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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1920
Page
2
The Chronicle is published in Twin Falls Idaho with a masthead noting editor and publisher Robent A Stevenson. The paper carries Associated Press content and reserves rights for republication of dispatches. Subscription details are implied in the public notice.
A reader urges city residents to engage deeply with rural fairs to learn farm progress. He argues visitors should study exhibits and farming practices, see farmers as businesspeople, and recognize shared interests and responsibility Between city and country, better cooperation and food quality depend on informed urban support.
A tongue in cheek column notes the Department of Agriculture plans to standardize the teaspoon after a bumper harvest. It mocks the prior focus on quart measures and bushels, arguing even small measures deserve reform to prevent mismeasured batter and spoiled cake results.
Irish resistance remains strong as Lloyd George pushes coercion and martial law in Ireland. Observers predict heavy troop involvement without crushing the Irish Volunteers or Sinn Fein. Republican leaders insist the government cannot suppress the Volunteers or Sinn Fein courts.
The text compares Ireland’s revolt to the American Revolution, suggesting a strong unity among Irish against the British Army of Occupation. It questions Britain’s resolve and Lloyd George’s leadership, asking if the British public will support a hard crackdown or a different path.
A medical writer reports Dr. H. T. Scott of Arkansas links malaria in the South to negro churches. Unscreened open-air churches near trees and pools breed mosquitoes that bite worshippers and spread chills and fever. The proposed remedy is to build churches in the open and drain breeding pools.
The article argues the peasantry, or Russian mousies, hold the key to the revolution's outcome. It contrasts Lenin and Trotsky's failures to win peasant support with Wrangel's strategy of cultivating peasants, suggesting farm support could decide Russia’s future as Denikine faltered without rural backing. France recognizes Wrangel’s approach as pivotal.
A writer calls a summer resort the Land of artificial honey amid wartime rhetoric. The passage questions truth and notes the Allies are ready to fight Bolshevism to the last Polish drop of blood.
Fragmentary note suggests Villa may retreat toward Baja California while Mexico as a whole modernizes. Mentions a new laundry basket used to hold a baby, reflecting shifting domestic practices and social changes.
A transcript outlines congressional and senatorial campaign funding questions. It shows a Democratic committee member claiming $8,700 received though $2,2200 was requested, plus printed speeches for Congress using the frank Pay. Witnesses include Fred Upham and Wilbur Marsh as treasurers, with topics on mining protection and wage scales at collieries and the Anthracite commission appointed June 3 by the president.
President Wilson approved the majority report of the anthracite coal commission, granting miners wage increases totaling 85 million dollars and urging good faith in the award. A Scranton meeting was called for operators and United Mine Workers to draft a contract implementing the terms through March 21, 1922. The award includes back pay and a large wage raise, with the commission noting it could not justify a coal price spike for retail customers.
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to issue general mortgage gold bonds for 1,000,000 dollars and refunding mortgage gold bonds for 1,000,000 dollars.
Paris reports on August 30 that the Remanian cabinet led by Foremier Averescu has resigned, with confirmation coming through Berlin dispatches.
Owners of lands within Local Improvement District No 36 face special assessments to fund cement sidewalks on streets and alleys. Ordinance 307 creates the district. payments due by September 20, 1920, to Twin Falls Clerk at the Water Works building. August 20, 1920.
In Twin Falls Idaho district court a writ of attachment was issued August 18 1920 securing property of J W Stephens and Mrs T W Stephens for 4700. The notice is signed by Clerk C Siggins and attorney group, dated August 15 1920 with publication dates August 20 September 3. The second notice from Primet Court Idaho Twin Falls lists Writ of Attachment against S We Fielden for 487 47 dated August 10 1920 with seal by Clerk G Siggins and deputy Bowen and attorneys Guthrie Myers publication August 20 27 September 5.
In Twin Falls County Idaho First National Bank of Twin Falls sues J W Havens. Notice states a writ of attachment issued August 9 1920 for 8670 dollars. Document signed by court deputy clerk with dates August 20 27 and September 7 in Twin Falls Idaho.
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