The Hoover sentiment: a voters revolt against party politics
The piece argues Hoover has no formal backing or organized machinery yet commands strong voter enthusiasm. It criticizes party politics, insists Hoover represents indifference to partisanship, and predicts the sentiment will shape the campaign despite machine control from Republicans and Democrats. The outlook is for an honest policy cleavages at the ballot box.
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Hoover
United States
Mr. Hoover
Congress
Republican National Committee
United
N. Y
Centenary of Henry Howard Brownell Observed
Today marks the birth centenary of Henry Howard Brownell the New England poet whose Civil War verses were popular with Union soldiers. Physicians and public health officials from Wyoming gather in Cheyenne for the annual Wyoming Public Health Association meeting. The Michigan Republican State Central Committee meets in Lansing to set timing and venue for the state convention. Georgia delegates to the Democratic National Convention to be chosen by the state executive committee in Atlanta today. The Democratic State Committee of New York convenes in New York City to select candidates for at large delegates to the national convention. A national conference of state market officials in New York City aims to coordinate food marketing and improve distribution.
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Henry Howard Brownell
New England
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyoming Public Health Asociaon
Republican State Central Committee of
Michigan
Lansing
Georgia
Atlanta
New York
New York City
Flooded harbors and blizzard wallop east coast
New York harbor floods and heavy snow delays cripple transportation from New York to Buffalo as ferries struggle and commuters wait for late trains. Seabright and Rockaway Beach suffer severe storm damage while New England endures a record blizzard with 72 mph winds closing rail lines and ports.
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New York Harbor
Hudson
Harlem
New York
Buffalo
New Jersey
Erie Terminal
Hudson Tubes
Jersey City
Seabright
Rockaway Beach
Coney Island
New England
Boston
Weather Bureau
N. Y
Boston & Albany
Boston & Maine
Fall River
Maine
Cape
Plymouth
Rhode Island General Assembly
Billy Whiskers muddy mischief with goats and missing clothes
Billy Whiskers and Nanny find gingerbread in pockets and release goats that steal shirts trousers and collars. The boys chase the goats over rough ground as missing garments leave one boy trousersless and another shirtless, prompting a comical lurch of improvised attire. Tomorrow brings new friends.
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Billy Whiskers
Nanny
Billy
Soolfield Publishing Go
Akron
Keeping Apples and Their Care for Fresh Flavor
A dispatch from an orchard region stresses careful packing and temperature control to keep apples fresh. Pick before ripe, handle gently to avoid bruising, and pack with air exclusion. Best is a fruit cellar at 24 to 30 degrees above zero. if unavailable, the coolest safe place preserves flavor and reduces waste.
Enforced Labor in Russia Prompts Global Debate
The Bolshevik government imposes a 12 hour workday six days a week, reversing earlier four hours. The move draws reactions from labor leaders like Samuel Gompers who condemn forced labor as involuntary servitude, while defenders argue necessity in feeding a population and argue Bolshevik freedom applies only to a minority.
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Russia
Tropics
Lane
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Lenine
Trotzky
Bolshevik Russia
Two Million Houses Wanted in 1919 Housing Shortage
In 1916 demand rose 13 percent annually yet 1917-18 saw a drop to one third of normal construction. By January 1919 returning veterans and accumulated demand created a shortage of about 2 million homes, lifting rents. The only solution is increased building to rebalance supply and demand.
Diamond Field Discovery Draws South Africans to Bechuanaland
A desert Bechuanaland diamond field claim rush draws South Africans seeking fortune as the world needs wheat and cotton more than gems. The note to Senator Kenyon echoes a foreign-born citizen’s request for the U.S. Constitution Katechism.
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Bechuanaland
South Africa
Kenyon
Capper proposes prison for profiteers to free jail space
Senator Capper proposes imprisoning profiteers to curb wartime excesses. He warns the plan would require army cantonments to be pressed into service as jails because existing jails could not house the influx.
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Capper
Immigrant Relocation Question Sparks Political Debate
Of 237000 newcomers passing through our ports last year only two cited religious persecution as a reason for leaving the old country. While religious intolerance has lessened, there remains a strong current of political motive influencing some migrants.
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Old Country
British Antarctic Expedition Sets June Start for Mineral Hunt
A British expedition plans to depart in June to seek mineral deposits and other economic riches rumored to lie in the South Pole snows. Any finds would belong to the explorers. open to other nations in the past, the opportunity to search has now been extended to Britain.
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South Pole
Boxing Bout Listings From Various Cities
Boxing cards announced across multiple locales include Bartley Madden versus Harry Greb in Kalamazoo 10 rounds and Joe Daly facing Young Ahern in Johnstown 10 rounds. Other events feature Mel Coogan versus Al Murphy in Savannah 12 rounds and K O Muggsy against Mike Doherty in Brockton 12 rounds.
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Cuba- American Jockey Club
Havana
Business Men’s Racing Association
New Orleans
Lennis
New York
International Bowling Association
St. Paul
Bartley Madden
Harry Greb
Kalamazoo
Mich
Joe Genjan
Freddie Anderson
Portland Ore
Mel Coogan
al Murphy
Savannah
Joe Daly
Young Ahern
Johnstown
N. Y
Benny Coster
Johnny Daly
West Hoboken
N. J
Silent Martin
Tommy Murphy
Johnson Cuy
Battling Reddy
Harry Brown
Philadelphia
K. O. Muggsy
Mike Doherty
Brockton
Mass
Dr. Charles G Abbot Leads Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Dr Charles G Abbot director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory since 1907 has studied solar radiation and its variability. He hypothesized Venus as a possible source of earth radio signals beyond Mars and received a Rumford Medal in 1916. Abbot attended MIT and has 25 years of observatory service.
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Charles G. Abbot
Earth
Mars
Venus
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Samuel P. Langley
Abbot
Observatory
Rumford
American Academy of Arts of
New Hampshire
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Notable dates in 19th century figures and events
A condensed sequence lists events and births from 1785 to 1918. It mentions Elizabeth Patterson of Baltimore becoming Jerome Bonaparte’s wife, John Connolly the New York bishop’s death, Fort Henry capture by Grant and Foote, Henry Morton Stanley’s Zanzibar expedition, John Hogan’s death, Cleveland’s boundary decision with Brazil, the 1899 Senate ratification of the Spain peace treaty, and 1918 federal registration and finisher printing of male German residents.
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Elizabeth Patterson
Jerome Bonaparte
Baltimore
John Connolly
New York
New York City
Ireland
General Grant
Commodore Foote
Fort Henry
Tenn
Henry M. Stanley
Zanzibar
Emin Rey
John Hogan
Webster Clay
Lincoln
St. Louis
County Cork
Cleveland
Brazil
Argentine Republic
United States Senate
Spain
Finser
United States
Polish Premier Paderewski Election T
War 1919 reports Paderewski carriage in Polish election as Spartacan clash with government troops in Mainz Magdeburg area. League of Nations constitution ends compulsory arbitration amid political upheaval.
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Paderewski
Madgeburg
League of Nations
Birthdays of notable figures marked today
Sir Malachy Daly former Nova Scotia governor born Marche mont Quec 84 years ago today. Duke of Orleans Bourbus pretender to French throne born 61 years ago today. George J. Gould capitalist and railroad magnate born New York City 56 years ago today. George H Hodges former Kansas governor born Orion Wis 54 years ago today. Sherman B Burroughs congressman First New Hampshire district born Dunbarton N H 50 years ago today. Roads out of Cheyenne described with mood details and river mentions follow as stray fragments.
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Sir Malachy Daly
Nova Scotia
Marchemont
Quec
Duke of Orleans, Bourbus
France
George J. Gould
New York City
George H. Hodges
Kansas
Orion
Wis
Sherman B. Burroughs
Congress
New Hampshire
Dunbarton
N. H
Why Price of Seven teen Cents of Sugar
The department of justice denied fixing a 47 cent price for Louisiana plantation sugar and said prosecutions under the Lever Act for prices above 17 cents would fail. Telegraphic exchanges with District Attorney Moody and Attorney General Palmer explain concessions, noting Louisiana crop at 40 percent of normal and overall sugar shortage.
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Washington
Louisiana
Department of Justice
House
Moody
New Orleans
Palmer
Nervous disorders and stability affect wartime service
Dr Bailey described how functional nervous disorders and instability of character reduced volunteer strength in certain groups. He noted that many seek hospital treatment for physical complaints while nerve issues hinder readiness, with some individuals becoming susceptible to sedition and improper influence.
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New York
Bailey
Berger Should Be Serving in Pen Says Coyne
In a circuit court of appeals filing Coyne argued Berger could fraudulently influence the court and must be sent to Leavenworth to serve his 20 year sentence. The claim cites Berger’s action while on bail campaigning against conscription. Berger appeals Judge Landis sentence, now pending.
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Berger
PEN
Coyne
Chicago
Circuit Court of Appeals
Victor L. Berger
Charles F. Coyne
Leavenworth
Landis
United States Faces League or Powerful Navy Choice
The article reports strong rhetoric on American naval policy citing Wilson's 1918 aim for the world’s most adequate navy and warning the current build up could stall. It argues the nation must choose between joining a league of nations with a mobile force or maintaining peak naval strength, with the speaker insisting one outcome must prevail.
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America
Wilson
League of Nations
Army Recruiting Display At Cheyenne Bank Lobby
Lieutenant Herbert E. Watkins led a national recruiting exhibit in the American National bank lobby. The display shows captured equipment from the western front and the latest American war inventions. Watkins says the United States aims to showcase the new army as a university in khaki offering American youths a path to service and growth.
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Herbert E. Watkins
United States Army
American National Bank
Cheyenne
Watkins
United States
Wyoming allotted units recruit from state in enlistment
The text states organizations allotted to Wyoming include the Eighth Engineers Fifty-fifth Coast Artillery Twenty-first Infantry and Fourth Field Artillery. Enlistees from Wyoming join these units, with vocational training and general education available to all soldiers. Lieutenant Watkins says service ensures education and a trade plus good pay during service and upon return to civilian life.
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Wyoming
Eighth Engineers
Coast Artillery
Twenty-first Infantry
Fourth Field Artillery
Watkins
Substitutes Proposed as Gasoline Shortage Fears
A Maibohm Motor Co article outlines diverse substitutes if gasoline runs short. It cites straw and tree liquids from Canada and Greece, fish oil in Sweden, mustard oil by Turks, and a vague German substitute with a sweet odor. It notes benzol as a potential fallback, though still to be refined, while reassuring that American wells are not dry and listing vast undeveloped sources globally.
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Maibohm Motor Company
Sweden
America
Gannada
Alaska
Siberia
Tampico
Mexico
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Mafbolim Company
Sandusky
Australia’s mound nests enormous giant f owls
The mound shaped nests of jungle fowls in Australia hatch eggs from heat of decomposing vegetation. Nests reach fifty feet high and one hundred and fifty feet in circumference, believed to be the largest nests made by any creature.
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Australia
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