Rail road problem back in congress
Washington reports that key railroad issues return to Congress with debate over overriding President Wilson and suspending Clayton Act section 10. Rail executives seek immediate $400 million government payment and to amend the transportation act to fund $35 million in equipment this year. Labor and some lawmakers warn profits and federal deficit implications. Section 10 bans interlocking control between railways and equipment firms and banks without competitive bidding.
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Congress
Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Commission
Wilson
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Federal
Treasury
Interstate Commerce Commission
Balloonists Still In Peril Near Mattice Ontario
U S navy balloonists who last set a north record drift in a blizzard haunted stretch between Mattice and Moose Factory. They travel with Indian guides and dog teams toward the frozen Messanaba river seeking civilization while weather remains dangerously volatile.
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Mattice
Ontario
U. S. Navy
Moose Factory
U.S. Navy
Lieut
Water Hinton
Louis Kloor
Stephen A. Farrell
Messanaba
Cardinal Gibbons Shows Clear Post Journey Recovery
Cardinal Gibbons arrived safely from Union Mills and is reported to suffer no ill effects from the trip. He slept well and was much rested with Father Smith noting he is cheerful since the arrival.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Robert T. Shriver
Union Mills
Father Smith
Huge Whiskey Ring Believed Uncovered In Chicago
Confessions of arrestees claim two congressmen and several officials backed a large bootlegging ring spreading relief to thousands of barrels. The operation existed across Chicago New York and Jersey City with rubber stamps and a communication code found among suspects.
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Chicago
Richardson
New York
Jersey City
Ring
Twitchell Chosen Speaker as North Dakota House Opens
L L Twitchell of Fargo, endorsed by independents, narrowly defeats Walter Maddock of Mountrain county to become speaker as the 1921 North Dakota legislature opens. C L Dawson elected secretary. party lines blurred with nonpartisan endorsements topic as organization work continues.
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Bismarck
N. D
L. L. Twitchell
Fargo
House of Representatives
Walter Maddock
Mountrain County
North Dakota
Twitchell
Maddock
Lawrence Biorgo
Grand Forks County
C. L. Dawson
Beach
N. C
The
American Legion
BE. M, Crary
Ovils Lake
Forest Skinner
William Prater
Senate
Mestrasse
North Dakota Inauguration Sets Three Capitol Changes
Inauguration day slips into focus as three state offices change hands. Poindexter will become state auditor ousting Kositzky, Steen replaces Olson as treasurer, and Lemke takes over as attorney general from Langer. Poindexter is nonpartisan. Steen and Iger are linked to the league.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
House
Senate
D. C
New Era Opens in History of Our Northland
Wrangell marked a holiday as four Army airplanes completed a shared transcontinental flight from New York to Alaska on August 14 1920 halving the journey time to under 50 hours. The event symbolized a threefold Alaska plan: mapping a route, establishing relay mail and air service, and surveying vast Yukon flats.
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New York
Polk
Great Britain
Rocky Mountains
Pacific
Aussie
Alaska
Far Northland
Sfiss Aid Service
Army
St. Clair Street
Lients
Clitard Nuit
Wrangell
MIT
Sergies Island
Sergt
W. W. McLaughlin
Barrington Transportation Company
S “Hnzel B. No. 3
Hazelton
Lieut
Kirkpatrick
Street
Earth
Alaki
Cassiar
Stikine River
Klondike
War Department
Air Service
Canadian Rockies
United States Territory
Cor Wal
Candiana
Yukon River
the Sentinel
Sackatoon
Eric H. Nelson
Sweden
Redmond Henriques
Australia
Hicht
Invitaton
Robertson
Juneau
New York Times
Riggs
Whitehorse
Dawson
Fairbanks
Ruby
Ita
Nome
Lady and Gentleman Win License to Wed in San Francisco
San Francisco law lists Elmer J. Mott age fifty and Laura BE Galbraith Jedy age forty eight receiving a marriage license from Capra Munson. Mott, calling himself a gentleman, once worked in real estate in Rome New York. Galbraith, a wealthy widow from Guelph Ontario, plans three months on the coast before returning East to permanent residence.
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San Francisco
Elmer J. Mott
Laura BE. Galbraith
Jedy
Capra" Munson
Mott
Rome
N. Y
Guelph
Ontario
Canada
Finder Keeps $1300 Gold In Indiana Farm Find
Levi Todd, a 15 year old, found $1300 in gold buried on a Greensboro area farm while digging a basement. In court Judge Gause ruled finders are keepers amid competing claims by Mrs. Clart Freeman Vickerey and John Hardin. The dispute centered on estate and land ownership. A separate note from Kendallville reports a massive iron ball recovered as a bomb mystery at the foundry.
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Newcastle
Ind
Greensboro
Levi Todd
Gause
Todd
Clart Freeman Vickerey
John Hardin
Eee
Need for Better Highways Demands Road network Expansion
In a national policy piece from American Fruit Grower the author warns that congested rails and slow maintenance cripple commerce. He urges rapid hard surface road expansion to move freight by motor truck, linking far regions with reliable year round transport.
Rock for Highway Building Value of Rocks Tested
The first systematic efforts to assess rock suitability for road building used laboratory tests in France where a road materials laboratory was established in 1878 at the French School of Bridges and Roads. The Deval abrasion test, named after its inventor, became the standard in the United States after modifications.
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France
United States
Paris
Argument for Good Roads Supreme Court Decision
A Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling confirms a substantial damages judgment after a tractor passing a machine drove into a weed-covered culvert curb. The accident occurred when the machine left the road path to permit the tractor to pass and struck cement curbing, injuring the county.
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Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Concrete Roads Built Fast by Michigan Contractor
With rising demand for good roads a Michigan contractor uses special equipment to lay concrete roads at the rate of a mile per week. The note highlights the push for faster construction and the efficiency of the method as interest in improved highways grows.
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Michigan
Farm for sale owner to contact cash rice terms
Wanted to hear from owner of good farm for sale state cash rice full description D. F. Bush Inneapolis Minn 18 two Taken up Ohne bay geldinz owner can have same by proving picw erth and pene comates Hen Keister Valley City N D tn ttw
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D. F. Bush
Inneapolis
Minn
Ohne Bay Geldinz
Picwerth
Pene Comates
Keister
Valley City
N.D
Notice to Shareholders at First National Bank Valley City
Notice to shareholders of the First National Bank of Valley City North Dakota. Annual meeting to elect directors and transact other business. Meeting in banking room between 2 and 4 pm on Tuesday January 11 1921. Cashier C F Mudgett signs the notice.
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First National Bank of
Valley City
N. D
Cc. F. Mudgett
Wanted competent maid for general housework
A classified notice seeking a reliable maid for general housework. Respond by calling the given phone number 647J.
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Kendallville
Calvert
F. L. Wicks
of Ulogses
Wicks Block
Valley City Weldinz & Mfg. Co
Olwee
Scott
Scott & Bown
Sloomfield
N.J
C. E. Johnson
Middlewest Bank
E. A. Pray
M.D
Minnesota
Thief River Falls
LSC
ST Ecott & Bowne
BCOTT
Ry ‘Nia Brah
Tan
Sas
WOMEN
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