Wage Fight Warns of Looming Labor Clash
Washington May 10 Labor trouble looms as cabinet leaders warn wage disputes could erupt into a serious crisis by mid summer. Officials estimate 3 to 4 million unemployed and consider organized labor a potential flash point while government study analyzes why wage cuts may fail to reduce costs. The railroad labor dispute and multiple smaller fights could disrupt production and distribution nationwide.
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W. H. Atkins
Commerce
Hoover
Labor
Davis
Harding
Reserve Board
Too Much of a Good Thing Remedy Adverts
Six years of stomach trouble ended after taking Mayr's Wonderul Remedy. The simple preparation claims to remove catarrhal mucus and reduce inflammation causing stomach liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis. One dose is promised to convince or money refunded with sales by D. C. Aughinbaugh & Son and other druggists.
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Mayr
D. c. Aughinbaugh & Son
Receivership for Germany Proposed by Bankers Group
Marlin, May 10. An international receivership for Germany to control reparations is urged to allies if a bloc of bankers and manufacturers in the Federal Industrial Council can overcome opposition from the Stinnes group. Proposals were drafted before the London Conference but Stinnes opposition silenced the backers for now. A banker said recognition of Germany’s voluntary repayment is essential. The Stinnes view opposes Entente claims and fears outside control of German transactions.
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Frank E. Mason
Marlin
Germany
Federal Industrial Council
Stinnes Group
London
Stinnes
Industrial Council
Holland
Swiss
Entente
Indians to Take Part in Festival at Sound Pond
Plymouth Mass May 10 There will be cheap big doings at Sound Pond this summer. Through William S Kyle chair of the tercentenary committee Passamaquoddy Indians from Eastport Maine led by Chief William Neptune will arrive next month and reside at the pond to take part in Pilgrim exercises this summer.
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Plymouth
Mass
Sound Pond
William S. Kyle
Eastport
Maine
William Neptune
Wireless phones on automobiles
Physicians, business men or any owner of an enclosed automobile can equip their cars with a wireless telephone. The device allows constant communication with home or office, operating successfully up to five miles and drawing only a small portion of the car battery current.
American Millionaires Enter European Nobility Headlines
Paris dispatch reports French humorists lampoon American wealth in Europe as weddings bind Chicago money to Greek royalty. Engagements of William Leeds to Princess Xenia trigger jokes about American fortune shaping monarchies, with Le Petitieu noting Yankee millionaires' growing influence and other unions among American wealth and European titles.
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Newton C. Parke
William Leeds
Xenia
Greece
Chicago
Anne Gould
Helen Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Duke of Manchester
le Petitieu
Harding
Paris
Constantine
Leeds
Vautel
Europe
Willem
Curfew Returns to Gettysburg After Two Years
Gettysburg council acted on a petition from local groups to restore the curfew with children under 12 to be off streets by 9 PM unless with an adult. Chief Fugitt directed the courthouse bell to ring at nine each night to enforce the ordinance. The prior lapse is linked to daylight saving in 1919, with unclear reasons for prior non enforcement.
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Gettysburg
Fugitt
Court House
Family of five living in a four by five foot tent
Mount Carmel Pa May 10 John Dodson wife and three children were ejected from their Exchange home and moved to a mine drift then taken in by neighbors. Now they sleep on the cold damp ground in a four by five foot tent in the woods. The children have toothache.
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Mount Carmel
John Dodson
Virginia Gift Statue of Washington to England Unveiled Soon
Six years after Virginia offered a bronze George Washington statue to Britain, the Houden statue will be unveiled June 30 in Trafalgar Square, London. The unveiling follows a governor led commission and a voyage from Virginia to New York, then aboard the Lapland bound for London in mid June. Virginia officials and their guests will tour battlefield sites after the ceremony, with former Governor Stuart present in England.
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Houdon
Washington
Virginia
England
London
International News
Richmond
State of
Houden
George Washington
State Capitol
Trafalgar Square
B. F. Buchanan
Richard L. Brewer
House
John W. Williams
Henry Louis Smith
Washington and Lees University
New York
Lapland
Miss Brewer
Wil
John W. Willian
Europe
America
Henry Carter Stuart
Road Work Improves Route Between Routerville and Monterey Inn
The Pennsylvania State Highway Department completed distributing crushed stone along the highway from Routerville to Monterey Inn and plans to resume laying the stone soon. Breakers removed and culverts installed, promising a smoother road for tourists after long delays.
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Penna, State Highway Department
Routerville
Monterey Inn
Bedbugs Rapid Growth Under Javoran’s Conditions
A historical note explains bedbugs reproduce quickly with eggs hatching in days and females laying multiple batches. Under Javoran’s conditions two thirds of hatchlings are female, maturing to adults in four weeks. It argues one unmolested female or egg could yield a large annual count, and notes the need for a preparation that kills eggs and live bugs, citing P. D. Q. as trusted by hospitals, hotels, and railways.
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Javoran
Outgro claimed to cure ingrown toe nails overnight
The ad asserts that applying a few drops of Outgro to the skin around an ingrown nail reduces inflammation and pain. It claims the skin toughens and the nail turns outward, with the result occurring almost overnight. It notes Outgro as an antiseptic for chiropodists but available to consumers from drugstores.
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Daily Mail
Federation of Transport Workers Today
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