Oregon Strongest on Pacific Coast in Ivy Bowl Talk
Eugene Oregon fans claim Oregon has the strongest Pacific coast team and could challenge Harvard in Pasadena New Year 8 gridiron clash. Oregon defeated Washington 24 13 and outplayed Washington State, with Bill Steers Hollis Huntington and Brandenburg starring the backfield. Critics note limited games and inexperience as only handicaps while Bartlett and Jacobberger anchor a strong line.
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Eugene
Oregon
Washington
University of Oregon
Pacific
Harvard
Pasadena
Washington State ‘College
University of Weshington
Washington State
Portland
Bill Steers
Hollis ‘Huntington
Brandenburg
V. Jacobberger
Bartlett
University of Pennsylvania
Hollis Huntington
Beckett
Spellman
Risley
Mitchell
Tegert
Cambridge
Multnomah
Idaho
State
Aggies
Multnomah Club
Portugues Lady Ready for Bull Ring Fight
The fragment mentions a Portuguese lady preparing to enter a bull ring after being provoked. It also notes President Wilson likely backing Colonel House for a run as a pinch hitter, praising the colonel as a hardworking athlete, and hints at the King of Spain entering the scene.
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Portugues
Wilson
House
King
Spain
Tobacco League to Fight Antis Campaign Organized
Louisville dispatch reports the American Tobacco League reorganized in Cincinnati to unite tobacco interests against anti tobacco campaigns. In Kentucky about 300000 tobacco workers and dealers are organized with five counties forming branches. Emmett Orr says meetings of growers warehousemen and others connected to the tobacco industry are being held statewide.
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Louisville
Llied Tobacco League of America
Reae
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Emmett Orr
Boy Overcomes Cripples From Birth in West Virginia
Peter Medrofus, five years old, who never walked, arrived at the Children's Hospital in a mountain home area. After months of surgical treatment, the boy now runs about the hospital, demonstrating a remarkable recovery from apparent birth cripples observed by a visiting nurse last spring.
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Washington
Peter Medrofuscie
The
Children's Hospital
West Virginia
Peter
Government sells eggs at 60 cents a dozen
Navy yard stores list 19 000 dozen eggs to be disposed of at about 60 cents a dozen seized from hoarders. A ton of adulterated sugar with saw jets had been sold to dealers who were required to purify it.
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Philadelphia
Navy Yard
Alaska Native Brotherhood convenes in Sitka with native concert
Anchorage reports that natives from southeastern Alaska villages will attend the sixth annual Alaska Native Brotherhood convention in Sitka. The program features a Metlakatla orchestra concerto composed entirely of natives. In San Francisco Golden Gate Assembly No 2 Society of American Magicians held a banquet with twelve performers showcasing mystification stunts.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Alaska Native Brotherhood
Sitka
Métlakatla
San. Francisco
Golden Gate
Society of American
Hell
Forest service checks Christmas trees from Idaho Utah
In Ogden Utah on December 24 the forestry service reports ongoing checks on the number of Christmas trees sourced from Idaho and Utah forests. District Forester H. Kneipp notes thousands of young trees are cut annually, warning that overharvesting harms timber reserves and water resources, while snows help prevent premature melting.
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Ogden
Utah
Idaho
Forestry’ ‘Service
Kneipp
Poisonous plants devastate livestock on western ranges
The article reports annual stock losses from poisonous plants across national forests, totaling about 6,000 cattle and 16,000 sheep. It details locos and lupines as major threats, larkspur’s impact in the Great Basin, and methods like grubbing and fencing to prevent losses, plus costs and past success.
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Forest Service
Great Basin
Oregon to Ratify Early in January
Oregon to ratify the Susan B. Anthony amendment in a special session called for January 12. Ben Olcott, governor of Oregon, faces pressure from the National Woman's Party to support a federal suffrage amendment.
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Ben Olcott
Oregon
Louis F. Hart
Washington
Octaviano A. ‘Larrzola
New Mexico
T. E. Campbell
Arizona
J. B. Robertson
Oklahoma
Larrzola
Olcott
Kentucky
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Delaware
Idaho
Indiana
Vermont
Wyoming
National Woman's Party
Utah Coal Output for 1919 Shows Decrease
Salt Lake City reports Utah coal production in 1919 totaled 4,537,132 tons, down from 1918 figures. Carl Allen, Utah mines chief inspector, says the 1919 drop was not caused by a miners strike, as no workers in Utah participated. The report forecasts potential record output in 1920 due to favorable conditions.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Carl Allen
Allen
Cattle Feeding Experiments Underway at Utah College
Dec 24 report from Logan Utah describes experiments by Utah Agricultural College to find profitable grain and alfalfa hay mixes for fattening cattle Fifty head of two year old southern steers were purchased for the trials under the supervision of Professor Po W Carroll animal husbandry.
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Logan
Lah
Utah Agricultural College
Dre Po Wi Carrol
Still ill after long trip and strange loot tale
In Greensburg Pennsylvania Andy Ol vek recalls a bizarre episode with a pair of old boots from his boarding house that allegedly hid $3000 in cash. Authorities wired Rotterdam and received a curt reply about duty and boats. The report questions whether Dumbinsky remains violently ill.
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Greensburg
Andy Olvek
Webster
Rotterdam
Dumbinsky
Body of Dead Aviator Washed Ashore
By the Associated Press London, Dec. 26. The body of airman Ernest Howell, of the British air service, was washed ashore off Corfu and buried by an English chaplain per a Corfu dispatch. Howell’s mechanic, Henry Fragzer, has not yet been found.
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London
Ain Sedric
Ernest’ Howell
Lia
Corfu
Ashare
Henry
Fragzer
Howell
Fase
Furs Bring Record Prices This Year
An American fur dealer says high-end pelts like Russian sable and natural black foxes command record prices. A sable coat sold for $85,000, equating to about $1,002 per ounce, while black fox sets fetch up to $7,500 a pair. Prices for silver foxes reach $1,500 to $6,000 per pair. beaver trimmed coats now from $300 to $400.
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Prince’ Edward Island
J. W. Albright
America
Pres
United, States
New York
Paris
Euro Centers
Argenbright
Hudson Bay
Alaska
Four Kidnap Attempts Reported in Los Angeles
Two neatly dressed young men in a high powered car are sought after a series of kidnapping attempts reported by Mrs. Blanche Fisher. She says the latest was the fourth attempt to abduct her, with earlier attacks on elderly women and another woman at a cafeteria. Police confirm scratches and disheveled hair as supporting details.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Blanche Fisher
Bolshevik advance reported by wireless dispatch
A wireless dispatch from Moscow claims Bolshevik forces have captured towns including Fastoff Vassilkow Kremen Idium Belovodsk Makeeveka and Wekpekpetah. The report lists a chain of captured locations as Bolshevik progress continues in the conflict.
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London
Pomsie
Fastoff
Vassilkow
Krémentehug
Idium
Belovodsk
Makeeveka
Wekpekpetah
Moscow
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Jes Willard
Timber Jess
Ponca’ S
Dempsey-Carpentier
Dempsey
Tobacco League
Cripplas
Wonder
Dubinsky
Croesus
Brooklyn
Burgesia
Siberia
Russia
Twin Falls Bank. & Trust Co
Twin Falls
Federal Reserve System
Eee
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