Efforts to shorten life of proposed war finance corporation fail
Washington Feb 26 The Senate approved a war finance corporation bill already before the House Ways and Means Committee. In committee today members debated making the body a limited FAA institution not a permanent federal reserve type entity. Moore proposed eight year tenure instead of ten. motion voted down. Chairman Kitchin noted a treasury letter on tax relief and notes to Federal Reserve banks. no action on proposals. An agreement on the bill is sought tomorrow. Senate amendment for presidential appointment of directors remains unsettled but not opposed.
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House
Way and Means
Faa
Federal Reserve Board
Moore
Pennsyvania
Kitchin
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
Chairain Kitchin
McAdoo
Textile mills switch to paper cloth amid wartime shortages
In Chemnitz Saxony during 1917 mills largely produced cloth from paper yarns as cotton and wool ran short. Some plants used nettle fibre, with profits reported as substantial though wood pulp scarcity threatened future output. Central to war needs, mills also supported munitions production and prepared for postwar normalization.
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New York
Chemnitz
Saxony
Germany
Cologne
Searcely
Shell production at government arsenals shown in rare photo
A rare wartime image depicts the process of making shells at a government arsenal. The photo shows workers at a forge pouring hot tallow over bones used in shrapnel shells. This marks the first published image since the war began.
Real estate men boost national war garden campaign
Real estate firms nationwide join the Own a Home drive by supporting the National War Garden Commission. New York leaders chart spring activities, with letters and demonstrations promoting back-yard gardens and land ownership to aid food production.
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National War Garden Commission
Washington, D.C
New York
J. W. Doolittle
Douglaston Realty Co
Meade Dobson
Howard Estate Development W
Ji. J. Hapgood
Mountain Lakes
E. D. Pauline
Leonia Heights Land Co
Robert E. Farley
Farley Organizaton
Stephen Yates
Baldwin Harbor Realty Co
William C. Constant
Jarmon & Co
Anning &. Pratt
State of
Benj. F. Mortensen Co
Detroit
R. W
John Hays Hammond
Fairfax Harrison
Myron T. Herrick
John Grier Hibben
Emerson McMillin
A. W. Shaw
John Dickinson Sherman
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
J B. White
James Wilson
Agriculture
Tidedale
New York City
N. T.hegeman Co
Church Street
Meade C. Dobson
Chambers Street
Kimball & Richards
Salt Lake City
P. E. Stark
Wisconsin Association of Real Estate Dealers
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Association
Pack
D. C. Kimball
Kimball and Richards
United States
Commission
Certificate of Dissolution Late of North Carolina
Notice records the voluntary dissolution of High Point Furniture Show Rooms Inc a North Carolina corporation with principal office 308 Broad Street Hick Point Guilford County agent J G Lambert and stockholders consent dated December 28 1917 certified by Secretary of State J Bryan Grimes Raleigh December 28 1937.
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High Point Furniture Show Rooms Inc
Broad Street
Hick Point
Guilford
State of
North Carolina
J. G. Lambert
Carolina
I. J. Bryan Grimes
State of North Wieh
Raleigh
High Point Wife Doing Good Work
A High Point woman reports long term stomach and liver trouble improved by Mayr Wonderful Remedy after following a druggist’s advice. She credits it with more benefit than prior medicines and says she recommends it. the ad notes one dose will convince or money refunded by Hart Drug Co.
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Mayr
German blacklist hits neutral firms in Mexico City issue
The Tages Zeitung in Mexico City published a German blacklist targeting neutral commercial houses. The list names Entente firms and agents, and analysts expect its impact on local neutral businesses after careful consideration.
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Mexico
Tages Zeitung
Drink Hot Tea for a Bad Cold Hamburg Breast Tea Remedy
An advertisement promotes Hamburg Breast Tea as a cheap safe remedy for colds and grip. It instructs to steep a tablespoon in boiling water, drink a teacupful, and claims it opens skin pores, relieves congestion, loosens the bowels, and drives a cold from the system. The product is described as vegetable and harmless.
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Hamburg
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Back Pain Relief
An advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a 25 cent remedy for backache lumbago sciatica and rheumatic stiffness. It claims a single application soothed by counting to fifty ending misery without skin burning.
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Honest St. Jacobs
St. Jacobs
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Tal
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