Home Distilling Faces Tighter Federal Rules and Taxes
The Internal Revenue Bureau publicized requirements to register and tax home stills and any distillation equipment. Stills used for essential oils, vinegar, or water purification may avoid the tax with sworn proof. penalties include fines up to 85,000 and imprisonment.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury Department
Bureau
Internal Revenue
Russian Famine Widespread Across North Russia
Returning soldiers describe severe hunger in Petrograd Vologda and surrounding villages as they pass Bolshevik lines toward American and allied outposts. F. Evlampieff of Archangel recalls famine, bread sold for 25 rubles, oats rationing, and cabbage smoke to ward hunger. Some join the White forces out of anti Bolshevik sentiment.
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Russia
Germany
F. Evlampieff
Archangel
Petrograd
Vologda
Evlampier
Red Army
Torozh
Evlampieff
Food Increase Approved for German Occupied Areas
The inter allied military commission orders 930 grams per person daily for 7 000 000 inhabitants in the left bank of the Rhine. The calories rise to about 2 400 per day replacing 1 400 under German rules. Distribution funded by the German government and carded at commission approved prices.
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Coblenz
Germany
Interallied
Military Commission
Rhine
Interalliied Relief Organization
Interallied Organization
Rotterdam
Trees as natural radio antennae claimed by Army
Maj. Gen. George O. Squier announced at the APS spring meeting that growing trees can serve as natural antennae for radio telephone and telegraph. A simple metallic spike creates contact to transmit and receive messages across the globe, offering a startling new communications method.
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Washington
American Physical Society
United States Bureau of Standards
George O. Squier
Army
Quite Enough in Hoboken Court
John Kelly told the judge his wife had him arrested 160 times. The judge dismissed the wife's charge, saying That's enough.
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Hoboken
N. J
John Kelly
Training boosts a worker's wages by training help
A Chicago machine shop hired a hard laborer with wheelbarrow experience as a sweeper. He showed keen interest in the machines and, after guidance from a training instructor in the labor department, his skills improved. Within six months his wages rose about 60 percent.
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Washington
Training Service Department of Labor
Chicago
Faith and the Triumphs of Belief in Jesus
Lesson overview on faith from Hebrews 11 1 4 and 12 1 2 begins with faith as the soul eye and present power, then traces ancient and Hebrew saints Abel Enoch Noah Abraham Sarah Jacob Joseph Moses and concludes with Christ as the Grand Exemplar urging believers to cast off weight sin and run with patience looking to Jesus.
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Enoch
Noah
Abraham
Tsane
Isaac
Sarah
Jacob
Joseph
Promised Land
Moses
Egypt
Faith
Christ
Jesus
Love as a timeless force in faith and life
A meditation on love as a gravity binding hearts across time and space. The passage cites devotion and Augustine noting God's care for the world, prompting humility and awe at the scale of providence and affection.
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St. Augustine
Why Man Falls: The Abused God and the Turn to Evil
A reflective aphorism argues that greatness shielded from failure becomes a source of danger. It suggests that when a man is abused or diminished by power or circumstance, his response shapes him into a devil rather than a saint.
August Flower Promises Quick Relief For Digestive Ailments
Household remedy August Flower is praised for constipation dyspepsia and liver trouble with a gentle laxative effect. The ad urges asking a druggist and notes its sale in many countries. A separate anecdote recalls a maid’s silver wedding day leave and a deceased father.
That Friend Acts After Theater Plans
In a witty exchange, one person notes their mother may skip the theater. A solution arises as three tickets are available and the third is suggested for a man they usually meet between acts, so he can join them without stepping out.
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Albert
Complimentary to Him About Engagement Secret
A brief dialogue notes a secret engagement kept by mutual agreement. One party reveals pressure from a rival to marry, while the other defends the concealment and asserts the fiancé proposed in response. The exchange reflects social dynamics and gossip in Brooklyn society.
Mystery in the Mansion Portrait Astonishes
Amid a blaze in a grand house a man holds a portrait of a beautiful woman. His face is pale and his lips move as he contemplates the image. The crowd wonders if the picture is of his wife or daughter, but a clue reveals it caused a lump on his head when it fell from the wall.
A Diagnosis
A worried agrarian complains his wife is rapidly wasting away and muttering incoherently. The doctor advises him to remove his party line telephone, saying the wife has been listening in too much.
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Kansas City Star
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