Profit Sharing Expands Across Chicago Firms
Chicago reports millions paid annually to about 400000 workers through profit sharing plans at major companies. Varied methods include fixed percentages of earnings, bonuses, stock purchases, and pension options. Benefits cited include steadier service, lower costs, and stronger employer worker confidence, though many labor leaders oppose as mere philanthropy.
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Chicago
SUC Bie
Bears, Roebuck & Co
Rm Marshall Field & Co
International Harvester Company
Crane Company
Pullman Company
Commonwealth Wdison
Chicago Stockyards
Wberal
West High Juniors Present Football Themed Parody Play
West High juniors perform a parody of The Merchant of Venice titled Up-to-date The play at the school auditorium uses football as its main theme Proceeds fund sweaters for football players and debaters Coach Miss Florence Baker directs the cast including Everett Houser Eldred Haselman Ward Mayer Kenneth Burnham Elmer Cohn Werner Knoop Clarence Wiseman Harry Button George Lichty Jessie Nickerson Hazel Gaston Marion Dunlavey Belva Mythaler Mabel Mythaler Elrita Merrill Vera Searber
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West High School
s@dal
West High
Florence Baker
Everett Houser
Eldred Haselman
Ward Mayer
Kenneth Burnham
Elmer Cohn
Werner Knoop
Clarence Wiseman
Harry Button
George Lichty
Jessie Nickerson
Hazel Gaston
Marion Dunlavey
Belva Mythaler
Mabel Mythaler
Elrita Merril
Vera Searber
Walnut Tree Flourishes in Charles City Tale
In Charles City on February 26 Andrew Haller bought two large home lots 28 years ago. The owner advised planting black walnut trees, but Haller instead bought six seedling walnuts at 21 cents each. One tree now measures 3 feet in circumference and 214 feet from the ground with a 5 inch diameter at 5 feet. Last year the tree yielded two bushels of nuts and more trees were planted recently. Ad includes Illinois Lump for 7 dollars and a phone number 1501.
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Charles City
Andrew Haller
Praise for Rainbow Boys Regimen in Brest Interview
Corp Causey Phillips, military police, praises the Rainbow division from his overseas service with the Iowa contingent. He contrasts their steadfast conduct with a noncombatant regiment that criticized everything, noting the regiment’s sacrifices and the Army’s demanding nature during World War I.
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Rainbow Division
Corp
Causey Phillips
New York Evening Post
Phillips
Suffolk University
Washington and Lee Universities
Brest
Atlantic
Iowa
Rainbow
Towans
Slugged and tied to tree by confidence men in Omaha
H M Burgess of Sutherland Nebraska was lured by two strangers in Council Bluffs and taken to woods near South Omaha where he was beaten robbed and tied to a tree with wire. He spent hours in the woods before a farmhand found him and he was taken to his hotel. Burgess was bound for Texas to view land and gave police a description of the con men.
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Omaha
Neb
H. M. Burgess
Sutherland
South
Bellevue
Burgess
Texas
Council Bluffs
Eczema relief for baby praised by Wisconsin mother
Mrs. John Giencke of Montello Wisconsin credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with healing her infant's widespread itchy rash after using two cakes of Soap and nearly three boxes of Ointment. The ad touts Cuticura as gentle for newborns and promotes a talcum powder sample by mail.
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John Giencke
Montello
Wis
Dedicated $150000 Iowa City children’s hospital to aid cripples
Iowa City March gram details the formal dedication of a new $150,000 children’s hospital at the University of Town. The facility will house over a hundred patients, with 320 operations under the Perkins law and 1,500 outpatients treated since its enactment. Dr. Arthur Streindler notes many cases arise from infantile paralysis and congenital deformities.
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Iowa City
Children’s Hospital
Iowa
University of Town
Arthur Streindler
University Hospital
Steindler
Pape's Diapepsin Provides Instant Stomach Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as instant relief for indigestion pain but gases acidity and dyspepsia. It claims quick comfort with one tablet, affordable at drug stores and no waiting for relief.
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Pape
Beauty by Salino s and a Clear Complexion
Advice urges that sallowness spoils beauty and promotes bowels cleansing with Salinos to improve complexion and health. The message praises the product as pleasant to use and tast eful, recommending regular use to empty the bowels and remove poisons.
Fragmentary hospital build note hints at modular units
Readable text notes a hospital built in unit sections allowing additions as needed. The fragment implies expandable design to accommodate evolving needs and future growth. No dates or names are present.
Recipe to Darken Gray Hair by a Cincinnati Barber
Mr. Frank Harbaugh of Cincinnati Ohio, a barber of forty years, says a simple mixture using dione, yeast, bay rum, Barbo Compound and glycerine can darken gray hair. Apply twice weekly until the desired shade. it is not a dye, scalp safe, non greasy, and should make a gray haired person appear younger.
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Frank Harbaugh
Cincinnati
GREASE THAT COLD Remedy Ad Emphasizes Ancient Mixtures
An old advertisement touts MEN-THO-EZE combining goose grease turpentine and menthol with wintergreen peppermint and aromatic oils. It claims inhaled fumes soothe raw inflamed lungs, ease a cold, and speed recovery within 20 minutes. Sold in opal jars 30c and 60c, or by mail from Dodge in York.
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Addres Dodge
Miller's Antiseptic Oil Snake Oil Ad Claim
An advertisement touts Miller's Antiseptic Oil known as Snake Oil as a cure for rheumatism neuralgia stiff muscles and various pains. It promises relief with directions and offers money back if it fails. Available in 30c 60c and $1.00 bottles from Hansen & Hansen and C. J. Miller.
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Miller
Hansen & Hansen
C. J. Miller
Dr King’s New Discovery relieves coughs and colds
A promotional note touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a safe pleasant remedy used by grandparents parents and children alike for coughs colds and related illnesses. Sold by all druggists priced 60 cents and 1.20 dollars.
Dr King’s New Life Pills Ad Keeps Bowels On Schedule
A vintage advertisement claims Dr King’s New Life Pills keep bowels on schedule and the system cleansed. The copy touts mild tonic action, firm stomach, and universal availability with a 25 cent price.
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Dr. King
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