Traffic safety urged after 1919 auto deaths rise
The Department of Commerce data shows 1919 auto fatalities at 3 808, a 245 increase from 1918, with Chicago and New York posting large jumps. City officials are urged to curb deaths by curbed safety islands at crossings, mid block crossings, driver skill demonstrations, lower speed limits, and stricter penalties including license revocation and imprisonment.
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Department of Commerce
W. W. Daut
Kansas City
San Antonio
Cleveland
New York
Plan group of social events for K C Lodge
Laurent Council and the Marquette club of the Knights of Columbus lodge announce plans for a series of social events. The first will be an Old Timers Get Together later this month, with committees named after a business meeting. The Marquette club second dancing party is a Christmas ball on Tuesday evening December 14 at Armory hall with a spotlight dance and other secret features planned.
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Laurent Council
Marquette Club
Knights of Columbus Lodge
Armory Hall
Nationwide unemployment probe to begin immediately
Washington December 10 an immediate nation wide inquiry into unemployment was announced by the United States employment service Investigators will report before January 15 A conference on the unemployment situation was to be held at the service headquarters Mason introduced a bill authorizing the national inquiry with state and federal cooperation on relief measures to be discussed.
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Washington, D. C
United States Employment Service
Employment Service
Mason
Army Uniform Wear Regulated Across the Nation
The Justice Department enforces a 1916 act to curb indiscriminate wearing of uniforms. It bans distinctive items like buttons cap ornaments and rank insignia while allowing altered or dyed pieces such as overcoats to be worn. Peddlers and panhandlers face enforcement amid active complaints. Locally ex servicemen commonly wear worn army overcoats, now purchasable but must be altered or dyed and buttons removed to avoid ban.
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Department of Justice
American Legion Weekly
War Department
Norfolk
Hamburg Breast Tea Advertisement Note
An advertisement touts Hamburg Breast Tea as a cheap all natural remedy. It claims a spoonful steeped in boiling water, strained, and drunk relieves congestion and breaks a cold by opening pores and loosening the bowels.
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Hamburg
Tonnage Report Shows Unfilled Orders Drop Now
The United States Steel corporation released its monthly tonnage report from New York showing 9,021,481 tons of unfilled orders on hand November 30, down 815,371 tons from October’s 9,836,852.
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New York
N. Y
United States Steel Corporation
Real Estate Quiet Title Suit In Muscatine County
Robert A. Owen sues John Harvey Matthews and numerous spouses and heirs in Muscatine County Iowa seeking to quiet title to land described as parts of sections seven five and eight. The petition alleges Owen and those under whom he claims have held adverse possession for over twenty years under color of title and requests reform of a faulty deed from William D Gatton dated February 28 1920. If defendants fail to appear by January 4 1921 default will be entered and relief granted.
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Robert A. Owen
John Harvey Matthews
Matthews
John H. Mathews
Mathews
Nicholas H. Ridgley
Ridgley
Henry Hatton
Hatton
Richard F. Barret
Barret
David FE. Mathews
Nathan Gatton
Gatton
Russell Gatton
George W. Gatton
William D. Gatton
William Gatton
Elizabeth Gatton
Muscatine County
Iowa
Chicago, Rock Island and P Pacific Railway Company
Pance
District Court of Town
Chaplain Cross to Speak at First Congregational Church
Chaplain EF W Cross, famed for his front line service in France and his role in rescuing the wounded, will deliver the Sunday evening address at 7 30 in the First Congregational Church The sermon titled The Sons of the Pilgrims the American Dough Boys reflects on wartime service The Armory Orchestra under E M Ziegler will provide music with special invitation to church members and attendees.
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EF. W. Cross
France
No Man's Land
First Congregational Church
Sons of the Pilgrims
American Dough Boys
Armory Orchestra
E. M. Ziegler
Sage and Sulphur Compound Promises Dark Hair Color
A Grandmother’s recipe, Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound, claims to turn gray or faded hair dark and glossy. The advertisement urges use with a damp brush to fade gray strands by morning and restore youthful appearance, noting it is not a disease treatment.
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Wyeth
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K. C. Lodge
Sterreman Clothing Co Wholesale & Retail
American Legion
Thes Universal Car A
Ford Motor Company
Illinois
FORD
Horst & Strieter Co
Davenport
W. Third St
Rock Island
Second Ave
Fordson Tractors & Allied Implements Reliable Accessories
Moline, 1610
Sixth Ave
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