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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
8
Washington dispatch reports Mexican federal forces are being rushed to Sonora to suppress support for General Obregon as a presidential candidate. Carranza declares a state of lawlessness and orders battalions to the region, amid rising sentiment for Obregon and rumors of a coup by a rival leader.
Washington Jan 15 The Mint Bureau announced a new yearly record for 1919 coin production. The total American coinage reached 642 million dollars in value with 598 million produced in 1918, including large numbers of half dollars quarters and other denominations. Foreign issue totals include 46 million Peace dollars and coinage for the Philippines and several Central American nations.
A city fire committee warns the department is hindered by an aging truck. It urges advertising bids for a modern Seagrave unit with 500 to 600 gpm pump and six month delivery, while retaining the old truck until the replacement arrives.
London report states Bolsheviks captured Krasnoyarsk and remnants of Admiral Kelchak's first, second and third armies. Prisoners are reported taken as Bolsheviks claim gains in the Mogoon communiqué.
Cornur Salenes, January 15. Aviator FP Resell was arrested yesterday on charge of operating an airship over the city with the muffler open and scattering hand bile from the air within the city. Weak OCR text limits further details.
New York report: four armed bandits attempted a hold up yesterday at a saloon, but were beaten and driven off by Mrs Ernest Gergeren, wife of the saloonkeeper. She shielded ten patrons and their husbands, stood firm at the register, and fought them off one by one. A robber was shot during the melee.
Washington January 15 annual Indian appropriation bill shows a total of 52,516,014 a reduction from last year. The measure includes an appropriation of 76,000 for suppression of minor trafficking in Trottins, retained in committee of the whole, with other expenditure estimates revised.
Brig. Gen. KH I Cole, commander of American barracks and training here, has devised a new method to win the hearts of his men by offering a special luncheon to top recruits. He plans to host a banquet to honor those who achieve qualifying marks, with a goal of encouraging higher effort and discipline among the unit.
In New York a new method prints babies feet to identify mothers and prevent mix ups at hospitals. A supervisor recounts how handprints failed but footprints proved reliable, with one infant offering a perfect pedal print and others yielding distinctive marks. The aim is to avoid misidentification and reassure anxious mothers.
In Retlin on January 15 Willy To mancheck, a chimney sweep, plotted to rise beyond his trade. His ambition led him to Spartacist meetings and shorthand study, drawing suspicion. Police arrived as the gathering dissolved, the plot unresolved.
A fragmentary exchange hints at a barber offering a solution to hair growth for a bald man. The snippet suggests a dialogue about remedies or products claimed to restore hair, framed as a humorous or instructional aside in a period style.
The article describes a six month old program using a Waapitel chart to identify an unnamed child. The child’s footprint at birth is compared against the system to determine parentage among hundreds of infants in a New York institution.
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