Study of Prison Labor Competition Begins Nationwide
A nationwide survey into the effects of convict and free labor on industry opened May 28. Howard B. Gill heads the Domestic Commerce division study and will seek advisory input as work progresses. The inquiry weighs prison made goods against free market competition and includes representatives from major industries and labor groups.
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Department
Howard B. Gill
Gill
Hoover
Federal
Department of Justice
Aoe
F. D. Bristley
Royal Baking Power Company
J. H. Miller
Washington Brick & Terra Cotta Company
B. Clay Miller
Daniel Miller Company
Arthur Davenport
Sweet Copany
M. R. Alden
Millis
Mass
F. Cribben
Cone Export & Commission Company
E. W
American Federatation of Labor
John J. Manning
Nion
American Federation of Labor
J. York
William Butterworth, Deere & Company
Moline
Beauty of Ever Renewing Youth Advertisement
An old advertisement touts a mercorized wax process as a method to renew complexion by absorbing aging skin. It promises a healthy undercolor, comparing it to robust girlhood and claiming immediate effects with nightly application and morning washing. The copy emphasizes removing dull skin rather than masking it and markets a one-ounce tin available in stores.
Blood Power Claims Cure for Rheumatism Ad Boosts Red Cells
An advertisement promises relief from rheumatism by increasing blood power and red blood cell counts. It asserts blood poverty is the cause, claims impurities are removed, and touts a product priced at $5.8 that acts as a blood cleanser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Crossword Puzzle Notes and Clues From Sunday Page
An old newspaper puzzle lists vertical and horizontal clues with wordplay hints. The grid includes numerous definitions for common, obscure, and puzzleworthy terms spanning topics from anatomy to geography and language elements.
Portland to honor French martyr with replica statue
A replica of Emmanuel Fremier's equestrian Jeanne d Arc statue will be unveiled in Portland on Jeanne d Arc Day May 30. Donor Dr. Henry Waldo Coe funded the bronze, with the new statue to stand along a busy East Side street.
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Portland
Ore
Emmanuel Fremier
Jeanne d’Arc
Place d’Rivoli
Paris
Fremier
Coe
Fremiet
Joan
Jeanne
France
Dr. Coe
East Side
Theodore Roosevelt
Lincoln
Washingto
John McLoughlin
Oregon Country
Coal operators blamed for flooding market at annual dinner
In Cincinnati at the American Mining Congress dinner, coal operators were reproached for sending large coal quantities to an already over stocked market. Harry L. Gandy stated the soft coal issue, E W Parker supported the hard coal claim, and J F Callbreath accused operators of mining coal then selling it into surplus.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Associated Press
American Mining Congress
Harry L. Gandy
Washington
National Coal Association
E. W. Parker
Philadelphia
Anthracite Bureau of Information
J. F. Callbreath
Maidenly Modesty in Flapper Era Appeals to Moral Reform
In Coalville England Father Degen denounces unchaperoned street courtship as ruinous to marriage urging a return to maidenly modesty. In New York Central High of Oklahoma City wins 100 prize in a health play contest. second prize goes to Central High of St Paul and third to Egan High School with several honorable mentions.
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Coalville
Eng
England
Father Degen
Father Deken
New York
Associated Press
Central High School
Oklahoma City
Okla
National Tuberculosis Association
Minneapolis
Central ‘High School of
St. Paul
Minn
Egan High School of
Egan
Egan, 8. D
O'Keefe
Atlanta, Ga
Hopking High School
Hopkins, Minn
Wheeling High School
Wheeling
W. Va
U.S. Grant High School
Portland
Ore
Leon High School
Tallahassee
Fla
Belgian sportsman takes over as IOC president
Prague May 29 Count Genri de Baillet Latour succeeds Baron Pierre de Coubertin as president of the international Olympic committee after a second ballot. The Belgian leader becomes head of the revived games, honoring Coubertin's legacy and hinting at future Olympic plans.
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Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Associated Press
Genri de Baillet-Latour
Belgium
Pierre de Coubertin
Origins of the Bobbed Hair Fashion in Film
The film portrays how bobbed hair began shaping fashion as many stylish girls already adopt the style. The scene highlights shifts in beauty norms and social perceptions during the era.
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Nonious
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James Ss. Sheemy
International News Service
Vienna
J. T. White R, M. L. Dominick
Dauphin and
Conception
Simon’s Shoe Store
NEAR
Haddon
Atlantic City
Chalfonte
Haddon Hall
Leeds and Lippincott Company
Servce
Dime Messenger
ST. Francis ST
Peor
Ze Reves
Beke
Lucy Jane Leasieeabel
Paris Ere
Odels
HE Bell Telephone Organization
Alabama
Birmingham
W. E. Bare
Southern Bell, Telephone and Telegraph
C' Company
Bell Telephone
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