Edward I King Seen As Reliable In Fifteenth District Race
In Illinois Fifteenth district King, a four term Illinois official, is praised for being active and on the job in Washington. The piece argues his return to Congress mirrors a capable representation and hints his future in a Republican majority while noting criticism of other parties and the third party claim by Chairman McCormick.
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Congress
Edward J. King
Fifteenth
Illinois
State Department
Washington
King
W -Sington
Edward I. King
Illinois General Assembly
Forty-third
General Assembly
Band of Hope
McCormick
Democratic National Committee
Wilson
The Roosevelt Method
The piece recalls the 1902 anthracite strike and Roosevelt's arbitration approach. It notes how the East faced fuel shortages and how the commission settled terms, improving arbitration as a policy. It questions Wilson's stance on pushing for railroad strike arbitration and public support.
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New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Alleghenies
Roosevelt
Wilkes-Barre
Wilson
Ish Trade Bank Proposed Britain Faces Postwar Finances
Special report outlines a proposed British bank under royal charter with ten million pounds capital. It would not accept deposits, offer letters of credit, and operate overseas facilities with agency ties to existing banks. The plan envisions branches, joint risk financing with merchants, and a central information bureau to support syndicate operations.
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London
Geperimental Committee
Hcommittes
Financing for Home Trade and Overseas Contracts
The text discusses financing for both home trade and large overseas contracts and notes carrying through much of the business previously done by foreign banks.
Huge Sums Spent for Army's Mail
Paris reports soldiers' correspondence during the war totals about four and a half million pieces daily. Four million ordinary letters, 300,000 registered letters, 10,000 money orders, and 50,000 newspapers pour through Paris central post. Over 2,000 staff plus 26 clerks manage the load. 220 tons of matter move daily with 44 cars needed to distribute to frontHQs.
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Paris
Sloan's Liniment Ad for Rheumatism Pain Relief
An advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as a universal pain remedy for rheumatism gout lumbago and neuralgia. It claims easy application without rubbing penetrates tender flesh and is cleaner than ointments or poultices. It promises quick relief for strains sprains and sore muscles with a 25 cent price at the druggist.
Labor groups denounce Adamson wage law in petition drive
Chicago newswire reports 1.5 million railroad workers issue a statement led by Robert T. Vrazier Jr and P. K. Walden criticizing the Adamson act as unfair to 80 percent of railroad workers. They claim President Wilson refused to receive the petition and pledge to push their plea to Congress next session.
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Chicago, TN
Robert T. Vrazier, Jr
P. K. Walden
Wilson
Washington
Congress
Congres
White *Hs Committee
Sanda
Peazier
Pratine
White Horse
Milway
White House
Jorethy
Fr Frazier
Old Mr Toad shows Peter how he did it in pit tale
In this animal story Peter Rabbit watches Old Mr Toad dig a tunnel system to escape a garden pit. The toad explains steady work and persistence as the path to freedom. He demonstrates a sequence of connected holes and tunnels and encourages Peter to believe in self help.
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Mr. Toad
Peter
Farmer Brown's
Tie
Mr Toad
Peter Rabbit
This Day in Illinois History: Clarke Evacuates Illinois
On October 18, 1780 George Rogers Clarke and Virginia troops evacuated most of Illinois, leaving only a small garrison at Kaskaskia. This event marked a significant shift in control during the Illinois country battles.
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George Rogers Clarke
Virginia
Illinois
Kaskaskia
Roosevelt level on western trip
Col. Theodore Roosevelt began a ten day campaign swing for Hughes, leaving Tuesday in a private car attached to a regular train headed to Cincinnati. He will stop in Arizona and Colorado, with his first speech tonight in Cincinnati.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Hughes
Phoenix
Ariz
Denver
Cincinnati
French Army Sutler Profits Alarm Frontline Supplies
The French sutler profits heavily from soldiers in the front area, with Camembert cheese fetching three to four times its real price. The army commissary department struggles to curb this, while two enormous general stores are being set up at key supply points to speed distribution beyond the motor bazar system. Each store will employ 3,099 men and 50 officers to feed up to 300,000 soldiers and may expand further if needed.
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Paris
Commissary
In Our School Delivers Slangy Halloween Vignette
A playful excerpt from In Our School recounts Bull Hickey Ex Brigham and friends smoking a cigarette behind a barn. The tale ends with belated illness hints and schoolyard gossip about pumpkin patches and mischief ahead of Halloween.
Stop The First Cold Dr King's New Discovery Ad
A vintage advertisement stresses not neglecting a cold warning that it worsens. It touts the 47 year track record of Dr King's New Discovery as a soothing antiseptic cough remedy effective for coughs and congestion, urging readers to buy a bottle at their druggist.
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Dr King
wWe
Adv
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IN Our School
Frank Moser
Bull Hickey
Ex Brigham
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Noats
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