Mexico Refusal to Release Jenkins Sparks Tense Note
Mexico replied with a sharp note to the United States over the Jenkins release case. President Carranza directs the reply arguing no basis in law for releasing the agent while his case is adjudicated. The State Department warned of worsening relations if further consular meddling occurs.
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Washington
Mexico
el Paso
State Department
Carranza
Sabaya
E Cluj
Ient
Jenkins
Jarranga
Queer Happenings: Hunger Strikers Ignore Thanksgiving Meal
In New York on November 27, 67 hunger strikers labeled as “elite island soviet radicals” faced deportation. They refused to end their hunger strike, while three of the group ate a Thanksgiving meal provided by immigration authorities amid ongoing protest and shouting.
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New York
Turkey
End of World Forecast By Stray Comet Predicted
A hazy diary leads to fear as a French astronomer’s celestial stranger foresees doom between December 17 and 20. News from Mexico City reports suicides tied to the prophecy, while a Cananea dispatch notes growing panic and further reaction across Mexican cities.
Borah Outlines Plan for Legislation on Congress Reopen
Senator Borah a Republican and anti league of nations figure outlined a program for the coming session urging Congress to focus on immediate American needs in a formal statement from Washington dated November 27.
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Washington
Congress
Senator Borah
League of Nations
Noted narcotics and a shot at Varennes details fragment
The text recalls Harry Davis a tobacco foreman and a chaotic scene near Varennes France with American troops advancing on the Meuse. It depicts intense combat as a bullet impacts a soldier, while references to a wounded Davis appear amid foggy dialogue and damaged lines.
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Ory Davis
Dimeccote
France
Bocie
Varennes
Peanee
Alro River
Meuse
Davis
Borah Urges Peace Legislation and Economy Measures
Senator Borah advocates a bill to declare peace and restore peacetime government powers while reining in excesses. He calls for order in transportation, checks on profiteering, troop return from Russia, and a disciplined economy. He criticizes league supporters and political interference in rail systems.
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Trussia
Borah
League
Governors to be called to provide coal relief amid strike
Kansas and Missouri governors weigh federal action as coal shortage worsens. Governor Gardner threatens a meeting of coal producing states to seek relief, while Governor Allen calls for state power and volunteers to work Kansas mines to ease famine. Kansas University football staff consider volunteering to dig coal.
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Kansas
Kansas City
FP. D. Gardner
Missouri
Nnless
Jasticr
St. Loouis
Chicago
Indianapolis
Gardner
Salt Lake City
Topeka
Kans
Henry J. Allen
Kapgas
Fifty-one Day Nap Ends as Mintz Sets Sleep Record
New York reporters confirm Mrs. Dora Mintz achieved a 61 day unconscious period with intermittent wakefulness. Dr. R. J. Wilson hospital superintendent notes her condition improves with a milk and ginger diet and expects further wakeful intervals.
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New York
Dora Mintz
R. J. Wilson
Necklace auction fails after low bid for Peter the Great relic
London auction sees only 67 000 pounds offered for a pearl necklace claimed to be Peter the Great's mother’s, far below the 350 000 pound minimum set by the auctioneer. The piece features 128 pearls with the largest at 28 grains.
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London
Peter the Great
Unexplained Fireball and Concussion Reported Across States
Chicago on Thanksgiving night saw an unusual illumination described as a ball of fire or flare followed by a concussion. Residents in Indiana and Illinois reported the event affecting wires and news reports. Astronomers favored a falling meteor theory, though some remained cautious.
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Chicago
Indiana
Tinois
California Has Nothing on Wyoming Today Snow There and Big Wind Uproots Scenery
A coastal gale battered California with speeds from 84 mph on Mount Tamalpais to 32 mph in San Diego. Mountain tops saw temperatures as low as 26 degrees. Winds uprooted trees and damaged orange crops in central California, while snow covered Los Angeles and the Pasadena mountains. Two inches fell near Riverside at the army aviation field.
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San Francisco
Mount Tamalpais
San Diego
California
San Francisco Bay
Los Angeles
Pasadena
Army Aviation Field
Riverside
Hainesworth Lands Turkeys In Cheyenne Membership Drive
William Hanesworth tops Cheyenne with ten turkeys as prizes for Woodmen of the World recruitment. Phoenix Camp No 144 awards a turkey for every three new members. Hanesworth has 30 new members, another brother 20, and the camp has added 130 in Cheyenne, with discharged soldiers admitted free.
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William Hanesworth
Cheyenne
Hannesworth
Phoenix Camp No. 144
Hanesworth
Phoenix Camp
Hawley Sues Railway Express Over Minerva Death
In Converse County Douglas Wy Nov 27 Hawley attorney leads the bar in a suit for damages by Robert D Hawley against American Railway Express company for the death of Minerva, a White Orpington hen, attributed to neglect. Damages $10.00.
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Minerva
Orpington
Trans
Longest Love Letter Unfolds in Mail Service
In Carper Wyoming a postal mishap revealed a 27 foot long papyrus love letter addressed to My Dear Cy. Poor handwriting and a torn packet caused clerks to unwind and reassemble the scale of the missive, exposing one of the era’s longest correspondence items.
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Carper
Wyo
U. S
Queston
Clarks
Post Office
Coal Operators In Velvet After 1917 Profits
William G. McAdoo declared that coal operators must now be in velvet after profits in 1917 were several times the total capital invested. He issued the statement amid the coal controversy and said operators claim confidential information was given out.
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New York
William G. MeAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Brotherhoods Meet to Discuss Hines Offer in Train Service
About 600 general chairmen from four railroad brotherhoods met in Glevelland to review Chief Hines of the railroad bureau offer of time and one half overtime with constraints lifted. The convention adopted a plan to send four organizers to Washington to negotiate, and a telegram requesting a reply was dispatched for Tuesday December 1.
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Tines
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Operatora
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Converse County
Hawley
Meadoo
Brotherhoods
Hines
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