Town drives plan to boost Evansville industry and housing
In Evansville Indiana a drive by 150 young businessmen seeks 250000 to start new industry and raise payroll by 1000000 annually. Mayor Ben Boase and Henry Kleymeyer lead talks with builders. concessions follow from unions and Standard Brick Co. to secure homes and factory fund.
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Evansville Ind
Fivaneville
Building Trade
Ben Boase
Henry Kleymeye
Standard Brick Co
Evansville
Bosse
Peg Leg Man Seeks Court Aid for New Peg in Wannahachi
In Wanahachi Texas Pat Shannon, living near the square for years, asks the county commissioners for a peg leg subsidy after wearing his worn-out prosthetic. He travels by automobile to the meeting and receives approval for a new peg, then returns to the farm hopping a wagon. The town's mayor predicts 500 to 1,000 homes to be built in Evansville this year.
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Wanahachi
Texas
Pat Shannon
Ellis County
Pat
Commissioners Court
Conmissioners
Boase
Evaneville
Tetrazzini Backed by Verse on Blue Laws in San Francisco
Italian star Luisa Tetrazzini voices support for singing on Sundays, arguing angels sing in heaven and the Sabbath should not bar music. She praises American liberty yet plans a San Francisco concert at the Arena on April 14 under Frank P. Hood, her only Bay Area engagement before sailing for Europe in May.
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San Francisco
Mme
Luisa Tetrazzini
Mme. Tetraxein
Frank P. Hood
Europe
Unions Plan Nationwide Trade Union Colleges and Schools
A coalition of 60 unions and a liberal labor party moves to open a nationwide chain of trade union colleges and extension schools for workers. The Katonah secret meeting and New York conference aim to expand and improve labor education and prepare leaders, with low tuition for workers’ children.
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New York
Brookwood School
Katonah
N. Y
Educational Congress
Organized Labor
New Yoro
John Fitzpatrick
Chicago Federation of Labor
James Maurer
Pennsylvania
Fannia M. Cohn
International Lady Garment Workers’ Union
Hecona
More Power, Less Weight in Motors
Compared with the Corliss engine at the Centennial exposition the latent type of power generator is under half its size and fourteen times more powerful.
Ford Perfects Gas Coach Tries It on His Railroad
Henry Ford conducts a test of The Dearborn a gasoline engine driven railroad coach on the Detroit to Springfield route with Edsel Ford and engineers aboard. The car reached 72 miles per hour covering 216 miles in less time than the regular train as Mayor Couzens backs the concept of motorized streetcars.
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Ford
Detroit
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Detroit & Lranton
Springfield
Edsel
Hdsel Ford
James Couzens
Ford Motor Co
Detroit Municipal Railway Commission
Spine Kicked Out of Joint A Farm Worker Survives
Fergus Falls Minnesota April 8 A farm worker John Person was kicked by a horse causing a spinal vertebra to shift and partial paralysis. Doctors urged immediate surgery and hospital transfer. A rough car journey worsened then improved as the jolt realigned the bone and he was discharged.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
John Person
Dormant Bank Accounts Across Nation Attract Fresh Action
Washington report shows national banks hold millions in inactive accounts. Comptroller John Skelton Williams urges new law to turn dormant balances over to the U.S. treasury. Last call in March 1917 listed 736000 customers with 627 million in deposits. many have not deposited or used checks for over five years.
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Washington, D.C
John Skelton VI
Congress
United States Treasury
Williama
Prinz Eitel Frederich Transformed Into Atlantic Liner
The former German cruiser Prinz Eitel Frederich has been converted for Atlantic liner service, primarily to carry steerage passengers.
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Prinz Eitel Frederich
Wonder Health Restorer hailed for cures in Calgary and Seattle
A dramatic testimonial chain extols Wonder Health Restorer as a universal remedy for stomach trouble dyspepsia insomnia rheumatism and skin conditions. Featured cases include Mrs J Hoey Calgary and Nurse McKinnon Seattle who claim relief after X rays and alarmingly ill health. The ad promises a six week course for five dollars by mail six fifty six and offers a money back guarantee. If unavailable from local druggists a Seattle distributor is listed with contact details.
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J. Hoey
Seventh Ave. Weat
Calgary
Alta
Wonder Healt Heatorer
McKinnon
Seattle
Burlington Hospital
Hurlington
Wash
Are Erdera
Mra. Davis
Mr. Pickrell
Ane
Mra. Raymond
Belmont Apts
Pearth
Wonder
Wonder Health
Swift Drug
Wonder Health Restorer
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Highland Park
Maroney
Joe Davis
Charlies McCoy
Cheasty
Vassar
Luxite
Second Avenue
Seneca Street
Blue Laws
Angels
Mme. Tetrassint
United States
Nationwide
Chain of Trade Colleges
Gasoline Motor Railroad
Fraser-Paterson CO
Second Avenue and
University Street
Bolivia
Morocco
Copenhagen
Neptune
Harris
J. & Bankin
U.S. Army
Columbia River
U. S. Army
C. D
Oregon
U. S
U. 8. Army
Alaska
Washington
Yesler Way
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