President Wilson's Message Read to Congress
President Wilson's Paris cable reading to the House outlines labor questions, industrial democratization, and domestic measures. He urges cooperation between capital and labor, supports eight hour day, returning soldiers' jobs, tax reform, and women's suffrage amendment, and calls for orderly transfer of telegraph, railroad, and utility control.
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Washington
Wilson
Paris
Congress
Patrick J. Halligan
House
United States
Committee On Labor
Department of Labor
Secretary of the Interior
Indiana News in 1919 Public Notices and Local Steps
Continued rains hurt wheat in some counties as farmers seek drier weather. Indiana counties report crop setbacks while Victory Liberty loan quotas were met. Public figures address naturalization, crime, taxes, and health rules as farmers shift to cream markets and new baking laws.
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Alexandria
Monroe Township
Evansville
Vanderburg County
Indiana
Eighth
Federal Reserve District
St. Louis
Victory Liberty Loan
Shelbyville
Michigan City
Fred C. Miller
Miller
Indianapolis
Goodrich
Gary
Hunter
Lake County
Crown Point
George C. Bryant
United States Department of Agriculture
Hinshaw
J. M. Kimmel
Lafayette
State Highway Commission
Bureau
H. K. Bishop
Columbia City
Henry J. Ummel
Harvey Harshbarger
Whitley County
L. H. Wrigley
Whitley Circuit
Harshbarger
Ummel
Maybray
Muncie
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Missouri
Hartford City
Public Service Commission
Supreme Court
John H. Edwards
Jackson
Seymour
Eli Stansbury
Edwards
United States Employment Bureau
Milton
Marion
Joshua Strange
Farmers’ National Congress
Hagerstown
Ohio River
Vincennes
Ixnox County
Vincennes and
Bicknell
Jeffersonville
Clark County
United States
Tipton
Boone
Hamilton
Morgan
Hancock
Johnson
Hendricks
Petersburg
Worthington
Danville
State Board of Health
Board of Health
H. J. Elam
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Cincinnati, Indianapolis? & Western Railroad
Union
Fayette
Rush
Shelby
Bancock
S. B. Smith
Richmond
Eastern Hospital For Insane
Charles A. McGonagle
Plainfield
Indiana Boys’ School
Moses Epstein
Frankfort
Northern Hospital For Insane
Joseph Henning
Anderson
Ember
Board of
Indiana Reformatory
Maurice C. Shelton
Rochester
Board of Trustees
State Prison
Arthur C. Whiteside
Marion County
Whiteside
Indiana Dairy Products Manufacturers’ Association
Harry E. Barnard
Food and Drug Commissioner
Food and Drug Division
Rats Harm Airplanes At Burgess Plant
An inspector in the Washington bureau warns that casein glue has attracted rats at the Burgess plant. He notes rats raid glue cans after work and could destroy a wing panel. The office suggests poisoning or altering the glue to deter rodents and warns against storing finished machines.
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Bureau of Construction and ‘Repair
Washington
American Machinist
Burgess Plant
Naming a Trip
A North Carolina civil court judge heard a lawsuit over road construction matters involving three contractors and a grandfather figure. The proceedings focused on project responsibilities and potential liability among the parties.
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Civil Court of
North Carolina
True wealth lies in character not in material riches
The reflection contrasts wealth of character with dollars, arguing that true value comes from virtue and integrity rather than possessions or money. It implies that those who possess strong character are more valuable than the rich with empty wealth.
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Congress
Secret No Name Fuel Promises War Plane Power
A national capital report reveals a new liquid fuel using alcohol as a base with 25 percent gasoline and heavy hydrocarbons. It powered government war aircraft, is smokeless, odorless, sediment free, and allegedly multiplies gasoline supply fourfold. Inventor Arthur A. Backhaus is credited. two firms control most alcohol capacity, with production costs kept secret.
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United States Patent Office
Arthur A. Backhaus
Baltimore
Legion for Jobs for Mustered Out Soldiers Forming Nationally
The Legion for Jobs for Mustered-Out Soldiers announces a national organization to secure employment for demobilized soldiers. Marvin G. Sperry is national chairman. branches exist nationwide with town, state, and national conventions planned in Washington. Membership costs $2 with 25 cents monthly dues. commissions disqualify candidates. The group demands government action to provide jobs and a $500 payment to every returned soldier, threatening to elect a congress that will deliver.
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HIE Legion
Congress
Marvin G. Sperry
Ironton
Twelfth Regiment of Railroad Engineers
France
Washington
United States Service
Legion
Griggs expedition reaches Kodiak in Katmai region survey
National Geographic reports the sixth Griggs expedition to the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes has arrived off Kodiak Island Alaska. The party includes scientists and photographers to study helium presence and volcanic activity near Mount Katmai and the Kaimai National Monument.
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Katmai
Kaimai National Monument
Alaska
Mount Kaimai
Griggs
Tree Telegraphs and Floragrams Claim World Wakeup
Maj. Gen. George O. Squier announces that growing trees can act as natural antennae for radio telephony and telegraphy. A spike in a tree creates a contact to send and receive dispatches across the earth, with tests reaching three miles and Europe in communication. Floragrams and floraphone are named for the tree based system.
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American Physical Society
United States Bureau of Standards
George O. Squier
Army
General Squier
Europe
England
France
Germany
Italy
Washington
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Future Commerce
House of Representatives
Secretary of Agriculture
Woodrow Wilson
Ndiana
Grandpap
Pap
Papoose
National Capital Affairs
The
Soldier Legion
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