Pupils Grow Food in School Gardens Tackle Living Costs
Kansas City, February 28. The School Garden Association of America discussed school children producing vegetables to combat high living costs. Plans were outlined for educators tied to city schools to seek permission to use vacant lots and back yards for cultivation. A side note references Gene Carr’s drawings in the upcoming Sunday Post.
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Kansas City
United States
School Garden Association of America
National Education Association
Lady Bountiful
Gene Carr
France Linked With America in Federal Reserve Pact
The Federal Reserve Board authorized the Bank of France as correspondent for the New York Fed. Other districts may join as arrangements develop. The move links U S and French financial departments officially and aims to strengthen the postwar monetary system and support American commerce.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Bank of France
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Federal Reserve Banks
Bank of England
Federal Reserve System
United States
Frances
Navy selects commandant for Newport torpedo station
Captain Edward Lt. Beach, previously with the Boston navy yard and later commander of the cruiser Memphis, was named commandant of the naval torpedo station in Newport Rhode Island on February 28.
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Torpedo Station
Newport
R. I
Edward Lt. Beach
Boston Navy Yard
Memphis
Naval Torpedo Station
Orrine advertised as a cure for the drink habit
The ad claims Orrine relieves the drink habit and brings happiness to homes. It offers two forms No 1 secret treatment and No 2 voluntary treatment, costs one dollar per box. Booklet available. Orrine Co Washington DC. Sold by Liggett's Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
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Orrine Co
Washington, D. C
Liggett’s Riker-Jaynes
News print makers push FTC on mill costs and pricing
Washington February 28 news reports that paper manufacturers urged the Federal Trade Commission to fix prices for news print. The mills submitted cost figures and asked for a price level allowing profit amid rising wood scarcity and higher labor costs, warning costs would climb through the year.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Paper Prices and Profits Discussed by International Paper Leader
P T Dodge of International Paper warned that news print yields low profits compared with other papers. He blamed rising costs and demand for price hikes, noting one mill sells below production cost. He urged caution on stock and forest depletion concerns. Hearings continue with Friday jobbers presenting views on fair pricing.
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P. T. Dodge
International Paper Company
New Hampshire Opinion Finds Teachers Pension Act Illegal
Concord reports Attorney General James P. Tuttle ruled the state teachers pension act violates a Supreme Court decision, while the mothers' aid law remains valid. Governor Keyes issued his first warrant under the mothers' aid act.
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Concord
N. H
James P. Tuttle
Supreme Court
Keyes
Chairmen Deny Being Drug Tools
Chairmen of the State Boards of Pharmacy in 1911 1912 and 1913 denied to a legislative committee that the boards were tools of liquor and drug interests and that examination papers had been doctored following allegations by J Frank Chase of the Watch and Ward Society.
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State Boards of Pharmacy
J. Frank Chase
Watch and Ward Society
Legislative Committee On Public Service
Engstrom and Flint Deny Charges in Pharmacy Board Probe
Pittsfield leader Ernest O Engstrom and Worcester official William F Flint deny accusations about the board. A public hearing earlier sparked a private session with Chase and current board members as peers from the Massachusetts Pharmaceutical Association and Boston Druggists' Association watched.
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Chase
Massachusetts Pharmaceutical Association
Boston Druggists’ Association
Hull
Great Barrington
J. Frank Chase
Post
Wood Watches Harvard Drill at Cambridge
Major-General Leonard Wood visited Cambridge as Harvard reserve officers training corps practiced. He arrived in Boston, met Captain Constant Cordier and Paul Ingraham, then watched college companies drill at Hemenway gym. Cordier urged more noncommissioned officers. Wood pledged to seek 19 officers for instruction at Harvard.
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Leonard Wood
Harvard Reserve
Cambridge
Boston
Constant Cordier
Harvard Corps
Paul Ingraham
Cordier
Harvard
Hemenway
Wood
United States Army
Osmo-Chemic Medicine Warns of Fee Increase
Dr. Walsh’s Osmo-Chemic System of Medicine warns that rising costs will force fee hikes, urges patients to start or renew treatment before March 10 at old rates, with free consultation and examination. Includes patient testimonial letter and office hours at 18 Boylston Street Boston.
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Walsh
Agnes Northup
Kendall St
Roxbury
Maas
D. J. Walsh
Boylston St
Boston
Harvard corps begins work with national spirit praised
The Harvard corps has started its tasks and the director praised the university members for their notable display of nationalist spirit.
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Harvard Corps
Harvard Cercle Francais Hosts Grenoble Professor
The Cercle Francais of Harvard held a reception for Professor Raoul Blanchard of the University of Grenoble who is teaching in Harvard geography as an exchange professor from France. Officers elected include President Louis M. Quirin Manchester New Hampshire Vice President Peter A B Widener Philadelphia Secretary Edgar Scott Jr Lansdowne Pennsylvania Treasurer Paul K Fisher Saranac Lake New York Councillors Robert D Longyear Brookline and Hardinge Scholle Havana Cuba.
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Cercle Francais
Harvard
Raoul Blanchard
University of Grenoble
France
Louis M. Quirin
Manchester
N. H
Peter A. B. Widener
Philadelphia
Penn
Edgar Scott, Jr
Lansdowne
Paul K. Fisher
Woman Dies After Bed Fire In Lowell Neb Age 80
Mrs Jessie Clapperton aged 80 died from burns after accidentally setting her clothing ablaze while smoking in bed at her home in Lowell Nebraska. She was rushed to a hospital where she later died. The incident occurred today.
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Lowell
Jessie Clapperton
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