Pledges of Jap Rulers Not to De Trusted
Chicago June 23. In the world of commerce and finance Japanese perfidy is proverbial. The last Japanese government statement omits a sinking fund clause from 1906 debt redemption plans and shows a rising national debt. It notes new naval and army funding and criticizes Tokyo for breaking faith with creditors while restricting foreign ownership and labor.
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Chicago
Japan
Takahashi
Korea
Washington
California
House of Representatives
Kobe
Tokyo
Gettysburg Reunion Gets $25,000 Extra
Secretary Gary Trison announced an additional appropriation of 25000 to cover the increased number of guests at the Gettysburg Reunion next month. Officials now expect 50000 visitors, up from an initial estimate of 40000, prompting the War Department to seek Congress approval.
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Washington
War Department
Gettysburg
Gary Trison
Congress
Coming of The Sunbeam How to Avoid Pains and Distress
A period advice column guiding mothers on preventing common pregnancy pains and distress, offering practical tips and reassurance. The article frames Sunbeam as a benevolent aid for expectant mothers and outlines simple remedies.
Five hundred Southern Bell workers plan two week country camp
In Atlanta 560 hello girls clerks stenographers and bookkeepers will stay at M O Jacksons 290 acre farm on Brown's Mill Road from July 1 to September 31. They will live in tents with running water ice and a library telephones and a cooking staff. The project led by Miss Katherine C Tatum and supported by management promises clean sanitary conditions and daily travel costs of 50 cents per day.
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Southern Bell Telephone Exchange
Atlanta
M. O. Jackson
Brown’s Mill Road
Lakewood
Southern Bell Telephont Company
Katherine C. Tatum
Stenographic Bureau
Chaiss
New York
Jackson
Perry Belmont Puts Up Home to Get Coin
Perry Belmont mortgaged his New Hampshire home and furniture for 40000 to Louis P. Shoemaker to raise money, via a temporary chattel mortgage, according to Belmont’s attorney.
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Perry Belmont
Washington
New Hampshire
Louis P. Shoemaker
Belmont
Yankees Seize D. American Trade
Dr. W E Aughinbaugh reports from Breslin on a 11 month journey expanding U S South American trade reach. He notes Americans have pushed past Britain and Germany in Latin markets, with Schwab in Chile revealing a vast iron mine and several U S firms expanding operations across Peru Chile and Argentina. The piece highlights rising U S influence as the Panama Canal era nears.
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New York
W. E. Aughinbaugh
Globe Trotter
Philadelphia
Breslin
Broadway
Aughinbaugh
Rio Grande
Africa
Europe
Buenos Ayres
Rio de Janeiro
Parana
Brazil
Asuncion
Paraguay
Tex Rickard
Jeffries-Johnson
Richard
Percival Farquhar
United States
England
Germany
South America
Charles MM. Schwab
Chile
Braden Company
Standard Oil Company
du Pont Powder Company
Peru
Lobitas
Peruvian Steamship Company
Panama
Irvin Cobb Scores on Montague Glass
New York story notes Irvin Cobb outwits Montague Glass after a subway encounter. A boy hawks Post issues about Glass and Cobb, with Mrs Cobb asking questions and the boy claiming Glass pays for his paper.
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Irvin Cobb
Montague Glass
New York
Irvin
Cobb
Laud er Appears in Church as Preacher
Harry Lauder, the Scottish comedian, preached a sermon and sang hymns as solos in a Bristol church. About 1200 admission tickets sold out quickly, leaving many disappointed attendees.
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Lauder
London
Harry Lauder
Bristol
Wishing sash charms Atlanta as Miss Purtell pledges belief
Miss Myelene Lowe Purtell promotes the long red silk wishing sash worn with a white gown. Girls knot the sash as a wish is tied and await its fulfillment. They smile and refuse to reveal wishes, claiming each hope has been granted, making the sash a permanent, bewitching accessory in social circles.
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Atlanta
Myelene Lowe Purtell
Miss Purtell
Life’s Worth Living in Georgia
A promotional piece extols Georgia as ideal for city village and rural life. It claims Georgia offers year round work with two to five profitable crops per year and asserts the state provides greater inducements than any other state.
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Georgia
Union
Climate and Soil in Georgia Attract Rural settlers
The climate allows year round grazing reducing winter stock housing. Georgia offers strong inducements for cattle and stock farming. Soil supports almost any crop year round. Farm land is currently affordable with many idle thousands of acres. Local people seek capable farmers to settle and cultivate the land at lower prices than elsewhere.
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Georgia
Forty four women take Civil Service test for street cleaners
Clean Phila Philadelphia June 23 Forty four women sat Civil Service examinations for street cleaning inspectors. They wrote five hundred word treatises detailing how they would clean city streets and what was needed to improve conditions. They described approved street cleaning apparatus and explained machine types, purposes, and practical operation.
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Philadelphia
Civil Service
Catholics Win Dutch Parliament Majority
The Hague June 23 indicates the elections will favor the Catholics and anti revolutionists coalition. Returns not complete until Tuesday.
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the Hague
Postal Savings Bond program grows with deposits and applicants
Washington on June 3 reports 1282 postal depositories 350000 depositors and 85000000 dollars in deposits. The Postmaster General is now receiving applications from postmasters for postal savings bonds to be distributed July 1.
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Washington
Postmaster General
Brookhaven lots near golf course offer cheap buys
Living beside a golf course allows squeezing in nine holes amid a busy day. Golf builds up interest and Brookhaven lots look right into the boxes, inviting purchases while prices stay low.
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Brookhaven
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Boersianer
Southern Bell
Woods
Panama Canal
United Fruit Company
United States Steel Company
Cerro de Pasco
Pryor and
Hunter Streets
T. M. Armistead
Sash
Miss Myclore
Lowe Purtell
Hearst
Sunday American
Atlanta Georgian
Real Estate Dept
Hearst’s
Phila
Hal. Glover Maevaele
Walton St
DR. Pierce
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