State tax levy rises in 1919 amid commission government debate
The 1919 tax levy increased to 7.5 mills from 2.7 mills in 1918, driven by new and expanded appropriations for highways roads education soldiers and more. Officials argue the rise reflects legislative decisions rather than the commission form of government, with ~$300,000 expected from federal educational funds to reduce 1920 levy.
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Alto
Almont Hai
Democratic
Riends
Council of Defense
Bureau of Mines and Geology
General Fund
Harding praised Roosevelt’s wartime leadership in 1917 remark
The record recalls Senator Harding defending Theodore Roosevelt in a February 1917 White House speech. He argued Roosevelt would have kept the nation at peace, prevented the Lusitania sinking, and kept the U S free from war as Russia and Japan fought, citing Roosevelt’s role in ending that conflict.
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Land
Senator Harding
Toonevelt
Germany
Harding
Nator Martine
New Jersey
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
United States
Russia
Japan
Beale Gains Endorsement From Wallace Labor Council
Charles W Beale receives an unqualified endorsement for the Republican nomination to the U S Senate from the Wallace and Vicinity Trades and Labor Council. The council sent the resolution to all AFL associated labor councils in Idaho, praising Beale for his wage earner friendly stance and aiming to rally labor support statewide. The piece also notes Warren G Harding's 1920 presidential creed urging Americanism and national leadership.
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Charles W. Beale Jfor
United States
Wallace and Vicinity Trades and Labor
Trades and Labor Council
Mr. Beale
Senate
Wallace
Idaho
Charles W. Fleale
Wallace Trades and Labor Council
Legislative Committee
W. AL Smith
PO. Swanson
Rowland Julian
PO. Nordutst
Thro. W. Heyer
WEALD
Lction
Labor Council
American Federation For Labor
Teale
South Maho
Organized Labor
M.bowle
Governor Cox and the La Borer's Mug of Beer
The article reports on Dan Mahoney son in law of Governor James M Cox explaining the candidate’s liquor stance during the San Francisco convention. Mahoney claims Cox supports beer for the laboring man and would not advocate wine. A beer mug becomes a suggested democratic symbol and slogan.
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James M. Cox
Daniel J. "Mahoney
Sonin-Law Mahoney
Fairmont Hotel
San Francisco
Mel Mahoney
Cox Cambalen
Theodore Roosevelt and War Policy Reevaluated
The piece discusses party clashes over Roosevelt era policy and the fear of renewed party hostility. It notes Democrat attempts to revive old tensions between progressive and regular Republicans through editorials by Senator Harding.
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Senator Harding
Roosevelt
American First Policy Appeals To Voters
A statement arguing for a candidate who prioritizes American first policy and national welfare, claiming it will attract millions of voters who want the country’s destiny guided by that principle. The message frames this stance as central to shaping national welfare.
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White House
Nonpartisans Lose Ground in North Dakota Primary
In North Dakota's primary the nonpartisan league failed to win key posts, losing two congressmen as well as the secretary of state and other offices. The party's gubernatorial and senatorial candidates barely survived, signaling a rapid decline for Townleyism. The collapse in North Dakota could hasten disintegration in Idaho where league agents were active.
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North Dakota
Nonpartisan League
Secretary of State
League
Tts
United States
Idaho
THAT WET AMENDMENT
The piece mocks a Democratic convention speech by Charles F. X. O'Brien while comparing it to a hypothetical 18th amendment graft on the nation’s constitution. It parodies pompous rhetoric around prohibition and questions whether the public should decide on the issue.
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Charles F. X. O'Brien
Edwards
O'Brien
Kansas
Supreme Court
Prohibition Amendment Debate And Public Backlash
The piece criticizes those who claim the prohibition amendment was foisted on the people and argues for responsible voting. It notes sympathy for liberty advocates and drinkers but rejects the notion of external force behind the amendment and calls for reconsideration if a majority reluctantly accepted it.
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John Barleycorn
American achievement and Babe Ruth hailed in praise
An Anaconda Standard column extols American genius and energy expanding westward through cities, rivers, mountains, and skies. It lauds a recent milestone by Babe Ruth, the young baseball star who hit his twentieth home run in two months, celebrated as a national triumph.
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Eld
Barten Hall of Fame
Daxatins
Fulgenge
Babe Ruth
John A. Percival Dies Noted Mining Executive
Word from New York Tuesday announced the death of John A. Percival president of Consolidated Interstate Callahan Mining. He helped secure support for Interstate Callahan and Car negie Lead & Zinc Co. He was involved with Calumet & Sonora, the Hutte & Tallak Lava Mining Co., and served as a director of Biz Ledge Copper Co. His industry and determination were widely recognized.
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Skillings Mining Review
Duluth
New York
John A. Por leivBh
Consolidated Interstate-Callahan Mining Company
Interstate Callahan
Carnegie Lead & Zinc Co
Calimet & Sonora
Percival
R. P. Burgan
Pittsburgh
Calumet & Soner
Hutte & Tallaklava
Biz Ledge Copper Company
Idaho phosphate lands opened for leasing under new rules
Regulations approved by the interior secretary open Utah, Maho and Wyoming phosphate lands to leasing in areas up to 2 560 acres. Applications are filed with the Salt Lake field office for transmission to the interior secretary. The phosphate belt is centered in Idaho with Montpelier mining and large shipments to the Orient.
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Utah
Maho
Wyomng
Payne
United States Department of the Interim
Ralph $. Kelley
United States Land Office
Salt Lake
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Salt Lake Fund
Idaho
Montpelier
Orient
Pacific Coast
Kelley
Bill Never Expects to Die and Planting a Grapevine
A Baltimore American quote notes a democratic convention as dissenters opposing the Republican stance while the Philadelphia Press surveys third party hopes for La Follette, reflecting partisan views and public sentiment.
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Bill
Popunce
Baltimore
The Longest Day by A L Fraser in Montreal Star
An elegiac meditation on aging and the waning daylight of life. It contrasts the sorrow of twilight with the promise of Autumn’s gifts and Yuletide joy. The speaker urges not to claim the best part is past as the day moves toward night and dreams.
Kinship Poem on Brave Men and Heroic Kinship
A Philadelphia Public Ledger poem speaks of sacrifice and kinship as a hero dies and a comrade calls, describing a strange new thrill of unity with the Infinite. The piece honors selfless courage and the enduring bond among those who share a heroic duty.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittman Act debated in press over silver price support
The article surveys metropolitan editorials on repealing the Pittman Act, arguing the law stabilizes silver markets, protects producers, and prevents panics. It notes the 207,000,000 ounces bought in 1918 and the government’s gain from stable prices, urging publicity to safeguard American mining interests.
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Engineering and Mining Journal
New York ‘Tribune
New York Evening Post
the Tribune
Treasury
United States
Pittman
Nevada
India
Senate
Far East
Fall
New Mexico
Owen
Committee On Banking and Currency
Cordingly
Lodge
Thomas
Colorado
Wittman
Who Owns the Railroads and Who Chooses Them
The piece argues public ownership is essential, citing over 1,000,000 people holding ten billion in railroad stocks and bonds. Life insurers own nearly two billion in policies, savings banks hold 47 million, non life insurers 650 million, other institutions 350 million, and trust and banks 850 million. It closes with a wartime political remark about Secretary of War Ta er.
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Life
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Warren G. Harding
Ohio Society
America
Cox
John A. Percival
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LaFollette
Philadelphia Press
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Montreal Star
Senator Watson
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