Waterway push fuels tariff and subsidy clash in Congress
Washington reports rising support for a St Lawrence waterway linking the Midwest to the Atlantic while eastern lawmakers push for a ship subsidy. Central West interests back the canal. Atlantic states oppose. A US Canadian treaty and Welland Canal integration are urged, with international boards proposed to share navigation costs and management. The subsidy bill faces tariff and public sentiment hurdles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Hornaday
Washington
St. Lawrence River
Middle West
Atlantic Ocean
Harding
United States
State Department
Canada
Central West
Atlantic Coast
St. Lawrence Waterway
Congress
House of Representatives
Falks
House
Senate
Lamb Supply Shortage Drives High Wool Prices Across West
USDA reports a spring lamb shortage across Montana, Wyoming, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Nevada, with total lamb production at about 70 percent of normal. Wool fleeces fetch 35 to 38 cents per pound, some clips up to 40 cents, amid contracting wool and lamb markets and optimistic but cautious forecasts for summer and fall supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Montana
Wyoming
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Nevada
West
Jericho Pool
Sudan Grass Emerges as Emergency Crop and Pasture
Sudan grass rapidly supplants millet as an emergency hay crop and summer pasture across many states. Introduced from Africa in 1909 by C. V. Piper, its U S value reached about 10 million dollars by 1918. It thrives in semi tropical regions, tolerates drought, and has been tested from southern Alberta to Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, with seed production currently unprofitable and prone to sorghum crossbreeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agricuture
Africa
C. V. Piper
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Alberta
Australia
South America
Philippine Islans
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Cuba
Department of Agriculture
H.N. Vinall
R. EB. Getty
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Califa
Guthrie Critiques Rich Extravagance At Dinner Party
Reverend William Norman Guthrie denounces luxury among the wealthy in New York and contrasts it with a Philadelphia matron’s remark about high incomes. He asks if one would excuse a cook for oversalting a dinner due to abundance of salt, highlighting the era's wealth disparity.
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Wiliam Norman Guthrie
New York
Upper Fifth Avenue
Philadelphia
Control for cucumber beetles using calcium arsenate dust
A control mixture uses one part powdered calcium arsenate to 20 parts gypsum or land planter by weight. Dust leaves and surrounding ground with a metal duster for thorough coverage, preferably early in the morning.
Insure Grain From Insects Before Storage
Guidance to protect stored seed grain from insects. Inspect thoroughly, treat infestation with carbon bisulphide per directions, clean and disinfect bins, remove harboring material, store compactly, ensure ventilation and open windows to deter pests.
Cutworms Threat to Young Tomato and Potato Crops
Cutworms damaging tender small plants including tomato and sweet potato. They hide under boards or flat stones by day. turning the boards reveals and destroys many. Poison bait offers a better control method.
E Lester Jones Father of the American Legion Movement
E Lester Jones of Washington DC founder of the American Legion movement in America was called the dad dy of the organization after helping form the John J Pershing post of World War Veterans on March 7 1919. He later led George Washington post No 1 and became departmental commander of DC. He rose from private to colonel in World War I reflecting a veteran career with the DC National Guard.
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E. Lester Jones
Washington, D. C
American Legion Movement
America
Mr. Jones
Washington
John J. Pershing
American Legion
George Washington Post
Department of the District of Columbia
Jones
District of Columbia National Guard
Legion Honors Dead In Return of AEF Bodies
The American Legion led final rites for 45 000 AEF dead returned from overseas. Forty shiploads reached eastern ports over two and a half years with prayers, addresses, and rifle salutes. Notable moments included May 23 1921 and July 10 1921 tributes by President Harding, General Pershing, and Senator Lodge. The last ceremony occurred in Brooklyn in April 1922 for Private Charles W Graves.
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Army
American Legion
Legion
President Harding
Princess Matoika
General Pershing
Senator Lodge
Somme
Wheaton
Brooklyn
Cambrai
Charles W. Graves
America
DeMar Wins 25 Mile American Marathon in 1918
Clarence H. DeMar of Melrose Massachusetts won the 25 mile American Marathon, finishing fourth in a long distance clash in Pershing stadium Paris between AEF troops and allied forces. He later focused on leading a troop of boy scouts for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence DeMar
Clarence H. DeMar
Melrose
Mass
Berlin
Fritz
de Mar
Paris
Boy Scouts
Ten Years to Displace the Blue Uniforms in France
The ministry of war announces that it will take about ten years to clothe all French troops in khaki despite efforts by the higher council of war to equip all branches in that color. Horizon blue and steel gray cloth on hand must be used up first.
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Higher Council of War
Ministry of War
Tanlac praised by long-time indigestion sufferer
R H Bowron of Los Angeles says Tanlac relieved forty years of stomach distress and weak nerves. He reports improved appetite, sleep, digestion, and overall health after using Tanlac, which he calls the remedy for his condition. Tanlac is sold by all good druggists.
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R. H. Bowron
W. 17Th St
Los Angeles
Cal
Tanlac
Vast Riches of Old Spain Highlight Ancestral Silver Wealth
The article notes the Duke of Albuquerque owns extensive silver plate and furniture from ancestors, with two hours daily over six weeks to inventory 1400 dozen dinner plates 500 platters 700 smaller pieces plus 40 silver step ladders. The Duke of Alba also left 600 dozen dinner plates and 800 wrought silver platters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Duke of Albuquerque
Marquess of San Simon
Alba
Uniforms for Marine Corps officers in 1776 order
A September 5 1776 Marine Committee order describes officers wearing green coats faced with white with round cuffs slashed sleeves and pockets and white waistcoat and breeches edged with green. It notes black garters and green facings with buttons to match. Green shirts may be issued if obtainable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Committee
Spring Weather Gags on Workforce At Ball Game
The Louisville Courier-Journal quotes a supervisor complaining spring slows work as his crew shifts attention to a ball game and window duties. The joke highlights seasonal distraction affecting productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal
All Settled as Neighbors Form Protective Union
A Boston Tran script states Naybor and I formed a protective union today and neither of you is to have one. If Mrs Nexdore gets a new suit this fall I must have one also.
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John
After the Accident He Scraped Up an Acquaintance
A terse exchange frames the scene as one man recalls asking what another did after a crash. He replies he was scraping up an acquaintance, suggesting a hurried or opportunistic recovery of social ties in the wake of the incident.
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ST. Lawrence Project
Atlantic Coast States
Agoint Commission
Dominion of Canada
St. Lawrence
Charles Evans Hughes
International Commission
Welland Ship Canal
Commission
Engineering Board
Navigation and Power Works
International Board
Wilson
Western States
Lambs
Inter
Sudan
American Legion News Service
Bowron
Taniac
Old
Bellans
Colgate
Gue
Chesebrough Mfg. CO
Consolidated
State Street
Parker's
Orves
Dru
Cat
Cookiya
N.Y
Bassett Radio Supply Co
Reais
Newark
Young Agency
California Ave
Chicago
Ilinois
Winona, Minn, Bat
Vain Bair
Memphis
Allen
Navy
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