Justice Dept Probing Clothing Profiteering Agents
Reports of excessive profits by clothing manufacturers and wholesale dealers are being investigated by the Department of Justice. Attorney General Palmer said prosecutions would follow after Congress passes amendments making the food control act apply to clothing and impose criminal penalties for hoarding and profiteering.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Palmer
Congress
Wilson
Palmer to Meet States Attorneys General Panel on Hoarding
Mr Palmer will meet a committee representing the association of States attorneys general on October 6 to discuss cooperation between federal and state agencies in punishing hoarding and profiteering. Hoover commends the campaign and urges curbing speculative traders who buy to boost prices.
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Palmer
Association of States’ Attorney-Generals
Pacific Coast
Herbert Hoover
Vattemare Founding Boston Public Library Roots
The article credits Alexandre Vattemare with initiating Boston’s public library, detailing his 1827 international book exchange plan, arrival in Boston in 1841, gifts of Paris books, repeated appeals to city leaders, and the 1854 Adams Schoolhouse library opening aided by Winthrop Everett Bates and others.
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Europe
America
Lafayette
Vattemare
New York
Montreal
Quebec
Baltimore
Boston
Josiah Quincy
Harvard College
Wattemare
Quincy
Josiah Quincy, Jr
Paris
Adams
Mason Street
Robert C. Winthrop
Edward Everett
Joshua Bates
Alexandre Wattemare
Tapeworm Remedy Free Trial Offer Explained
Many stomach troubles are caused by tapeworms and go undetected. The Schoenherr Company offers a free trial by mail from Milwaukee Wisconsin claiming to expel tapeworms with their remedy in under one hour. No dieting or pain required and the service costs nothing if it fails. Write today for the trial.
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Schoenherr Company
Dept. 113
Milwaukee
Wis
Elk at Franklin Park Zoo Displays Full Antler Growth
The big elk known as Number 10 at Franklin Park Zoo has full antler growth and leads a herd feeding on the park range. Curator Morse watches both the majestic antlers and the planned larger range nearing completion during the mating season.
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Franklin Park Zoo
Morse
Doctors of Dundalk Quit in Salary Strike
The doctors of Dundalk Ireland walked out demanding a minimum weekly salary of seven guineas for all public services. Their current annual pay averages $1375. Several patients seeking treatment at dispensaries were refused care.
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London
Dundalk
Ireland
Etiquette Q and A on Weddings and Invitations
A column answers questions on wedding announcements, engagement rings, bridesmaid attire, and the RSVP phrase. It notes that announcements aren’t sent to invitation recipients, the bride removes her engagement ring during the ceremony and puts it above the wedding ring afterward, bridesmaids’ headwear depends on the bride’s taste, and RSVP wording is preferred as The favor of a reply is requested.
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Encyclopedia of Etiquette
Italy faces nationwide strike amid Fiume unrest
The AP reports a metal workers strike crippling factories across Italy and threatening a general nation-wide work stoppage that could halt industry and transport including shipping. Postal and telegraph workers have begun sabotage causing delays in letters and telegrams, disrupting business.
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Rome
Associated Press
Italy
Fiume
What is a picayune and two bits asked in Post letter
The letter explains picayune value as six and a quarter cents and that two bits equals a 25 cent piece. It also estimates the US population at about 115 million, noting Alaska Porto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines add roughly 10 million to the continental total of 106,253,300.
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Picayune
United States
Alaska
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Stars and Stripes
the Post
Lincoln Memorial status and war ties prior to WWI
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC began Feb 12 1914 with a 1915 cornerstone. About $2 million had been spent, with roughly $0.5 million more planned. The US did not declare war on Turkey though diplomatic ties were severed.
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Europe
Abraham Lincoln
Washington, D. C
United States
Turkey
Germany
Austria
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Boston Zoo
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