Prominent Figures Clash Over Veteran Care Policy
Brig Gen Charles Sawyer, Harding's physician and federal hospital chief, faces criticism from Col A A Sprague of the regional rehabilitation committee. Sprague charges Sawyer blocks proper care for shell shocked veterans and delays hospital plans voted by Congress, urging him to stand aside while detailing thousands of mental cases in private and government institutions.
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Charles ©. Sawyer
Harding
Federal Board of Hospitalization
American Legion
Col
A. A. Sprague
Region’ National Rehabilitation Committee
Sprague
Army
Navy
Sawyer
Crissinger and State Banks Fall Out
The feud between national and state banks heats up as Comptroller Crissinger reveals a policy allowing national banks to run additional offices to compete with state banks. He admits to finding a means to evade the law against branches to help national banks survive competition. Twenty-two states permit state banks to branch, diminishing national banks in many cities.
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Crissinger
McCornick
Smoot to Head Senate Finance Committee in March
Reed Smoot Republican of Utah will become the next chairman of the Senate Finance Committee on March 4, succeeding Porter J. McCumber after his Republican nomination defeat. Born in 1862 in Salt Lake City, Smoot is a banker and woolen manufacturer, an apostle of the Mormon church, and a longtime watchdog of the treasury known for his tireless work and statistical mastery.
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Reed Smoot
Utah
Senate Committee On Finance
Porter J. McCumber
North Dakota
Smoot
Senate
America
Senator Smoot
Salt Lake City
Henry and Me sparks over Kansas rail strike feud
In Kansas a public quarrel between Gov Henry J Alten and editor William Allen White escalates after White hangs a sympathy placard for striking workers. Alten orders enforcement, White refuses, and White is arrested while Alten faces a forthcoming court ruling in October.
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Kansas
Henry
H. J. Alten
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations
William Allen White
The
Emporia Gazette
Henry and
Bill
Bopkins
Bond
Emporia
Seasonable Good Things From The Kitchen Cabinet
A collection of home preserving and canning recipes with steps for plum catsup apple and pepper sauce green apples and onions chili sauce and canning young beers. Also includes chicken mpas stuffed steak gurant pie tomatoes uxelles apple and blackberry jelly cold slaw and tips on serving and storage.
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Serson
Caby Huge
The Brule Chief Two Strike and His Silent Pen
Elmo Scott Watson recounts Brule chief Two Strike known as Nompaapa The Man Who Knocks Off Two who refused to sign a treaty promising to cede Stow lands He feared the pen would take something from him Two Strike fought in key Sioux wars and led attacks at Pine Ridge and near St Francis before becoming a skilled diplomat in Washington
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Washington
Stowx
South Dakota
Two Strike
Two
Colorado
Pine Ridge Agency
St. Francis Mission
Seventh Cavalry
Little Big Horn
Brules
Short Bull Sioux Chief Who Saw God and the Ghost Dance
Short Bull of the Brule Lions on Pine Ridge narrates how he believed a Paiute prophet named Wovoka was divinely sent. He describes how, after teaching the Ghost Dance, misinterpretation and resistance led to the Wounded Knee crisis and his own ostracism.
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Pine Ridge
South Dakota
Tatanka Precila
Nevada
Short Bull
God
Wovoka
Jack Wilson
Short Bul
Wounded Knee
Fort Sheridan
Chicago
A Memory of the Good Old Days with Living Pictures
The speaker recalls youth memories contrasting today with a time before moving pictures when people enjoyed living pictures. The remark evokes nostalgia for earlier entertainment and simpler pleasures.
Crop prospects glow across Western Canada in 1919
Saskatchewan and Manitoba report favorable conditions with a near bumper harvest expected in southwestern Manitoba, rye yielding high and weeds scarce. Ontario and Alberta show strong grain prospects, though northern Alberta sees moisture shortfalls impacting yields. widespread silos and dairy ventures expand farm operations.
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Manitoba
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Brandon
Caneian National Railways
Saskatchewan
Ince
Alberta
Edmonton
Spider Incident at Village Dance Sparks Funny Mixup
At a village dance a shy youth tries to remove a spider from a woman’s face. He bows and says Permit me, then confesses he has not been introduced to the spider. The woman demands an introduction while the arachnid clings to her neck.
Cuticura for Sore Hands Ad Features Soap Ointment
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum for toilet use and sore hands. It claims to remove surplus ointment with tissue paper and promotes Cuticura as a multipurpose remedy in hot conditions.
The Tie That Binds
Kriss speaks on marriage contracts noting it binds men for life. Kross adds it keeps men strapped for life.
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Kriss
Kross
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Juini Ule
Will White
Lis
Lord Hollentyn
Elmo Scott Watson
Western Canada
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Company
Detroit, Michigan
General Motors Corporation
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