Government Aids Roads to Buy Cars
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced immediate appropriation of 125 million dollars from a 300 million revolving fund to buy rolling stock. Funds target freight cars 75 million and locomotives 50 million with 73 million for additions and betterments and 50 million to cover maturing obligations and lawsuits.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Transportation Act
Commission
Railroad Administration
National Association of Owners of Railroad Securities
National Equipment Corporation
S. Davis Warfield
W. E. Lamb
Shippers’ Committee
C. E. Cotterill
Valeriano Weyler Says He Intends to Question Road Evidence
Ge Valeriano Weyler of the Southern Traffic League stated his plan to question witnesses on all phrases of the evidence submitted regarding the roads. He pledged a comprehensive examination of the material presented.
Ex soldier waits to receive his own corpse
Herman H. Phillips of Berdan Illinois formerly with Company E 166th Infantry Rainbow Division is alive but believed dead. He awaits the government coffin arriving from the cemetery at Chateau Thierry while officials in Washington rely on records showing his death. Phillips travels by the C and A railroad at Berdan while his father J C Phillips has been notified of the shipment and telegrams follow.
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St. Louis
Herman H. Phillips
Berdan
Ill
166Th Infantry
Rainbow Division
Chateau-Thierry
Phillips
Washington
J.C. Phillips
War Department
Herman
Experts dispute Palmer ruling on presidential signing power
Washington experts in constitutional law challenged Attorney General Palmer's claim that the president has ten days to sign measures after Congress adjourns. They cited the Al Abra case and noted Lincoln's 1863 post adjournment signing as a rare precedent. If Wilson accepts Palmer, eleven pocket vetoed measures, including the water power bill, could be revived.
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Lincoln
Judiciary Committee
Wilson
White House
Chicago G. O. P. Convention Crowds Shrink From Earlier Years
Railroad officials estimate 40,000 delegates and visitors arriving for theGOP convention in Chicago, far below 1916 and 1912 crowds. The piece notes historic blocs from Garry Herrmann and New York while detailing current arrivals, including 254 delegates from New York and Pennsylvania's entry.
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Garry Herrmann
Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Unclear political turnout tied to convention etiquette
The passage notes low attendance by nine out of ten politicians who say they cannot drink freely at the convention, preferring to stay home. It contrasts large crowds aboard the Little Maine and questions the reason for the falling off in engagement.
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Maine
Col House Visit Deemed Political Move
Paris reports say Col E M House plans to sail to Europe at Entente urging to prevent US Allies’ misunderstandings. No link to Boulogne Lloyd George Spa conferences. Spa attendance undecided. Ambassador Wallace has no instructions. Harison may accompany if the U S attends.
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Paris
Quai d’Orsay
Col. E. M. House
Europe
United States
Col. House
Boulogne
Brussels
Spa
Hugh C. Wallace
Washington
San Remo
State Department
Condi
The Times Want Ads Prompt Sparks Result Getter Play
Classifieds in The Times invite readers to test result getters through concise ads. The prompt suggests using want ads as a quick route to obtain desired outcomes or information from the newspaper page.
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound for Graceful Hair Darkening
A classic advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use hair darkening product. It claims gray hair vanishes after one or two applications and imparts a glossy, youthful look without medical use.
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Wyeth
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West View Park Addition
J. B. Nall
L. M. Neas
Kingsport
Nall & Neas
Kingsport, Tenn
Encour
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First National Bank
William Roller
J. Fred Johnson
A. D. Brockman
W. R. Jennings
Palmer
Constitutional Law Today
Tionary
W. H. Finlay
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Entente
Johnson
Leland Harison
Georgette Crepe, Voile and
Crepe de Chine
Georgette
Oxfords
Georgette Crepe
Taffeta
Showker Brothers Department Store
Cherokee and
Market Streets
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