McAdoo urges government control of railroads
Former Director General William G. McAdoo testifies on railroad reforms urging government ownership or strong control to cut old lines, reduce costs, and improve efficiency. He cites wartime operation as proof of government management value and outlines a five-extension plan with seventeen specific reforms to traffic, terminals, pooling, and pricing.
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Genfam G. McAdoo
Srica
McAdoo
Wen
Wifornia
Walker D. Hines
Wilson
Eea
Europe
Food Administration
Germany
Chicago
Mississippi River
You May Find It In Stocking Corn Remedy
An advertisement describes treating corns with a liquid drug named freezone. It claims direct application loosens corns and relieves pain by the next day, with a drop or two reducing tenderness. The surrounding skin is covered, and a druggist may sell it for a few cents. The text appears to be a pasting error or garbled OCR.
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Freezone
Save & Cincinnati Authority
Rail-water transport under federal control urged
McAdoo argues for unified rail and water transportation under federal control to solve terminal delays and avoid private railroad obstruction. He cites Cincinnati, Chicago, and New York Harbor as typical bottlenecks and calls for a five year government takeover of the merchant fleet, with a two to three year valuation study before any control changes.
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McAdoo
Cincinnati
Ohio
Chicago
New York Harbor
Congress
Connecticut towns told to apply for German trophies
Hartford January 3 The Connecticut State Council of Defense has informed all 168 war bureaus that the ordnance department plans to bring many captured German trophies to the country and that Connecticut may obtain some. Towns must notify the Council at once to enable timely requests. Early applications to Washington will have the best chance of approval.
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Defense Council
Hartford
Jan
Connecticut
Connecticut State Council of Defense
Ordnance Department
Washington
Cold Wave Grips Midwest to Texas and Arizona
A severe cold wave stretches from Amarillo Texas to Flagstaff Arizona with temperatures sinking as low as 13 degrees below zero in Duluth Minnesota and five below in Chicago. Trains in Kansas run late after ten hours snowbound as the cold pulses northward. In Brooklyn, saloon owner Philip Caffrey shoots a burglar during a dark confrontation, wounding the intruder as he protects his safe and wife.
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Chicago
Amerillo
Tex
Flagstaff
Ariz
North Dakota
Kansas
Duluth
Minn
New York
Philip Caffrey
Brooklyn
Caffrey
Susie the Coblenz maid reflects German view of war
Susie, a hotel chambermaid in Coblenz, speaks through an interpreter about the war’s end. She insists Germans were not defeated but outnumbered, cites Lusitania as war necessity, praises Hindenburg, and notes cautious American presence lasting about four months.
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Germany
Nancy
Susie
Coblenz
Times
United States
Lusitania
Tudendorff
von Tirpitz
Hindenburg
Prussia
Belgium
Military Romance Ends in Springfield Wedding Tale
Lieut Herman Armour Nichols of Rye New York and Miss Mae Lynett Craven of New York were wed at St Peter's Episcopal Church in Springfield Massachusetts on New Year's Eve. The couple delayed a planned New York wedding to visit a ill sister and used a special marriage permit to avoid the usual five day waiting period.
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Springfield
Mass
Herman Armour Nichols
Rye
N. Y
Mary Armour Nichols
Chicago Armours
Mae Lynett Craven
New York
James B. Craven
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Heady
Polish mission arrives in Paris to meet peace envoys
Paris January 3 a Polish delegation arrived from Geneva and plans talks with the American peace envoys next week confirming Warsaw’s readiness to engage in the postwar settlement discussions with the allied representatives.
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Paris
Geneva
Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Promoting Health
Daily Health Talks extols Dr Pierce of Buffalo and his remedies. It highlights Pleasant Pellets made from Mayapple aloe and jalap root, praised for gentle bowel movements, cleansing the intestines and restoring vitality without harsh after effects.
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Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
America
Dr. Pierce
Doctor Pierce
Labor Opposes Forced Arbitration in Senate Hearing
Samuel Gompers, AFL president, told the Senate education and labor committee that compulsory arbitration bills erase worker freedom. He cited New Zealand’s failure of mandatory arbitration and Colorado’s unrest, noting only strikes restored workers’ leverage.
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Washington
Labor
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Senate Committee of Education and Labor
Gompers
New Zealand
Colorado
Great Demand for Pennies Drives One Cent Minting
Washington report shows odd war tax prices boosted penny production in 1918. Nearly eighty five million more cents were coined, totaling 370,614,634 versus 284,169,785 in 1917, with government mint profits at about 20 million. Coins minted included nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars, and Illinois centennial halves.
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Washington
United States
Ray T. Baker
Baker
Ultimatum Demands Germans Halt Bolshevik Invasion
Copenhagen January 2. The German commander in the Russian Baltic provinces received an ultimatum from the British commander ordering Germans to prevent Bolshevik forces from entering Walk and Wenden or face invasion of Germany by Allied troops, according to Deutsche Tageszeitung.
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Copenhagen
Walk and Wenden
Germany
Deutsche Tageszeitung
Vinci tonic touted for typhoid recovery in boy
In Mountainville a family cites Vinci tonic as the key to rebuilding a run-down boy after typhoid fever. The ad claims the product supplies essential elements to strengthen the system and enrich red blood, with Woodward Drug Co and Hartman Drug Co named as sellers and a money back guarantee for Saxos Salve.
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Mountainville
Vinci
Lucy Sherman
Woodward Drug Co
Hartman Drug Co
Middletown
P. S
Berlin to New Britain rail project advances
Happenings dated but unclear year note the Berlin to New Britain electric railroad is an assured fact with contracts for ties and grading awarded. Six hundred fifty four tramps housed in December. a Beckley quarter post office sale totals 7.50 in postage stamps. Wallace K Bacon may be the Democratic mayoral nominee with D Luther Briggs likely to seek re election for Republicans. Reverend E J Chaffee arrives as Universalist pastor. Dan Thomas nears 84th birthday and remains active in trucking. Coal dealers seek higher delivery prices than surrounding towns. Mrs Charles Fitzgerald dies of pneumonia after grippe. William Gillette presents Private Secretary at Middlesex last night.
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Berlin
New Britain
Beckley
Wallace K. Bacon
D. Luther Briggs
E. J. Chaffee
Universalist Church
Dan Thomas
Charles Fitzgerald
Washington Street
William Gillette
Middlesex
Peace hope frames New Year as 1919 begins
Cardinal O'Connell urges enduring peace as 1919 opens. He notes Americans won peace on the battlefield and must now pursue it in legislative halls, framing the year's outlook for the nation.
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Cardinal O’connell
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