Notable Deaths and Elections in Early 20th Century America
Western Union News Service reports Jesse W. Lillienthal of United Railways of San Francisco died delivering a speech at the St Francis Hotel. Meredith Snyder wins Los Angeles mayoral election, defeating incumbent F T Woodman. Venice announces $50,000 prize for aviators to fly to Australia. Five Garfield heirs share a $17,000 estate. California cotton growers expect about $20 million in a surveyed season. Health board adds lethargic encephalitis to reportable diseases.
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Jesse W. Lillienthal
United Railways of
San Francisco
St. Francis Hotel
Meredith P. Snyder
Los Angeles
F. T. Woodman
Venice
Calif
Thomas H. Ince
Australia
James A. Garfield
Lucretia R. Garfield
California
Imperial Valley
Palo Verde
State Board of Health
August Taube
Sacramento
San Quentin Penitentiary
W. E. Bright
Bright
Taube
Alaska
Seward
Arizona State News Highlights 1919 Local Events
Arizona State Fair dates set for November 3 to 8, 1919. Reports show fruit conditions above average with frost only in some areas. Employment strong with miners shifted to other states. 300 workers needed. Police report illicit liquor seized as a stage departure carries contraband. A Bulgarian man dies in Boston during extradition proceedings. Copper production pauses at Tyrone, NM. most workers redirected to development. Gold bearing silver ore near Bowie eyed by Bartlett Spurgeon and Sterling. Homeless Mexican dogs threaten cattle, prompting federal drive. Million Dollar Mining Suit ends as Arizona Supreme Court denies rehearing. Cochise county kidnapping charges await action by Governor. Carrie Hedstrom found dead near Squaw Peak after disappearance. Williams constable shot by ex-convict Torres. arrest follows.
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Baker
Congress
Cape Cod
Europe
New York
Federal Reserve Board
Great Britain
Army
House Military Committee
Mencher
Military Aeronautics
Co-operative Purchase Society of
Russia
United States
War Department
Bureau of Crop
Arizona
Hywell Davies
Texas
California
Mesa
Annie Murry
Melsom Artunoff
Hereford
Ariz
Superior Court
Boston
Burro Mountain
Phelps-Dodge Corporation
Tyrone
N. M
Phelps-Dodge
Douglas
Arizona Mossback Mines Company
Bowie
Fannie Bartlett
J. O. Spurgeon
G. A. Sterling
Bartlett
M. E. Musgrave
United States Biological Survey
John Gleeson
Courtland District
Mary M. Costello
Martin Costello
Supreme Court of Arizona
Late Market Quotations Flour and Sugar
Wholesale prices from the U S Bureau of Markets show wheat flour in various package sizes ranging from quarters to 100-lb sacks at 5.50 to 5.65 per unit. Cornmeal yellow and white priced per cwt. Also listed sugar granulated at 10.06 per cwt.
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U. S. Bureau of Markets
Denver
Bureau of Markets
South Park
Denver Hide and Pelts Price List Highlights By-Weight Rates
A historical Denver price list details dry hides and pelts with per pound rates: dry flint hides and green salted hides vary by weight and type, as does dry horsehides and pony byproducts. Prices are listed for butcher hides, bulls, stags, shaggy pelts, shearlings, and buck pelts, with notes on cured and headless terms.
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Denver
Reese Eer Seeeseee Rey
ROSS
Me Shon Dwikit
Colorado Market Prices for Metals Report
Colorado settlement prices list silver at 1.09 per pound with 16 1 half percent. lead at 25. spelter at 6.00. tungsten at 7.50 per unit up to 10.00.
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Colorado
Chicago Hog and Cattle Prices Mixed Across Weights
The market reports hogs and cattle prices with varied bids. Hogs show ranges from 18.00 to 20.60 for multiple classes including heavy packing sows and lightweight hogs. Cattle and veal prices span from 5.75 to 16.75 for canners, butchers, veal calves, feeder steers, and beef steers, with sheep and lambs priced from 4.00 to 19.00 depending on grade and weight.
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Chicago
Chicago grain and meat prices reported in garbled ad
Fragmented price list shows corn and pork items with nominal figures. Entries include No 3 yellow corn at about $1.72 to $1.75, No 4 yellow around $1.73, No 5 yellow nominal, and pork and lard quotes with ribs at $28 to $29 per cwt.
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Chicago
Sugar prices in New York markets listed by grade
Sugar centrifulgal and various forms are priced in New York. Cut loaf 10.50, crushed 10.25, mould A 9.50, cubes 9.75, powdered 9.20, 9.15, fine granulated 9.00, diamond A 9.00, confectioners A 8.90, No 1 8.85.
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Colo
Lima
H. H
New York
Senators Clash Over Treaty Copy Publication and Bankers Probe
The Senate, after a five hour battle, ordered the peace treaty printed in the public record amid questions how copies reached private hands. Borah named Morgan, Davison, Lamont, Schiff, Warburg and Vanderlip to testify as the Foreign Relations Committee opened the inquiry in Washington.
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Washington
Senate
New York
Borah
Idaho
Wilson
Foreign Relations Committee
J. P. Morgan
H. P. Davison
Thomas F. Lamont
Morgan Banking House
Jacob Schiff
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Paul Warburg
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank
Frank L. Polk
State Department
International Bankers
League of Nations
Wilson lifts gold embargo on imports and exports
President Wilson ends the gold embargo at the recommendation of the Federal Reserve Board. Gold may be imported or exported freely with all nations except Bolshevik Russia and enemy states, and foreign exchange controls are removed.
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Washington
Wilson
Federal Reserve Board
Russia
Rebels Shot and Hung by Red Army in Hungary
Vienna reports that about three thousand peasants including women and children were executed or hanged by the Red army following revolts around Oedenburg in western Hungary. The detail comes from a news dispatch deemed trustworthy received here.
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Vienna
Red Army
Hungary
Oedenburg
Germany Likely to Join League If Stable Government Proves Worthy
Paris reports indicate Germany may be admitted to the League of Nations if she signs the peace treaty and provides guarantees of a stable government and faithful execution of treaty terms. The council of four is considering the issue with little current opposition if Germany proves her worth.
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Paris
Germany
League of Nations
Council of Four
Self-feeders and fencing boost hog farming efficiency
The USDA notes self feeders save labor and increase pork yield across corn ground and mill feeds. Dry lots, forage crops, and extended fencing with hog tight wire reduce labor and boost soil health, manure recycling, and sanitary conditions. Hog pasturing six to eleven months is feasible in many regions.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Aid for Overheated Horses in Hot Weather
When a horse is overcome by heat, seek shade, rinse mouth and nostrils, sponge the body, cool the legs and head with cold water or crushed ice wrapped in cloth. Give four ounces of aromatic spirits of ammonia or two ounces of sweet spirits of nitre in a pint of water or a pint of warm coffee, per advice from the Wisconsin Live Stock Breeders' Association.
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Wisconsin Live Stock Breeders’ Association
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Charles B. Pike
Military Training Camps Association
Jane Jeffrey
Red Cross
Tokio
Japan
Freiheit
Abedi
Herbert C. Hoover
Allied Relief Organization
Coblenz
Marlin Craig
Third Army
General Craig
Funck
Lassallat
Albert Badoud
Brest
France
Wayne S. McConnell
Purdue
George W. Wightman
Longwood Cricket Club
West Side
Forest Hills
Eleanor Goss
Billy Miske
St. Paul
Willie Meehan
Pacific Coast
Meehan
Frank Bagley
K. O. Jaffe
Bagley
Jaffe
Gene Brosseau
Department of Justice
Detroit
Kansas City
Pittsburg
Kan
Liberty
Aledo
Lawrence Smith
Port Townsend
W. G. Lee
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Columbus
Ohio
Herbert Harris
Portland
Ore
Lake Michigan
Harris
Missouri
Gardner
Jack Higgins
Wabash
Ind
Lincoln
Neb
Arizona State News
Cochise County
Campbell
Carrie Hedstrom
Phoenix
Squaw Peak
Victor Melick
Williams
Pedro Torres
State
Melick
Torres
Flagstaff
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Denver Markets
F. O
B. Sena Oe
Old Tome
Ieee
Erorbia Cay
Crete
Ducise
Metal Markets
Cash Grain
Will
Wall Street
Live Stock Breeders’ Association of Wisconsin
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