National farmers unite to push Capper-Herman bill
The national board of farm organization plans a bipartisan campaign to pass the Capper-Herman bill, seeking collective bargaining for farmers. They will frame the issue as preventing farm prices from dropping before other costs, and will operate across party lines rather than join a party ticket. Leaders Milo D. Campbell and delegates from several states pledge support to advance farmers' interests.
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National Committee
Washington
National Board of Farm Organization
National Board
Milo D. Campbell
Michigan
Hope to Make World Day Prohibition Fund Plan
The Anti Saloon League announced at a September conference a five year drive to raise 50 million dollars to fund world prohibition law enforcement education and Americanization efforts. Much would be spent in large cities including New York Chicago Baltimore and San Francisco to reach foreign populations as missionaries may be sent abroad to limit alcohol use.
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Lanendad
Plea for Middle Class Representation at Wilson Conference
A telegram from George G. Seaman temporary chairman of the American Legion of Illinois asks President Wilson to invite a representative delegation from the American Legion to the labor capital and agriculture conference to be held in Washington on October 6. The request has the support of Illinois Legion officials.
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Chicago
America
Wilson
Conference of Labor, Capital and Agriculture
Washington
San Francisco
George G. Seaman
American Legion of Illinois
the Legion
American Legion
United States
Washington, D. C
Socialization of Industries Advocated in Chicago
James Hamilton Lewis told members of the Chicago association of commerce that President Wilson will soon back socializing all U S resources including railroads coal and oil He urged a more equal distribution of life’s necessities and free homes for all with affordable loans to workers to own them.
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Chicago
Wilson
United States
James Hamilton Lewis
Chicago Association of Commerce
Lewis
Emma Goldman Deported Warrant Served in Jail
A warrant for Emma Goldman’s deportation was served at the Jefferson City Penitentiary where she has completed a two year sentence for obstructing the army draft. The release date is September 27 and she will be arrested upon leaving prison.
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St. Louis
Emma Goldman
Jefferson City
President Wilson Opposes Police Unionizing
President Wilson opposes police unionizing aiming to pressure the public for demands. Willis Brownlow, Washington commissioner, told a Senate committee he would deal generously with police but warned against any large city police association that could endanger public peace or hinder order.
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Washington
Wilson
Willis Brownlow
District of Columbia
Senate
National Baptist Laymen Advocate Clergy Salary Hikes
Charles A. McAlpiffe, a member of the national committee of northern Baptist laymen, issues a statement in New York urging nationwide strike by Baptist clergymen unless they receive higher salaries.
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New York
Charles A. McAlpiffe
National Committee of
Northern Baptist
Mail car robbery on Canadian National express near Harlaka
Five masked men bound and gagged mail clerks on the Ocean Limited express near Harlaka and robbed the mail car of seventy five thousand dollars in cash. No further details on suspects or arrests were released.
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Quebec
Ocean Limited Express
Canadian National Railway
Harlaka
Sil
Fiume Seizure by D Annunzio Forces Sparks Italian Crisis
Washington reports a U S consul agrees with press on Fiume occupation by Gabriele d Annunzio and irregular Italian troops. Premier Nitti says Sixth Army Corps ordered to intercept but troops disobey. Badoglio travels to Fiume with full powers as d Annunzio reportedly leads 8000 to 12000 men into the city amid protests over peace terms.
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Washington
United States
Ful
Fiume
Sixth Army Corps
Gabriele d’Annunzio
Epoca
Badoglio
D’annunzio
Signor Nitti
Robilant
Pilot Roland Rolfhs Reaches New Altitude in Curtis Wasp
Mineola New York Roland Rolfhs piloting a Curtis Wasp with a 400 horsepower engine climbed to about 84 000 feet, beating the previous unofficial record by 864 feet. The ascent took an hour with the engine continuing for ten more minutes, reaching around 200 feet higher than the instrument limit. Officials from the Aero Club of America were absent so the record awaits official homologation and a formal attempt to surpass it.
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Mineola
N. Y
Roland Rolfhs
Rolfhs
Aero Club of America
Nebraska farm news and business notes of 1919
Ground dry halts plowing as Mullen farmers report drought. Nebraska forecasts 1919 sugar yield records. potato crops at 6.5 million bushels. hotel project and electric line plans in Gage county. College buys and sells Hampshire boar for high sums. university to run short courses this winter. Politically, Pershing visit preparations and county seat battles feature in state affairs.
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Mullen
Gage County Armers
Nebraska
Filley
Rockford
Virginia
Gage County
Holmesville
Nebraska Farmers’ Co-operative Grain and Live Stock Association
Omaha
State Banking Bureau
Bank of Dix
Kimballe County
Washington
Europe
Commission
South Omaha
Iowa City
Resi
Otto” Zimwinkle
Utica
McKelvie
Phil Bross
Lincoln
General Pershing
State Bureau of Markets and Marketing
State College of Agriculture
Hampshire
University College of Agriculture At
W. H. Campbell
Agricultural Department
University of Nebraska
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Walter Briggs
Norval Clark
Peter Pratt
Seward
Sioux City
Plainview
Government Equalization Board
American Potash Company
Antioch
Hord
Lakeside
Victor FE. Wilson
Nebraska Railway Commission
Methodist Episcopal Conference
University Place
Nye-Schneider- Fowler Company
Northwestern
Hastings
Farmers Clay Products Company
Tekamah
Nebraska University
Iowa
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Notre Dame
Oklahoma
Ames
Missouri
Columbia
Kansas
Syracuse
State Livestock Bureau
Printers May Avert Strike In New York
Officials of the big six local printers union demand a $14 weekly raise and a 44 hour week by October 1. In response 152 periodical publishers threaten to suspend publication or relocate plants to western cities to avoid labor radicalism. They are willing to arbitrate but insist on shorter hours, warning a strike if denied.
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New York
Big Six
Alien Prisoners Escape Fort Douglas Ring
Four of the seventeen alien prisoners who tunneled 130 feet from Fort Douglas near Salt Lake were captured after riding a freight train to Ogden. The escapee who claimed to have engineered the tunnel says completion took a month. A prior attempt was thwarted several months earlier.
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Ogden
Fort Douglas
Salt Lake
Townley and Gilbert Tied to Three Months Jail
Judge E C Dean sentences A C Townley president of the National Nonartisan League and Joseph Gilbert former manager to three months in Jackson county jail for conspiracy to teach disloyalty. The punishment bars paying a fine as an alternative.
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C. J. Miles
Nebraska State Baseball League
Yat Beatrice
Lincoln
Sairbury
Norfolk
Columbus
Hastings
York
Health
Nebraska
National Public Health Service
Jackson, Minn
Jackson County
E. C.dean
A. C. Townley
National Nonartisan League
Joseph Gilbert
Army Reorganization Bill Faces Senate Rewrite Push
Subcommittee members warn the war department bill would allow the president to deploy U.S. troops globally without congressional consent to enforce League of Nations decrees. They insist the measure be rewritten before passage.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
League of Nations
Two Killed In Wilson Party Auto Crash In Portland
In Portland Oregon a car carrying James R. Patterson of Canyon City and Benj F Allen of Cleveland Plaindealers overturned while attempting to regain a place at a Wilson party. Patterson and Allen were killed and two other newspapermen were injured. Patterson had volunteered to help with party duties.
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Portland
Ore
James R. Patterson
Canyon City
Patterson
Benj. F. Allen
Cleveland, Plaindealers
JH Patterson
Freezone Corn Remover Ad Claims Quick Pain Free Lift Off
An advertisement promises painless removal of corns and calluses with Freezone. A tiny bottle costs little at drug stores and uses drops applied to the affected area to stop pain and lift the corn or callus with root. The copy emphasizes ease and safety.
Keeping Up the Good Work
A practical man dismisses reform by resolutions while a professional uplifter argues resolutions inspire the rank and file. He envisions publishing them in the newspapers to boost confidence and tackle today’s problems.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Cake Confusion Ends in Burned To A Crisp
A narrator recounts hosting friends while mother is away. While chatting about baking, a guest smells the cake and the narrator is burned to a crisp, highlighting a comic misfortune from an afternoon gathering.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claims Cure and Money Back
An advertised offer promises $100 for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The product is taken internally and works through the blood to mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for over forty years. Free testimonials. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Disappearing Service Sparks Commuter Complaint Reminder
A commuter declares no road complaints but hints at service cuts when TV coverage fails to confirm satisfaction. He recalls that prior complaints led to removing a train the next day, signaling rumored or perceived changes to transit options.
Happy Day Ball Blue Laundress Ode
A laundress hums QO Happy Day while hanging wash and praising Red Cross Ball Blue. The piece muses that living well matters more than earning, suggests true satisfaction sweetens, and compares a sailor missing a ship to feeling all in as holidays ease labor.
Mutual Mistake at a Country Party in Farm Life England
An English farm life vignette describes a house head driving his daughter to a party. A formal introduction leads to a humorous exchange where a mistaken identity as chauffeur or butler is revealed, revealing social roles and politeness in wartime conditions.
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England
Williamsville apology sheds light on wording in print
The Williamsville North Dakota newspaper accompanies a humorous apology to Mrs. Overholt for a previous headline. It explains the intended word fete a French term meaning a celebration and denounces the prior choice as inappropriate.
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Orville Overholt
Father Improvised Note Causes Confusion at School
A student misses school and asks her father to write an excuse. The father’s note confuses the teacher who reads it aloud, then reveals the message asks to turn Betty over the checkered apron. The exchange ends with humorous misunderstanding.
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Betty
Stern father sparks New York tale of $200 aid
Colonel Breckinridge of the Navy League describes a stern father in New York who sent his son there to seek work. The son telephoned yesterday to wire $200, saying he was in a hole and needed help.
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Colonel Breckinridge
Navy League
New York
Roughing it in high life with champagne in Burgundy glasses
A Life magazine snippet notes a hostesses admonition about roughing it with champagne poured in Burgundy glasses and caviar not yet arriving, yet guests are told not to mind.
A Souvenir Fiend
A Windsor Magazine piece titled A Souvenir Fiend notes a scene where a woman offers her hand and a young man departs, as cited by the Boston Transcript. The vignette centers on a fleeting gesture and the social tension surrounding memory and gesture.
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Windsor Magazine
Boston Transcript
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Helped Oregon Woman
Mrs Alters of Oregon reports severe menstrual troubles kept her from work on a small farm with six hundred chickens. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recovered enough to resume duties and now recommends the remedy to friends. The ad invites other women with similar issues to seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Oregon
Lydia
Pingham
P. Y A.thers
R. R
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pedicine Co
Lynn, Maszs
The Reel Joke Sparks a Safety Debate
A quirky exchange echoes Burke as a motion picture line hints at fear guiding safety. The remark contrasts ambition in film with prudence, suggesting early caution spurs longer success in creative work.
Bitro Phosphate Promises Strength and Nerve Boost
Frederick Kolle, M D, cites New York physicians in Who's Who recommending a 6 grain Bitro-Phosphate tablet before meals to help weak nervous people gain weight and vigor. The ad claims Parisian science backs the product, offers a two week trial for fifty cents a week, promises money back if no improvement, and urges readers to eat lightly and chew food well.
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Frederick
Kolle
New York
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Promised To Restore Vitality
An old advertisement claims Gold Medal Haarlem Oil strengthens kidneys and digestion to stave off age. It touts odorless capsules, urging daily use, warning of old age symptoms and promising new life, vigor, and refunds if ineffective. The copy urges readers to ask for the original imported Gold Medal brand.
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Beletce
Haarlem
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