Butler Slams Federal Trade Commission at Philadelphia Meeting
Nicholas Murray Butler, Columbia University president and GOP presidential hopeful, attacked the Federal Trade Commission for misusing its powers. He urged policy clarity to aid business and criticized aggressive enforcement over constructive, growth oriented action. He warned against punishing industry despite large industrial efforts expanding American trade.
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Philadelphia
Federal Trade Commission
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
United States
Brazil to indemnify Germany over seized ships
President Pessoa said Brazil should pay Germany 25 million dollars as compensation for the 45 German ships seized during the war. He urged selling the vessels to highest bidders and using the proceeds to fund the indemnity, tying the move to Brazil’s peace treaty obligations.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
France
Marques
Pessoa
Germany
New Comet Sola Sighted From Wisconsin Observatory
Chicago dated Jan 28 reports a new comet named Sola for its Spanish discoverer was sighted from the Williams Bay Wisconsin observatory last night. Astronomers had sought its location for a week and the telegram to Prof. Philip Fox of Northwestern University said the naked eye sees it as an ordinary star.
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Chicago
Williams Bay
Wis
Philip Fox
Northwestern University
Suit to restrain AT&T stock issue dismissed
The suit by stockholder Clarence H. Venner to bar AT and T from issuing 350 million dollars of convertible stock was dismissed by Supreme Court Justice Mitchell L. Kanger. Venner argued the issue would exceed the charter limit.
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New York
American Telephone Andelegraph Company
Clarence H. Venner
Spreme Court
Mitchell L. Kanger
Venner
Spanish Government Withholds Support for Rosen as German Minister
Madrid confirms it will not assent to Dr. Rosen's appointment as German minister after protests over his role in Moroccan talks and the Algeciras convention. Spain previously objected to Rosen's involvement in Moroccan negotiations and the convention program.
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Madrid
Rosen
Spain
Germany
Dr. Rosen
Algeciras
Wood Accepts Challenge Debate in Pierre
Gen Leonard Wood tonight accepted Senator Miles Poindexter of Washingtons challenge to debate in Pierre South Dakota on March 20. The two men agreed to a public forum to discuss national policy and wartime leadership decisions.
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Wood
Chicago
Leonard Wood
Miles Poindexter
Washington
Pierre
D. D
Hays Forms 171 Member Advisory Committee
Will Hays announces a 171 member advisory committee on policies and platform for the Republican Party to gather data and suggest ideas to the resolutions committee. Ogden Mills Jr. will chair the executive panel with John Callan O Laughlin as secretary. 19 women among the appointees.
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Republican Platform Committee
San Francisco
Cal
Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
Hays
Resolutions Committee
Ogden L. Mills Jr
New York City
John Callan O'Laughlin
Washington, D. C
Mr. Hays
South Carolina Senate Rejects Woman Suffrage Amendment
The South Carolina Senate voted 30 to 4 to reject the federal woman suffrage amendment, joining the House which had already rejected it by 83 to 21. The legislature thus takes a firm anti ratification stance.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Senate
House
Birth of a New Party Likely in Oregon
Salem Oregon January 28 delegates from labor unions and granges gather for a convention to form a third party. The move follows an October Bend Oregon federation of labor meeting that set the plan in motion.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Bend
State Federation of Labor
Tobacco Disturbances Sparked by Shortage in Madrid
Riots broke out in Madrid streets yesterday over tobacco shortages. Police repeatedly charged crowds gathered before tobacco shops as disturbances escalated in the capital.
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Madrid
Indian appropriations bill passed by Senate
The Indian appropriations bill, the first major annual supply measure, was approved by the Senate today. It carries $12, (text incomplete) and sets funding for tribal programs and agencies.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
North Dakota Republicans Denounce Waste and Back Leaders
At a Bismarck state convention on January 28, North Dakota Republicans condemned national administration waste and extravagant spending. The gathering nominated Olson for re election and set presidential elector candidates while praising Wood Lowden Harding and others as party leaders. Senator McCumber urged independence from nonpartisan leagues and called for reduced government spending, lower taxes, price stability, and currency deflation to restore prosperity.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Wood
Lowden
Harding
Porter J. McCumber
United States Senate
Gunder Olson
Chicago
McCumber
League
Independent Voters’ League
Republican Party
Improve Breed or Small Herds Urged by Forest Official
Spokane January 28 Depletion of West national forests due to war demand will force tighter future use. W I C Barnes assistant forest service grazing chief says 1,000,000 extra cattle and sheep were moved onto ranges despite drought and fires. He calls for better breed and smaller herds to raise revenue.
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Spokane
West
WI C. Barnes
United States Forester
American National Livestock Association
Southwest
Barnes
Rob Pay Station Telephone Stolen in Federal Building
Thieves yesterday took a pay station telephone from a booth in the federal building in Tacoma with the money it contained, according to Postmaster Calvin Stewart.
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Tacoma
Wash
Federal Building
Calvin Stewart
Indian supply bill reported favorably by Indian committee
The first annual appropriation bill to reach the senate was reported favorably today by the Indian committee. The Indian supply measure carries 12,740,897 dollars, about 128,000 dollars less than the house bill total.
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Washington
Senate
Indian Committee
Bela Kun asks release from Austrian internment
Vienna report says Bela Kun the former Hungarian dictator and his associates at Karlstein may soon be allowed to leave Austria after internment.
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Vienna
Bela Kun
Karlstein
Austria
Maher elected president of Norfolk and Western Railway
N D Maher was today elected president of the Norfolk and Western Railway company. He is currently regional director of the Pocahontas region and will begin his new duties March 1.
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Maher
Philadelphia
N. D. Maher
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Pocahontas
System of Parks Fully Outlined in Silver Bow County
The 1920 park building program will begin and a joint meeting of the city council county commissioners and the Silver Bow County Good Roads association will set plans for summer. A county park system map and city park map are in circulation with road improvements urged for routes including the Hail Columbia Brown's Gulch and Roosevelt drive. A memorial park for service men may be created in Timber Butte park alongside Thompson Basin Creek McC White Brown's Gulch Big Butte reserve and Timber Butte reserve.
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Silver Bow County Good Roads Association
Peter Potter
F. A. Rust
University of Wisconsin
Potter
Aust
Columbia
Brown's Gulch
Dillon Man Dies in Kansas City After Flu Relapse
Cele Trugillo a former Dillon resident died of bronchial pneumonia in Kansas City following an influenza relapse. He was 38, born November 14, 1882 in Las Vegas New Mexico, survived by his wife and a one year old baby. Burial plans unknown.
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Dillon
Cele Trugillo
Kansas City
Trugillo
Las Vegas
N. M
New Mexico
A. J. Wedum
Fine Wedum
Dillon and
Pacific Streets
John Peterson
Horse Prairie
Martens Testimony Used In Socialist Assembly Case
Albany report details prosecutors using Martens testimony to link American socialists to Bolsheviks in a bid to topple government. Reading paused as Stedman negotiated partial publication for the defense. Mayor George L. Lunn testified he was expelled after appointing a non socialist and resisting a socialist aide.
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Albany
N. Y
America
Joint Legislative Committee
Dris “Dee Martens
United States
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Seymour Stedman
Charles Solomon
James O'Neal
New York Call
Boston Police Union
George L. Lunn
Schenectady
Devlin Says Prohibition Law to Be Enforced in Montana
L K Devlin Havre federal prohibition director says enforcement rests with sheriffs and city officials initially. No agent appointments announced yet as the department plans to act if local enforcement fails. A copy of the new prohibition regulation was received at the internal revenue bureau in the federal building.
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Montana
L. K. Devlin
Havre
Butte
Devlin
Mr. Devlin
Internal Revenue Bureau
Flu Relief Memo Advocates Home Care Over Hospitals
Dr. Cogswell notes that influenza relief last year created a central emergency hospital but with better facilities this year it will likely be unnecessary except in underserviced communities. He favors home nursing to reduce cross infection, urging bed isolation and careful triage to balance risks of hospitalization against home care.
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Cogswell
Jeannette Ezekiels
Butte
Influenza Deaths Rise as City Faces Epidemic
Chicago health department reports 87 influenza deaths and 77 pneumonia deaths in 24 hours. An outbreak shows 1,472 new influenza cases and 400 pneumonia cases. United States District Attorney Charles F. Clyne says government raids will seize hundreds of liquor cases to distribute to hospitals for epidemic relief.
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Chicago
Health Department
United States
Charles F. Clyne
Influenza Hits Puget Sound Navy Yard Fleet
In Bremerton Washington on January 28 reports say influenza at the Puget Sound navy yard sent 180 sailors from the battle ship division of the Pacific fleet to hospital care in recent days and one death was reported.
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Bremerton, Wash
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Battleship Division
Pacific Fleet
Influenza Cases Rise in Omaha Health Report
Omaha health office records 97 new influenza cases yesterday and 34 this morning with no additional deaths reported. The update shows ongoing spread in the city health surveillance.
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Omaha
Neb
Influenza Cases Reported in Topeka Area
TOPEKA Kan Jan 28 seven hundred seventy eight new influenza cases were reported to the local health authorities as the season continues to challenge hospitals and clinics across the region.
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Topeka
Kan
A Happy Family and the Case for Kidney Health
A Dr. Bow ers urges family health through outdoor living and cleanliness. He links digestive and kidney function to overall well being, recommends flushing the liver and kidneys, hydrating, and using remedies such as Dr Pierce’s Pellets and Anuric to prevent illness and eliminate poisons.
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Pierce
State health board reports statewide disease total
The state board of health today reports cases from all parts of the state, bringing the total to 2 892. The disease is prevalent in 77 of the 105 counties.
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State Board of Health
City Forces Depleted by Influenza Shortage
New York dispatch reports six hundred policemen and between 200 and 300 firemen unable to report for duty due to influenza, thinning city services.
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New York
Influenza Deaths Rise in St Paul and Minneapolis
The St Paul health department reports 152 influenza cases and six deaths today. Minneapolis logs 171 new cases and one death from the disease.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Health Department
Minneapolis
Destruction Not Wobbly Creed Cited In I W W Trial
Tacoma jury hears defense witness Charles Jones a 1906 I W W member who identifies a federal report on industrial relations as the wobbly Bible He denies I W W sabotage means property destruction and cites placards attacking violence seen in halls and lumber camps
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Jones
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Jones
Askren
Sinn Fein Losing Ground Says A Correspondent
London January 28 The Sinn Fein is losing ground after recent municipal elections with Dublin reports saying they have responsibility for local affairs for the first time The Daily Mail Dublin correspondent urges John Dillon and Joseph Devlin to rally a sane policy to foster conciliation and goodwill between Irish and British peoples
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London
Sinn Fein
Gver
Daily Mail
Dublin
John Dillon
Joseph Devlin
First Postage Stamp History Noted with Early Dates
The note discusses the first appearance of postage stamps with two dates, 1839 and 1889, indicating historical milestones in stamp issuance. It contrasts the earlier adoption with later usage and hints at widespread postal reform implications.
Ely's Cream Balm Promises Quick Head Cold Relief
Advertising copy touts a small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm to clear clogged nostrils and soothe inflamed mucous membranes. It claims instant relief from head colds and catarrh, with a fragrant antiseptic formula that opens air passages and ends headaches and nasal congestion.
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Ely
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