Government moves to break up meat packers monopoly
The government and the big five packers Swift Armour Morris Wilson and Cudahy reach an injunction decree to confine them to meat and provision business and sell their stockyards rail interests newspapers and non meat holdings under federal supervision within two years. The decree aims to end control over livestock marketing and retail meat, with broad divestiture and ongoing court supervision nationwide.
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Wilson
Swift, Armour, Mortis
Wilson and
Cudahy
United States District Court
U. S
Palmer
Resignation of Mr Watts Shocks North Carolina Politics
The year’s dramatic political event in North Carolina is the resignation of Mr. Watts from a seven thousand dollar a year public post. His exit shocks both parties and follows a career as a highly informed political analyst and longtime federal official, noted for efficiency. He cites a wish to enter private business as his reason.
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North Carolina
Watts
Washington
A. D. Watts
Winston-Sale
Journal
Plans for Prosecution of Germans
Paris dispatch reports Ignace has gone to London to help assemble a list of Germans charged with war crimes for Allied delivery. A London conference will plan joint action by Britain France and Belgium with about 1 500 names slated for trials by mixed tribunals if needed in 1920 Paris Lille. The Former Emperor may face Allied trial while Crown Prince Rupprecht and others resist appearances. The Lille court martial has already jailed officers and soldiers.
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Paris
Ignace
London
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Echo de Paris
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Germany
Lille
Brussels
Holland
William
Geneva
A Word for Germany Adjourning German Assembly
The German National Assembly adjourned until mid January signaling no acute internal or external danger in Berlin yet. The piece praises Germany’s courage and steadfastness amid ruins and calls for no unjust suspicion as the nation strives to live amid surrounding dangers.
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Berlin
Germany
Insurance ad urging immediate action for health life and home
A promotional message from GEC F Blair of Blowing Rock North Carolina urging readers to insure their house health and life immediately before disaster illness or death occurs. The ad promises universal rates and emphasizes timeliness.
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F. Blair
Blowing Rock
N.C
Revaluation Act Promises Fair Tax Valuation in North Carolina
The Marion Progress notes the ongoing revaluation of property, asserting the new law will reveal true values and place taxpayers on an equal basis. It limits overall tax increases to ten percent, targets honest reporting, and aims to deter tax dodging while benefiting every property owner in the state.
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North Carolina
Mecklenburg
England
Marion
The Shortest Day and Winter’s Slow Advance
A Youths Companion passage reflects on the solstice signaling the start of longer days and the approach of spring. It notes the mental uplift from progress toward freedom from winter and the comfort found in small optimistic thoughts amid the cold.
North Carolina Agricultural Output Sees 860 Million Value
The Cooperative Crop Reporting Service estimates North Carolina’s principal crops total 8603 402 262 dollars on December 1 pricing. Tobacco leads with about 210.9 million. corn 101.9 million. cotton about 170k and seed 30.2 million. sweet potatoes 18.6 million. soybeans 3.4 million. hay and fodder boost totals with diverse crops and acreages across the state.
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North Carolina
Co-operative Crop Reporting Service
Department of Agriculture
Pile Up Your Dollars So No One Can Knock Them Down
A wartime pro pledge extols War Savings Stamps as safe investments that protect cash from profiteers. It urges workers to buy stamps every payday, promising high interest and full repayment on demand to create an unassailable savings stack.
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Anpia Oakley
Notice of Executorship for L C Earp Estate
Executor L H Holler invites claims against the estate of L C Earp deceased, due by December 22 1920 or bar. Creditors should present claims and debtors make immediate settlement as of December 22 1919.
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L. C. Earp
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United States Shafters Packers Trust
Wever
Republican Mountain Counties
Virginia
Mitchell
Madison
Avery
Congress
Observer
Elosser
Charlotte Observer
Sio
Department of Justice
Tle
Senate Agriculture Committee
Kenyon
Iowa
Kendrick
Wyoming
Ackerman
New Jersey
Colonel Roosevelt
Archie Roosevelt
League
Lodge
Mr. Watts
Hohenzollernism
New York Post
L. H. Holler
Arp
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