Ford Building Industrial Web Cost 50 Million
Henry Ford advances an immense Rouge river district project to supply every part of Ford cars and tractors with raw materials arriving by his chartered freighters. The network includes blast furnaces coke ovens plants and an assembly site near Newark related to global postwar trade and employment. Ford declares charity has no place and promises jobs for all applicants.
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Rouge River
Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford
Rouge River District
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Ohie
New York
Kearney
Newark
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America
Raw materials decline warned in Ford led prosperity talk
Burwell S. Cutler urges calm in business as he notes raw materials glut amid war taxes and Liberty bonds. He cites Ford's expansion to ship ore from Michigan, build canal boats and a Dearborn tractor plant, promising wide employment and farmer activity growth despite possible shortages.
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Southern Commercial Congress
Baltimore
Burwell S. Cutler
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commierce
Ford
Upper Michigan
Eagle
Dearborn
United States
Arizona Soldiers Face Reinstatement Hurdles After War
An Arizona Soldiers' Bureau report finds employers especially railroads failing to reinstate returning soldiers. Many men left permanent jobs for war service and now face scarce local work as employers pass the buck. Federal and state agencies weigh remedies, with clerical roles in high demand and openings urged to be communicated.
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Arizona
Soldiers’ Bureau
Werte
France
United States Employment Service
A W. Sefton
California
New York
Missouri
Arkansas
Department of Labor
Funeral plans and hospital death after influenza strike
Ern est Sydekum, a 40 year old furniture maker, bargained for a funeral in advance at Scott street mortuary, then went to Mount Zion Hospital where he died five hours later after an influenza attack. He lived at Hotel Blair, and had paid $95 cash plus a $50 Liberty Bond as a down payment for the service. Brown and Martin undertakers provided a wheel chair nurse and guaranteed payment for treatment. He died at 6 AM Monday after being admitted Sunday evening.
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San Francisco
Ernest Sydekum
Mount Zion Hospital
Sydekum
Brown & Martin
Scott Street
Sysim
Sydexum
North Dakota Moves to Organize State Bank
The Non Partisan League driven measure creates the Bank of North Dakota with capital of 9,000, funded by state bonds. The bank would be the official depository for public monies at state, county, city, township and school district levels, with deposits guaranteed by the state.
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Masks made compulsory to curb influenza spread
San Francisco reports 37 deaths and 4635 new influenza cases. The board of supervisors passes an ordinance forcing mask wearing as a precaution, while the board of health lists yesterday’s totals of 4 deaths and 4635 new cases.
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San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
Board of Health
One House Survives in Minnesota Forest Fire
In Moose Lake Cloquet Minn district a single house stood amid widespread destruction as sixteen nearby homes burned. Owner Louis Larson credits asphalt shingle roofing from Certain-teed for protection, arguing prepared roofing resists fire better than wood shingles and aids rapid building, a point echoed by government use in war construction.
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Moose Lake
Cloquet
Minn
Louis Larson
Oregon Labor Rebels Against Industrial Councils
By a 45 to 40 vote the Oregon State Federation of Labor rejected a conservative plan to form industrial councils with employers as a labor planning device. Delegates denounced the chamber of commerce and questioned AFL policy, arguing revolutionary action was necessary to address current industrial conditions.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon State Federation of Labor
Chamber of Commerce
American Federation of Labor
Shevlin to Fight Bashan at National Sporting Club
Eddie Shevlin of Boston, US Navy welterweight champion, is matched to fight Johnny Bashan, England welterweight champion, at the National Sporting Club on January 28. The bout pits American and English titleholders in a notable international matchup.
New War Savings Stamp Series Placed on Sale
The 1919 series war savings stamps went on sale January 1 and will mature January 1, 1924. Postmasters and second class agents have supplies and will sell them. The January price is 4.12 per stamp, rising by one cent each month. stamps promote thrift and extend government savings campaigns.
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Arizona
Maturi
Treasury
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Chevrolet
Oakland
Snow & Tufts
Chevrolet Distributors
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Pima Counties
Tucson
Saes
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