President Wilson Warns High Prices Are Artificial
President Wilson tells Congress that current high costs are not due to shortages but are created by artificial and deliberate practices. He urges extending the food control act to peace time, tighter interstate regulation, price marking, and a federal licensing scheme for interstate commerce to curb profiteering and stabilize the economy.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Department of Justice
Capital Issues Committee
the Con
Department of Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Department of Labor
Federal Trade Commission
House
Southwest News Roundup Arizona and New Mexico 1919
Arizona fringe events cover the Verde Combination mine near Jerome showing better ore depth and widening ledge. public meetings on livestock and grazing with experts. A large Phoenix-Phoenix area mining deal near Superior. Leonard Wood medal presentation at Santa Fe. Calf clubs expand in Union County New Mexico with Holstein and Jersey stock. Nogales cross-border chambers seek American money for stamps and duties. Phoenix Yuma road cost estimates and possible partial build with funding. Arizona corn acreage up 10 percent with prospects of 1.36 million bushels. King Ferdinand signed 1512 letter to Infantazzo tied to Columbus era. rare historic document found. Albuquerque teachers institute set for Aug 25–28 at high school with Dr David Spense Hill as speaker.
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Jerome
Ariz
Arizona
Agricultural Extension Service
Phoenix
Superior
New York
Philadelphia
CG. GC. Steinbrenner
New Mexico
State House
Santa Fé
N. M
Leonard Wood
W. H. H. Llewellyn
Wood
Union County
Chamber of Commerce
Nogales
Sonora
Phoenix- Yuma
California
Maddock
Ferdinand
Spain
Isabella
New World
Historical Society of
Duke of
Infantazzo
King
John W. Wilson
Albuquerque
David Spense Hill
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by McLean Woman
Mrs John Koppellmann of McLean Nebraska praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for aiding health after childbirth and advises other women to try the remedy. The ad promises relief from displacements inflammation ulceration irregularities backache headaches nervousness and melancholia. It notes the product has helped American women for more than forty years and invites inquiries to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
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McLean, Neb
Lydia E. Pinkham
John Koppelmann
R. No. 1
McLean
Nebraska
America
Lydia E
Knew What He Was Doing Pony and Dog Story
A Minneapolis Tribune anecdote recalls a boy with a pony and a dog who tests visitors by offering the pony while keeping the dog. He explains to his mother that when the pony is taken, he will let the dog defend his choice by rushing the visitor.
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Jacky
Minneapolis Tribune
Bayer Aspirin Ad Emphasizes Bayer Cross Mark
An old advertisement stresses that genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin must bear the Bayer Cross and come in unbroken Bayer packaging with directions. It notes headache toothache earache neuralgia colds and pain relief and mentions handy tins of 12 tablets and larger packages available at drug stores.
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Bayer
The Typewriter Quip and a Whistling Thought
A dialogue contrasts Doctor Johnson's speed with a modern typewriter's quirks, noting a missing ribbon and absent keys. A separate remark muses that only one man in the world whistling is not a nuisance, revealing a wry public-sphere sentiment.
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Doctor Johnson
Birmingham Age-Herald
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