Meridith Says Americans Still Gullible Over High Prices
Edwin T. Meredith, U S department of agriculture secretary, told Chicago’s Association of Commerce that the nation has become a nation of silly spendthrifts with rising costs of living. He cited rising per capita food production yet argues prices should fall, urging individual education and consumer scrutiny.
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Chicago
Masonic Temple
United States Department of Agriculture
Edwin T. Meredith
Mr. Meredith
Association of Commerce
Meredith
Secretary of Agriculture
Jeredith
Department of Justice
Chicago Association of Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Beverley Hotel Fire Sends EightyFive Guests Into Street
A blaze at the Beverley hotel in Staunton West Virginia drove eighty five guests into the streets in night clothes. Six guests are badly burned or injured and in hospital. The fire swept the interior of the hostelry causing extensive damage.
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Staunton
W. Va
Beverley
Two Die in Snowslide Near Gunnison
Gunnison Connecticut February 25 Two men died in a mountain snowslide thirty miles north of here officials said the slide occurred while they were at work or traveling in the area authorities were investigating the accident and identifying the victims.
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Gunnison
Conn
Here
Allies will not deal with Moscow until horrors end
London reports the supreme council pledges no talks with soviet Russia until Bolshevik atrocities end. Soviet claims describe Archangel Murmansk area advances with capture of Chesma flotilla battleship and multiple icebreakers, bombardment at Ghenitsesk, and fighting near Rostov and Nakhitchevan with forts taken at Gulitch.
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Entente
Moscow
Supreme Council
London
Soviet Russia
Red
Archangel
Murmansk
Russia
Chesma
Ghenitchesk
Sea of Azov
Rostov
Nakhitchevan
Don
Gulitch
Turks puzzled by warships in Bosporus entrance
The British battle squadron of five dreadnoughts and four destroyers arrived at Constantinople and anchored near the parliament buildings in the Bosporus. Some view it as routine, others tie it to Turkey’s critical political moment. Paris dispatch cites Premier Millerand noting Britain led the fleet move with other allied warships in the Golden Horn.
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Constantinople
Bosphorus
Parliament Buildings
Paris
Great Britain
London
The
Parisien
Millerand
Golden Horn
Wilson sends felicitation to France’s new president Deschanel
President Wilson issues a message of congratulations to Paul Deschanel on assuming office. He praises France’s past victory and prospects, and wishes prosperity health and happiness to the new French leader.
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Mme. Deschanel
Paul Deschanel
French Republic
Cables
France
Washington
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Mexicans To Free Flyers From Forced Landing
Sonora state authorities have been told by the Mexican federal government to release American army aviators G. L. Usher and M. L. Wolf who have been held since a forced landing about two weeks ago. The airplane will also be released.
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Washington
Sonora
G. L. Usher
M. L. Wolf
State Department
Mexico City
Canal Zone Strike Threat Signals Wage Demand
Panama labor leaders warn a 17,000 strong group of negro maintenance of way workers may strike today in the canal zone to press for 25 cents an hour.
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Canal Zone
Panama
Indiana city plots second class status after census shortfall
East Chicago Chamber of Commerce moves to call a special election under 1915 Indiana law to elevate East Chicago to second class city due to insufficient population. Story notes officials fear lack of competent candidates and possible resignations if status not changed. Also reports on district and county events across Jeffersonville Clinton Gary and other Indiana locales.
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East Chicago
Chamber of Commerce
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Clark County Association
Clark County
Porter County
Harold McCulloch
Charlestown Township
Clinton
Holinois
Vermilion County
Mr. Fineberg
Evansville
A. L. Melham
Charles J. Orbison
United States Prohibition
Indianapolis
Illinois
Blanford
Jacksonville
Petersburg
Gary
Panic Proof Products Corporation of New York
Central Metallic Door Company
Leonard Tractor Company
Griffith
Alexandria
Monroe Township
Rushville
Wilfong
Irvin
Jasper
Dubois
Board of County Commissioners
County Council
Madison Township
Pike County
Ferdinand
Jackson
Jefferson
Columbia
Marion
Washington—Richards & Son
Terre Haute
Sanly Hook
C. E. Richards
Indiana Reformatory
The
Conservation Commission
Danderine Claims to Halt Hair Loss and Improve Shine
An old advertisement touts Danderine as a tonic that cools and cleanses the scalp, nourishes hair roots, and stops hair from falling out. It pledges reduced dandruff and thicker, brighter hair after a few applications, with bottles sold at drug or toilet counters.
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Absorbine, JR
W. F.young
Temple St
Springfield
Mass
Its Present Use What s a menu pa
A printed paper shows prices of food to tell you what you cannot order.
Cuticura Soothes Baby Rashes Ad
Purge itch and burn with Cuticura Soap then apply Cuticura Ointment. A touch of Cuticura Talcum adds fragrance. Ad claims the products are purer and better, priced at 25 cents each.
San Luis to Welcome Its First Bank
The Spanish town of San Luis Colorado will open the State Bank of San Luis, marking the town's first bank. San Luis, over a century old, grew from Spanish settlement near Fort Garland, with a flourishing farming area and a strong Spanish-speaking community.
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San Luis
Costilla County
Colo
State Bank of
Santa Fe
Frank Baldwin
Denver
la Veta Pass
Fort Garland
Picking the Bones in a Crowded Diner
An eyewitness recounts a crowded dining room where a lone diner eats a spare chop while another man eyes the discarded bone with conspicuous hunger. The scene contrasts appetite and restraint in a brief, vivid exchange.
Social clash over rich upstart Mrs Alleash
The narrator visits Mrs Alleash in a refined apartment and is told she is not at home. He replies via the maid that he doubts she would be in such surroundings.
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Mrs. Alleash
Consolation for Mother
Jack recalls a bathing day with his parents. He recounts boys laughing at a fat woman but adds he did not tell them his mother was present carrying the title of consolation and protection.
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Jack
Nothing Left. Juvenile ward details and wart removal
Tom Brown, in juvenile hall, receives bath and clothes, hair cut, old clothes burned, adenoids removed. Matron plans wart removal on thumb but boy reacts with disgust and asks not to keep anything. Source: Harper's Magazine.
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Tom Brown
Tom
Harper’s Magazine
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Richard Park
Stanley Wyckoff
Eli Stansbury
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Huntington
Board of Works
Harry B. Smith
Adjutant General of
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War Department
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Evansville College
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Food, and Drug Division
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Brockville Pike
Cincinnati
Rush County
Shelby County
Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations
American Storm Bureau Federation
Anderson
Richland Township
Institute of Madison County
Thomas Riley Marshall
Vincennes
Bicknell
Knox County
Colorado
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Cascara
Mr. Hill
Ae All Drug Stores
Mother Gray
Mother Gray CO
le Roy
Jesk Company
Nashville
Tennessee
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