Polish claims on Vilna plot stir Baltic tensions
M Bilinis, Lithuanian assembly member, accuses Warsaw of directing General Zeligouski to seize Vilna for supplies and port access. He says Polish divisions in Zeligouski’s army are mainly Poles and warns Poland aims at Baltic ports, with Baltic states at risk.
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Vilna
Zeligouski
M. Bilinis
Lithuanian Constituent Assembly
Finence
Bready
Warsaw
Associated Press
Hever
Poland
Baltic
Danzig
Memal
Libau
Baltic States
Lithuania
Pilsudski
Sapieha
Bilinis
Bermondt
Bonds Forfeited After Car Put Up As Security
A municipal court forfeited a Ford car pledged as security for a cash bond when the defendant failed to appear. The stock salesman in custody for intoxication offered the auto as bond due to lack of money. The car was entered as 25 Bonds Ford car and now the clerk debates collection in Fines and Forfeitures.
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Ford
W. Gwynne
Board of Censors to Be Active Again
The city reestablishes its Board of Censors with H. B. Kelly T. N. Siufflebeam Burton E. Wilson E H MacDonough and J A Francis. Reappointments and filing of the formation notice were handled by Mayor W N Frisbie. The board will review solicitations for funds and transient charity sales in the city.
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Board of Censors
Ada Palmer
Social Welfare League
Waterloo Police to See How Its Done at The Cradle of Courage
Waterloo police officers and their families will be invited to view William S. Hart in The Cradle of Courage at the Plaza. Alexander Frank, theatre manager, extended the invitation and a bulletin at headquarters confirms the plan. Officers will attend in shifts as they are released from duty.
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Waterloo
William S. Hart
Murcter
Cradle of Courage
Plaza
Alexander Frank
Hart
REO Motor Car Plants Enjoying Conditions
W. J. Sutcliffe returns to Lansing Michigan where REO Motor Car Company workers express satisfaction with employment under the firm. The article notes REO operates on a high percentage basis, with quality reflecting the company’s performance. Surgeons comment on operating room standards, highlighting the era’s medical views.
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REO Motor Car
W. J. Sutcliffe
Reo Motor Car Company
Lansing
Mich
Reo
Congress Looms Over Tax Money and Peace Treaty
Uncle Harry explains that the final session of the current Congress ends March 4 with a possible special session of the new 67th Congress to be called by President-elect Harding to address wartime debt, taxation, and the peace treaty with Germany. The article notes Republican control of the House and a divided Senate shaping early peace policy.
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Congress
Joe
Jimmy
Uncle Harry
Washington
Helen
Altho
Wilson
Senate
Germany
Harding
House
Danderine Hair Tonic Ad Promises Thick Abundant Hair
A vintage advertisement touts Danderine as a beauty tonic that freshens the scalp, controls dandruff and hair loss, and makes hair look twice as heavy and voluminous after a massage. It claims to restore brightness and thickness and urges readers to buy at druggists.
Mill Worker's Wage Cut Reflects Industrial Democracy
In Danville Virginia the Dan River Riverside Cotton Mill operatives voted to cut base pay by 25 percent affecting 5000 workers. Industrial democracy, led by H R Fitzgerald, redirected payrolls to align wages with living costs, while preserving the monthly economy dividend and a 10 percent performance premium. The move follows a sharp fall in textile prices and used a joint ex officio committee to approve the measure.
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Danville
Industrial Congress
Dan River
Riverside Cotton Mill Corporation
Senate
House
John Leitch
Dolar
America
Ih. R. Fitzgerald
Thhe Corporation
Leitch
Schoolfield
Fitzgerald
Cabinet
Wilson
Itagerald
Witzgerald
Industrial Democracy
Cotton Mill Corporation
Mill wage cuts amid factory democracy at Dan River Mills
Dan River mills face wage reductions with a purge of unproductive labor. Despite talks of a 40 percent cut elsewhere, mill officials deny staff shifts while workers flood applications by telegraph. The house and senate style union of workers includes 10 women lawmakers steering policy.
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Dan River Mills
House
Senate
Schoolfield
Turpo Turpentine Ointment Promises Cold Relief
During winter Turpo Turpentine Ointment is advertised as a protective salve combining distilled turpentine camphor and menthol to treat colds. It claims to deliver relief through the skin, stop early cold progression, and prevent serious illnesses, with acceptance by doctors and retailers offering 30c and 60c jars.
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Tellgouski
Wilma
Lithuanian Assembly
The
Charles J. Coll
Gloria Dominguez
Philadelphia
J. E. Jennings
D. C
Washington St. Waterloo
Iowa
Percy R. Wood
Leavitt & Johnson Bank
J. E. Karth
Gol Black
C. A. Waterbury
J. H. Butts
L. & J. Bank
Virginia
Haven House
Turpo
Sonora
Tone
Beau
Posit
Will
Davenport
Harwich
Ellis Hotel
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