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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1920
Page
6
An article reports on a failed veto override attempt in Congress with a vote of 21 in favor of overriding President Wil’s veto. It notes grave concerns over a treaty and mentions discussions on army service, a penitentiary sentence, and political repercussions in Washington and abroad.
The report notes saloon owners deceived patrons with prune juice as whisky, and price controls after a Pittsburgh agreement fix max prices for menswear. It mentions coal mine workers awaiting presidential commission decisions, a fatal shooting in Grand Rapids during a prank, continued church ban on dances, rising flour prices, and major issues in the sugar trade amid high prices and supply concerns.
The report recounts senators and politicians from California and elsewhere discussing a looming 1924 campaign, Wood and Hoover funding probes, and international diplomacy. It notes attacks on the administration, party dynamics, and the burial of Mexico's president Carranza in Mexico City as a closing item.
Samuel Gompers attacks Congress and the executive for incompetence on the cost of living and calls for decisive action to curb profiteering. He urges wage increases in both private and government work and opposes Esch Cummins and similar laws. He views the era’s preconvention spending as revealing but notes no single scandal.
The New York federal circuit upheld the Lever Act as constitutional in Weed & Co Buffalo clothiers, denying an injunction against district attorney action on profiteering charges. A separate New York grand jury indicted American Woolen Co and President William M Wood for profiteering by selling cloth at unjust prices. Government said profits ran about 35 percent above cost.
Mrs Mary Sher of Wyandotte Michigan says months of severe pains and stomach troubles, including a lost child years ago, were relieved after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. She kept a bottle on hand and urges others to try the cure.
The Straits Times notes emeralds are the rarest and most expensive precious stones due to a global supply crunch. Prices have surged over four years, quadrupling prewar values as Colombian government mines, responsible for 95 percent of output, have been idle for seven to eight years. A five carat emerald recently sold in London for 3500 dollars per carat, while velvety green sapphires from Anakie Queensland are proposed as substitutes.
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