Vigorous fight over soldiers bonus rages in Congress
Washington report on the fight over a cash bonus for veterans as Republicans split in the House Ways and Means Committee. Representative Good leads opposition citing federal deficits of about 4 billion dollars and projected next year outlays. Veterans groups and Iowa lawmakers weigh in amid broader postwar relief debates.
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Washington News
Waterloo
D Evening Courier
Washington, D. C
House
Committee On Ways Not Means
James W. Good
Iowa
House Committee On Appropriations
Burton Ke, Sweet
Horace M. Towner
Sweet
Towner
Good
Representative Good
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Bureau of War Risk Insurance
American Legion
Ffrom
Byrnes
South Carolina
Cedar Rapids
Appropriations Committee
United States
Rain Water, Sap Bath, and Wives of Jonesville
In Jonesville Michigan Charles Benedict of Litchfield spotted a boiler on the kitchen range during a regular Saturday night. He saved rain water and then used maple sap as a bath substitute. Townsfolk note the rising cost of syrup amid the playful tale.
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Jonesville
Mich
Rome
Orient
Charles Benedict
Litchfield
Miss Harriet Hearn Sues Havemeyer for $100,000
SukS Havemeyer, a New York manicurist, sues Hector Havemeyer for $100,000 alleging he posed as a single man though married with an 11 year old daughter. The plaintiff, 24, claims deception and seeks damages.
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Harriet Hearn
New York
Hector Havemeyer
New Yorker
Miss Hearn
Havemeyer
Bell Alarms Track Laying Hens by Nest Tricks
In St Louis Robert W Maxton installed trick nests to identify laying hens. An electric alarm rings in the kitchen when a hen tries to leave her nest, signaling which birds are laying. He reports no false alarms and says advertising drives the idea.
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ST. Louis
Robert W. Maxton
Maxton
England’s Vow to Halt Prohibition Reach
A large mass of English circulars, issued by American backers and printed in Bristol, rail against local option and warn of class legislation if parishes go dry. They accuse teetotalists of fuel for social control and urge Britons to resist what they call alien mercenaries seeking to ban imports, manufacture, and sale of drink.
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Old England
Horace van Melle
Joseph Funk
Princeton
Ind
United States Graves Registration Service
South Hampton
Bristol Times and Mirror
Ingman
United States
United Kingdom
Building Permits for Reconstruction and Refooting Work
John Koster of 1224 Logan Avenue applies for permits for roofing and refooting at multiple addresses including 3699 Soran, 5 Thompeon, and Premont. The notices mention several planned structural repairs and related work by local contractors under city oversight amid a clumsy OCR transcript containing garbled names and numbers.
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John Koster
Logan Avenue
Margudagyt
B. Burroughs Tespomier
Ecco E
Game Herda
Tncreaxing &Uy
United States
Gata
Burlesque Act at Waterloo Theatre Promises Lively Night
The Water loo Theatre presents Theatrical Burlesque with Mae Murry as a Russian cabaret dancer. The show blends comedy and chorus numbers with a popular New York style "With the Dance" feature. Audiences are drawn by a bright, vivacious plot and dazzling revue elements.
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Prin- Spas
New York
Ufe
Mae Murry
Glitteriig Stener
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