Crillon Bar Closed by Peace Mission in Paris
The peace mission in Paris closed the Crillon bar at the hotel in Place de la Concorde. American officers and staff secured the cellar, opened a candy and tobacco stand in the lobby, and issued passes for Americans to enter the Crillon, amid rising prices for cigarettes and cigars and questions in the American colony. In Dublin, authorities anticipate an early Home Rule bill in the new Parliament with possible Ulster concessions.
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Ican
United States
Place de la Con
Paris
George
Crillon
Havana
New York
Boston
Maxim’s
Dublin
Ulster
Lord Middletown
Ireland
President to Visit Albert and Battlefields in Europe
Paris reports President Wilson will visit Belgium’s King Albert and tour Lens and Armentieres before returning to Washington in about 15 days. The note comes from French writer Marcel Hutin. Also an advertisement notes butter at 69c per pound from Russell Bros at 324 Main St.
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Albert
Paris
Washington
Wilson
King Albert
Belgium
Lens
Armentieres
Marcel Hutin
Cut This Out It Is Worth Money Campaign Slip
Advertisement urging readers to mail five cents with a cutout slip to Foley & Co. in Chicago for a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets, claimed for coughs colds rheumatism backache kidney ailments and constipation and biliousness.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Prices of food are coming down
Washington reports a downward trend in food prices with Louis F Swift of Swift & Co stating large wartime meat stocks may yield losses for packers but benefit consumers. He noted high prewar costs for raw materials and anticipated shipments reopening as hostilities ease, while insisting meat supply could not sustain a week for the population.
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Washington
Louis F. Swift
Swift & Co
International News Service Today
Food Administration
Swift
Senate
WETS HOPES STIRRED ABOARD PROHIBITION REFERENDUM
New York January thirtieth The Distillers Association of America issues a statement asserting that Frank L Polk acting secretary of state has not yet bindingly proclaimed ratification of the prohibition amendment. The group cites a 90 day referendum window in twenty two states where petitions may force voter vote. Fourteen states still in session and not yet in the 90 day window may invoke referenda. the distillers urge immediate action to let the people decide on state powers and liberties.
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New York
Frank L. Polk
Distillers’ Asociation of America
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Idaho
Maine
Michigan
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
Ohio
Utah
Oregon
Washington
200000 Americans to stay in France in army
In Paris a prominent American in Paris says at least 200000 Americans now in the army will remain in France. The majority stay to marry French women, while others stay because they are charmed by French life and see opportunities for American energy.
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Paris
France
McKinley Day Observed by Canton School Children
Canton Ohio marked McKinley day with school exercises to honor the late president whose home was in Canton. George B Cortelyou, former presidential private secretary and Roosevelt era secretary, sent a floral wreath for the McKinley mausoleum.
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Canton
O. Canton
McKinley
President McKinley
George B. Cortelyou
New York
Roosevelt
Restoring Gilt Frames Exchange Guide
To restore gilt frames use a soft brush to remove dust and apply a mixture of one egg white and half an ounce of chloride of potassa with a soft brush. Scientific American advises cleansing gilt frames in beer to avoid tarnish.
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Scientific American
First cargo from Greece reaches New York harbor
For the first time since the war began a steamship arrived this afternoon with a commercial cargo from Greece. The British steamer James Carnivalena from Salonika brought currants tobacco and liquor to New York.
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Greece
New York
James Carnivalena
Salonika
Lenten season impacts Liberty Loan campaign dates
The treasury is considering delaying the Liberty Loan campaign from April 6 to April 21 due to Lent. A final decision has not been reached as of Jan 30 in Washington.
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Gton
Treasury
Bost
Telegraph lines will be scrapped by wireless rise
Rep Steenerson of Minnesota predicts wireless radio will replace telegraph and telephone wires within a year. He says Americans will largely ignore ordinary wires as wireless advances continue. He suggests major companies may sell assets to the government if allowed to invest in wireless systems.
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Washington
Steenerson
Minnesota
Post Office Committee
Merchant Marine Committee
Steeverson
Western Union Company
American Telegraph & Telephono Co
Postal Company
Roosevelt Memorials Proposed in House Bills
Rep. Hicks of New York and Rep. Farr of Pennsylvania introduced bills for Theodore Roosevelt memorials. Hicks aims to build a Washington museum of arts and history costing up to 5 million dollars. Farr seeks a memorial plan by a commission including war and navy secretaries and library committee chairs with a 250 thousand dollar cost.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
House
Hicks
New York
Farr
Pennsylvania
Secretaries of War and Navy
Senate
House Library
Keeping The Classics Dead
Discussion on how editors and teachers affect appreciation of classics by removing stale air. Argues that low paid, morally dignified authority breeds nastiness and that inflated professors, especially German gentry, stultify engagement with the classics.
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The
New Republic
Wilson Recognizes Paderewski Regime In Poland
Washington reports that the United States will recognize the Paderewski coalition regime in Poland, aiming to solidify support for Paderewski in upcoming elections. Polish officials praise the move as stabilizing, while Polish delegates are apportioned among regions with a 425-member constitutional convention planned and women voting freely.
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Washington
Paaree
Poland
Lansing
Paderewski
John F. Smultski
Chicago
America
Arso
United States
Russia
Paris
Congress Kingdom
Russian Poland
Galicia
Prussian Poland
Silesia
Warsaw
Pilsudski
Baron Kondo Heads Japanese Trade Advisory for Paris Conference
Baron Rompei Kondo, a leading Japanese industrialist and president of Nippon Yusen Kaisha, leaves Chicago for New York en route to Paris to lead the Japanese advisory committee on trade relations at the peace conference. He predicts a major rise in U S Japan and Orient trade improving political ties. In Montreal, W E Stavert, noted banker with the Bank of Nova Scotia, is reported knighted by the British empire for his financial leadership.
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Baron Kondo
Paris
Chicago
Baron Rompei Kondo
Japan
New York
Nippon Yusen Kaisha Steamship Co
Pacific
United States
Orient
Montreal
W. E. Stavert
Order of the
Bank of Nova Scotia
Boston
Russell Bros Creamery Ad Promotes Butter Price
Russell Bros at 324 Main St advertises butter at 59 cents a pound and highlights their creamery product as the best. The short notice appears as a local storefront promotion in period advertisement style.
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Russell’s
Russell Bros
Main St
Medicines Used by Monks in Ancient Days
Monks reportedly knew over three hundred medicinal plant species used for remedies. Centuries later, many modern medicines rely on field roots and herbs, including Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, a longtime standard remedy for female ills for more than forty years.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Blizzard Rips Through City 25 Years Ago
A 25 year old column recalls a blizzard with 44 mph winds, heavy snow drifts, and many trees down. Schools met only once since Monday as sleigh bells return. Bank burglaries and local civic notes appear including new cashier Revilo C. Markham. The Middletown Wheel Club hosts a social, fire dept officers are re elected, and the Hotchkiss block on Main and Green is finished. Milk supply expands with 30 local milkmen versus two years earlier.
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George Noxon
First National Bank
Portland
Middletown Wheel Club
Revilo C. Markham
Central National Bank
Henry B. Starr
St. Aloysius T. A. B. Society
Cody & Smith
Middletown Fire Department
F. W. Willey
Nathan Smith
George S. Pitt
Hotchkiss
Green
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