Indian Doughboy and Bride See White Lights
San Francisco May 8. Chief Owl Walk-in-the House Sioux and his bride are stranded in the city after leaving Bonestall South Dakota with 160 acres and friends. Denobilized March 26 at the Port Alegre Presidio he awaits transport home while Mrs Walk-in-the-House sold furniture to surprise him. They spent their Uncle Sam money and now he pushes a wheelbarrow in a shipyard. They long for home and the Rowe bud reservation.
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San Francisco
Charles Owl
State Committee On Readjustment
Uncle Sam
Bonestall
S. D
Owl
33Rd Battalion
United States Guards
Camp Lewis
Presidio
Rowebud
Sam
Gad
Mrs. Wallk
Freezone Promise Ends Corn Pain and Lifting
An old ad touts Freezone a Cincinnati made remedy to remove corns and calluses without pain. A pharmacist says a few drops on tender spots instantly relieve soreness and loosen the corn for easy removal, claiming the preparation shrivels skin without irritation.
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Cincinnati
Tourist rate case dropped as no Western reductions
The Interstate Commerce Commission dropped a long fought bid to abolish a special rate for Eastern tourists to the West. Eastern travelers will see a 10 percent cut from regular fares, while Western rates face no new reduction. The government takeover of railroads effectively ends tourist discounts for now, though a future fight may resume if roads return to private ownership. Charien Reynolds, who represented the state, recalls the years long battle in Washington.
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United States Railroad Administration
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charien Reynolds
Washington
Women Seek Post in League of Nations Labor Bureau
Harold E. Bechtol reports from Paris that American women press for permanent representation in the League of Nations labor bureau and two American advisors to the American delegate at the first international labor convention in Washington next October. Rose Schneiderman cites the push as part of broader inclusion for women workers, with emphasis on Americans gaining seats and influence in the new structure.
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Harold EF. Bechtol
Paris
Permanent Labor Bureau
League of Nations
Washington
National Women's Trade Union League of America
America
Samuel Gompers
Rose Schneiderman
Workin Women of
Leads Plays for Yanks Overseas
Laura Sherry directs the Over There Theatre league staging plays through France and occupied German districts. She previously acted with Richard Mansfield, and her husband owns a large Wisconsin paper mill.
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Laura Sherry
Over There Theatre League
France
Richard Mansfield
Wisconsin
Radical influence grows in Denmark
In Copenhagen on May 9 workers councils for labor groups including Workmen Fishermen and Bolchers form and push for a general strike to back radical government changes. Communistic government ideas spread and labor agreements with employers are being allowed to lapse.
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Copenhagen
Workmen's
Fisherman's
Bolcher's
Denmark
Are School Teachers Valued as Scrub Women
Marguerite Edwards argues teachers are underpaid compared to scrub women and other labor, noting 1918 averages, cost of living rises, and shortages. She cites 600000 teachers, many undereducated, and warns that low wages threaten public education and American youth.
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Oves
United States Bureau of Education
United States
United States Navy
New York City
America
Liquid Argon Dandruff Cure Ad Claims Fast Results
An advertisement touts four ounces of liquid argon as the sure method to dissolve dandruff. It instructs nightly application to moisten the scalp, promising morning removal of dandruff after one to four uses and immediate relief from itching, with improved hair texture and shine.
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Seattle
Co. W. Shively
Second Ave
UNION
Pike St
Doughboy
Bride
Northwest
Joshua Green Building
Pike
Marguerite Edwards
Victory Road
Tainee Gane
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