Industrial Conference Bogs Down as Wilson Rested Amid Crises
Edward W. Pickard reports cabinet members steering policy during Wilsons illness and a widening rift at the industrial conference. Labor seeks arbitration in steel, farmers press for capital returns, and antired actions flood a turbulent domestic scene while the League of Nations forms and international strife unfolds.
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Edward W. Pickard
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Admiral Grayson
Baker
Houstom
White House
Cabinet
Sither
Gompers
Watomen
Capital
Federal Trade Commission Attacks Major Packers Again
The FTC reports claim packers control over 200 non meat food products and threaten to dominate wholesale groceries, a claim Swift disputes as exaggerated and absurd. The article notes public skepticism toward statistics from the industry and criticizes the packers methods as secretive and maze like.
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Federal Trade Commission
Louis B. Swift
Trade Commission
The
Packer
Nebraska Notes From The State Press And Farm Reports
Nebraska reports a Wilber sewer contract worth 42000 and oil drilling near Chadron by Clearail Oil of Minors. State legislators attend a Lincoln session while Buffalo County merchants gather in Kearney. Disease, prices, school raises, road plans, and riots in Omaha color the week.
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Wilber
Chadron
Clearail Oil Company
Geo. FE. Tracewell
Valentine
Lincoln
Buffalo County Aetna Merchants Institute
Kearney
Dawes County
Taylor
Albion
Humphrey, Leigh
Clarkson
Newells
Fremont
Omaha
Metropolis
Kirk Griggs
Tout
Fiddle-Fil and Cascaré Ad Claims Quick Liver Cleanse
An old advertisement promotes Cascarets as a cure for biliousness and sour stomach. It argues torpid liver and fermenting bowels cause headaches and foul breath, promising to cleanse stomach, remove undigested food and toxins, and leave users feeling clear and fit by morning.
Had Not Made a Choice After Fifth Dance
A young couple, both just out of high school, linger on the balcony after a dance. He asks if she is from Indiana and she confirms with a shy, halting reply. He struggles to decide whom to choose as their conversation reveals uncertainty and flirtation.
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Department of Justice
Central
Wood
Gary
Chicago
Mapes
Europe
D'Annunzio
Fiume
Clemenceau
Trieste
D’annunzio
Paris
Aurora
MacKelvie
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Jefferson County
Fairbury
Tekamah
Norfolk
Board of Education
Nebraska
York
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Rebekah
United States Senate
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Norris
Finance
Bross
Ruth Kenyon
Monroe
National Rural Carriers’ Association
Dayton
Ohio
Consolidated
Hamilton County
Superior
McKelvie
Omaha
Ralph Wilson
Lincoln
Indiana
Physically Fit At Any Age Warns On Kidney Health
An advertisement warns that careless living harms kidneys and can lead to Bright's Disease. It urges early action at first trouble and promotes GOLD MODAL Haarlem Oil Capsules with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
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Holland
Gome
Rank by Christening
Two men of color argue over who will lead a heavy timber lifting. One declares his name as Lew Tennant, asserting he can boss the job. The other retorts with his own claim, Mak oame is Sam Browne, challenging the authority.
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Lew Tennant
Sam Browne
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claim in 1886 Ohio
In Toledo Ohio Lucas County Irank J Cheney sworn as senior partner of F J Cheney & Co proposes a one hundred dollar reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The firm claims the remedy works through the blood to mucous surfaces.
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State of Ohio
Cuy
Toledo
Lucas County
Irrank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Tledo
Hall
Frank J. Cheney
A. D
A. W. Gleagon
Ohio
A Just Grievance in Wartime Credos
A discharged doughboy recalls Bertie as a slacker who did not serve in France. He concedes Bertie kept the home fires burning, working under a chafing dish as a lounge hazard run by the girl the speaker left behind.
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Bertie
France
Cuticura Promises Clear Skin with Daily Routine
An advertisement urges using Cuticura Ointment for itchy scalp and dandruff with gentle rubbing, followed by Cuticura Soap shampoo. It promotes these products as daily toilet preparations for clear skin and soft hands.
Not Romantical Story From Auntie Opens Mystery Tale
Little Susan reports that her auntie wrote a mystery story for magazines. Susan explains to a friend that it was indeed a story but “not a romantical one” compared with her aunt’s usual romantic pieces.
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Little Susan
Susan
Leather losses in Italy during warary slaughter
Estimates by competent authorities indicate that about 80 percent of Italy’s leather furnishing animals have been slaughtered for food during the war. It will require several years to recover from these losses.
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Wilson
New York
Railway Administration
Express Company
Denikine
Moscow
Orel
Yudenitch
Luga
Petrograd
Admiral Kolchak
Germany
Archangel
Onega
Supreme Council
Kronstadt
Bolshevist Rrussia
Italy
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