Busy Week Ahead as Congress Debates Food and Treaty
Congress prepares for a busy week with debate on the Franco American treaty in the senate and judiciary committee. High cost of living measures and food storage controls loom, while hearings resume on Kenyon Kendrick packing bills. Republicans plan a caucus to map a legislative program.
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Congress
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Nugent
Idaho
Sirby
Arkansas
Owen
Oklahoma
Judiciary Committee
United States
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Wilson
Theutchinson Hill
New Jersey
Kenyon-Kendrick
T. T. L. Weld
Swift & Co
Mondell
Lane
Interstate Commerce
Strikebreakers Brought to City Amid Los Angeles Labor Turmoil
Fifty strike breakers en route to Los Angeles to work in railroad yards and streetcar service were captured from a train at Las Vegas New Mexico and marched into town. The Salt Lake route terminal at Las Vegas shows the broader transport halt with no trains operating and massive idle rolling stock.
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Ave
Los Angeles
Las Veeas
Lars Vegas
Salt Lake
San Francisco News Writers Form Union With I T U
In San Francisco on August 24 a mass meeting of editors and reporters from bay area newspapers organized a news writers union. They announced that talks with officials of the International Typographical Union led to an agreement for men to affiliate with the I T U.
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San Francisco
Jinadredo
San Francisco Bay Region
International Typographical Union
Proptees Face Terms in Prison
Washington reports the House voted to extend the Lever food control act to cover clothing, containers of food, feed and fertilizers, fuel oil and production implements. Profiteers face a 5000 dollar fine or two years in prison. rents and other necessities were not included. Debate highlighted partisan tones as to remedies for the high cost of living.
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Washington
House
Aoricultural Committee
Representative Strong
Kansas
Newton
Minnesota
Blanton
Texas
Tautmerton
Department of Justice Highe
Wilson
Hutchinson
New Jersey
Congress
Ebert Sworn In as Head of Republic
Weimar, Aug 23. Frederich Ebert took the oath as imperial president at the Nationaltheater. A large crowd gathered in the square as guards of honor stood before the theater. Ebert arrived by automobile at 1 o clock and was greeted by vice presidents and secretaries guiding him to Kensting Fehrenbach, president of the national assembly. Members of the imperial council and assembly rose to welcome him, but seats for the national and independent socialist parties were empty.
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Weimar
Frederich Febert
Nationaltheater
Ebert
Kensting Fehrenbach
Nation Assembly
Aperial
Herr Ebert
British Fleet Besieges Kronstadt Port
Stockholm reports the reinforced British fleet concentrated against Kronstadt the naval port of Petrograd. Kronstadt is said to be burning as Bolshevik submarine depot Vitka reportedly sinks in an engagement off Tolhoukin lighthouse northwest of Kronstadt.
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Stockholm
Kronstadt
Fetrograd
Helsingfors
Vitka
Tolhoukin
Return to Paris Possible in Ratification Stalemate
Washington observers weigh President Wilson's options if Senate reservations are attached to the peace treaty. Possible moves include returning to Paris for renegotiation, sending a new delegation, or vetoing further action until Senate positions shift. Some Republicans favor diplomatic notes or a fresh treaty setup while warning Congress cannot force changes without his lead.
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Wilson
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Germany
Paris
Snatter Hutions
Mr. Wilson
Hitchcock
Knox
Twenty interned Huns Escape from Camp Sherman
Eighteen of twenty German prisoners who escaped during a severe electrical storm at Camp Sherman near Chillicothe Ohio were captured later in Columbus. The escape was made through a secretly constructed tunnel described by officers as ingenious. Guards inspect bar racks daily. tunnel’s construction date remains unknown but likely took considerable time.
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Columbus
Sherman
Chillicothe
Ohio
Daylight Saving Repeal Accomplished Over Veto
Washington reports the daylight saving act was repealed by a Senate vote of 57 to 19 to sustain the House in passing the measure over President Wilsons veto. The repeal becomes effective after clocks are turned back to standard time in October.
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Senate
Washington
House
Wilson
Carnegie Will Leaves Major Fortune to Heir and Executors
New York reports Andrew Carnegie planned to dispose of a vast estate by will filed for probate next week. A revised 2000 word document superseded an earlier 4400 word will after his daughter Margaret’s marriage, with the Home Just company of New Jersey named executor for nearly 400 welfare beneficiaries.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Elihu Roat
Margaret
Ensign Ruswell Miller
Cost of living drops says Attorney General
Washington August 21 Attorney General Paltier said there is evidence the government led campaign to reduce living costs is bearing fruit A Maryland vegetable packer wrote Mr Palmer that prices in many lines were rising but the department of justice will act against hoarders and profiteers The attorney general noted changes depend on higher production and saving and said prosecutions may follow if crime under the food control law is proven
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Paltier
Maryland
Palmer
Department of Justice
Congress
Car of Sugar Seized in U S Price War
Chicago August 28 A carload of sugar was seized yesterday by government agents in the campaign against profiteering. It marked the first actual seizure in the district attorney drive against the high cost of living. The seizure followed the arrest of a fourth sugar robber and earlier three others. The defendants have been charged with profiteering under the Lever food control act. The sugar car was seized in a freight yard after the district attorney received information it would be moved during the night.
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Chicago
Bayer Cross marked aspirin assures genuine Bayer tablets
The advertisement explains that genuine Aspirin Bayer Tablets of Aspirin must bear the Bayer Cross safety mark. It urges buying an unbroken Bayer package with directions for relief from headache toothache earache neuralgia colds and pain. Tin boxes of 12 tablets are cheap at drug stores with larger packages available.
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Bayer
Couldn't See It Fortune Teller Card Says Money Cometh
A brief comic note from the Boston Transcript about a fortune teller vending cards who proclaims money coming with no sickness met by a client who jokes about being the new doctor nearby.
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Boston Transcript
Slam at the Gentle Sex
A comic quip from Uncle Eben describes a scene with women or mermaids in playful fashion, noting admiration and envy from onlookers as characters speak in a dialect-rich, humorous tone.
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Eben
Kilmer’s Swamp Root Offered as Kidney Liver Urinary Remedy
An old advertisement extols Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a premier remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims quick mild effects from a gentle vegetable compound and offers sample bottles for ten cents with paper mention.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
August Flower advertised as cure for digestive woes
In summer when fruits ripen and picnics abound the August Flower is pitched as a sovereign remedy for tired and disordered stomachs. It is said to aid digestion, fermentation, sour stomach, headaches and constipation by stimulating the liver and cleansing the intestines. Sold everywhere.
Married in bathing suits on the beach during camping wedding
A Chicago Tribune correspondent recounts a humorous summer wedding where a couple wed in bathing suits after a beachside request to a minister. The scene included the father’s initial opposition, a plan to elope, and a later spontaneous ceremony on the shore as the groom proposed amid the tide and towels.
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Chicago Tribune
Teease
Vilage
Aged Castle Caretaker Stricken After Kaiser's Room Joke
A Birmingham Age Herald item notes an elderly castle caretaker in England collapsed after a facetious visitor asked to view a room once occupied by the Kaiser. The incident highlights how a joke led to a medical emergency at a historic site.
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England
Birmingham Age Herald
Archduke Ordered to Quit Mangarian Government
The supreme council instructed the inter allied mission at Budapest to inform Archduke Joseph that he must resign from the Mangarian government for European peace. Europe has suffered under the Hapsburgs and no confidence can rest in a government with a Hapsburg member. The council said it will deal only with a government backed by a constituent assembly.
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Paris
Supreme Council
Inter-Allied
Budapest
Archduke Joseph
Europe
A Night in Venice sketch sparks sympathy
A reader quotes a message about a song and dance team’s sketch titled A Night in Venice. The remark mocks Venetians and asks what the act is supposed to portray, noting sympathy for the depicted characters in a humorous aside.
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Venice
Rasy Street Sunlit Side Faces Uncertain Intentions
A short local-item notes debates over Rasy Street improvements as residents weigh plans amid sunny conditions. Officials promise reviews and detours while contractors await funding decisions.
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Rasy
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