Outlook for 1918 Faces Conflicting Yet Optimistic View
Henry Clews surveys a hopeful yet unsettled start to the year with Allied victory optimism against a backdrop of Russian upheaval, German threats, and wartime strains on Britain and France. He notes railroads, government control, and market confidence improving as President Wilson pushes centralization, and predicts strong steel, shipbuilding, and farm prosperity aided by Third Liberty Loan prep.
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Britain
France
West
South
New York
Germany
Congress
Wilson
Ile
London
Henry Clews
Plan to Repel Hun Business Drive After War
New York plans to repel German commercial shock battalions after the war. An American dye manufacturers meeting in New York January 22 and 23 will discuss forming a national trade association to stabilize and standardize the dye industry with $200,000,000 in current investment. An unrelated note hints at investigations into elderly men and second wives under 35.
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New York
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Home-made cough remedy Pinex advert spreads relief
A vintage ad touts a home made cough syrup using 2 ½ ounces of Pinex mixed with sugar syrup to a pint bottle. It claims quick relief from persistent coughs and suitability for bronchitis croup whooping cough and asthma with a money back guarantee from The Finex Co Ft Wayne Ind.
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United States
Canada
The
Finex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Bridgeport Urges 1918 Boom in Industry and Jobs
An editorial urges Bridgeport residents to boost the city’s diverse manufacturing base. It notes four to five hundred plants and asks readers to support both small and large operations to widen industrial growth. The piece calls for record business activity in 1918.
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Bridgeport
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