Wage reductions hit eastern textile workers
Wage cuts of about 22½ percent were announced for thousands in the eastern textile industry. In Lawrence, Massachusetts, 16,000 workers face a wage re adjustment. New Bedford has 40,000. Pawtucket 27,000. Biddeford 6,000. Lowell Massachusetts reports 25,000 workers now at about $21 per week versus $9.50 in 1918.
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New York
Lawrence
Mass
New Bedford
Pawtucket
Biddeford
Maine
Lowell
Fire Hose Shortage Warned By Richmond Fire Chief
Chief Benj Daugherty reports no new hose has been ordered for Richmond while a shortage grows. He says after the recent blaze an extra 1000 feet of hose would help, but existing stock is worn and unfit. New coats boots gloves and hose for nozzle handlers are being issued to protect clothing during fires.
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Richmond Fire Department
Benj. Daugherty
Fire Department
Thee Fire
Lexington Dec 15 tobacco warehouses opening
Lexington announces 18 loose leaf tobacco warehouses will open December 15 to receive tobacco for the January 8 opening of the loose leaf market.
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Associatted Press
Lexington
Madison County Medical Society to Hold Regular Session
The Madison County Medical Society meets December 16 at 7 PM in the Glendon Hotel parlors. Drs. Robinson and Scudder will present papers, and the annual election of officers will be held. Secretary Bosley has arranged a pleasing program for the occasion.
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Madison County Medical Society
Glendon Hotel
New Low Sugar Record Hits Refined Prices
New York December 13 refined sugar prices fell to 8 14 cents per pound while raw sugar dropped about 0.25 cent. The declines leave refined sugar roughly 20 cents below the season's peak and near prewar levels.
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New York
Federal
Auto Accessory Firm Seeks Richmond Representative
Classified ad from Kentucky Compression Inner Tube & Tire Co seeks a responsible active man to handle full line of tires and accessories in Richmond and surrounding area under exclusive territory. Attractive investment offered. Send inquiries to 3rd and Breckinridge streets Louisville Kentucky.
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Richmond
Vicinity
Kentucky Compression Inner Tube & Tire Co
3Rd
Breckinridge Streets
Louisville
Kentucky
For Sale and Rent Notices with Local Classifieds
Classified blurbs list a two horse wagon and harness sale at the courthouse on a Saturday at 1 30 to the highest bidder plus rental ads for four houses and tobacco acreage with tenant supplied teams. Also clerks needed for Postal Mail Service with a $126 monthly salary and details for examination. Ped Berkshire pigs and hoes for sale from W B Turley. A home for sale in the western city part with water and good neighborhood. Renters sought for a nice home in a desirable area by Miss Annabell Ward.
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Court House
Annabell Ward
Uphill Pull for Polish Children Draws Aid Council
The European Relief Council plans aid for 3,580,000 destitute youngsters in central and eastern Europe this winter. Eight American organizations merge under Merbert Hoover to form the council and raise 38 million dollars for relief.
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Europe
Poland
European Relief Council
America
Council
Merbert Hoover
American Relief Administration
American Red Cross
American Friends’ Service Committee
Quakers
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Knights of Columbus
Appeal for Europe relief to aid 3.5 million hungry children
The European Relief Council led by Herbert Hoover appeals for 25 million dollars for child food and 10.6 million for medical service to feed and heal up to 3.5 million European children in peril this winter. Donations go through local committees or Franklin K. Lane in New York. The appeal stresses nonpolitical cross‑creed aid and leverages double contributions in kind from governments and communities.
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America
Franklin K. Lane
Guaranty Trust Co
New York City
Wilson Urges Aid for Starving Children in Europe
President Wilson appealed to fellow citizens to donate to the European Relief Council to save three and a half million children facing starvation in central Europe. He announced he would adopt 20 of the children as temporary wards and said that ten dollars funds one child's life.
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Washington
Wilson
Europe
European Relief Council
Tanlac described as merit driven medicine with worldwide acclaim
Special Representative in the Southern States explains Tanlac’s rise to prominence across the United States and Canada. He says there is no mystery beyond the body's chemistry, cites longstanding and new medicinal ingredients, and notes Tanlac’s digestion aid, rebuilds the system, and weight gains while linking stomach health to overall well being.
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W. B. Logan
United States
Canada
Notice to creditors in the estate of John R. Gibson
The State Bank and Trust Company as Administrator with the Will Annexed of the estate of John R. Gibson asks all creditors to prove claims or settle amounts due. This notice excludes previously filed claims. Signed by W. E. Turley, Secretary, Richmond Kentucky.
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John R. Gibson
State Bank & Trust Company
W. E. Turley
Richmond
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