Wilson calls joint wage talks as mine strike eases
President Wilson in a telegram to John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers urged that Illinois and Indiana miners return to work so the joint scale committee of miners and operators could meet to adjust any inequalities in the central field wage scale. Local and national economic notes follow, including trade balance declines, navy orders, and other 1919 1920 developments.
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Wilson
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Illinois
Indiana
Middle West
Lewis
Lowden
National
Tumulty
Palmer
Interstate Commerce Commission
Million Germans to Fight Russia Armistice for Poland
Edward W. Pickard surveys European peace aims and the Polish Soviet armistice talks. He notes Britain France and Italy struggle over how to halt bolshevism, with Ludendorff proposing a 1,000,000-man army while Germany seeks treaty revisions, and reports on the Baranovitchi negotiations, Greek advances in Thrace, Villa’s surrender and Cantu’s rebellion in Lower California amid U.S. cautions.
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Russia
Poland
Villa
Mexico
Lloyd George
Lognc
Millerand
London
General Wrangle
Germany
France
Moscow
Italy
Great Britain
Ludendorff
Berlin
Posen
Danzig
Winston Churchill
Augustowo
Suwalki
East Prussia
Reichswehr
Insterburg
Europe
Baranovitchi
Lenine
Trotzky
Warsaw
Gazeta Warszawska
Barzew
Corler Poiny
Soviet
Sovet
Western Canada Prepares for Record Harvest Prospects
Rain across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta has boosted crop growth, with 1915-like yields expected. Labor shortages loom as provinces call for 10 000 to 15 000 harvest hands at daily wages of five to six dollars. Officials anticipate Kansas Nebraska and other states harvesting may push northward to help meet demand aided by low railway rates via Winnipeg and Canadian offices.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Winnipeg
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Illinois
Central States
Boundary Points
Chicago
Ill
Detroit
Mich
Milwaukee
Wis
Kansas City
No Mercy for the Flirt at Piping Rock
Cortlandt Bleeker spoke at Piping Rock about the modern girl. He recounted a dream in which a modern girl died and appeared before St Peter. She wore a translucent gown and claimed many lovers, yet her virtue stayed unspotted before being condemned to the flames.
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Dream
St. Peter’s
Cortlandt Bleeker
St. Peter
Eatonic Proves Best for Ten Years of Stomach Troubles
Mrs. Delia M. Doyen praises Eatonic after ten years of stomach misery, claiming one box brought relief. Advert says over a half million used Eatonic last year, explains it neutralizes acids and toxins, and promises quick relief with money-back guarantee if unsatisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eatonic
Delia M. Doyen
Watonic
Adv
Fat in the Fire Joke at Sunday School
A corpulent man teaches a Sunday school class on sin and the afterlife. In a final question he asks what would happen if he died with a bad life. A boy replies, The fat would be in the fire, after a moment of thought.
Umbrella Clue Stirs Suspicion at Firm
The firm head hires an expert accountant to audit the cashier. Asked about dishonesty, the auditor notes the cashier carries a different umbrella on rainy days, a curious pattern that hints at irregularities.
Fewer protest against soda water for its name
A witty remark notes that fewer men would protest the drink if the name soda water did not carry humorous stigma, implying social attitudes influence beverage criticism.
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America
Department of Commerce
Navy Department
Philadelphia
Mbs
Navy
Baker
Camp Zachary Taylor
Louisville
War Department
Camp Dix
N. J
Washington Dispatch
Department of Agriculture
Resolute
Thomas Lipton
Sandy Hook
el Paso
Tex
Lower
California
Esteban Cantu
James Scott
Soldiers and Sailors’ Home
Quincey
Dan Guthrie
Delaware River
Gene Geary
Jessie Brown
Robert J. Black
Hackensack
Passaic Junction
Minneapolis
Central Park
Long Island
San Francisco
Grand Army of the Republic
Indianapolis
Benjamin Segal
South State Street
New
Alfred Mellor
Burlington
Iowa
Los Angeles
Alton Limited
Alton, Granite City & St. Louis Traction Company
Mitchell, Ill.s
Sublet Mine No
Kemmerer Coal Company
Kemmerer, Wyo
Cal
Cox
Ohio
Dayton
William G. McAdoo
the Treasury
New York
George White
National Committee
Nathan L. Miller
Syracuse
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Lottie Smith Rupp
Mary Pickford Fairbanks
Roald Amundsen
Nome
Alaska
Arctic Ocean
Maude
Sledge Island
William Marion Reedy
St. Louis
D. C. Jones
Topeka
Kan
National Soldiers’ Homes
Leavenworth
Danville
Ses
Ellen M. Cyr Smith
Brooklyn, N. Y
St. Filipe’s Catholic
Havana
C. H. T. Lucas
Fermoy
Tipperary
Harding
Marion, O
Mansfield, O
Bruree
County Limerick
Ireland
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Halifax
N. 8
George H. Murray
Tokyo
United States
Japan
Sakhalin
Daniel J. Mannix
Melbourne
Australia
England
House of Commons
Edward W. Pickard
Bialystok
Syria
Feisal
Damascus
Feist
Palestine
Thrace
Adrianople
Jafar Tayar
Alexander
Kirk-Kiliseh
Pancho” Villa
Cantu
Boyle
Mexicali
Martinez
Coolidge
Massachusetts
Senator Harding
Denver
Memphis
Boston
Pacific Coast
Sir Thomas Lipton
Sir Thomas
Congressional Junketing
Manila
Philippines
China
Doctor Heinsch
Ching
Chester W. Chapin
Towners
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Antwerp
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