Local and Personal Quick Delivery Groceries Ad Desires Orders
Local and personal notices advertise cash sales at New Star Meat Market offering beef pork sausage chicken butter eggs and ham with free city delivery and phone numbers 973 and 930. Other services include car washing at Krickel's Blacksmith Shop opposite the Court House on South Grand Street with prompt service and tire vulcanizing by Ouachita Tire and Rubber Co Inc at 548m60. Also listed are first class auto trimming by Ouachita Saddle and Harness Co at 208 South Grand Street and various barber services with 35 cent hair cuts plus a push for war savings stamps.
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New Star
Starket
Krickel’s
Court House
South Grand Street
Ouachita Saddle and Harness Co
Singer Sewing Machine Co Phone 172 In Hematitehing Ad
An old classified note references the Singer Sewing Machine Company with a phone number 172 in a short listing. The fragment suggests a local ad or business contact from a bygone era.
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Singer Sewing Machine Co
Officer Who Drew Color Line Is Dismissed From Service
In Little Rock on June 29 Captain Eugene C. Rowan former head of the 162nd depot brigade was dismissed from the service and Lieutenant Robert H. Hall received a 25 year hard labor sentence at Leavenworth. Rowan refused a troop formation order when it included both black and white soldiers. Hall deserted in February, with later missing funds totaling 7000 dollars from mess funds. part recovered. Rowan is Georgia-born, recently residing in Mississippi, while Hall is Brooklyn native.
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Little Rock, Ark
Eugene C. Rowan
162Nd Depot Brigade
Robert H. Hall
Leavenworth
Kan
Camp Pike
Rowan
National Army
Georgia
Mississippi
Russia
Hall
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ration Cards For Smokers in Austria
Vienna dispatch reported in Berlin newspapers that Austria has introduced ration cards for smokers. Each smoker may obtain six cigars and eighteen cigarettes or a half package of tobacco.
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New York
Austria
Vienna
Berlin
Kerns Blacksmith Shop Visitor Noted at Jackson and Grammont
A brief entry records a visit to Kerns blacksmith shop located at the corner of Jackson and Grammont streets at 9 o clock. The note notes the shop’s location and the time of the visit.
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Kerns Blacksmith Shop
Jackson and
Grammont Streets
Romania Desolate After War Says AP Report From Jassy
The Associated Press dispatch from Jassy describes Romania as a desolate country after war. It notes 750,000 Russian soldiers once occupied it, widespread famine, oil field destruction under German control, and severe refugee misery with little harvest or seed for the year.
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London
Associated Press
Jassy
Rumania
Romania
Germany
No Immediate Extension of the Draft Age
Washington reports the Senate defeated the plan to immediately raise the army draft age to 20 and 40 years. The vote clears the way for passage of the $12.0 billion army appropriation, with amendments authorizing an aircraft production corporation and a new draft quota basis. Neutrals seeking citizenship remain in draft exemption debates.
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Washington
Senate
Fall
New Mexico
Aircraft Production Board
Milwaukee Saloons to Close Doors as License Year Ends
Milwaukee license committee reports more than 150 saloons will permanently close at year end. Poor business high beer prices and the probability of prohibition winning soon are cited as reasons for voluntary retirement from the trade.
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Milwaukee
Wis
The
Common Council
U S Plans Economic Aid for Russia in Washington
Washington reports plans by the United States government to aid Russia, details becoming clear Friday as officials outline proposed economic assistance programs and their expected effects on bilateral relations. The announcement follows ongoing discussions with allied nations about support measures.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Informal aid plan for Russia favored over military action
The article notes that the initial step contemplates informal assistance through American business and industrial leaders, rejecting a diplomatic mission to enforce President Wilson's promise. A group of experts to advise and aid the Russian people is being discussed, limited to those familiar with Russian economics and transportation, with all military show avoided.
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Wilson
Russia
Suggestion to Reward Irish Veterans With Honorary Name Suffix
Dublin reports a proposal to aid recruitment by granting every Irish veteran who served in the great war an official letters suffix after his name. The suffix would denote service in the army or navy and be passed to descendants, signaling honor to the family.
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Dublin
Ireland
Local Market Ad Highlights Bargains and Pantry Staples
Fragmented price list showing multiple items such as peaches coffee Crisco crackers paint and staples. Includes quantities per can per pound per bottle with varied prices and mentions of stock remedies and bay leaves.
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Victory
Telmo
Maraschino
Armour
Price
Prat
Mazda
Cafe du Monde
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Bryant Washburn
Harold Lloyd
PATHE
Neil Shipman
Alfred Whitman
Raree
Azan
Vitagraph
Donald
Thompson
Ouachita Tire and Rubber Co., Inc
Tth
Grammont
Imo
Buster Brown
M. G. Spaugh
Dixie Bedding Co. Ltd
Model Meat Market
DeSiard Street
Wexler’s
Wexler’s Cigar Store
Nunnally Candy
Will Atkinson
Prop
France
Smith Bros., Ltd
Louisiana Optical CO
Economic Assistance For
U. S
Strouse & Brothers, Inc
Baltim
Burton H. Wolf
Memphis
Nashville
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
Fort Worth
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Chicago
Iain
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Food Administration
Fuat
Ees
Ewe Wee Ee Eee
Nour
Monroe
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