Republican Conventions Balloting Through the Years
The piece notes the 1920 Republican convention required ten ballots to nominate a candidate, with Harding emerging as the dark horse over Wood, Lowden, and Johnson. It contrasts this with earlier years where selections were made in fewer ballots, citing Garfield, Harrison, Hayes, Lincoln, Blaine, McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, and Hughes, and mentions acclamations in 1900 and 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
Senator Harding
Wood
Lowden
Johnson
Garfield
Harrison
Hayes
Lincoln
Blaine
McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
Hughes
Raising of Sheep Across Canada and Dominion Efforts
In the Commons Tolmie cites global sheep totals and Canada’s efforts to boost flocks. Provinces use pure bred rams, contests, higher wool prices, and share-based flock programs. Saskatchewan shows a four year rise in wool consignments and price, mirroring moves in other provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Tolmie
Dominion
Australia
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Agricultural Gazette of
Canadian
Co-operative Wool Growers’ Association
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Co-Operative Branch
Department of Agriculture
Dominion Statistics Bureau formed in Canada
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics in Ottawa replaces the Census and Statistics Office. Its aim is to standardize data collection across provinces and compile national figures. The first annual report by Dominion Statistician R. E. Coats covers the year ending March 31, 1919, detailing progress and uniform methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa
Census and Statistics Office
Canada
Dominion Statistician
Ro T E. Coats
Dominion
Inquisitorial powers for data and government collection limits
The text argues that lacking inquisitorial powers hinders securing information and copyrighting collected data is not feasible. Government collection faces challenges in determining the scale of statistics to profit from, since benefits must match the effort and cost involved.
Hoover stands for patient, educative labor policy
Governor Allen and labor leader Gompers react to Hoover on compulsory arbitration as socialistic without terminology. Hoover urges patience, public opinion, goodwill, and nonultimatum settlements, preferring education of labor to win its place in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Hoover
Kansas
Gompers
Herbert Hoover
Currency Fluctuations Explain Civil War Bond Opportunities
An article in Home Bank Monthly recalls Canadians could buy U S government bonds on favorable terms after the Civil War because the dollar fell to about forty cents in Canadian currency. It notes U S money was weak, bonds sold at low face value, and gold spiked to a premium in 1864.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Bank Monthly
United States
United States of America
Lee
Appomattox
New York
Portuguese Man of War and Its Tentacles Draw In Sea Life
The Portuguese man of war travels in warm Atlantic waters carried by the Gulf Stream and can wash ashore along the U S coast. Its six inch air buoy bears a colored crest, with long tentacles that reach forty to fifty feet. Tentacles paralyze prey and injure humans, while the man of war pilot fish shelter under its tentacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Gulf Stream
United States
Remarkable immunity in pilots against sting from tentacles
Fishes often meet their fate as pilots appear unusually immune to jellyfish stings. The immunity may stem from a secretion that prevents tentacle stinging cells from adhering to them.
Armenia to the Wolves and Senate Refusal
The Senate declined to grant the President authority to accept a mandate for Armenia from the Allied powers. The piece argues the United States did not war with Turkey and failed Armenians by not acting, warning Britain must intervene to prevent Armenia falling to Bolshevik Russia or Turkish Nationalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate of the
United States
Armenia
Great Republic of the West
Little Republic of the East
Turkey
New World
Wilson
Russia
Anatolia
Lloyd George
Britain
Worthwhile or not primary spending, Wood remarks in Boston
General Wood argues in Boston that direct contact with voters via primaries may not justify the high costs. The discussion notes that lavish spending yields no real advantage and instead provokes opposition, with potential to breed corruption accusations and fail to secure a party’s national convention majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Wood
Boston
Washington
Wood
Lowden
Harding
Frank Gentleman
West Virginia
Patents Earned Millions From Hidden Innovations
An old patent office official recalls epoch making discoveries in process of patenting. He cites the phonograph as an example of unforeseen success after examination. He notes a metal heating process that seemed marginal but later generated about a million dollars yearly in royalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patent Office
United States
Patent
Treatment of Tuberculosis Claims Questioned by French Doctors
French doctors Kenet and Drouin report improvements in tubercu losis cases using a new treatment but Paris officials caution results are less sweeping than outlines suggested. The Secretary of the Paris Medical Ministry notes many patients improve and some may be cured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenet and
Drouin
Andem of Medicine of
Paris
Grenet
Possible TB Cure Not Yet Declared Final Solution
A cautious note on Drouin and another researcher’s experiments suggests a cure for incident and advanced tuberculosis cases may be possible, but experts warn against overoptimism. Historical claims, including Koch’s 1890 assertion, failed to yield a lasting remedy, so preventive measures remain essential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drouin
France
Koch
Wireless Strays in England Warned to Help Trace Signals
Amateur wireless operators across England are urged to report stray electric signals affecting reception. Observations link signal strength to weather at sending and receiving ends, noting better results when both ends are cloudy and stronger after sunset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Eiffel Tower
Spa Conference Delayed Again Amid European Deadlock
Germans press for talks with Allies leading to the Spa conference. The meeting time has already been delayed once and may be postponed again due to Italy’s political deadlock and Germany’s cabinet crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spa
Italy
Germany
Board of Commerce questions future role and value
The Board of Commerce debates its future function and effectiveness. Members seek clarity on whether the board will operate as intended or become a limited, inefficient cover that wastes resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commerce
The Shepherd Psalm Lesson From Psalm Twenty Three
Lesson on Psalm 23 explains God as the Divine Shepherd who feeds restores and guides his people. It emphasizes the shepherd’s care through green pastures rest safety guidance and comfort, plus the divine host and eternal presence with God. The material urges trust in Christ as the personal shepherd and source of nourishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezek
Christ
Ous
Three Orders of Beings by Ruskin
A reflection on human ranks: the lowest selfish, the second noble yet inactive, and the highest lost in contemplation. It warns that abstraction and lofty purpose can blind many to God’s work, leaving eyes sealed by vulgar selfishness and intelligence crushed by careless neglect.
King withholds knighthood for Samuel as he sails
London reports that the King did not confer a knighthood on Herbert Louis Samuel the high commissioner of Palestine. Samuel will depart for the Holy Land on June 20th after the June 24 dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Herbert Louis Samuel
Palestine
Holy Land
Also Mentioned on This Page
Medicine Hat Weekly News
City
P.O
Allen, Gompers
Vo B Kfitzwater
D. D. Escher
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
the Lord
Our Shepherd
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!