California battleship readying for maiden Pacific voyage
Workmen fit rivets on the California at Mare Island Navy Yard after a wartime shift to destroyers. The electrically driven battleship, 32 000 tons, 624 feet long, armed with 14 inch guns, launches Nov 20 1919 and is to join the Pacific fleet as flagship in 1921 with an all Californian crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Tennessee
Golden State
Mare Island Navy Yard
New Mexico
Navy Yard
Mare Island
Randolph T. Zane
Stevens
Education Through Stories by Frances Angevine Gray
A child’s craving for stories grows by age four or five and parents can enhance education with a planned half hour of reading at home. Use engaging material beyond random books, consult librarians for lists, and retell material in simple form. References include works by Hunt, Scudder, Stevenson, and Hazeltine from late 1910s to 1920.
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C. W. Hunt
Hougton, Mifflin Co
Boston
Mass
Horace E. Scudder
Houghton, Mifflin Co
Burton E. Stevenson
Henry Holt
New York City
Alice Hazeltine
The
Ladies, Home Journal
All Radiators Repaired by Round Oak Heating & Plumbing
Round Oak Heating and Plumbing repairs radiators bringing years of radiator work with a full absolute guarantee on all services. Advertisement indicates durable service and customer assurance with a 221f reference.
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Round Oak Heating & Plumbing Company
Ship Board Held Up by Billions Scandal
Washington reports reveal waste in over 2 billion dollars of wartime shipbuilding under the Shipping Board. Senate delays confirmation of President Harding's chosen board while investigations cite massive losses, faulty accounting, and overcharges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ship Board
Washington, D. C
Senate
Harding
Benson
Georgia
Frederick Thompson
Alabama
Republican Congress
Administration
Administration Shipping Board
United States Shipping Board
Martin J. Gillen
John Bayton Payne
Shipping Board
Philadelphia
Doans Kidney Pills Endorsed By Local Resident
Mrs M J Wills of 189 Helena St testifies that Doans Kidney Pills cured years of kidney trouble and bladder inflammation restoring her back and overall health. Price 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Mars Buffalo NY. Storage ad notes 8 50 monthly. Moran 421f listed.
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Dean
Dillon
M. J. Wills
Helena St
Potts’ Drug Store
Doan
Common Sense as the Greatest Gift
A reflective note extols common sense as a priceless endowment surpassing fame talent and envy. It contrasts limited flights of genius with the steady value of practical judgment, deeming common sense the true ballast of life.
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Earth
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Clancy
Percy L. Crosby
McClare Newspaper Syndicate
Spider
Timmi
National Kindergarten Association
W. 40Th St
Frances Angevine Gray
United States
Mayr
Benton Harbor
Mich
Betterstein
TNE
Potts
M. Paumie
Parisian
DYE House
Galena St
Butte, Mont
Colo
Western Motor Supply
T. D. Moran
Salvation Army
Western Motor Supply Co
Moundridge
Kan
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