Woolmen Gather in Annual Session Amid Denunciations
The fifth annual meeting of the National Woolgrowers Association opened January 10 with a scathing denunciation of U.S. manufacturers and railroads. President Hagenbarth urged unity against costs and policy, calling for a major fund for the “Vote More Lamb” campaign as leaders warned sheep producers face industry challenges.
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Wileon Braves Snowstorm and Westington-Vreven Action
Wilken braced the severest emmetore of the season as Walken faced the White House groans amid cold winds and heavy snow from the west. Large stocks of whisky and spirits seized in New York by internal revenue officers since January 1.
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Escaped Armenian Girl Reaches America After Rescue
Mie Varteneuseh Karaghousian, the first Armenian girl freed from Arab slavery to arrive in America, was rescued by Near East relief. She bears a branded mark on her hand and endured exile and torture before surviving the march into Turkish territory. Her escape from Jerusalem and arrival at Beirut led to contact with a brother in America, who learned of her fate through relief workers.
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Postwar quirks and odd inventions in the era
The report notes odd tech notions such as a camel with built in electric lights and a syringe device. a German maker markets a novelty "vertel bosom" paper birth. It cites rising postage revenue since December with near 260M expected, and mentions beet samples from new European states with guaranteed autonomy.
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Seminole Indian Customs on Punishments and Outlawry
The Seminole operate strict self governed penal rules for lawbreakers including banishment for certain periods and possible death as a penalty. Authority rests with the council and enforcement has been rare, last seen when a Seminole woman killed the wife of a white man and destroyed her chat.
Pan American conference opens with Wilson message
President Wilson from his sick room sends greeting to finance ministers and visitors at the Pan American Union opening on January 1. He says Pan America seeks no selfish purpose in aiding reconstruction and will view duties as a privilege. Secretary Lansing and Secretary Glass echo the duty to support post war recovery as delegates convene.
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Deportees Berkman and Goldman Enter Soviet Russia
Undesirable aliens led by Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman arrived in Terijoki Russia at 2 p.m. Monday January 19. They were welcomed by cheering Russians as they crossed the frozen river Systerbak near the wrecked town of Blelo Ostrov.
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Wash. pulp mills near spruce supply exhaustion
Washington reports that within twenty years about five percent of the nations pulp and paper mills, mainly in the East, will have exhausted their spruce hemlock and fir timber supplies, the chief woods used for newspaper print.
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Girt Leaps to Death from City Hall Window
Oukinod Cal Pearl Whitford, 23, previously jailed for 25 days on narcotic law violation, leapt or fell from the fourteenth floor of the city hall. The death is under police inquiry with no immediate motive disclosed.
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Aid for Disabled Fighters In Proposed Aid Plan
Washington considers an appropriation of 85 million dollars to be spent over four years for hospital and related facilities for discharged soldiers sailors marines and nurses under the public health service.
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Raid on radicals in Seattle nets 700 arrests
Federal deportation warrants and Seattle police carried out a sweeping raid Monday aiming to break the backbone of union activity in the Northwest. More than 700 suspected radicals were detained during the operation led by Juxtien agents.
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Boy Fatally Harmed After Incident at Colton Home
In Colton near here a 1-year-old boy struck M. Pecheo after Pecheo climbed through a window at the Juanita home. The incident involved the boy's mother San Bennamiino, Cal. Demente Ju anita. The events left Pecheo fatally harmed and are under investigation.
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Sleeping Sickness Claims Third Spokane Victim
Charles Hartman a local butcher dies Sunday night after a weeklong illness from a strang e malady in Northwest Spokane marking the third death linked to the sleeping sickness scare.
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Coates brothers jailed in vhen violation case
Ernest Coates and Ralph Coates were sentenced to imprisonment in Vancouver after being charged with violating the criminal syndicalism act. They acted as agents for the Industrial San Francis and Bethlehem Shipbuilding firms, restraining picketing by the workers at plants in Vancouver and elsewhere.
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Westerners Draft an Arid Land Bill for Irrigation Finance
Western governors and delegation drafted a bill to finance irrigation and drainage projects via treasury advances up to 250 million dollars, with bonds to be issued as payments arise. The measure favours veterans with a 60 day entry preference and envisions federal cooperation with states, counties, and private entities.
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Takes Fling at Profiteers and Campaign Promise
New York briefing notes William Jennings Bryan asserted profiteering and monopoly were key issues for the coming presidential campaign. He labeled profiteers as a major threat to national interests while urging reforms to curb abuses.
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