Gov Moore opposed to funds for Mines and Geology Bureau
The article argues Governor Moore’s stance against funding the Bureau of Mines and Geology jeopardizes state resource management. It contends the bureau, created to investigate minerals, water, and oil, supports university work, highway development, and attracting capital by providing reliable resource data. It stresses the bureau’s value exceeds its requested appropriation and links its work to economic growth and public welfare.
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Bureau of Mines and Geology
Moore
Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Moore’s Message Wins Broad Approval From Idaho
Governor Moore’s economic approach pleases a united Idaho legislature as he stresses efficiency without crippling essential services. The piece notes his 1800 word address as a model of concise governance and links support to President Harding, while opposing a World War I bonus as a matter of principle.
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Moore
Idaho
Idaho mining bureau funding urged for state and federal cooperation
The passage advocates maintaining the state bureau of mines and geology with a $30,000 two year appropriation. It argues the bureau provides essential, reliable information on Idaho natural resources, supporting prosperity and investment while preventing doomed ventures. It notes the federal U S Bureau of Mines funds cooperative Idaho work as well.
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Idaho
United States Bureau of Mines
State Bureau of Mines and Geology
Federal Bureau
Bonus bill looms in congress amid Legion influence
A proposed legislation to adjust pay for men in military service during the world war is expected to appear soon in Congress. The American Legion’s voting power and influence are noted as a major factor shaping this push among lawmakers.
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Congress
American Legion
Will Hays and the Arbuckle Case Revealed
The piece argues Hays was used to shield the movie industry’s image rather than elevate morals. It claims Arbuckle’s scandal exposed motives, showing Hays as a tool to steer public opinion and recapture profits, not reform.
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Moving Picture Owners
Will Hays
Arbuckle
Mr. Hays
Mr. Harding
Hays
Hotels in London Sold for Offices by Businessmen
Several large London hotels are being purchased by businessmen with plans to convert them into offices. In the same note, traditional gardening lore mentions mistletoe growing on apple, oak, crab apple, lime, and pear trees.
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London
Big Bill Haywood Sees Red Utopia Fade in Moscow
A Philadelphia Public Ledger portrait recalls William Haywood aging in a sparse Moscow room. The once mighty LWV agitator faces exile, possible prison, and a faded dream of workers’ communes, while comrades taunt him and history repeats with Kusbas’s failures.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Haywood
Many & Strike
Moscow
Siberian
Emma Goldman
Alex Berkman
Red Russia
Kusbas
Jamestown
Owenites
Brook Farm
Icarians
America
Australia
South America
Leavenworth
Russia
Big Bill Haywood
LW. W
Mit
Big Bill
Unfounded Charges and the Impeachment Probes
The piece criticizes the collapse of impeachment efforts against Attorney General Daugherty and condemns frequent Congressional investigations driven by prejudice rather than facts. It argues for safeguards to prevent abuse of investigative power, stressing that only solid provocation justifies official probes and money and prestige should not be wasted.
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Indianapolis News
Daugherty
Representative Keller
Congress
Mining Prosperity Predicted Across Western States
The Industrial News Bureau reports better mining conditions with copper, lead, silver, zinc, and gold set for a strong year. Dr. Coue endorses growth, stating investments and employment in mining will rise, while urging legislators to avoid extra taxes or regulations on mining operations to keep markets open and production moving.
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Industrial News Bureau
Dr. Coue
Coo-ay
He is Not Great Poem on Life’s Little Things
Elizabeth Scollard in N. Herald writes on the value of humble daily acts. The verse argues greatness lies in simple kindness and small courtesies rather than grand titles or flashy triumphs. It contrasts grand honors with an empty name earned by scorn for everyday kindness.
A Souvenir
A poem recalls pressed violets kept between book pages as a memento of a past romance. The speaker laments faded hopes and memories, wondering which girl stirred the early love that memory cannot fully name.
Snow cleans the air and city health notes
New York Herald reports snowstorms purify urban air by trapping dust and sulphur, boosting post storm electrical activity and potentially lowering death rates. It cites past cold season data, notes the cleansing effect remains after snow, and discusses mental health care policy limits on suppressing treatment for the feeble minded and mentally unbalanced.
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New York Herald
New York City
New York
Lakes
Humanity
SANE OR INSANE. New York official seeks law change
The Anaconda Standard reports Commissioner Coler of New York City and Bellevue Hospital physicians argue 20 to 30 percent of those in public asylums are not truly insane They plan to amend the law to give threatened or charged individuals greater protection of life and liberty The note ends with ten days remaining in the period for action and no further details.
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New York
Coler
New York City
United States
Commissioner of Public Works
Bellevue Hospital
Seeks Fabled City From Early Santa Fe Trail Lore
Popular recollections of the earliest use of the Santa Fe trail focus on Coronado and his 16th century expedition from Mexico to the Missouri valley in search of Quivera the fabled city of gold. Spanish ventures like de Allyon de Narvaez de Soto and de Moscoso probed the interior as 1542 saw remnants camped on the Arkansas river in Kansas. The chronicler described the expedition as a trail of fire and blood and noted barbaric defenses by Native peoples in dramatic terms.
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Coronado
Mexico
Missouri Valley
Quivera
Florida
Gulf
de Allyon
de Narvaez
de Soto
de Moscoso
Arkansas River
Kansas
Early American gas history and oddities
The article notes the first U S gas demo in Philadelphia in August 1796 by M Ambro sio & Co Hallan fireworks and artists. It mentions a 40 foot gas lamp on a Richmond Virginia tower in 1803 and Rembrandt Peale's Baltimore museum lighting in 1816 sparking street gas adoption. Also cites Montevideo animal cemetery with pet monuments and Hungary's profiteer banners.
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United States
Philadelphia
M. Ambrosio & Co
Hallan Fireworks
Richmond
Rembrandt Peale
Baltimore
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Elks Temple
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Gov. Moore
Harding
Will H. Hays
Fatty Arbuckle
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Elizabeth Scollard
N. ¥. Herald
Montevideo
Uruguay
Hungary
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