Budget System Urged To Cut Living Costs And Boost Production
President Wilson urges Congress to establish a single executive written budget with centralized control of all appropriations and a single committee review. He calls for tax simplification, ongoing food control extension, and a concrete labor policy to ease unrest while promoting fair wages, safe conditions, and collective bargaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilbon
Congress
Inc
House of Confess
Executive
Secretary of the Treasury
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Jungle Defined By Circus Lives
A teacher reads a jungle story to children and asks for a definition. A confident pupil answers that the jungle is where the circus lives, providing a playful, memorable definition.
Life of William Sydney Porter Known as Q Henry
The article outlines the life of William Sydney Porter born 1808 in Greensboro New York. It details a wandering early career in journalism across southern and southwestern states and a subsequent settlement in New York City where notable works were produced. It notes a period as a fugitive in South America due to financial troubles before his death on June 5 1910.
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Q. Henry
William Sydney Porter
Greensboro
N. Y
New York
South America
Tribute to Shakespeare and Winnipeg tax exemption debate
Tribute to Shakespeare cited by Lowell on the poet's broad reach across thought and action. In Winnipeg a political issue arises over tax exemption for houses valued under £2000, prompting public discussion.
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Shakespeare
Richard IV
Ulysses
Homer
Lear
Lowell
Winnipeg
Interesting Inventions And Notable Facts From Early Reports
Pennsylvania notes show workers lose six days yearly to illness. A wire fed coffee strainer fits any pot. England patents ball recovery nets for golf balls. A cigar lighter is added to a new motor torch. Queen Elizabeth of Belgium is goddaughter to Empress Elizabeth of Austria. A limousine with telescoping body aids camping. Danish science improves cheaper wood drying with rapid chem ion treatment. Milwaukee bowling pins use electric lamps to record knocks and reset. An English metallurgist detects steel impurities by polishing, acid etching, and ink proof. A century-old book mentions two poultry breeds in China and Egypt’s ancient incubation methods.
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Pennsylvania
England
Elizabeth
Austria
Milwaukee
China
Egypt
Pershing Wins Exam by Narrow Margin in Grammar Test
The Story of General Pershing notes how eighteen applicants faced the exam. Pershing won by a single point after Higginbothaim’s solution failed to align with the diagramming rules. Pershing’s diagram used a T-subject and Wave predicate with a run as the object, securing the appointment.
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General Pershing
Everett T. Tomlinson
States Army
Pershing
Higginbothai
Higginbothaim
Police Dogs Latest Fad in Postwar America
Belge, a Belgium police dog, becomes the first European born canine to accompany an American YWCA secretary to the United States. Miss Marion Alchin of Lynn Massachusetts received Belge from a touring army officer after meeting him in Coblenz where she worked at the hostess house. The four month old dog, prized for his pedigree and show success in Coblenz, marks a new trend as U S military officers bring back European police dogs.
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Belge
United States
Belgium
Marion Alchin
Lynn
Mass
Army of Occupation
Alchin
Coblenz
Giant Air Bus Built by M Blerlot at Faris
M Blerlot completed the air plant aerobus with trials at Buener drome in Faris. The craft carries twenty eight passengers and represents a new aviation development for the era.
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M. Blerlot
Air Plant
Aerobus
Buenerdrome
Faris
Saturday Half Holiday Origin in Scotland
A historical note states that a 1203 Scottish council under King William decreed Saturdays after the twelfth hour be kept holy so all could attend Vespers before Sunday. This established the custom of Saturday afternoon as a holiday.
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Scotland
William
Big Ben’s Bell Tops Royal Timekeeping Feat
The 14 ton Great Bell of Big Ben in London marks hours for the world’s largest clock. Its massive weight underscores the landmark’s enduring precision and fame.
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London
Bound to Do Some Good Courteous Seeds of Kindness
A brief Exchange note asserts that scattering seeds of courtesy costs little and will likely take root in others, spreading benevolence and happiness as they grow.
Side Cars for Mail Start in English Rural Areas
Motorcycle side cars are being adopted in England to transport mail in rural districts. The setup aims to improve delivery efficiency where fixed routes and vehicles are impractical.
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England
Had the Right Idea in Ancient Sanitation Advice
The text notes Cyrus the Great and Persians adopting Egyptian sanitary ideas to prevent sickness in armies. It highlights ancient prevention as superior to treatment and references large scale land reclamation in Holland and a long history of public health insight.
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Cyrus
Wartime Coal Regime Begins Nationwide Restrictions
Coal consumption rules take effect as fuel restrictions pause nonessential industry. Only first five priority classes plus public utilities, state and local offices, newspapers, and household suppliers receive coal. Retail dealers must curb deliveries to essential needs only, with distribution overseen by rail administration and state authorities under Lever Act provisions.
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Washington
Wuarthine
Girfield
Randhand
Army and Navy
Eocnt
Garfle Sidd
Railround Adminnstration
Railroad Co Administration
Uut
Railroad
Garfield
Itis
T Hive
Mitrond Administration
United States
Railroad Administration
United States Fuel Administration
Viscountess Astor Takes Commons Oath in Historic Debut
Viscountess Astor formerly Nannie Langhorne of Virginia became the first woman to sit in the house of commons. A roaring ovation followed as she signed the roll, with David Lloyd George and Arthur J. Balfour as sponsors.
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Viscountess
London
Viscountess Astor
Nannie Langhorne
Virginia
House of Commons
Strike Closes Big Plant in Pascagoula Miss
Mobile Alabama December 5 The plant of the International Shipbuilding company at Pascagoula Mississippi was ordered permanently closed as a reprisal against the machinists who walked out when their demands were refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
International Shipbuilding Company
Pascagoula
Miss
Anaconda Standard Suspends After Printer Walkout
Anaconda Mont December 5 The Anaconda Standard, one of Montana's oldest dailies, announces suspension following a wage dispute that led to a stoppage by all but three printers.
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Anaconda
Mont
Anaconda Standard
Montana
Referendum on National Prohibition Proposed in Congress
A constitutional amendment to hold a national prohibition referendum was introduced by Representative O'Connell Democrat of New York. The resolution seeks voter guidance on the dry law across the country.
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Washington
Dee
O'Connell
New York
Postal fire plane carries 30,000 letters to New York
A Washington to New York flight covered the distance in one hour and thirty four minutes with a mail load of 30,000 letters aboard. The craft traveled at a speed of 188 miles per hour along the designated line.
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Washington
New York
League Society to Send Message to U S on Senate
Brussels December meeting of the League of Nations society will draft a message to the American people and the United States senate. The gathering is supported by leading British and French advocates.
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League Society
Brussels
United States Senate
League of Nations Society
Seading
Rench
Chicago Tunnel Workers Strike Demands Raised Wages
About 2500 employees of the Chicago Tunnel Company operating electric freight cars under the streets are on strike demanding higher wages. The stoppage affects freight movement beneath Chicago.
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Chicago
Chicazo
Government 1920 21 budget estimates seek near five billion
Secretary Glass outlines wartime to peacetime transition with an annual budget nearing 5 billion for 1920 21 including the army and navy large overhauls and a war debt interest of about 1 0177 1 5 million dollars. River and harbor projects across the Midwest and Great Lakes receive hundreds of thousands to several million dollars in allocations.
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Washington
Glass
Congress
Glass of the Treasury
Mississippi River
Missouri
Minneapolis
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Grand Marais
Minn
Duluth and Superior
Keeweenaw Waterway
Michigan
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Ox River
Milwaukee
Wis
Waukepian
St. Joseph
Mich
South Tavon
Holland
Grand Haven
Muskegon
Munistee
Calumet
Calumet River
Indiana Harbor
Shinals River
Lake St. Clair
Senator Newberry Indicted in Michigan Election Fraud Case
Grand Rapids December 2. Senator Truman H. Newberry of Michigan and 138 campaign aides plus 720 party officials were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of election fraud corruption conspiracy and misuse of the mails. Indictments cover the 1971 primary and general campaigns with Henry Ford as opponent. Judge Clarence W. Sessions said evidence shows fraudulent expenditures between 500000 and 1000000 dollars.
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Mich
Truman H. Newberry
United States
Michigan
Henry Ford
Newberry
Clarence W. Sessions
Federal District
Alexander of Missouri Named Secretary of Commerce
President Wilson selects Joshua Willis Alexander of Gallatin Missouri as secretary of commerce succeeding William C. Redfield. In Boston Massachusetts The American Woolen Company reports a general wage increase across its forty mills in several states with no specific amount given.
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Washington
Joshua Willis Alexander
Gallatin
Congress
Wilson
Commerce
Willam G. Redfield
Boston
American Woolen Company
Henry C Frick Dies In New York At Seventy
Henry Clay Frick multimillionaire coal coke and steel magnate died at his Fifth Avenue home aged seventy following illnesses including ptomaine poisoning. Born 1849 in Overton Pennsylvania Frick rose from poverty to become a director of United States Steel and a key figure in Carnegie Steel. He married Adelaide Howard in 1881 and was shot by anarchist Alexander Berkman in 1892.
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New York
Henry Clay Prick
Multimilonaire Coal, Coke
Andrew Carnegie
Mr. Frick
Overton
Frick
Adelaide Howard
Asa P. Childs
Pittsburgh
H. C. Frick Coal and Coke Company
Mer. Frick
Homestead
Carnegie Steel Company
Carnegie
Europe
Alexander Berkman
United States
United States Steel Corporation
Good Price for Surplus
Acting Secretary Crowell told Congress that the government realized seventy three to eighty cents on the dollar from surplus army stock sales in the last term. Total receipts in the United States amounted to 476 million 727 thousand 874 dollars, not counting 61 million 985 thousand 321 dollars of stocks moved to other government departments.
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Washington
United States
Crowell
Congress
Russia and Poland Agree Prisoner Exchange
Vatican mediation leads to a prisoner exchange agreement between the Bolshevist Russian government and Poland. In Missouri a separate report states the state will operate Baraton county strip coal mines after a lengthy conference with operators and Governor Gardner.
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Bolshevist
Russia
Vatican
Rome
Poland
Jefferson City
Trappers Reap Fortune in Adirondacks Amid High Fur Prices
Saranac Lake reports trappers in the Adirondacks earning from 4000 to 5000 dollars weekly due to unprecedented fur prices. Some local schoolboys have made as much as 65 dollars per week.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
Dee
Adirondack
Legislature Ratifies Federal Woman Suffrage Amendment
The North Dakota House of Representatives voted 102 to 6 to ratify the federal woman suffrage amendment in an extraordinary session. The Senate had already approved the measure.
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Bismarck
House
North Dakota
Senate
Volunteer soldiers arrive to dig coal in Pittsburg field
Soldiers in army uniforms arrive in Pittsburg Kansas as the first contingent of volunteer workers to dig coal in the strip mines of the Pittsburg field. They come from overseas divisions and will join the coal mining effort amid wartime needs.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Gee
Doctor Darton Denied Residency in Rhine Occupied Zone
Amsterdam reports that American authorities refused Doctor Darton, a leader of the push for an Independent Rhenish republic, permission to reside in the area occupied by U S troops. The decision underscores resistance to self rule amid postwar occupation.
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Doctor Darton
Amsterdam
Rhenish Republic
Gone
Japanese Warships Seize Chinese District
Reports from Fuchow state indicate detachments landed by Japanese warships have arrested many Chinese in Amoy China. The city’s district is described as anti Japanese.
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Amoy
China
Fuchow
St. Louis Republic Published Last Issue
The St. Louis Republic, published for 111 years under various names, released its final issue as the paper’s plant was purchased by the Globe-Democrat. The sale ends a long heritage in St. Louis journalism.
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St. Louis Republic
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
President to Be Out Soon
Washington dispatch says President Wilson is described by White House officials as stronger and in better condition than at any time since his Western tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
White House of Ficias
Joliet Union Men Return From Skinner Mine
Eight men return to work at the Skinner mine in Braidwood. A meeting will be held that is expected to decide on the return of the remaining forty or fifty workers.
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Joliet
Braidwood
Reds End Hunger Strike Breaks After Week
New York December 2 68 radicals began hunger strike last Monday but all but five ate breakfast today leaving five still refusing. Hills island soylet event referenced in report.
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New York
Hills Island
Belgium denies arms to Mexico amid war scare
Brussels reports that the Belgian foreign minister denies Belgian factories supplied arms or ammunition to Mexico. He adds that only arms to a foreign country have been hunting rifles for Brazil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Trussels
Mexico
Brazil
Carranza Accused Of Instigating Mexican Plot In US
Senator Pall charges the Carranza government with Revolutionary propaganda through the Mexican embassy in Washington and consulates in New York and San Francisco. He also introduces a resolution seeking withdrawal of US recognition and severance of diplomatic ties. Senator Ashurst supports wartime use of forces to protect Americans on both sides of the border. Mexico City notes a secret session placing US relations as delicate.
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Washington
Pall
New Mexico
Senate
State Department
Jenkins
Carranza
United States
New York
San Francisco
Ashurst
Arizona
Mexico
Fall
Venustiano Carranza
Senator Fall
House of Representatives
Department of State
Republic of Mexico
Mexico City
Farmers Rose to Emergency in War Effort
Secretary of Agriculture Houston reports in his annual overview that American farmers boosted war production and helped avert world starvation. He cites 1919 wheat production up by a million bushels and corn up by 800 million bushels, with meat milk eggs and poultry also likely to exceed last year. He notes higher crop yields due to better methods and machinery and urges credit unions, marketing aid, rural school support, road policy, and sanitary rural improvements.
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America
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
Houston
Farmers of
Six Die In Destructive Explosion At Bogle Mine No 3
An explosion at Bogle mine No 3 near Clinton Indiana kills six men including company officers and injures three others. The disaster occurred in Jacksonville five miles west of Clinton on December 5.
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Clinton, Ind
Jacksonville
Clinton
Army artillery chief urges permanent office and brigade training
Maj. Gen. William J. Snow, chief of field artillery, urged in his annual report that his office be made permanent. He also proposed organizing artillery units into brigades for training purposes.
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Washington
William J. Snow
Field Artilery
Kansas Volunteers Dig Coal Amid Dust Storm Halt
Pittsburg Kans Dec 4 In the face of a real dust storm the volunteer coal diggers of Kansas moved into the strip pits and began turning out fuel despite the dangerous conditions and reduced visibility.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas
Hunger strike ends as I W W members eat noon meal
Tacoma witnesses the I W W members confined in the city jail end a hunger strike begun last Wednesday at noon. They declared the strike off and ate ravenously at the noon meal.
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W. W
Tacoma
Wash
Ministers Join Police Force In Western Scotland
In western Scotland ministers are leaving the church and joining the police force due to small stipends a United Free Presbyterian Presbytery meeting in Fife reported.
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Fife
Scotland
United Free Presbytery
Western
Ruling disappoints Toilers in Chicago wage dispute
In Chicago a federal judge grants a 74 percent wage increase to Packingtown workers led by the United Toilers movement,short of the 20 to 50 percent rise they demanded and hoped for.
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Chicago
Chico
Samuel Alschuler
Dr Carter's K and B Tea for Constipation
Home made tea offers a vegetable remedy for constipation. The article claims it cleanses the liver and bowels, reduces bilious attacks, headaches, and sallow skin, and keeps users fit with occasional use. Sold by druggists for many years, produced by 8 C Wells & Co Le Roy NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Carter
Seldrom
C. Wella & Co
le Roy
N. Y
FREGKLES AND POSITIVELY REMOVED ADVERTISEMENT ITEMS
An extended jumble of old ads and quips from Chicago and Boston includes calls for home based businesses with promises of profits and furnished plans, a steel mantle burner sales pitch, and a cafe spoon joke about souvenir hunters. Contains addresses and solicitation language.
Found at Last Telegram Ad For Bitter Wine Remedy
A Horton Kansas reader reports six years of fruitless pill use and credits Triner’s American Elixir of Bitter Wine with relief after trying it in western Kansas. The ad promotes the remedy for constipation indigestion headaches and stomach disorders and notes Triner’s Liniment for rheumatic and neuralgic pains. The Joseph Tuiner Company in Chicago distributes the products.
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F. J. Kletchka
Horton, Kan
Kansas
Tunner
Triner
Joseph Tuiner Company
Ashland Ave
Chicago
Boon for Skaters Invents Back Propeller Accessory
An Australian inventor has perfected a back strapped propeller system powered by several dry cells carried on the shoulder to aid ice skaters. Details are sparse in the reports and it is unclear if the device would be used for roller skating as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodd
Bright
Dodd's
Dodd's Medicine Co
Buffalo, N
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Liver Bladder Remedy
An advertisement proclaims Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a pure non stimulant medicine made from vegetable herbs for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It promises purity in every bottle and offers sample requests by mail. A comic exchange about lightning bugs appears at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer
Sil Drug
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
Castoria Advertisement Urges Mothers Careful Bottle Check
Vintage instructions warn mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria for infants and children to ensure the remedy’s long history of use. The ad highlights the brand’s claim of “In Use for Over 30 Years” and features a reminder that children cry for Fletcher’s Castoria.
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Fletcher
Onions At Dinner And The First Kiss
A satirical quip questions a woman driving her own car as a chauffeur and calls her a home-wrecker. The piece laments that many girls’ distant manners stem from onions at dinner and notes a girl can only have her first kiss once.
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