Mining Outlook and Tariff Debate Shapes Regional News
Thursday June 23 1922 reports a boom hint in the Coeur d Alene mining district led by lead and zinc, with silver fixed at $1 an ounce for years, signaling rising production and strong profits. It also notes tariff politics with Senator Newberrys Michigan seat dispute, Pinchots Pennsylvania bid, and Democratic tariff criticisms highlighting local industry pressure and protection needs.
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Coeur d’Alene
Coeur d'Alene
Pinchot and His Primary Election Expense
The piece discusses high costs in direct primary campaigns for state and congressional nominations. It cites the Newberry case, where $190,000 was spent to win Michigan’s senatorial nomination, with contest over improper expenditures, though the challenge failed.
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Senate
Newberry
Michigan
Senator Newberry
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
Soldiers Bonus Will Prove A Boomerang
The article argues that advancing a World War I veterans bonus is a political trap for Republicans. It claims the public supports aid for incapacitated veterans and dependents but rejects healthful veterans receiving extra pay. It warns the bonus bill will rebound on the Republican Party with costly taxation and voter backlash.
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Republican Congress
American Legion
Congress
Republican
Inconsistent Democratic Tariff Views Emerge in Coeur dAlene
A reader sees a split in Democratic stance on tariffs. National and state conventions endorse a revenue tariff while local Democrats petition Congress for a lead and zinc protection tariff to aid local producers in the Coeur dAlene district.
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Democratic Party
Coeur d'Alene
Congress
U S Savings Certificates Pay 42 Percent
The United States treasury offers securities to fit modest budgets. Savings stamps cost one dollar each and twenty stamps exchange for a five year certificate redeemable at $26, yielding 4 percent interest compounded semi annually. Higher denominations exist, with annual limits, claiming superior returns and principal security.
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United States Treasury
Treasury Savings
United States
Eight Rules for Business Success from A B Farquhar
Eight rules for success are laid down by American multimillionaire A B Farquhar in his autobiography The First Million the Hardest. They emphasize trust in people, learning from troubles, hard work, self faith, reverence for God, self as only true enemy, valuing friends, and giving value before seeking gain. Parquhar is in his eighth year.
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A. B. Farquhar
Greeley
Sherman
Parqubar
A Visitor's View of Wallace in Idaho West
Wallace is described as the Biggest Little City in the West with modern streets housing, schools, churches, and thriving business. Visitors note mines that produced vast wealth, progressive downtowns, and strong tourist and convention charm. A speaker jokes about local breeds while urging shared wealth with Coeur d Alene for recreation and growth.
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Coeur d'Alene Evening Press
Wallace
North Idaho
Coeur d'Alene
Jare
Coeur d'Alenes
Railroads Must Continue Service Despite Wage Cuts
The piece argues railroads cannot strike when government agencies cut rates, while unions can. It criticizes union leaders for biased claims of unfair cuts and suggests strike ballots are effectively invitations to strike, warning sober thought is lacking among leadership.
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Brooklyn Bagte
Brotherhood
President and the Press draws balanced view of media duty
The piece argues the president’s moderate stance against sensationalism and excess in journalism. It defends press freedom while criticizing overemphasis on crime and scandal that can erode public trust and overlook commendable acts and honorable conduct.
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Washington Post
Why the Rush
A Chicago chef criticizes the American rush culture noting repeated orders spoil food and digestion. He argues haste stems from disorganization and lack of planning, producing meaningless gestures and superficial noise rather than purposeful action.
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Chicago Tribune
Builders of the West Remembered in Winter Night
In Virginia City on New Year’s Eve 1881 a speaker recalls five hundred California pioneers. The poem blends memory of bearded giants who caravaned west, built towns, and shaped a sovereign state with a stormbound night scene. A solitary figure raises a dented tin cup to toast the Builders of the West and enduring hearts.
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Virginia City
California
Nick
Golden Gulches
West
Russia, transit, and reform in a fragmented view
A Chicago citizen contemplates a fifteen minute lunch and a quarter hour streetcar ride home, arguing faster transport would halve travel time. The piece criticizes radicals for desiring revolution without understanding its meaning and calls for informed conservatism rooted in Russia's plight. It notes a London firm with 1667 fixtures and Porto Rico naming its first native education commissioner.
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Chicago
Sunder
Russia
Wobblies Return From Russia Mutiny in Exile
Some members of the Industrial Workers of the World who left the United States in March to join a communistic project in Russia under Big Bill Haywood and Lenine are already dissatisfied with conditions. The item notes dissent among exiled organizers and questions prospects for their mission.
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New York Herald
Industrial Workers of the World
America
Russia
Big Bill Haywood
Lenine
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Heflin
Alabama
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York
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Inox
A. J. Farquhar Co Ltd
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London
Porto Rico
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