Kansas farmers plant immense wheat acreage
Kansas farmers this fall planted probably the third largest acreage to wheat in the state’s history. The board’s correspondents estimate total sowing at 9,892,441 acres, 6.8 percent below the 1919 crop and near the 1919 fall acreage. Diversification and lower wheat prices influenced the drop, with conservatism noted amid high labor costs next year.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas
J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Lincoln road traced by monuments mark 1847 trip
Monumental posts will be set in eighteen central Illinois counties to mark Abraham Lincoln's 1847 road journey while practicing law. The Eighth Judicial Circuit after Judge Davis saw travel by horse and buggy between courthouses, often taking a day. Boulder markers will stand at county seats where Davis held court, promoted by the Lincoln Circuit Marking Association.
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Springtieln
Ill
Ilinois
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
David Davis
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Pavis
Lincoln Circuit Marking Association
Government refuses Hidalgo resignation in Mexico City
November report from Mexico City states Dr. Cuberto Hidalgo, who had been in charge of the foreign office during the de la Huerta regime, resigned weeks ago and issued a formal valedictory statement but the government refused to accept his resignation. Hidalgo sought to relinquish office to pursue the governorship of Hidalgo state.
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Mexico
City
Cuberto Hidalgo
de la Huerta
Isetin
His Falgo
Hidaléso
Harding Plurality in Illinois Tops Election Totals
Figures show Harding leading in Illinois with 1,424,480 votes to Cox's 534,896. The article notes Harding received 71.5 percent of men's ballots and 74.6 percent of women's ballots, totaling 890,085 for the president.
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Illinois
Error Coolidge
Harding
Cox
Father of Oregon football star dies in crash
H B Steers father of wm Steers captain and half back of the University of Oregon football team died in Dalles Oregon yesterday from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on November 24. His illness prevented Billy Steers from traveling with the team to Pasadena for the game with the University of Southern California.
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Dalles
Ore
H. B. Steers
Wmn
Steers
University of ‘Oregon
Bil”l Steers
Pasadena
University of Southern California
Desert Diary Desertion Rocks Trieste Front
Nov 26 two key military backers of Gabriel D Annunzio desert from Flume and return to Trieste with Col Sani amid uncertain leadership. In Rochester a government concrete barge sank four miles west of the harbor en route from Buffalo to New York with 25,000 bushels of wheat valued at about 28 000. Salvageable portion estimated at half.
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Rochester
Buffalo
New
York
Rochester Harbor
Painting Debt Case Tangles Kansas City Auction
Harry J. Hahn of Junction City Kansas, an automobile dealer, owed money to P. A. Butermeler of this city. The case references a disputed oil painting and a sale hearing in Kansas City. Details are fragmentary but indicate a financial dispute tied to an oil painting and an auction.
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Kansas” City
Harry J. Hahn
Junction City
Kas
Constable Alleges Da Vinci Work Valued Low
A constable serving an attachment at the Fine Arts Institute asked the custodian about the painting's worth. He was told the work, La Belle Ferronniere, is valued at a quarter of a hundred thousand and considered an original Da Vinci. The officer returned empty handed and advised attaching something of lesser value.
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Fine Arts Institute
Sutermeister
Charge Sergeant in $100,000 Army Goods Theft
Franklin Novak a 22 year old fore ver sergeant in the aviation corps is jailed in Wilkesbarre awaiting transfer to Oklahoma City for trial on alleged involvement in a scheme to steal $100,000 worth of U S Army aviation supplies. He was arrested in nearby Nanticoke. The plan allegedly paid soldiers for surrendering aviation goods to civilians.
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Wilkesbarre
Franklin Novak
Aviation, Corps
Oklahoma City
Okla
United States Army Aviation
Nanticoke
Here
Germans Blame England for Samoa Expulsion
Berlin officials told the Reichstag interpellation that England bore responsibility for expelling 300 Germans from Samoa. Notes sent to England remained unanswered while the questioner claimed some expatriates were limited to 800 marks. The debate also reflected a belief that American involvement prompted the explosions.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Samoa
England
Urges Reorganization of Kansas Court of Industrial Relations
Governor Henry J. Allen will urge the next legislature to reorganize the Kansas court of industrial relations into two tribunals. He proposes a separate labor disputes tribunal and another commission to exercise rate-marking powers, dividing functions inherited from the public utilities commission.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations
Henry J. Allen
Industrial Court
Public Utilities Commission
Explosion Rocks Vergato Near Milan In Italy
A tremen dous explosion occurred at Vergato near Milan as workers extracted charges from airplane bombs. Several people were killed or injured and property suffered extensive damage. A shell factory operated at Vergato during the war and an ammunition dump reportedly remains there.
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Italy
Milan
Verogato
Vergato
Exports rise in October as imports fall slightly
Washington reports October foreign trade rose about 356 million dollars in exports while imports declined roughly 1 million. Commerce department figures show exports at 762 million, up from 606 million in September, with imports listed around 362 million.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Muskrats Tavis Wasy in Winter Homes
In Winnipeg Manitoba on November 26 muskrats face a quieter season as hides fall to fifty cents, lowering the danger of hardship. In Tokyo the Shimpoo reports Japan’s naval estimates rising by 150 million yen to 500 million yen due to higher maintenance costs.
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Tavis Wasy
Winnipeg
Mang
Tokio
JJ Shimpoo
Japan
Harding to Visit Jamaica En Route From Panama
President elect Harding is expected to arrive in Kingston next Tuesday on his way from Panama with the governor arranging a tour of the island. The report notes possible sights and arrangements for the visit as part of the travel plan. In Copenhagen the government accepts a League of Nations suggestion to send 100 Danish soldiers to Vilna to help maintain order during the plebiscite.
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Jamaica
Kingston
Harding
Panama
Island
Copenhagen
League of Nations
Vilna
Peru Awaits U S Entry to League of Motion
Official dispatches from the provincial legistlators report Peru is awaiting the entry of the United States into the league. The Tatna-Arica question is presented to that body as part of the ongoing motion.
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BUEN
Atres
Peru
United States
Petord
Nation Man Died at Home Pere Today
A brief obituary note states a nation resident named Al Tennigata died at home today. It mentions he was a longtime member of a religious group and notes a past affiliation with Harvard in 1886.
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Nation
al Tennigata
Home
Pere
Harvard
Montana to plan recreation spot in Big Blackfoot country
Plan to create a 5 000 acre public recreation area in Lewis and Clark county near Lincoln north east of Missoula and Helena tied to state and possibly federal aid. The drive aims to preserve prime yellow pine forest, fishing and hunting grounds on privately owned land including W A Clark interests and Anaconda Copper properties with some lands held by the state. Initial steps involve consulting the state forester and possibly the state legislature to secure designation and funding.
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Mont
Vancouver
Ortheast
Missoula
Northwest
Ihn I
Helena
Montana
Lewis and Clark
W. A. Clark
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Lincoln
Lewis and Clark County
Mrs Rainh Smith Seeks Seat in State Legislature
The first woman to sit in the Mote ityphiy legislature, Mrs. Rainh Smith, is again in the field as a candidate with endorsement from the k party.
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K Party
Rainh Smith
Fifteen Banks Now Closed in North Dakota
BISMARCK N D Nov 26 After a banking board session no action announced regarding North Dakota’s banks There is nothing alarming in the situation The list of closed banks rose to 15 with the suspension of the Farmers State Bank of Rhame Bowman County and the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Sherwood Bensonville County
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Bismark
N. D
State Banking Board
North Dakota
Farmer's State Bank of
Many Candidates File in British Columbia Election
Vancouver and Victoria seat races show heavy candidate fields with 29 candidates for Vancouver and 19 for Victoria. The province reports 153 nominees, the largest field in BC history, as voters prepare for the December 1 general election amid shifting party loyalties and new independent factions.
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Vancouver
B. G
Victoria
British Columbian
Eech
British Columbia
Soldier-Farmer
Soldier-Labor
Denis Carey Shot In Nenagh Tip Perary
A dispatch from Nenagh Tipperary reports Denis Carey was seized by uniformed men from his lodgings and shot multiple times. He is said to be in a hospital in a dying condition. In Akron, a major vice crusade led to about 206 arrests, targeting bootleggers drug vendors and liquor law violators.
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Denis Carey
London
Central News
Nenagh Tipperary
Ireland
Carey
Akron
VICE
Montana has Biggest Small Boy in West
Nov 28 Montana. Doyle Marsh, 14, stands six feet one inch tall, claimed as the state's biggest small boy. His 12-year-old brother is five feet ten. Four sisters and two other brothers are normal in size. Height and weight records were noted during a county nursing inspection. The family plans to compete in the Lipton Cup international contest. The piece links rising divorces in Seattle to increased marriages.
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Wanetta
Mont
Noyle’ Marsh
Doyle Marsh
Yacht Club to sponsor cup races next summer
The Royal Vancouver Yacht club ordered a trophy from H Nicholson the British designer who prepared Shamrock IV plans. The series of races for the cup will be sailed next summer during the International Racing association reparatta.
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Royal Vancouver Yacht Club
H. Nicholson
Thomas Lipton
International Racing Association
Repatta
Air lanes over Rocky Mountains to be mapped from clouds
Helena November 26 The local weather bureau installs cloud observation equipment on a tall building to map air currents over the main Rocky range west of Helena. Lathrop notes cloud data will reveal where disturbances form and how winds travel, aiding navigation. pilots previously feared the treacherous top winds. Since 1909 pilots have crossed the range with growing experience.
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Helena
Mont
Rocky Mountains
Weather Bureau
Dy William Truithrop
Anepho
Bcope
Mr. Lathrop
Ringe
Cronmwell Dixon
Alberta farmers not on strike say grain managers
Calgary, Alta. Nov. 26 United Grain Growers manager C Rice-Jones rejects the idea of a strike among Alberta farmers. He says farmers are not idle but spacing sales to fetch better prices, reluctant to flood markets and aid speculators, given price conditions and market timing.
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Calgary
Alta
Alberta
C. Rice- Jones
United Grain Growers
Rice-Jones
Four Thousand Niners Strike in Ishikawa Mines
Four thousand workers in five Ishikawa mines go on strike demanding wage raises. Two senior organizers have left Tokyo to help mobilize the miners, as reports from Tokio confirm.
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Tokio
Ishikawa
Tokio Mayor Resigns Amid Graft Investigation
Tokio mayor Tajira and several officials resign in response to an ongoing graft probe. The investigation has prompted 19 arrests as officials step down to avoid further scrutiny.
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Tokio
Tajira
Erect Barriers Start Along Downing Street Boundary
London officials began erecting eight foot high barriers to exclude the public from Downing Street near Charles Street tonight. The move is part of enhanced security measures affecting access to a key government area and was carried out under evening hours. Authorities said the barriers will remain in place pending further security assessments and possible additional restrictions.
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London
Downing Treet
Charlies Street
Coal pin expression among glad words
A peculiar quotation states that the gladdest words ever spoken are the line My coal pin's filled revealing a curious emphasis on completion or achievement. The brief line echoes a playful or cryptic sentiment about readiness and success.
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State Board of Agricultural
Hidalgo
Eee
B.C
Smaliz
West
Seattle
LA Atrn Mountains
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