Wilson lifts wartime food price controls nationwide
President Wilson orders removal of most food price restrictions effective Saturday, ending most Food Administration controls. Only importers and distributors of certain grains and meats, cottonseed products, lard, butter, eggs, sugar, rice and related supplies remain under license. Regulators warn profiteering rules will stay enforced and expect remaining functions to end by March 1.
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Food Administration
Wilson
Paris
HELP TO BUILD HOMES Cooperation urged for nationwide building loan groups
Building and loan associations could parallel farm loan banks to aid home building in the next years. War brought delayed construction and city congestion while workers saved money and want homes. Industry officials believe national cooperation is possible despite hurdles.
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Department of Labor
Bulding and Loan Associations
Francis Perkins named NY State Industrial Commissioner
Miss Francis Perkins appointed state official to head the New York State Industrial Commission will earn eight thousand dollars annually the highest salary for any woman employed by the state. Nebraska Senate unanimously backs a resolution favoring women’s suffrage. A salad featuring asparagus is proposed.
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Francis Perkins
New York
Nebraska State Senate
Thousands of Young Workers Sought in Postwar Commerce
An appeal from Tyler Commercial College urges thousands of trained youths to enter business roles amid wartime expansion. The ad highlights programs in bookkeeping shorthand typing and finance to prepare for opportunities in global trade and rebuilding efforts.
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Tyler Commercial College
Tyler
Texas
Dodson's Liver Tone Offered as Calomel Substitute
An advertisement warns that calomel harms the body and promises Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable remedy. It claims calomel causes cramps and bilious sickness, while Liver Tone starts the liver without side effects and costs only a few cents for a large bottle.
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Dodson
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