U S Coal Exports Will Not Stint Domestic Supply
Witness H Y Saint head of the Shipping Board export department tells a Senate subcommittee that American coal exports should not be cut to satisfy European demand amid a world shortage estimated at 62.5 million tons. He notes US shipments at about 7 million tons annually, with Canada, France, Belgium, Italy and others needing coal and shipping boards allocating 104 ships to aid overseas delivery.
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Wilsons Expense Bills at Paris Exceed Million in Costs
President Wilson asks Congress to appropriate 825000 more to complete the Paris peace conference expenses. The total so far exceeds 1500000, with a detailed itemized account showing travel, subsistence, hotel, staff, transportation, and special investigations amid wartime price increases.
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Pickett to Run Against Cummins in Iowa Primary
Waterloo candidate Chas. E. Pickett announced by friends will seek the United States Senate against incumbent Cummins in the June primaries. The report notes Pickett served in Congress from 1900 to 1913 and lists other announced candidates for the Iowa Supreme Court, including Judge Charles Hutchinson, Judge Winfield Withrow, and Judge William J. Springer.
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Chas. E. Pickett
Waterloo
United States
Cummins
Friends of
Mt. Pleasant
William J. Springer
New Hampton
Hutchinson
Polk County
Clark, Iyers & Hutchinson
Withrow
Supreme Bench
Clarke
Thirty-Fifth
General Assembly
Iowa Supreme Court
Salinger
Stade Board of Parole
Belgian King Albert and Queen Elizabeth to visit Washington
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium will arrive in Washington around October 1 and will be guests of President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson at the White House for about three days.
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Queen Elizabeth
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Elizabeth
Belgium
Wilson
Montgom rey Senate Rebuffs Suffrage Measure In Sept Vote
The Alabama state senate again refused to ratify the federal woman suffrage constitutional amendment in September. A parity motion was defeated by an 18 to 13 vote.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Senate
Unusual wartime costs for commission cited as modest
The speaker notes that costs are 200 percent higher than before the war but attributes the rise to war conditions. He says the commission faced large duties and relied on its own agencies rather than normal-time resources, yet asserts expenses have been very modest given the task's magnitude.
Norman Hall to Tour Society Islands for Writing Project
Colfax report notes Norman Hall and Charles Nordhoff plan a December departure by steamer to Tahiti. The pair will secure a schooner in the Society Islands and live in the wilds for months to write articles and rest after wartime experiences.
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Iowa Flyer
Lafayette Escadrille
Tahiti
Society Islands
Hall
Airship Exhibition Amazes Sigourney Crowds
At about five o clock the airplane performed a grand flight over Sigourney giving townsfolk close views of the stunts. The show was greatly appreciated and followed a disappointing first day as Mr. Pratt and Mr. Wallace secured a flyer for the second day.
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Sigourney
Pratf
Wallace
To Step a Creak
Creaking doors windows and drawers may be Estilled by rubbing with hard soap to silence the hush in an old house.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claims 35 Years of Use
An old advertisement offers a $100 reward for incurable catarrh and touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood driven remedy curing catarrh on the mucous surfaces. It promises improved health after use and urges readers to start taking the medicine immediately.
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Hall
One Marriage in Every Nine Ends in Divorce in U S
Census figures show approximately one ninth of U S marriages ended in divorce in 1916 with Nevada Montana and Oregon reporting the highest rates and District of Columbia North Carolina and New York the lowest. Desertion accounted for about 35 percent of divorces and cruelty infidelity and failure to provide were also common causes.
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United States
Bureau of the Census
South Carolina
District of Columbia
North Carolina
New York
Nevada
Montana
Oregon
Maine
West Virginia
Alabama
Mississippi
North Dakota
South Dakota
Colorado
Divorce and marriage rates contrasted in 1966
The text compares a divorce rate of 112 per 100000 with a marriage rate of 1020 per 100000 in 1966, noting the divorce rate rising more rapidly than marriages. It implies a widening gap between divorce and marriage rates during that year.
Rev T F Barker Likely Retires From Keota Church
Rev T F Barker probably preached his last sermon as a regular ordained pastor of the M E Church. He will attend conference in Muscatine this week to arrange retirement plans and retire to his Washington cottage with a goal to travel to California next year for health. The people of Keota will regret his departure.
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T. F. Barker
M. BE
Muscatine
Washington
California
Barker
Married Couple Spied to Be Joined in Time
The report notes Mr Cobb wed Miss Webb after Cobb declared they were meant for each other upon spying Webb.
Jad Salts Kidney Relief Advises Urine Cleanse Remedy
An old health advisory explains backache and kidney sluggishness from excess meat. It recommends Jad Salts, four tablespoons in water daily for a few days, to stimulate kidneys and reduce bladder irritation.
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