Senate Passes Fordney Tariff Bill Opens Conference Debate
The Fordney emergency tariff bill cleared the Senate 43 to 30 after more than twenty amendments. It now heads to conference with House leaders as critics allege the bill favors farmers while risking a clash over wool protections. Senator Moses denounced the GOP plan as unscientific and harmful to farmers, warning of a risk to the party.
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Senate
Uota
New Jeresy
Monee
New Hampshire
Nevada
Moses
Lodge
House
Genator Mores
Wilson
Merkle killed by police in Salt Lake City
George Blackie Merkle, fleeing arrest after bootlegging charges, killed a Salt Lake City officer and wounded another while resisting capture. His three crime cronies, arrested with him, pleaded guilty and drew long sentences. Confession links Merkle to earlier Battle Mountain shootout. In other news, Battle Mountain buyers purchase nineteen head of Durham and Hereford cattle to improve local range stock.
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George
Blackie) Merkle
Battle Mountain
Phelps
Merkle
Salt Lake City
Merkie
Oscar Robert Blaney
Pal
Martin
Anid Impla
Prinom
Portals
George Merkie
Los Angeles
Burns
Link
Battie Mountains
Blaney
Rabies Cases Drop in State Biennial Report
The State Hygienic Laboratory notes a marked decline in Pasteur treatment patients for rabies. In 1920 Ningmen cases fell to 19 from 27, with 32 in 1916 and 33 in 1915. The biennium employed about seventy hunters trapping to control mountain lion, bobcat, and coyote distributions. Fur sales totaled 1,659 pelts raising 10,947.80 dollars. 130,026 pounds of poisoned grain were distributed at five cents per pound. An Metropolis district association over 26,000 acres formed for rodent control saved an estimated 75,000 dollars after five men treated the area.
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State Federation
Acalpa
Metropolis
Why do poor lovers make good husbands
London notes discuss Mary Fulton’s view on national character in love and marriage. She suggests Englishmen are faithful and handsome, foreigners poor lovers, American men enslaved by courtship, German women utilitarian, French attractive, and English women best at keeping men. The piece ends promoting a Sentinel subscription for $3.
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London
Mary Fulton
Mary
Mins Fulton
Jacob
Loys
Probable Harding Cabinet Selections Reported
In St. Augustine on February 16, a Harding adviser says the cabinet lineup is narrowing to a core group. Potential appointees include Hughes as Secretary of State Weeks Treasury Mallon Interior Fall Agriculture Wallace Attorney General Daugherty Postmaster General Hays. Commerce and Labor picks remain undecided.
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Harding
Charles EB. Hughes
John W. Weeks
Frank
Low
Ren
the Treasury
Andrew W. Mallon
Interior
aAlbert B. Fall
Agriculture
Henry C. Wallace
Harry Daugherty
Will H. Hays
Commerce
Labor
Louis Shuffles Stir Public Dances Debate in St Louis
In St Louis on February 12, dance master F. Lester Clendenin condemned the recent “shuffle” craze as immoral and indecent, urging a city censorship board and licensing for dance halls. He warned of youths in low-cut bodices and whiskey on the premises, calling for stricter regulation and regular hall inspections.
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Bt Louis
St. Louis
F. Lester Clendenin
Board of Censorship
Clendenin
Chicago
Graham Rice Seeks Divorce From Wife in Reno Case
George Graham Rice, long based in Reno, has filed for divorce from his wife. The case is listed as Jacob Hersig versus Thermamutis Herzig with desertion charged.
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George Graham Rice
Reno
Jacob Hersig
Thermamutis Herzig
The Triumph of the Inventor in a Grimlight of Inventions
An article recounts Heinrich Ohthaver of Hamburg claiming a process to convert ordinary violins into Stradivarius quality before varnish and asserts that renowned musicians cannot tell the difference. It notes prior similar claims, skepticism about the secret, and mentions Ohthaver’s belief in spiritual guidance from the ghost of Stradivarius. The piece expands to praise invention’s reach into varnishing, bridges, strings, and broader chemical advances, contrasting natural Masterpieces with man made goods, and includes speculative remarks on caricatured modern chemists and synthetic products. It ends with musings on future chemistry and a predicted age of abundance.
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Heinnrich Obshaver
Hamburg
Germany
Arthur Nikisch
Herr Ohthaver
Ohihaver
Preas
Oblhaver
Columbus
Stradivarius
Dr. Slosson
Bertholot
Nevada State News highlights and court actions in Reno and Ely
Nevada State News reports a series of local items including the death of Walter J. Clayton in San Jose California, the murder trial of James Neven set for March in Reno, and a not guilty plea by Noren. Senator-elect T. L. Oddie departs Reno for Washington to prepare to take his Senate seat in March. University of Nevada seeks three swans from White Pine County, while State Engineer J. G. Serugham announces a draft federal bill on Colorado River rights. Indicted Victor Ajax and wife are released on bonds in Ely, with Brick Pohl held in New Mexico. A major land deal in White Pine involves Otto Meek purchasing four-sevenths of Guy Laval’s Baker ranch interests for about 300,000. Death Valley Junction borax plant to close, ending a notable industry era. Reese River area forms a 40,000 fund mutual to explore the basin below Austin, with a Wyoming drill for exploration and no stock yet offered.
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Reno
Washington, D. C
Washington
Senate
University of Nevada
White Pine County
J. G. Serugham
Colorado River
United States Senate
Victor Ajax
Federal
Grand Jury
Ely
Brick Pohl
Ajax
New Mexico
Evelyn Hawley
Bernice Kroman
Elsie Jenkins
Dorline Kendricks
Salt Lake
Otto Meek
Ogden
Guy Laval
Baker Ranch
Wyoming
Ogden Stock Yards
Evanston
Laval
Meek
Death Valley Junction
New York
Pacific Coast
Borax Company
Fsat
Bayonne
N. J
Reese River
Austin
Lecie
H. Newman
Ford says no Wall Street loan needed as car orders surge
Detroit February 14 Henry Ford rejects Wall Street loan sharks and reports January orders for sixty seven thousand automobiles. He vows no wage cuts, keeping a six dollar daily minimum. Twenty thousand workers are employed at the Ford plant as he says the motor industry underpins other enterprises and futures look up. He notes a push for government economy followed by citizens wiring Congress for more district aid.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Wall ‘Street
Ford
Candy Industry In San Francisco Beats Global Centers
San Francisco reports a sweets business exceeding 40 million dollars annually with more than 100 candy and chocolate manufacturers. About 317 million dollars in invested capital backs local production, and roughly 4,000 people work in the field. Rhine cites prohibition as boosting candy demand and warns experts of a sublimated jag providing alcohol without hangover.
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San Francisco
Henry Rhine
Western Confectioners’ Association
Rhine
Mormon Church Accepts Sonora Lands Offer
The Mormon church will accept Sonora's $100,000 offer for lands at Colonia Morelos sixty miles south of Agua Prieta abandoned after revolutions and used by Mexican squatters. Secretary George F. Gibba says the offer in American gold will be paid by squatters through Sonora's collection, with legal blanks for sale at the Sentinel office.
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Mormon Church
Sonora
Colonia Morelos
Auga Prieta
George F. Gibba
Heber J. Grant
Army gas used to exterminate pests prompts debate
In seaport cities gas has been used to kill rats quickly and army units prepare to work with the Department of Agriculture to target boll weevils in the south. The piece notes use in the Philippines and questions about deploying soldiers for pest control, while warning that gossip travels fast.
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Armien
Phillippines
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