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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1920
Page
2
The article argues that while immigration quality has improved, a growing class of elderly and dependent immigrants risks becoming an economic liability. They lack initiative and long‑term migratory drive, relying on U.S. support rather than building new lives, a factor demanding vigilance against a parasitic influx.
The old debate over a separate feminist party resurfaces as Mrs. O H P Belmont leads a militant faction toward a Women’s Party that could hold the balance of power. She plans a February convention to finalize plans while Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt urges women to work within existing parties and reform them from within. The move deepens rifts among suffrage supporters and risks splitting the movement.
In a eastern city known for lax enforcement, orders were issued after the election to clean up the town. Police began rounding up crooks and offenders, with special focus on violations of anti liquor laws and related infringements.
Tips flood police, newspapers, and Dry Maintenance league as liquor complaints surge. League head attributes spike to public interest and authorities' enforcement, noting citizen effort succeeds when officials back reform. Cooperation between private citizens and public authorities proves essential for law enforcement.
City officials tried to create jobs including six dollar a day street cleaning posts. Yet many idle men refused homely work, citing higher past wages or savings. The piece argues relief should reflect whether inability or reluctance to work drives need.
Mrs Lena Lake Forest of Boston argues against flashy attire for working women. She calls for practical, simple clothing suited to business and occupational wear, not a uniform, as she leads the National Federation of Professional and Business Women in broad reform.
Fragmentary quote reflects anti League sentiment arguing nonalignment is a poor policy both for and against joining. The text hints at strategic concerns about foreign policy and national cohesion amid ongoing debate.
A commentator mockingly notes the national tree proposal favors the hickory. He quips prohibitionists may not consent until someone removes the hic from it.
A sarcastic woman and a suitor plot a drive after a film. He brings candy, she finds it stale, he hurls the box in frustration. Silence follows, then she switches to honeyed talk, continuing the same sharp wit in Indianapolis News.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch excerpt describes diverse mushrooms and their strange roles. It notes a red top slimy species that can kill, a clathrus fungus linked to cancer fears in France, a luminous olive-tree mushroom readable by, uses in ink and blood clotting, bees stupefaction, and puffballs with anaesthetic properties. It mentions African worship of Polyporus sacer.
Martin J. Macaw of Filer Idaho filed notice of intention to make final three year proof to establish a homestead claim on land in section 84 township 15 south range 16 east Bokee meridian. The notice was published November 26 1920 by the U S Land Office Hailey Idaho.
Above described, before H. E. Powers, U S Commissioner, at Twin Falls Idaho, on the 7th day of January 1921, claimant names as witnesses Richard L Williams of Twin Falls Idaho Roy Smatley of Buhly Idaho Henry Macaw of Filer Idaho George Batley of Twin Falls Idaho Ben R Gray Register Nov 26 Dec 339 17 24
A New Jersey baptism tale recounts Doctor Brown immersing converts in the Delaware River with comic roughness. A hackman, eager yet skeptical, asks why some are ducked twice, receives a hard dunk, and protests he came to be baptized not drowned. Brown explains the man carried the devil and needed washing out.
Twin Falls takes a 0 to 7 lead as Newman throws a key 20 yard pass to Taylor for a TD and Newman adds the extra point. Boise answers later with a drive stalled by a goal line stand before Twin Falls recovers and kicks off, Metcalfa returns 18 yards.
Twin Falls overwhelmed Boise 28 to 0 in the first half then held the locals to a lone score in the second. Newman, Speed, and Metcalfe sparked the offense with multiple long runs and a pair of touchdowns, while Boise fought hard yet couldn’t gain traction.
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