Builders Face Record Season
Washington reports a nationwide surge in construction activity with Henry Teague predicting a six week public works push in 1910. New Orleans leads with 24 million in deck work, while Milwaukee and Chicago announce major projects. private building contracts rise across states signaling easing costs and renewed confidence after wartime limits.
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Ty Henry
Uy Tonge
United States Department of Labor
Tenge
Atlantic
Stimlehaker Ccorporation
Tengeares
Newark
Tn 7
Bamberger
Kitaspsthy
Oper Urbin
Termin! Grain Corporation
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Sthouwou
Wentstor
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Detroit
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Ore
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Whole Sibert family in war record noted in piece
A profile extols Major General William S. Sibert head of the U S Army Chemical Warfare Service and notes every Sibert son serves in the armed forces. It highlights his role in Panama’s Gatun Dam, French expeditionary work, and a vast wartime gas program with high secrecy and strong production, plus brief bios of his sons in uniform.
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William S. Sibert
Chemical Warfare Service
United States Army
Theodore Roosevelt
Sibert
Army and Navy Club
Army
Alabama
Dlg Ten
Americas
Gatun Dum
Panama
France
Pershing
England
Ttaly
Germany
America
Orguniention
Gadsden
Alm
University of
West Point
Howe
Franklin
A. P
Prince
William O. Sibert
U. 8S
University of Virginia
Harold W. Sibert
Corps of Engineers
Washington, Li. Co
Cornell
Wis
Edwin L. Sibert
Leutenant
Martin D. Sthert
Federal Reserve Survey Shows Mixed Postwar Readjustment
The Federal Reserve Board released summaries from agents nationwide detailing postwar business and industrial readjustment. Reports indicate large inventories and loosened demand with price declines. Districts cite war and civilian work, wage trends, and orders on hand.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve
Milladelphia Federal Reserve District
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German Women to Form East Prussia Border Militia
German authoress and publisher Frau Broemer plans organizing East Prussia women into a border militia against Bolsheviks. She will delegate to the German National Assembly after leaving Weimar, returning to Koenigsberg. She argues men alone cannot withstand the Bolshevik threat.
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Frau Broenner
East Prussia
Frau Broemer
Weimar
Koenigsberg
Caught Greased Pig in Oil Pool by Patrolmen
In Dallas Texas patrolmen Anderson and Isbell pursued a stolen pig that slid through crude oil. They captured the animal and brought it home in a sack.
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Dalla
Tex
Anderson
Isbell
Should Have Known Better in Vernali Tavern Feud
A guest bursts from the Vernali tavern dining room with ketchup streaming down his face claiming he was assassinated or misconstrued. The landlord notes the diner blamed waitress Sylphie as ketchup splattered after a tack incident. a boarding car waitress reportedly aided the scene. The piece hints at local action and a bill being handed to the man as he departs.
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Vernali
Sylphie
Pleasant Silence and Movie Talk in the Letters
A brief exchange notes Pleasant Silencen remarking on going to the moving pictures and the girlish language. Sam counters by saying he goes to the movies to rest his ears, while Fev A K H Boyd argues people should not feel bad because others do not like them.
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Fev
A. K. H. Boyd
Lesson Ends In Classroom Gaffe At Los Angeles School
Superintendent Shiels tests pupils on sentence building and corrects silly answers with firm directions. A student misanswers boots socks and finally corn, prompting admonishments as the class is reminded to compose proper sentences. A separate exchange mentions a caller asking about a dead person and received a joking response.
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Shiels
Los Angeles
Much In a Name Doing better with your health classes for girls
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal notes a shift toward women’s health education with new beauty classes. The brief item mentions improved programs and raises questions about gendered schooling in health topics.
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Louisville Courier-Journnal
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