President Harding presses merchant fleet bill before Congress
President Harding urged enactment of a government merchant marine bill to stop staggering losses from war-built ships and create a privately operated fleet serving national needs. He warned that current operations drain the treasury and pressed for immediate action to secure a robust U S flag on global trade and defense.
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Convention Of Interest Draws Nebraska County Officials
Nebraska county commissioners supervisors and clerks from 93 counties will meet in Omaha December 4 to 7. Phil J. Kennedy, longtime Nebraska Association and Clerks and Highway Commissioners president, says the event will feature new faces and road building machinery. The meeting will cover road funding and administration, with talks by Governor S R McKelvie and others, and topics including hail insurance amendments, tax list preparation, county clerks and register of deeds laws, raid laws, chattel mortgages, and revenue and election laws.
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Jim Dahlman
Walter W. Head
William H. Osborne
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Livestock and grain market trends report
Cattle market mostly steady to lower for the week with beef steers down up to 1.00, hogs down with packing sows and stock pigs 75c to 1.00 lower, sheep and lambs mostly lower, wheat firm on milling and export demand, corn down, visible corn supply down from last year, potatoes and butter markets mixed with steady to firm tendencies, poultry stocks higher with diverse local prices.
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Ben Quinn's Desperate Drive Ends With Broken Arm
In a reported incident from the Indian Territory, Ben Quinn recounts his perilous sequence while driving a battered car. He says the first mile was slow after drinking, the second mile improved, the last mile went very fast, then a third drink led to a saw bridge in the road and a crash.
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Ben Quinn
Bridge
Glimpses of Earthly Dust Dims Eternal Stars
A reflective passage notes how close focuses on petty wealth can obscure vast horizons and radiant earthly splendors. It discusses human tendency to cover vast eternity with a small gleam of money, drowning transcendental glory in material shine.
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Earth
Chapin
Proving It Says There’s More Than One Way of Looking
A small boy at the baseball park pole offers a quiet observation about perspective. The line from the Boston Transcript captures a simple, perhaps humorous moment reflecting on multiple viewpoints.
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Boston Transcript
Gas price and meter rental in early New York 1825
When illuminating gas was first installed in New York City in 1825 the cost was ten dollars per thousand cubic feet. Consumers also paid meter rental and fixture charges owned by the gas company.
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New York City
What Marriage Is In A Quip By Wilks And Martin
A short exchange likens marriage to making a call. Wilks says you go to a door then ring a bell and give your name to a maid. Martin adds that after that you are taken in.
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Wilks
Dore
Martin
Business Woman Credits Tanlac For Health Return
Mrs. J. W. Pickins of Los Angeles owned a bookstore in Mercantile Place and after years of indigestion nervousness and perceived heart trouble she found relief with Tanlac. She reports improved appetite sleep and energy and says she is grateful for the health it gave her. Tanlac is sold by all good druggists.
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J. W. Pickins
E. 15Th St
Los Angeles
Mercantile Place
Galloway's Return to Health After Pinkham's Balm
Mrs K T Galloway of Carters Creek Tennessee writes she was nearly invalid three years ago, spent months bedridden, then used Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sonative Wash. Now a healthy farmer’s wife who can work, garden, and raise chickens. She urges other women to try the remedy.
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Tenn
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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