Senator Borah Opposes World War Cash Bonus
Senator Borah fights the cash bonus bill to pay World War veterans, warning the funding would burden national debt. He cites moral duty to the ex soldiers, defends his stand against political pressure, and notes the Idaho American Legion telegram urging action.
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Senate
League of Nations
Borah
Pocatello Post No. 4
Senator Horah
Washington, D. C
Pocatello Post
American Legion
Pocatello
Idaho
No Need to Waste Sympathy on Germany Says Anne Morgan
A pro Germany critique argues postwar sympathy blocks fair reparations, noting Germany’s intact industrial base and France’s harsher postwar ruin. Anne Morgan, daughter of J Pierpont Morgan, cites German goods and a France debt discrepancy to urge tougher US stance on European payments.
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Germany
France
Anne Morgan
J, Pierpont Morgan
United States
America
Europe
China
Veteran Senator Defends Public Service Against Bribery Claims
A veteran senator rebukes attacks accusing him of seeking political power through public funds and warns against buying office with taxpayers money. He emphasizes a stance against appropriations used to secure votes, while affirming support for measures aiding disabled veterans.
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Ous
Mineral Resources of the North Side by Adam Ausbach
The Miner begins a series on Coeur d Alene district north side gold resources by Adam Ausbach veteran miner observer. He details early Prichard creek rushes Murray history and Ausbachs firsthand visits to mines. He explains how geology mineralogy and metallurgy shaped mining outcomes and failures.
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Coeur d'Alene
Adam Ausbach
Aulbach
Prichard Creek
Murray
Early mining blunders and a golden opportunity for gold recovery
The writer notes that past ore operations failed from inexperience and poor management, but gold remains. Ausbach’s letters highlight blunders and argue for modern, intelligent methods. The paper urges practical operators to adopt efficient mining to realize small capital with reasonably certain returns.
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Ausbach
State University Student Loan Fund Drive Next Week
A state wide drive will run the week of April 17 to boost the student loan fund at the state university. The fund provides small, lowinterest loans to students who must return the money after graduation. Moscow residents and commercial clubs have supported the fund, but more contributions are urged to prevent the fund from exhausting and to prevent students from leaving school.
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State University
Moscow
Washington on a Bonus From 1782 Letter
A letter from George Washington to Colonel Butler discusses veteran claims for adjusted compensation. Washington expresses distress over rewarding officers while acknowledging the soldiers’ sacrifices and foreseeing future admiration from posterity, urging restraint in payments yet honoring liberty and peace.
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George Washington
R. Butler
Hanford McNider
Butler
Washington
Park Benjamin
New York
Inestima ble Blessings Shared in Fatigues and Dangers
A fragment reflecting on how those who endured fatigue and dangers in obtaining blessings deserve to taste their value. It emphasizes shared sacrifice and gratitude, urging recognition of collective effort and the benefits gained by others through hardship.
Why a Desert Chief Factor in Aridity
The article argues rainfall as the primary driver of desert conditions, noting modern transport enables habitation far from water sources and that desert classification depends on aridity rather than habitability. It cites Sahara population, evaporation trends, and Copiapo as the driest known spot with 0.4 inches annually.
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Sahara
Tropics
Africa
Asia
Australia
South America
Andes
Copiapo
Passing of Townley signals end of nonpartisan league
Townley's retirement marks the decline of the movement once led by the nonpartisan league in North Dakota. The boss exit follows a wave of defections as members abandon the party amid failed plans for a national balance of power, dubious alliances, and private interests exploiting league funds. The pattern of discouraging election results and court troubles accelerated the collapse across North Dakota and Minnesota.
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Anaconda Standard
Townley
Nonpartisan League
North Dakota
League
Egypt
Minnesota
The Day is Done Poem by Henry W Longfellow
The day ends as darkness falls from night’s wings Read aloud to calm the restless mood not from grand masters but humble poets whose heart songs bring relief After labour and weary days read from a treasured book and let the poem’s rhythm ease the mind and drift into night
A Great Opportunity for Senator Borah
The Baltimore Sun argues that Senator Borah’s new role as chairman of the Senate Education and Labor Committee places him to push industrial reform in coal mining. It sees public ownership or stronger regulation as possible outcomes if operators resist change, and praises Borah as a decisive liberal capable of shaping policy and public opinion.
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Baltimore Sun
Borah
Sun
Horah
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
Kenyon
Iowa
T Hat
American unity urged over class politics in editorial
The piece argues Americans will not accept socialist blocs or party blocs. It predicts unions split on socialism and favors a united great American party. It claims farmers and labor deny socialist alignment and calls for unity if sectional selfishness endangers the nation.
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United States
America
Movement to unite labor and farmers faces friction
An editorial criticizes plans to unify labor, socialists, farmers, and allied groups into a single political party. It argues history shows such coalitions mix opposing elements and risk weakening practical aims. Shared concerns over farmer and laborer interests appear as core points of tension.
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Miele [Ind
Socialist Labor Party
Lead mining in Chenping district in China ships first lead
The Couing mining works in Chenping district recently sent its first lead shipment. Smelting is done by native methods with furnaces of three short tons per day, planned to double soon. The high grade soft lead tests at 99.97 to 99.98 percent purity, shipped in slabs of 140 catties. About 115 short tons have been exported with a ready market in South China.
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Couing Mining Works
Chenping
M. S. My
Swatow
China
South
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