Wage Board Appointed And Regions Set For Rail Admin
Washington announces a four member railroad wage commission to study all labor issues before the government rail road administration. Director General McAdoo also creates three operating regions east south and west with a railroad executive heading each. The commission includes Lane McChord Covington and William Willcox who resigns as Republican National Committee chairman.
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Western
Union News Service
Washington, D. C
McAdoo
Railroad
Railway Brotherhoods
Lane
Interstate Commerce
C. C. McChord
J. Harry Covington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
William Willcox
Republican National Committee
Four Brotherhoods
Mississippi
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Michigan Peninsula
Illinois
U S to Tighten Neutral Shipping Controls
The War Trade Board will enforce drastic rules to halt information flows to Germany and its allies by regulating fuel coal and stores for neutral vessels at American ports. Ship owners must sign agreements ceding authority over crews ships destinations cargo use of wireless and transfers. Government agents may require dismissal of captains or crew at the board's request.
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U. S
Washington
D. C
Germany
America
Sweke
War Trade Board
Red Cross Seeks 30000 More Women Nurses
The American Red Cross issued an appeal in Washington D C asking for 30000 additional women to join the military nursing service to meet government needs. The organization has lowered the age limit to 21 and may accept nurses over 40 in special cases.
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Washington, D. C
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Warning From McAdoo Warns Bondholders on Exchange Schemes
Washington D C Secretary McAdoo warns Liberty bond investors to beware of unscrupulous individuals offering rival securities in exchange. He urges holders to hold fast to the best investment and notes some offered securities may be worthless while a portion may have sound value.
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Washington, D. C
Liberty Bond
McAdoo
Des Moines Toll From Collision And War News
A head on crash in Des Moines killed J N Thomas and J F Hanrahan, with Miss Ruth Carson critically injured. The block signal set against the outgoing car is blamed. Other items report soldiers at Camp Dodge, tax incomes, egg prices, and local crime waves.
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Des Moines
J N. Thomas
J.F. Hanrahan
Ruth Car
Thomas
Charles Thomas
Fort Madison
Mercy Hospital
Hanrahan
Wagner Construction Company
Carson
City Railway Company
J. W. Douglass
Herbert Cline
One Hundred and Ninth Engineers
Deming
Gamp Cody
Cline
Scranton School Board
Iowa
Scranton
Jeg Thrasher
George Thrasher
Anamosa
Linn County
Davenport
Denger
Clinton
Sioux City
James Gatletons Young
Cedar Rapids
Hiss
Minneapolis
Accord
Cedar Rapidges
Newton
Frank Jones
Vera Wheeler
Milwaukee
Marion
Webster City
Swo
Thundinecessary
T&%cloge
Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man
Dramatic gospel episode where friends lower a paralytic through a roof to reach Jesus. He forgives the man’s sins first and then heals him, illustrating forgiveness as restoration and addressing deeper need beyond physical ailment.
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Jesus
Luke
Galilee
Judea
Jerusalem
Matthew
Mark
Art Student Reveals Secret Clean Shirt Scheme
Harry Lachman, an American painter, recounts a supposed trick by art students to keep clean shirts without washing. One student claims to own only two shirts and alternates wearing each for weeks, making the first seem fresh by comparison. The tale is presented as a wartime quip aimed at soldiers at the front.
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Harry Lachman
London
Paris
Picsadilly
Had His Way in a Quip on Courtship
A brief comic exchange depicts a young couple where the woman resists kissing and the man claims she will likely yield. The dialogue plays on notions of control in romantic pursuit with a light humorous tone.
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Says It Makes Clothes White
A vintage advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as pure blue powder that leaves clothes whiter than snow. It urges use on washdays and claims broad availability at grocers.
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RED Cross
Red Cross Ball
The Kind and the Brain Diet Debate
A short dialogue describes a preference for fish as a brain diet. The speaker contrasts liking fish with a suggestion that sheep's head fish might suit another person.
Quinine Product Promises Safe Tonic and Laxative Effect
Advertising claims tout Luxative Bromo Quinine as broadly safe with no nervousness or head rush. It asserts only one version exists called Bromo Quinine and mentions a signature on the box by B. W. Groves with a dec refers to packaging.
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B. W. Groves
Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Ad touted in dubious ad copy
Fragmentary copy advertises Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as originial liver pills from 400 years ago. The text mocks medical authority and hints at confusion and deflection while questioning public interest.
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Pierce
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A .B. de Haan
Adolph Wendt
Manilla
James McKee
Fort Madison Penitentiary
G. C Johnson
Johnson
McKee
James de Vaul
Farmers’ Co-operative
Varina
Alfred Nitzke
Nitzke
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Pocahontac
Doe Vaul
Asa W. Chamberlin
Coachland
Contexred
Jack) Chamberlin
Asa
Virginia
Clarinda
van Buren County
Clare Sargent
Camp Pike
Three Hundred Thirty-ninth Field Artillery
A. T. Hill
Greene
Ernest
Alberta
Canada
Burlington Road
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Missouri River
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Fort Des Moines
E. 0. Sellers
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
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