Canada Shows No War Time Financial Low Mood
A Western daily correspondent reports from Western Canada that trade barometers, bank clearings, and farmers’ progress show no postwar financial downturn. Despite new taxes and costs, the economy remains efficient and solvent with robust branch banks, rising savings, and reduced liquor spending aiding circulation. Prohibition is credited with stabilizing money flow.
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Canada
Dominion
Winnipeg
Savings
WIS
What Could He Do The Monon Passenger Car Incident
A crowded Monon passenger car stopped at a small station. Mr S. gave a seat to a smanned woman who boarded alone. She asked that her husband sit by her, and Mr S replied that he complied. The report notes the momentary choice and reaction aboard the train.
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Monon
Mr. S
Indianapolis News
A Question of Time in a Quiet Moment
In a playful exchange She Albert urges a hat as time passes. He admits his watch has run down and he cannot recall time, hinting at absent mindedness and a light domestic mood.
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Albert
Greece's Abdication Prompts New Greek King and Balkan Shifts
Constantine I abdicated under Allied pressure and his second son Alexander assumed the throne. The change could push Greece toward active participation against the Central Powers, with Venizelos leading loyalist forces and potential 500,000 troops entering the war, while the entente solidifies control in the country. The shift intertwines with broader Balkan and Russian front developments and the Allied effort to coordinate strategy with the United States.
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United States Marine Corps
Sir Herbert Plumer
Ypres
Armentieres
Bethlehem Steel Works
Uncle Sam
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Greece
Constantine
Edward W. Pickard
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Jounart
France
Zaimis
Venizelos
Turkey
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Narth
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America
Wilson
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Italia
Siberia
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Mr. Root
American Railway Engineering Commission
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General Pershing
London
Boulogne
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Atlantic
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Reed
Missouri
Heed
Herbert ©. Hoover
Mr. Wilson
Food Control Agency
Indiana News Roundup Reflects Crises and Changes
A broad Indiana snapshot shows officials dealing with cost and crime, while local courts and counties report injuries from accidents. Military shifts unfold as Marion and Vanderburgh units enter federal service, and communities prepare for drainage, fire safety, and public works projects.
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Gladys Kepner
Carmel
DePauw
Sigma Nu
Lucy Black
Greencastle
Robert Lind, Jr
Vincennes
William Munson
Marion Ive Company
Warsaw
Notre Dame Ilummi Association
James S. Lape
New York Central
Schneider
Indiana
Indianapolis
Frank Winehart
Phil Arbor
John Bryant
Frank Bain
Mooresville
Keamer Koats
Studebaker
South Bend
John W. Wright
Brands
Albert Potter
Woodmen
Bedford
Newcastle
Sherrif Bowen
Potter
Glen D. Kimball
Ambulance Company
Marion
Adjt
Harry B. Smith
Marion Company
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Bessie D. Kauffman
Orleans
Army Nursing Corps
France
Washington
Eddy Creek
Fulton County
A. C. Davison
Melliny
William McKee
Hendricks County
Danville
Kokomo
Christian Endeavor
Howard
Grant
Wabash
Miami
Epworth League of
Miasinainewa
Goshen
Charles Lutes
Rochester
Carrier
Bloomington
Liberty Bonds
A. T. Spears
Brazil School Board
Sarah Roads
W. O. Horton
Tipton
Frankfort
Northern Indiana Baptist Association
Laporte
S. J. Storer
North Liberty
Evansville
Indiana Olls
Huntington
Garry Monger
Curtiss Fuhl
Markle
Valparaiso
Woman's Franchise League
Madison
M. C. Garber
Charles Leslie Plymate
Elgin
First Presbyterian Church
Mayor Mitchel on War Time Insurance Rates
Mayor Mitchel spoke at a New York dinner noting that insurance costs rise during war. He told a joke about a man asking an agent to insure multiple perils, then plans to cross to England via a U boat blockade, illustrating wartime anxieties.
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Mitchel
New York
England
Freezone promises painless corn removal by fingers
A Cincinnati authority touts Freezone as a cheap remedy to lift sore, hard, and soft corns with a few drops applied to the corn. The compound dries instantly, causes no inflammation, and can be bought at drug stores or via wholesale houses, offering painless relief.
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Cincinnati
Tomb of Mohammed Looted by Turkish Government
Intense indignation spreads in the Mussulman world as the Turkish government seizes jewels and money left at the tomb of Mohammed over centuries. The hoard includes the famed diamond known as the Shining Star valued at more than one and a half million dollars.
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Mohammed
Grove's Old Standard Tonic Ad Claim
An old advertisement touts ee Need a General Tonic Grove's The Old Standard as a superior General Tonic containing quinine and iron. It claims to act on the liver drive out malaria enrich the blood and build up the whole system, priced at 50 cents.
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E Grove
Grove
To Hear Her Talk Willis What Is the Nation’s Wealth
A humorous courtroom exchange features Gillis quipping that hearing Mrs Bump speak would reveal wealth as the sum of her father’s assets her husband’s earnings and her expected share from a rich uncle’s death. The judge delivers the line in a light, satirical tone.
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Willis
United States
Gillis
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