Boake Carter Highlights Tax Burden And Government Waste
A Boake Carter memo cites that $37 is taxed per year per family to pay interest on the national debt. It notes rising trade barriers, lists hundreds of state and federal laws, and compares New Deal spending to earlier federal outlays. The piece argues government spending is profligate and bonds dilute citizen income, urging scrutiny of fiscal policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie Q
Taxpayers Digest
Roosevelt
Union
United States
Elyrians Enroll In Hospital Service Association
Elyrians from multiple firms have joined the Cleveland Hospital Service Association, a nonprofit of 18 member hospitals including Elyria Memorial Hospital. Members receive 21 days of hospital care yearly for a two cent daily fee, with access to bed meals nursing X ray labs operating room anesthesia medicines and dressings. After 12 months enrollment, full maternity care is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Lace Manufacturing Co
Harshaw Chemical Company
Keller-Kohn Company
Moise & Burgess
Ohio Public Service Company
Cleveland Hospital Service Association
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Warning to Parents on War Debt and Saving Plans
A memo urges families to rethink government spending and savings. It argues New Deal outlays total 5.365 trillion, notes reduced interest on savings, and says to secure $2000 yearly retirement income one must save about $100,000 rather than $50,000. It decries dictatorial governance and highlights Americans work three of twelve months for the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Mamma
Pop
Scout Troop 103 Plans Many Events
Members of Boy Scout Troop 103 announced several events at the Church of Christ meeting. A Court of Review on May 13, a rummage sale at Elyria armory on May 18, and a Court of Honor on May 26 are planned. A high school auditorium play to fund a camp cabin near Birmingham will be staged with tickets sold citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Troop 103
Church of Christ
Elyria Armory
Birmingham
Dick Slack
Harry Koplin
Joe Pallardy
Germans Claim Four British Ships Sunk
Berlin reports the German high command says air and naval forces sunk one British destroyer two transport ships and one supply ship off Norway and damaged another destroyer. It adds British aerial attacks on Aalborg were repulsed and a British plane shot down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
High Command
Norway
Aalborg
Denmark
Narvik
Trondheim
Namsos
Dombaas
Grong
Andalsnes
Stadlandet
Body of U S Military Attache Carried On Horse Drawn Sledge
The body of Captain Robert M. Losey U S military attaché killed by German shell splinter at Dombas Norway was transported in a flap draped Swedish army truck to Hede and then to Stockholm. Four Norwegian soldiers accompanied the casket on a horse drawn sledge over steep mountain roads from Roeros Norway before turning it over to Swedish guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fyellnas
Sweden
Robert M. Losey
U. S
Dombas
Norway
Hede
Stockholm
Losey
Roeros
Advice to Many Readers Offered by Dr Chrisman
Dr Chrisman answers reader letters on weather weary days. A Daily Reader signs a letter describing a rattling throat cough sneezing watery discharge and hives with sleep disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Chrisman
Claud North Chrisman
M.D
Allergic Reactions and Postpartum Health Notes
A reader suggests light meals and avoiding irritants for an allergic reaction and possible thyroid imbalance after confinement. The correspondent cites a Georgia woman with fatigue nervousness and breathing issues and recommends thyroid preparations under a doctor’s guidance. Another Louisiana reader promotes a liquid athlete’s foot remedy and seeks market guidance for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Reader
Georgia
V. E.S
Louisiana
Unclear Market Advice Letter Prompts Reader Contact
The writer declines to discuss marketing drugs without knowing their composition. Readers seeking more fear commentary may request the writer’s address by enclosing a stamped return, suggesting a personal correspondence step.
Historic Exhibit Of Checks At Local Bank
A. J. Robinson of Elyria Savings and Trust Co announces an exhibit of checks from 72 famous Americans. Spanning 186 years from 1733 to 1919, items include checks by Thomas Penn and Warren G. Harding, with the largest at 16733 dollars by Russell Sage and a single certified check for 3500 dollars by Boss Tweed. An item from S L Clemens also appears among the notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Trust Company of New York
A. J. Robinson
Elyria Savings & Trust Co
Thomas Penn
William Penn
Warren G. Harding
Anemia Advice and Circulation Warning in Letter
A California reader seeks anemia treatment guidance noting several anemia types. Advice promotes liver and cod liver oil or vitamin B and iron tablets. A Pennsylvania reader reports numb feet and fatigue from probable arterial circulation issues and is advised to try a PaVaEx machine used in hospitals to improve blood flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
H.C. R
Pennsylvania
Early American Checks Exhibit Highlights Historic Signatures
Robert R. Livingston to Robert Fulton helped fund the Clermont steamboat project. A Jefferson signed nine checks date earliest, Madison signs "Yours respectfully," and Andrew Jackson's says "Andrew Jackson, Coffee." Baron von Steuben's note reads "Cashier of the Bank pay to the 7th of January Fifty Dollars." New York exhibit through the week invites customers and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Robert R. Livingston
Robert Fulton
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Madison
Andrew Jackson
Baron von Steuben
New York
F D R Plans 21 Day Tour Across Several States
President Roosevelt will undertake a 21 day journey that could reach Alaska to press a liberal Democratic ticket. He will start in North Carolina Tennessee Mississippi Texas California and Washington with a return route likely through the Great Lakes and mid Atlantic states. The plan signals backing liberal nominees and a platform while leaving the question of a third term unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Alaska
North Carolina
Tennessee
Mississippi
Texas
California
Lakes
mid-Atlantic
Congress
Post 347 to Meet at Second Baptist for Decoration Day Parade
George Perkins Post No. 347 plans this evening at the Second Baptist church on West 16th street to organize arrangements for the Decoration Day parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Perkins
Second Baptist Church
West 16Th Street
Four German Transports Sighted Near Swedish Coast
Four large German transports escorted by two destroyers were sighted moving north along the Swedish coast early today. They were believed to be en route to Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stroemstad
Sweden
Norway
Allied ships escort German transport fleet near Swedish coast
The account notes reinforcements arriving with transports seen at 5 a m by the Jutholmen lighthouse keeper. Hours later British destroyers stalked the German fleet, visible for two hours before drifting south. Gunfire and loud explosions, likely mine sweeps, were reported off the Swedish coast. Mention of Munich’s short lived Soviet Republic in April 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jutholmen
Olive Tablets Aid Constipation and Bile Flow
A vintage ad urges correcting habits to prevent constipation. It promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy that stimulates bile, aids digestion of fatty foods, and promises gentle bowel movements. Available in 15 30 and 60 cent sizes from all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Edwards
F. M. Edwards
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Santa Claus
Rome
Greece
Hitler
Germany
Wadsworth Mount
Merchants Association of New York
United States Treasury
Treasury
France
Elyrians
Hospital Service Association
the Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Newspaperanchive
Scout Troop
DE. Chrisman
Getulio Vargas
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Vargas
Legion Post
Pickerel, Ib
Bologna, Ib
Pend
Broad Street
Swedish
Munich
Penney's
Ray
C.penney
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