Various World Events Highlight Week of 1919 News
A bank in Sully Iowa was robbed of over $1,000 in Liberty bonds after breaking the front door. 305 Mexican wells produce about 1,925,223 barrels daily. Milwaukee mason Edward Sharing fell from a 125 foot stack, breaking both legs. A California man, Frank Travers, killed himself in New York. Lincoln Nebraska teachers receive a $400 yearly raise. Chicago grocers face sugar profiteering indictments. 24 total. Missouri diocese votes to let deaconesses vote in conventions. Salt Lake City burglary nets 27 suits worth about $1,000. Treasury cuts many banks as depositaries. War risk insurance rules relax in July 1920. War prosperity boosts gem demand. $55 million in 1919. Government tax collections top $40 million in 1918-19. Transportation sectors show a $700 million cost under federal control with a $594 million net loss.
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Sully
Iowa
Geggs
Mexico
el Paso
Alberto Ruiz Sandoval
Edward Sharing
Milwaukee
Frank Travers
Eureka
Calif
National Hotel
New York
Lincoln
Neb
Chicago
Protestant Episcopal Diocese
Missouri
St. Louis
United States
Charles Perizki
Salt
Arizona
Thomas E. Campbell
Arizona Oo Roads Association
Tucson
Pecos
Fort Sumner
N. M
San Juan
Texas
Phoenix Public Schools
Phoenix Union High School
Albuquerque
London
England
Southwest
Globe
Phoenix
Roosevelt Dam
New Mexico
Capitan-Nogal Hill Forest
Lincoln County
Roswell
Carrizozo
Forest Service
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
National and world briefings span coal, politics and war
A wide array of items note Lloyd George proposing a referendum on coal nationalization for Britain's 20 million electors. France debates gender equality. Madrid faces tobacco shop protests. science reports a sleeping sickness germ isolation. Britain sees rising postwar divorce rates. Germany warns of harsher times and self-reliance. US and regional notices cover fires, road projects, oil finds, and school bond plans.
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Lloyd George
Great Britain
Jules Guesde
Chamber of Deputies
France
Madrid
Huerta del Sol
Maggiora
Bologna University
Rome
Margaret Bondfield
National Federation of Women Workers
Washington
Laborites
Northampton
Prussia
Legislative Assembly
Oil land leasing bill ends long stalemate in Congress
Conferees from the House and Senate reach agreement on a leasing plan affecting oil coal phosphate sodium and oil shale lands. The measure sets royalty rules acreage caps and revenue distribution among the reclamation fund states and government to open millions of acres to development.
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Washington
House
Senate
Smoot
Utah
Reclamation Fund
Secretary of the Interior
California
Wyoming
Sinnot
Oregon
Conspirators Sentenced in Espionage Case
In Los Angeles federal court Howenstine and Kennedy were convicted of conspiring to impair eyesight of recruits to get them rejected for service. Howenstine, an optician from Los Angeles, received ten years and Kennedy eleven years in MecNeil Island federal penitentiary per the wartime espionage act. The convictions were affirmed by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, California.
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San Francisco
Calif
Frank P. Howenstine
Ideil Kennedy
MecNeil’s Island
Federal District Court of
Los Angeles
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Howenstine
Miss Kennedy
Polish Govt Considers Moscow Peace Offer
London reports confirmation that Poland and the allies are weighing the peace proposal from Soviet Russia. Polish foreign minister Stanishius Patek has been in London consulting with Prime Minister Lloyd George on a settlement of disputes and pending issues between Poland and Soviet Russia.
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London
Ben
Moscow
Poland
Russia
Stanishius Patek
Lloyd George
Bibles in Strange Bindings Showcasing Animal Skin Covers
The article surveys Bible bindings crafted from diverse animal skins including grizzly bear, serpent, shark, lamb, badger, skunk, squirrel, and giraffe. It notes these curiosities appeal to collectors and as Christmas gifts, reflecting niche tastes among book lovers and the “other half of the world.”
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England
Asia
Whitby Abbey ruins scarred by Zeppelins in 1915
A Chicago Journal reader notes 1915 Zeppelin raids over Whitby on Yorkshire's coast, destroying half of the ancient abbey famed as Hilda’s foundation. The piece recalls Whitby’s seaside approach to the abbey, its royal and religious links, Caedmon’s stay, and the historic council held there.
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Whitby
Yorkshire
Hilda
Oswy
Caedmon
Whitby Abbey
Chicago Journal
Increased Coffee Use Reflects Higher U S Consumption
The National City Bank of New York reports U S coffee imports in 1919 likely surpass all prior years. Ten months through October show about 1.14 billion pounds imported, up from 940 million in the same period last year and 1.122 billion in 1917, with prices about three times higher.
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United States
National City Bank of New York
Something Like Cheese at Brightwood Library
A boy visits Brightwood library asking for cot tage cheese. The librarian asks if he means the book Scottish Chiefs. The boy replies with a polite misstatement that it was something like cheese.
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Brightwood
Indianapolis News
Metal markets report with Colorado settlement prices
Bar silver at 1.35 percent, copper at 18 to 19 cents per pound, lead at 8.06 dollars, spelter at 9.31 dollars, tungsten priced at 6.50 to 12.00 dollars per unit. Prices reflect Colorado settlement figures for metals trading.
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Colorado
Eastern Live Stock Prices From Chicago Market Report
Chicago market report shows hogs bulk prices from 14.75 to 15.65 with heavy sows at 13.85 to 14.50 and pigs 13.75 to 14.75. Cattle rates list beef steers up to 17.25 and various grades down to 6.75 for cows, veal calves 18 to 19.50, and stocker steers 7.25 to 70.85. Sheep and lambs complete the mix with 19.0 for 84 lb lambs and 10.75 to 13.50 for ewes and mixed grades.
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Seacion
Eialsnje
Creistership
Ecuioanium
Colo
Lima
H. H
Chicago
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Baker Fi ¥S
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Cholmeley-Jones
Commerce Department
Congress
Railroad Administration
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Vienna
American Red Crosss
Ussuri
Siberia
Pokio
Vale of Tears
Braun
Germany
Pittsburg
Carnegie Steel Company
Clairton
John H. Patterson
National Cash Register Company
Dayton
Ohio
National Automobile Underwriters
H. B. Harper
Philadelphia
National Automobile Dealers’ Association
P. H. Greer
Maj
Richard Lloyd George
Mauretania
Southampton
Cherbourg
America
Walter P. Phillips
Columbia Graphophone Company
Vineyard Haven
Mass
United Press
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Orme Mercantile Company
Edward Shoe Company
County of
Bernalillo
Gilbert, Ariz
Post Office
McKinley County
N. A. Field
Tularoosa Basin
Tularosa
Otero County
Panhandle
Socorro
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Southwest News
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Denver
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