04 Sep 1919
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Newspaper
Filer Record
Location
Filer, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1919
Page
1
Palmer warns that a true relief depends on government action and congress enacting food control amendments to curb profiteers. He cites progress with shoe manufacturers and urges consumers to avoid panic buying urged by national ad campaigns.
Senator Lenroat of Wisconsin introduces an eight billion dollar bill to unify the nation’s railroads under private ownership with guaranteed earnings. The plan would share management among security holders, the public, and employees and include provisions to share profits with workers.
Reported justification of the execution of nurse Edith Cavell by German forces as in accordance with “civilised warfare” laws. The item notes public indignation among Allied nations and cites a committee's view from the American press, August 37.
Washington reports a developing plan for the president to travel to the Pacific coast following weeks of uncertainty about a Western trip. A formal decision was announced Wednesday, detailing tentative schedules and the aim to secure commitments tied to national affairs and political momentum.
Glasgow Islay association presents the Photographic Album of the American Soldiers' Graves in Islay to the American Red Cross to honor U S soldiers who perished on the Tuscania and Otranto disasters. The album shows graves at Port Charlotte Kinaughton Kinabus and Killegan with a Mull monument designed by Robert J. Walker.
St Louis resident Thomas Morgan entered the city dispensary seeking eye care but told doctors of a “bitch” in his side that worried him. He was found to have nine traced rib injuries and internal damage and was ordered to hospitalize. He recalled the wagon incident in East St Louis but dismissed it at first while his side worsened.
The rocky Scottish isle near the southwest coast witnessed a major tragedy in transporting American troops to France. American graves there symbolize the heavy cost, as the Glasgow Islay association carried out a labor of love to honor the fallen soldiers.
A secret Spartacan circular outlines a plan to overthrow the government and spark a world revolution. It proposes tampering with Germany’s home guards, agitational leaflets for soldiers, postal workers, and railway men, and emphasizes delaying action to educate the proletariat. The document frames peace with the treaty as delaying the inevitable crisis.
Lew Haven of Conn to supply an original tune for Bright College Years set to The Watch On the Rhine. Yale aims to select a new air by late 1880. Murray Dodge, secretary, handles prize and submission details through the prudential committee and advisory board.
Doctor George E. White, representative of the American committee for relief, accuses Turkish authorities of deporting Greek populations along the Black Sea coast during 1916 and 1917. He describes crowded steamships, sanitary assaults, exposure, famine, and many deaths from tuberculosis and pneumonia as Greeks were displaced from Basilan and other settlements, with vast numbers left orphaned.
In Pottsville Pennsylvania Deputy Clerk Charles Hawk and Deputy Recorder Dager display a remarkably large egg. Measuring ten inches across, the shell contained two yolks and two shells, with a perfect egg inside the outer shell. The egg was laid by a Mi pwoeth Mark hop, owned by William Baker, a former Bear Towerts.
Seeps of fires blaze through Idaho forests near Lewiston and Rupert while communities rebuild. Talks of influenza among horses, labor day planning, and highway tourism rise as drought and winds drive fire response. Local farms report sheep losses, new canneries open, and a town grapples with water shortages and park bonds.
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