Bigger Navy Bill Pass Likely in 65th Congress
The naval affairs committee signals final vote on a large appropriations bill for 1919 20. Daniels program gains support from Kelley and Padgett amid opposition by Butler Browning. Debate centers on ship numbers cost and the League of Nations defense policy. Mayo defends a bigger navy as essential for American interests at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Affairs Committee
Reed
Thomas 8. Butler
Pennsylvania
William J. Browning
New Jersey
Daniels
Atlantic
Pacific
Navy
Patrick H. Kelley
Michigan
Kelley
Lemuel H Padgett
Tennessee
Butler
Browning
Congress
League of Nations
Friends of
Admiral Mayo
Navy Department
Mayo
America
The New World and Aluminum Coin News
The piece envisions a hopeful postwar world with broader peace and unity. It notes soldiers finding purpose beyond self and a future where demobilized troops aid national renewal. Also reports Africa adopting aluminum coins for circulation in Uganda and Nigeria, with 1 and 2 mill values and unique perforations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Africa
Uganda
Unfortunate Illustration Exchange Wit and Wiggish Riff
A fragment shows Wiggs asking Wagge about metempsychosis and the afterlife, with Wagge mishearing and a retort about finding a home in another body. The dialogue hints at belief in the soul inhabiting a new body after death, framed as a light exchange.
Elsie DeWolf Returns From France With Influenza Cure
Miss Elsie DeWolf of New York returns from 21 months in France with the Abbrinea mission aboard the La Lorraine. She brings a claimed influenza remedy she says is wonderful and has submitted it to the New York city board of health. She recalls ruined northern France with towns erased and placards marking former sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie DeWolf
France
New York
Abbrinea Mission
la Lorraine
Miss DeWolf
New York City Board of Health
Noyen
Death of William N. Clark in Chester
Word of the death reaches Chester for William N. Clark who ran M.S. Brooks & Sons. Burial will be in Laural Hill cemetery at 1 o’clock. Also notes on local drills, visits, letters from France, new job, church service, and a public meat sale with local ads.
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Chester
William N. Clark
Clark
M.S. Brooks & Sons
Laural Hill
Charles E. Shipman
New London
J. B. Spencer
Boston
C. E. Harding
John Kennedy
Al’en
France
Germany
James Cone
Pratt, Read & Co
Deep River
St. Luke’s Mission
Main Street
Middletown
Meat to blame for kidney trouble claim
A notel authority warns daily meat intake forms uric acid that overruns kidneys. Symptoms include dull kidney ache, back pain, headaches, dizziness, sour stomach, coated tongue, rheumatic twinges, cloudy urine with sediment. Recommends Jad Salts four ounces in water daily to flush kidneys and neutralize acids.
Obsolete phrases marked by the war in Kansas City Star
The Kansas City Star notes how many prewar expressions have become obsolete after the war. It cites lines about raising an army overnight and building a coastal wall, calling them relics now in the morgue of old English literature. Also mentions price drops like butter at Russell Bros. 324 Main St. adv. $11
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star
Star
Congress
Jerry Simpson
Kansas
United States
B. Russell Bros
Main St
Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets praised in Daily Health Talks
Dr Pierce of Buffalo is celebrated for his public health work and remedies. The article extols his Pleasant Pellets made from Mayapple aloe and jalap root, claiming they gently move the bowels without harsh after effects and can renew vitality by cleansing the intestines.
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Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
America
Dr. Pierce
Doctor Pierce
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Creamery
Baker’s Cocoa
Switzer
Russell Bros
Main
Stueck’s Bakery
Fairbury Creamery
Pillsbury’s
Monitor
Campbell’s
York State
California
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Mazda
Colgate’s
Libby
College St
Smith & Quirk, Crocen
Odd Fellows
Bacon Brothers
Herrmann’s
Butter and Egg Store
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Young America Muenster
Limburger
Phil
Cream
Neufchatel
Pimento
McLaren Imperial
Florida
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