Road Fight Heats Up In Des Moines House
Des Moines March. The Pitt Johnston road bill dominated today as supporters and opponents jockeyed for votes. Leaders claim 56 for Pitt Johnston and 55 for Elwood-Mackis. passage requires 65. Gov Harding privately backs Pitt, urging key reps to back the measure while senate support has faded.
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Des Moines
House of Representatives
Elwood
State Highway Commission
Friends of the Highway Commission
Commission
Cams
House
Weaver
Polk County
Lee Elwood
Howard County
Sies
Pitt
Eowood-Mackis
Pitt Johnston
Pitt-Johnston
Harding
Gov. Harding
Flenniken
Arson
Miles
Mooty
Senate
20000 Women Wanted for British Arms Plants
London dated February 10 by man England seeks 20000 more women for its munition factories in a major push to support the front lines The appeal notes past success with 8000 volunteers and calls for all classes to join citing that physical strength is less important than delicate touch Women currently work in danger zones performing testing packing sealing and loading goods for rail transport as munitions move from raw material to finished product
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London
England
Ministry of Munitions
United Press
Soup pot remedy urged to curb high cost of living
Pittsburgh speakers urge home economics reform to cut expenses. Pearl MacDonald, economic expert, says American housewives waste usable bone and scraps in soups, advising clearer soups sparingly and favoring cheaper tougher meats for nutrition, flavor, and value.
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Pittsburgh
Pearl MacDonald
Pennsylvania
Miss MacDonald
Mistaken Flattery and Dance Proposal Fragment
A fragmented OCR passage shows a flirtatious request to attend a dance. One speaker declines, preferring a different girl. The text lacks clear names, dates, or locations, and reads as a brief dialogue excerpt with an insistent invitation and a polite refusal.
Australia Plan for After Peace Draws Soldier Settlement
London Feb 26 Australia will be the great destination for British and Australian soldiers after the war says Andrew Fisher high commissioner for Australia in London. He describes a scheme to settle veterans on land with loans and near free leases across states. Rail expansion and new trunk lines will open up vast inland areas for wheat dairying and mixed farming, linking Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie and uniting eastern and western Australia within 48 hours.
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London
Associated Press
Australa
Andrew Fisher
Australia
Great Britain
Mr. Fisher
Queensland
Western Australia
Agricultural Bank
Fisher
Ing
Hailiways
Port Augusta
South Australia
Kalgoorlie
Australian Steel Works
Compa
Captain Tells of Fight With U-Boat
Captain James Evans described a running fight in the English Channel on January 31 between the German submarine and the British steamer Foyle. Fifty shots were exchanged, two striking the Foyle, as the steamer arrived in Boston aboard a vessel from Liverpool.
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Boston
Mass
English Channel
James Evans
I Lverpool
Evans
Secretary and treasurer named for Chicago firm panel
Secretary J A Massen of Hollen and Massen Chicago and treasurer H F Landeck of Oshkosh Wisconsin named. Landeck described as a well known Wisconsin banker and business man.
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J. A. Massen
Law Firm
Hollen & Massen
South la Salla St
Chicago
H. F. Landeck
Oshkosh, Wis
Lendeck
Wisconsin
Anch Business
W. E. Orthwein
St. Louis, Mo
Walter H. Orthwein
P. Sedgwick
Chicago Hardware Foundry Company
Engagement With Firefired Vessel Near Foyle
The Chanval sighted a burning ship a few miles ahead. Shots from the aubarine hit the Foyle as Captain Evan steered away at speed. The Foyle fired back with its 4.7 gun after a two hour surface duel before the submarine reportedly withdrew. Crew could not confirm any hits.
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Evan
Foyle
Sunday Cleanses Buffalo Speech From Slang Noise
Buffalo March 9 report notes Billy Sunday’s sermon language toned down slang to appeal to a broader audience in the city. The piece frames his remarks as patriotic and fresh, contrasting with previous rougher slang and vice-slaying rhetoric.
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Buffaln
Buffalo
Billy Sunday
Sunday sermon style fades as Buffalo leader grows calmer
The report notes that while Buffalo Billy Sung maintains his campaign presence in Buffalo with packed tabernacle crowds, his Sunday preaching style softens. His public voice shifts from sharp slang to a drawl when discussing family, with nightly attendance swelling to rival evening sessions. Financials show the camp’s entire expenses should be cleared soon, despite rumors of waning punch. Colleagues deny those rumors. Stamhoul university in Turkey nominates Kalari Wilhelm for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Buffalo
Billy Sung
Booker
Pape's Diapepsin In Five Minutes Relief
Gas and indigestion misery ends fast with Pape's Diapepsin. The ad claims quick relief from acid stomach, heartburn, belching, and fermentation, urging a fifty cent case for home use and promising harmless, sure relief for indigestion and dyspepsia.
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Pape
Papa
Discount offer for gas and electric customers until 10 pm
Gas and electric light consumers are notified they may obtain a discount up to 10 o clock p m on the 10th. After that, payment of the gross amount of any unpaid bill will be required.
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Tirer
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William F. Gody
Lookout Mountain
Denver Mountain Park
Denver
Bettler
Butler Iron Company
Butler County
Missouri
Butler Iron
W. W. Mechling
Carnegie Steel Company
Homestead
M. H. Cutter
M. H. Cutter & Co
Rookery
Cutter
Chicago Title and Trust Company
J. E. Drysdale & Co., Inc
Putnam Bidg
Davenport
Iowa
B. F P. Baker
Kewanee, Illinois
Kewanee Boiler Company
C. FE. Temple
Grand Rapids, Mich
C. H. Wheeler
U.S. Steel Corporation
Gary
Indiana
Wheeler
Iron and Steel Industry
E. Drysdale & Co
Putas Bldg
Gentiemro
Stamhoul University
Turkey
Kalar Wilhelm
Citizens Gas and Electric Company
Bright
Haarlem OM
Joder’s
West Fourth St
March Furniture
Axminster
Reed Furniture
Read
Thacker
Toomy
Liberal
Teath
State of
Columbia
Columbia Records
Simmons Steel
Simmons
OLD Waterlou Furniture Company
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