Murders and mayhem sweep across a crowded era
A chaotic jumble of events collides in a single report. It mentions a July 22 murder of Janet Willkincon, misfires in a western rail and grain plan, a robbery capture near Sioux City, milk price hikes by Roberts Dairy, and high level talks with officials from San Francisco to Washington. The piece blends crime, politics and economic shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Ciizgerald
Janet Willkincon
Hitsheen
Bert Ey
Ale Xerenmied
Enighty of Columbus
Fort Imvis
Nome
Vinny
Wolker DP
Hines
United States Grain Corporation
Tine
Stanley
Sioux City
Dent
Shinley
Commapu
Waltsee M
Didiry Company
Combat
Hole
da San Prancisco
Tatarte Tuehmond
Bureka
New
John W. Mackay
Comstock
Tehebe Monde Buareka Mii Company
Maine
Waa
B.A. Holter
H. BP. Henderson Nyndicate
New York
Global War News Mixes Politics Naval Losses and Crime
The report blends multiple items including British and American political debates on conscription and royal prerogatives, Bolshevik advances, and Wilson era policy notes. It covers naval losses, a 27-ship French loss, a large U S Christman bonus plan, Presbyterian gender equality appeals, longshoremen union strikes, a fatal plane crash, and a $2.048 billion U S Treasury matter. The piece also mentions a 600-foot Zeppelin, sugar export embargo talks, and Roosevelt family probate notes amid a broad wartime press digest.
Indictments Hover in Santa Fe Grand Jury Session
The federal grand jury at Santa Fe reported seventeen indictments and four no bills totaling thirty six indictments for the session. Phoenix invited Kanon de Valera to speak November 22 under Friends of Irish Freedom auspices. Francisca Suns, chez, arraigned in Phoenix for burglary, pleaded guilty and sentenced to three to ten years in Florence. University of Arizona advances on Steward observatory with an 86 inch reflector costing $60,000. foundation and first story underway. Clovis faces pool hall license rejections. asbestos field touted as a new Arizona discovery in Gila County.
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Santa Vé
Kanon de Valera
Irish Republic
Phoenix
Friends of
Rish Freedom
Francisca
Suns
Burghery
Mesa
A. G. McAllister
Atate Penitenthery
Florence
Steward Observatory
U. of A
Tucson
Ariz
Clovis Cornelle
Elty
United States
Gila County
Arizona
Earst
Board of Regents of
The
Normal University
Las Vegas
N. M
Springer Wail
Frank Springer
Field
Charles Tiffett
Gallup
Harvey House
Margolis Claims Steel Strike Aims to Take Over Industry
Wheatley era details from Washington if the steel strike is tied to radical groups. Jacob Margolis of Pittsburg testifies before the Senate labor committee that the steel strike links to the TWWW and Bolshevik and Russian industrial workers movements. He describes plans to fuse these forces to create a new society within the old and to take over and operate industries for workers themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Labor Committee Investitutioe
Margolin
Pittsburg
Margolis
William
Foster
Ateel
Kenyon
Labor Committee
Coles
Margols
TWWW
Youngstown
Sugar price control set at ten cents wholesale
Washington reports steps to curb sugar price spikes by the Justice Department and Attorney General Palmer. The U S Sugar Equalization Board fixed ten cents as the fair wholesale price for beet sugar refiners who had withheld production, with any excess deemed a food control act violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Justice
Palmer
Unite States Sugar Equalization Board
Gary Says Handa Off. Pro Announcement At Industrial Conference
Seth Washington reports Judge Gary of United States Steel, as public representative, states the steel strike should not be arbitrated or compromised at the national industrial conference. He reaffirms commitment to the open shop and the employer's right to set terms of employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Washington
National Industrial Conference
H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Retail Profits High Far Above Wholesale Prices
A Senate investigating committee report finds retailers charging fees far above wholesale prices, ranging from 200 to 8600 percent. The panel notes retailers profit more than farmers stock buyers commission and cold storage firms combined, signaling excessive margins in retail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Aveatock
Aaiser
Fallroads
Commission
Swindler Seeks Poor House Aid in Dansville Visit
Rochester man Alonzo Whitman once a notorious swindler seeks admission to the county poorhouse in Dansville near Rochester. He was a former election official who held several terms in prison and once escaped custody by leaping from a fast-moving train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Alonzo Whitman
United “States
Hay
Dansvilet
Pape's Cold Compound Offers Quick Relief
A vintage advertisement claims Pape's Cold Compound quickly relieves a cold within hours. It promises to unstuff nostrils, stop nasal discharge, relieve headache fever sneezing and body aches, with doses every two hours for up to three doses at a small cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
Fates
Nice
Pursue Greatness Through Deep Immersion in Work
The passage urges intense interest in a great program as the path to greatness. It argues that dedication fills a person so completely that they stop pondering their own greatness. Focus on the task, work relentlessly, and let results prove the level of achievement.
Physically Fit at Any Age Warns of Kidney Strain
An elderly male advocate warns that age is not the issue but careless living. He stresses kidney stress from uric acid and urges early action with Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules, claiming quick relief and a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Imitation of Nat Goodwin Sparks Frank Exchange
A young aspiring actor performs an impersonation of Nat Goodwin at a famed mans' Club gambol and is invited to hear Goodwin's verdict. Goodwin notes with dry wit that one of them is rotten, delivering a sharp end to the anecdote.
Summit Stay and Dinner Highlight Mount Washington Visit
A light conversational vignette recalls visiting Mount Washington with an overnight stay at the summit and a tip-top supper. Distinct exchanges reveal the high altitude experience and lingering pride in the elevation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Washington
Moonlight Witchery and War Reflections Stir Readings
A fragment cites moonlit witchery and diabolical moonshine influences, with a veteran remark that after the war nothing will be the same, conveying a charged postwar mood and superstition.
Fiddle Fit and Health Advice Amid Patent Medicine Claims
An advertisement extols Cascarets as a cure for headaches, biliousness, sour tongue, and constipation by cleansing the stomach and bowels. It promises quick improvement by morning and includes a Ruskin quote about wealth measured by life and influence.
Castoria advert from old infant remedy note
Important notice urging careful examination of every bottle of Gastoria the famous old remedy for infants and children to ensure it bears the signature of M La In Use for over eighty years children cry for Fletcher's Castoria
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher's
Castoria
Famine history spans Russian and global crises
The piece recalls famines from 1600 to 1911, noting heavy mortality in Russia and Europe. It cites government relief efforts, age-based flour quotas, and widespread starvation across one third of Europe. It also briefly mentions Cartoons Magazine humor and Havana’s boulevard system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
China
National’ Geographic Society
Europe
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Western
Union News Service
Ilaea
Don Breas
Federal Board For Vocational
Germany
Premiser Clemencenu
Lion Me Libre
Proavre
Bouteus
Perntapant Ralle
Anerican Horoatey Association
Axxocladon
Ambanaudoy Bontas
Moxley
Curranty
Mexico
Carranza v
Conti
Giuseppe Brambilla
Lonnon
Aowins
Aioe
Eltigena
Annaport
Great ‘Northern
Valdiyvostok
Socialist Party
Patra
Tateran- Manala
Aoscows
Aid
Montevideo
Mount Hoad
Portland
Ore
Methoutst
Menaly Grouds
Groveland
Lake Mirmetniks
Georges Leygues
Minister of Marine
Danton
Galois
Suffren
Chicago
Loyés
Marhiall Pretd & Co
Mer
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Sixcot
Dargiat
John F. Riley
Vie Longshoremen
Aurike
Choelocila
Lain Wate
New Yorke
Washington Mat Aero
Mites
Molling Road
Cutonagiles
Gatamrt
Spandad
America
Amerie
Emil J. Shuon
Adriatic
Zeppelin
Simon
Gattinger
Margaret Reidhamler
Benjamin Burr
Marthe Hermes
Algo
Mike
Ueadore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Noosavelt
Sleria
Bella
Alaska
Canzo
Nave
Southwest News
New Mexico
Weatert
Newspaper Union News Service
Arizona Suite
Lawrence Tumme
Gamag Cation
Southwest
State Highway Department of
New Mosteo
Secretary of Agriculture
Portales
Clovis
Curry
Une
Grovis
Pexteo
Pingstaff
Wil
Supreme Court
Wiley B. Jones
Ade Mintatention
San Francisco
Texas
Arizona Scorporation Commis
Atone L
New Cornelia Copper Company
Afo
John Q. Greenway
Yanager
Jacob Margolis
Western Newspaper
Gary
Lfe
Ruskin
Yeal
Cartoons Magazine
Havana
Cereay
Battle ‘Creek
Mich
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