Uncle Ted Explains Maps and Postwar Debts to Kids
Uncle Ted shares how geography and war debts connect to the treaty with Germany. Jack and Ruth discuss Africa colonies, British gains, and the burden of debt on Americans, while Uncle Ted emphasizes taxation and postwar policy.
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Ruth
Jack
Uncle Ted
England
Africa
Mississippi River
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Joan
WIM Etl
France
Texas
Oklahoma
Papa
Union pay or starve in Great Falls strike threat
Affected 2000 workers in Great Falls Montana face a union wage push as city workers are hired at $5 daily to level ground near the waterworks. Unions threaten a 6.60 daily wage enforcement by strike and warn against hiring nonunion labor amid a tense labor dispute. The note ends with a stray local jab about housing and a hotel callout.
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Great Falls
Mont
A. F. of L
Mabor
Federal farm loan bureau blocked by suits
Senator Francia B. Warren of Wyoming says the federal farm loan bureau is halted by lawsuits, preventing aid to farmers. He says an amendment authorizes the treasury secretary to buy 100 million dollars in farm loan bonds annually for 1921 and 1922, delivering immediate credits to farmers through June and the next year.
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Washington
Federal Farm Loan Bureau
Francia B. Warren
Wyoming
Committee On Appropriations
Supreme Court
Bureau
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Warren
Union Pacific to operate Saroaga and Encampment line for up to three years
Washington reports the Union Pacific agreed to run the 36 mile Saraoga and Encampment railroad in Carbon county for at least two years with an option to buy at junk value after the period. The plan, proposed by Senator Warren and John Kendrick, would cover operating expenses and maintenance, preserving local irrigation hay and cattle industries and preventing land value collapse if the line closes.
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Washinton
Saraoga & Encampment
Platte Valley
Carbon County
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific Railroad Company
F. H B. Warren
John B. Kendrick
Encampment
Ships but No Policy Urges Action on Merchant Marine
The piece argues the United States has built many carriers and created a growing merchant marine but lacks a government policy. It condemns incompetence and taxpayer waste while calling for capable, honest leaders to run affairs until private capital can take over, labeling the current state a national disgrace.
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Bain Une
United States
National Merchant Marine Association
Better Start Now Avoiding Executive Overreach
A call for clearer congressional laws to limit federal executive power. The text urges impeachment or other punishment for administrative officers who exceed authority.
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Congress
Freight Engines Delivered for Fast Freight Service
Sixteen Mikado 2 8 2 locomotives weighing over 240 tons each and 78 feet long were delivered by Baldwin to the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railway. Built for livestock fruit and perishable freight, they feature dual coal type designs with some units burning bituminous coal and others lignite, to match locally available fuel and reduce haul costs.
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Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Barkington
Burcery stock prices and apple trees offered this season
Prices on nursery stock introduced in a stylistically odd notice. It states prices will be about half of last year if ordered before stock runs out and lists varieties including apple trees and ash and soft maple shade trees at 0c and 60c each. Free seed stock advertised.
Early plowing and planting urged for beets by government experts
Government investigators from the Office of Sugar Plant Investigations urge early plowing and thorough seedbed preparation to raise beet yields. Data from Arkansas valley 1919 show fall plowed land averaged 15.3 tons per acre, while March and April planted plots ranged from 10.1 to 14.1 tons per acre depending on timing. Plant beets in April on well prepared seed bed.
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Office of Sugar Plant Investigations
United States Department of Agriculture
Arkansas Valley
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Lontee
Robin Bonwell Basin
Mighty Aggravatin
Berry's Grocery
THE
Great Western Sugar Company
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