Census Bureau takes over War Department aircraft section quarters
The advance guard of the census bureau in Washington occupies roughly half of a large War Department building and plans to take full control within months. The site will house a growing clerical staff and tabulating equipment for the 1920 census. Over 3000 packing boxes are prepared to ship schedules and supplies to 85,000 enumerators, with boxes returning filled schedules for data on population, homes, and farms.
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Census Bureau
Washington
War Department
Army
Bureau of the Census
United States
Unmarried Barred From Home Wine Privileges
The Internal Revenue Bureau proclaims only married people or de facto heads of families may make wine at home. Bachelors and spinsters are denied access to home wine, even for children, with only physician prescriptions seemingly able to grant a temporary exception. The policy sparks debate on proportional fairness and the broader aims of prohibition.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Marri
Senate GOP Fumbles Peace Treaty in 1920 Campaign
The New York Times critiques Republican leadership in the Senate for failing to unify the party around the peace treaty as the decisive issue for the 1920 campaign. It notes Lodge cannot marshal his own faction, while McCumber and McNary do not speak with a party-wide voice.
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Senate
House
New York Times
Lodge
McCumber
McNary
Litchenck’s Showng Inspires Confidence in Leadership
The passage argues Mr. Litchenck’s initial test shows modest progress in leadership, while Senator Lodge’s stature has diminished since Roosevelt’s era. It notes the west’s opposition to Lodge and questions his prospects in Massachusetts, linking his trouble to figures like David I. Walsh and Winthrop Crane.
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Litchenck
Senator Lodge
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Lodge
League of Nations
Massachusetts
David I. Walsh
Winthrop Murray Crane
Death of daredevil Rodman Law highlights tuberculosis menace
Christmas Seals report notes Rodman Law died of tuberculosis after risking death with stunts including sky rocket flights. Law survived many crashes but succumbed in a Greenville sanatorium. The National Tuberculosis Association rallies for a $6.5 million fund through the 1919 December Red Cross Christmas Seals sale to curb TB deaths.
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Rodman Law
Law
United States
Greenville
S. C
National Tuberculosis Association
Red Cross
Congress Procrastination Praised as Day of Reform Passes
The Springfield Republican laments the current Congress for delaying action on key issues. It notes minimal work since session began, with unresolved matters on reconstruction, treaty talks, rail privatization, immigration law, and the 1921 postponement of major reforms.
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Springfield Republican
Congress
House
Senate
Penrose
Senate Finaticve Committee
Republican NJ chairman urges clean campaign against Wilson
Chairman Stokes of the New Jersey Republican State Committee pleads for a no personal attacks policy on President Wilson. He asks speakers to focus on issues and questions, avoiding slighting comments as the public, though divided, rejects attacks on a president under stress for his country and the world.
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Stokes
Republican State Committee of
New Jersey
Wilson
Welcme
Poles and Germans clash over Silesia plebiscite fate
Report notes tensions in Silesia where Poles push for joining Poland while Germans seek to block a plebiscite. Authorities deploy police and an allied contingent including a few Americans to influence the outcome and manage immigrant influx amid voter intimidation concerns.
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Silesia
Poland
Citizens imagine King Albert in regal regalia in KC tram scene
In Kansas City the Independent reports locals think King Albert will appear in an ermine cloak and jeweled crown as he steps from the tram. The piece notes films have also shown both ordinary citizens and soldiers in varied dress.
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Kansas City
The
Independent of
Albert
Roosevelt Said to Have Written Millions of Words
The text asserts Col. Roosevelt, famed for action, authored about 18 million words across forty years of work, surpassing many writers and journalists in volume.
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Col. Roosevelt
Five Large Packers Dominate Food Trade Beyond Meat
The Trade Commission report on the meat industry shows the Big Five Chicago packers controlling more than 200 non meat foods including dairy, cereals, canned goods, and condiments. It notes expanded wholesale grocery reach, private transport, storage, and stronger market power reshaping U.S. food distribution.
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Chicago
The
Trade Commission
Big Five
Armour & Co
Prédnela
Indus
Commission Ford
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Cudahy
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Swift
Peete
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Libby
Cereala
Armour Grain Co
Armour's
Stork
Libby, McNeill & Libby
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Libby Baper
Armour’ Co
Aang
Salem
Wyoming Trust & Savings Bank
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Gainare
Stephen Bon
John Jay
Fred Hofmann
ES. Johnston
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Harry B. Henderson
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