Miners End Strike As Wilson Plan Accepted
Indianapolis December report states 0,000 bituminous miners accept President Wilson's plan. United Mine Workers issue telegraphic orders to 4,000 locals to resume work at once with an official ruling to follow. Attorney General Palmer also notes government acquiescence and calls for a tribunal to fix wages and prices within 60 days.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Wilson
Lewis
United Mine Workers
United States
Garfield Feft
Tutanity
Washington
Palmer Segues
Palmer
Messia
Lewis and Green
Woodhkow Wilson
Lemon Tree Produces Oranges in Egypt Tale
The Journal of Hered ay reports a lemon tree believed to be an Italian variety transplanted to Egypt. When fruiting, lemons appeared more spherical with an orange stripe and one branch yielded a large fruit clearly an orange.
Shrapnel Cartridge Case Materials Examined
Shrapnel cartridge cases are described as using a material commonly considered for explosive projectiles. The text notes the typical composition and properties of such case materials as part of a technical discussion.
Unclear Fire Alarm and Epidemic Statistics Fragment
Fragmentary notice describes a gear fire and an odd anecdote about apes and torches. It mentions gorillas gathering near a deserted campfire for warmth but not reigniting embers. A separate fragment references a great yellow fever epidemic with dated statistics and rubiished figures.
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Stanley
Copper Zinc Alloy Strength and Ductility Found
The alloy, composed of two parts copper to one part zinc, shows superior physical properties with high tensile strength and significant elongation when annealed properly.
Truest Sympathy Echoes in Action Across the Community
A protestation that true sympathy becomes real aid rather than words, urging concrete help and practical support as the noblest form of compassion. The remark underscores the importance of turning feeling into assistance for those in need.
Last great U S yellow fever epidemic ends in the South
The fever raged in the United States with 286 cases in southern Mississippi and 449 fatalities in total. This outbreak marks the last major yellow fever epidemic experienced in the country.
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United States
South
Mississippi
Wedding Superstitions From Rainy Day Beliefs
A compact note on old marriage folklore links rain to bad luck and cites proverbs such as "Happy is the bride that the sun shines on" and a saying about a wedding day omen. The piece reflects enduring beliefs about weather and fortune in nuptial customs.
McNary Sugar Bill Passes Senate With Oil Control Plan
Senate approves McNary oil measure continuing government sugar control through December 31, 1920 with federal purchase and sale authority by the sugar equalization board. It limits domestic sugar control to September 30, 1920 and prohibits licensing producers under Lever rules. Senator Pomerene criticizes Taussig. McKellar condemns Cummins railroad bill as Bolshevik.
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Washington
McNary
Senate
House
Senaors Runsdell
Guy
Louisiana
United States Sugar Equalization Board
Pomerene
Ohio
Taussig
Tariff Board
Cummins
McKellar
Tennessee
Senator McKellar
King
Utah
Contol
Senator King
Railroad Administration
Army education system aims for soldier efficiency at Camp Zachary Taylor
At Camp Zachary Taylor Louisville representatives from the army and educational institutions discuss a systematic course of education for the army. Maj. Gen. W. G. Haan notes this is the first United States effort to formalize military education to develop leadership and vocational skills.
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Louisville
Camp Zachary Taylor
United States
W. G. Haan
War Plans Division
General Staff
Washington
Halt Reds on Border Invasion Report Ordered
Immigration officials on the border were instructed by Commissioner General Anthony Caminetti to forward a report on the threatened invasion from Mexico by 50 Russian bolsheviks and 150 Mexican rebels. Caminetti showed little concern about officials' ability to cope given strong U S troops on the border.
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Washington
Anthony Caminetti
Mmigration
Morsico
Caminetti
United States
Pacific Mail Adds Freighters to New Trade Route
Twelve 3 600 ton freighters allocated to Pacific Mail Steamship to start a trade route from Philippine islands and Chinese ports to French Indo China Straits Settlements and India, the retiteny tis announced.
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Pacific Mail
San Francisco
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Philippine Islands
French Indo-China
Straits Settlements
India
Retiteny Tis
Insane Man Fires Warnings Then Shoots Four Near Moncton
A report from Rexton in Kent county says Robert Childs alias McIntosh, an apparently insane man, fired on four people after returning to a homestead near his former home outside Moncton. He shot a horse at the barn.
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Moncton
N. B
Rexton
Kent County
Robert Childs
Robert Alias McIntosh
Childs
Coal Strike Ended on Wilson's Terms
About 400000 bituminous miners nationwide were ordered to return to work as a reconvened convention of the strike officials meets. The plan offers a 14 percent wage increase and the appointment of a commission with full authority to consider further wage raises.
Deserter Crix Sentenced to Death in Switzerland
In Fribourg a former American soldier named Crix was condemned to death in contumacy for the murder of Italian traveler Volillermet. Crix, described as a huge, strong man, escaped custody and remains at large. fellow deserter Munzio drew seven years.
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Berne
Switzerland
Fribourg
Here
Crix
Volllermet
Munzio
Illinois Southern to Close Railroad Amid Losses
Federal Judge Carpenter ordered the closing out of the Illinois Southern railroad also known as the John R. Walsh property. Receiver J L Wheelock reported bondholders lost about 100000 in the last year as the Salem Illinois to Bismarck Missouri line suffered from the coal strike.
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Chicago
Illinois Southern Railroad
John R. Walsh
Carpenter
J. L. Wheelock
Salem
Ill
Bismarck
Reims Cathedral Restoration Planned Over Ten Years
Paris reports a ten year plan to restore Reims Cathedral with an estimated cost of 50 million francs about 10 million dollars. The project aims to complete the structure except for life size figures shattered by shell fire while many stone fragments have already been replaced using an artificial gluing process.
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Paris
Cathedral of
Reims
Cyclone Devastates Posadas and Parana River Vessel
A cyclone struck Posadas capital of Misiones province causing a sinking on the Parana River near the town. More than twenty people perished and many buildings and over 200 residences were wrecked. Neighboring towns also reported damage.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Posadas
Misiones
Parana
Villa reprisal raid on Muzquiz shocks Eagle Pass
In reprisal for the execution of General Angles 400 Villa troops raided the town of Muzquiz Coahuila Several prominent citizens were taken away in the action reported from Eagle Pass Texas on December 12.
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Villa
Eagle Pass
Tex
Angeles
Muzquiz
Coahuila
Man Fires On Animals And Neighbors During Barn Fire
A man shot cattle and horses during a barn fire and then fired on two neighbors who rushed to aid the animals. Mrs Childs and one neighbor are in critical condition. Police investigate motive and location.
Spring Predicts Storm on Zeigier Mountain Summit
Isleby Mont reports a barometric spring near the Zeigier mountain summit with weather readings suggesting an approaching storm. The note captures early atmospheric signals and hints at unsettled conditions ahead for the region.
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Isleby
Mont
Zeigier Moun
Labor and Capital Ease Strikes as UMW Urges Return to Work
Washington reports rapid decline in strikes and lockouts as United Mine Workers push membership to return to work per President Wilson plan. Fuel shortages easing with miners resuming daily tasks, factories set to run full time and costs likely to fall. In November, 17,439 women were affected by nonstrike disputes.
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Washington
Wilson
The
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Miners’ Organization
Sinn Fein member arrested in Dublin raids
Thomas Kelly, Sinn Fein MP, was arrested in a series of police and military raids. Houses searched included Count Plunkett’s. Other arrests followed as prisoners were moved by military lorries and rowboats to a warship bound for an English port.
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Dublin
Ireland
Thomas Kelly
Sinn Fein
House of Commons
Count Plunkett
Kelly
Kingstown
Wormwood Scrubbs
London
Smallpox Case Found Aboard Brittannia Steamer
The French steamer Brittannia arrived from Marseilles and the Azores with a smallpox case in the steerage. Quarantine officials vaccinated nearly a thousand people, and the ship was held for disinfection. Eight hundred eight steerage travelers were moved to Hoffmay Island for observation.
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New York
Marseilles
Azores
Hoffmay Island
Young Women's Christian Association Sets 1820 National Convention
The YWCA announces a national convention to be held in Cleveland Ohio during the week of April 1820. The event was postponed from spring 1918 to comply with wartime travel restrictions.
Weathered Record Notes Storm Approach and Spring Flow
The text describes how spring flows change with storms rising about five inches during storm buildup. It notes rangers consult the spring frequently, indicating monitoring of water levels and weather influence on stream behavior.
Yeggs Fail to Find Cash in Empty Safe
Cleveland dispatch reports a burglary where alleged yeggs broke in and looted an empty safe, leaving no proceeds behind. Police investigation continues as details remain scarce.
Pershing Says American Army Won the War in France
General Pershing’s report to Secretary Baker details American forces in the Meuse Argonne, noting 22 American and four French divisions defeated 47 German divisions. It lists losses, captures, and material, and outlines plans to expand to 1,000,000 troops in France and broader strategic aims focused on cutting German supply lines and securing decisive ground.
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Washington
Perthing
Baker
France
Pershing
Meuse-Argonne
First
Sedan
Flanders
Paris
Verdun
Metz
Brieg
Briey
Moselle
Saar
Loraine
Passchendaele Ridge
Eleventh Engineers
Russia
Italy
Near East
Third charge of murder in Maud Virgo case
Lawton Michigan December 12 A third person is charged with the murder of Maud E Tabor Virgo as Joseph Virgo secret husband of the dead woman is served a warrant by Van Buren County Sheriff Andrew Lang Virgo has been held in the county jail for ten days of his own accord Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Glenn E Warner pressured him and he has kept silent about involvement in the death through an illegal operation on his fifth wife and her child and burial in the cellar of the Tabor home
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Lawton, Mich
Maud E. Tabor Virgo
Andrew Lang
van Buren
Joseph Virgo
Virgo
Glenn E. Warner
Tabor
Italian Delegation Denies Clash With D Annunzio at Flume
The Italian delegation in Paris denies Swiss rumors of a clash between French troops and Gabriele d Annunzio forces at Flume. They note no French depot has existed at Flume since September.
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D’annunzio
Paris
Gabriele d'Annunsio
Flume
Demand for shorter work hours sparks midnight debate
Three-Finger Sam calls for a limit on agitation for less work time as the clock strikes midnight. Cactus Joe complains that poker and a poor start ruin his chances for a short shift, dreaming of a six hour day.
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Three-Finger
Sam
Cactus Joe
Radical agitation in the United States report to legislature
New York December report outlines an organized Bolshevik influenced movement behind radical agitation. It blames three groups the anarchist Union of Russian Workers the syndicalist Industrial Workers of the World and the communist party of America for urging illegal overthrow. It cites New York and other industrial centers as headquarters for the campaign.
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New York
Joint Legislative Committee
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Sixty-eight U.S. papers back armed revolution
Representative Byrnes reports to the house judiciary committee that 68 newspapers in the United States openly advocate armed revolution to overthrow the government. He notes 28 are published or controlled by the I W W executive committee and that about 200 papers nationwide are classed as extraordinarily radical under post office second class mail rules.
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Washington
United States
I. W. W. Executive Committee
Post Office Department
House Judiciary Committee
Representative Byrnes
Dem
South Carolina
Highest figure on record for spring wheat in Minneapolis
In Minneapolis on December 13, the No. 1 dark northern spring wheat reached 3.40 a bushel, matching the market’s record high after weeks of steady gains. Millers’ brisk demand and export interest are cited as factors behind the record.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Chicago Chosen for GOP National Convention Next Year
The Republican National Committee selected Chicago as the convention city with June 8 set for the event. The decision followed a vote narrowing the contest to Chicago and St. Louis, 44 to 9 in favor of Chicago.
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Washington
Chi
Republican National Committee
Chicago
St. Louis
Treasury Acknowledges Public Money Remittances
The treasury department sends receipt notices to newspapers in towns where remittances are sent, even though the writer’s name is rarely given in the letters accompanying the money.
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Treasury Department
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Yank
Illinois Southern
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Yeggs
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Federation of American Agencies For
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