Banks Lead War Effort as Bluefield Donates Vastly
The Bluefield area reports about 1500000 in war charity and stockpiled wealth growth. Banks in Bluefield show equity rising from 350000 capital in 1916 to 550000 in 1918 with loans, deposits, and securities up sharply. The Bank of Bramwell mirrors county gains with deposits rising to 5158488.72 and loans to 2119205.93, underscoring banks’ wartime 100 percent support and restraint from profiteering.
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Red Cross
Salvation Army
Knights of Columbus
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Mercer County
Bank of Bramwell
Permanent Wage Standards for Rail Workers Advocated
Mr Carter argued federal control would bring just wages without strikes. He credited McAdoo with creating adjustment boards, equal union and regional U.S.RA representation, and said boards resolve deadlocks. Standardization would end regional wage gaps and push toward equal pay for same work despite rising living costs.
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McAdoo
Railway Boards of Adjustment
United States Railroad Administration
Carter
Rail wage talks aim for square deal and eight hour day
The speaker notes progress toward wage standardization among railroad men though full harmonization by the United States Railroad Administration is not yet achieved. He cites orders from the director general to investigate wages and working conditions for a square deal, and calls the eight hour day a major advance against discontent while warning against tyranny and Bolshevik echoes in the labor unrest.
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United States Railroad
Carter
Board of Railroad
McAdoo
Embalmers Warn Black Plague Like Epidemic Threat
A Philadelphia bulletin by Eckles and H G O’Neil argues the current epidemic resembles the medieval black plague. They describe embalmers’ wartime experiences, germ absence for known diseases, and call for thorough disinfection of bodies to prevent spread. Belgium and Holland densities are noted.
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Isleward
Eckles
Philadelphia
Council of National Defense
Purple Cross
War Department
America
Europe
Ead
H. G. O'Neil
Earth
Will care for orphans by Northfork unit adopters
Northfork branch unit members Mrs. J. J. Huddleston Mrs. Bert Frame Algoto as Mrs. Irvin Mrs. J. W. English Mrs. W. L. Johnson McDowell adopt six homeless French orphans. The piece praises American women for their sympathy and calls for more support. The wasp line follows as an unrelated note.
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France
Northfork
J. J. Huddleston
Bert Frame
Algoto
Irvin
J. W. English
W. L. Johnson
McDowell
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Cohen
Sheffield Plate
Lavallieres
Verithin
Groen
Princeton Avenue
Western Front
Belgium
Holland
Ladies of Northfork
Edison Raph
East End Pharmacy
Edison
East End
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