Appointments in House Announced Lawmaking Panel
A long list of House appointments is announced including chairs and members for judiciary, education, agriculture, finance, and other committees. Notable choices include Rear Admiral Cowles as chairman of the woman suffrage and education panels, and various legislators from Waterbury New Haven and Hartford areas. The roster covers districts such as Windham Waterford Fairfield Meriden and Norwalk with many names across towns and cities.
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Saker Walsh
Roggers
King of
Windham
Huxford
Geary
Waterford
Healey
Waterbury
Cowles
Agriculture
Treat
We Appropriations
North Haven
Morgan
Fairfield
Hall
New Britain
Wright
Pomfret
Alvord
Torrington
Banks
Feck
Stratford
Birdseye
Meriden
Blakeslee
Bridgeport
Chitsey
East Haven
Hoyt
Darien
Capitol Furniture and Grounds
Covert
Sherwood
Westpost
Chagnon
Smith
Manchester
Steyns
Berlin
Chew
Fulton
Salisbury
Chidsey
Watkins
Norwalk
Kenealy
Stamford
Braman
Fitzhenry
Goss
New London
Leste
Enfield
Hill
Huntington
Turney
Windsor
Gaillard
New Haven
Wilcox
Portland
Strong
Winchester
Ripley
Excise
Orange
Rogers
Meeih
Middletown
Walters
Cheshire
Caine
Naugatuck
Bailey
Danbury
Frazier
Cromwell
Shaw
Red
Wheeler
Watertown
Humane Institutions
Meech
Talcott of
Vernon
McCarthy
Ince
Thompson of
Somers
Leete
Davis
Danbhry
Morehouse
Beckwith
West Hartford
Candee
Keneally
Connery
Redding
Labor
Prisk
Wallingford
Howard
Union
Birdsey
Waterury
Barnes
Southington
Rudd
Maydwell
Holt
Hall of
Willington
Rules
House
Chatfield
Woluntown
Gool
Reilly
Col George Robbins Dead in Noroton at 74
Col George Robbins longtime superintendent at Fitch Home for Soldiers Noroton died after a brief illness at age 74. He organized the Women's Relief Corps for Connecticut G A R posts and served in Company K 16th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. Funeral held Saturday from Noroton home chapel with interment in Plainville.
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George Robbins
Norwalk
Fitch
Noroton
Women’s Relief Corps
Plainville
Army of 500000 men urged to enforce treaty terms
Washington January 16 secretary of war Baker told the house military affairs committee that a permanent regular army of 500000 men is needed to meet the possibility the United States may have to enforce treaty terms. The bill proposing this army size was presented to committee members for the first time.
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U. S
Washington
America
United States
Baker
House Military Affairs Committee
Congress
House
Units Assigned for Return from Washington in Convoy Home
General March announces that about 614 officers and 14,221 men of the American expeditionary forces are assigned to an early convoy home from Washington. The move reflects a planned demobilization and orderly return of troops.
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Washington
General March
Fighting Near Kolmar in German Province of Posen
Bitter fighting developed on Tuesday near Foluar in the German province of Posen. Advices from Berlin today say Poles were said to have suffered heavy losses.
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Kolmar
Foluar
Posen
Berlin
Seventy-Year-Old Couple Recovers with Kidney Pills
A septuagenarian couple from Pennsylvania suffered kidney trouble and rheumatic pains. After trying Kidney Pills, both found relief and recovery, noting long years of illness prior to treatment.
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Aswe
International News Service seals London Daily Express alliance
New York report says a major pact gives the International News Service exclusive US and Canada re publication rights to the full London Daily Express and London Sunday Express news. The agreement permits simultaneous publication of ES dispatches in Europe for London Express and bans other US services from using those specials.
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New York
International News
London Daily
London
The
Express
International News Service
United States
Canada
London Daily Express
London Sunday Express
Europe
London Express
Casualty Lists Report 743 Names in Washington DC
Two army casualty lists released in Washington DC on January 16 list 743 names across categories including killed in action 43 died of wounds 16 died from accident and other causes 29 died in airplane accident 1 died of disease 0 wounded severely 345 wounded degree undetermined 55 wounded slightly 40 missing in action 5 Connecticut names appear in sections listing Adolph Geidel Lawrence Day Lowell Peter Gibbons Gaetano Berardi Anders G Johnson and others from New Britain Newtown Shelton Willimantic Waterbury Washington Conn.
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Washington, D. C
Otter Pruror Sonnecks
Connecticut
Adolph Geidel
New Britain
Lawrence Day
Lowell
Newtown
Peter T. Gibbons
Shelton
Longo Rozario
Willimantic
Gaetano Berardi
Waterbury
Mrs Lebaudy Held Pleads Not Guilty to Murder
Mrs Marie Augustine Lebaudy was arraigned in Hempstead before Justice Jones on a first degree murder charge for shooting and killing her wealthy common law husband Jacques Lebaudy at their Westbury home. She pleaded not guilty and was held without bail, later taken to Mineola jail as the grand jury continues its investigation.
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Hempstead
L. L
Marie Augustine Lebaudy
Jacques Lebaudy
Westbury
Justice Jones
Mms. Lebaudy
Mineola
The Undespised Penny in 1918 US Coinage Rise
The United States minted 307 614 000 one cent pieces in 1918, a wartime record. From 1907 to 1916 annual penny output averaged 100 million, with 1918 driven by small change needs for war taxes and rising prices. The penny’s scarcity and ubiquity reflect broader economic forces and price signals shaping daily commerce.
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New York World
United States
Gulf
Gold Coast
Property Exempt From Taxation In 1917 Rises Nationwide
Hartford report shows 1917 exempt property nationwide totaling 200,281,957 dollars, up 19 percent since 1914. Soldiers and blind people's exemptions fell 16.8 percent, while tree plantations and towns saw large gains. Middlesex county towns follow state trends.
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Hartford
Middlesex County
Betty Buttons Keeps Them Trim in Occupation Germany
Miss Helen Besler of Plainfield New Jersey daughter of W G Besler president of Central Railroad of New Jersey attached to the Y M C A entertainment branch in Germany has won praise from officers and doughboys for her stage work and for spotting loose buttons. Known as Betty Buttons she lectured offenders during dances and danced with the Prince of Wales four times at Coblenz. Besler and her stage partner Viola Mayer have entertained troops before and after armistice. Mayer later met her brother Frank in Europe and they dined in a Coblenz village while reading a letter from their parents hoping for a reunion.
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Army of Occupation
Betty Buttons
Prince of Wales
Coblenz
Miss Besler
Frank
Sergat
415Th
Europe
The Mightiest Animal and William Serviss Whale Article
Gar r ett P Serviss promotes whale as human food claiming a 50 foot whale weighs 50 tons and yields meat like 100 steers or 500 sheep. He says whale meat rivals beefsteak and praises roast whale with a heart weighing one to one and a half tons. The piece ends with the author planning to try it himself. Leonard and Britton to fight for 15000 prize in Denver on February 22.
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Portland Evening Express
Garrett P. Serviss
Women in Business and Health Remedies
Women entering many lines of business to replace drafted men show strong American power. Health became a key asset but many suffered nervous strain. The message promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a forty five year remedy for women to restore health and strength.
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America
Lydia E. Pinkham
Papes Cold Compound Delivers Fast Relief For Cold
A traditional remedy promises break up grippe misery in a few hours with a dose every two hours for three doses. It claims to clear nasal passages, halt discharge, ease headache and feverish symptoms, and costs only a few cents at any drug store. Ensure you obtain the genuine product.
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Pape
Mixed Stock Moves in New York and Chicago Fobbing Market
Mixed stock actions in New York with gains for United Cigar Stores Ajax Rubber and others while railroads weakened. Marine and Bethlehem Steel showed strength, with several issues climbing before afternoon gains broadened. Chicago corn, oats, and pork futures closed with modest changes as market activity remained lively.
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New York
United Cigar Stores
Ajax Rubber
American
Crucible Steel
International Nickel
Studebaker
Marine Preferred
Steel Common
Southern Pacific
Bethlehem Steel B
Marine
Mexican Petroleum
Women wear longer skirts to draw men’s eyes to hats
A Columbia Record quip suggests that if women extend their skirt lengths, it is likely so men will notice their hats. The witticism frames fashion as a social cue and reflects lighthearted gendered style commentary of its time.
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Columbia Record
Womn
Waterbury tax payment method bill in house actions
Hartford Jan 16 House moves in new business: a bill changing the method of paying taxes in Waterbury. Resolutions introduce Samuel S Young as Stamford city court judge J H Kirkham as assistant judge in New Britain Robert L Munger as Ansonia judge Howard W Curtis Stratford town court. A bill seeks to raise state trade schools appropriation from 150000 to 200000 and another would let towns and boroughs issue motor vehicle markers via post offices.
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House
Hartford
Waterbury
Samuel S. Young
Stamford
J. H. Kirkham
New Britain
Robert L. Munger
Ansonia
Howard W. Curtis
Stratford
Vermont Senate Ratifies Federal Prohibition Amendment
Montpelier Vermont January 16 The Vermont state senate ratified the federal prohibition amendment by a vote of 24 to 4 this afternoon The house referred the measure to a committee for consideration.
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Vermont Senate
Montpelier
Vermont State Senate
House
Clearing House Statement
New York issued a clearing house statement with figures for Sub-treasury credit 2 469 582 exchanges 965 988 257 balances 76 982 057.
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Clearing House
New York
Sub-treasury Credit
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