Race Notes on Temperance Union Debate
The piece reports on a temperance note set by the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union and mocks liquor advocates. It cites a medical journal correcting a state ment that liquor use rose while deaths fell, contrasting misinterpretation with official statistics from the United States Statistical Abstract. It likens lavish claims to Baron Munchausen and George Washington satire.
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National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Baron Munchausen
Journal of the American Medical Association
United States
Great Medical Journal
George Washington
Distillery Wagon Driver Declares Teetotal Resolve
A distillery wagon driver, unloading barrels, explains he never touches alcohol on or off the job. A bystander notes he could drink, but the driver says drinking would cost his job. He claims drivers of booze wagons are the greatest teetotalers in the country.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Detroit Times editor calls liquor ads a contradiction
Mr. Schermerhorn argues that newspapers should not carry liquor ads and must avoid mixed messages on tragedy and cure. He compares ads to hypocrisy, saying it is inconsistent for a paper to cover liquor problems while promoting drinks.
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United States
Schermerhorn
Detroit Times
Advertising Club of New York Drinks Decline Noted
A New York advertising journal reports shrinking alcohol use among business diners at the Advertising Club of New York. The club’s total alcohol bill for a recent month topped $30 with about 4 000 regular meals served over 26 working days, averaging under eight tenths of a cent per person per meal and indicating roughly one drinker in forty.
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New York
Advertising Club of
Georgia Press Association Bans Alcohol at Events
At its last meeting the Georgia Press Association adopted an anti liquor resolution with only two negative votes. The measure requires officers arranging annual outings to inform local committees that no intoxicants including beer wine or liquor shall be provided at any functions.
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Gerogia Press Association
Berlin Rathaus speech cites prohibition as social danger
A German speaker in Berlin Rathaus council hall contends the state has the right to ban alcohol, declaring drinking in any form a social danger. The remark contrasts with U S figures like Hobson Bryan and Capper.
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Richmond P. Hobson
William J. Bryan
Governor Capper
Kansas
Berlin Rathaus
Study Finds Drinkers Lose Wages At NJ Pipe Firm
United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company of New Jersey observes that its employee drinkers lose about 180 dollars a year in wages. By monitoring 100 workers, 50 drinkers and 50 abstainers, they report 4,156 days lost by the drinkers in the first eleven months, an average of nearly eight days per month.
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United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company
New Jersey
Lesson on Jesus Triumph Entry and Reverent Response
The April 1 30 AD date places Jesus in the triumphal entry from Bethphage to Jerusalem with palm branches and hosannas. The crowd's zeal contrasts with the Pharisees alarm and Jesus foresees the suffering to come. Reverence, not mere praise, is urged as the weighty response to the King and Savior. Greeks seeking Jesus signal the universal reach of his message and the price of redemption. The piece highlights discipleship faith, public acclaim, and the cross’s prelude in a historic, spiritually charged week.
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Mary
Martha
Lazarus
Bethphage
Jesus
Jerusalem
Messiah
Philip
Christ
Plant Grapevines for Beauty
The wild grapevine emits the sweetest odor among plants and grows with little care. It can cover a side fence as a dense hedge or be trained over a trellis or shade trees. Transplant in late fall or winter. blue grape offers abundant fruit for home grounds.
Garden care tips for flowers and lawn maintenance
The article gives practical gardening guidance on soil quality for flowers, proper spacing for Verbenas Petunias Phlox Pansies Zinnias Marigolds and Pops to ensure thrifty growth. It also covers lawn care strategies including grass clipping mulching leveling depressions shading trees and potting plant management along with pruning methods for Balsams Sweet peas and Pansies.
Small Water Garden Idea for Easy Aquatic Growing
A compact water garden is practical and low maintenance. Use a split sugar barrel or wooden tub sunk in soil, create a 12 inch square potting box with rich mud or loam, plant nymphea roots, and fill with water two to three inches above the roots. Add water gradually as plants grow and avoid changing the water unless evaporation requires replacement.
Daddy's Evening Airy Talk by Mary Gragam Bonner
A fairy chats with spring buds as they reveal why they unfold slowly. The sun shines, the south wind whispers, and April showers promise warmth while the tree waits for full bloom. Buds speak of growth, encouragement, and the joy of budding in spring.
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Mary Gragam Bonner
Buds
The Golden Tomorrow Proclaimed by a Girl of Companion
A companion piece reflects on youthful optimism about a bright future while cautioning that tomorrow mirrors today. It urges present, ardent effort to shape a golden future for all, noting the impact of current actions on future promise.
Woman Declares Relief from Two-Year Illness with Cure
Chicago reader Mrs Jos O Bryan reports two years of female trouble left after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She weighs 165 pounds and says she is as strong as a man. The ad touts Pinkham's remedy for displacements inflammation ulceration irregularities periodic pains backache bearing down feeding and nervous prostration.
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Chicago
Ill
Ieee
Lydia E. Pinkham
Jos. O’bryan
Newport Ave
Chi Il
Sailors Need More Air on Shipboard
Naval surgeon Dr. R. C. Holcomb reports that crowded shipboard quarters expose sailors to poor air, heat extremes, and irregular sleep, raising the risk of respiratory diseases and injuries from storms. He notes the navy’s high occupancy per cubic foot worsens these conditions.
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Broad Ocean
R. C. Holcomb
California Syrup of Figs Adverts for Child Health
An old advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as a gentle, effective laxative for sick children. It promises relief from constipation and foul stomach contents, advising mothers to use a teaspoonful for coated tongues and a 50 cent bottle with dosing directions for all ages.
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California
Portly diner thanks waiter for memory of orders
The portly man exclaims with astonishment at the waiter’s recall of his meal. The waiter explains he told the chef a man outside wanted everything on the bill except the olives.
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George
Cuticura Remedy Ad Promises Free Sample by Mail
A vintage advertisement offers Cuticura Ointment for facial rash and Cuticura Soap for washing. It instructs to smear rising and retiring and to soak hands in hot lather then apply ointment. Free sample by mail with a postcard to Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Senator Sorghum Seeks Balance Amid Home Front Debates
Senator Sorghum admits fewer speeches as he grapples with strong, divergent opinions among voters at home. He says he is not feeling particularly eloquent and faces questions that split his constituents.
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Senator Sorghum
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promises Malaria Cure
An old medicine advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claiming Quinine kills malaria and Iron strengthens the body. It emphasizes a printed formula on the label and prices the product at 50 cents. The text adds a sexist aside regarding spiteful women.
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GROVE
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