A Country Faces Empty Treasury at Year End
Washington dispatch reports the U S treasury nearly bankrupt with daily deficits exceeding a million dollars since Congress adjourned. By end of October the general fund balance could be depleted, threatening a national financial crisis and a heavy tax and bond strategy before election day.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury of
United States
Congress
Treasury
Treasury Statement
Qct
National Bank
Multiple bank check offered to simplify monthly payments
The Minneapolis Journal reports a new two sided multi payee bank check from a Boston trust company. The enlarged check lists many firms with sums to pay, enabling a depositor to sign once and have the bank handle the rest. This device aims to ease monthly debt settlements for depositors.
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Minneapolis
Boston
Woman asks surrogate court to raise allowance to 60000 a year
New York nov. 4 Mrs Nils Fior-Tian petitions the surrogate court to increase her annual allowance from the estate of Charles Kohler to 60000 a year for herself her husband and an infant child. The case cites sufficiency of 25000 a year and highlights bank checks and the invention of the multiple check.
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New York
Nils Fior- Tian
Charles Kohler
Make Pinex Cough Syrup At Home For Fraction Of Cost
A vintage ad urges readers to prepare a home made cough syrup using Pinex and sugar to save money. It claims rapid relief for coughs throat and chest colds within 24 hours and promotes Pinex as a long standing remedy from Norway pine extract with guaiacol. The ad notes a 2% ounce package price and instructs asking a pharmacist for the specified amount with full directions.
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Pinex - Ft
Wayne
Ind
Wilson Tariff Controversy: Bread Line Reopened by War
Republican County Publicity Committee accuses President Wilson of harming American workers with tariffs. The letter argues tariff policies worsened unemployment in 1913 1914, citing shifts in imports exports and the effect on bread-winners, industries, and munition workers, warning of renewed bread-line hardship after the war ends.
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Republican Party
Wilson
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Labor Bureau
Republican County Publicity Committee
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