Washington Secretary of State Lansing Resigns
Washington Robert Lansing has resigned as secretary of state after four months of hosting cabinet meetings. His letter dated February 12 was accepted by President Wilson and the resignation is effective immediately. Frank Polk will head the state department ad interim.
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Robert Lansing
Washington
Lansing
Wilson
Frank Polk
State Department
Mr. Lansing
Pelate Mate Wich
Paris
Woodrow Wilson
Secretary of State
Foreign Express Train Reaches St Johns After 3 Week Journey
An express narrow gauge train from Port-au-Basques arrived in St Johns after a three week trek across the island. The 546 mile route, slated for 29 hours, showcased cross island rail progress amid wartime era logistics.
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Newfoundlands
St. Johns
Port-au-Basques
Multiple Crises Reported From Banks to Riots Across States
Four bandits robbed Blaine State Bank in Blaine Oklahoma territory took between forty thousand and fifty thousand dollars in liberty bonds and two thousand in cash. In Illinois nine million dollars in income taxes have been collected in the Chicago district. The first United States Mexico trade conference convenes in Mexico City with one hundred forty delegates. Ironwood Michigan announces a ten percent wage increase for Gogebic range miners about six thousand workers affected. Wellesley College students under influenza quarantine cannot leave town but attend classes. Aguila oil payroll stolen in Tampico with messenger killed. Lieut Harry B Smith and Harry Brokaw of the Ninety fourth squadron killed in a midair collision near San Antonio. Mrs Uzell K Ivy dies in Memphis following a luncheon linked to botulinus poisoning. Charles Frederick Gunther, famed art collector and candy magnate, dies in Chicago from pneumonia. Martial law declared in Lexington Kentucky after riot over lynching a confessed murderer. Two thousand two hundred barrels of Park Brewing beer emptied into Winona Minnesota sewers into the Mississippi River valued at fifteen thousand dollars.
Wilson Cabinet Rift as Lansing Resigns Over Cabinet Meetings
Washington February 16 1920 Robert Lansing resigns as secretary of state after dispute with President Wilson over informal cabinet meetings during Wilson's illness. Lansing argues meetings were necessary to handle interdepartmental matters while Wilson contends they violated constitutional limits. Adjourns amid exchange of letters detailing motive and loyalty.
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Robert Lansing
Iowa Farm Bureau notes and county fair efforts across the state
A statewide roundup reports petitions in Ft Madison for city church unity into a hospital. Farm Bureau activity spans Boone, Kossuth, Black Hawk, and Worth counties with new agents, fairs organized, stock sales, and large membership drives. Board actions include Lake Odessa state park study and a major funds drive reaching about 350000 dollars for federation work. Four Mills county agriculture schools open under US Agriculture and Iowa State College with free tuition and a 46 book farm library.
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Boone County
Farm Bureau Organization
Newton Farmers’ Shipping Association
R. C. Jacobs
Cc. H. Tribby
Henry County
Leon
Decatur County
Tribby
Iowa
A. G. Satre
Satre
Stanhope
Chester
Hamilton County
L. H. Pammel
State Conservation Commission
Edward Hoyt
Lake Odessa
Louiss County
Farm Bureau
Kossuth County
Pedér Pederson
Black Hawk County
J.D. Waltmeyer & Sonat
Melbourne
William Tautz
Seneca
Carl Krueger
Baxter
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines
Carl N. Kennedy
Polk County
National Association of County Agents
Marshall County
Worth County
Northwood
Silver Lake
Kensett
Joice
Mills County
Malvern
Glenwood
Silver City
Strahan
Wealthy Pauper Leaves Frugal Bequests in New York
An elderly man, Edward Campion aged sixty, contemplates a will revealing a shift from a stone Fifth Avenue mansion to a down-and-out lodging on Hif Street. He lists valuable parcels and real estate, with cash bequests to two daughters and three others, amid a dramatic lifestyle change.
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New York
Benne
Edward ‘Campion
Campion
Procedures for Preparing Strontium and Calcium Carbonate Mixture
A mixture contains 26 parts strontium carbonate, six parts calcium carbonate, and one part magnesium carbonate. The blend is heated in a crucible to about 1500 degrees Fahrenheit, then ground and formed into a liquid paint with a colorless varnish. The varnish is made from mastre with turpentine spirit as a drying agent.
Garth Tea Herbal Laxative Featured in Ad Fragments
Disordered liver remedy Garth Tea the Herb laxative promoted with druggists. The text also shows a cartoon caption about Mrs Dashaway traveling Europe for gowns and speculation about her clothes, plus a magazine cartoon note about ladders.
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Stipson
Society
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