Cold Adirondack Town Asks For Firewood Help
The Elizabethtown Post and Gazette editor reports record cold with 40 below at night and 20 below by afternoon. A local resident froze a toe by the stove while heating breakfast, highlighting the townsfolk’s hardship and a plea for firewood to cover debts and keep the office running.
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Florida
Elizabethtown
N. Y
Post and Gazette
Essex County
Adirondack Mountains
Water Street
The
A Literary Lapse About Wilson and the Constitution
In a January letter to Senator Hitchcock, President Wilson said the Constitution’s form was very unfortunate, prompting alarmists to focus on a misread craft error. The article explains he meant objections to the Article X compromise, not constitutional reform, noting wartime strain on his writing and citing Horace’s remark about even great writers nodding.
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Hitchcock
Wilson
United States
White House
Horace
Homer
Notable resignations shaping the U S secretary of state office
A historical roster traces resignations of secretaries of state from Jefferson in 1794 to Bryan in 1915, noting how many served under each president. It highlights Jefferson, Van Buren, Blaine, and Bryan as prominent voluntary retirements amid political currents.
Notable U.S. Secretaries of State by presidency
The text lists several secretaries of state across administrations. It notes Biewart Harrison briefly succeeded by Joh W. Foster of Indiana. Cleveland had Walter Q. Gresham and Richard Olney. McKinley relied on John Sherman then William R. Day and John Hay. Roosevelts premiers included John Hay Ilia Root and Robert Bacon. Philander C. Knox served under Taft.
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Biewart Harrison
Blaine
Joh W. Foster
Indiana
Cleveland
Walter Q. Gresham
Illinois
Richard Olney
Massachusetts
McKinley
John Sherman
Ohio
William R. Day
John Hay
Roosevelt
Ilia Root
Robert Bacon
New York
Philander C. Knox
Taft
Santa Anna anniversary and civic events across nations
Today marks Santa Anna's 425th birth anniversary while the Massachusetts Lumber Dealers' association holds its annual convention in Worcester. Aviators join the Pan American Aviation Congress in Havana and Georgia's Progressive Republican convention assembles in Atlanta to pick delegates. Princeton dedicates a war memorial hall for 145 fallen alumni, and Rear Admiral William S. Sims speaks at the University of Pennsylvania for Washington's Birthday observances.
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Santa Anna
Massachusetts Lumber Dealers’ Association
Worcester
United States
Havana
Progressive Republican Party of Georgia
Atlanta
Princeton University
Princeton
William S. Sims
University of Pennsylvania
Brazil Grants Bonuses for Ships Built in Ports
Rio de Janeiro Feb 20 Brazil enacts a law offering bonuses of 25,837.50 per ton to ships constructed in Brazilian ports under a new congressional act. The measure aims to boost domestic shipbuilding and expand tonnage.
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DE Janeiro
Congress
Billy Whiskers circus caper ends in flight
The Smithville circus faces a night of hurried packing after theft rumors and a dramatic confrontation. Billy Whiskers is revealed as the thief in a tense tent scene, while a snake charmer narrates a gruesome but safely nongraphic depiction. The troupe plans a Sunday journey to a new town with Billy plotting a small tomorrow performance.
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Landy
Brunelle
Billy Whiskers
Smithville
Saalfield Publishing Co
Akron
German and Belgian Envoys Named Amid War Rift
Otto Landsberg is named German chargé d affaires to Bali and Dr Kerokove de Denterden becomes Belgian ambassador to Berlin amid bitter postwar tensions. The two nations remain the fiercest adversaries after Germany violated Belgian neutrality and devastated the country.
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Kerokove de Denterden
Landsberg
Balum
de Denterchen
Berlin
Germany
Belgium
School for Scandal at the High School Gym Tonight
The Devereux company presents The School for Scandal at the high school gym with Zanita Graf leading woman. Endorsed by the Chamber of Commerce Rotary Club Women’s Club and College Club. The troupe specializes in authentic old English plays and has performed at major colleges. All are invited.
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Zanita Graf Ashe
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Woman's Club
College Club
Ccollege
Hithe
Farmer Quits Not Strikes Says Farmer in Arizona Case
Aviz February report from Tombstone notes farmer D. I. Smith near Wilcox testifying as juror in the Harry E. Wootten kidnapping trial. The case concerns deportation of 4185 striking copper miners and sympathizers from Bisbee to Columbus New Mexico. Smith says farm practice is to quit work rather than strike and has no prejudice against unions.
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Tarim
D. I. Smith
Wilcox
Harry E. Wootten
Bisbee
Arizona
Columbus
New Mexico
Smith
Plans Completed for New Grammar School in Cheyenne
Plans and specifications for the new grammar school in Cheyenne are on file at the Hynds Building. Bids due by 2 p m March 8 with a $3000 certified check. The board will set the contract for a projected $90,000 building to begin soon. the high school will start when the grammar school is finished.
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Cheyenne
William Dubois
Hynds
Phillips Nominated United States Minister to the Netherlands
William Phillips, named by the president for the post in the Netherlands, has served in the state department since 1944 and as first assistant secretary. A Harvard graduate born in Massachusetts, he began diplomatic service under Roosevelt and Taft, held posts in London and Peking, and later worked with Harvard University before returning to Washington in 1942.
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United States
Netherlands
State Department
Tien
Roosevelt
Taft
Massachusetts
Harvard
Mr. Phillips
London
Ambassador Gheatle
Peking
Department of Foreign Affairs
Harvard University
Washington
Notable American and British Figures Mark Key Deaths and Events
The record lists notable 19th and early 20th century figures with birth and death notes. George Lawson, John Quincy Adams, Elizabeth R. Thompson, Benjamin Disraeli are cited alongside events such as Cuba’s insurrection ending in 1878 and Keeley’s death in 1900. It also notes Harriet G. Wosmer’s death and a 1917 congressional prohibition measure.
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Elizabeth R. Thompson
U. S. House of Representatives
Rutland
John Quincy Adams
United States
Washington, D. C
Braintree
Mass
Benjamin Disraeli
Great Britain
Spain
Cuba
Leslie E. Keeley
Los Angeles
Harriet G. Wosmer
Watertown
Bavarian Premier Eisner Fatally Shot in Munich
Lieutenant Count Arco Valley killed Kurt Eisner the Bavarian premier as Eisner rode to the Munich Diet. The shooting occurred amid postwar instability in Bavaria and follows earlier tensions with the local government.
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Count Arco Valley
Wisner
Munich
Notable Births of 68 to 69 Years Ago Today
Individuals born on this date include Hampton L. Carson former ABA president born in Philadelphia now 68. Thomas Sterling US senator from South Dakota born in Fairfield County Ohio aged 69. Thander Matthews author and educator born in New Orleans aged 68. Also Otto H. Kahn prominent financier born Mannheim Germany aged 53 and Edward Ainsmith Detroit AL catcher born Cambridge Massachusetts aged 33.
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Hampton L. Carson
American Bar Association
Philadelphia
Thomas Sterling
United States
South Dakota
Fairfield County
Ohio
Thander Matthews
New Orleans
Otto H. Kahn
New York
Mannheim
Germany
Edward Ainsmith
Detroit
Cambridge
Mass
Sports and Events Around the Caribbean and Americas Meet
The list catalogs winter and indoor sports meetings across multiple cities and nations. It notes racing in Cuba and New Orleans, AAU junior indoor nationals in Buffalo, New York indoor games, Canadian and Quebec championships, Army vs Navy basketball at West Point, a Tri state scholastic event in Cincinnati, a mixed golf putting tourney in Belleau Florida, and Cuban amateur championship in Havana along with a scattered auto event.
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Vavana
Business Men's Racing Association
New Orleans
Buffalo
New York
A. Gi
New York City
Winnipeg
Quebec
Montreal
Army
Navy
West Point
Cincinnati
Bélleau
Fla
Asheville
G. Glose
Havana
Automobile
San Weasetooe
Weta
Poincare Named to French Reparations Commission
Paris February 20 Raymond Poincare has been named a French delegate on the reparations commission. The move places the former premier among the delegation overseeing postwar reparation discussions and related duties.
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Paris
Raymond Poincare
Two Men Fined For Pool Hall Breach Of Peace
Bullade Harra and Verto Nazer were arrested early yesterday for creating a disturbance in a pool hall and brought into the police court yesterday afternoon on vagrancy and disturbance charges. Judge G. A. Swainsse fined each $25.
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Bullade
Harra
Verto Nazer
G. A. Swainsse
Cleveland Delegation to Visit Cheyenne March Fifth
Plans are set for visiting members of the Cleveland Manufacturers and Wholesale Merchants board to tour Cheyenne Wyoming on March 5. A luncheon at 4 oclock will follow an automobile drive of the city. Stone will be toast master, Governor Carey will address the visitors, and three Cleveland men are among the speakers.
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Manufacturers and Wholesale Merchants Board
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Sleveland
Ohio
Rotary, Club
Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce
Be. Stone
Robert D. Carey
Wyoming
Cleveland
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
B. W. Stone
J. M. Bruner
Charles W. Hiner
Randolph Leigh
M. H. Hartung
Frank Bon
W. E. Dinneen
William Grier
A. D. Kelley
Foley Kidney Pills Promised to Tone Kidneys Energize Body
An old time drug ad claims Foley Kidney Pills restore energy by toning the kidneys. It asks if readers feel tired and back hurts and cites Rev. W. B. M. Swyndale of Macon Georgia praising the product. Sold everywhere. Leader Want ads bring results.
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Foley
Rev. W. BF. M. Swyndale
Macon
For Sale ad with Foley products and humor
An old time advertisement fragment urges mailing a coupon to Foley & Co for Foley Honey Tar compound and other remedies. It includes product names such as Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Gathartic Tablets and mentions a brown rooster and red hen joke. It also notes a sale at O Connell s with phone numbers 273 274 and weekend hours.
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Sheffield Ave
Taiing
Foley
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