Waste and graft stain Shipping Board scandal in Washington
Washington reports expose massive waste and over $2 billion losses in the wartime Shipping Board program. Senate hold until Harding appoints a new board. Southern Democrats favored in nominations. Revelations detail overcharges, missing records, double payments, and lavish pay. public anger cited. The piece links mismanagement to broader fiscal strain and Armistice Day reflections.
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Washington
Persident
Senate
Harding
Benson
Georgia
Democrat
Frederick L Thompson
Alabama
Joseph N. Teal
Oregon
John A. Donald
New York
Chester H. Rowell
California
Cox
Guy D. Goff
Whiconsin
Charles Suther
Missouri
Republican Congress
Administration Shipping Board
United States Shipping Board
Martin J. Gillen
John Barton Payne
Kent
Shipping Board
Philadelphia
Glaserslide Threatens Pittsburgh Yard Amid Massive Land Slump
Pittsburg officials raced against a deadly earth slide that stretched 2,000 feet across a bluff above the Pennsylvania Railway yards. Gen. George W. Goethals advised hauling away the dirt as crews battled to hold back 12,500,000 cubic yards of mud and rock at a cost of $3 per cubic yard.
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Rave Simonton
Pittsburg
America
Saya
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal and Won Fame When He Checked the Culebra
Bigelow Boulevard
Pennsylvania Railway
Goethals
Louisville Herald
Ballard's Horehound Syrup advertised for phlegm relief
An old advertisement claims wheezing comes from phlegm and promotes Ballard's Horehound Syrup to loosen and expel it. Prices listed as 25c 60c and 1.00 per bottle, sold by Ohio County Drug Co.
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Ohio County Drug Co
Ballard
Farmers Institute Program Hartford Court House 1920
Ohio County Farmers Institute opens December 10 11 at the Hartford Court House with sessions on home economics winter egg production and cooperative marketing. Speakers include Miss Sue Beardsley Dr Wickwire and Prof Bruner with discussions on livestock marketing and junior agricultural clubs. Invitations extend to farm families for all sessions Friday night and Saturday programs.
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Hartford
Court House
Institute
Weaceless
W. Buckler
Sue Beardsley
Sesees
A. Pickett
Bruner
Wickwire
Kentucky
James Speed
Buckler
Parmers’ Institute
Parprery
W. C. Hanna
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Pension Division
University of Kentucky
M. L. McCrackign
Mike Sue Beardsley
Sooo
B.A. Phokett
Pepto Mangan Promises Health Boost for Fatigued Readers
An old advertisement extols Pepto Mangan as a tonic to restore red blood and lift readers from health ruts. It claims physicians endorse the remedy, offers liquid and tablet forms, and urges purchase as a genuine Gude’s product.
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Gude
Panama Canal Profit Questioned as Financial Joke
KOSTORIAL COMMENT states the canal was built for broad water transport benefits rather than profit. He argues annual earnings of 2.3 million dollars vastly underestimate long term costs which he estimates between twenty and forty million annually, framing notable financial doubt.
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United States
Panama Canal
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claim
An old advertisement promises a reward for catarrh cures by Hall's Catarrh Medicine, claiming it works through the blood on mucous surfaces. It urges immediate use and features testimonial-style language, with a note about being “Bold by all Drugatae.”
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Hall
Cheney
Splendid Cough Medicine Praised by Mrs Clay Fry
Mrs Claude Clay Fry of Ferguson Station Missouri extols Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a splendid medicine. She says it relieves children at first signs of croup and helps her own coughs or lung colds quickly. She wishes she had known of it years ago.
Japan Increases Army Budget Fifty Percent
Tokio Nov 27 The army estimates for the coming year total 245000000 yen an increase of 50 percent over last year Of the sum 40000000 yen will be spent on new defense schemes Service in the cavalry branch of the army will be reduced from three years to two years.
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Tokio
Democrats Serenade President Wilson at White House
A noisy crowd of about two thousand admirers circled the White House in a silent tribute to President Wilson after the election. They sang various songs including The Star Spangled Banner and Carry Me Back to Ole Virginny, provoking an awkward moment as Wilson faced away from Virginia, his birthplace, while his relatives lingered nearby.
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Wilson
White House
Ole Virginny
Virginia
Walek Man
Ching
Cottin
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O. K
Epstorial
Nave
New York Herald
Paris
London
Westminister Abbey
New York Tribune
Earth “Glaser” Buries Terminal
Fletcher
Ohio County Farmers’ Institute
WALLACE @ DUNN
Cromwell, KY
Wallace & Dunn
Panama
Averyiting
Hof Lee
Kostorial
Japan
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