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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1919
Page
3
Peking reports the cabinet resigned after popular movement tensions and President Hav Shih Chang hints at resignation. Parliament may refuse to accept the president's resignation, effectively voting confidence to resist militarists. Strikes sweep the country and railroad traffic is impeded.
Field Agent W A Sanders reports New England farmers held crop acreages near last year despite labor shortages and a cold wet spring. Hay and rye show hay substitution, rye and gate crops improve, winter wheat declines, and overall growing conditions vary from state to state with Maine and New Hampshire faring modestly better. Fruit buds set in trees, with some risk of heavy drops, while strawberries begin ripening in southern New England at about 40 cents per box.
President Pendleton announced a $14,000 endowment for the professorship of English literature at Wellesley College at commencement. The donor was unnamed.
An ad warns that neglecting bowel regularity causes auto intoxication and a range of health issues including kidney, stomach, and skin problems. It promotes Pruit-a-tives tablets as protection, priced 0c a box, 6 for $2.00, with mailing from Pruit-A-Tives Limited, Ogdensburg NY.
Washington report details a treasury committee finalizing findings on narcotics use in the United States. It cites an estimated addict population exceeding 1,000,000 and notes imports of opium and coca leaves rising faster than population. The piece covers causes, smuggling, prohibition effects, and policy recommendations. Public and private bodies urged to coordinate on treatment and enforcement.
Marshal Foch sent an ultimatum to Berlin demanding immediate continuation of Polish troop movements across Germany. Dispatches from Spaeder indicate trains were halted at Coblenz Treves and Ems, with eight in interior Germany, delaying transfers from France to Poland planned six weeks earlier.
Fargo June 14 The first direct seat of the National Non-partisan League industrial program will be a June 26 referendum on seven measures passed by the North Dakota legislature. Key issues include the industrial commission bill and the bank of North Dakota, plus education taxation state printing emigration and judicial redistricting. The move aims to fund and control state owned industries, with failure risking the program. The governor set June 26 for the vote after petitions by the Independent Voters Association and related proposed laws.
An experimental plot at Fellujah on the Eras river 48 miles west of Bagrad tested groundnut cultivation. Despite thick sowing and overwatering, the harvest yielded 2,450 pounds of nuts, about 1,800 pounds per acre after drying. The crop shows promise to reduce imports and aid oil seed production, featuring a new tight husked variety called small Japanese. Demonstration plots may spread this year to establish a commercial crop and support local oil needs.
A devotional discourse extols Christian Science as a liberating force guiding humanity toward spiritual healing and democracy. It lauds Mrs. Eddy as discoverer, defends Jesus teaching, and outlines salvation through understanding God and Christ, stressing harmony over hell and the practical path of awakening.
The Santa Clara valley, famed for its fruit canneries, is to gain a cannery owned by growers themselves. Advertised as the largest cannery in California, the project promises to boost the region’s production and status as a premier farming district.
A coastal passage from the Boston Transcript evokes a prospering mood with a breeze over the sea and a summer landlord cackling that more guests will arrive. The speaker Wil hopes to cash a draft as prosperity themes emerge through maritime imagery.
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