Price of Silver After Pittman Act Ends
The article analyzes silver prices as government purchases at $1 per ounce under the Pittman Act nearing completion in 1923. Producers may rush output to exploit high prices, with smelters likely to suspend buys before purchases end. A post-Pittman price drop to 65 cents or lower is feared unless a global fixed price or export cartel forms to regulate silver, largely through Western producers and London pricing. It discusses veteran benefit parity and a political controversy involving Idaho, Governor Davis, and Miles Clinnon, plus criticism of State taxpayer-funded communications and calls for universal veteran legislation and reduced state expenses.
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Friends of Silver
Europe
United States
Canada
Mexico
London
Square Deal For Soldiers Of All Wars
The article lauds American World War I soldiers for higher pay better equipment and comprehensive care funded by government and Red Cross efforts and private associations. It credits the American people for sacrifices at home and abroad and notes Congress has provided for disabled veterans and dependents.
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Coat
A. P. Entenza
United Spanish War Veterans
Neasigbbrigts
San Francisco
Congress
Entenza
California
Washington
Red Cross
Enforcing the Will of the Minority in U S Congress
In a critique of the bloc system, the piece argues that a minority bloc in Congress defeats majority rule by uniting to obstruct legislation. It cites Senator LaFollette and the so-called progressive bloc as un-American, aiming to force minority preferences over the public will.
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Congress
Farmers’ Bloc
LaFollette
Miles Cannon Again Airing His Troubles
Governor Davis receives praise for quickly removing L J Goldman as U S predatory animal inspector after his letter attacking the state leadership. The action followed a hostile missive to the state game warden and the agriculture commissioner Miles Cannon. The governor asks the secretary of agriculture to take immediate relief steps.
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Goldman
Idaho
Department
Davis
Miles Clinnon
Cannon
Miles Cannon
L. J. Goldman
United States
State House
Secretary of Agriculture
Debs speech stiffens stand against pardons in Chicago
The piece argues that Eugene V Debs, released by clemency, denounces America and praises Russia, showing the dangers of pardons for political prisoners. It contends radicals push for further releases while Debs proves punishment fails to reform, urging continued confinement for those convicted of obstructing the government during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene V. Debs
Chicago
Russia
America
Congress
Debs
Banks and Mining Promote Honest Profitable Ore Ventures
Industrial News Bureau argues mining is essential to national finance with gold and silver backing. It warns against viewing mining as speculative and urges banks to support legitimate mining ventures, stressing modern methods and government encouragement.
Mining and banking sustain national wealth against odds
Despite many handicaps and lack of financial aid, the best class of people invest in mining and produce gold and silver, making the nation financially strong. Banks and mining are indispensable, but mining can survive without banks whereas banking cannot live without mining.
Onion soup at 5 am as breakfast humanizes Clemenceau visit
The New York Herald contrasts French breakfast habits with American routines as it weighs Clemenceau's influence. It humorously questions rising before 5 am, cheese choices, and coffee, noting Americans may adopt France's approach while poking fun at early rising rituals.
Penalties of Anger Warns Against Trifling Fury
A Vermont man paid for damage and a $25 fine after ripping a telephone from the wall and hurling it through a central window. The piece strikes at rage as a health risk and warns that anger over trifles harms minds, bodies, homes, and society.
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New York Herald
Vermont
Central
Not in the Game. US stance at Lausanne conference
The United States declines a full partner role at the Lausanne Near East peace conference, choosing observers instead. It cites long standing policy to avoid entangling racial, religious, territorial, and political issues, prioritizing industrial and commercial interests in Turkey over political commitments. The article notes US interests align with observing rather than shaping postwar decisions.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
United States
Harding
Near East
San Remo
Turkey
Lausanne
Europe
Department of State
Let Something Good Be Said by James Whitcomb Riley
Poem urges choosing kind words over disgrace and blame. It emphasizes lifting others with sympathy, even when they stumble, and ends with a call to speak well of fellow beings in moments of judgment. The speaker references faith and moral stakes to reinforce the value of kindness.
Senator Gooding Proposes Mileage Based Freight Rates
Idaho关注 a bill to base freight charges on mileage, sparking debate. Critics warn full mileage use would hurt Idaho producers of potatoes fruit wheat and beans, hindering markets east of state lines. Railroads favor blanket rates to keep farm goods competitive.
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Senator Gooding
Congress
Idaho
United States
Greeley
Colo
Cheyenne
Wyo
Idaho Falls
No Chips in Big Game as Policy Stands at Lausanne
The document states a policy of keeping The Straits of the Dardanelles free to all nations in peace and war. It insists on protection for minorities in the Near East and rejects involvement in Near East order duties. It notes America’s Lausanne stance aligns with this policy and rejects Armenian mandate obligations. It says to observe from the sidelines and avoid gambling with interests, buying no chips.
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Dardanelles
Near East
Lausanne
Copper from Water at Bisbee Mine Stuns As Acid-Proof Linings Fail
The Copper Queen mine in Bisbee Arizona yields about 100000 pounds of copper yearly from water drawn from the Czar shaft near the company store. Water from 400 level in an 8 inch pipe is lined with wood to resist sulfuric acid, as metal alloys fail. About 32000000 gallons yearly run into wooden troughs where 78 percent of copper is deposited by flowing through tins and scrap iron. The resulting cement copper averages around 60 percent metal and is dried after collection. In early 1922 troughs used 155 tons of cans and 47 tons of scrap iron.
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Salt Lake Mining Review
Bisbee
Ariz
Calumet and Arizona Company
Czar
Copper Queen mine water risks to district pumping
The facility has operated profitably for years. If water stopped pumping it could flow into the district’s lower mines and hinder pumping. The Czar is among the Copper Queen mines with workings ending at the quartzite floor of the district.
Scribner's Christmas issue features Edith Wharton serial
The December Scribner's previews A Son at the Front by Edith Wharton set in Paris before war. It notes Wharton’s long connection to the magazine and her wartime work in France. Also featured are Martha Haskell Clark poems, Beatrice Stevens and Henry Pits decorations, Edward Bok’s piece What Else Did Father Do, and Henry Curran short stories including The Imperturbability of Pick with a New York City backdrop and a baseball thread involving a newsboy and Big Bill.
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Scribner’s
Martha Haskell Clark
Beatrice Stevens
Henry Pits
Edith Wharton
Scribner
Edward Bok
Mr. Bok
Henry H. Curran
Pick
New York
Big Bill
Sally
Jimmy
Ebony ties on ancient British built Mexican railway snare
A historic railway in Sinaioa, Mexico features ebony ties linked to a British era line. The Southern Pacific contract for its Mexican branch reportedly calls for mahogany among other woods, highlighting material disputes over timber used in track construction.
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Sinaioa
Mexico
Southern Pacific
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Dess
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Clemenceau
James Whitcomb Riley
Guy Flenner
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