Moonshine Debate Highlights Legal Crackdown in Ohio
An Anaconda Standard item notes growing public interest in moonshine alongside debate over the quality of illicit light, comparing opinions on taste and safety. It cites a Columbus legal question about deeds barring manufacture for personal use and notes that dry laws fail to eliminate alcohol, while passions and illicit production persist.
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Teapot-like Senate Row Over Lodge Peace Copy
A heated dispute in the Senate over Senator Lodge and a peace treaty copy is dismissed as a teapot matter after the copy resurfaces with a leading Republican ex-secretary of state. The president of the American Red Cross reportedly delivered the document to Root, then Lodge, fueling partisan attacks against President Wilson.
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The 2.75 Percent Beer Debate Across States
The article discusses the legal standing of 2.75 percent beer in various states, noting Montana and the U S Supreme Court's cautious stance. It contrasts state laws, mentions 2.76 percent beer as controversial, and forecasts prolonged legal questions while consumers await clearer rulings.
Ford Newberry election scandal calls for Senate probe
The letter urges a thorough senate inquiry into Michigan’s Ford Newberry race, noting record spending and ballot box corruption. It warns such fraud undermines government, fuels discontent, and could aid Bolshevik agitation, arguing the scandal demands investigation despite party dynamics.
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Germans urged to sign treaty despite U S senate attacks
European correspondents report Berlin leaders have been encouraged by American Senate opposition to the peace treaty. They expect five days for signature once the reply to counter proposals is delivered, and warn longer delays will yield harsher terms. The motive abroad is political with a U S presidential campaign in mind, not alliance with Germany. Germany must sign regardless of Senate stance.
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Franco-Amerique society forms to rebuild Colley de Chateau
The Franco-Amerique society in New York seeks to reconstruct Colley de Chateau near Soissons after three sieges left it ruins. By now $47,422 is raised for temporary summer homes, with plans to raise $200,000 for farm tools, animals, church, school, and town hall.
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Sailors Wanted to Rebuild Europe and Feed the Fleet
A dated editorial urges Americans to aid France and Belgium in rebuilding and to man the United States merchant marine. It argues indemnities won't cover recovery and calls for city and town subscriptions to fund rebuilding efforts. The piece discusses wartime shipbuilding, sailor shortages, and contrasts U S maritime goals with England, while touching on postwar political figures and complaints in Washington.
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Fragmented political quips mock wartime speak and Montana flirtations
The passage mocks quick judgments about a postwar world and European stability, notes political pretensions, and jests about Austria, the I W W, and casual references to Montana as a summer spot. It hints at distrust of media and public sentiment and mentions Col John Frost in a tongue in cheek line.
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Memory of Love and Change in a Poem Fragment
A fragmented verse recounts childhood changes and aging, with lines about wigs, roots, and a world that grew more distant. The speaker reflects on past manners, attire, and social tones, ending with a sense of fading intimacy and the burden of loss. The text cites TAS Daly and Wheeler Syne, with mid 19th or early 20th century literary framing.
Humor Bits From The Washington Star Exchange And Tit Bit
A collage of punchline exchanges and gags from the Washington Star and Tit-Bite. Jokes span unskilled labor humor about repairing faucets to a barber's tale about ghost stories and haircuts, with quips about a sick wife and a western mining camp film's anachronisms.
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Washington Star
Fragmented headlines mix on ship battles and politics
A collage of old clippings discusses naval corrosion and future battleships, rail road costs and management plans, Jeannette Rankin’s congressional stance, treaty terms for German diplomats, a Bryan nomination rumor, and a quip about an alarm clock signaling tense news cycles across papers from Cleveland to Indianapolis.
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