Health Talks At High School Promote Student Wellness
High School Parents and Teachers met to discuss pupil health with aims to start annual medical examinations in grade schools. Speakers urged hygiene, posture, sanitation, and home discipline, while plans for a Halloween party and committees were announced for the Sophomores.
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Katherine Soellner
Blessing Hospital
G. A. Beck
A. L. Stiller
Childrn
Katherine Lundgren
Plumb Plan Indorsed By Labor Assembly
The Plumb plan for public ownership of railroads was endorsed by the Trades and Labor Assembly at the Labor Temple Friday night. Barney Deters presided in the absence of President Bisser, with a large turnout and report from Hannibal tradesmen confirming approval on Oct 13.
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Trades and Labor Assembly
Labor Temple
Barney Deters
Assembly
Bisser
Illinois State Federator of Labor
Peoria
R. S. Benedict
Hannibal
Hannibal Trades and Labor Assembly
Baruch Backs Wardrobe Freeze Over Rising Prices
Washington reports Bernard Baruch vows to limit spending on clothing and footwear amid high costs. The ex War Industries Board chair says he relies on a keeper who buys essentials, while noting boot prices at 45 dollars and shoes at 15 dollars and a 160 dollar suit. He argues scarcity drives inflation and will not buy until essential or production normalizes.
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Washington
Hernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Poor In Germany To Wear $10 Army Shoes
In Berlin the cabinet plans government controlled production of cheap army leather shoes priced at 35 and 40 marks for the poor, aiming for sale by May 1 with safeguards against illicit trade and losses. The policy will define who counts as poorer, amid the surplus stock and pricing. The plan reflects postwar rationing and economic measures in Germany.
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Germany
Associated Press
Berlin
Gronna Attacks Peace Treaty in Senate Over League Pact
Senator Gronna of North Dakota denounces Wilson's peace treaty as a violation of the 14 points and an unholy league that would entangle the United States in wars. He compares the proposed covenant to the Holy Alliance and warns it would yield a super-government and curb free speech, calling out alleged wartime abuses and foreign loyalty questions.
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Washington
Senate
Gronna
North Dakota
Wilson
United States
League of Nations
Europe
Asia
Africa
Seurmon
Germany
League
Oders
Gronno
Shantung
Trotzky Arrives in Petrograd to Organize City Defense
Copenhagen dispatch says Leon Trotzky, Bolshevik war and marine minister, has reached Petrograd to coordinate defense efforts. Reported mobilization includes every available man, even veterans up to 70 years old, for city protection.
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Trotzky
Phetrograd
Copenhagen
Leon Trotzky
Petrogmid
Pont-A-Mousson Receives War Cross for War Suffering
Premier Clemenceau signed a decree awarding Pont-A-Mousson the War Cross for its suffering during the war. The southwest Metz town endured 234 bombardments and had over 80 percent of its houses destroyed.
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Pats
Clemenceau
Pont-A-Mousson
Metz
Bandits Hold Consular Agent for Carranza Ransom
William O. Jenkins, American consul at Puebla, reports captors who seized him last Sunday want the Carranza government to pay a $150,000 ransom, not the US. The telegram came to his son via Representative E. L. Davis. Also noted are bids for a smokeless powder plant project in West Virginia with an $8,320 top bid. project cost about $70,000.
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Hanford
Calif
William O. Jenkins
Puebla
Mexico
United States
Carranza
J.W. Jenkins
E. L. Davis
Tennessee
State Department
War Department
Nitre
W. Va
Received Ten Bids for Nitro Town Project
Washington October 24 Assistant Secretary Crowell Thursday began reviewing ten bids received for the town of Nitro project. Officials baring details indicate the bidding process moves toward award consideration with interest from multiple contractors.
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Town of Nitro
Washington
Crowell
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Leslie Hall
Association For the
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J. C. Broady
Ted Urban
Timmerwilke
Evans
Will Fick
Mra. Thomas
Kiem
Hale
Jasper
Averkamp
Martin
J. M. Dunlap
Ray Oakley
Eatonic
Labor Assembly
Baruch
New York
Eric P. Verre
Atlanta
Knollenberg
Wisconsin
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Underwood & Underwood
Roosevelt
Chicago Sunday Tribune
All America
Theodore Roosevelt
Cutiura
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Newcomb Hotel
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