Tax Bill Proposes Tax Cut On Medicines And Gifts
Washington House Ways and Means committee approves sixty changes to the Republican tax bill. A tax investigation commission would study effects of tax exempt securities. Also debated are charity gifts by corporations and a revised tax on manufacturers. In San Francisco Miss Anna A. Gordon calls for a large anti tobacco education effort.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
San Francisco
Youth of America
Anna A. Gordon
Evansville, Ill
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Craft Shop Rules Approved
The railroad labor board approves seven shop craft overtime rules from the wartime national agreement but says overtime need not be paid for work absolutely necessary on Sundays and holidays.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Wartime
Railroad Administration
Curzon Says Government Made Best Offer on Irish Talks
Lord Curzon told the House of Lords that the government had offered all that could be given without compromising the realm and the Crown. He cited safety, sovereignty, and imperial dignity as boundaries for concession.
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Curzon
London
Lord Curzon
House of Lords
Bolshevik Gold Arrives From Russian Ports
Russian bolshevik gold valued at $1,000,000 has reached here in the past two weeks through trade exchanges. Of this sum $600,000 was brought by the United States destroyer Overton from Bataan for the American Trade corporation.
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Russia
Constantinople
United States
Overton
Bataan
American Trade Corporation
Bryan Suggested as Delegate to Disarmament Commission
Montgomery friends of Williams Jennings Bryan urge President Hardin to name Bryan as a member of the American delegation to the international conference on disarmament.
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Bryan
Montgomery
Ala
Williams Jennings Bryan
Hardin
American Commission
Senate Appropriation Bill Cuts Road Funding
Washington reports that the Senate approved an amendment to the federal road bill by 28 to 22, reducing next year's construction funds from 100 million dollars to 75 million and reallocating the remaining amounts.
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Crits Senate
Washington
Afnate
First Bale Sells for 19 Cents in Allendale Shipment
In Charleston D C a first bale of the son's Lotten materialized by a bid of 19 cents at auction arriving from Allendale. A Washington item notes money for road building with a $75 000 000 federal aid road bill passed by the senate allocating one third immediately.
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Charleston
D. C
Auctcion
Lotten
Allendale
Washington
Senate
Southern Retail Merchants elects Hartsville leader president
L M Wiggins of Hartsville was chosen to succeed Murray g Kinley as president of the Southern Retail Merchants association at the close of its annual convention held in Richmond Virginia. The meeting discussed freight charges and chemicals with Wallace urging shared burdens to ease the current economic strain.
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Merchants’ Association
Richmond, Va
L. M. Wiggins
Hartsville
Murray G
cKinley
Hartaville
Southern Retail Merch: Association
Greensboro
Congress
The
Southern Tariff Association
Secret Protocol Aims Toward German Peace Treaty
A special protocol will precede formal peace negotiations with Germany. It may not go to the Senate, serves as a temporary basis to restore commerce, and allows the President to issue a peace proclamation. Secrecy is insisted upon by the U S government, with exchanges kept confidential.
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Washington
Germany
Senate
America
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
League Court Will Be Organized
Geneva announces the permanent court of international justice will be formed once Spain and Haiti deposit ratifications. With 24 nations ratifying, the required quorum will be reached, signaling the court’s establishment.
British Government Seizure Notice Over Long Island Coast
Formal notice from the British Government stating it cannot recognize U S jurisdiction over the high seas beyond three miles. Served in connection with the seizure of a British schooner named Marshall off the Long Island coast believed to be laden with liquor.
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Washington
United States
Long Island
Marshall
Bond Issue Discussion in Winston-Salem Schools
City leaders consider calling an election to approve a million dollar bond issue for white and colored schools. Plans include three new white pupil buildings, additions to existing facilities, and a central rehob for colored children with upgrades to all colored show buildings.
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Winston-Salem
Financing Exports Advance Approved for Citizens and Southern Bank
The War Finance Corporation approved an advance of 5 million dollars to Citizens and Southern Bank of Savannah Georgia to finance exports at its last meeting.
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Washington
Citizens and Southern Bank of
Savannah
War Finance Corporation
Fire destroys Roney Milling plant in Kansas City
A large plant of the Roney Milling company in an east industrial district of Kansas City suffered about 500000 dollars in damage after a major fire. The blaze wiped out facilities and disrupted operations, with investigations to determine cause underway.
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Kansas City
Roney Milling Company
Aids
General Navarro
Madrid
Melilla
Navarro
Mount
Arruita
Bent Chelatki
Anti Beer Bill Faces Hurdles In House Fight
Back in its home district the Willis Campbell antibeer bill ran into unexpected trouble in the House and appears unlikely to be enacted before Congress adjourns for recess.
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Washington
Remission Bill for China Debt Passes Senate
Washington The Lodge bill for remission of further payments by China under the Boxer indemnity treaty was passed. The action relieves China from continuing financial obligations to the United States, reflecting diplomatic efforts following the Boxer rebellion indemnity arrangement.
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China
Washington
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
United States
Farmer Loses Barn and Crops in Lightning Fire
John Hanberry's barn near the South River burned after a lightning strike. Losses reach several thousand dollars, including 10 bales of cotton 300 bushels of wheat and hundreds of bushels of corn plus feed and machinery. Horses cattle and livestock were saved. insurance was minimal.
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Spencer
John Hanberry
South River
Hanberry
Condition of Cotton Improves in Central Belt
Reports from Washington describe cotton improving slightly in central and eastern sections under near normal temperatures during the past week. The note appears among various federal dispatches and economic summaries from the period.
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Washington
Railroads ordered to raise Tennessee freight rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered Tennessee railroads to increase by October 13 the freight rates for stone and gravel used in road building to match the levels applied to interstate traffic.
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Washington
Tennessee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sult Goes to Federal Court Suit Against Express Tracked
In Charleston a suit by George F. Mew for damages of 30000 against the American Railway Express company has been transferred from state court to the federal court.
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Henderson
County Health Department
State Laboratory
Sult
Charleston
George F. Mew
American Railway Express Company
Fedal Court
Tomb of Napoleon Neglected on St Helena Island
A letter to Sir Lees Knowles says Napoleon's original tomb on St Helena is deteriorating since his body was moved to Paris 81 years ago. The author cites a recent visitor to the remote island noting the sad condition of the tomb.
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Napoleon
London
St. Helena Island
the Invalides
Paris
Lees Knowles
Lloyd George Says Japan Loyal to Alliance in War
Prime Minister Lloyd George reported to the House of Commons that imperial premiers at the conference unanimously recognized Japan’s loyal observance of the wartime alliance with Great Britain.
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Livya George
Japan
London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Great Britain
Schooner Captain Jailed for Smuggling in New Jersey
Atlantic City Capt. Joseph A. Roy master of the schooner Pocomoke was arrested on liquor smuggling charges and sent to Camden County jail.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Joseph A. Roy
Camden
Farm For Sale In Sequatchie Valley Tennessee
Farm for sale in Sequatchie Valley Tennessee offering 240 acres, about 100 cleared, level bottom land in high cultivation and workable timber. Includes nine room house with stone foundation, running water, dairy barn with complete equipment, spring, orchard, and vinegar works. Proximity to station, school, church near Dunlap. Price 11000 on good terms. Interested write Dunlap Tennessee Amugh M Wagner.
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Cogngy
Tennessee
Dunlap
Sequatchie County
Tenn
Amugh M. Wagner
Hime Little Farm For Sale At Out Ler Tennessee
Twenty four and one quarter acres near Butler Tennessee with fourteen acres level and rest upland all cleared. Seven room bungalow and large new barn plus four outbuildings. Buildings alone would cost more than half the asking price. Hugh M Wagner Dunlap Tennessee offers $1250 on good terms for the site.
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Butler
Tennessee
Ste
Hugh M. Wagner
Dunlap,Tenn
Mortgage Sale Notice in Watauga County North Carolina
Public auction of land described as the G A Hodges tract in Boone township to satisfy a mortgage from J P Hodges to G A Hodges dated March 1 1920 recorded June 3 1920 in Book U Worwort page 496 totaling 2500 notes with 2900 due to date. Sale at Boone court house September 26 1920 between 11 and 3. Principal and interest details given, with prior deed from G A Hodges and wife Tilly dated March 31 1900 referenced.
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J.P. Hodges
G. A. Hodges
Office of the Register of Deeds of
Watauga County
Togher
Rempio
Boone
Fohn
Boone Township
Wee
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Hickory
Hickory 8
Eleventh Avenue
Fayetteville
Board of Aldermen
Kennedy
EB. R. MacKeithan
McLendon
North Wilkesboro
Concord
Edgar Wallace
American Federation of Labor
Raleigh
Trustee's Report
Riga
Hoover
Department of Labor
Cameron Morrison
North Carolina
B. B. Dougherty
A. T.S
E. F. Lovill
Appalachian Training School
Dougherty
Thomas Jefferson
Commonwealth
Guins
C. M Watson
Sequatchie Valley
Outler
Tennnessee
Speas
Hickory, N. C
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