Closer to home, Wyoming's oil fortunes were improving, while the situation on the border remained tense and violent.
The crisis on the border naturally got first place on a lot of newspapers, but the Lance Creek oil strikes were a big deal in Wyoming. The area still is a major petroleum province in the state.
Railroad bills were also big news, as Congress struggled with an industry that had proved problematic during the war.
And the victorious Allies informed Germany that Austria was not to be admitted as a German state, now that the Austrian Empire had ceased to exist. In fact, as we'll shortly see, this would be a provision of the treaty with Austria which was soon to be signed.
And school was starting up, which was an occasion for cartoons.
The Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger made note of Labor Day being the unofficial American end of summer, with Tuesday, which September 2 was, being the end of the vacation season.
A cartoon of this type shows how long certain American traditions of modern life have been around, with an American vacationer (showing that vacations were common then), labeled as "Everybody", has a wrecked bank account due to going over the waterfall of Vacation.
The Gasoline Alley gang was at work, or at least Walt was, with the gang urging him to take the day off and go golfing.
It was also hurricane season, with the 1919 Florida Keys Hurricane forming to the south of the peninsula. In those days, there was considerably less warning than there is now.
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