Our Country's Great Wealth The Richest Nation
The American people are described as the richest nation, owning a quarter of the world’s wealth and producing a third of modern manufactured goods. The piece cites a rise in national wealth from 16 billion to 110 billion in a generation, with vast untapped resources across 3 million square miles and key industries like coal iron cotton wheat and corn.
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England
France
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Marshfield Board Passes Photo Rule Targeting Habitual Drunks
Marshfield Wisconsin village board adopts ordinance to post photographs in saloons of habitual drunkards. Board will determine when a subject reaches chronic state, but it omits specifics on the subject’s position during photography.
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Marshfield
Wis
Ostermann Manufacturing Reopens After Long Shutdown
Ostermann Manufacturing resumes operations after a lengthy pause since last December. The firm, which once employed up to 450 workers, plans to hire about 200 this week and expand to prior levels, adding a railroad yard to boost output. Local Labor officers helped supply twenty five workers from West Pullman. Chas. Wendland assists in Reich's store during Rampke's absence.
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Ostermann Manufacturing Company
Railroad Iron
International Harvest Company
120Th Street
Peoria
Howes Bros
Morgan Street
Affiliated Aid Society
West Pullman
Chas. Wendland
L. E. Reich
William Rampke
Respect for the flag begins with school color captain idea
A Chicago Record Herald letter urges teaching flag respect in schools, proposing a color captain to oversee the flag during daily raising and lowering. It argues the ceremony, with officers and students saluting, fosters pride and proper care, plus lockers and substitutes for duties.
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George Bassett
Pullman
Chicago Record Herald
Chicago
Army
Navy
Richard B. Uwentrr
Marian Jones
Thornton
For Sale Lots in Dolton Subdivision
For sale in Dolton, lots in Mrs Bartsche subdivision on Fredericka and Chicago streets. Inquiries to Wm F Propper at 546 Lincoln Avenue Dolton.
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F. A. Reich & Son
Riverdale
Our
Sky Rockets
Oxford
John Behrens
Chicago Street
Dolton, Illinois
D. van Wyngarden
Undertaker
Frank Lund
Dolton, Ill
Barkmeier Bros
Indiana Avenue Riverdale
Ilinois
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