Baron Warns Red Plot Likely Behind Wall Street Bomb
Baron Antonin De Mandat Graney reports in Chicago that a coordinated international plot may underlie the Wall Street blast. He cites letters warning banks and suggests the attack was not the work of a lone anarchist, linking it to Genoa and Milwaukee communications and criticizing sensational socialist coverage.
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Baron Antonin de Mandat Grane
Chicago
Pbaron Antonin de Mandat Graney
Wall Street
Paris
New York
Genoa
Italy
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Washington
Baron Grancy
France
Germany
Mark O. Prentiss
United States Clearing House For Foreign Credits
United States Clearing House For Foreign Credits, Which Mr. Prentiss
Brest and Chicago eyed as future great intercontinental ports
The text envisions Brest becoming the world’s greatest intercontinental port and compares its potential to Chicago. It cites lessons from wartime rebuilding, notes French recovery, and discusses river and sea routes via the St. Lawrence and Mississippi to the sea.
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France
Frances
Brest
Liverpool
Chicago
St. Lawrence
Miestesippi
Chiengo
Czecho Slovakia Signs Commercial Treaty With Bulgaria
Prague September 21. Czecho Slovakia has concluded a commercial treaty with Bulgaria. The agreement aims to expand trade and reduce barriers between the two nations. Officials described it as a significant step in regional economic cooperation.
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Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Czecho- Slovakia
Bulgaria
Johnson Made Orderly At Leavenworth Prison Park
Jack Johnson the former heavyweight champion has been assigned as orderly of the prison baseball park in Leavenworth Kansas for a year and a day sentence for Mann Act violation. His duties include keeping athletic grounds in good condition and later serving as director of athletics per the warden.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Jack Johnson
Detroit businessman dies in theft case crisis
Detroit report states Biar Crohan head of the Great Western Hide company Boston and Phil Paris secretary were arrested in Grand Rapids on a grand larceny warrant for 48072. Crohan died in a local hospital from poison taken during a personal crisis.
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Great Western Hide Company of
Boston
Detroit
Mich
Biar Crohan
Phil Paris
Grand Rapids
Bergdoll Mother Faces Trial for World War I Draft Evasion Conspiracy
In Philadelphia on September 21 Mrs Emma C Bergdoll mother of Grover and Erwin Bergdoll convicted draft dodgers was placed on trial in federal court charged with conspiring to aid them in evading military service during the world war.
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Philadelphia
Emma C. Bergdoll
Grover
Erwin Bergdoll
Poles Gain Ground as Galicia Front Advances
Russian Bolshevik forces retreat from eastern Galicia as Polish troops push along the southern front. In Riga discussions between Polish and Soviet delegates yield expectations of no ceasefire until preliminary peace terms are set. Wrangell’s cavalry drives Reds from the Ohekhov front, while Paris notes Poland and Lithuania suspend hostilities pending League of Nations inquiry.
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Warsaw
Galicia
Riga
Latvia
M. Dombski
Adolph Joffe
M. Lados
Poland
Russia
Constantinople
Wrangell
Takmak
Paris
Lithuuania
Council of the
League of Actions
Threat prompts heavy patrols near Rockefeller estate
A threatening postcard warned of an explosion at the New York customs house at 2 p.m. The note, deemed possibly a hoax, led to heightened security as 12 extra guards with rifles patrolled roads around John D. Rockefeller's Tarrytown estate amid ongoing investigations. no official statements were given. The incident followed a prior Wall Street blast and involved Russian journalist Alexander Brailovsky being briefly detained before release. Authorities reported no evidence of a plot or injuries from the explosion.
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New York
Customs House
Wall Street
William B. Edwards
Internal Revenue
Edwards
Thomas G. Watten
Department of Justice
Alexander Brailovsky
Brailovsky
Maurice Devies
Volunteer Hospital
Davies
John D
Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Threatening letter prompts inquiry into Rockefeller residence
Report notes two boys met two men who asked where Mr Rockefeller lived. The men displayed spectacles from pockets and tied them on to test their appearance. The pair observed the men depart for New York in a taxi.
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Marnate
Mr. Rockefeller
New York
Chicago Lunatic and Suspected Robber Kill Streetcar Conductor
Police bullets halted a violent confrontation on South Halsted Street as two men resisted arrest. One dead, the other expected to die. The lunatic, Michael Drinzeika, had threatened to blow up the United States and previously lived at 66 with his sister Mrs Masatoci. The suspected criminal was Oscar Brown, colored, who was killed. Detectives Lyman and Sullivan intervened after Drinzeika forced entry, locking him inside while gunfire erupted.
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Chicago
Michael Drinzeika
West Side
Oscar Brown
Brown
U. S
Pennsylvania
United States
County Picnic Draws Monster Crowds in Washington County
More than 2000 residents attended the noon county picnic organized by Frank Beatty with the Farm Bureau and Farmer's Mutual Insurance Association. Visitors toured the county farm facilities guided by the Beattys, heard Rev Millice and Senator Brookhart, and praised the clean, well run operations including meals, preserved foods, and orchards while children and schools participated in a day of civic pride.
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Frank Beatty
Farm Bureau
Farmer's Mutual Insurance Association
Washington County
Mrs. Beatty
Beatty
C. F. Letts
Henry Mill
Beds Foiled at Offices Complex
Security notes show efforts to foil unauthorized entry at an office complex during the day. Investigators report no injuries or arrests, and guards increased patrols after the incident. Local authorities seek additional leads from staff and visitors.
Schude Sentenced for Impersonating Army Lieutenant
Theodore Schade, who admitted impersonating Arthur Kincaid, a U S Army lieutenant, received a three year federal prison term at Fort Leavenworth. A German émigré, he fled to Holland after killing a revolutionist, used the lieutenant’s roll to avoid repatriation, later deserted to the United States, and joined the regular army in San Francisco amid suspicion of espionage.
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Chicago
Theodore Schade
Arthur Kincaid
Fort Leavenworth
Schade
Germany
Holland
Kincaid
Avoi
United States
Port Sheridan
San Francisco
Soviets Said to Be in Blantyre Scotland Coup Rumors
London dispatch reports extraordinary rumors in Lanarkshire that Scottish communist leaders plan a dramatic move at Blantyre near Glasgow. It claims cashiers and officials were told to expect coal pit seizures and the setting up of a soviet mining control system, with authorities not dismissing the idea.
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London
Lanarkshire
Blantyre
Glasgow
Westminster Gazette
Hamiton
Scotland
Exchange Telegraph
Two Negroes Kill Car Conductor in Chicago Riot
A detective sergeant shot Drinzeika in the head after a confrontation with Lyman’s assailants. Patrolman Shannon shot Brown as he reached toward a hip pocket. In a separate incident two negroes killed conductor Charles Barrett after an argument on a Forty-fifth Street streetcar triggering a city riot alert.
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Lyman
Drinzeika
Brown
John Shannon
Cottage Grove Avenue
South State Street
Shannon
Forty-fifth
Halsted
Charles Barrett
Riots in Chicago Draw Police to Stock Yards District
New York dispatch reports fear of renewed race riots in Chicago with thousands of policemen on duty in the Stock Yards district to prevent further trouble. The piece notes a prior bomb blast and warns of a potential repeat, with police reserves and Department of Justice agents on standby for emergencies.
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The
Evening Journal
New York
Wall Street
Department of Justice
Riots in Chicago Stockyards District After White Man's Death
Police quell racial clashes as a mob pursues Black residents through the stockyards area. Three Black men flee to a church for safety after a white man is killed by a Black suspect, sparking violence and frantic nighttime scenes.
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The
Evening Journal
Chicago
Stock Yards
Senator Brookhart Addresses Rural Inequality And Reform
Senator Brookhart delivered an optimistic address condemning wealth disparity and urging a living wage, fair schooling, and duties of citizens to correct war era mistakes. He contrasted mines and farms with millionaire wealth and called for patriotism backed by action and unity. A county picnic followed with abundant fried chicken.
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America
Brookhart
United States
Journal
James Daniels
West Chester
Noisy Madeline Returns to College? Quiet Tales Follow
Gargoyle and Froth trade quips about Madeline a loud girl. Tim and Tam discuss future work and college plans as the quirky dialogue unfolds.
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Tam
Gargoyle
Madeline
Eggnog Shortage Sparks Punch Bowl Quip
A humorous exchange at the Punch Bowl: Harold asks for eggnog. the waiter notes eggs are plenty but nog is out. The brief wartime style line captures a light moment and local tavern banter.
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Harold
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Red
Johnson
Leavenworth Baseball Park
U.S
Port of
South Halsted Street
George Lyman
James Sullivan
Maxwell Street
J. 1. Brookhart
Schude
Thanarkshire
Tim
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