Ferris Ferris Rumor Involves President And Water Power Bill
Rumor claims Scott Ferris of Oklahoma pressured the President to urge a partisan vote for Democratic Congress. Ferris, chair of the Democratic Congressional Committee and House Public Lands, previously opposed water power provisions allowing government retake of licensed plants. The President denounced the plan in a letter to Water Power chair Sims, and leading Democrats split from the President.
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Scott Ferris
Oklahoma
Democratic Congress
Ferris
Democratic Congressional Committee
House Committee On Public Lands
Sims
Water Power Committee
House
A Nation Refuses Guardianship Says Voters on November 5
The Bremerton News summarizes a political rebuke as voters rejected paternalistic governance. It notes criticism of a professor’s New Freedom rhetoric and the broader theme that Americans reject guardianship and experts ruling from Washington. The piece suggests the public’s ballot reflected these views.
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Bremerton
Washington
America
War contracts stay in force to prevent unemployment
Government officials warn against cancelling war contracts, citing the risk of mass unemployment and wage declines. France may need 10,000,000 tons of steel for reconstruction, while Italy’s demands are large, yet the public doubts future work after the war ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Tardieu
France
Italy
The Tear in the Cup: Weeks Defeat Sparks Republican Protest
The Republican Publicity Association condemns Massachusetts voters for defeating Senator John W. Weeks. It lauds Weeks’ service from his Naval Academy days to his Senate chairmanships, blaming party treachery and personal jealousy for the loss and urging retaliation against traitors.
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Washington
Republican Publicity Association
Jonathan Bourne
Str
Senate
House
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
Weeks
Joint
Congressional
Navy
Naval Academy
Massachusetts Naval Brigade
U.S. Naval Force
Atlantic
Congress
Experiente
Ewift
Gure
No reformer could loosen Wood’s departure clash persists
A reflective note suggests the same administration that blocked General Wood from leaving may also hinder General Pershing’s return. The excerpt quotes a moral stance on steadfast virtue and disdain for evil, attributed to Froude.
Chamberlain's Tablets End Indigestion and Liver Distress
Mrs. M. P. Harwood of Auburn New York reports she suffered indigestion distress after meals headaches and fatigue before taking Chamberlain's Tablets. After two bottles her health improved and she expresses gratitude for the remedy's effects and her renewed well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Proved Spit of Democracy and American Food Effort
The essay praises voluntary American sacrifice for Allied victory and highlights a push to double Europe bound food exports to twenty million tons. It credits democracy with mobilizing patriotism and credits Hoover and the Food Administration for organizing relief and sustaining Allied defense amid European liberation efforts.
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Europe
America
Germany
Food Administration
United States
Mr. Hoover
Threshing Reform Saves 16 Million Bushels of Wheat
Report from 33 grain states credits cleaner threshing methods and field harvesting efforts with saving about 16 million bushels of wheat. The Food Administration notes reduced harvest losses and widespread patriotic participation by farmers and threshers.
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United States
U. S. Food Administration
The
Food Administration
Food conservation praised as American triumph in war effort
The article extols voluntary food saving in the United States, noting that abstinence from wheat and sugar kept bread prices steady and prevented shortages. It portrays Americans’ self-denial as boosting health, morale, and global kinship, framing conservation as essential to national strength against German starvation.
Taxpayers Told When and Where to Pay Cranbury Taxes
Notice to taxable inhabitants of Cranbury Township Middlesex County that taxes are due and payable. Collector Will attend at Brown Gibson store Cranbury Station December 10 1918 6 p.m Plainsboro Walker Gordon Laboratory Co office December 13 1918 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. J F White’s store Plainsboro December 13 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. At his Cranbury home November December evenings and December 20 all day. Delinquent if not paid by December 20 1918. Appeals due to Middlesex County Board of Taxation by December 20 1918.
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Cranbury
Middlesex
Gaid
Brown & Gibson’s
Cranbury Station
Walker Gordon Laboratory Co
Plainsboro
J. F. White
Middlesex County Board of Taxation
William A. Spencer
New Brunswick
N. J
WM. F. Perrine
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Cranbury Press
Cranbury, N. J
Geo. W. Burroughs & Son
New Jersey
Liberty and Union
Webster
General Wood
General Pershing
Froude
Wri
Kery Haan Dy Ad
Heart of America
Good Will
New World
Tear
Old World
Yuletide
B. F.gunson
Clothier and Haberdasher
State Street
Hotel Windsor
Trenton
J. E. Carlson
Hightstown Garage
Arritory
Ford
Hightstown
East Windsor
Mercer County
Washington Township
Township of
Middlesex County
Detroit
Leonely
Prop
John H. Fortseh
Harold Dey
Burrogate
Des Lmunds
Joan H. Fostsca
Charles G. Groves
Office North Main Street
Oranbury, N. J
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