Bossy Gillis’s Practical Rules For Running A Town
Hortense Saunders outlines Andrew "Bossy" Gillis, mayor of a New England town, and his blunt rules for power. He advises rewarding supporters, cutting rivals, advertising the town, policing sternly, hiring efficiency, and aiming for higher office while sharing aPHOTO of his rough, self made rise.
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Andrew “Bossy” Gillis
Conser
Horatio Alger
New
Boston
San Francisco
Newburyport
Mass
Farm Victory The Senate Fight for Farm Aid Gains Steam
Governor McMullen of Nebraska urged farmers to rally behind Frank Lowden as Republican candidate and press for farm relief modeled on the McNary Haugen plan. He argued agriculture must be included in national policy and rejected industrialization at the farmer’s expense. A separate report notes Socrates Sandino doubting his brother Augustino’s death amid belief he remains alive in Nicaragua.
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Rock Island, Mill
Illinois Agricultural Association
Adam McMullen
Nebraska
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
United States
Fank O. Lowden
McMullen
Lively Crickets Test Survive Extreme Experiments
Dr. Frank E. Lutz and Alfred Loomis report a cricket named Gryllus endured extreme tests. From air-pressure drops, to tunnel-casing compressed air, to a centrifuge, to ultra short sound waves, to four meter radio waves, the cricket survived each, showing surprising resilience. The report notes the cricket’s chirping and a final “permanent vacation” after the four meter waves. Sioux City stockyards set a two year hog receipt high with 20 000 head. Iowa Master Painters Convention names leaders and designates Des Moines as 1919 convention city.
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Frank E. Lutz
American Museum of Natural History
Alfred L. Loomis
Dr. Lutz
Gryllus
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Master, Painters and Decorators Association
Charles Nuse
Burlington
C. T. Bull
Boone
Des Moines
Dyes Cartels in Europe Threaten U S War Readiness
Based on European developments the article warns that dye cartels in Germany France and England could control supply and fuel munitions production. It notes German French agreements to divide output while Britain resists entanglement, with Imperial Chemical Industries poised to shield England’s war capability.
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Atlantic
Japan
Europe
Cal Trust
Germany
France
England
French Chemical Industry
German Dye Trust
al Industries
Sir Alfred
Sandino Believed To Be Wounded After Bombardment
Advices from Ocotal indicate rebel General Augustino Sandino may have been wounded in the El Chipote bombardment last Sunday. Reports say he was injured in the head and shoulder and tended by a Mexican doctor. confirmation of death was not found. Col. Robert H. Dunlap arrived to establish headquarters, and the Ogallala brought marines and supplies to Corinto as air reconnaissance reported no rebel activity.
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New York
Augustino Sandino
Socrates Sandino
Brooklyn
Bandino
Socrates
el Chipote
Managua
Nicaragua
Ocotal
Sandino
Robert H. Dunlap
United States Marine Corps
U.S. S. Ogallala
Corinto
Nueva Segovia
McMullen urges stronger McNary-Haugen farm bill
Governor McMullen warns Congress nearing elections that the administration may back a renewed push for the McNary-Haugen bill to aid agriculture. He calls for improving and re passing the measure, urging a united effort to overcome any veto and to place agricultural policy the business, not politics.
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Hortense Saunders
NEA
Vative
New England
Hooch
Bossy
Governor's Mansion
London
McNary-Haugen
John L. Cooley
Sioux City
Milton Bronner
NEA Service
The
Alfred Mond
Brunner, Mond & Co
Imperial Chemical Industries
Beng
British
Dye Stuff Corporation
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
King's Privy Council
Great Britain
Congress
Matt Conway
Creston, Iowa
H. W. Edaburn
N. Pine St
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