 19 to 14, stockers 16, high cows around 14.70, lambs and sheep mixed near 12 to 15 dollars, and bulls or calves showing slight changes. Grain prices list hard wheat 2.85, no. 2 and other futures around 1.18 to 1.91 with mixed quality notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoeft Ateers
Brockers
Lens
Hicks
Young
Huttne
Heana
Green
Cole
May
Gilain
Niaul
Abe
Chicago
Londonderry riot leaves dozens dead or wounded
Desperate street fighting in Londonderry between nationalists and unionists ends with five killed ten seriously wounded and around a hundred injured. Military units patrol key streets as fires and arson attempts erupt, while elsewhere in Ireland Sinn Fein offenses rise to 1287 in four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union News Service
Londonderry
Dublin
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Detroit rises to fourth largest U S city in ten years
Washington Detroit gains over 100000 residents in a decade signaling rapid growth. Detroit now ranks fourth behind New York and shows dramatic increases while earlier larger cities like St Louis Boston Cleveland and Baltimore fall behind or shrink in relative size. A census bureau figure of 908730 is cited with an 118.4 percent rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Silva
San Francisco
Wilson
United States
California
Canada
Ireland
Great Britain
Linday Crawford
Toronto New Statesman
Bunker Hill
Jefferson Club
Boston
Gary
Ind
American Bridge Company
Fairmont
Alaska
Susitna
Seward
Finance Committee of
Chicago
City Wage Arbitration Commission
Washington
Detroit
New York
St. Louis
Cleveland
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Michigan
Bowen Hotel Proprietor Fatally Shot in Attempted Rescue
William Bowen proprietor of the Bowen hotel was shot and killed while attempting to rescue his daughter from an attack by guest John Caldwell who fired twice. Coroner Carmody conducted an inquest within two hours. Caldwell surrendered to the city marshal after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
William Bowen
Bowen Hotel
John Caldwell
Bowen
Carmody
Caldwell
Large New Mexico crops and highway bonds boost region
Reports from New Mexico and Arizona describe a record apple harvest if weather stays favorable, Navajo county voting for 150000 highway bonds, strong cattle year, Fort Wingate storage project, new Texico elevator, and gas prices rising despite hopes for saving. Also notes Arizona cotton labor issues and a Roswell lightning strike case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newpaper Union News Service
National Exploration Company
Roswell
Winslow
Aris
Phoenix
New Mexico Treasury
Dee.reat
Roy, N
Flossie D. Wills
Maricopa County
Aria
Osborne
Madison
Tinker
Glendale
Fort Wingate
N. M
Congress
R. P. Kilbrew
Western ‘Trading Company
Texico, N. M
Arizona Corporation Commission
Basance
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Southern Pacific Equipment Trust
Lovington
Lusk Ranch
York
H. G. Taylor
Office of Farm Management
U. S
Department of Agriculture
Arizona
Cotton Labor Growers Association
Nathan Seeker
An. Witkey
Henry Leeker
Nathan Leeker
Jinnd Enrique
Ramona Quiltra
Douglas
Ariz
Tana
Ramona
Misery of Backache Prompted Pinkham’s Remedy Endorsement
A Muskegon resident Mrs G Schoonrai reports six years of back pain eased by Lydia E Pinkham’s Medicine. She says the remedy let her perform daily tasks and recommends it to others she meets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Marie Croat
de Pani Law School
Force
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mra. G. Schoonrai
Wood Ave
Muskegon
Woman's Health and Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A 19th century promotion urges women to protect health and cites Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy. It promises confidential, woman-to-woman letters for advice and emphasizes female wellbeing and seasonal ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia B. Pinkham
Acid Stomach Relief Promises Health With Baton ic
Advertises Baton ic as a remedy for acid stomach bloating indigestion and sour stomach. Claims over half a million users benefited and offers refund if not satisfactory. Ends with a light joke about dodging automobiles.
Bayer Aspirin Ad Claims Safe Medicine Since Early Years
An old Bayer aspirin advertisement touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as genuine and proven safe by millions. It urges consumers to accept only unbroken Bayer packages with proper directions for headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain. It notes 12 tablet tin boxes cost a few cents and mentions larger packages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayer
Conbaine
Why Druggists Recommend Swamp-Root
For years druggists note Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a trusted kidney liver and bladder medicine. It supports organ function and stands the test of time. Send ten cents for a sample bottle to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Mer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
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Union News Berviow
Waseingtor
Merican Gulf
Navy Department
Norman H. Davis
Tennessee
Frank L. Polk
Warren G. Harding
Honolulu Consolidated Oil Company
Department of the Interior
Mexico
Sonora
Sinaloa
Nogales
Louis T. Borin
United States Navy
San Diego
Joseph J. Wahiker
Rockwell Field
Leviathan
Shipping Board
State Department
Office of Foreign Permits
Division of Passport Control
Wrangel
Crimean
Crimea
Sea of Azov
Kiev
Yubari
Sapporo
Yono
Tokyo
Japan
Edith Catwell
Belglim
Paris
Tuilleries Gardens
Andre Maginet
Santiago Electric Light, Railway and Power Company
Havana
W. A. Belmert
The
Reformed Church
Yo Chow
Hunan Province
Chang Chin Yao
Hunan
Hankow
China
Arturo Alessandri
Liberal Alliance
Santiago
Chile
India
Star
London
Yokohama Harbor
South America
Kobe
Single Tax Party
Robert C. Macauley
Pennsylvania
Committee of Forty-eight
Natonal Labor Party
Public Utilities Commission
People’s Gas Light and Coke Company
Commission
Lutheran Synod
Lutheran Laymen’s League
Theodore H. Lamprecht
University of Pennsylvania
Samuel Gompers
Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
Montreal
Inpaper Union News Service
Denver Markets
Mtal Maier
Colorado
Extucivanti-Pricea
Ace
Eta Speiler
Ohicngo
Chicago Dairy
Canon
Carolina Cobblers
Clagh
Bridge Street
Fountain Street
Carliale Road
Longtower Street
Cty
Mineola
Nome
W. Va
Martin Denoskey
New Mexico
Henry Puckett
New Mexico Supreme Court
Elbert W. Binncett
Clyde BE. Armour
Sioux City
Larrazolo
Blancett
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