President backs tariff commission plan in push for new body
President Wilson told Chairman Kitchin he favors creating a tariff commission and will seek a bill this session. A non partisan panel would collect facts for congress, with debate over whether to combine powers with the federal trade commission or establish a separate agency. White House aides expect a formal announcement soon.
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Washington
Wilson
Kitchin
Ways and Means Committee
Tariff Commission
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
White House
Trade Commission
Unemployed in Paris Shrinks Since War Start
Paris reports a drop in total unemployment from 220,000 at the war start to 79,447 as of now. The decline reflects labor shifts among both men and women amid wartime demands.
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Paris
Simple Home Treatment for Rupture Demonstration
Rupture sufferers in this city and nearby may witness a remarkable demonstration of what STUART'S PLAPAO-PADS do for ruptured people at Hotel Bienville. Free trial of PLAPAO for home use offered to attendees.
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Hotel Bienville
Stuart
PLAPAD-PADS advertised as truss replacement by Babcock
Demonstrator Babcock, an authority on applying PLAPADS for hernias, will be at the Hotel Bienville Thursday Jan 27 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. offering free expert advice and home treatment trials. The ad touts PLAPAD-PADS as a self adhesive, non shifting aid that strengthens abdominal muscles to prevent rupture.
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Babcock
Europe
Hotel Bienville
Adv
Uncle Wiggily Joins the Bushytail Squirrels
Uncle Wiggily Longears quits the Littletail burrow to live with Johnnie and Billie Bushytail after his stump bungalow burns. He joins their family, shares nut treats, and helps free the brothers from large nuts stuck in their mouths with butter candy, then plans to visit further animal friends.
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Littletail
Uncle Wiggily Longears
Rabbit
Sammie
Susie Littletail
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Uncle Wiggily
Jane
Wiggily
Billie
Johnnie
Mr. Longears
Billie Bushtail
Susie
Nurse Jane
Mamma
Jennie Chipmunk
Grandpa
Grandma Lightfoot
Hollow Tree House
Squirrel Boys
Mrs. Bushytail
Uncle
Bushytail Hollow
Mechanics Lodge to Meet in Carr Street Hall
Whistler Alabama January 25 Special Mechanics Lodge No 69 IOOF will meet Tuesday night at 7 o clock in their Carr street hall. Several local residents are noted visiting and returning from trips including Henry Carpenter Des Moines IA Milas Dodds Bay Shore division Mobile and Ohio Railroad Henry Malone Gulfport MS and James D Gilchrist returning to work after pneumonia.
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Whistler
Ala
Lodge No. 69
Carr Street
Henry Carpenter
Des Moines
Charles A. Pigford
Mobile-Meridian
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Meridian
Miss
Susie Cox
Mobile
Peter Peterson
Milas Dodds
Bay Shore
Henry Malone
Gulfport
John Malone
J. A. Stanter
Robert M. Peterson
James D. Gilchrist
Chicago Tourists To Visit Mobile For Winter Tourism Interest
Dr Buell S Rogers of Chicago announces a Chicago party led by Dr G W Nevins will arrive in Mobile next week to assess health recreation and potential investment. Rogers says pleasant winter climate could attract thousands of Chicago tourists and urges local businesses to form a committee to promote Mobile.
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Buell S. Rogers
Chicago
G. W. Nevins
Mobile
Middle West
Nevius
Rogers
Battle House
J. G. Brown
F. J. Wisner
Illinois
Why Telephone Clerks Stall Requests and Streetcars Slow
A traveling salesman questions why telephone operators mis hear numbers while a city salesman asks why streetcars slow at certain cross streets. A druggist hints at possible orders tied to fire stations but cannot confirm the reason. The exchange ends with a sharp quip about a cigar.
Winter skin care with mer corized wax advice
A vintage advertisement urges using mer corized wax instead of creams to keep skin clear and soft in winter. It claims the wax cleans pores, removes scarf skin, and helps prevent wrinkles when applied at night and washed in the morning. It also mentions saxolite dissolved in hazel as an aid.
Portrait of a dying immigrant and a furniture company merger
A poor foreigner injured by an auto dies as bystanders react and a passing minister asks about faith. Separately, the Walker Furniture Co. is renamed Phillips Furniture Co. after a deal with Gower and Walker, with J. W. Phillips as president and staff retained.
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Gink
Phillips Furniture Co. Organized in Mobile
J. W. Phillips, who recently acquired the stock of the Seifert, led the organization of Phillips Furniture Co. in Mobile on Monday afternoon. The meeting formalized the company and set the stage for its furniture business expansion.
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Mobile
J. W. Phillips
Seifert
Envoy Col. House Travels From Geneva Toward Berlin
Col. E. M. House arrived in Geneva and departed for Berlin this morning at 5 o clock. He was accompanied by two secretaries from the American embassy in Berlin who joined him in Geneva.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Col. E. M. House
Berlin
Burial of Anna M Seabury at Whistler Cemetery
The body of Anna Mary Seabury, daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Seabury of Whistler, was laid to rest Sunday at Whistler cemetery amid floral tributes. Rev Heywood T Vaughan of the Baptist church officiated at the family home funeral service.
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Anna Mary
Fredbury
Whistler
Heywood T. Vaughan
B Baptist Church
E. Stauter
Elizabeth Stauter
South Broad Street
St. Matthews Church
John W. Hua
H. H. Miller
D. P. Kounts
O. S. Pistole
T. J. Landy
George W. Adams and
C. M. Kearns
War on style pirates declared by new body
New York January 25. The American Fashion Imports Association was organized to combat piracy of Parisian gown designs and to stop American manufacturers from using spurious French labels. The group aims to protect Paris models brought by leading importers and to prevent magazines from circulating sketches before importers can sell their purchases.
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New York
Impo
American Fashion Imports Association
Paris
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