Canadian farmers dominate 1920 International Live Stock show
Highlighting Canada's success at the Chicago event, J Mitchell of Cahinda Saskatchewan and Lucas of Cayley Alberta triumph in world championships. Lucas rose from 160 acres to nearly 1000 as Western Canada promotes low priced lands and abundant opportunities for farming success.
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Chicago
Canada
J. ©. Mitchell
Cahinda
Saskatchewan
Mitchell
Manchester
England
Stratford
Ontario
Lucas
Alberta
Cayley
Western Canada
Self-restraint as remedy to lure world to repose
A reflection on self-restraint as a path to global peace and lasting calm. The piece argues temperance in action and speech can reduce conflict and guide nations toward stability and harmony.
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It
Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root touted by druggists as a mild healing remedy for kidney trouble. The advertisement appeals to the public with claims of effectiveness and health benefits through testimonials and appeals to viewers of the product.
World News Digest Highlights Early 1920s Events
Alfred Ringling estate valued at 1 058 548 dollars. Hardings plan Florida visit. Bainbridge Colby in Rio de Janeiro aboard Florida. Jane Addams named memorial service chair in Washington. Deficit forecast 2.1 billion for current year and 1.5 billion next. Siam treaty sent to Senate. World congress proposal from Washington executive. Pension bill trimmed to 265.5 million. House passes emergency tariff on agricultural products. Senate coal probe reveals official complicity in price boosts. Nugent nominated and confirmed to Federal Trade Commission. November exports 675 million, imports down 18 million. Ballinalee burned. Japanese riot at Brooke. Fiume blockaded. casualties in rail crash near Petrograd. Ireland unrest with battles and executions. Irish home rule law passed. Army navy estimates cut. Mexican pilot flies Mexico City to Vera Cruz. Trust case subpoenas. Oklahoma to aid murder prosecution. Rockefellers tax suit. Immigrant ship rush to New York. Consolidation of express companies into American Railway Express.
Japanese Objection Withdrawal and War-Time Decrees Stir Headlines
The Japanese government informs Washington of dropping objections to California anti alien land laws aimed at Japanese. The duke of Abruzzi sails from Naples to Italian Somaliland for farm management work. D Annunzio proclaims a state of war in Fiume and city residents forbidden to leave. In Ireland, civilians clash with troops near Buristymon leaving six soldiers wounded and several attackers dead or captured. Britain faces extreme anxiety over ment conditions amid crisis.
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State Department
Washington
California
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Fiume
Italy
Rome
Buristymon
County Glare
Ireland
Downward Price Movement Across Commodities
A Western Newspaper Union report from New York outlines continued downward price trends from November 16 to December 15, noting that even amid overall deflation the future of each commodity hinges on supply and demand. It emphasizes Europe's weak purchasing power and compares current levels to 1914 prewar prices, marking January 15 as a reference point for the highest post-armistice price.
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Union News Service
New York
National Bank of Commerce
Europe
Foreign Ships Hit Washington Bill Targets Unsanitary Vessels
Senate Commerce Committee chairman Wesley L. Jones introduces a bill giving the Shipping Board power to inspect foreign ships entering U S ports and bar those not meeting sanitation living quarters food and finance standards used on American vessels.
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Washington
Wesley L. Jones
Senate Commerce Committee
The
Shipping Board
Brush sisters sue for million in asylum confinement case
Phebe M. Brush and Ada D. Brush seek $1,000,000 total over ten years in the State Asylum for the Insane against Dr. William P. Gibson and Dr. Walter Lindsay of Huntington Long Island. Each sister claims $250,000 from each physician in Westchester County Supreme Court.
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New York
Phebe M. Brush
Ada D. Brush
William P. Gibson
Walter Lindsay
Huntington
Long Island
West Chester County Supreme Court
Reds Sail For England Twenty-Four Deportees Sail On Imperator
Twenty four confessed Russian Communists, posing as pleasure travelers, depart on the steamship Imperator for England. They will be reshipped to Russia on the second leg of their long journey after surrendering under bail approved by Louis F. Post, Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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England
New York
Imperator
Russia
Louis F
Post
Hoover Urges Aid for 100000 European Children
Herbert Hoover appeals to Philadelphia and the nation to adopt 100000 European children for relief until the next harvest. Only 8.5 million children remain to be cared for through September, with a $10 contribution requested for each child.
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Hoover
Philadelphia
Herbert Hoover
America
Portland Men Guilty in Antitrust Indictment
Portland figures R. H. Butchart, president, and Clark Moore, ex sales manager of Oregon Portland Cement, found guilty on an indictment charging violation of antitrust laws. Defense given thirty days to prepare a motion for a new trial.
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Portland, Ore
R. H. Butchart
Clark Moore
Oregon Portland Cement Company
Duke of Connaught Sails On Malaya From Suez Dispatch
The Daily Express cites a Suez dispatch reporting the Duke of Connaught aboard the battleship Malaya. The note adds the duke’s temperature is 101 degrees, indicating a feverish state aboard.
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London
The
Daily Express
Suez
Malaya
Mennonites Opposed to Manitoba Migration Plan
A protest telegram from Mennonite members in Jackson Mississippi condemns a proposed mass migration of 40 000 Mennonites from Manitoba Canada to Southern Mississippi as contrary to beliefs. The group cites conscientious objector status before the war and calls the move un lawful.
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Jackson
Manitoba
Canada
Mississippi
Thrifty Wife Locks Up Money In Old Shoe Tale
A Treasury loan story shows a thrifty couple where the wife stores cash in a worn shoe worn to bed, locking the money away and thwarting her husband who cannot access the shoe without waking her. The tale critiques local bankers for not reaching a frugal family lacking financial education.
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Harry France
Treasury Department
Charles Aubrey Eaton
Leslie’s
Sary Delivers Farm Chores Then Returns With Key
A girl named Sary helps at a neighbor's and returns home quickly pleased with her work. She milks the cow, stores the milk, feeds the chickens, and locks the door. She hangs the key on the door knob, her mother asks about the key. The scene appears from Youth's Companion.
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Sarah
Sary
One Among Them Art Scene Looked On
A wealthy visitor tours a studio and admires a painting. The artist claims the piece took 19 months to paint in a garret and would not sell for a hundred thousand. The visitor replies I am one of the hundred thousand.
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Publishers’ Auxiliary
Meteors Describe Sudden Luminous Phenomenon
A meteor is a sudden luminous phenomenon produced by a small mass entering the air at planetary velocity and heating or burning as it dissipates. Before reaching the earth they travel in their own orbits.
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Earth
Contrasting Claims Arise Over Unclear Deal
The record cites statements attributed to Smith alleging he received a raw deal and complained of being roasted. The source text presents two contrasting formulations without further context or verification.
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Smith
Cincinnati Markets Hay and Grain Prices Report
Market bulletin lists prices for hay and grain in Cincinnati. Items include Timothy and clover hays, No. 2 white and mixed wheats, butter and eggs prices, live poultry categories with weights, cattle and calves pricing, sheep and lamb ranges, and fat stock values. Prices vary by grade and weight with multiple decimals and typographical quirks.
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Gorn
Timothy
Clover
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Doren Ee
Alfred T. Ringling
Sauk County
Baraboo
Wis
Harding
Florida
Washington Dispatch
Bainbridge Colby
United States
Rio de Janeiro
Jane Addams
Pioneer
Woman's Party
Houston
Siam
Senate
Wilson
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
House
Senate Coal Investigating Committee
George H. Cushing
American Wholesale Coal Dealers’ Association
Cushing
Federal Trade Commission
John F. Nugent
Boise
Idaho
Senator Nugent
Dublin
Crown
Ballinalee
County Longford
London Central News
Perth
Australia
Brooke
Caviglia
Millo
Says
Helsingfors
Petrograd
Cashel Police Barracks
Irish Republican Army
Mullinahone
Clonmel
County Tipperary
Kilcommon
Army
Lloyd George
Fernando Proal
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Building Trust
John A. McCarthy
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Leader
Robertson
Oklahoma City
Okla
State of Oklahoma
Clara Barton Smith
Jake” L. Hamon
Om W. Vickery
Jeff ©. Couch
Fort Worth
Tex
Cato Sells
O. H. Peckham
National Candy Company
St. Louis
Clinton
Elk County
B. W. Turley
Rkigway
Walter R. Alexander
Alexander
Department of Commerce
Bollingfield
John D. Rockefeller
Charles Sumner Burch
Episcopal Church
Ant State Commerce Commission
Adama, American, Wells Fargo & Co
Southern Express
American Railway Express Company
Abruzzi
Victor Emmanuel
Naples
Magadoxa
Italian Somaliland
Merment
Says & Lonflop
National Bank of Commerce of
Arkansas
Jonesboro
Ark
Wade Thomas
Elmer Ragland
Thrifty Woman’s Safe Bank
Cincinnati
Grove’s
Grove
Sloan
Ian
Wright
Garfield
Batonic
John Hill
Silbert Bros. & CO
Baltimore
Etek
W. F. Young, Inc
Temple St
Springfield
Mase
Hoxsie
Kelle Co
Meceeand
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