Adams county road committee hears new plan session
Citizens from eight townships attended the first meeting of the permanent state aid roads committee in the Adams county courthouse to outline route ideas for a new roads system. The panel, including supervisors and local representatives, will meet monthly and report at the March board session.
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Adams County
State Aid
Court House
Camp Point
Alex Thompson
A. Omar
Len Hoke
Gilmer
B. F. Cate
Dr. Hexel
Fall Creek
A A. H. Beitholt
Houston
George Rice
Riverside
Herman Henholt
Lima
J. W. Jacobs
Richfield
Heumphrey Larimore
Liberty
E. J. Grubb
Robert McIntyre
Ellington Township
Permanent Roads
Quincy
James B. Cook
Burton
Oscar Arntzen
McKee
Permanent
State Aid Roads Committee
Board of Supervisors
L. L. Boyer
Prisoner S085 at Side of Jury in Ossipee Murder Trial
In Ossipee New Hampshire on December 28 the location where Mrs Florence Arling Small was found Sept 29 in a burned cottage by Lake Ossipee was shown to jurors for the trial of her husband Frederick D Small. Defense argues a tramp could have entered during Small absent and killed Mrs Small then fled through an outside hatchway.
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Ossipee
N. IL
Florence Arling Small
Lake Ossipes
Frederick D. Small
John Kivel
Sydney D. Stevens
Small
Austrian papers view peace note and Wilson policy
Vienna according to Reuter dispatch quotes Austrian papers on peace proposals. Central powers may end bloodshed if aligned with justified interests but keep war possibilities. Nueve Frei Presse says Wilson policy aligns with Austria and entente should accept changes. Reichspost argues proposal offers last chance to turn from war to civilization. Wilson’s de marche cited as contemporaneous with Austrian moves.
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London
Reuter
Vienna
Amsterdam
Austria
Wilson
Reindenblatt
America
Nueve Frei Presse
Entente
Reichspost
Dayton papers raise price on newspapers
Dayton Ohio December 28 Increase in the cost of white paper and materials used in newspaper production prompts price hikes on the Daily News the evening Herald and the morning Journal to two cents per copy.
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Dayton
Dayton, O
Daily News
Evening Herald
The
Morning Journal
Outside Treatment For Colds Endorsed By Sterling Lady
Mrs Herman Priebe of Sterling Illinois says Vicks Vap O Rub is a cure all. She praises its ease of use compared with internal medicines and notes it helps her mother with chest troubles. The ad explains using vapors and warmth to loosen phlegm and relieve congestion for various cold related illnesses. Three sizes sold 25 50 and 1.00. Generous endorsement from local customer.
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Perry’s Drug Store
Herman Priebe
Sterling
Priebe
Vick
University Center for Higher Studies In Washington
Cincinnati December conference of the American Historical Association hears professors criticize history textbooks for students. A new University Center for Higher Studies in Washington is planned with a resident center for North and South American students. Universities will fund a governing council and advisory committee to support the project.
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Cincinnati
American Historical Association
America
University Center For Higher Studies
Washington
North
South America
El Paso Faces Real Coal Famine
El Paso, Tex., Dec. 28 There is not a pound of coal to be bought in El Paso due to a shortage that may continue indefinitely. Prices have jumped from 7.50 to 15 a ton in two months as dealers blame car shortages and few miners. The lack of coal brings suffering to the Mexican quarter while army camps enjoy pine wood fuel from Texas and New Mexico.
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EL Paso
Tex
Texas
New Mexico
Stampede Egg Ink Flavor Stirred in Court Action
New York news brief reports that egg shells were proposed to remove an ink flavor in coffee as a reason against stamping cold storage on eggs. The case, brought by J Dillon state foods commissioner, challenges unlabeled egg sales. Arguments by grocerymen's counsel concluded with the court reserving decision.
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New York
Supreme Court
J. Dillon
State Commissioner of Foods and Markets
French Socialists Seek Enduring Peace in Allied Reply
Paris December 28 The press of French Socialists by an Aust unanimous vote passed a resolution urging entente allied governments to answer President Wilsons note on peace. They would state their conditions for peace including just reparation for central powers. They back the London 1915 International Socialist peace definition.
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Paris
Wilson
International Socialists
London
Drafting Corrupt Practices Measure Considered by Senate Subcommittee
Washington December 28 A senate sub committee took up work on a corrupt practices act to replace the Owen bill after the holiday recess One amendment under review would limit senate expenditure in elections on a per capita basis allowing a candidate to spend two cents per voter in dense states and five cents in thinner ones
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Washington
Senate
Holidays Bring Travel Tales Across Camp Point
A long list of local residents and visitors notes holiday travel and family gatherings. Irene Foleckmer and several Illinois and Indiana friends and relatives converge for Christmas and New Year visits, with trips to Chicago, Albuquerque, Simcoe Ontario, and Galesburg among others.
Pure Rich Blood Prevents Disease
A promotional Health claim extols purifying blood with Hood's Sarsaparilla. It asserts blood richness wards off illness and reduces ailments like catarrh dyspepsia rheumatism and fatigue. The ad urges taking the remedy for the whole family today.
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Hood
Local social notes from Philadelphia and surrounding towns
Judge and Mrs. Durand spend week at country home while John Landis visits. Ray Janey heads to Hurdland for extended stay. Lora Vickrey returns from Maywood. Harrison Roberts family visit Geo. Vickrey. Lola Foreman Nellie Vickrey and Pauline Waller visit Fannie Gooch. Mrs. Henry Schroeder ill. Bernice Bodridge visits her parents B. F. Leake. Frabella Phillips dies at her daughter Liga Gullion’s home in LaGrange. Harry Jarman home from Kirksville. Georges Vickrey and Jim Waller visit Palmyra on business. Nellie Phillips visits LaGrange. Lennie Bonta weekends with sister Leo McPike.
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B. F. Leake
Frabella Phillips
Liga Gullion
LaGrange
Harry Jarman
Kirkaville
Georges Vickrey
Jim Waller
Palmyra
Nellie Phillips
Lennie Bonta
Leo NcPike
Plan to Send Coal to South America
Washington December 28 officials have decided on a comprehensive investigation of coal demand in South America. Grosvenor M. Jones, special agent of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, will lead the inquiry and sail for South America in January. British economists note England’s merchant marine success rests partly on Welsh coal for return cargoes, a need felt in our South American trade.
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Washington
South America
Department of Commerce
Grosvenor M. Jones
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
England
Mexican Minister Recalled Sails for United States
PARIS Dec 28 Juan Sanchez Agonc nos a Mexican minister to Franco and Spain will sail for the United States aboard the Alfonso XIII after being recalled by his government.
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Paris
Juan Sanchez Agcona
Franco
Spain
United States
Alfonso XIII
Visiting country schools bright in Pike county
Pittsfield Dec 28 Supt J N Clark reports unusually good average daily attendance across county schools even on cold stormy days with two country schools showing 100 percent attendance Miss Helen Rusk Pleasant Hill District near Adams county line and Miss Nellie Sykes Brick Mrs Wilhelmina Heinz dies after months long illness born in Poffenhofen Germany age 57 plus and survived by husband two daughters mother and several siblings Funeral services held Sunday in Pleasant Grove cemetery interment at Pleasant Grove cemetery Officers elected for Pike County Declamatory and Athletic association President Carl Hesley Chambersburg vice Byron Garrison Pearl treasurer John B Gragg Milton secretary H P Hooper Pittsfield recording secretary Harry A Meserve Annual basketball tournament to be held in Pittsfield but managed by the association Coroner J E Collins of Fish Hook appoints George S Kendrick deputy.
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J. N. Clark
Clark
Helen Rusk
Pleasant ‘Hill
Adams County
Nellie Sykes
Brick
Wilhelmina Heinz
Heinz
Poffenhofen
Germany
Kansas
Sweeney
New Salem
Nordsick
J. E. Collins
Fish Hook
Pike County
George S. Kendrick
Warsaw Christmas pre announcement and service notices
War saw residents faced phone rate hikes to 2.00 monthly for business lines and 1.60 for residences with a 260 discount if paid before the 7th. Despite cost increases the city preserves free toll service with Basco exchange. Churches held fitting services as Christmas spirit spread.Eastern Star held a large chapter meeting with new dictates and ornate floor work followed by an oyster gathering. Daughters of Rebekah elected officers for the coming year and planned install in January.
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Warsaw
Bage
Basco Exchange
Eastern Star
Daughters of
Rebekah
Canadian Premier Explains POSI War Suffrage Plan
Ottawa Gent Dec 28 Inter sent to organized labor Pi Borden said the proposal for war suffrage is not connected with conscription but the idea we make an appeal for voluntary national service which would render unnecessary any resort to conscription. He declined to assure that no circumstances would confer be carried out in Canada saying If conscription should prove only effective method to preserve existence of the state I should consider it necessary and should act accordingly.
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Gent
Inter
Organized
Borden
Canada
Jad Salts Promoted For Kidney Relief In Meat Diets
A vintage health ad claims dull kidney misery signals overworked kidneys from too much meat. It touts Jad Salts made from grapes and lemon, with lithia, as a inexpensive remedy to cleanse and stimulate kidneys and ease bladder irritation.
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