Wilson appoints trio to coal wage inquiry commission
President Wilson named Henry M. Robinson John P. White and Rembrandt Peale to form a three member commission to investigate wages and working conditions in the coal industry. Robinson White and Peale will represent the public miners and operators.
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Wilson
Henry M. Robinson
Pasadena
Cal
John P. White
Rembrandt Peale
Robinson
White
Mr. Peale
Shipping Board
Mr. White
Garfield
Cummins Railroad Bill Clears Senate for Private Rail Return
The Cummins bill to return railroads to private operation passed the Senate 46 to 30, ending a lengthy debate and enabling a holiday recess. It retained anti strike and key provisions, sent to conference with the Esch bill passed by the House, with hopes for a early settlement next month.
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Washington
Cummins
Senate
Congress
House Noy
MST
Hingen
Camps Named for Fallen Soldiers at El Paso
Secretary of War Baker announced two camps near El Paso named in memory of fallen servicemen. Camp Chigas at the Santa Fe bridge honors Sergeant Peter Chigas of the Seventh Cavalry who died from wounds near Juarez on June 15. Camp Tusco at the El Paso cement plant honors Samuel Tusco of Headquarters Company Second Field Artillery killed in action the same night.
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Washington
Baker
Santa Fe Bridge
el Paso
Chigas
Peter Chigas
Seventh Cavalry
Juarez
Tusco
Samuel Tusco
2D Field Aartillery
War Crime Trials to Be Held in Paris and Lille in 1920
The trial of war crime defendants will be conducted in Paris and Lille during 1920. Lille’s court martial issued many warrants against German officers and soldiers, imprisoning a captain and four lieutenants in the fort there. A Brussels dispatch claims Holland officially refuses to extradite former Emperor William for trial.
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Paris
Lille
Brussels
Holland
William
Buford Carries Deported Radicals From New York
Army transport Buford departed New York carrying Emma Goldman Alexander Berkman and more than 200 radicals bound for a European port. The destination will be announced when the captain’s orders are opened about 24 hours after leaving port.
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New York
Buford
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Williams Again Named Controller of the Currency Nominee
John Skelton Williams was named again by President Wilson to be controller of the currency, following Saturday nomination events.
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Washington
John Skelton Willams
Wilson
Earth Tremors Felt in Mexico City Cause Panic
Earth tremors in Mexico City triggered panic among residents in Laredo Texas as locals heard the news. The quake inspired fear of apocalyptic prophecies among the uninformed.
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Laredo
Tex
Mexico City
Will Care for Children in Rome amid Austrian Flight
Italy to receive twenty thousand Austrian children in Rome for care until Vienna food conditions improve. The program aims to shelter displaced youths as the crisis complicates life in Austrian cities.
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Rome
Italy
Vienna
Commonwealths honorific style persists in four states
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky are officially styled Commonwealths, a historical designation carrying the same meaning as state. The choice appears ceremonial rather than functional, reflecting traditional terminology rather than legal difference.
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Pennsylvania
Virginia
Kentucky
Commonwealths
Commonwealth
Here Is a Real Hero Henry G Maas Saves Two Men
Henry G Maas third officer on the American steamship Sutherland dived into icy water to rescue two long shoremen who fell overboard. He stabilized one man with a single arm and pushed the other to a piling until aid arrived, adding to a record of five lives saved.
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Henry G. Maas
Sutherland
Maas
Sarcastic Rivalry Between Two Neighbors Over a Monkey
Mrs. Clancey, amused by a petty feud with Mrs. Murphy, taunts her from a window asking to move her pet monkey outside. The exchange ends with the policeman joking that Mrs. Clancey had moved downstairs, referencing the earlier animal incident.
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Mrs. Murphy
Murphy
Palmer outlines five point plan to curb high prices
Chicago attorney general A Mitchell Palmer mapped a six month program to lower living costs at a meeting of 400 Illinois officials and civic leaders. The plan urges fair price committees, organized women refusing nonessential purchases, conservation meetings, mayoral and prosecutorial pressure on disruptive elements, and mobilization of workers to give nightly work and savings talks.
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Chicago
Ill
A. Mitchell Palmer
Department of Justice
Illinois
Frank O. Lowden
Palmer
United States
Congress
Sugar output in Louisiana falls by half from last year
New Orleans reports sugar production in Louisiana for 1919 is under half of 1918 levels, according to a preliminary bureau of crop estimates report issued Friday by Lionel J. James, the U S field agent.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Lionel J. James
United States Bureau of Crop Estimates
Speed of 226 Miles An Hour Set By Sadi Lecointe
French aviator Sadi Lecointe achieved an official timed airplane speed of about 226 miles per hour in a test on Tuesday. The record reflects a high performance flight during a formal evaluation in Paris.
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Paris
Sadi Lecointe
Plague Reported Grave at Las Rosas Santa Fe
Bubonic plague reaches grave proportions in Las Rosas Santa Fe with several deaths reported as authorities monitor the outbreak note by note.
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Buenos Aires
Las Rosas
Santa Fe
Northern capitalists acquire Robbins tract near Bay City
A syndicate of Northern investors has purchased 5000 acres west of the Colorado River near Bay City, Texas, known as the Robbins tract. The deal marks a major land acquisition by a northern group in the region.
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Bay City
Tex
Colorado River
Jack Should Be Gay, Says New Orleans Times-Picayune
A brief, humorous opinion notes that Jack’s dullness ends when work ends and pay arrives, calling for livelier times and gayety in daily life. The remark reflects a satirical take in a 20th century newspaper snippet.
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Jack
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Rat Migration Across Europe in 18th Century
A historical note traces the rat’s journey from India and Persia to England by 1727, reaching France by 1750 and spreading across Europe. The account highlights swift cross continental spread facilitated by trade and movement.
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India
Persia
England
France
Europe
Green's August Flower and Worm Expulsion Ad
An old newspaper item promotes Green's August Flower as a gentle laxative to cure indigestion nervous dyspepsia and related digestive ailments. It claims wide household use for over fifty years and urges buying from druggists. Also advertises Dr Peery's Dead Shot to expel worms with one dose and notes a cautionary proverb about drinking from a cup.
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Green
Dr King’s New Discovery Ad Applauds Cold Relief
An old drug advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as effective for grippe and chest congestion. The booster claims soothing throat relief for adults and children with safe use and no after-effects, pricing 60c and 1.20 a bottle at druggists.
Dr King’s New Life Pills Advertises Constipation Relief
A period advertisement urges readers to ease biliousness headaches and indigestion by using Dr King’s New Life Pills. It promises regular bowel movements and cleansing effects, with a 25 cent price at druggists.
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Dr. King
Usua
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