My Four Years in Germany and German Cartel Exposé
Ambassador Gerard argues postwar Germany will rely on centralized buying and cartels to control imports, prices, and competition. He details the Central Purchasing Agency, state influence on exchange, and how German firms collude to dominate markets. He contrasts German cartels with American trusts and flags potential shifts in policy after the war.
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Germany
Gerard
United States
Junkers
Central Kinkauf Gesellschaft
Cure National Defense Boards
Gentral Purchasing Agency
Unstral Empires
America
New York
Berlin
Imperial Bank
Holland
Altho
Congress
Belgium
Letters from London by Nan Home Front Soldier Views
Nan describes life in London during air raids with soldiers on leave, a theatre raid, and local morale. She notes American aid workers, munition factory creches run by Lady Henry, and the hard work of English women knitting and tending babies. She praises soldiers politeness and outlines women volunteers adapting to war duties.
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London
Sis
Hich
Trelawny of
Woolwich
Lady Henry
France
Sweeney to Speak on Electrical Merchandising at Rotary
Rotary Club secretary A E Haswell will miss the hotel Russell Lamson luncheon next Monday. J E B Sweeney will deliver the talk on Electrical Merchandising with a note that husbands should buy electrical conveniences to ease wives' housekeeping. Officers urge full attendance at weekly meetings.
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A. E. Haswell
Hotel Russell- Lamson
J. E B. Sweeney
Haswell
Sweeney
Dar
Canning Poultry How-To For Long-Term Pantry Storage
A detailed home canning method for chicken dinner using methodical steps. From dressing and cooling to packing hot meat in hot jars, adding broth, and sealing. Instructions include water bath and pressure times, sterilization, and rubber quality tips.
Grangers Urge Bonds Investment for Farmers
Cedar Rapids nepublican reports the state grange of the patrons of husbandry urges all members to take bonds. The piece argues farmers should save from war profits and invest in bonds as sound as the soil and government, asserting if farmers cannot aid government who can.
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Cedar Rapids
A Rich Man's War by Harvey O'Higgins
The piece argues the draft is a rich man's war, detailing how elites profit during war while workers bear burdens. It contrasts U.S. and British experiences, noting war-driven shifts toward state socialism and democratic industry, urging continued reform and loyalty among workers. It ends with an unrelated jewelry ad reference.
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James W. Gerard
The
Public Ledger Company
Canada
International
Paris
Sepia Einkaus Gesellschaft
Skinner
HWERL
Faust
Austria
Dyestuf Industries
Badische Anlin and
Sociafabrik
Farhwerke Meister Lucia and Bruning
Hacekst
Frankfort
Chemical Works
Bayer, & Co
Cologne
Son Paige
Nan
the Rotary Club
Harvey O’higgins
Europe
Steel Trust
Canal Trust
Meat Trust
England
Board of Business Management
Great Britain
Cobb's Clark Hospital
Blyth Street
Paige
Te Linwood
Six-39
Brooklands
Glendale
Dartmoor
Detroit
Ese Paige
Detroit Motor Car Company
Detroit, Michigan
Central Auto & Supply Co
Sintil
Franklen Streets
Waterloo
B. Cleveland
Miller Motor Car Co
Sycamore
Grant Motor Car Corporation
Cleveland
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