City Board Talks Tax Rate and Street Work Debates
City officials weigh holding down the tax rate while planning street improvements. Mayor Schley and aldermen discuss economy, bond investments, and possible rate adjustments as costs for materials rise from $1 to about $2.60 per ton. Public safety, salaries, and a note on a graveyard sewer line are also noted.
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Séehroy
Saate Betioh
Ni We
Pyrten
Adces
Kop
George T. Rodgeruck
Patrick Grounds
Embry C. ‘Crum
Luther Harrison Askeo
Sallary
A. Moon
Thomas L. Zimmermanrade
The
Reformed Church
Bentz Street
Carroll Creek
Edwards
Delaplaine
Mythé
D-Kenny
Covicts
Baltimore
Baber
Army Food Distribution Expands to Pennsylvania
Continued from the eighth page a vast wartime food shipment to Pennsylvania is described with large quantities of flour corned beef baked beans and other staples. Major Jones oversees parcel post orders due by August 18 while post office officials in Washington remain uninformed about the plan and distribution details.
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Fort Sim Gouston
Texas
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Schenectady
N.Y
Major Jones
Washington
Senate panel backs Palmer for attorney general post
A. Mitchell Palmer was recommended for confirmation as attorney general by a Senate Judiciary sub-committee in a unanimous report. Chairman Dillingham said the full committee would likely approve, with opposition arising over his tenure as property custodian. Palmer defended his record as witnesses testified.
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Senate
Washington
A. Mitchell
Palmer
Senate Judicaary
Dillingham
Vermont
Fr Linghaysen
New Jersey
Demobilization Nears End as War-Time Prohibition Looms
Washington August 13 Secretary of War Baker announced demobilization of the American army near completion for combatant troops by end of October. He said war-time prohibition will be lifted by President Wilson before November 1 and that enlistments in the regular army total 100000, rising to 5000 weekly. Details on army property and records will keep officers busy.
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Washington
Baker
Wilson
Baker Gald
Railway groups offer to extend own work hours in national effort
Several railway organizations announce telegrams urging workers to increase production. The authors request voluntary longer hours to boost national output, citing need to mobilize labor for defense and economy. Details unclear due to fragmented OCR but core appeal centers on voluntary extension of shifts to raise production.
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Rowe AE
Raliwiy Ett Plore
S. Trefise
Athbor
Plan for league of nations not tied to Smuts draft
Washington reports hearing at Versailles on the league framework. David Hunter Miller testifies the proposal was a blend of drafts from the United States Great Britain and France not Swuts plan. Lodge questions origin while Miller notes the president’s March briefing and final printing by the White House.
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Washington
League of Nations
Versailles
United States
Great Britain
France
Hn Ak
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
David Hunter Miller
League of Nations Commission
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Wilson
White House
Smits
Commission
Didmt
Onator Brandérep
Connecticut
Mmer Seid
Gording Auchincloss
Calimel BE
M. House
Dynamite by Cow Triggers Barn Blast in Jordan Township
In Clearfield County, Aug 13, a resident avoiding arrest for blowing a neighbor’s barn planted dynamite near a cow in Jordan township. The cow moved, causing an explosion that wrecked the barn and sent the animal six feet into the resulting hole. Remarkably the cow was not injured.
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Gow
Clearfield
Jordan Township
Altoona Food Prices Slump Amid Market Downturn
In Altoona Pennsylvania August reports note flour shipments escaped price declines while overall markets trend downward. Dealers anticipate a sharp drop as agitation against high prices takes hold, leading to trimming of costs and adjustments in supply.
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Altoona
Sally
127 U S Soldiers Missing Report Reveals Deaths and Wounds
The War Department released updated totals for American Expeditionary Forces in France. Battle deaths reach 49,498 with 205,690 wounded and 490 prisoners. Missing numbers revised downward, framing broader casualty estimates through July.
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Washington
Aig
Noo
Americ
France
War ‘Department
Heariny
Dreco Medicine Endorsed by Georgia Minister in Athens
A Georgia minister from Athens tests Dreco Medicine after digestive and nervous ailments. He reports relief after three bottles and endorses it for his wife, urging others to try one bottle to gauge effectiveness. The ad cites Dreco as made from herbal extracts acting on vital organs and recommends Frederick Pearre's Modern Pharmacy.
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Mr. Sage
East Broad Street
Athens
Bellive
Dreco
Frederick
Pearre
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