South Africa Wants Independence from British Rule
The Cape national congress adopts a plan to limit imperial authority. It calls for nullifying imperial laws, establishing a separate Union flag, sending a Union ambassador, nominating the governor general, using local coinage, and ending British troop stationing plus excluding Union ministers from imperial cabinet business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cape National Congress
Capetown
Daily Telegraph
South Africa
Union
United Kingdom
Mining Claims Exemption Notice Filing Guidance
Congress passes 1919 mining claim exemption. Owners may not work more than five claims without filing a notice of intention with the county recorder. File separate notices per claim to meet state law, and obtain blank notices and mining laws at the Printer office.
Editor’s party leads to mistaken baby joke
An editor attending a neighbor’s party is mistaken for asking about the new baby’s health. The mother, hearing impaired and congested, thinks she will have a baby like hers this winter and invites him inside to escape the draft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Bankers Conference Reveals 27 Million Savings Bank Depositors
Report from the American Bankers Association convention in St Louis cites 27,000,000 savers holding 10.58 billion dollars in savings. The group notes small savers fueled war securities purchases and thrift habits, boosting deposits across banks and funding national production. It adds 35 million life insurance policy holders nationwide.
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St. Louis
United States
American Bankers’ Association
Government
Liberty
Bankers’ Association
California Elks Organize Thrift Drive National Campaign
California Elks Association delegates at a San Diego convention endorsed the 1919 thrift campaign and directed the president to appoint committees to sell Thrift and War Savings Stamps and Treasury Savings Certificates and to promote thrift through subordinate lodges. The Grand Lodge action was approved, reaffirming support in Atlantic City.
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San Diego
Cal
California Elks’ Association
Treasury Savings
California
Grand Lodge
Atlantic City
Values of Dairy Products Emphasized by Cornell Workers
Dairy workers at the New York Ithaca state college advocate cheaper dairy foods for household economy and nutrition. They highlight whole milk skim milk cottage cheese and store cheese as affordable protein rich options benefiting children and overall state prosperity.
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New York
State College
Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
Better to Keep Good Bulls
A USDA prepared note recounts how a Holstein bull sold to a butcher with no records led to daughters calving at ages two and three and yielding average milk of 14 502 pounds and butterfat 575 pounds per year. After the bull’s death, records prove the animal’s value was far higher than its sale price.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Contesting Association
The
Bull Association
Breeding Bulls Need Production Records Over Breed Fame
The article argues that keeping a bull until daughters are tested is prudent. Associations lose value if registration alone guarantees nothing. Registered bulls should have solid production records to prove their merit. without records breeding value remains unproven.
Covering Cream Cans Keeps Dairy Treasures Cool
A farm to town haul risks cream warmth from sun exposure. Wet burlap over cans can drop milk temperature by about 20 degrees, avoiding need for jacketed cans.
In High Places by Walt Mason on the monthly payment plan
A narrator boasts of buying luxuries on installments while debt grows. He notes neighbors’ spending and his own looming poverty as he keeps paying a dollar monthly on items he does not need. The piece satirizes consumerism and financial recklessness in 1919.
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Walt Mason
Golden Shore
Jinx
Treasury Department
Thrift and Benjamin Franklin as enduring habits
The excerpt extols thrift through Benjamin Franklin as a model of lifelong habit formation. It notes his wealth, health, intellect, and achievements from founding institutions to scientific feats, arguing thrift underpins success and invites readers to choose a thriftier life. It closes with stark statistics on estates and widow shortages to urge saving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Franklin
Ile
America
University of Pennsylvania
France
Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Elbert Hubbard
Drying Up Cows With Proper Milking Cessation
The article explains how cows often continue high milk flow into calving, risking udder injury if not dried up. It advises removing grain, reducing other feed, and milking once daily for a few days then gradually extending to once every four or five days until milk flow stops.
Oldest Indian in county buried in San Bernardino area
Captain Manuel, 108 years old and the county's oldest Indian, was buried October 27 in the foothills behind San Bernardino. Indians from miles around gathered on the Manual Indian reservation to witness the final rites in his honor. Manuel was born at Gold Mountain near Pear Valley.
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Capt
Manuel
San Bernardino
Manual Indian Reservation
Manual
Gold Mountain
Pear Valey
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Randsburg, Cal
Gily Meat Market
A. H. Pendleton, Mgr
Barstow, Cal
Standard Oil Company
W. FE. Thompson
Standard Oil Co
Bankers’ Convention
California Elks
Thrift
Bevo
Anheuser-Busch
ST Louis
Len Bey
Pinkey Kerr’s
New York County
Todos Santos Rancho Barry
Daggett
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