Debs Pardon Referral Sparks National Debate
The article criticizes Attorney General Daugherty for meeting with Eugene Vance Debs in Washington after Debs’ sedition conviction, arguing the interview and the president's approval undermine government authority. It warns the action boosts Debs’ prestige and aids anarchist circles, regardless of a future pardon or continued imprisonment.
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Paciilsus
Nf Ue
Ruy Debs
Federa
Harding
Daugherty
Debs
Mr. Daugherty
Washington
Deb
Atlanta
Debis
Daho Loses a Splendid Citizen Major Fred Reed
Major Fred Reed, longtime Idaho official, died recently at 1 Vocatello. He championed northern mineral and timber resources while promoting southern reclamation of arid lands. As head of a reclamation association, he helped transform sagebrush desert into productive fields, leaving a legacy of wealth and public service across Idaho.
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Vocatello
Idaho
North Idaho
San Francisco
Tolaho
North
South
Beath
Major Reed
Northern Idaho State Scheme Debate Found in Spokane Press
A Spokane paper reports on northern Idaho sentiment for a new state joining eastern Washington and western Montana. The Lewiston Tribune notes scope limits, stressing formal steps require Idaho legislature sanction and that annexation to Washington is considered undesirable. Evidence of public support remains unproven. the issue has not reemerged in decades.
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Idaho
Herman HH. Sivior
Sandpoint
Bonn
Spokane
Couaigerete
Washington
Montana
Taylor
Baw
Tolabo
Lewistone Tribune
North Idaho
Contested Boundary Plan Faces Regional Skepticism
An amalgamated scheme linking north Idaho eastern Washington and western Montana encounters widespread uncertainty. Washington lawmakers dismiss it without a hearing while eastern Washington largely rejects it. Western Montana finds the proposal novel and unfamiliar, with much ground unexplored and no firm lines of inclusion or exclusion yet.
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Idaho
Washington
Montana
Safety First ranked miners form new local safety chapters
At a Washington meeting of the Joseph A. Holmes Safety association organizers proposed local chapters affiliated with the parent group to promote first aid and mine rescue. The network would unite miners with mine officials to foster safety, sanitation, health, and social welfare, while honoring rescuers with medals and diplomas.
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Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association
Washington
Joseph A. Holmes
Bureau of Mines
United States
Joseph A. Holmes Association
Government Must Keep Faith With Silver Miners
East agitation calls for repeal of the Pittman act which requires the government to buy silver produced in the United States at one dollar per ounce until wartime silver withdrawals are replaced. Sidney J. Jennings argues the act is binding and explains the government’s use of proceeds from silver sales in its treasury.
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Congress
United States
Treasury
Sidney J. Jennings
United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Company
New York Times
India
Mint
Pittman Act and U S silver policy in 1918 1920 review
The text outlines a sequence from September 1927 silver price spikes through British India concerns, U S silver stock availability, and negotiations leading to the Pittman Act of April 1918. It explains melting 270,121,554 dollars worth of silver coins in 1920, repurchase of 37 million ounces, seigniorage profits, and the goal of maintaining treasury silver dollars with faithfulness to the agreement between the government and U S silver producers.
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United Sates
Governt
Washington
Congress
Mint
Pittman
Newspaper lackeyism critiques society photogr aphs and bolshevist affectation
Arthur Brisbane in National Republican attacks Hearst papers for publishing society photos of winter resort regulars. He says such images promote bolshevism and petty show, degrade reader intelligence, and waste white paper on private lives rather than public worth.
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National Republican
Arthur Brisbane
Hearst
Society Pages
Metropolitan
Idaho Northern Division Plan Mocked in North Idaho
Grangeville Free Press reports promoters push education campaign for splitting Idaho and joining with Washington or Montana. Funds would be raised by subscription. critics call the move a bluff and say the state will not be divided. North residents unsatisfied with the panhandle status urged to relocate if desired.
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Grangeville
Idaho
Washington
Montana
Panhandle
Rugged Americanism and US rights in postwar treaties
A New York Herald editorial asserts that the United States will not surrender any prewar or wartime rights, including Yap, Mesopotamian oil, and cable rights at Emden. It argues all US rights remain guarded until treaties are negotiated and ratified, under the Harding doctrine.
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State Department
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Yap
Japan
Allied Council
League of Nations
Mesopotamia
Emden
Germany
Island of
Good Angel and the World War Debt
The United States stands alone among nations in funding postwar aid to twenty others. No special debt to former foes or allies is owed, yet America acted as fairy prince by intervening to curb military despotism. It spent about 30 billion dollars and lost 200000 soldiers to defend free government in Europe.
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Los Angeles Times
United States
Europe
Arkansas Finds First Diamond From Peridotite Pipe
The first Arkansas diamond was discovered in 1906 by John Huddleston on his farm near Murfreesboro after he noted gray green rock. A Little Rock jeweler confirmed the gem with New York experts. Arkansas mining will differ from South Africa, as local peridotite has largely disintegrated into gumbo clay to a depth of about 20 feet, requiring removal before blasting.
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Canada
South America
Arkansas
John Huddleston
Huddleston
Murphreesboro
New York
Althouggh
Africa
Labor's Great Mistake
Philadelphia Bulletin discusses organized labor leaders urging Congress to broaden exemptions for unions from anti union laws and to curb court injunctions in industrial disputes. It critiques the call for outright refusal to recognize court decrees as beyond the legal scope and warns against abandoning established law.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Conference of
Organized Labor Leaders
Washington
Congress
Platinum For Playthings Shocks Northern Michigan
A Cadillac dispatch reports chunks of nearly pure platinum from north Russia found by Polar Tear soldiers. Nelson Nolf of Harriette may earn about $18,000 from several pounds. a Marion youth sold a kernel-sized piece for $6. Children played with the ore as playthings, and a Cadillac man used a piece as a door weight, losing value each time the door moved. The ore was discovered near the Pvina river, about 35 miles from Archangel, during drilling preparations.
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Michigan
Cadillac
Mich
Nelson Nolf
Harriette
Marion
Pvina
Archangel
Nolf
Marines Resume Recruiting After Temporary Ban
The Marine Corps lifts its pause on new-recruit intake. Visible policy shifts allow civilians to enlist for three or four years, abolishing the two-year option. Applicants must meet strict standards, be at least 20 years old, 65 inches tall, and weigh at least 180 pounds. total force nears 22,000.
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Marine Corps
Lejeune
Diamonds Found in Pike County Arkansas Crater
Report of the western hemisphere's only known diamond deposit located two and a half miles south of Murphreesboro in Pike county. Diamonds occur in a volcanic crater pipe formed when ancient lava brought carbon into peridotite, which later crystallized into diamonds.
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Pike County
Arkansas
Murphreesboro
Threshing and Machinery Cut Labor in Farming
The article notes improved machinery slashes wheat processing time from 3 hours 3 minutes to 9 minutes 18 seconds per bushel and hay work from 11 hours to 1 hour 39 minutes per ton, dropping labor costs from 88 cents to 6 cents an hour. It claims machinery raises farm output and lowers costs while reporting about 69 Rhine marriages monthly between American soldiers and German partners.
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Rhine
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