Wilson Resentment Grows Over Peace Treaty Push
Washington text shows Congress ready to act on Wilson recommendations to lower living costs and regulate profiteers. Mondell pledges funding and Lever contract extension. Lodge endorses practical measures for price control and food storage. Some senators oppose broader autocracy limits and interstate licensing for corporations. Capper supports licensing plan.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
House
Senate
Representative Mondell
Mondell
Senator Lodge
League of Nations
Brandegee
United States
League of Mondell
Gronna
North Dakota
Agricultural Committee
Senator Capper
Kansas
Hoarded Food to be Taken Over by Government
Hoarded food stocks will be taken over by the government and placed on the market to restore supply and demand as part of Attorney General Palmer's nationwide drive against profiteers. Officials expect arrests and coordinated action across departments to move surplus goods into circulation. A list of more than seventy surplus food items will be sold via parcel post through post offices. A foot power can opener for restaurants is described.
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Washington
Pepercmnent
Tony
Palmer
Department of Justice
Chicago Federal Grand Jury
Post Office Department
Ohio River Stages Rise and Fall at Key Gauges
Ohio river stages report varying levels today with Pt Bridge at 6.3 feet and rising Herrs Island at 6.5 feet stationary Davis Island at 6.5 and 9.7 feet stationary Beaver Dam at 8.4 feet rising Parkersburg at 9.6 feet falling.
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Pittsburg
Pt. Bridge
Herrs Island
Davis Island
Beaver Dam
Parkersburg
Army Supplies Columbus Aids War Effort
Columbus and many cities receive millions in food from the government East Columbus depot. Despite shipments abroad, warehouses hold vast stores including 1,908,500 pounds of bacon and 12,000,000 cans of pork sausage along with large supplies of corned beef roast beef baked beans corn peas tomatoes and other staples.
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Columbus, CO
Columbus
East Columbus
Washington
War Department
Department
Post Office Department
Parcel Post
Nion
Ana
Auto Painting Business Ad by Townsend and Brother
H. O. Townsend and Brother offer complete trim room auto tops upholstering and repair of cushions and celluloid curtains. Specialize in auto painting with a claim of best material and honest work for the money. In Athens sixteen years. 41 Second St phone 717.
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H. O. Townsend
Athens
Second St
Search for Daughter Adopted Ten Years Ago
Port Clinton Ohio August 9 A search is under way by Mr and Mrs Joseph Lavine Rocky Ridge for their daughter adopted by others ten years ago. Despite efforts no trace has been found yet.
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Port Clinton
Joseph Lavine
Rocky Ridge
Five Strubes Family Burned in Putnam Fire Near Zanesville
In Zanesville Ohio on August 8 a Putnam suburb fire killed two children, left a seven month old and a two year old dead before firefighters arrived, and severely burned Simon Strubes and his wife who remain unconscious in hospital. A five year old son is badly burned and Anna Strubes survived with minor injuries. Police cannot determine the fire origin.
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Cleveland, O
F. C. Markett
Macon
J. D. Runkel
Sisterville
W. Va
Akron
Cleveland
Markett
Runker Boy
Zanesville
Simon Strubes
Strubes
Putnam
Anna Strubes
Two Teens Arrested After Shoot at Cleveland Fruit Shop
Cleveland police say two 17 year old suspects are in custody after a shot at fruit shop owner Charles Mandy failed to rob. The youths identified as Jack Hammond of Chillicothe Ohio and Claxton Fairfield of New York City were arrested in the incident.
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Cleveland
Charles Mandy
Jack Hammond
Chillicothe
Claxton Fairfield
New York City
Prices Fixed on Army Foods to Be Sold by U S
In Cincinnati it is believed that high living costs are driven by many middlemen as the government sets prices for army foods to be sold on August 18th by the United States.
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U. S
Cincinnati
Chupien Returns to Work After Wilson Speech
Railroad shopmen who struck without authorization return to work following President Wilson’s pledge to not consider wage demands until all are back. Labor reports indicate all men will be at work by Monday and negotiations may begin with Rail Director Hines next Tuesday. The pay hike sought is twenty five percent with possible joint board review.
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Washington
Wilson
Railway Department of the American Operation of Labor Today
Hines
Congress
Millionaire and waitress wed at Adirondacks resort
In Malone New York a 40 year old Chicago millionaire E B Stanley marries 19 year old waitress Bessie Pond after meeting at Paul Smith's resort in the Adirondacks. The ceremony takes place tomorrow.
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Malone
N. Y
Bessie Pond
E. B. Stanley
Chicago
Paul Smith
Adirondacks
Paris fashion on demand from London department store
Fast work London reports department store buyers will fly to Paris three times weekly once government permits. They will depart by air in the morning, visit fashion shops and boulevards, and return in the afternoon with the latest frocks hats hosiery and boots.
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London
Paris
Markets Bring PGES Down In Ohio Capital
East Siders stormed wagons at the producer to consumer market in Columbus Ohio this morning lowering some prices on East City Market. Tomatoes five cents a pound beans ten and fifteen cents per measure, potatoes sixty five cents a peck. Farmers sold corn thirteen to thirty cents a dozen. East Market corn thirty and forty cents a dozen.
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Columbus
East City
East Market
Health board to force examinations for restaurant workers
Lima Ohio health board drafts ordinance requiring compulsory health examinations for all restaurant and candy shop employees. The measure, carrying a quarantine clause and a $500 penalty, would affect about one thousand workers. Also notes that over 390000 Americans wear glass eyes.
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Lima
Lima, O
Local Health Board
Ohio Teachers Face Sharp Shortage in Coming School Year
Dr. Henry G Williams of the Ohio Teachers Association warns of a statewide teacher shortage as schools reopen. He cites low pay driving staff from the profession and many potential teachers joining the army instead of normal schools, impacting rural districts hardest. He notes tax dollars for education have fallen from 39 to 26 cents per dollar.
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Columbus
Ohio
Henry G. Williams
Ohio Teachers’ Association
Williams
Haircuts to 50 Cents and Shaves Two Bits in Springfield
Athens Springfield, ILL, notes a local sale event on August 11 offering haircuts for 50 cents and shaves for two bits, reflecting mid century price reductions in town services.
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Athens
Springfield
Ill
Rip van Winkle
Three Milk Men Jailed After Grand Jury Indictment
In Cleveland Ohio three of seven indicted members of the Ohio Farmer's Co operative Milk Company spent last night in jail. Bondsmen prepared to bail Z A Kent of Aurora Allen Mills of Chagrin Falls and B A Hull of Painesville as the others were due to appear in court today.
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Cleveland. O
Ohio Farmer's Co-operative Milk Company
Z. A. Kent
Aurora
Allen Mills
Chagrin Falls
Freight embargo on New Haven railroad threatens Boston supplies
Boston officials report an immediate freight embargo on the New Haven railroad risks disrupting milk and ice deliveries to the Greater Boston area, which rely almost entirely on rail transport.
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Boston
Mass
New Haven Railroad
Greater
Price Gouging Report In Glouster Food Prices
County food investigator files findings with Prosecutor Bartels showing high retail prices in Glouster across items from butter to peaches. Factors include farmer transport costs and retailer margins with several stores charging excess profits and some consumers seeking high priced meats and cabbage. The report cites specific comparisons to Athens and Jacksonville and calls for attorney general review and public tips on price gouging.
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Glouster
Athens County
Bartels
Athens
Jacksonville
Bacon
Walkout at Chicago stockyards persists amid guard presence
Chicago August 9 unions claim 40,000 workers quit in protest over return of black labor and expanded police, while packing houses say only 10,000 struck. If guards remain, up to 70,000 could lose jobs and halt industry. Also three whites held on murder charges as race riots widen. 55 indicted for assaults rioting and murder.
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Chicago
Ill
National Gy
Yankee Interests Hit Washington Treaty Reserve
On August 9 the Senate Foreign Relations Committee decided on a reservation to the Colombian treaty aimed at blocking enforcement of a decree American oil men say would confiscate their property in Colombia. Southern Russia railroads maintain links by soaking in a sea salt solution.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations
Southern
Russia
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