The Dollar Becomes World’s Premier Financial Standard
A historical perspective on the U S dollar replacing sterling as the global monetary standard. It notes how freight and exchange rates now favor dollars, the shift by European shippers, and the long-standing role of sterling, with the United States emerging as the world’s leading financial power.
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Europe
United States
England
Italy
Bank of England
Threadneedle Street
Uncle Sam
France
Germany
Wisdom for Sing Sing
The article mocks a convict Charles Hugh Wilson now at Sing Sing after eight conquests of confid ing women. He advocates whirlwind wooing and confident pursuit to win a wife, warning timid suitors that patience yields to bold, immediate action.
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Charles Hugh Wilson
Wilson
Flight Across Pacific Charts by Commander Reyd
A four stop Pacific crossing highlights Commander Reyd as the star performer. The itinerary features staged legs and daring aerial feats echoing early aviation era publicity.
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Paific Ocean
Reyd
Irishman sells Gour in bottles at Wisconsin price record
A reader from Wis cpeg Canada reports an Irishman earning 1700 dollars by packing gour in bottles and selling them abroad as plum. This unusual method highlights a surprising market price and inventive distribution.
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Wiscpeg
Canada
Will Farm Prices Fall
An analysis argues farm exports exceed three billion in value for the year, with livestock and breadstuffs each near a billion. It warns that foreign exchange falls could trigger a price decline as Europe regains self sufficiency and ships restore tropical imports, urging action to prevent a radical drop.
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Nn Man
Europe
Tropics
League of Nations
America
Charleston Primary Narrowly Missed Disgrace
The article laments Charleston South Carolina for low voter turnout in the August 19 primary where a pro German ex mayor was narrowly defeated by one vote and later seated by recounts. It warns vigilance is needed to avoid a civic calamity and mentions fears of leprosy cases spreading to the West Indies and Porto Rico amid health concerns.
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South Carolina
Charleston
New York
Cuba
Hawaiian Islands
West Indies
Porto Rico
Editor notes human tendency to kick about measures
The editor of The Watch on the Rhine observes soldiers critique army handling and peace terms. He remarks that people continually kick about what is done, noting the persistent inclination to find fault with actions and policies.
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the Watch On the Rhine
Downtrodden farmers and daylight saving repeal debate
A quote from Dallas News discusses lawmakers yielding to a downtrodden farmer minority over the daylight saving law, criticizing the drive to repeal despite a presidential veto. The piece notes tensions between reasonable policy aims and aggressive lobbying by automobile owners.
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Cickens
Dallas News
Congress
Quote from S W Green on work and success
S W Green of New Orleans leaders the colored Knights of Pythias urges that honest work is the path to success and criticizes those who complain about white people. The text notes governors and engineers and references steel output and economic conditions.
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S. W. Green
New Orleans
The
Colored Knights of Pythias
Former Colorado Governor Opposes Kembrick Bill At Hearing
A large Colorado delegation led by former governor Ammons pressed against proposed packers regulation in the Kenyon and Kendrick bills. Ammons warned legislation would make packers the goat, citing fears from forest leases and wartime controls. Denver witnesses cited FTC findings of big packer advantages at the stock yards while Wyoming’s Olson urged existing laws suffice.
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Washington
Kenyon
Kendrick
Agricultural Committee
Colorado
M. Ammons
Iowa
Pray
Denver Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Denver
P. W. Olson
Cokeville
Wyoming
City News In Brief Highlights Local Visitors And Ads
Local briefs note Cahill Holliday coal firm, baby carriage sellers, and a list of visitors to Cheyenne from Laramie Guernsey Casper Worland and other towns. Mentions Miss Mabel Coleman, Mrs Anna Moore, and two men returning from Europe postwar service.
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Mabel Coleman
Dwyer
City
Bhik @ Greenan
Chris Berg
Boulton, Wye
Cheyenne
Aervice
Europe
Carnegie's Will Sets Vast Charitable Bequests After Death
New York August 28 Andrew Carnegie's will places from twenty five to thirty million dollars in charitable use while leaving assets totaling about three hundred million to public institutions and annuities to friends and relatives. The document, filed for probate, preserves his wish to die poor and includes generous bequests to former President Taft Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and other notable figures.
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New York
Andrew Carregie
Taft
Lloyd
George
England
Theodore Roosevelt
Mes
Theman
J. Preston
Mea Preston
Grover Cleveland
Garnogle
Margaret
Roswell Miller
Cossacks Report Capture of Red Army in Major Breakthrough
London dispatch states General Kamontoy’s Cossacks broke through Bolshevik lines and captured 13,000 Red Army troops while dispersing 20,000 mobilized forces. The force, largely composed of former Bolsheviks, advances toward Fat Bonskine area as a junction forms, potentially cutting off a pocket 250 miles deep and 12 miles wide. Continued movement threatens a broader Bolshevik retreat.
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London
Kamontoy
Red Army
Kamontin
Semua
Tamkov Non
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Laramie
A. L. Williams
W. W. Paterson
Rock Springs
Roy J. White
Plaing Hotel
King Merritt of
Wyo
Normandie
C. J. Withrew and
C. L. Barker
Karamie
Plains Auto Company
J. P. Hoing
George B. Nelson
Casper
Carl
Wever
Cooper
Mrs
Anna Moore
Leroy Moore of
Boss
the Plains
Mra
Torgerson
Whealland
Epwin
Worland
Oncar
Gudahl
County Chatriam
Edward T. Storey
Pere White
B. J. Reynolds Tobacco, CO
Winston-Salem, MD
Carnegie
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New York, N. Y
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