Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Patient
Mrs. Mitrorp T. Cum Mings of 322 Harmony St Penn's Grove testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased her inflammation irregularities and pains. She reports rapid improvement after using the remedy and urges other women to try it for displacements ulceration backache and nervous symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeton
N.J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Mrsa. Mitrorp T. Cummings
Harmony St
Penn's Grove
Don’t Need Matches In a Dark Door Locking Trick
A cone shaped plate fixed over a keyhole simplifies unlocking a door in darkness. The device redirects attention from the keyhole and permits turning the lock with minimal effort.
Dyspeptic Dangers In War Bread Debate
A humorous exchange questions wartime bread quality. One person asks if the bread is fit for war effort while the other notes it appears to leave a man only with a fighting chance, reflecting domestic wartime concerns.
War Revenue Bill Drafted Raising Hefty Taxes
Washington reports the joint conferees on the war revenue bill completed a draft raising the levy from 2.416 billion to about 2.7 billion. The excess profits tax is revised with a 7 to 9 percent rate, investments defined, and goodwill treated more liberally. Postal, railroad, auto, and alcohol taxes are expanded while new inheritance taxes apply. The income tax stays with a 2 percent normal tax and escalating surtaxes. The package tightens stamp, amusement, and various business taxes to fund war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Simmons
Senate Finance Committee
House
Manu
Customs House
United States
Canada
Mexico
War Revenue Bill Sets New Tax Revenues in Senate-House Accord
Conferees from the senate and house finalize a war revenue bill raising about 2.6 billion dollars. The accord details allocations including 77.5 million 16 000 000 5 million 4.5 million 2.25 million in various sections.
Garfield fixes coal prices nationwide effective immediately
Fuel Administrator Garfield orders immediate limits on coal retail prices by capping gross margins over wholesale costs. Retailers may charge no more than an 80 percent increase on 1915 margins, not exceeding the 1917 level, with specific price ceilings tied to 1915 and 1917 margins for bituminous and anthracite coal.
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Washington
Garfield
Doctor Garfield
Plans for Food Conservation in Texas Outlined
Dallas hosts a Texas food conservation meeting with E A Peden announcing a three district plan. J R Babcock will run Northern Eastern Central and Panhandle Texas, James Z George covers Southern Texas, and George C Clements oversees extreme Western Texas. Peden leads the statewide effort from Houston. 500000 pledge cards and home cards will be distributed during Oct 21 to 28 to mobilize volunteers and households for the campaign.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
E. A. Peden
Houston
State Food Administration Board
Peden
J. R. Babcock
Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers’ Association
United States Food Administration Board
Navy
Army
President Signs War Tax Bill Into Law
President Wilson signed the war tax bill, creating more than two and a half billion dollars in new taxes for this year. The measure affects nearly every citizen through levies on incomes, profits, liquor, tobacco, soft drinks, transportation, medicines, chewing gum, amusements, musical instruments, talking machines, records, and other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Congress Drops Plan to Examine All Registered Men
Washington report says the proposal to examine all men registered for the draft was killed for now after conferees removed an appropriation for the purpose from the war deficiency bill. The conference report was accepted by the Senate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Villa Force Defeated Near Inde Durango
In Durango near Inde Mexican federal troops under General Joaquin Amaro engaged Villa forces numbering about seventy. After a hand to hand fight the federales defeated Villa followers and Villa himself escaped.
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el Paso
Tex
Joaquin Amaro
Francisco Villa
Inde
Durango
Villa
Fire destroys Werthan Bag plant and Southwestern Paper wrapping dept
Fire swept through the Werthan Bag company plant and the wrapping department of the Southwestern Paper company in Houston Texas on Wednesday night. Losses from the two facilities are estimated to exceed 200000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Werthan Bag Company
Southwestern Paper Company
Levee Breach Floods Brownsville Forcing Evacuations
Rio Grande breached hundreds of feet of levee near Brownsville Texas on Thursday flooding more than forty blocks between the city and the river and forcing about 100 Mexican families to evacuate their shacks from the rising waters.
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Brownsville
Tex
Rio Grande
Eleven British ships sunk last week by mines or submarines
The British admiralty stated that eleven merchant ships each over 1,600 tons and two smaller vessels were sunk by mines or submarines during the past week.
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London
German Funds Paid to Spy Indicated by Evidence
New York state attorney general Mer ton E. Lewis announced that proof German money was supplied in the United States by Count von Bernstorff to Belo Pasha, who is under arrest in Paris as a spy, and the evidence was forwarded to the French government.
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New York
Count von Bernstorff
Belo Pasha
Paris
Merton E. Lewis
Army Officer Killed in Fort Bliss Horse Incident
Lieutenant Robert W. Chapman of an artillery regiment at Fort Bliss Texas was thrown from his horse on Wednesday and killed.
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Fort Bliss
Tex
Robert W. Chapman
Guarded Fence Prank At Prince ton County Fair
At the Gibson county fair in Prince ton an amateur guard asleep on duty allowed a boy to climb the fence. President Ben Murphy ordered the youth to stay in after the boy woke the guard. Murphy then let the trespasser remain, claiming the guard had been watchdog.
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Gibson County
Princeton
Indianapolis
Ben Murphy
Murphy
Kitty Acquired the Habit In A Musical Tale
Mary, raised by a voice teacher, explains her kitten outside the door is forcing its voice. The scene blends domestic life with musical terminology as the pet meows loudly seeking entry.
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Kitty
Mary
Mamma
More Men for the Army Mail Sorting In Chicago
A new mail sorting machine installed in Chicago’s post office performs the work of 30 men, boosting efficiency and wartime logistics.
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Chicago
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Behrens Drug Co
Waco
Rees Pitts
Boratory
Berkeley
California
Mul-En
Bond
HUN
AB Richards Medicine Co
Sherman Tex
Tutt
Dr. Peery
Springfield
Virgin Island
Kinner's
Houston Electric Co
Houston, Texas
McCane’s
Peden Iron & Steel CO
San Antonio
Texas Optical Co
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