Wilsons message to congress cites cures for unrest
President Wilson urges budget reform taxation readjustment of tariffs and measures to curb living costs in a broad message to Congress. He warns unrest stems from failed peace timely return to normalcy profiteering and agitators and calls for collective bargaining rights and labor stabilization to protect democracy.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
United States
Lane
New Jersey
Inbor
League of Nations
Red
Russia
Government puts the lid on coal supply
Washington dispatch reports wartime fuel restrictions ordered for the strike emergency. Garreth and the railroad administration limit coal to the first five priority classes, with public utilities urged to stop power provision to nonessential industries. Railroads, government departments, newspapers, and essential users remain served while regional committees enforce rationing. Industrial shutdowns expected. self powered plants may cease when stock runs out.
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Washington
Garreth
Railroad Administration
Army
Garfield
Farmers Up To Emergency War Aide In 1919 Output
Washington reports Secretary Houston states farmers aided war effort by boosting production. Wheat for 1919 up one million bushels from 1918, corn up 800 million, meat, milk, eggs, and poultry also set records. Crop yields rise due to better methods and machinery. recommends credit unions, marketing aids, road funding, stockyard and packinghouse regulation, safer feeds, and stronger rural school support.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
Farmers of America
Alexander Wills Alexander named secretary of Commerce
Washington December 3 Joshua Wills Alexander of Gallatin Missouri selected by President Wilson to be secretary of Commerce succeeding William G Redfield. Anaconda Standard announces suspension date December 4 due to a wage dispute with printers, walkout leaving three workers.
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Washington
Joshua Wills Alexander
Gallatin, Mo
Congress
Wilson
Commerce
William G. Redfield
Anaconda Standard
Anaconda
Mont
Montana
Aetirement
Fall Charges Mexican Aid to Reda Across Nation
Senator Fall of New Mexico in the Senate urged withdrawing recognition of Venustiano Carranza and severing diplomatic ties, claiming Mexican embassy and consulates aided revolutionary propaganda with Carranza's knowledge. Senator Ashurst backed protective measures for Americans both in Mexico and the U.S., proposing war force use if needed. Carranza, in Mexico City, faced a decision handed to him without Senate action, as relations with the United States were described as very delicate.
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Washington
Fall
New Mexico
Senate
State Department
Jenkins
Carmainza
United States
New York
San Francisco
Carl Franz
Ashurst
Arizona
Mexico
Asturst
Venustiano Carranza
Senute
House of Representatives
Department of A State
Garranza
Republic of Mexico
Carranza
Mexico City
Yank Abused in Mexico Across the Border Incident
W M Milton, a former service man, is in an army camp hospital in Calexico after claiming two Mexican policemen in Mexicali beat and kicked him into unconsciousness then left him in the street. He says he was arrested for intoxication and escaped toward the U S. Mexican authorities say they are investigating and hold the accused policeman in jail.
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Calexico
Cal
W. M. Milton
Mexicali
California
Milton
Noy
Une
Railways Fatalities and Injuries in 1918 Report
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports that for the year 1918 steam railroad operation caused 8,007 deaths and 64,144 injuries. Non train incidents added 589 deaths and 110,481 injuries. Among railway workers, 164 were killed and 2,882 injured in car coupling. Additional casualties arose from contact with obstructions and falls, totaling 80 deaths and 14,583 injuries.
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Washington, Dec
Interstate Commerce Commission
Half Billion Gain in U S Treasury
Washington report shows nearly 500 million dollar increase in receipts for fiscal 1919 over 1918. Ordinary receipts 4.847 billion, ordinary disbursements 15.866 billion. Gold reserves rose to over 2.48 trillion? details follow with Panama canal figures and Liberty bond retirements to reduce debt.
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Washington
United States
Panama Canal
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury Department
Glass
Congress
Farmer a Great Stabilizer
Gov Frank O Lowden told the United States Association of Tast and Expositions at the Auditorium hotel that farmers are the country’s greatest stabilizer. He said if not for 6 000 000 farmers he would despair of America’s future and that progress must come from farmers.
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Chicago
Frank O. Lowden
United States Association of Tales and Expositions
Auditorim Hotel
America
Ghost in Chimney Turns Fatal Quit? Not Quite
New York dispatch reports Ridge Street tenants heard groans from a two day haunting. Detectives and firemen opened a chimney and pulled out David Cohen, a pushcart peddler, who said he planned to end his life by jumping down the 11 story chimney after a bad spell in business.
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New York
Ridge Street
David Cohen
Surplus Army Stocks Sell For 73 To 80 Cents On Dollar
Acting Secretary Crowell told Congress that over the past year the government realized between seventy three and eighty cents on the dollar for surplus army stocks held in the United States. The total received for material sold in this country was 476,127,874, excluding 01,085,421 of stocks transferred to other government departments.
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Washington
United States
Crowell
Congress
That Wonderful Boy and Father’s Quip at Walker
A humorous exchange unfolds with a father recounting his son’s remark to Walker, followed by Prient noting the punch line three times last night and again in the morning. The brief vignette captures a lighthearted family moment and public ribbing among acquaintances.
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Walker
Prient
Boschee’s Syrup Ad Summary
Boschee's Syrup has long been marketed for coughs bronchitis and colds. It claims to ease throat irritation promote restful sleep and facilitate morning expectoration. The ad asserts high influenza mortality and notes nationwide domestic use in American homes.
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America
Ocean Like anoth er World in Calm Seas
A reflection on the ocean as a new world with unknown laws and endless depths. Imagery of crystal waters revealing fantastical forms, rocky arches, Alpine-like landscapes, and mighty deep creatures. The piece contemplates the blue abyss and is tempered by a wry joke about corks becoming cheaper.
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A. M. Hall
Verily Verily Brown Hope Phrase Sparks Curiosity
Fragmentary line references Brown Hope and Green True with a stray remark about a nibble that keeps a man Ashing all day. The text reads like a cryptic aside or aphorism with no clear event or identifiable entities to anchor a standard news item.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Systemic Cure for Deafness
Advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional remedy. It explains the inflammation of the mucous surfaces and Eustachian tube causes hearing loss if not treated, offering a $100 reward for a case it cannot cure. Ends with dealer details and circulars.
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Hall
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
The Cordon Bleu Origin and Its Colorful Heritage
A compact history traces the cordon bleu from Henry VII era orders to a term for top cooks. It explains the blue ribbon cross and how the title evolved from elite knights to distinguished chefs, with names like Comte d Olonne noted. It ends with a reflective line on life and endeavors.
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Littre
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