States Race To Ratify Suffrage Amendment
Twenty two states have ratified the suffrage amendment with 14 more needed. Several states plan special sessions this week or next to push ratification. The report notes about 28 million voting age women and mentions related political maneuvers and international reactions.
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Kentucky
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Maryland
Oregon
United States
State Department
Great Britain
Ireland
British Isles
Returns From Taxes And Soft Drinks Surpass Estimates
Government statisticians report weekly earnings for factory work in New York state rose in November, while checks on full amounts due remain uncertain. The internal revenue bureau notes tax returns and soft drink figures exceed prior forecasts, reflecting broader economic activity and potential improvements in tax collection efficiency.
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Ehck
Sher Internal Revenue Bureau
New York State
Country School Teacher Injured in Fall at Fitch School
Grace Visnow, a Fitch school teacher near Hudson South Dakota, was knocked unconscious when a shed collapsed as a horse startled its loose hitching, and doctors expect her to recover. In Pierre the state education department faces questions on control of state aided rural schools amid a McPherson county survey showing poor conditions, unpaid local support, and largely uncertified staff across 20 districts.
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Hudson, S. D
Grace Visnow
Fitch School
Miss Visnow
Miss Wisnow
Boys and Girls to Have Good Quarters
South Dakota fair board gathers in Huron on January 18 to plan a new girls dormitory and boys barracks at the fair grounds. Accommodations for 150 boys and 150 girls are planned with several associations contributing prizes and awards. Poland China Breeders pledge 600 dollars, Duroc Record 50 and a gold watch for the champion, Live Stock Exchange Bank 75, Wilson and Co 75, Curoe Digest 300, Armour & Co 75.
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Huron
S. D
South Dakota State Fair Board
Fair Grounds
State Fair Board
South Dakota
Poland
China Breeders’ Association
National Duroc Record Association
Live Stock Exchange
Hank
Chicago
Wilson & Co
Curoe Digest
Armour & Co
Farmers Grain Dealers Meet in Aberdeen South Dakota
About 300 grain dealers from South Dakota attend the Farmers' Grain Dealers association annual convention in Aberdeen. The Mutual Insurance association also meets. Speakers include Gov. Norbeck state insurance chief Van Camp historian Robison extension chief Larson Chamber official Benson and Craig of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Tidewater group. President Belk will open and outline the 1920 program.
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Aberdeen
S. D
South Dakota
Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association
Mutual Insurance Association
Peter Norbeck
W. N. van Camp
Doane Robinson
C. Larson
State College
B. F. Benson
Chamber of Commerce
Minneapolis
Charles P. Craig
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Legion investigates suspected fund letter from Chicago reader
Sioux Falls reports Art Machow of Harold Mason post investigating a letter from a Chicago man signing as Christie claiming wartime illness and requests money via newspapers. The letter alleges inability to work and a ruined business due to wartime absence, and asks for public aid.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
aArt Machow
Harold Mason
American Legion
South Dakota
Chicago
Christie
Sheffield Avenue
South Dakotan to Edit Chicago Livestock Journal
Dr. W. F. Young of Wilmot South Dakota president of the state veterinary association will become editor of the Livestock Health Journal of Chicago starting February 1. He spoke while in Mitchell to preside over the annual convention of the South Dakota Veterinary Medical Association set to open Tuesday in Town. He will head the publication's animal research department.
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Wilmot
Ww. F. Young
South Dakota Veterinary Medical Association
Livestock Health Journal of Chicago
Mitchell
State Association
Teamsters Halt Ice Harvest In Sioux Falls Strike
Twenty five Girton Adams Ice Company workers stopped work halting the early ice harvest and deepening a labor dispute. Officials cite a misunderstanding over relations with Morrell Packing Co whose employees are on strike. Morrell continues to strike while company leadership promises an early settlement.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Girton-Adams Ice Company
Morrell Packing Co
Morrell
W. H. T. Foster
Feneral
Zorbas Seek Custody of Luikart Children in SD and Detroit
Mr and Mrs A Zorba of Herrick South Dakota say they have begun steps to release their daughter Hazel Luikart from the Michigan state hospital and seek custody of Hazel's two children Shirley and Edna who are in Detroit's German Protestant home. Roy Luikart the children's father remains in Detroit and vows to oppose the custody bid while praising the Zorbas for attempting to recover the children.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
A. Zorba
Herrick
Hazel Luikart
Chicago
Detroit
Mich
South Dakota
State Hospital For the Insane
Lonia| Mich
Luckart
Shirley
Edna
Roy Luikart
Highland Park
Opposition to Hazle for South Dakota adjutant general
Mitchell South Dakota January reports indicate possible opposition to the movement by Coacher post No 18 to appoint Lieut Col William A Hazle of Aberdeen as adjutant general, replacing W A Morris of Redfield. Clay Kiser post No 92 at Redfield adopted resolutions favoring Morris completing his term through March 4 1921 and supporting Hazle after Morris term ends.
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Mitchell
S. D
Coacher Post No
The
American Legion
William A. Hazle
Aberdeen
South Dakota
W. A. Morris
Redfield
Clay Kiser
General Morris
Hazle
Jury unable to reach verdict in Mobridge libel case
In Selby South Dakota a circuit court jury deadlocked nine to three on charges against Guy DeShon and Walter Woolf former Mobridge Daily Tribune editor and president for libeling Pat Morrison of Mobridge with November 1917 articles. The case’s second trial was halted with anticipated no retrial as the paper is defunct and the defendants no longer in the business.
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Supreme Court
Sioux Falls Bakers Warn of Bread Price Increase
Sioux Falls bakers announce bread prices likely to rise on Monday. U.S. District Attorney E W Fiske warns any price advance will be treated as a violation of the food control act and acted upon. The state baking industry has considered price hikes for some time.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
United States
E. W. Fiske
Common law wife awarded compensation in fatal accident case
Rapid City authorities ruled Margaret Schummer is the common law wife of Nicholas J. Schummer who died in Rapid City August 4 1919. She is entitled to $3 000 life insurance and the insurer must pay it to the widow at $12 per week.
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Rapid City
S. D
Hig
Margaret Schummer
Nicholas J. Schummer
University seeks more unclaimed bodies for anatomy
Dr G R Albertson head of the department of anatomy at Vermilion's state university says not enough unclaimed human bodies are being sent. He tours South Dakota meeting state attorneys coroners and boards of commissioners urging maximum submission of unclaimed corpses to the medical school.
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Aberdeen
S. D
State University At
Vermilion
Department of Anatomy
School of Medicine
G. R. Albertson
South Dakota
Boards of Commissioners
Legion to Present Engraved WWI Honor Certificates
The American Legion will issue engraved certificates bearing a deceased veteran’s name to the nearest living relative on Washingtons Birthday February 22. Posts nationwide will stage the presentation speeches and public notices. Citizens may send kin and veteran data to Claude J. Harris Sioux Falls SD for all WWI deaths, US or overseas, regardless of residence.
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Watertown
S. C
American Legion
Washington
United States
Claude J. Harris
The
Boyce-Greeley Block
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Chalk rock sample sought by eastern paint maker
Yankton South Dakota reports that the chamber of commerce received a request for 100 pounds of chalk rock from along the river. State Geologist Freeman Ward last October reported on chalk findings and issued a bulletin with similar information. A large seaborne paint manufacturer saw the bulletin and will test the sample.
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Yankton
S. C
Chamber of Commerce
Freeman Ward
South Dakota Bankers Meet Approves Rewards and 1920 Plan
The South Dakota Bankers Association executive committee authorized reward payments for the Dempster and Faith bank robbers and named Northwestern Banker of Des Moines as the official organ. A committee recommended constitutional changes to strengthen protections. The 1920 convention will be in Watertown.
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Mitchell
S. D
South Dakota Bankers’ Association
Dempster
Northwestern Banker
Des Moines
State Association
Association
J. A. Danforth
Yankton
H.R. Kibbee
M. M. Brown
Sturgis
Watertown
Meridian Highway bridge work to start before ice goes out
Yankton South Dakota January 10 1905 Pers D B Gurney president of the bridge company said work on the Meridian Highway bridge across the Missouri River will begin before the ice leaves the river. Plans and specs to be drafted first week February and contracts to be let early spring following a 2 percent stock assessment by the directors at the meeting.
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Yankton
S. C
Meridian Highway
Missouri River
D. B. Gurney
Cotton ginned to Jan 1 falls short of last year
Washington January 9 Cotton ginned to January 1 totaled 10 17 089 running bales with 110 378 round bales of American Egyptian and 640 sea island bales Census Bureau notes ginnings prior to January 1 last year were 10 773 883 bales including 145 618 round and 17 670 bales of American Egyptian and 36 849 bales of sea island
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Washington
Jan
Sea Island
Sea-Island
Everlasting Foghorn on Propaganda and Wealth in Democracy
A critique argues that large endowments such as the Carnegie endowment create permanent social influence by funding propaganda. It asserts that ten million dollars, if unrelated to international peace, unfairly amplifies one advocate's view, shaping civic life beyond a citizen's lifetime.
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Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Carnegie
Theodore Roosevelt
Warning to Autoists Over Traffic Peril in U S
The piece warns that 3 000 000 cars will be built next year and street danger will rise. It cites senators criticizing reckless driving, cites deaths and injuries in Washington and Palatka, and urges industry action to protect the public or risk restrictive measures.
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New York City
New Jersey
United States
Washington
Fletcher
Florida
Senator Ashurst
Arizona
Senator Myers
Montana
Senate
Augustus Willard
Palatka
Fla
Pennsylvania Avenue
England to Ask for Huge Loans Says Financier
Sir George Paish arrives from England to explain Britain's position to U S bankers. He says Great Britain, as Europe’s financial clearing house, will ask the United States for large loans to support the country.
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England
George Paish
Great Tain
Fina Clearing House
Europe
U. B
U. S
Vision of Next War in the Air By Fokker
Dutch inventor Fokker says Germany lost the war in the air and imagines future planes would cripple artillery and replace big guns. He cites Berlin red tape delaying an era of cheap wireless controlled aircraft and aerial munitions.
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Fokker
Amsterdam
Berlin
German plan to deploy wireless guided warplanes in WWI
A former German agent describes plans to use wireless guided airplanes instead of explosive shells. He explains shells would be armed with explosives and steered by gasoline powered aircraft, creating accurate long range havoc. The war office bungled plane production, delaying shipments until armistice.
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War Office
Forefathers and Freedom in Political Rhetoric
The Los Angeles Times quotes Senator Reed of Missouri warning that the people are waking to the dangers of abandoning forefathers policies. He contends historical figures like Lincoln and Washington forfeited foundational principles, evoking colonial and early American injustices to argue for adherence to tradition.
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Los Angeles Times
Senator Reed
Missouri
Reed
Lancoln
Washington
England
Labor strikes cost labor and capital vast sums
Since January 1, 1919 strikes in the United States cost labor $723,478,300 while capital losses reach $1,266,857,450. The New York Sun conducted the calculation using state statistics labor organization files and chamber of commerce figures from inquiring sources.
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United States
New York Sun
Labor Organization
Chamber of Commerce
Arctic expedition member debunks blond Eskimo myth
James R. Crawford of the Stefansson Arctic expedition states there is no race of blond Eskimos. He notes likely fewer than a dozen exist, with gray eyes and reddish hair, suggesting they are likely remnants of early white explorers.
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James R. Crawford
Reeves ‘Ney
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