Southwest News From New Mexico and Arizona 1919 Events
A compiled report notes the Arizona State Fair November 3 to 8 1919. Army recruits flood Camp Jones Douglas and other districts faster than discharge. W Ivie of Farmington NM killed his wife then died by suicide in Durango CO. Miner Joe Ramona survived a five hour cave in at the Copper Queen Bisbee shaft. Hondale NM peach crop may exceed 7500 dollars. tomato crop severely blighted. Roswell NM gains a premier tourist camping site with running water. Arizona state fair program promises pep and thrills. highway financing plan links Phoenix to Yuma via 386 miles to tidewater at San Diego. NM State Normal plans athletic return. Phoenix murder case of Harry Creme unsolved. 22 Greek suspects released. San Juan NM districts buy 8 school buses for consolidated travel. Gila county tax receipts ease finances with warrants to be paid. Las Cruces sheriff reveals Villa pistol prize gun from Juarez. Verda Hotel Hot Springs NM sold to W H Harris. War garden kitchens opened at Inspiration war gardens in Miami and Globe.
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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 pressure Shopmen over labor disputes. The potential action is reported as a threshold move by workers amid ongoing negotiations. Organizing groups and local unions are cited as backing the plan.
Railroad shopmen seek higher wages amid White House talks
Washington officials report the railroad shopmen press for 25 percent wage increases while President Wilson and Director General Hines propose a ten hour pay for eight hours basis. The plan would raise machinists tool makers boilermakers riveters blacksmiths and electricians from 68 to 72 cents an hour with helpers at 49 cents.
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Washington
Wilson
Hines
Cancer on Rise Across United States in 1917
Washington reports the Public Health Service warning that cancer deaths surged in 1917 with 61,452 deaths in the United States. The statement notes a rising death rate, from 62.9 per 100,000 in 1900 to 81.6 in 1917, despite curability with early treatment.
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Washington
United States
Public Health Service
Health Service
Riot Fatalities in Charlotte Car Barn Clash
Two men were killed and ten injured, four probably fatally, during a battle between police guards and a mob of strike sympathizers at the Southern Public Utilities Company car barns in Charlotte North Carolina. The guard held the mob at bay for several hours.
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Charlotte
N. C
Southern Public Utilities Company
Troops Ordered to Silesia From Coblenz
The Fifth and Fiftieth U.S. Infantry regiments now in the United States have been ordered to Silesia. They will travel to Coblenz to be equipped before crossing Germany. The regiments should stay in Coblenz for about a month with field and hospital outfits provided.
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Coblenz
United States
Silesia
Germany
Market Quotations Green Salted Horsehides Report
Western Newspaper Union reports late market quotations for green salted horsehides with Sneadlens priced 50c lower. Pony hides and glue listed at 14.00 to 15.00, with ranges 12.00, 13.00, 4.00, and 7.00 indicating bid and asking values across grades.
Metal Markets Colorado Settlement Prices
Bar silver priced at 1.12 percent, copper at 23.23 cents per pound, lead at $6, spelter at $7.74, tungsten per unit at $8.50 to $15.00.
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Colorado
Chicago Stock Prices for Hogs Cattle and Sheep Market
The report lists Chicago bid ranges for hogs beef cattle and sheep. Heavy weight hogs bring 21.00 to 21.25 dollars, light weights 18.85 to 21.20, packing sows 16.75 to 18.65, pigs 16.50 to 18.00. Cattle show beef steers 16.00 to 18.50, lighter grades 10.00 to 12.50, butcher cattle calves and cows quoted from 6.00 to 15.00. Sheep show lambs 15.50 to 18.50, yearling wethers 10.75 to 13.50, ewes 8.00 to 10.00.
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Denver
Colo
Lima
H. H
Nebraska
South Park
Chicago
Market Report Chicago Grain Prices
Cash grain in Chicago shows corn No 2 at 1.94 to 1.95 per bushel with No 2 yellow at 1.95. Oats No 2 white 72% to 1. ibe No 3 white 70% or rye no price listed. Timothy around 9.75 and clover nominal. Lard 28 and ribs 23 per hundredweight.
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Chicago
Money Market Report Reflects Sterling and Rates Hold
Mercantile paper unchanged in New York Money Market. Sterling at $4.28, sixty day at 4.2732, demand 4.31 to 4.32. Francs demand 7.80, cables 7.78. Guilders 3 7 37 half, cables 3 7 3 73. Lire 8.98. Marks 6. Time leans strong, call money easy to high 5, low 4, ruling rate 5, closing bid 4.5, offered 5, last loan 4. Incisive coverage of currency and money market conditions.
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Money Market
New York
Mercantile
Labor Day origins and state observances traced by federation
The federation reports Labor Day became a national holiday beginning with a September observance promoted since 1886. It notes massive 1886 Columbus event, subsequent congressional action in 1894, and lists state by state adoption dates through 1895, with Oregon to Missouri and many others included.
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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 in Ellensburg Ward
Mrs. O. S. Johnson from Ellensburg Washington credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after long illness and enabling her to have a child The ad urges women with functional disorders to try the medicine and seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts noting 40 years of experience.
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Ellensburg, Ward
Lydia E. Pinkham
O. S. Johnson
R. No. 8
Ellensburg
Wash
YMCA training schools forge home helpers for clean kitchens
The YMCA program trains home assistants to avoid sticky plates and towel drying. Since its start one year ago, it has fielded 500 calls and filled 170 positions. Miss Grace H. White notes students learn soda cleaner prep for ice boxes and sinks and ranges, ensuring no dish towels are used to dry dishes.
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Central Branch Employment Bureau
Grace H. White
Newfoundland Observes Memorial Day on July 1
Newfoundland marks Memorial Day island wide to honor war dead observed as Mor al Day and not like Canada. Next year planners propose moving the commemoration to an earlier season to suit local customs and schedules.
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Newfoundland
Canada
Dinner Guests Prompt Playful Banter Between Smiley Couple
In a light exchange Mrs Smiley jokes about being brought home by friends, while Smiley replies with a witty retort about preferring company over being escorted home after dinner. The humorous dialogue highlights affectionate domestic humor.
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Smiley
Mrs. Smiley
Married in bathing suits on the beach elopement tale
A Chicago Tribune correspondent recalls a humorous wedding on a camping trip where a father objects to a quick betrothal, leading to a beach ceremony witnessed by a minister in bathing attire. It also notes George Wharton Pepper repeatedly abstains from smoking and twice receives cigars meant for guests.
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Chicago Tribune
George Wharton Pepper
Pepper
Baffling Simplicity Says Common Crime Hardest to Catch
A Birmingham Age Herald quote notes that the simplest criminal method is hardest to trace. The dialogue contrasts intuition with detective method, suggesting a blunt strike leaves little for analysis. The exchange implies crime’s plainness defeats expert deduction.
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Birmingham Age- Herald
Debt Reflections on Germany’s World War II Obligation
A reflective line urges readers to consider Germany’s owed debts from the war era, implying a lasting moral and financial reckoning tied to historical responsibility and reparations.
Samoan Preference for Ice Cream Sodas Highlighted
A U.S. medical corps member recently stationed at the Pago Pago naval station reports Samoans respond more kindly to ice cream sodas than to the influenza serum he dispenses. He ran the soda fountain at a lone drug store and notes patients prefer the sodas to medicine.
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United States Medical Corps
Ellinwood
Kan
Pago- Pago Naval Station
Retort Courteous in a Witty Exchange
Nell objects to marrying the best man in the world while Belle jokes he would not ask her. The brief exchange hints at insecurities and social wit in a lighthearted dialogue.
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Nell
Belle
Married men's dilemma: accounting for absence at home
A compact reflection notes the ongoing challenge for husbands to justify time away from home within married life, hinting at social expectations and domestic tensions that accompany long separations.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Yuma
Salt River Valley
Maddock
Tidewater
San Diego
H.C. S
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Ageecscsee
George M’guire
Libby
McNeill & Libby
Tory Jr
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