All presidential hopefuls back good roads in race
Washington sidelight notes that every major candidate supports a national good roads program. From Lowden to Hoover and Harding to Bryan, leaders emphasize highways as key to economic welfare, farming, and postwar progress.
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Ashington
National Good Roads Movement
White House
Uncle Sam
Frank O. Lowden
Leonard Wood
Herbert Hoover
W. G. McAdoo
America
Bryan
A. Mitchell Palmer
H. Co. L
California
Hiram Johnson
Warren G. Harding
Miles Poindexter
Congresswoman Pushes End to War Insurance Red Tape
House committee advances a bill to let AR veterans pay premiums at local post offices if enacted. The plan, backed by Treasury and the War Risk Insurance Bureau, proposes 14 regional offices and coordination with Public Health Service and Federal Board of Vocational Education. Some veterans would be temporarily exempt from premiums during hospital care or vocational rehabilitation.
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Congress
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Sweet
Iowa
Treasury Department
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
United States
Bureau of Public Health Service
Federal Board of Vocational Education
Mr. Wilson
Oregon
Chamberlain
Thomas
Colorado
Senate
San Francisco
Hitchcock
Knox
Germany
Pennsylvania
McCumber
North Dakota
Overalls Campaign Sparks Global Publicity Stunt
A Paris report claims the U S overall craze was a calculated publicity stunt. It cites Washington interest, Georgia congressman Upshaw, and officials wearing overalls from bankers to mayors. Johnny Sorenson, the Newark outfit’s buyer, profits as stocks surge after the idea.
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Washington
Paris
Representative Upshaw
Georgia
Kansas
Jim” Brady
Gates
Johnny Sorensen
New York
Newark
N. J
Schenectady
N. Y
Buffalo
Claridge’s
America
Mr. Sorenson
Sorenson
No Sportsman Verdict Governs German Racing Exclusion
The English Belgian jockey clubs bar alien enemy horses and the German and Austro-Hungarian racing influence faces a setback. The French Jockey Club may join. the US action remains uncertain. The move targets German breeding, stressing sportsmanship and fair play as keys to turf.
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Merica
Jockey Clubs
Jockey Club
Jockey Club of America
United States
England
Belgium
Uncle Sam Pays Half Cent to Collect Incomes Tax
The 1919 fiscal year cost 53 cents to collect every $100 in revenue. The bureau reported $2.6 billion from income and excess profit taxes and total revenues rising to $3.85 billion with overall expenses and non revenue functions included.
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Uncle Sam
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue
Illinois
Bureau
Obregon Likely Succeeds Carranza Amid Mexican Revolt
Reports say Carranza’s government collapses as rebel forces surround Puebla and Vera Cruz as Obregon leads the revolt toward a July election. Washington to treat the de facto regime while Trevino protects Carranza and U.S. interests. Lodge to headline Chicago convention with a keynote on the treaty.
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Carranza
Mexico
General Obregon
Vera Cruz
Europe
Apizaco
Puebla
Trevino
General de la Huerta
Washington
United States
Texas
Hungary Prepares to Sign Paris Peace Treaty
Budapest braces for acceptance of Paris terms as nationalist protests, disrupted by police patrols and torn posters. Coun. Julius Andrassy criticizes the treaty as a fatal misstep while warning of a cabinet crisis and possible delay in signing.
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Budapest
Paris
Coun
Julius Andrassy
Council of Ministers
Central
Europe
Hungary
Sheep Rearing for Home Markets and Land Cleaning
The piece notes sheep are not widely kept for home meat but can thrive on hilly lands, brushy areas, and coarse vegetation. It cites United States Department of Agriculture guidance and highlights that Sheep favor short fine grasses, may graze wide areas, and perform best when used to clean land rather than produce lambs or wool.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Proper Care of Young Pigs
Instructions on early pig care advise trimming sharp tusks shortly after birth to prevent injuries to sows and piglets and to reduce self injury. If a pig overfeeds, sever the rooter in several places with a sharp knife to curb its stealing behavior and maintain balance among littermates.
Opportunities for Profits in Purebred Livestock Breeding
The article notes many profit opportunities in breeding purebred livestock as only about 4 or 5 percent are purebred and demand for better stock grows steadily. It warns that success requires training and a willingness to devote much time to care and management of stock.
Live Stock Notes on Feeding and Health Practices
Self feeders save time in feeding swine and pigs are a cheap fat source. Hog lice are persistent parasites and proper sow feeding and exercise reduce losses before lambing. Uniform brood sow size and quality is essential. Necrobacillosis or sore mouth is controlled by cleaning, disinfection and isolating affected pigs. Clean cows stay healthier and feed costs largely determine profit for beef cattle swine sheep horses or mules. Weaning costs hinge on piglets weaned per sow.
Remarkable recovery from Change of Life with Vegetable Compound
Mrs Margaret Danz of Philadelphia reports dramatic relief from organic trouble, side pain, headaches, and insomnia after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with a full recovery and urges others to try it, noting continued publication confirms many women are helped.
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Philadelphia
E. Pinkham
Margaret Danz
Ch. 25Th Street
Phila
Pinkham
London tattoos mark war stories from 1914 start
In Thames court a man displayed a tattooed hand bearing butterflies and stars, a relic of a soldier who served from the start of the 1914 war. Another veteran had battle names inked on his arm, reflecting a widespread craze for tattooing among London soldiers after the armistice.
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London
Thames Court
Her Jewels Gone in a Boston Household Plot
In a Boston Transcript excerpt Mrs. Swellman reports her jewels missing and accuses Mrs. Meanly of theft. The dialogue notes Meanly attempted to hire Swellman’s staff with higher wages, then implies they were taken. The scene centers on suspecting the domestic circle.
Noted Berlin man credits Eatonic with curing long stomach ailment
Herbert M. Gessner of Berlin New Hampshire writes of ten year stomach trouble that worsened last year. After taking Eatonic his pain ceased, appetite returned, and he feels like a new man. He continued using a second box with no pain.
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Herbert M. Gessner
Berlin
N. H
Eatonic
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