Final Day for Liberty Bonds Ends This Saturday
Washington reports the final day to convert Liberty bonds into 41 4 per cent bonds is Saturday night. Secretary McAdoo says bonds in transit to a federal reserve bank or the Treasury for conversion on Nov 9 will be treated as pre dated and accepted. Bondholders may file conversion requests by Nov 9 with the relevant federal reserve bank or Treasury, even if bonds are in transit.
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Washington
McAdoo
Federal Reserve Bank
Treasury Department
Federal
Lydia Pinkham remedy praised for pregnancy aid and war drive
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a solution for infertility and functional disorders. The piece also reports Massachusetts war relief fundraising across cities like Watertown and Lancaster, with Boston campaigns and a Victory Drive aiming to mobilize Jewish and general communities for war support.
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Ellensburg
Wash
Lydia F. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
O. S. Johnson
R. No. 3
Munyons Laxative Pills Aid Influenza Fight
Advertisement claims thousands saved by using Munyons Paw Paw Laxative Pills each evening and alternating with Munyons Cold and Grippe Remedies. Also advises following a free diet and care chart from Munyons Laboratories, Philadelphia.
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Munyon
Ghart
Munyon’s Laboratories
4Th
Columbia Ave
Philadelphia
Penn
Pledges Pour In Ahead of War Work Campaign Opening
In advance of the United War Work Campaign opening thousands of dollars are pledged. The Standard Oil Company gives 1 million dollars while International Harvester contributes 500 thousand. American Car and Foundry Company employees pledge a full day’s pay totaling 400 thousand dollars.
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United War Work Campaign
Standard Oil Company
International Harvester Company
American Car and Foundry Company
Young man spared jail for voter deception in court
Augustus Runei of Gen essee street faced Central Court after attempting to vote under Joseph Furfari’s name at Precinct 3 Ward 6. Weighing more and taller, he was challenged by Warden Oliver Elliott, his registration card exposed the ruse, and Officer Charles M. Eaton had him locked up. Rand cited peer pressure as motivation.
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Augustus Runei
Genessee Street
Central Court
Joseph Furfari
Furfari
Oliver Elliott
Charles M. Eaton
Rand
Secretary Hinckley of U.S. Embassy Dead
Thomas Hinckley, secretary at the American embassy in Rome, died in London of pneumonia on Wednesday. He had worked at Vienna and Madrid embassies before Rome and was in London on leave. his home is listed as Washington.
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Washington
Thomas Hinckley
Rome
London
State Department
Hinckley
Vienna
Madrid
Italian Pilot to Fly New York to Chicago in D'Annunzio Machine
Lieutenant Enrico Cantoni of Italy plans a Monday flight from Mineola New York to Chicago in a plane similar to the one used by Major Gabriel d'Annunzio over Vienna. Weather permitting the takeoff is at 9 a.m. with a hoped total time of six hours.
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N. Y
Chicago
d’Annunzio
New York
Enrico Cantoni
Gabriel d’Annunzio
Vienna
Ialian
Mineola
James Francis Sullivan
Bellevue, Hospital
Westchester County Hospital
Leslie M. Shaw
Six More German Propagandists to Fort Oglethorpe
Six more alien enemies, including three from Boston, sail to Fort Oglethorpe Georgia for internment. Baron Ferdinand von Scholley of Brookline, once Burkhardt Brewing Company president, travels with Rudolph Nutz of Jamaica Plain and Hans Dickert from Court Street. Also on the list are Diedrich Spiekerman, Valentine Addams of Manchester New Hampshire, and Michael Engel of Rumford Falls Maine.
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Boston
Fort Oglethorpe
Kaiser
Baron Ferdinand von Scholley
Brookline
Kurfurst Wilhelm
Wurtemburg
Burkhardt Brewing Company
Karl Muck
Symph
Ony
Uncle Sam
Rudolph Nutz
Jamaica Plain
Department of Justice
New Hampshire
Hans Dickert
Court Street
Diedrich Spiekerman
Portland
Valentine Addams
Manchester
More Pay When Rates Are Increased Proclaimed
Washington officials say employees of the American Railway Express Company will receive wage increases as soon as rates are advanced under the plan submitted to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Director General McAdoo plans to initiate the rates on behalf of the express company, his agent.
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Washington
American Railway Express Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Administration
McAdoo
Express Company
36 Honored by Hero Awards at Carnegie Fall Meeting
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission recognized 36 heroism cases at its fall meeting in Pittsburgh. George C. Gailer of 386 Massachusetts Avenue Arlington died saving three year old Francis Ahern from drowning on January 18, 1918. Awards included silver and bronze medals, pensions totaling $2,680 to dependents, $1,000 to other dependents, $700 disability grant, and educational and other grants totaling $27,600 for worthy purposes.
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George C. Gailer
Massachusetts Avenue
Arlington
Francis Ahern
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Pittsburg
McKnight Claims 16 Votes for Senate Presidency
Friends of Senator Edwin T. Mc Knight of Medford say he has 16 pledges for the Senate presidency in the Republican caucus, a move seen as securing nomination in the 30 member body.
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Edwin T. Mc Knight
Medford
Senate
Postponement of Investment Bankers Meet in St Louis
New York reports an indefinite postponement of the Investment Bankers Association of America convention planned for St Louis this month due to influenza. The St Louis health department has barred all conventions until further notice.
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New York
St. Louis
Investment Bankers’ Association of America
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Lancaster
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C. A. Fiske
Faneuil Hall
William Richards
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Julius Eisman
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Iowa
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