Hughes delivers ultimatum on Panama Costa Rica boundary dispute
Secretary Hughes released a lengthy note urging Panama to recognize the White award and to appoint an engineering commission with Costa Rica to delimit the boundary. He links U S obligations under the Hay Bunau Varilla treaty to Panama’s prompt compliance and warns against further hostilities or delays.
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Washington
Hughes
Panama
White
Costa Rica
United States
Republic of Panama
Rail Commission Fights to End of Rate Battle in Texas
Austin Texas The Texas railroad commission presses its final challenge in a capacity case tied to railroad rate hikes. The American Railway Express sought a 28 percent Texas raise but won only 1.24 percent. further 15.4 percent requests stalled. Chairman Mayfield notes ongoing cross jurisdiction questions and calls for eventual state rate regulation while noting the public and labor pressures against further increases.
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Austin Tex
Texas Railroad Commission
Railrroads
American Railway Express Company
Texas Commission
Interstate Commission
Mayfield
Express
Texas
Express Company
Ayfield
Labor Entry to Mexico Stopped by Mexican President Decree
The state department said President Obregon issued an executive decree prohibiting foreign labor entry during the current employment shortage, especially in oil regions. Immigrants who can prove sufficient sustenance and implements for colonization or agriculture are exempt from the decree.
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Washington
State Department
Obregon
Mexico
Delilah Delays Cut as Flood Fails Samson in Mount Dingus
In a whimsical Detroit Free Press tale, Delilah toys with Samson using a gold toothy smile and a lock of hair but a knock from a horseman interrupts the snip. The flood warns, Samson hides Delilah in the attic, and he lifts the doghouse to ride out the torrent while she admits she’s glad she waited.
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Sammy
Delilah
Birdie
Samson
Paul Revere
Mount Dingus
Detroit Free Press
Freedom Must Be Bought The Price Of Freedom Is Mastery
The piece argues freedom is earned, not given, arising from personal growth and civilization. It contends inner conflict delays true liberty until one acts with concord between will and passions, and that mastery over desires enables genuine freedom. Resolutions reflect incomplete self mastery and hope for greater control.
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Minneapolis Journal
Evolution of American Galoshes from 1830 Boston
The piece traces the rise of fashionable galoshes in America, noting their ugly clumsy design and early rubber use. It describes care needs with freezing and thawing, melting in heat, storage on ice, and the strong urge to own them despite drawbacks. It warns about rot and odor requiring removal and burial.
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America
Boston
Plan to hunt seals with airplanes and gunfire proposed
Vancouver report notes fishermen urge Canadian fisheries to use airplanes and machine guns to hunt hair seals. Earlier methods from last spring trapped salmon-eating seals at Fraser River mouth with lines and hooks, partial success but not complete victory over the ocean mammals.
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Canadian Fisheries Department
Vancouver
Fraser River
Welding Optical Glass Becomes Precise Union in Glass Work
United States Bureau of Standards develops an improved welding method for optical glass. It yields a perfect bond with minimal distortion, suitable for glass cells hollow prisms lens assembly and closing tubes with flat ends. The process heats the glass to annealing point and uses a small blowpipe flame along join edges for quick welding.
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United States Bureau of Standards
President unable to choose national tree for America
President Wilson wrote to the American Forestry Association amid a pending national referendum on a national tree. He said he cannot pick one tree from America's rich forests and urged a deliberative selection process.
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Wilson
American Forestry Association
America
War on native farm weeds expands nationwide survey
The Agriculture Department launches a comprehensive weed survey to map weed spread, economic damage, and eradication methods. County agents will name the five worst weeds per county, record farmer control techniques, and identify problem areas to guide nationwide weed suppression efforts.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
Stretchers Handy Tool for Fence Repair
A simple wire stretcher method uses a hardwood stick with nails driven at the wide end and filed to a point to grip posts. A heavy strap iron hook is bolted to the stick with small bolts to create a secure tensioning device.
Production of goats milk at Beltsville rises in 1919
USDA experiments grading up native goats to Toegenburg and Saanen lines continued at the Beltsville farm. The 26 does and 8 kids of mixed blood averaged 3.92 pounds milk per day in 1919, up 2.42 pounds from native stock. top individual doe yielded 8.6 pounds daily. Butterfat averaged 3.7 percent.
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Saanen
United States Department of Agriculture
Beltsville
Worms in Chickens Reveal Health Problems
Different worms infect chickens. Inspecting intestines reveals infestation. Wormy birds often appear unusually thin with weight loss that worsens over time.
Teachers Examination Notice for Cameron April 1 2
Notice states that an examination for teachers certificates of all grades will be held in Cameron on Friday and Saturday April 1 and 2. Examinations begin at 9 00 AM Friday. State Superintendent ruling restricts applicants from other counties.
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Milam Reounty
Cameron
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