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Newspaper
Petersburg Daily Progress
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1916
Page
4
The Petersburg Daily Progress publishes afternoons at 14 East Table Street with subscription and advertising rates. It lists single copy delivery by carrier or mail, funeral notices and marriage notices pricing, local and display ads, and notes second class mail status under proprietor E M Clements.
The piece analyzes likely Congress shifts after the 1916 elections with Republicans split, Democrats backing Champ Clark for Speaker, and Progressives seeking leaders. It notes Germany’s peace position, Entente pressure, and predicts a 1918 GOP majority possibility. It discusses Ways and Means plans to cover a 370 million deficit and possible bond issues, with Wilson opposed to bonds and possible extra session.
The piece muses on Independence Hall Philadelphia as a potential site for a European Peace Conference and questions monarchies willingness to meet far from home. It notes twenty seats in the next Congress, recounts and court cases shaping House control, state nominating plans, and campaign limits. Illinois leads voting totals, boosted by newly enfranchised women, with Wilson and Hughes totaling about 15.5 million and socialist and Prohibition candidates near 1 million. Wilson’s vote up nearly two million from 1912.
Washington reports Henry chairman of the House Rules Committee says he never invited Thomas W Lawson of Boston to appear before the committee and has no communication with him. The note follows Lawson’s charges of a stock tip leak tied to the administration and Wood’s resolution on profits tied to the Peace message. Congress may not act unless the administration requests an inquiry, with Republicans noting the resolution has served publicity purposes.
Catarrhal deafness arises from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. Local applications fail. only a constitutional remedy can cure. Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to act through the blood and offers 100 dollars for any cure it cannot achieve, with circulars free and druggists selling at 75 cents.
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