Shipping Board Money Shortage Revealed by Lasker
Washington reports Chairman Lasker of the Harding Shipping Board alleges misrepresentation and waste in Wilson era spending, seeks relief funds near 900 thousand dollars and an additional 100 million to cover deficits. He cites inflated costs, questionable ship conversions, and accounting flaws as creating a large public debt and urges prompt congressional scrutiny.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Wilson
Fidelil Yenr
Cvet
Chathuan Lasker
Benso
Ehindeniats of
Bone
Anditer Tweedale
Barker
Lather
Etwaimor
American Legion
Shenib T
West Turns Inventor and a Petrified Toad
Excitement on the streets as Profexaur West unveils the E Z Way Camp a portable unit for camping by auto sleeps four to six and can be erected in 26 minutes West plans a Canada trip after finishing the outfit a petrified toad found north of the city is displayed at the Record office with its legs pressed back into the body indicating a rare fossil specimen.
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Lille
Profexaur West
Howe
West
Saginaw
Canada
Toronto
Montreal
Richard Vantorn
Cavalry Notes From Grayling Encampment Details
Seventy men and three officers encamped at Grayling Friday morning for the first such gathering at the military reservation in five years. Troops arrived late due to train congestion and pitched pup tents in a two mile hike, enduring a cloudburst before sleep. Meals were wholesome and army style. several men were sick but not seriously, and training progressed with drills and athletic events being organized for air squadron A Troop South Hum Detroit Alma.
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Alm
Grayling
Alma
Alma. the Caseries Furnished By the Railvial Cmpany
Cmap
Wrla
South Ih
Detroit
Iiteut
J Senvedy
Hashiv Wieanup
Campbell
Swi le
Forst Serzeant Woodley
Asta
East Alma News Briefs and Local Notes
Miss Hazel Wood of Lansing visits her grandparents in East Alma while Florence Smith weds George Manley at St. Louis. The couple plans to live near Lake and Manley will open a Six Lakes garage. The Baird family moves to West Branch for Mr. Baird’s job at Swift’s poultry. Sunday school picnic set for Aug 24 in Elmwood Park. Other items note hospital plans for Earl Paught, Ruth Grierson’s Crystal Lake trip, Beatrice Iverson visit, Mrs. Hayes hosting, and a local burglary pattern prompting calls for city protection measures.
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Hazel Wood
Lansing
Chophie Wood
Eastward St
Florence Smith
Claude Smith
Linden Avenue
George Mumdd Manley
St. Louis
Maniley
Ruth Grierson
Crystal Lake
Frankfort
Gdrton
Ruth
Cad- Hloe
Beatrice Iverson
Grove “Avenue
Edmore
Wm. Slates
Marquette Street
TH. M. Hayes
Firework Show Prep and Michigan Death Statistics
Officials announce a special freight car from Chicago carrying netting and equipment for eight annual fireworks displays in Gratiot County. The Theark-DuMeld Fireworks Co of Chicago supplies the spectacle gear as work starts on a broad area in front of the grandstand. In Lansing the state health division reports 215 deaths from causes including firearms, poison, drowning, suicide, and other factors from January 1 to July 1, with men 186 and women 29 affected. the age group skews younger than 43. The data project Michigan losing about 2,000 years of productive labor in the first half of the year.
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Gratiot County Pate
Chicago
Theark-DuMeld Fireworks Co
Lansing
Michigan
Division of Vital Statistics
Sulester
Mar
Truck Shipment Rise Sparks Freight Shift to Road
High freight rates push livestock and hay movements to trucks. About 20 percent of hay to Omaha and 40 percent of sheep to St. Joseph markets moved by truck. Analysts estimate 4102 tons of rock shipments will exceed 4,000,000 head of cattle in deep markets, challenging railroads and labor costs. This shift, linked to the deflation-driven wage readjustment, could permanently curb rail transport and benefit major truck manufacturers as the nation’s largest truck plant in Antly is noted.
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Ho Weat
Omaha
St. Josph
Howe
Alyn
Primitive Pins and Ice Cream Ads Highlight Mild News
A fragment discusses primitive pins possibly made from bone or thorn, with Bronze and iron finds from European lake-dwelling sites. Separate notices promote Freeman's quality ice cream with a new French brick flavor lineup and a testimonial on Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for a child’s bowel trouble in Dungannon Virginia.
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Europe
Notic Freeman
Freeman
Alma
Mich
Floyd Osborn
Dungannon
For Sale Items Listed in Brief Classified Ad
A sanitation era classified note lists items for sale including a porcelain lined dive box a combination desk and book case a sanitary cot an electric table lamp a black reed baby cab. Inquiries addressed to 7th River Ave.
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7Th River Ave
Married in Owosso: William P Thomas weds Mary Elizabeth Jeff
William P Thomas son of Mrs Myra Thomas of West End street married Mary Elizabeth Jeff of Calumet last Thursday at Owosso. They plan to reside in Perry Michigan where Thomas will teach in the high school.
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William P. Thomas
Myra Thomas
West End Street
Owosso
Mary Mlizabeth Jeff
Calumet
Thomas
Alma
Perry
Michigan
Explaining a Term From a North American Note
A fragment discusses a term and a presumed label with phrases like last way to get anything and references Philadelphia in North American context. The readable bits suggest a linguistic note or glossary style snippet without clear events or names.
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Stanton, Mich
Prospect Ave
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Hoth
Apiformeo
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Nuire
Hutinen
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Li. Keou
Teleen
Rowma
Party
Finewiehin
Richwivnd
Tyanceay
Blver
Ebay
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Air Ae & Sfford
Lesiratta
First Oe Bank
Weesimie
West End
Mindern
Jmvins
Alina
Altay
Wantee
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Agier
Cap
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lYomun
Nurapa
Carney
A. Kates
Phonie
Dewnte
Hawk
Daline
Steal Markel
Beard
Alma Hevard
Anit
Graham
Alema
Geone B. Olver
Roe
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Chet
Wxatmane
Continental
Washington, D.C
J P. Losey
Earninis
Haffner
Ford Ride
Avery Tooslay
N. W. Hoody
Ithanen
Wright House Garage
Michigan State Prison
Bailey Echool House
Luccky
Is Toasied
R. Grubaugh
Jack's Piece
J. We. Leady
Fred Ballard
Fall’s Candy Company
Grover Avenue
Alma Dry Cleaning Works
State Street
The
Church of God
Camp Meeting
Connor
C. A. Conner Ice Cream CO. Incorporated
Owosso — Lansing
Ann Arbor
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