Graham Defends Wheat Estimate Amid Miller Criticism
Raleigh reports Major W. A. Graham, Agriculture Commissioner, again asserts North Carolina produced 10,000,000 bushels of wheat last year despite millers disputing the figure. The controversy follows earlier calls to challenge his figures while government estimates supported his stance.
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Raleigh
W. A. Graham
North Carolina
Henry Page
Page
Graham
Major Graham
Millers
G. S. Ferguson
W. P. Stacy
Ferguson
Stacy
Buncombe
Asheville
Olive oil health tip widely urged by physicians
A tablespoonful of olive oil three times daily is recommended by many physicians as a healthy practice. The guidance emphasizes regular intake to support wellbeing and can be incorporated into daily meals.
Sage and Sulphur Compound Restores Natural Hair Color
A grandmother’s beauty remedy Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound promises to darken faded or streaked hair. By applying with a comb the gray hair vanishes by morning and after a few uses hair regains natural color, gloss, and softness.
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Wyeth
Wythe
Choose Your Food Wisely and Grow Your Own Vegetables
A home economics guide outlines five food groups for daily meals: vegetables and fruits, dairy and animal proteins, cereals, sugars and fats. It emphasizes milk as essential, suggests exchanges within groups, and provides seasonal tips plus a detailed planting schedule for numerous vegetables with seed depths and spacing.
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Charleston Wakefield
Vienna
Alaska
Sandwich Island
New York Letter Aged Pepys Style Diary Notes
The correspondent recalls a bustling New York visit with tales of meeting editor C. D. Morris in St. Joseph, a comic fat boy story from Robert Rhode, Houdini’s fading youth, a purse snatch, a whale tasting at the Museum, Lord Theodore’s illness rumors, a Hawaiian porter and ukulele musician, an orphan adoption in France, and a ball with Capt. James Churchill as the day ends.
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New York
Samuel Pepys
C. D. Morris
St. Joseph
Robert Rhode
Harry Houdini
Theodore
Honolulu
France
James Churchill
Wisconsin
Russia
Mr. Bolsheviki
La Creole Hair Dressing Restores Natural Dark Color
An advertisement promotes La Creole Hair Dressing to turn gray or white hair to a dark, even shade without dye. It claims the product revives natural color, leaves hair healthy and lustrous, and comes with a money back guarantee. Sold by Jerman and Futrelle in Wilmington, N C with mail orders available for $1.20.
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Jerman and Futrellé
Wilmington
N. C
Adv
Women Take Spotlight in Local Billiards
A special women’s room opened in a large billiard parlor as a pocket billiard tournament for the Ambulance Fund was held last week. Spectators say women display less grace than men but play better than they pose, with shots taxing their ingenuity.
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Ambulance Fund
New Broadway Lunch Room Sells Nickel Harpoon for Cigars
A Broadway lunch room installs a nickel sparking device that uses a spear to pierce cigars near the band. The cigar drops from a slot after a twist of the wrist. The mechanism is not guaranteed to work on every cigar.
Curb brokers plan new shed near Broad Street
Curb brokers on Broad Street seek a large shed to house their operations after plans were submitted to the city and are expected to be approved. The curb trades have brought prosperity with several fortunes reported, while last week saw feverish activity around the Lampazoz Silver mine directed by William Barrett Ridgely.
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Broad Street
Lampazoz
William Barrett Ridgely
Man Removes Hat In Elevator After Cigar Smoke Incident
In the Singer Building a man takes off his hat to a lady after inadvertently blowing cigarette smoke into her face while exiting an elevator.
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Singer
Urgent Deficiency Bill Moves Through House
Washington February 18 a billion dollar urgent deficiency bill to fund immediate war needs for the War State Navy and other departments was before the House today. Chairman Sherley of the Appropriations Committee spearheaded the measure and expected its passage before adjournment.
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Washington
Navy
House
Sherley
Appropriations Committee
War Corporation Bill Considered in Congress
Washington reports the Ways and Means Committee debated the administration’s War Corporation bill to fund war industries with 4.5 billion dollars and regulate new securities of 100 thousand dollars or more. Senate Finance Committee Chair Simmons and Republican Leader Gallinger expect Senate approval with amendments. House action awaits Kitchin’s decision on hearings.
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Washington
House
War Corporation
Ways and Means
Senate
Simmons
Gallinger
Kitchin
Ways and Means Committee
More Witnesses Called as Newsprint Hearing Resumes
Expert witnesses were summoned by the Federal Trade Commission in Washington as hearings to fix a price for print paper continued. Paper makers said they would provide February investment costs and production figures by March 15. Commissioner Culver led the probe with witnesses including Walter Scott of Lord Northcliffe's Newfoundland mills and engineer Thomas Hardy.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Culver
Walter Scott
Lord Northcliffe’s
Newfoundland
Thomas Hardy
Elkader Woman Serves Rail Role as Agent and Operator
Mrs E M Paul holds multiple railroad posts at Elkader Iowa serving as station agent telegraph operator and former express agent a rare combination for her era and town.
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E. M. Paul
Elkader
Iowa
Why Chilly Weather Brings Rheumatism
A health note attributes rheumatism to uric acid buildup from the bowels and kidneys. It advises warm dress, meat, and plenty of water, plus Jad Salts effervescent lithia-water to flush acids, claiming it aids kidney action and reduces joint pain in cold, damp weather.
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Apex
Wake County
Wake
Franklin
Olive
W. C. Harris
Thomas H. Calvert
W. B. Snow
Calvert
W. M. Person
Louisburg
Ben Holden
Craig and Bickett
Person
Mr. Holden
Board of Education
Secree
Molla Bjurstedt
John Rogge
Norway
Rogge
Bjurstedt
Home Economics
Oxheart Chantenay
Danvers
Crosby
Jerusalem
Norfolk Savoy
Tom Watson
Nott
Bozof Exelento
Repube Aes Creento and Colored People Exelento Medicine CO
Atlanta
MacMillan
Texaco
W. D. MacMillan, Jr
North Second Street
Rutgers
Uncle Sam
Army of Fighters
Underwood & Underwood
NEW York Letter
Dispatch
Kenny
On Earth
Kenny’s
C.D. Kenny Co
Chesl Plough Chemical Co
Dept
Tenn
Rample
Areen’s
S Mare
Anne
R Gvans Chemical CO
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