Wool shortage fears and price controls urged by government board
A letter from L. Cohen of Skud Goldman & Co. warns of a wool shortage and outlines government advice to substitute cotton mixed fabrics and reworked wool in civilian garments. It notes the Commercial Economy board’s control of prices for wheat coal and steel and urges readers to act while stock lasts, promising prices about thirty percent below current market cost.
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Commercial Economy Board
The
Council of National Defence
United States
Coton
Commercial Board
New York
Bill to shield drafted homeowners faces lawmaker review
A proposed bill would prevent foreclosures on homes of drafted men and protect against judgments and lapse of insurance due to missed premiums. The Treasury orders 5.5 million posters for the next loan. Mayor Mitchell runs as an independent. Republican contender is Bennet and Democrat is Hylan.
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Secretary of Treasury
Mitchell
New York
Wm. M. Bennet
Judge Hylan
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Praised By Greenville Reader
Mrs. A C Kirstein of Greenville Illinois writes that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the most reliable cough medicine in her family for years. She notes it acts quickly on colds and bronchial troubles and is preferred over other remedies.
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A. C. Kirstein
Greenville
Ills
Chamberlain
Soldier Boys Need Tobacco in France This Week
A local war relief appeal lists tobacco donations for American soldiers abroad. Donors include W H McNamara Wakefield 29 C T Geegan August Erspamer Geo Howe Louise LaRochelle William Weston Verona and others with varying amounts reported up to Friday night. The program details two packs of Lucky Strike three packs of Bull Durham one can of Tuxedo tobacco and seven cigarette papers per quarter.
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France
W. H. McNamara Wakefield
August Erspamer
Geo. Howe
Louise LaRochelle
William Weston Verona
Sour stomach remedy advice from old article
The piece advises eating slowly and chewing thoroughly, avoiding meat for a few days, and using Chamberlain's Tablets after supper if sour stomach persists. It notes red meat as a common trigger and suggests cutting it out to help.
Wakefield School Board announces bids for reservoir and pipe works
The Wakefield Michigan School District invites sealed bids by October 23 1917 for excavating a 1900 cubic yard reservoir and a 135 foot rock tunnel atop Sunday Lake hill and for laying about 1300 feet of six inch water main with pipe furnished by the board. Separate bids apply for stoping and excavation and for the trench pipe line with rock removal and price per yard or per foot. A $250 bid bond is required. bids may be rejected.
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Board of Education
Wakefield
Michigan
Sunday Lake Hill
School Board
Dir
Bower v Bower case orders appearance and publication
In Gogebic County Michigan a chancery suit Nell Bower v George Bower requires the defendant to appear within three months or the bill will be confessed. An order for publication in Wakefield Advocate for six weeks requests the first notice within twenty days. R H Fryberger circuit court commissioner and John Lyaxmere Jr clerk. William S Baird attorney. Bessemer Michigan.
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Wakefield Advocate
Gegebic
R. H. Fryberger
Gogebic County
Michigan
John Lyaxmere Jr
William S. Baird
Plaintiff
Bessemer, Wich
Inside bathing and limestone phosphate cleanse the bowels
An article argues for daily internal cleansing by drinking hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast. It claims bowel waste feeds bacteria and toxins enter the blood, urging immediate use of internal baths to cleanse the alimentary canal and improve health.
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Marie Rappold
Christine Miller
Trig Vlett
Ironwood
E. R. Hillis
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Julia Maki
Lydia Thompson
Lucile O’brien
Mac Niemi
Richard Linn
Raymond Trudgeon
Alex Colberg
Roy Johns
Margaret Olson
Angeline Zazaski
H.S
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Pearl Jacob
Chester Jacobsen
Bernice Kellow
Lempi Lemplir
Hazel Olson
Irma Olson
Keith Oman
Blanche Ringsmuth
Imti Simonson
Iran Veppo
Howard Yacke
Edith Berg
Peter Bugni
Beatrice Dahl
Mary Hanson Eunice Hillis
Shirley Hillis
George Hornibrook
Frelyn Hrhacek Marcellaine LaRoche
le Julia Maki
Mildred Margison
Esther Niem, Modesta Novakowski
Heda Olson
Della Simonson Katherine Teppo
Saima Thompson
Arnold Yackee
Florence Yatchak
Frank Ringsmuth
Tillie Ringsmuth
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George Bower
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George A. Bower
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