Government needs nearly five billion for next year
Washington reports estimates from Lec Petaty show total government outlays near 4.66 billion dollars for the coming year, an increase of about 1 billion from the current year. War costs dominate. Army and Navy requests total over 4100 million, with pensions, public works, and miscellaneous items adding substantial sums.
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Treasury
Harding Faces Busy Round of Meetings Today
President elect Harding planned a heavy schedule of conferences today with key stops in Washington and Marion. Although not public, the format included domestic and international talks with senators and party members as he moves toward potential White House meetings with Wilson and cabinet figures.
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Harding
Washington
Marion
Unclear OCR: pays fine and cash exchange noted
Fragmentary text reports a $2 fine and a $1 bill transaction with eight dollars returned. Details are garbled and hard to interpret, but the snippet hints at a monetary exchange tied to a fine. No clear persons or organizations are identifiable.
Equity Union handles vast produce trade across regions
Chicago reports Farmers Equity Union moved butter and eggs sales this year totaling 2,000,000 dollars while grain handling tops 150,000,000. Betts, national vice president, describes extensive co operative network with 550 exchanges and several creamaries and coal operations. Dividends cap at 3 to 7 percent. surplus shared among members.
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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to President
An unidentified obfuscated clipping reports a Nobel Peace Prize award to a president. The readable fragments hint at an official ceremony and international acknowledgment but lack clear names, dates, or locations.
President Wilson Annual Message to Congress Highlights Democracy and Finance
President Wilson delivers annual message to Congress emphasizing democracy’s role to lead the world, urges action against injustices, and outlines fiscal policy. He notes war debt maturities, budget reform, and taxation changes as essential to postwar recovery and national solvency. He calls for economy, revenue discipline, and a clear plan to retire floating debt while maintaining government services.
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North Dakota bankers pledge aid to state relief effort
About 400 North Dakota bankers convened in Bismarck to back the Bank of North Dakota and state administration in easing the current financial stress. They discussed pooling funds, selling bank bonds, financing the Grand Forks mill and elevator, and urging farmers to sell at least 10 percent of their wheat to reduce debts. The conference, opened by J Weiser of Fargo and Wesley McRowell of Marion, aims to keep punitive initiatives and political wrangling out of the effort.
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Noted Alaska Policy Sparks Congressional Debate
Notes on Congress report by territorial governor Thomas Riggs Jr criticizes sentimentalists and calls for a broad policy recognizing invested capital and individual welfare. Washington wires report 1,000,000 requested for forestry cooperation with states and fire protection standards. House rule limits Johnson immigration bill debate to four hours. minority report prep days granted. Unemployment inquiries probe federal relief options. measures to revive war finance and extend farm credit discussed, with resistance from some senators who fear inflation and market disruption.
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New England
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The Million Dollar Suitcase serials begin in Herald
The Grand Forks Herald will publish The Million Dollar Suitcase as a serial in its evening edition starting Saturday. The editors promise the opening installment will be memorable and not to unify it with later parts.
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Grand Forks Herald
Herald
Jewelers Held Up In Chicago Robbery
Four armed bandits robbed a West Side jewelry store at noon, locking proprietors and a clerk in an inner room. They escaped with rings and watches valued at about 25 000 dollars and 800 in cash. No trace of the suspects was found.
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Telegraphic Briefs Snapshot of scattered reports from across regions
Excerpted telegraphic briefs cover varied items from boxing in Milwaukee and tobacco prices in Owensboro to a Rome epistolary note on D Annunzio and meat price trends in Washington. Other items reference a parliamentary vote, Salisbury events, and a Kentucky prison reform context, all in terse, fragmentary form.
Democracy Test Theme in President's Annual Message
President declares democracy at its final test and urges tax reform independence for the Philippines and aid to Armenia. Congress adjourns after reading the annual message while debate on meat packing regulation is postponed. President calls for a workable budget and criticizes autocracy trends abroad.
Efforts to Arrange Truce in Ireland Widely Discussed
London dispatch reports efforts to arrange a truce in Ireland dominate morning discussions. Dublin and London sources dated December seven convey varied Feiner perspectives.
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London
Dublin
Automobile crash in Washburn town erodes week’s end
Odonist Bramaryk of Minnesota and Virginia, said to have died in a car crash yesterday near Washburn. His wife, identified as Mrs Bramaryk, reportedly survived the collision as authorities investigated the circumstances of the Eradn week accident.
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