Greenville cheers Bailey in Texas address
In Greenville Texas on April 16 former Senator J W Bailey voiced support for a Wilson administration alignment and warned opponents not to mislabel him as anti Democratic. The crowd packed the venue with thousands outside, Bailey defended his war record and Liberty bond sales while contrasting his stance with critics.
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Greenville
Texas
J. W. Bailey
Wilson
Bailey
Hunt
Joe
Mr. Bailey
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Ask Your Soldier Boy How Cooties Got Such a Hold
Wartime advisory urges avoiding rats and vermin entering homes. It promotes RAT-SNAP in three sizes with prices 25c and 1.00, sold and guaranteed by Wilson-Montgomery and Dyer & Jones. The copy stresses battlefronts in Europe swarmed with rats spreading disease.
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Europe
Wilson-Montgomery and Dyer & Jones
Congressman Black Examines League of Nations in Campaign
Paris Texas April 18 Congressman Eugene Black spent yesterday with friends in Paris and voiced belief that the League of Nations will be a campaign issue. He predicted the San Francisco convention would endorse it with certain interpretative provisions.
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Paris
Texas
Eugene Black
League of Nations
San Francisco
Republicans split over league stance and 1920 ticket race
The speaker describes a Republican rift between a no league faction led by Hiram Johnson and a pro league wing backed by Lodge reservations. The predicted GOP nominee names are Hoover, Harding, or Lowden, while Democrats are seen nominating Palmer or McAdoo for President and Cox of Ohio for Vice President.
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Hiram Johnson
Hoover Harding
Lowden
Palmer
McAdoo
Cox
Ohio
Rats Around My Place Were Wise Says John Tuthill
John Tuthill recalls trying poisons and foods to trap rats but failing before RAT-SNAP. A cake of RAT-SNAP was placed where rats scampered and within days the infestation ended. Available in three sizes 25c 50c and $1.00 from Dyer & Jones.
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John Tuthill
Government Costing 18 Millions a Day
Washington reports the government spent 5 028 176 000 dollars to run operations in the first nine months of the fiscal year. The figure underscores the high daily cost of national administration as of April 18.
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Washington
Government expects annual expenditures near six point seven five billion
Treasury officials cited an estimated total government outlay for the twelve months ending June 30 next of about 6.75 billion dollars, averaging over 18 million dollars daily. future congressional appropriations and the soldier bonus, expected to cost one billion, are not included.
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Treasury
Congress
Railroad government operation notes and sales pitch
A brief item notes the At in Government operation of rail roads and mentions available second hand casing for sale from G. W. Parker. The fragment presents a small ad or notice style line about rail work and used casings.
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Pierce
Henry Boru
Dallas News
Congressman Black
City Meat Market
Garland & Hileman Proprietors
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CQ
Winston-Salem, N. C
Glass
G. W. Parker
Dyer & Jones
Denisson, Sherman
Dallas
Waco
Corsicana
Brunswick Tires
Brunswick
Whitewright, Texas
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