Rent profiteers face coal ban in Philadelphia amid housing revolt
Philadelphia landlords face a coal embargo threat from city fuel administrator Francis A. Lewis who will withhold coal from properties refusing to lease to prompt tenants. Rent strikes gather in Hog Island area as tenants argue rents rose for years and owners demand higher prices, risking displacement of 6900 wartime workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Fuel Administrator
Philadelphia
Francis A. Lewis
Hog Island Zone
N. Gist At
Hog
Island Live
KR. F. Scheirer
Camp Lewis
Moodie
Alcatraz Island
Rents to be taxed as excess profits wartime proposal
A citizen urges urgent action to curb profiteering by landlords during the war. The appeal seeks passage of legislation, via amendment to the new finance bill or other means, declaring rent excesses for the year ending September 30, 1917 plus a 5 percent cost allowance as excess profits and imposing a 100 percent tax on them.
Clip It and Send It to State Senators and House Members
Instructions request sending a clipping to Senators Poindexter and Jones and several House members from Beattie Kitnap Lynn Hadley Albert Johnson La Follette and C Dill. The address should be to Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Poindexter
Weasley L. Jones
John F. Miller
Beattie and Kitnap
Lynn Hadley
Northwest
King County
Seattle
Albert Johnson
Wm. la Follette
North Central
C. C. Dill
Spokane
Washington, D. C
Corn and potato plea echoes in food price memo
A food price board statement urges corn and potatoes as essential rations for soldiers and allies. The document lists wholesale and retail prices for staples like sugar, corn syrup, flour, wheat, oats, and canned goods, with consumers expected to pay rising amounts across many items.
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Food Price Publishing Board
Gmauam Floum Metaliers
Con Summere
Peteslers
Elbe
Milo Maize
Letelliere
Ehould
Vetaliers
Japan
California
Rhetee
Lima
Wacahington
Ocalifornia
Washington
Prones Metallers
Guarte
Gelion
Huttar
Yakima NW
Rutabagas
Beth Carrots
Puget Sound
Alaska
Rhesan Vis Halibut
Lve
Dresed
Anti-Rent Hog Meeting Called
The Anti Rent Profiteering League schedules a Thursday evening gathering at Meves' cafeteria on Third Ave between Pike and Union. Special speakers promised to discuss alleged rent increases by hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti Rent Profiteering League
Meves
Third Ave
Pike and
Union
Thrift Stamp A Day Keeps the Hun Away
A wartime thrift stamp slogan emphasizes daily savings to fund the war effort. The message urges readers to buy stamps each day, supporting national defense and morale during the conflict.
Mrs Turner credits Tanlac with fifteen years of relief
Mrs Lillian Turner of 224 27th Ave North Seattle says Tanlac cured long standing stomach and kidney troubles. She details improved appetite sleep and weight gain after trying the medicine, noting she can eat candy now and feels energized at work at the Model Firetric laundry. Bartell Drug Stores in Seattle sell Tanlac.
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Taniac
Lillian Turner
27Th Avenue North
Seattle
Bartell Drug Stores
Tanlac
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Georgettes, Crepe de
Chine
Batina and Silks
Chambers’ Millinery
Scherer
Shipping Board
Uniessa
Schoonmaker Optical Company
Firet Ave
Union &T
Japanese Commercial Bank
Furuya Building
Second Avenue South
Main Street
South End
M. Furuya
W. N. Gazzam
W. A. Kenny
M.matsumoto
S. Kawai
Capitol
Washington, D
Dr. Caldwell
Geo. Schaeffer
West Ave
Utica
N. Y
Irs
W. B. Caldwell
Washington Street
Monticello
Illinois
Fred N. Nelson
The
Metal Trades Council
Nelson
United States Shipping Board
Coljima
King County Holiness Association
Seattle Pacific College
Fraser-Paterson Co
Coats
Just
the Bank of California
National Association of San Francisco
United States Depository
Federal Reserve Bank
Portland
Tacoma
San Francisco
United States
Cash and Light Exchange
Bank of California, National Association
National Association
Second Avenue
BE. C. Wagner
GEO. T. S&s. White
Godfrey L. Wakeman
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