Arizona and New Mexico News Roundup 1919
Army recruits surge into Camp Jones and other Arizona districts as discharge rates lag. A Farmington man killed his wife then died by suicide in Durango. Miner Joe Ramona survived a cave in at Copper Queen, Bisbee. Peach crops near Alamogordo exceed 7500 dollars while tomato crops suffer from blight. Roswell opens a premier tourist camping area with running water. State fair plans in Phoenix promise pep and thrills. A highway plan ties Phoenix to Yuma via paved routes, 386 miles from tidewater. New Mexico Normal resumes athletic activity after 1916 wartime gaps. Police seek assassin of Harry Creme in Phoenix. Greek suspects released after inquiry. San Juan school districts invest 10000 dollars in eight buses to improve transport. Arizona taxes bolster funds, warrants being liquidated. Sheriff Grayson finds Francisco Villa’s gold-mounted revolver in Juarez. Verda Hotel in Hot Springs sold to W. H. Harris. War garden canning kitchens open in Miami, maintained by local mining firms.
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Camp Jones
Douglas
Arizina Military District
William Ivie
Farmington
New Mex
Southern
Durango
Colo
Bisbee
Ariz
Joe Ramona
Romano
Hondale
New Mexico
Chamber of Commerce
Roswell
Phoenixv. Ariz
Jack Barber
Cowboy Sports
Fair Commission
New Mexico State Normal
Company H
New Mexico National Guard
Harry Creme
Phoenix
Creme
San Juan County
Gila County
State of Arizona
Inspiration Copper Company
International Smelter
Tax Commission
Ray Grayson
Las Cruces
el Paso
Francisco Villa
Juarez
Villa
Thomas Benton
Verda
Hot Springs
N. Kf
W. H. Harris
Magdalena
Inspiration War Gardens
Miami
Globe
Al Men May Strike Al Men May Strike to Shopmen
Industrial tensions rise as al men plan a strike action affecting shopmen with potential disruptions to production and labor negotiations underway amid mounting worker responses.
Rails' wage row tests Wilson policy on 4 cent cap
Washington officials confer as the railroad shopmen push for higher pay. President Wilson and Director General Hines propose postponing wage settlements to restore price levels and curb costs. The plan would raise hourly basics from 68 to 72 cents for skilled trades and 45 to 49 cents for helpers.
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Washington
Wilson
Hines
Cancer Death Toll Rising Worldwide Says Public Health Service
Washington reports cancer remains a feared disease with higher death totals each year. The Public Health Service notes 1917 US cancer deaths at 61,452, vs pneumonia 112,821 and heart disease 115,837, while the cancer death rate grew from 62.9 to 81.6 per 100 000 since 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Public Health Service
Health Service
Two Killed In Riot At Charlotte Car Barns
Two men were killed and ten injured in a riot at the Southern Public Utilities car barns in Charlotte North Carolina. Police guards and strike sympathizers clashed after hours of confrontation with four injuries likely fatal.
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Charlotte
N. C
Southern Public Utilities Company
American troops ordered to Silesia from Coblenz
The Fifth and Fiftieth United States infantry regiments now in the United States have been ordered to Silesia. They will come directly to Coblenz to be outfitted before crossing Germany. The units are to stay in the Coblenz area for at least a month and receive field and hospital equipment.
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Coblenz
United States
Silesia
Germany
Market Quotes Narrowed by Western Union Trade Hints
Late market quotations show Western Newspaper Union News Service listing Green Salted Horsehides Sneadlens at 50c less. Prices for ponies and glue range from 12.00 to 15.00 with various grades noted for hides and related products.
Metal Markets Colorado Settlement Prices
Bar silver 1.12 percent. Copper per pound 23 23 c. Lead at $6. Spelter $7.74. Tungsten per unit from $8.50 to $15.00.
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Colorado
Market Report Chicago Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices
Chicago price listings for hogs pigs and sows with weights present heavy packing sows smooth and rough and other hog classes. Cattle beef steers veal calves feeder steers cows heifers and canners and cutters plus sheep lambs yearling wethers ewes with price ranges across weight classes and quality.
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Chicago
Grain prices in Chicago advance on mixed commodities
Cash grain quotes from Chicago show corn No 2 at 1.94 to 1.95, No 2 yellow 1.95, oats No 2 white 72% cents, rye and timothy noted with small bids, lard at 28, ribs at 23, with various nominal values and slight shifts in the market.
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Denver
Colo
Lima
H. H
Nebraska
South Park
Chicago
Money Market Report From New York
Mercantile paper unchanged across the board. Sterling at 4.28 dollars. commercial 60 day at 4.2732. demand 4.31 and cables 4.32. Francs demand 7.80, cables 7.78. Guilders demand 0.37 3, cables 0.373. Lire demand 8.98, cables 8.98. Marks demand 0.06, cables 0.06. Time leans strong. call money easy to high 5, low 4. Ruling rate 5, closing bid 4 and offered at 5. Last loan 4.
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Money Market
New York
Mercantile
Labor Day National Holiday Emerges From Federation Convention
Members report at Columbus session that the federation backed making the first Monday in September a national holiday. Thousands joined parades and picnics across centers while unions debated economics and politics. The notice lists state adoptions from 1887 to 1898 and cites a June 28 1894 law extending observance to DC and territories.
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Columbus
Federation
Congress
District of Columbia
Oregon
Colorado
New Jersey
New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Maine
Washington
Montana
Kansas
Indiana
Tennessee
New Hampshire
Illinois
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Utah
Louisiana
Alabama
Texas
Delaware
California
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Florida
Rhode Island
District of Columbia and Territories
Missouri
American Federation of la
The Joy of Motherhood: Lydia E Pinkham Ad
Mrs. O. S. Johnson of Ellensburg recounts illness before marriage and relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts its aid for functional disorders and invites women to inquire at Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Ellensburg, Ward
O. S. Johnson
R. No. 8
Ellensburg
Wash
Y M C A Trains Home Helpers to Cut Dish Duty
The Y M C A training schools for home assistants arise to meet domestic service demand. In six months 500 calls for helpers came in and 170 were filled. Grace H White notes trainees learn to clean ice boxes and kitchens to a shine and to dry dishes without towels.
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Central Branch Employment Bureau
Grace H. White
Newfoundland Observes Memorial Day on July 1
Newfoundland marks Memorial Day on July 1 to honor war dead, with observances across the island distinct from Canadian practice. Officials propose moving the commemoration earlier next year to fit the season.
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Newfoundland
Canada
Dinner guests and witty exchanges at Smiley home
A light exchange unfolds as Smiley invites guests for dinner and Mrs Smiley quips that company beats being escorted home by strangers after the meal. The dialogue reveals a playful domestic moment without further context.
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Smiley
Mrs. Smiley
Married in Bathing Suits on the Beach Wedding
A Chicago Tribune correspondent recounts a humorous beach wedding where a couple, in bathing attire, wed after a last minute elopement attempt. The scene unfolds with a minister on the shore as the couple requests an immediate ceremony. George Wharton Pepper is noted as a nonsmoker in a separate anecdote.
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Chicago Tribune
Baffling Simplicity in Crime Observation
A Birmingham Age Herald quip notes that a common method criminal acts are easiest to catch experts may disagree. The passage suggests the simplest crime offers fewer clues for deduction and analysis.
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Birmingham Age- Herald
Germany Owes Debts Recalled in Pithy Maxim
A compact aphorism urges reflection on historical debts by recalling Germany and its obligations. The line frames a moral prompt around national accountability and collective memory.
Samoan reception to ice cream sodas noted by US medical corps member
A US medical corps officer stationed at Pago-Pago naval station reports Samoans favored ice cream sodas over influenza syrup. He managed the soda fountain at the solitary drug store and observed patients respond better to the sodas than the influenza remedy, noting the strong impression sodas made.
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United States Medical Corps
Ellinwood
Kan
Pago- Pago Naval Station
Retort Courteous Dialogue Sparks Comic Mood
Nell says she would not marry the best man in the world and Belle replies he wouldn’t ask her. The exchange highlights wit and social banter that underpins the scene.
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Nell
Belle
Absence at Home: A Husband’s Ongoing Dilemma
A short line notes the recurring challenge for married men to explain and justify their time away from home, reflecting domestic strains and social expectations of the era.
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Salt River Valley
Maddock
Tidewater
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H.C. S
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Ageecscsee
George M’guire
Libby
McNeill & Libby
George Wharton Pepper
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