Banks Back government finance through Bond Anticipation Certificates
The Victory Reveille describes Bank participation in Bond Anticipation Certificates for the Fifth War Loan. It explains terms, subscription windows from December 5, 1915 to December 10, 1918, denominations up to 100000, and a 4 percent return. It notes banks' role in easing war and postwar financing while preserving liquidity for customers.
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Ury
Chicago Exchange
U. S. Treasury
Treasury
McAdoo
MecAdvoo
Banic and Trust Company
Wilson Presses Quick Restart of Federal Highway Work
President Wilson backs rapid resumption and expansion of highway construction under the Federal Aid Road Act. He writes Secretary Houston urging added funding to combine with surplus local funds to employ workers and speed up national road development through Agriculture and State highway authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
Secretary of War
Department of Agriculture
Etlate
Baker
Lam
War Department
Bureau of Public Roads
Secretary of War Newton Baker Seeks Cooperation on Highway Value
The note from Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, expresses appreciation for highway work that could have military value and asks for continued close cooperation as the project expands.
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Newton D. Baker
Secretary of War
Lost Battalion Hero Reported Killed In Action
First Lieutenant John S. Shepherd of Company I 360th Infantry 91st Division, killed in action on October 1 as reported to his parents in Los Angeles. A UC Law School graduate, he practiced law with his father before enlisting. He was grandson of a local doctor and his father served as Postville mayor.
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Postville
John S. Shepherd
Jas. J. Shepherd
Los Angeles
California
Shepherd
College of Law
University of California
J. Shepherd
More Rest Is Best Influenza Remedy
Chicago health chief Dr John Dill Robertson told the American Public Health Association that urging more sleep and closing theatres and public gatherings were remedies against influenza. He said the gathering ban was to aid nature immunization rather than a quarantine, while NY Health Commissioner Dr Royal Copeland opposed school and theatre closures noting public tolerance for subway travel and the control of school children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
John Dill Robertson
American Public Health Association
Robertson
Association
Royal E. Copeland
New York City
Roads Back to Normal Says McAdoo Restores Passenger Rail
Director General McAdoo announced restoration of normal passenger service by the railroad administration. Several trains will be added to schedules in coming weeks while trains run under private control for competitive reasons will not be restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
BD. C
Railroad Administration
McAdoo
Thaw Case to Be Sent to New Governor for Action
District Attorney Edward Swann said the Thaw case will go before Pennsylvania's new governor after January 1. He expects help in returning Thaw to New York to answer indictments for kidnapping and assault of Frederick Gump, a Kansas City boy, in Thaw's former hotel apartment.
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New York
Harry Thaw
Pennsylvania Hospital For the
Edward Swann
Thaw
Pennsylvania
Frederick Gump
Kansas City
Delinquent Motor Vehicle Fees Targeted in Benton
In Decatur County at Sun Po m auto fees in 1917 totaled more than 78900 dollars. County Attorney Geo f F Knapp states he will sue all delinquents in Benton County to collect the owed sums. Notices have been mailed and further suits will follow if compliance is not prompt.
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Vinton
Couty
Geof F. Knapp
Benton County
Aleppo's Trade Role Through Historic Millennia
The article notes Aleppo once stood as a key depot on an ancient trade route linking India, the Tigris Euphrates region, and the Mediterranean. It explains the city has since declined in commerce yet continues to send Massoul and Bagdad products to Alexandria.
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Aleppo
India
Tigris
Euphrates
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Massoul
Bagdad
Y M C A plans citizenship bureau for returning soldiers
The Y M C A in France launches a bureau of citizenship under John A. Kingsbury to prepare American Expeditionary Force troops for civic duties. The program uses classes lectures motion pictures leaflets and exhibits to teach public health governance and community service and aims to foster patriotism and unselfish public engagement.
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France
John A. Kingsbury
New York
Kingsbury
Waxford
Mitchel
America
Bureau
Captain Streeter Finally Loses Out
A surprise assault in Streeterville between Captain George Wellington Streeter and Illinois forces led to Illinois capturing Streeterville with no shots fired. Field Marshal James Frawley and Gen. Sir Joseph Pionke directed the Illinois operation to end the longtime stand between Streeter and his eastern neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George Wellington Streeter
Illinois
Deestrick
Lake Michigan
Streeterville
James Frawley
Sir Joseph Pionke
Home Sweet Home Returns in Domestic Dispute
Mrs. Peavish recalls that before marriage Mr. Peavish enjoyed her singing Home Sweet Home and now prefers the sound of dishes rattling on the table as a sign of domestic life in Galveston.
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U.S. Treasury
Dee. 6
Treas
United States Treasury
Seventh Reserve
Woodrow Wilson
Willen
Asylo
SUN Pom
Bureau of Citizenship For Returning Soldiers
The
Tem
England
George Wellington Street
White House
Row Wilson
Captain Streveter
Captain Streeter
Caner Music Company
Tollet
Eldridge
Down
Earth
the Herring Motor Company of
Des Moines
Fordson Tractors
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Oines
F. Dutt
Washington, Iowe
Fordson
Henry Ford & Son, Inc
Herring Motor Company
U.S
Fordsons
Henry Ford & Son
Detroit
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