War costs dominate 1920 federal spending total
A 1920 federal budget analysis shows 92.83 percent of appropriations fund war related and departmental upkeep, while only 6.16 percent cover primary government functions and 1.01 percent support research and education. The piece contrasts vast military outlays with calls to end waste and includes letters to wives about bachelor life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ware
Navy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Our Own Corre Count on Chicago Convention Crowd
The London Daily Sketch reports a massive scene at the Chicago convention with sixteen thousand attendees, noting the raucous atmosphere and comments on democracy. It quotes criticisms of presidential selection and hints at broader reflections on democracy and leadership.
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London Daily Sketch
Chicago
Old
England
Reading Course Warns About Iron and Steel Production
A postwar reading course notes that iron and steel manufacture supports war efforts and modern industry. It highlights blast furnaces, coke ovens, and steelmaking, urging training and specialized work to meet postwar railroad, shipping, and construction demands. It discusses the blast furnace path from molten iron to castings and the rise of various steel types and electric furnaces.
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United States
Loven
Milltown by Edmund Vance Cooke
A reflective poem lamenting urban decay in Milltown where dark air, peeling paint, dingy tenements, and polluted soil shadow children’s lives. The speaker condemns a nation that lets the land and faith wither, urging personal responsibility to restore growth, light, and hope amid bleak surroundings.
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Edmund Vance Cooke
Milltown
God
After War Reading Course in Iron and Steel
A detailed listing of books and credits for a Bureau of Education course on iron and steel. It covers Bessemer and open-hearth processes, rolling mills, and heat treatment, with author names and edition notes. Eligible readers may receive a certificate by completing eight volumes, or pursue individual volumes.
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United States Bureau of Education
Commissioner of Education
Stoughtons Metallurgy
Johnson
Stoughton
Bureau
Iron and Steel
L. W- Spring
A. B.C
A. C. Backett
Bradley Stoughyn
BR. G. G. Moldenke Iron and Steel
Jones Oberg
R. E. ‘Cham
Loans on Farm Lands at six per cent interest
Local money on Fort City property. Gordo n Howell and Allison Building offer farm land loans at six percent interest. Phone 849.
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Orm of Cordon Howell
Allison Bldg
Belmont Urges Women Not To Vote After Gaining Ballot
Washington reports paint Mrs. C. H. P. Belmont, longtime suffrage advocate and financier, urging women who already won state ballots to refrain from voting until the Anthony amendment is ratified. She proposes third party alignment, prompting Republican and Democratic leaders to worry over strategy and legislative ratification timing in several states.
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Washington
C. H. P. Belmont
Belmont
Chicago
Tne
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Lovelacer
Morndiana
Americus
Sumter County
Railbd Commission of Georgia
U. S. Court
Gear
Candler Bldg
Atlanta
Brunswick
New York
New Rie
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Stevens
Ung
Philip Doddridge
Dr. Doddridge
Germany
Congress
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Roosevelt
Benedd
Britain
Premier Grabski
Poland
Letgocki
Noah
Dove of Peace
Russia
Mexico
Allies
D. K. Bullens
Rodenhauser
LL W Boring
Crane Co
Chica
Carnegie Library of
Pittsburg
American Library Association
Joseph L. Wheeler
Youngetown Public
Mamie E. Cassady
D. Cmarcia
C. Ramsey
D. C
Leslie, DeSoto and
Cobb
J. W. Barwick
Leslie, Georgia
L. G. Council
J. E. Bolton
Chahier C. M. Council
V. P.& Cashier
Joe M. Bryan
Cashler (Incorporated
Planters Bank
Americas Resources
City Bank
S Sp
Crawford Wheatley
Samuel Harrison
Bank of Commerce
Lee Hodson
C. B. Crisp John Sheffield
Insurance Herbert Hawkins Planters Bank Building
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