NOW FOR THE PENNIES A NATION FACING FAMINE IN CHANGE
The article warns of a coming shortage of small change as war taxes and price increases shift value to the penny. It notes penny prices rising with dime admissions taxed, and package costs rising one cent per twenty, while tobacco nickels and other small-price items feel the pinch. It recalls historical pennies from the West and East and cites Salmon P. Chase amid large wartime loans.
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Treasury
San Francisco
Europe
America
Airplane Attacks on America Will It Happen Here
An editorial warns Americans that realistic air raids on the U S could arrive soon. Hobart College president Dr Lyman B Powell cites French experts confirming Germany builds vast air power, threatening shores and civilian targets. The piece urges expanded U S airplane production and notes rising costs as Christmas shopping looms.
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England
Atlantic
Germany
Lyman B Powell
Hobart College
America
United States
France
Epigrams by Dr. Crane on Stanton book Hidden Happiness
Epigrams by Dr. Frank Crane reviewing Stephen B. Stanton and the book Hidden Happiness from Scribner s Sons. Crane praises Stanton s skill in condensing wisdom into sharp phrases and notes many pithy sayings about life education virtue and human nature through compact lines and clever wording.
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Stephen B. Stanton
Charles Scribner's Sons
Ife
Halloween Plans Stir At Local School Gossip
In Our School Tuesday, gossiping girls like Genevieve Hicks and Lilac Grimes intrigue boys with a haloween stunt by the graveyard. Fatty Bellowes debates pumpkin pie or jack lantern use while Junior Home Guards resist drills as General Andy Anderson’s war schedule clashes with holidays.
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Bull Hickey
Genevieve
Bull
Fellers
Fatty
Fatty Bellowes
Jack
Andy Anderson
Torp
Stebbins
Andy
Italy Future War News Cites Italian Losses And Allied Prospects
A digest of editorials from the Moline Dispatch Indianapolis News Peoria Star and Des Moines Register discusses Italian prisoner captures German and Austrian reinforcement by sea and air and the wider impact on US forces. It argues the war’s outcome may hinge on American effort and morale while warning Italy must rally to blunt pan German plans. The pieces note Italy’s setback as a warning to Americans and compare historical fall campaigns.
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Moline
Germany
Italy
Russia
United States
France
Indianapolis
Peoria
Des Moines Register
Serbia
Romania
Chicago bankers thank public for liberty loan success
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago as fiscal agent credited purchasers, press, committees, banks, and bond houses for the Seventh District liberty loan bond sale. Watkin W. Kneath, Fed chair for Iowa, notes eighteen Iowa counties over subscribed their allotments, listing Adams, Clay, Crawford, Dallas, Franklin, Ida, Lyon, Mahaska, Mills, Montgomery, O’Brien, Page, Polk, Pottawattamie, Scott, Shelby, Storey, Woodbury.
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Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Liberty Loan Committees
Watkin W. Kneath
Federal Reserve
Towa
Adams
Clay
Crawford
Dallas
Franklin
Ida
Lyon
Mahaska
Mills
Montgomery
O'Brien
Page
Polk
Pottawattamie
Scott
Shelby
Storey
Woodbury
Happy Jack Has Reason to Thank Chatterer
Ther story from Thornton Burgess follows Chatterer the Red Squirrel warning Happy Jack and others of Reddy Fox danger in the Green Forest. Mrs. Reddy lies in wait behind brush while the Gobblers and Grouse flee, and Happy Jack escapes with Chatterer’s timely alert.
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Happy Jack
Chatterer
Thornton W. Burgess
Hen Chatterer
Reddy Fox
Reddy
Lightfoot
Deer
Buster Bear
Bobby Coon
Sammy
Mrs. Reddy
Sammy Jay
Fox
Green Forest
Gobbler
Grouse
Happy Jack Squirrel
Old Man Coyote
Protect Baby Skin With Cuticura Soap
Mothers should use Cuticura Soap and Ointment daily for baby care to prevent skin and scalp troubles. A hot bath with Cuticura Soap, then Ointment on rashes or irritations brings instant relief and helps baby sleep. Free sample by return mail. Cuticura products sold nationwide in Soap 25c and Ointment 25c and 50c.
Soldier Sentenced to Hang in Murder Case
Hartford, Conn Oct 31 William J Wise of New Britain quartermaster corps Fort Slocum N Y was found guilty of murder and sentenced to be hanged Dec 14 He killed Mrs Anna Tobin in New Britain Sept 19
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Hartford
Conn
William J. Wise
New Britain
Quartermaster Corps
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Anna Tobin
Higher wage talks in railroad unions in Chicago
CHICAGO Oct 31 Chapter leaders of the Switchmen's Union of North America met in executive session to discuss proposed higher pay demands. Representatives of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainsmen and the Order of Railway Conductors plan to address the same issue next Thursday.
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Chicago
The
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainsmen
Order of Railway Conductors
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Lincoln
Frank Crane
the Comic Record
By Webster
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H. T. Webster
Paul West
Frank Moser
Jenevieve Hicks
Lilac Grimes
Maude Muldinkey
Brigham
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Austria
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