Republicans Contemplate Speakership and Committee Plans
Republican leaders debate who will succeed Champ Clark as speaker and how to shape the next House committees. James R. Mann and Frederick H. Gillett vie for the role while calls grow to set committees now to hit the ground running when the 66th Congress convenes. The caucus aims to chart a path for early June action and avoid factional strife.
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Capitol
Bsean
Will H
Congress
House
Champ Clark
James R. Mann
Ilinois
Frederick H. Gillett
Massachusetts
Committee On Committees
Manp
Coad
Mann
Olive Tablets Offer Relief From Constipation
A physician, Edwards, developed Olive Tablets as a calomel substitute. These sugar coated tablets claim to gently promote normal bowel and liver activity without harsh laxatives. Users report no calomel side effects and occasional harmless mouth coloration.
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Edwards
Argument for 2.26 Wheat Bill Moves In House
In a Culture Committee session, Barnes urged support for the $2.26 wheat guarantee for 1919, countering grain dealers and exporters who oppose it. He warned world surplus is overstated, Russia Romania and Bulgaria crops fail, and Argentina Australia cannot cover demand. He said a revolving fund would prevent reckless market flooding, and dismissed open market ideas as economically unsound.
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House Culture Committee
Congress
Barnes
Herbert Hoover
Germany
Hungary
France
United States
Food Administration
Chicago
Committee For
Trail of Confidence Gang Heads to Florida
Chicago secret service agents move to Florida to pursue a large confidence operation tied to wire tapping and race betting. Victim W. F. Collins of Ohio alleges losses up to 50 000 dollars after drafts were cashed by bookmakers. his niece alerted authorities and helped halt a third draft of 30 000 dollars.
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Chicago
Secret Service
Florida
W. F. Collins
Washington Court House
Ohio
Outfit
Collins
St. Petersburg
Fla
TRANSPORT CHANGE COURSES SIX TROOPSHIPS RE ROUTED
Six transports bound for the United States have changed courses and will land at different ports than announced. Advices to the Navy Department list Lake Ontario replaced by New Francis L. Juner, Philadelphia instead of New York, Bremerton Baltimore instead of New York, Masttensdilk New York instead of Agammoenon New York, and Western Ocean Newport News instead of Baltimore.
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Washington
Navy Department
Lake Reneecoe
Francis L. Juner
Philadelphia
New York
Bremerton
Baltimore
Masttensdilk
Agammoenon
Newport News
Western Ocean
Used Human Bones Claimed in German Phosphorus Work
Private Fred Rees, returned to England after a Berlin-area imprisonment, testified that Germans processed battle bones in phosphorus factories. He described tipping bones from wagons into chutes and noted bones appeared to come from human corpses, with shipments arriving after heavy front-line fighting.
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London
Bittefield
Fred Rees
England
Zerber Langer
Berlin
Rees
British politics not all serene in reconstruction era
London reports rising demand to dump reactionaries from Lloyd George’s coalition cabinet as Britain nears postwar reconstruction. Observers say eight Liberal and 18 Unionist portfolios reveal a fragile unity, with talks of cabinet reshuffle after the peace conference and potential realignment toward a stronger progressive bloc led by Bonar Law’s Unionists.
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London
Lloyd Georee
England
Britannia
Lord Northcliffe
Lloyd George
H. L. Garvin
Sunday Observer
Lloyd-George
Liberals
Labor Party
HAPPENINGS IN THIS VIGINITY 28 YEARS AGO
Chronicle of Portland area events from 28 years past, noting social, civic, and local developments. Prof Edward Clark speaks at a Portland Club dance at Waverly hall. Snow on Main street, sleighing praised. Molly details of local coal tolls and price differences. Town Clerk Burke back at office. Durant school ride to New Britain. Temperatures show 2 below in city and 8 below in Westfield. Golden wedding of William and wife celebrated. Complimentary concert for James Merrill at McDonough Opera House. Merrill leaving for Colorado for benefit. Middletown Plate Company employees four days six hours. New mayor Charles G R Vinal and council organize. Daniel McDonald elected street commissioner at 800 salary. Clarence Bacon 12 votes for city attorney, Frank D Haines 1. Mayor appoints Mansfield and Lawton to water board vacancy. Debt bonding measured for water works.
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Edward Clark
Portland
Waverly Hall
Main Street
George W. Burke
Rogers
Durant
New Britain
Daniel McDonald
Clarence Bacon
Frank D. Haines
Henry L. Mansfield
James Lawton
Water Board
Standard Guaranteed Petticoats Price Two Dollars Each
Genuine Heatherbloom petticoats offered in Green Navy Copenhagen Grey and Rose. If flounce tears from body seams or material wears unsatisfactorily the Petticoat will be replaced with one of equal value upon return of guarantee ticket. Each petticoat sold with guarantee ticket.
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Green
Copenhagen
Rose
Corsets and Corset Covers Selling at Unusual Prices
Odd sizes appear in Corsets and several mussed up Corset Covers sold for less than their usual prices, drawing shopper interest.
Mothers of Veterans advise caution on Yankee Division news
At a monthly moonlight meeting the Mothers of Veterans unanimously urged ignoring newspaper reports about the Yankee Division. They also said no extra steak or potatoes should be bought until the 26th Division is confirmed safe in Camp Devens.
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Mothers of Veterans
Camp Devens
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Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company
Continental Motor
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Schebler
Stromberg
Pierce
Warner
Spicer
Madison Square Garden
C. T. Silver
West 57Th Street
the “Mothers of Veterans
Porewer Co
Court Streets
Herman
Hanan
Brainard & Logan
Main St
Glastonbury
Winsted
Lackawanna
F. O'Connell
W.T. Fields CO. Investment Brokers
Liberty
New Haven, Conn
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