Great Lakes Leads Them All in Ship Production
The Ninth district built more ships than any other U S region, delivering 163 cargo vessels in 1918 and contributing 125 more ships than all American yards the previous year. Yard efficiency reached peak output, with records for riveting and tonnage per man amid uninterrupted labor relations.
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Washington
Great Lakes
United States
United States Shipping Board
Limoges
Toledo Shipbuilding Company
Shipping Board
Ninth District
America
American Shipbuilding Company
Detroit
Mich
Superior, Wis
Buffalo, N. Y
Chicago, Ill
Cleveland
Lorain
Great Lakes Engineering Works
Ashtabula
Ecorse
McDougall-Duluth Company
Duluth
Minn
Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company
Chilean Lt Dagoberto Godoy Crosses Andes in Record Flight
Washington reports Latin America's aviation surge with Lieut Dagoberto Godoy of Chile breaking the height record crossing the Andes. He flew from Santiago to Mendoza in a 210 kilometer journey lasting 1 hour 28 minutes at 17 300 feet aboard a monoplane with a 110 hp Le Rhone engine.
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Andes
Dagoberto Godoy
Chile
Pan- American Union
George Newberry
Argentina
Senor Mascias
Zani
Fiueros
Bradley
Zuloaga
Luisa
Candelaria
Zapata
Cunco
Godoy
Santiago
Mendoza
Bulletin
Bristol
Tobacco acreage clash between state official and university
Louisville reports differences between Mat Cohen, Kentucky agriculture commissioner, and the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture over tobacco production. Cohen warned growers face disaster if 1918 output of 427 million pounds occurs, while the university bulletin cautions the world crop outlook remains favorable despite market abnormality.
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Louisville
Mat Cohen
State Commissioner of Agriculture
College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky
Europe
University Alletin
South Carolina
Georgia
Kentucky
Cohen
Goose 29-Year-Old Lays Record Eggs in Hereford Area
Peter A. Metz of Creamery reports a twenty nine year old goose that laid eight eggs in the year. The last egg measured 83 percent by 11 percent inches in circumference. The bird mourns a lost mate named Pete the gander, killed by a dog.
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Hereford
Peter A. Metz
Near Creamery
Pete
Lieutenant Stephens Deluged With Mail At Front
Dayton Ohio reports Lieut. Sam A. Stephens received 102 letters in a single day at the front. He cabled to his parents that he is well and busy answering his mail.
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Dayton
Ohio
Sam A. Stephens
Odd Advert Lines Highlight Quirky Product Pitches
The snippet blends playful lines about a sword swallower and a social jab about flat residents with an ad pitch for Cuticura products. It notes Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum as soothing for babies, sold at 25 cents, reflecting era marketing tone.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertisement Claim
Vintage advertisement offering $100 for an incurable catarrh case. Claims internal action through the blood on mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for over forty years, price seven cents. Testimonials free. J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. A ship is called she and thus a sails lady.
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Hall
FB. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
August Flower Remedy Advertises Gentle Laxative Effect
GREEN S AUGUST FLOWER has been a household remedy for constipation intestinal troubles and low spirits for decades. It is claimed to ease indigestion nervous dyspepsia and liver trouble with symptoms like headache and heart palpitations. A few doses will relieve you and it is sold by druggists worldwide.
Minister Seeks Mother of the Bride’s Remarks
The minister asks the mother of the bride to speak before the ceremony. The reply from the Lady notes she had many things to say already and thus arrived at the moment.
Freckles Faded by Othine Double Strength Ad
Advertiser claims Othine double strength removes freckles with daily application and money back guarantee. Promises clear skin after mostly one ounce, urging readers to ask for the product from their druggist. A closing proverb about generosity echoes the ad banner.
Change in a Woman's Life Reveals Pinkham Remedy
Fremont Ohio resident Mrs. M Godden describes relief from heat flashes nervousness backache and irritability during the climacteric at age forty six after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She credits the remedy with restoring normal conditions and invites further guidance from Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts with 16 years of experience.
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Fremont, O
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. M. Godden
Napoleon St
Fremont
Ohio
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
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Latin America
South America
Newport News Shipyards
Newport News
France
University
University Lulletin
Express
Harold Somers
Brooklyn
N. Ye
Parker
Mrs. Godden
Clery
Gentaur Gonpaty
New York
Lala Te
Castoria
Russia
Russian
Poland
Joshua
Boston Transcript
Dr. Price
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