Turning the Tables on wartime spruce profiteers
A year earlier Washington lumbermen clashed over spruce for aircraft. John D. Ryan denied charges about railroad and mill contracts, noting agreements were made before his tenure. The piece credits spruce work with aiding the war’s end and honors Ryan for his role.
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Sam
Spruce Belt
Port Angeles
John D. Ryan
Aircraft Production Bureau
Ryan
Berlin diplomat rejected as Washington’s envoy
Berlin slated Haimhausen as ambassador to Washington a learned German but Washington rejects him. He belonged to the Bernstorff era and faces suspicion of prior misconduct. Berlin will choose another ambassador in due course.
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Vr. Haimhausen
Berlin
Washington
Bernstorff
Medical Men and Disease in War Time
The piece notes the M D s say deaths in World War I would be far higher if rates matched the Spanish American War. It credits American doctors with 20 years of progress and states Spanish influenza and pneumonia still resist, but typhoid and other diseases have become less deadly as physicians and surgeons helped win the war.
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Germany
Mexico
Lewistown
Helena
Russia
North Dakota
Light on the Czar's Fate
Bolshevik forces seize Ekaterinburg halting a judicial probe into czarist murders. The inquiry had reached the point of confirming the killings as alleged, with a document praised as a remarkable legal record detailing the crime and its forensic reconstruction.
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Kolchak
Tate
Senatorial Discourse Degenerates in League Debate
Senators Fall and McCumber exchanged sharp exchanges over the League of Nations with insults and jibes. The heated exchange included barbed remarks about age and fighting spirit, culminating in a string of recriminations that wear on nerves and public patience.
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McCumber
League of Nations
New Mexico
A Patchwork of Wit and Crash Notes From Western Montana
A compact, satirical column surveys missing rains, fires, bank runs, and political talk. It mocks Bela Kun, Archduke Joseph, Senator Borah, and H. C. S. while wryly noting Berlin quiet, Vienna tempers, and marriage license trends. A collage of era attitudes and idle observations with sharp, punchy lines.
Meritorious Bill Aimed At Clerks Pay Hike In Congress
A National Congress bill seeks a flat 400 dollar yearly wage increase for post office and railway mail clerks to offset living costs. It proposes a commission to set a permanent fair wage scale. Billings Gazette notes minimal public response at civil service exams in Billings as context.
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Congress
Billings
Billings Gazette
Flashy quotes and quips spark diverse newspaper snippets
A collage of short, sharp clippings from various papers mocks cost of living, politics, labor, and public figures. Items include remarks on Henry Ford’s cents award, lampooning war and extravagance, Woodrow Wilson quotes, and satirical headlines about shell shock and Uncle Sam’s groceries.
One Woman in a Thousand Bargain Hunt
A 1919 Wheeler Ryner entertainment piece depicts a stylish woman climbing stairs and buying multiple gifts at a bargain store with shrewd care. The scene includes tea, gloves, a clock, a vase, and other items as she fills her purse while shopping for Christmas gifts. A memory note mentions a chapel to be installed in Sims cathedral, in memory of Lord Kitchener.
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Gaston Lerox
Czar
Ekaterinburg
Anastasia Nicholaevna
Christman
DALY
Wheeler Ryne ‘Eater Inc
Keepchener
Sims Cathedral
Landon
Lord Kitchener
Humorous Snippets From A Day’s Bit Tabs
A collage of witticisms from various quips and exchanges. Jests touch on kisses mothers faiths alcohol baldness theater seating and family money. The snippets showcase playful banter and social observation typical of humorous daily columns.
Philippine custom on naming after marriage and widowhood
A Philippine custom holds that upon marriage a woman's surname receives her husband’s name appended to her maiden name. If she becomes a widow the husband’s name is removed from her name. The practice reflects traditional practices in marital naming within Filipino culture.
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Philippine
The
Philippines
Airplane fleet planned for Alaska service near Valdez
Alaska Aircraft Portation company outlines three large freight biplanes and two service planes to operate from Valdez with October dispatch, aiming to cross the Arctic and reach Point Barrow and Mackenzie Bay. Each freighter carries six tons and 20 passengers, powered by four Liberty motors.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Alaska Aircraft Portation Company
Valdez
Valdes
Fairbanks
Endicott Range
Point Barrow
Mackenzie Bay
Arctic
Ocean
Nome
Bering Strait
Siberia
Yukon
Sons
Economic policy hazards warned by Premier Lioya
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports a cautious critique of reducing output and borrowing. It warns that lowering production risks rising prices and unemployment, threatening living standards and demand, with Lloyd George cited about reconstruction beyond magic.
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Lloyd George
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