Railroads, economy, and governance in wartime era
The discourse defends federal rail operation during the war, praises leadership, and urges continued government role. It advocates expanding the Great Lakes water routes, banking reform, budget systems, and a larger consular staff, while stressing veterans, education, and women's rights in postwar readjustment.
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Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Great Ocean
Middle States
Chicago
London
Woodrow Wilson
Republican Party
America
Con- Tess
Lodge
Penrose
Smoot
Senate
Federal Reserve Act
Federal Reserve System
Ito
Secial Reserve Banks
Stupents Wealth of
Europe
Federal Board of Vocational Rehabilitation
Army of the Republic
Southland
Dance Hostess Says Tenfold Growth in Summer Dances
Hazel Allen, dance hostess at Hotel McAlpin in New York, urges college girls to pursue dance hosting as a profession noting summer dance momentum. She claims ten times as many people dance now as a decade ago amid strikes and high prices. The piece links dance to relief from troubles and highlights the era’s leisure trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Allen
McAlpin
New York City
Miss Allen
Treasure Hunters Pay Fat Sums for Marlborough Papers
In London on August 7 a bundle of manuscripts and letters belonging to the Duke of Marlborough, relating to projected expeditions, drew high bids from collectors. The sale reflects ongoing interest in historic documents and aristocratic archives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duke of Marlborough
Auction Fetches 950 Pounds Sterling For Folios
At the sale here a collection titled against Canada and Nova Scotia in 1708 sold for 950 pounds sterling. A second folio by Shakespeare realized 150 pounds at the same auction.
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Canada
Nova Scotia
Cleveland’s White House Births Noted in History
Cleveland was the only president married in the White House and his second daughter was the only child born there, marking a unique presidential household fact in U.S. history.
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Cleveland
White House
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League of Nations
League
Mars
Lincoln
McKinley
Roosevelt
Odius
Harding
Hls
Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Wilson
United States
Democratic Party
Kentucky
Republican Congress
TooFat
Tare Orein
Yoannen
Carey Avenue
Hazel
Pyw Wen
Kotalka
Brittain
Kotalko
John Hart Brittain, Inc
Station
New York
N.Y
Studebaker
Dildine Garage CO
West 19Th Street
Chevrolet
Motor Sales CO
Progressive Automobile
Pioneer
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