Weekly World News Summary of Diverse Events
Western Union dispatch notes deaths in Sioux Falls and Minot jail incident. Prohibition challenges flagged by Theodore Bell. Mail theft aboard a Vancouver bound steamer. Dense Douglas Ariz fog halts business. Traffic crashes injure motorists. U.S. firms plan roads in China. 1919 California oil stats and crude stocks drop. Wells completed and abandoned rising. Legislation on civilian wartime pay proposed. Record post office appropriation for 1921 approved. Wilson possible Honolulu trip. Pan Pacific bid for leadership in no-race prejudice land. Nancy Lane engagement to Phillip Kauffmann announced. Possible revival of war in Europe if Poland fails. Suffrage ratification progress noted with states and dates.
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Western
J. B. Evans
Robert E. Evans
Dakota City
Neb
Sioux Falls
S. D
Ward McCrill
Minot
N. C
Ernie Thompson
Theodore Bell
California
Vancouver Harbor
Prince Rupert
B. C
Douglas, Ariz
China
R. J. Moore
San Francisco
Far East
Standard Oil Company
McGlennon
New Jersey
Post Office
House
Wilson
Honolulu
Alexander Hume Ford
Pan-Pacific Association
Lane
Nancy
Phillip C. Kauffmann
Victor Kauffmann
Europe
Poland
Blss
Ways and Means
Wyoming
New Mexico
Idaho
Arizona
Washington
Nevada
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Delaware
Mississippi
Maryland
Vermont
Connecticut
Countess of Warwick named Labour candidate in East Walthamstow
A Labour Party pick the Countess of Warwick becomes the prospective parliamentary candidate for East Walthamstow. Other items: US rejected from Kaiser trial tribunal, Prince of Wales likely to Australia via Panama, Hamburg population drop, Paul Deschanel elected French president, Napoleon curl sells for $100, Bolshevik Poland stance cited, Tampico deaths, Patti will not bequeath her throat, Chicago health dismissals, Brit boxing move to England, Billy Sunday funeral in Norfolk, US Steel Shipbuilding woes, Rockefeller wealth, Mrs Payne buried, Europe loan proposal, Clara Schwartz dies by hanging.
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Countess of Warwick
East Walthamstow
Labor Party
United States
Kaiser
Paris
Prince of Wales
England
Australia
Panama Canal
North Sea
Hamburg
Paul Deschanel
French Republic
National Assembly
Louis Adolph Thiers
Empire
Napoleon
Sotheby’s
Henry Hollingsworth
St. Helena
Foreign Office
Germany
Poland
F. J. Roney
Earl Boles
Tampico
Interior Department
Sims to Prove Charges Made by Senate Committee
The Arizona State Land Board ordered definite information on Lyman dam capacity at various elevations. The New Mexico Wool Growers’ Association will hold its state convention in Roswell on March 8 and 9. The Phoenix city council banned dancing halls from midnight and banned Sunday dances. Tenaja district in Colfax county New Mexico will dedicate a $5,000 school on Lincoln's birthday.
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Lyman
Arizona State Land Board
Arizona
Susan B. Anthony
A. A. Johns
Senate
New Mexico Wool Growers’ Association
Roswell
Albuquerque
Phoenix
Cite Commission
Tenaja
Colfax County
N. M
Lincoln
John V. Conway
R. C. Bonney
R. M. Johnson
Santa Fé
Belen
Bank of Springer, N. M
Springer Mercantile Company
Bank of Springer
George A. MacDonald
Land Department
MacDonald
Agricultural Department
Raton
Smith-Hughes
E. D. Smith
Samuel L. Pattee
Superior Court
Capitol
Wiley E. Jones
el Paso
Deming
Bowie, Wilcox and
Benson
Douglas, Bisbee
Tombstone
J. S. Williams
Wilcox Dry Lake
Navy inquiry into Sims charges set by Senate panel
Washington reports the Senate naval committee will open a rigid inquiry into Rear Admiral Sims accusations that the Navy Department failed to cooperate with the Allies. Secretary Daniels defended the administration saying Sims will be heard, with the panel delaying until its decoration probe ends in about ten days.
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Washington
Sims
Navy Department
Senate
Naval Committee
J. R. Ratham
Providence, R. I
Daniels
Admiral Sims
Naval Board
Ratham
Naval Intelligence
Trent
Sims’ Charges, Mr. Daniels
Admiral Mayo
Atlantic Fleet
Admiral Benson
Naval Operations
Judge Says You Can’t Educate Reds in Detention
Federal Judge Carpenter rejected Orrin Carter’s idea that radicals should be educated to value American ideals. He warned that teaching a rattlesnake to sleep in a cradle with a baby is impossible, drawing a sharp analogy to attempting to educate anarchistic radicals.
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Chicago
Carpenter
Orrin Carter
Sinois Supreme Court
Congress Defers Action On Relief Funding
Washington action by the House Ways and Means Committee to authorize 150 million dollars for European food relief was deferred pending examination of Red Cross relief plans by committee representatives.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Glass
Austria
Poland
Red Cross
Organization
Counsel Files Motion for New Trial in California
In Los Angeles attorneys for Harry New convicted of second degree murder for killing his fiancee Freda Lesser filed in the Supreme Court a motion for a new trial. Sentencing was continued until after arguments on the motion can be heard.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Harry New
Freda Lesser
Supreme Court
New
Proposal on U S Control of Paper Distribution
Representative Christopherson Republican South Dakota introduces a bill to place control and distribution of print paper for one year after peace with the department of commerce. The measure aims to regulate paper supply during the transition period.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Christopherson
Republica
South Dakota
Watt’s Scottish Pipe Organ Sparks Long Church Controversy
The 1762 Watt organ built for High Street Glasgow and later moved to St. Andrew’s faced fierce Protestant opposition over orchestral worship. Pregnant pamphleteering followed, Presbyteries ruled against the pro organists, and the relic now rests in the Kelvingrove Central Hall as property of Glasgow Corporation.
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James Watt
Watt
Scotland
Glasgow Corporation
High Street
Kelven Grove Galleries
Few Town Criers Fade From English Life
The article notes a decline of town criers in England with Wycombe's 80 year family handover ending. It contrasts with French proclamations by the garde champetre and cites Shakespearean reference to criers. The piece laments the loss of ceremonial bell and call in towns waning over the past decade.
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England
Wycombe
Old Town
France
Les
Insect Musical Instruments Buzzing Wings and Stridulation
The buzzing or humming stems from rapid wing vibrations often over a hundred times per second. A special quivering instrument near the wing base may enhance sound. Chirping or trilling comes from a stridulating organ where a part is scraped against another, like a fiddle bow, possibly involving the leg against the wing.
Large College Attendance Reports Totals Across Eleven Institutions
Intercollegiate association releases October registrar counts showing 56,855 students enrolled among eleven colleges. Leading campuses include Michigan 8,255. Texas 8,679. New York University 7,614. Wisconsin 7,987. Ohio State 7,244. Penn 6,846. Yale 3,461. Kansas 3,805. Missouri 3,116. Iowa State 3,283. Penn State 3,065.
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United States
The
Intercollegiate Association
University of Michigan
New York University
Ohio State University
University of Wisconsin
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas
Yale University
University of Kansas
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts
University of Missouri
Pennsylvania State College
Object of the Truest Artists
Quotation about art by Ruskin states the best artists seek permanence in images to endure without agitation, unlike lesser designers who chase narrative turns and shifting emotions. The remark contrasts enduring beauty with transient dramatic effect.
Colorado settlement prices for metals reported
Bar silver sold at 1.30 percent. Copper at 19 20 cents per pound. Lead priced at 8 dollars. Spelter at 9.31 dollars. Tungsten quoted 6.50 to 12.00 dollars per unit.
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Colorado
Eastern Live Stock Prices At Chicago Market Report
Hogs bulk at Chicago ranged from 14.85 to 15.50 with various grades listed. Cattle showed mixed levels from 5.50 to 19.50 for different classes including butcher cattle and veal calves. Sheep covered lambs to ewes with prices from 5.85 to 19.65, reflecting broad market activity.
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Ev Cccce
Denver
Gosling
Colo
Chicago
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Adelina Patti
London
George Sinclair
Illinois
Buffalo
John Dill Robertson
Jack Britton
America
Cochrane
Kid Lewis
Johnny Basham
Billy” Sunday
Norfolk
John Barleycorn
Tabernacle
United States Steel Shipbuilding Corporation
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Wall Street
Mary Elizabeth Payne
Abraham Lincoln
Ogden
Utah
Payne
William Hall
Louisville
George Paish
League of Nations
Clara Schwartz
Peoria
Southwest News
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Taxpayers’ Association of
NAVY
Congress
U. S
Benver
South Park
Bona
Metal Markets
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