Unusual U S Strikes and Lockouts Rise in Six Months
Washington reports unusually high strikes and lockouts across the nation with 1,069 in six months and 268 in April. The surge stems from war order labor demand and wage pressures amid a labor shortage from reduced immigration. metal trades led, with New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Ohio most affected.
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Washington
United States
New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Granger Liver Regulator Promoted as Health Aid
A wartime style advertisement urges early treatment of liver and bowel issues to prevent serious illness. It links sallow skin, pimples, bad breath, dizziness, and loss of appetite to digestive problems and touts Granger Liver Regulator as a safe vegetable remedy sold in large tin boxes for 25 cents.
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Granger Liver Regulator
Allen's Foot-Ease advertisement claims comfort for tired feet
The antiseptic powder relieves pain from corns bunions blisters and sore spots. It promises rest for dancing parties patent leather shoes and new shoes. Sold everywhere 25c with a free trial package offered by Allen S Olmsted Le Roy NY.
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Allen
Adyhena Allen S
Start Campaign For Daylight Saving Bill
A coalition of labor, merchant, association, and city department representatives in New York launched a campaign for the Borland bill to move the nation’s clocks ahead one hour. They cited potential savings of 1.6 million dollars annually in lighting and noted precedents in England Germany Austria-Hungary Cleveland and Detroit. A committee was formed to promote national adoption of the plan.
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New York
Congress
Marks
New York City
England
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Cleveland
Detroit
House defeats naval bill amendments on battle cruisers
In Washington on May 30 the House rejected an amendment to add six battle cruisers, voting 109 to 83 along party lines. Chairman Padgett said the five cruisers proposed would be superior to Germany's eight ships. Separately, the House defeated a bid to add two battleships 130 to 114, and amended the bill to include fifty submarines instead of twenty, by 114 to 104.
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Washington
Naval Committee
House
Padgett
Germany
Secretary of the Navy
Immigration on the Rise as Arrivals Grow in March
Washington reported 27,000 aliens admitted in March, up 11 percent from February and 48 percent from March last year. Italy sent 3,810 immigrants, Greece 2,913, England 2,584, Mexico 2,299, and the Nordic countries 2,033. Germans numbered 1,070.
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Washington
United States
Department of Labor
Italy
Greece
England
Mexico
Sympathetic Woman Promotes Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
A sympathetic woman who has found relief from suffering offers help to others, fueling the immense sale of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The medicine is popular nationwide as women share its benefits with friends and neighbors.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Heated discussion over drive to right ordinance in city commission
The city commission clashed Tuesday over a drive to the right ordi nance with the Automobile Club traffic committee pressing action. Mayor Lyons and Commissioners Pillans Schwarz debated amendments north of Broad street and Dauphin St. The measure was tabled and the board agreed to revisit the ordinance later after further talks.
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The
Automobile Club
Dauphin Street
Lyons
L. G. Adama
Pillans
Lyons I0
Detroit
Mobile
Schwarz
Broad Streets
Water Street
Dauphin
St. Francis
Broad Street
Innes Case Prosecution Seeks Homicide Link
In Atlanta on May 30 the trial of Victor B. Innes for fraud against Eloise Nelms Dennis heard a bid to prove homicide as part of the case. Prosecutors sought to show Innes and his wife killed Mrs. Dennis and her sister Beatrice Nelms. the judge ruled such evidence inadmissible.
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Atlanta
Victor B. Innes
Innes
Eloise Nelms Dennis
Dennis
Beatrice Nelms
San Antonio
Benjamin Hill
Hill
Nelms
Mobile City retires Series A paving bonds total 65000
The Mobile city commission announced the retirement of paving bonds series A totaling 65000 dollars. The plan, approved at the Tuesday meeting, fixes June 1 1916 as the payoff date at par with specified interest disbursements and a 114 percent premium on series L bonds.
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City of
Mobile
Pat J. Lyons
City Commission
Board of Commissioners
American Exchange National Bank of
New York City
Skating Race at Coli seum Ends in Narrow Ross Thrower Victory
Last night at the Coli seum rink Ross Thrower and C B Harris staged a close roller race. Harris led at the gun but Thrower overtook him in the second lap. The two battled to the finish with Harris edging ahead by six inches in a record time of 1:5.
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Coliseum
Ross Trower
C.be. Harris
Harris
Thower
Thrower
Eee En Harris
Aeana
Impeachment Proceedings Lined Up Against Sheriff Daniel
Alabama reports indicate impeachment actions will be filed against P. M. Daniel sheriff of Russell county. Attorney General Martin said he planned to draft papers and expects the governor to order proceedings. Prohibition enforcement failures form the charge.
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Montgomery
Ala
P. M. Daniel
Russell County
Daniel
Martin
Girard
Pittsview
G. J. Hubbard
T. C C. Locke
Camel and elephant haul ten ton load in Sheffield streets
In Sheffield a large mercantile house yoked two camels and an elephant to a dray to combat horse scarcity. The trio handles a ten ton load with ease, performing the work of eight horses and becoming a fixture on the city streets.
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London
Sheffield
Wonderful Skin and Wrinkle Removers Listed Promises
The article promotes absorption-based skin treatment using mercuryized wax applied nightly and washed off in the morning to reveal a younger complexion. It also touts saxolite wrinkle removing formula with a prepared powder dissolved in hazel water to erase wrinkles and crow's feet, claiming safety and magical effects.
Thousands greet Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill support rally
Hundreds of people arrived by three special trains from New York to Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay for a Roosevelt rally. Theodore Roosevelt urged new citizens and old stock alike to embrace full American loyalty, while the crowd moved past his house and a porch collapsed without injuries.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
New York
Sagamore Hill
Theodore Roosevelt
Seventh Regiment Band
Army and Navy
Richard M. Hurd
Roosevelt
Lincoln
Colonel Roosevelt
Four Die As Auto Struck By Train Near Statham Georgia
Four persons died and two were seriously injured when a Seaboard Air Passenger train collided with an automobile at a grade crossing two miles south of Statham Georgia. The dead include Mrs. W. B. Hardesty of Orlando Florida Mrs. J. W. Peppers of Statham Georgia George Littlefield of Jefferson Georgia and an 18 month old child of Mrs. Hardesty.
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Statham
Seaboard Air
Here
W. B. Hardesty
Orlando
Fla
J. W. Peppers
George Littlefield
Jefferson, Ga
Hardesty
Cleaner kidneys with hot water and Anuric claim
Advertisement-style notice touts hot water before meals and Anuric as a cure for uric acid buildup causing rheumatism lumbago and backache. It urges daily sweating drinking water and open air activity and promotes Doctor Pierce's Anuric from Buffalo NY with a dollar full treatment or ten cents for a trial package.
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Wen
Pierce
Doctor Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
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