Packing interests fight proposed acts before Congress today
Washington on January 23 Swift of Swift & Co and Armour officials testified before the House interstate and foreign commerce committee. They argued current bills would raise food costs and cripple packing operations while denying packers a fair hearing. Levy Mayer for Swift said licensing provisions were tyrannical and unconstitutional, warning against allowing the president control over private industry.
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Washington
Hulifs
Congress
Sims
Kendrick
Louis F. Swift
Itt & Co
House Committee On Interstate Foreign Commerce
Fecal Trade Commission
J. Tien Armour
Armour
Swift Brand
The
Trade Commission
Francis J. E
Swift
Con- Levy Mayer
Swift & Co
House
Mayer
Hoover Defends Himself As Friend Of Packers
Hoover responds to criticism alleging friendship with Chicago packers. He cites Swift & Co. profits loss blamed on food administration and recalls October joint conference with farmers, small and big packers, and allied delegates to set pork export prices for a square deal. He argues wartime arrangements aided farmers and asks release from them as Britain seeks similar relief.
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Paris
Herbert Hoover
American Senate
Chicago Packers
Swift& Co
Food Administration
Packers
Yale appoints Mees and Baur to new Yale posts amid gifts
Yale announced several faculty moves and substantial gifts. Everett V. Mees jumps from Cornell to Yale as architecture professor, and Paul V. C. Baur becomes archaeology curator. Harold J. Laski named Harvard lecturer. Donations include 80000 for a physiology lab, 25000 for the Mary E Pinchot fund, 3000 for Antioch excavations, and 10000 for a religious education library endowment. Moropus skeleton secured by Peabody Museum.
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New Haven
Yale
Everett V. Mees
Cornell University
Paul V. Cc. Baur
Washington
Admiral Chester
Mather A. Abbott
Naval Training Unit
Major Welldon
Bailie
Harold J. Laski
Harvard
Physiological Laboratory
Howard H. Spaulding
Benjamin H. Throop
J. Ogden Armour
Gifford Pinchot
Mary E. Pinchot
Forestry School
Antioch
Asia Minor
Department of Religious Education
School of Religion
E. H. Sneath
Robert W. Kelley
Frazer
University of Minnesota
Boynton W. McFarland
Peabody Museum
Procrastination's Value in Daily Life
A Florida Times-Union remark notes that delaying actions can spare a person from embarrassment or folly, illustrating procrastination as a practical guardian against snap judgments and rash deeds.
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Florida Times-Union
Frugal Friday Specials Highlight Deli Bargains
Friday specials feature APPLE WHIP LAYER CAKE 35 CTS macaroni and cheese baked beans potato salad all at 20 CTS per pound crab salad 35c per lb chicken patties dainty disc cookies several kinds 12 cts per dozen fish cakes ready to fry 50 cts per dozen 15c per lb.
Guaranteed Eggs and Bread Ad with Pickaninny Buns
An old advertisement promotes guaranteed eggs at 63 cents a dozen and features a slogan urging customers to try Bab in Bread and delicious Pickaninny buns. The language reflects period promotional copy and childlike branding aimed at shoppers.
Stock Quotation Movements Open Market Mixed in New York
At opening the stock market showed fractional gains for most issues before a early decline. Mexican Petroleum touched 166 8 on a quick drop, Steel common rose then fell, Bethlehem Steel B slid, and Marine preferred fluctuated, with several large sell orders in steel common aiding a later rally. Grain closed higher with corn and oats futures up, while pork and rib futures varied. An unrelated Washington Star quip remarks on effort and consequence.
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New York
Jan
Mexican Petroleum
Steel Common
Bethlehem Steel B
Southern Pacific
Inspiration
Marine Preferred
Marine
Dirigible cafes will serve booze in the air
Morris Cove Conn Jan 23 Proponent Charles Walsh foresees a bone dry law evaded by airborne saloons. He envisions large dirigibles with bars and platforms, air brew houses, and luxury cruising cafes stacked with liquors, promising high prices and new flight logistics as financiers show interest.
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Morris Cove
Conn
Charles Walsh
Walsh
Thaw
France
Connecticut
D. T
Dirigible Breweries
Mr. Walsh
Hima 7
Rapa
Biltmore
Tax Collector Arrested in Harwich for Shortage
Harwich Massachusetts January 23 1919 Clarence S Burgess town tax collector for 1917 and 1918 was arrested at his home on a charge of short in his accounts with the town. State authorities who have been reviewing the books with town officials estimate the shortage could reach twenty eight thousand dollars. Many New York and Boston summer residents keep homes there and the tax revenue is substantial.
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Harwich
Mas
Clarence S. Burgess
New York
Boston
Fruit-A- tives Liver Tablets Claim Cure for Constipation
In Boston, Mass, James J Royall reports lasting relief from constipation dizziness and headaches after using Fruit-A-Tives Liver Tablets. He bought 24 boxes after starting with one and notes his condition becoming perfect. Sold at 6 for 2.50 or 25c trial size. Produced by Fruit-A-Tives Limited Ot Edursburg, N Y.
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Waast
Boston
Mass
JAS. J. Royall
Fruit-A-Tives Limited
Ogdensburg
Of One Mind Romantic Youth and Bored Beauty Dialog
A playful exchange frames a youth longing for knightly days and a companion’s witty retort. The dialogue hints at romance and admiration between two speakers named Youth and Beauty.
Restless at Night Warns of Kidney Trouble Relief
Sufferers describe nocturnal restlessness from kidney trouble with backache joint pains and muscle aches. E W Kitt of Shorters Alabama reports Foley Kidney Pills eased his pain and endorses the medicine for kidney trouble as sold everywhere.
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E.W. Kitt
Bonds Stocks Loans Curities Bought and Sold
Market listing notes bonds stocks and loans available for purchase with full information supplied.
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Full Informa
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Ike Armour
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Kelly Busy Corner Co
Chicago
Lord
Ribs
Uncle Bill
Washington Star
ACG & WI
Alaska Gold
Am Sugar
Amer Tel & Tel
Am Smelter
Ates Fe Am Car Foundry
Balt & Ohio
Butte & Sup
Cile ‘Coppers
Col. Fuel
C&o
Can Pac
Et Erie Ee
Erie
Northern
Ill. Cent
Interboro
Pfd
Kennecott
Louis & Nash
Mexican Pet
Miami Copper
Norfolk & West
National Lead
North Pacific
Y Centra Nynh
Press St Car
Penna
Peoples Gas
Republic
Chie Rel & Pac
Sou Pac
St Paul
UN Pac
U S$ Steel
U S Steel Pfd
Utah Copper
Westinghouse
Aenea
Silesia
Berlin
Tion
the Jackson. Co
Court St
Middletown
Swift & Company Union Stock Yards
Illinois
Swift & Company
U.S. A
Our Furnishing Dept
Middletown National Bank
Main Street
Uncle Sam
Farmers & Mechanics Savings Bank
Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank
Russell
Russell Bros
Richter & CO
Hartford
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