Soldier compensation and park governance debate
The piece argues against penalizing soldiers and defends adjusting compensation while describing how Yellowstone National Park operates under federal control. It emphasizes that park revenues go to the U.S. Treasury and that only federal officials enforce laws, with no state or local taxation within park boundaries.
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United States
Congress
District of Columbia
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Secretary of the Interior
Navy Shows High Wares and Pure American Demographics
Navy department data show 99.7 percent of enlisted personnel are American, with 352 aliens among 119,205. High physical and moral standards are noted, 136,000 applicants yielding 72,000 accepts, 6 percent desertion, over 6,000 good conduct medals, and a young force with 49,500 under 21. New York leads state enlistments, followed by Pennsylvania Massachusetts and Texas, with 86 American Indian Full-bloods among the corps.
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Navy Department
United States Navy
Navy
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Texas
Stromsburg News Roundup and Court Notices
Local items list residents returning from Broken Bow and moving plans for several families. Farmers and teachers attend gatherings. court actions include Burg v Polk and multiple foreclosures. citizenship grants and adjourned sessions noted with dates and judges.
Religion in Army Chaplain Tour Promotes Moral Efforts
The chief of chaplains, approved by the Secretary of War, begins a 60 day tour of over 30 western army posts and camps without government expense. The mission is to magnify religion in the army, strengthen moral and spiritual programs, inspect religious facilities, and gather data to improve the chaplains corps through conferences with regular army chaplains reserve officers and national guard leaders.
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Secretary of War
Chaplains’ Corps
Regular Army
Officers’ Reserve Corps
National Guard
Yellowstone Park Opens Public School for Park Children
The Interior Department directly operates a public school in Yellowstone National Park for children of government employees. No federal funds support the school. parents share the teacher’s cost. The schoolroom is in a building at Old Fort Yellowstone, with park officials noting the unusual status of the park as a national entity.
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Department of the Interior
Bureau of Education
Yellowstone National Park
Park
Old Fort Yellowstone
Department
Yellowstone
Debts and Failures Amid 1921 Business Downturn
The Dubuque Times Journal cites R G Dunn & Co figures showing 19 652 American business failures in 1921 versus 20 495 in 1915. It argues most firms survived, compares losses to a cyclone leaving 99 trees standing, and notes many failures were war boom entrants with little value to the country.
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R. G. Dunn & Co
America
Dubuque Times- Journal
Van derlip Calls Allies’ Money to Aid Europe
Frank A. Van derlip argues that allied nations owe the United States repayment or support to fund Europe relief efforts amid ongoing conflict. The column presents a perspective on postwar financial responsibility and wartime aid dynamics.
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Europe
Frank A. Vanderlip
Seward city shifts water costs to light plant
Seward instructs its light plant to pay water plant 15 cents per thousand for half a million gallons used in December. The superintendent shows a 17 percent loss. North Platte reports 1100 students in the largest night school of its size in the country with Manager Morey of the electric company among instructors. The Fremont Tribune admits receiving a dividend check for a stock owned by the paper in a local telephone firm. Ord gas company explains gas production and costs to patrons. Johns Manville directors announce restoration of all salaries and wages cut last year, effective January first, citing improved business conditions.
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Morey
The
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Fremont Tribune
Ord
Johns_Manville Company
Every Man Has 30 Servants Say Smithsonian Bulletic
The Smithsonian Institute Bulletic compares modern utilities to thirty servants per person citing electric light gas water and communications as civilizational triumphs. It estimates U S work by railroads street railways electric gas telephone and water as equal to three billion hard working slaves.
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United States
Water rates rise as city water plant cuts discount
The St. Louis water department ends the ten percent prompt payment discount and raises rates by ten percent. Water Commissioner Wall reports operating costs have surged about 118 percent since 1912, leading to the higher charges.
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St. Louis
Wall
Fairmont Municipal Plant Posts $500 Loss in Four Months
The Chronicle reports a four month loss of 500 dollars at Fairmont’s municipal plant despite higher rates of 25 percent for power and 100 for heating. No charges for capital investment depreciation or sinking fund were made. Editor Frasier invites subscribers to propose solutions.
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Fairmont
the Chronicle
Eda_ itor Frasier
Scrub Bulls Cost More Than Good Ones
Douglas County Minnesota dairymen coin profit by using purebred bulls for eight years at $25 each, shifting bulls among farms every two years so each farmer gains two years with a good bull. Nebraska shows high enrollment in the Better Sires Better Stock campaign, with federal support and county agents promoting the program to replace scrubs with superior sires.
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Douglas County
Minnesota
Nebraska
Agricultural College
U. S
Pure Bred Sires Rule Prompts Farm Registration
County Agent Lynn Sheldon urges farmers in Washington to register if they use only pure bred sires on their farms. An application blank is available, and an attractive tin sign will be mailed to the owner reading Pure bred Sires only used on this farm.
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Washington
Specialties Outrank Standard Farm Crops
Data from the Bureau of the Census shows the fifty leading agricultural counties scattered across states with California claiming 13, New York 7, Illinois 4, Texas 4, South Carolina 4, North Carolina 3, and single holdings in several others. The report notes no lead county gains its rank solely from traditional staple crops.
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Bureau of the Census
United States
California
New York
Illinois
Texas
South Carolina
North Carolina
Washington
Wisconsin
Arizona
Colorado
Conneticut
Maine
Minnesota
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
California leads in fruit rich crops across counties
The list ranks counties by crop strength with Aroo stock county Maine third for potatoes Lancaster Pennsylvania fifth for tobacco Yakima Washington sixth for apples Tulare California seventh for grapes Sonoma California eighth for poultry Whitman Washington ninth for cereals Dane Wisconsin tenth for dairy products
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Aroo_stock county
Maine
Lancaster County
Penn
Yakima County
Washington
Tulare County
Sonoma County
Whitman County
Dane County
Wisconsin
Polk County Ad Offers Broad Reach Through Record
An advertisement in the Record promises to carry messages to all sections of Polk County, offering wide distribution through the local paper.
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Polk County
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