World News Roundup From Washington To Europe
The White House announces Ambassador Fletcher will head the U.S. delegation to the Pan American congress in Chile. A new one cent Franklin stamp debuts as Thrift Week begins. Pueblo Indians testify in Washington against the Bursum bill. Britain faces long debt payments to the U.S. and the Ruhr crisis tense.
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White House
Washington
Fletcher
Brussels
Pan- American Congress
Chile
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Illinois News Happenings Summary of Deaths and State Affairs
Fourteen year old Dale Bozarth died from suffocation after a creek bank collapsed while playing near Vermilion. Mrs. Will Hanks was found dead in a Croseville cistern. family suspects accident. Illinois groups discuss conventions, road and tax projects, and a proposed state police system. Recount authorized in first Senate district contest between Macpherson and Marks. Apples exhibit from Rockford and a 1922 Ver million county road expansion noted. New hard road boosters from several counties assured of accelerated construction. Oscar Nelson assumes state treasurer duties and joins soldiers bonus distribution board as Edward Miller retires with substantial funds transferred.
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Dale Bozarth
Vermilion
Will Hanks
Croceville
Illinois
Illinois State Dairymen's Association
Springfield
Council of Administration
Department of Illinois
Q. A. BR
Peoria
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Pennsylvania
New York
Chicago
Senate Republicans
Senate
Norman G. Macpherson
Adolph Marks
Pharaoh
Bryan
Rockford
Vermilion County
Tilinoigs
William S. Dillon
Danville
Elgin
Union National Bank
A. L. Metzel
Jy. A
Mississippi River
Federal
East St. Louis
Cairo
Cordova
St. Louis
Oscar Nelson
Kane County
Tillinois
Edward KE. Miller
Miller
West Indies Purchase Backed by Congress Advocates
Vice President Coolidge leads support in both houses for acquiring British and French West Indies to help pay war debts and strengthen defenses for the Panama canal. He calls for expert financial review and local resident opinion. Senator McKinley opposes the purchase, while Senators Willis and Sterling endorse acquisition.
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Washington
Jan
Congress
British
French West Indies
United States
Great Britain
France
Coolidge
Panama Canal
Cirys
McKinley
Tfl
West Indies
MoeKinley
Bahama Islands
Willis
Ohio
Sterling
Senate
West Indian Islands
Senate orders names of firms diverting profits to dividends
Washington January 18 the senate adopted a Brookhart resolution asking Secretary Mellon to provide the names of companies diverting profits to stock dividends and to disclose any penalties imposed by the commissioner of internal revenue.
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Washington
Senate
Brookhart
Iowa
Mellon
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Record Car Loadings Reach All-Time High in 1922
The American Railway Association reports 1922 saw the highest car loadings for all commodities excluding coal, up 16 percent from 1921. Total loadings reached 36,265,178 cars versus 81,347,816 in the previous year.
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Washington
The
American Railway Association
British debt plea rejected in Washington
The British mission seeking to fund Great Britain's four billion dollar war debt was informed by Secretary Mellon that President Harding would not ask Congress to cut the interest rate from 5 to 8 percent. The Britons will sail for home.
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Great Britain
Washington
Mellon
Harding
Congress
U S Tractors for Russia Arrive in Constantinople
The United States shipping board steamer Clontarf is due in Constantinople en route to Novorossiysk with 600 tons of agricultural implements, including 1 000 tractors, purchased in the United States by the Bolsheviks.
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Pachuca
Mex
Jenkins
United States
Hugo Stinnes
London
London Daily Telegraph
Constantinople
United States Shipping Board
Clontarf
Novorossiissk
Important to All Women Readers of This Paper
Thousands of women suffer kidney or bladder trouble without realizing it. Kidney health affects other organs and can cause back pain headaches loss of ambition nervousness and despondency. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root is advertised as restoring kidney health and offers a sample bottle for ten cents via mail.
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Kilmer
A rousing time before breakfast foretold
A lively period is anticipated just before breakfast with excitement and energy described in vivid terms. The line hints at a social or communal moment waking readers with anticipatory cheer.
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Home Dyeing For All Fabrics
An advertisement promotes Diamond Dyes with simple directions to dye or tint dresses skirts waists coats stockings sweaters draperies and hangings. It guarantees no spotting fading streaking or running and instructs buyers to tell the druggist the fabric type wool silk linen cotton or blends for best results.
Cole’s Carbolisxive advertisement claims instant burn pain relief
An old advertisement touts Cole’s Carbolisxive promising quick healing of burning and itching without scars. It claims relief for burns at 30 and 60 cents and directs readers to send payment to The J. W. Cole Co. in Rockford Illinois. It oddly ends with a note to take a taxi for tired feelings.
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Cole
J. W. Cole Co
Rockford, Ill
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