Cotton crop declines across states prompt warnings
The Department of Agriculture reports August conditions show cotton yields at 49.3 percent of normal, predicting about 7 million bales. Severe rain and boll weevil damage hit South Carolina Georgia Alabama and Texas, with districts from Richmond to St Louis noting deterioration and rust.
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Washington
D.C
South Carolina
North Carolina
Alabama
Jgrowiig
Oklahoma
Texas
South Caroliine
Georgia
Arkansas
Heflin
Southern-cotton Mills
Imadé
United States
Germany
Emand
War Finance Board
Ared
Richmond
Piedmont
Virginia
Atlanta
Louisiana
Dallas
St. Louis
Harding Deplores West Virginia Riot In Speech
President Harding at the army war college full term urged that armed force may be needed anywhere, pledging officers present would not be called to service they could not enter with heart and soul. He criticized the West Virginia conflict as caused by a lack of understanding.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
Army- War
West Virginia
Cotton Market Rises After Government Report
New Orleans report shows a six dollar rise per bale in active cotton months following the government crop condition bulletin. The movement reflects stronger demand as traders react to August figures.
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New Orleans
Asver' Amade
Cotton prices seen rising this fall and spring
Washington report notes prophets agree on tighter cotton market as supply and demand push prices up for fall and spring. Federal Reserve Board Governor W P G Harding notes July and August saw further deterioration with worsening market signals.
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Washington
W. P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve ‘Board
Glassware Makers Agree to Wage Cuts in Pittsburgh
In a Pittsburgh conference between glassware manufacturers and American Flint Glass Workers Union delegates, wage reductions of ten to seventeen percent were agreed upon. Ratification by the affected department members is required.
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Pittsburgh
American Flint Glass Workers
Canadian Ship Importer Found
Montreal Canada September 1 The Canadian Importer believed to have foundered in the Pacific Ocean has been found by the Canadian Observer which is towing her to the rear port The crew of forty four was found aboard the vessel but no mention was made of the boat carrying nine men believed to have left the steamer The Importer disappeared on August 26
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Montreal
Canada
Ocean
Merc
Imborter
Geneva Council Refers Silesian Question to Four Members
The council in Geneva on September 1 refers the Silesian question to four non permanent members for settlement. The decision aims to expedite the issue through independent mediation and formal discussion among the selected nations.
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Geneva
Council For Settlement
Poland and Lithuania settle Vilna dispute in Geneva
Representatives of Poland and Lithuania reach agreement ending the Vilna dispute. They establish two Lithuania regions the district of Hoy and Vilna with Polish supervision of administration.
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Geneva
Poland
Lithuania
Vilna
Koy
Substituted Water for Whiskey Shipped to Greece
United States Treasury agents arrived in Philadelphia to probe claims that water was substituted for whiskey in about a hundred barrels sent to Greece. The barrels, containing water, were held at a bonded warehouse company as the investigation began.
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Greece
Philadelphia
Pai
United States Treasury Department
Ford has Fifty Four Million in Bank
Lansing September report shows the Ford Motor Company holds about 54 million dollars in cash in the bank. Officials say the document to the Department of State contains minor errors and may be returned for correction.
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Lansing
Mid
Ford ‘Motor Company
Department of State
Diversified Farming Growth Reported in Georgia
Atlanta reports substantial progress in diversified farming as hay and forage crop acreage has doubled in the last decade. Agricultural experts say this growth signals improvements for livestock and dairying industries in the state.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Belfast Riot Brief Sparks Troop Brisk Response
Belfast Ireland Sept 1 soldiers rushed to Grove Street after shots were fired in that district. Gunmen vanished as troops arrived. This follows yesterday’s street fighting that left six dead and thirty wounded.
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Belfast
Ireland
Grove Street
City council conducts tax assessment review and fireman selection
The City Council held a long session with tax adjustments totaling 6 514 555 dollars. Ten applicants applied for a fireman post, six ballots produced Alvin Singletary as the winner. Discussion covered cart scrapping stench and new toilets while white and colored returns totaled 5 860 139 and 654 416 dollars respectively. The council will set the city tax rate at the next meeting.
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Clay
Alton Singletary
Fuller
Smith
Hay acreage figures from 1909 to 1919 reported
In 1909 about 228000 acres were in hay compared with 460300 acres in 1919, a comparison stated at the capital today.
Merchant marine lags in share of American ocean freights
The Board's survey shows the United States merchant marine carrying a little more than one third of imports and exports by value, far below what a fleet of this size should handle. The report notes the shortfall relative to the nation’s large shipping capacity and expected freight share.
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Washington
Genere Board
Shipa
Saids
Krout Forgery Case Involving Bride and Husband
Washington D C Sept 1 Mrs Walter Krout two weeks married accompanies her husband to Baltimore where he faces forgery charges. Krout arrested Tuesday confessed to raising and forging checks in several Eastern cities and identified by a Baltimore bank official as the man who forged a 2100 check. Mrs Krout reportedly is daughter of a Rome Georgia businessman.
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Washington, D. C
Walter ~Krout
Baltimore
Krout
Florida Man Buried Neck-Deep in Grave Refuses Confession
Jacksonville police report J. B. Lee a railroad mechanic was kidnapped and buried in a shallow grave to the chin in an attempt to force a confession of his wife’s murder. He lost consciousness and was dug out and released by the abductors.
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Jacksonville
Fla
J. B. Lee
Lee
King George Sees Progress in Irish Peace Talks
In a reply to Canterbury, King George thanks God for response to his appeal to the Irish people. He prays reconciliation may be achieved through ongoing deliberations and that Ireland be united in a new era for the nation.
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King George
London
George
Convocation of
Canterbury
Newsprint Price Cut Announced by International Paper
New York sept 1 International Paper Company announced today a reduction in standard newsprint paper price from four and three quarters to four cents at the mill.
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New York
International Paper Company
Airplanes Ordered to Monitor West Virginia Mine Disorders
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Weeks ordered thirteen airplanes to move from Langley field to West Virginia coal fields as a precautionary federal intervention measure amid regional disorders. The move is described as preparatory and nondefinitive.
Firing Fades in Logan County as Day Begins
As noon approaches in Logan County West Virginia thousands of men remain at sites along the county line. At Crooked Creek firing continued from yesterday while other border sections reported quiet conditions today.
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Logan County
Logan
W. Va
Crooked Creek
Veterans Ship Out For Logs Cetin Requisitioned Train
About one hundred former service members recruited in Huntington WV last night at Governor Morgan's request departed today for Logs Cetin aboard a train carrying supplied and munitions.
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Huntington
W. Va
Morgan
Blair Mountain Firing Reported Resumes in Boone County
The governor's office announced a Logan report that firing in Blair Mountain resumed. General Dandholte of the War Department arrived and went to the governor's office for details.
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Blair Mountain
Charleston
W. Va
Morgan
Logan
Boone County
Dandholte
War_Department
Train service halted along Coal River line in West Virginia
In St Albans Virginia on September 1 reports say all trains on the Coal River branch from St Albans to Madison and Jeffery were stopped as armed bands patrol the area. Road traffic is halted within five miles of St Albans and patrols continue toward Jeffry, Sharpless and Blair. Sheriff Hill of Madison says movements by armed groups continued through the night and many traveled by car as business slows and residents discuss possible outcomes along the Upper Coal River.
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West Virginia
St. Albans
Coal River
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Madison
Jeffery
Sheriff Hill
Jeffry
Sharpless
Blair
Death of Adolphus L. Fitzgerald in Boston
Adolphus L. Fitzgerald of Eureka Nevada, dean of the supreme consistory of the Thirty Third Degree Scottish Rite Masonry for the United States, died yesterday in Boston. He was born in North Carolina and served with the Confederate army.
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Nevada
Adolphus L. Fitzgerald
Eureka
United States
Boston
North Carolina
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