Marriage Pool for Europe’s Surplus
Paris May 8 1919 Professor Paul Carnot a Paris university physician proposes an international marriage pool to repopulate Europe and save the white race. He cites a European surplus of 15 20 million marriageable women and calls for Franco American ties to marry American men to France.
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Paris
Europe
Paul Carnot
Faculty of Medicine
University of Paris
Christ
Far East
United States
Birth rate declines amid wartime manpower saved
Fragmentary OCR notes that after years of war effort the birth rate is declining while little action seems taken to address the trend.
Business Training Demand Surges for Office Work Ties to Prosperity
A county survey finds 1338 of 2445 help ads seek business training and 524 of 1107 remaining ads aim at office assistants. It argues business training yields higher demand and income than other trades, urging enrollment at Tyler Commercial College in Texas for a free catalogue.
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United States
Judge Gray
Board of Steel Corporation
Tyler Commercial College
Tyler
Texas
Sugar Shortage Probed as Officials Trace Stocks
Washington May 8. Government figures show unprecedented sugar imports while famine rumors grip eastern cities. Justice Department officials authorize further moves to locate stocks in the country and identify cornering perpetrators. Prosecutions for lever act violations and sugar market manipulation are promised as refiners' data is reviewed.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Howard E. Figg
New York
Plans for World's Largest Hotel in Chicago
Chicago May 8 plans reveal a hotel combining Edgewater Beach as one unit on Lake Michigan and Sheridan Road. The five units total 4000 rooms with a 2590 seat theatre, a three block long peacock alley, 40 kitchenettes, a sixteen story bachelor unit, and a minimum $15 daily rate.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Sheridan Road
Edgewater Beach
Mary Graves Poultry Raising Experience Ends with Rat Snap
Mrs Mary Graves shares how an incubator helped her make money in three years but rats ate her baby chicks until RAT SNAP was used. Overnight two rats died and soon all disappeared, described as the only sure rat killer. Sold at Junction Hardware Co and Hawkins Drug Store with a three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00 price. May
Trespass Notice on Ellison and White Survey Land
Notice forbids hunting or trespassing on land southeast of London in Kimble County known as the Ellison and White survey. Signed by Wess Smith Bear Sens.
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London
Kimble
Llane
Ellison and White
Wess Smith
RAT SNAP No Odor Bait For Rats And Mice
Rats and mice die after eating RAT-SNAP with no odor left behind. Cats and dogs avoid it. Available in three sizes 20e, 50e, and 1.06 format for kitchens, cellars, farms, and factories. Sold and guaranteed by Hankins Drug Store and Junction Hardware Co.
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Hankins Drug Store
Junction Hardware CO
Not a Diplomat. Lady Engages Domestic in Debate
In a Chicago Herald item a woman asserts practical bluntness in household matters while Mary Ann comments on experience with reform. The dialogue signals social roles and domestic dynamics in a dated urban setting.
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Mary Ann
Chicago Herald
No Trespassing Notice on Hodges Estate Land
Public notice bans hunting fishing camping driving stock or trespassing on land owned or controlled by G. W. Hodges estate and listed parties Alfred Hodges W. B. Hardeman W. R. McKee E. M. Burt W. W. Buck Jim Moore W. O. Dechert on penalty of legal action.
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G. W. Hodges
Alfred Hodges
W. B. Hardeman
W. R. McKee
E. M. Burt
W. W. Buck
Jim Moore
W. O. Dechert
Public warns hunting forbidden in pastures by J N Hodges
Notice from J N Hodges of Garner Hill Gladstone New Jersey forbidding hunting with guns or dogs on his pastures. Hodges promotes RAT S NAP rat poison sold by Hawkins Drug Store and Junction Hardware Co in three sizes 25c 50c and $1.00 with claim it kills rats and leaves no smell. May
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J. N. Hodges
Garner Hill
Gladstone
N. J
Hawkins Drug Store
Junction Hardware Co
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