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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1919
Page
1
Former American ambassador Henry Morgenthau warned in Washington that Europe faces extreme famine as millions suffer from freezing and starvation. He described dire conditions in Eastern Europe and called for urgent relief efforts.
A historical overview traces the origin of Christmas seals used to fund tuberculosis work from 1904 in Norway and Sweden to broader adoption in the United States. It notes Jacob Riis and Miss Emily P. Bissell advancing the cause, with early campaigns raising substantial sums and expanding through the American Red Cross and National Tuberculosis Association into the 1918 wartime period.
Weather bureau reports a broad high pressure zone west of the Mississippi and a low pressure area over the Gulf of Mexico the Ohio valley and off the North Pacific coast portending a long cold spell. The western cold snap is moving eastward and southward with zero readings extending to the Texas Panhandle.
Federal agents plan contempt proceedings in Indianapolis against miners operators and others for violating a federal injunction aimed at ending the strike over a 14 percent wage raise. Arrests expected within 48 hours as evidence is gathered. the injunction covers statements or actions encouraging continuation of the strike.
The article contrasts forecasts by Prof. Albert Porta of a December 17 sunspot disaster with James Spencer of Butte who argues planetary positions will not trigger a catastrophe. It notes observed solar activity in May and June, argues planets move slowly, and suggests unusual weather in Montana may stem from planetary alignment rather than apocalyptic events.
Twenty more villages near Chateau Thierry and Belleau Wood are handed to the Methodist Episcopal Church for exclusive rehabilitation. The assignment lifts registered refugees dependent on Methodists to about 10,000 as welfare work expands with Red Cross and Wellsley units. The church plans Europe reconstruction totaling 12.5 million dollars over five years, with over 500 thousand already spent on temporary relief.
Indianapolis December 10 1919 The United Mine Workers agreed to Wilsons plan to end a 400000 man strike returning miners to work with a 14 percent wage increase and a 3 member commission to set a future wage basis within 60 days. The vote came shortly before three this afternoon.
The state board of administration voted to demand the resignation of state librarian C. E. Strangeland after charges in the North Dakota legislature that rural school circulating libraries included works on free love socialism and anarchy.
Widespread coal shortages force plant closures and job losses while trains run with reduced service. Government and union miners near agreement to resume work. Mines operated by volunteers under guard gradually increase output, but relief may not meet industrial demand for some time.
The piece warns of electrical phenomena as planets pass between Earth and the sun. It predicts magnetic disruption and showers of sparks from space, advising rubber shoes for December 17 and noting uncertainty about the exact meaning.
Rev. Martin Best, pastor of the Northwestern Holiness Association Church in Duluth, applied to a local employment office for work. With a salary of only 25 dollars a month, he seeks a side line and says he prefers jobs as a butcher or newspaper editor, citing experience in both fields. He will continue as pastor.
Notice to patrons of the Grytdall school invites attendance at Christmas Eve exercises on December 24. Edna Mae Cardwell thanks supporters for faithful help and organ fund efforts.
John Erickson made a business trip to Malta last week. Mr Ohs and son Gustive visited Jonas Undheim last Monday. John Bruckner and Wm Peterson moved wheat to Malta last week. Curly McLean and Bowdo have visited recently. Mr Childs and family left for Virginia last Wednesday. Jonas Undheim and John Johnson traveled to Bowdoin last Thursday. John Bruckner stayed with his brother Al on Wednesday. Oscar Akerland went to Chicago for the winter. Mrs Holmes the local school teacher took a teaching examination in Malta last week. Wm Peterson went to Bowdoin after a coal load on Monday. Mr Ochs Charnlund Wallin and Ernest Ekland were in Glasgow for business last week.
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