Wool Car Makes Extensive Tour of Wool States
The wool car of the U S Department of Agriculture left Livingston Montana January 19 and has toured Montana Idaho Wyoming and Utah reaching at least 6000 sheep growers. The exhibit educates on wool grading shrinkage and value and shows stages from fleece to finished fabric.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Livingston
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Utah
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Colleges
Woo
Federal Department
Cascara Bark Harvest in National Forests Sparks Concern
Government foresters report thirty six thousand pounds of cascara bark cut in Siuslaw National Forest Oregon in the latter half of last year. Demand remains steady for medicinal use in the United States and Europe. Bark peeling supports poor homesteaders but methods in private lands have depleted cascara trees, while National Forests aim to sustain future supply.
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Siuslaw National Forest
Oregon
United States
Europe
England
Germany
California
Washington
Portland
Doan's Kidney Pills End Kidney Pain, Says Mrs Coon
In a Dillon reader letter from October 16 1907 Mrs Effie Coon describes years of kidney pain and cold related flare ups. She credits Doan's Kidney Pills from Potts drug store with rapid relief and lasting cure. Over five years later she confirms the warning to seek Doan's Kidney Pills.
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Dillon
Effie Coon
Atlantic Street
Doan
Potts
Hamburgs Unique Ferry With Movable Deck
Hamburg possesses a steam ferry of an original type with a main deck that can rise or fall by machinery to adjust a sixteen foot level difference. The large framework guides vertical movement and electric winches raise or lower the loaded deck. This design avoids steep inclines for vehicles arriving at the port during tidal level changes.
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Hamburg
Lawyers and Liars in New York Witness Testing
A Pittsburgh Dispatch summary notes New York City eminent cross examiners rely on facial cues and body language to detect deception. Lip movement hands cheeks eyes and feet are cited as indicators. The piece warns a perfect liar would need a perfectly impassive face and stillness to escape detection.
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Eminent Cross
New York City
Blackstone
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Gerard to visit German emperor as hopes for understanding rise
Berlin reports say James W. Gerard American ambassador will meet the German emperor at the army headquarters. Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg plans to travel to Berlin to prepare Germany's reply to the latest American note. The Frankfurter Zeitung offers a more hopeful view that a path to avoid conflict may be found despite the world war.
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Berlin
James W. Gerard
Germany
von Bethmann-Hollweg
von Jagow
Gerard
Frankfurter Zeitung
United States
Labor unrest cited in May day review by AFL official
Washington Secretary Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor warned that industrial unrest across the United States was higher than in several years, in a May day assessment of the labor situation nationwide.
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Washington
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Child Poisoner Acquitted in New York Case
Mrs. Ida Sniffen Walt ers Rogers was acquitted by a New York Supreme Court jury of the murder charge in the December 29 1914 poisoning of her 2 year old son John.
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New York
Ida Sniffen Walters Rogers
Supreme Court
John
Nashville Lawyer Shot in Court Investigation Case
Nashville attorney Charles C. Traube, serving the city, fatally shot Harry S. Stokes chief counsel for the taxpayers in a court inquiry into city government. Traube was released on a $25,000 bond.
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Nashville
Tenn
Charles C. Traube
Harry S. Stokes
Traube
Rebels in Ireland Surrender Unconditionally Under Authorities Order
London reports all Dublin rebels have surrendered and country groups follow with unconditional terms. About 1,000 Dublin prisoners were sent to England. Enniscorthy rebels accepted surrender terms at 6 am. Wicklow and other counties remain quiet as Ulster settles.
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Dublin
England
London
Queenstown
Cork
Enniscorthy
Wicklow
Arklow
Dunlavin
Bagenaistown
New Ross
Clare
Limerick
Kerry
Ulster
Judgment Vacated on Bacon Shakespeare Authorship Claim
Chicago court will vacate its ruling that Francis Bacon authored plays and other works attributed to William Shakespeare after a judges meeting within the circuit court system.
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Bacon
Chicago
Francis Bacon
William Shakespeare
President Wilson Considering Intervention in Columbus Murder Convictions
President Wilson has received an appeal to intervene in the murder convictions of Mexicans convicted in a federal court related to the Villa raid on Columbus New Mexico. He telegraphed Governor McDonald seeking information about the cases.
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Washington
Wilson
Columbus
N. M
McDonald
New Mexico
Earthquakes Hit San Jose During May Day Festival
Twenty distinct shocks rattled San Jose Costa Rica on May Day causing widespread damage. Several buildings including churches and schools collapsed as residents observed the holiday amid the tremors.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Suffragists Send May Day Flowers to Wilson Cabinet
Washington leaders of the women's suffrage movement sent baskets of May day flowers to President Wilson and all cabinet members with messages urging support for a constitutional amendment granting women the ballot.
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Washington
Woman’s Suffrage Movement
Wilson
Evangelist Benjamin Fay Mills Dies in Grand Rapids at 58
Renowned evangelist and lecturer Benjamin Fay Mills died in a Grand Rapids hospital after a brief illness. He was 58 and, over ten years, reportedly converted about 600,000 people.
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Benjamin Fay Mills
Grand Rapids
Mich
Wolf of Wall Street Impersonator Conviction Upheld
The Washington Supreme Court affirms the New York federal court conviction of David Lamar known as the Wolf of Wall Street for impersonating Representative A Mitchell Palmer to J P Morgan and others with intent to defraud.
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Washington
the. . Supreme Court
David Lamar
Wolf
Wall Street
New York
A. Mitchell Palmer
J. P. Morgan
Philadelphia man charged with pamphlet attack on President
Government agents arrest H. B. Stilz a former draughtsman at the Philadelphia navy yard on charges he distributed a pamphlet attacking President Wilson.
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Philadelphia
H. B. Stilz
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Wilson
Grants Nine Hour Day At International Harvester
Chicago report says the International Harvester Company granted a nine hour working day with no pay cut to 12 000 employees after a strike by 5 000 workers in its two twine plants.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
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