Punishment Aims at German War Criminals After Great War
The allies will treat German and other criminals as common offenders under criminal law. Ex-kaiser and emperors face trial for murder and crimes against civilization, with charges tied to Lusitania sinks and Lille region atrocities. France and Belgium seek accountability for Liege, Louvain, and other wreckage, while Armenians face justice for genocide.
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Germany
France
Belgium
Liege
Louvain
Aerschot
Malines
von Tirpitz
Hohenzollern
Armchair Army Desires Civil Life After War
Washington's armchair officers in the ordnance department report 1800 resignations since the armistice but no resignations accepted yet. Officials cite the need to digest construction plans and preserve defense posture, delaying blanket resignations, especially among young officers drafted early. Parents clamour for return of contingents, but policy remains to hold until the department deems the need no longer exists.
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Ashington
Joe Cannon
Ordnance Department
Washington
Public School Fitness Plan For All Children
Secretary Lane moves federal aid for school physical education with a $20 million yearly commitment. Commissioner Claxton drafted a bill proposing matching funds from states to build premilitary fitness programs for boys and girls through age eighteen, stressing lifelong health and capability rather than military prep.
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General Staff of the Army
Univers
Permanent Army
Interior
Lane
Congress
Claxton
Who Is Trying to Wipe Out Grape Juice Tax
In a Washington political aside the senate finance committee fights over taxing grape juice in a pending revenue bill. Rumors name William Jennings Bryan and Secretary Daniels, but no proof exists. suspicion shifts to Senator Simmons as chair. The debate centers on whether grape juice or broader fruit juices should be taxed, with farmer protests over cider and loganberry juice influencing revisions.
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Senate Finance Committee
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Mr. Wilson
Mr. Bryan
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Congress
Simmons
North Carolina
House
Quarantine Tightens in Spartanburg South Carolina
Spartanburg imposed a strict quarantine closing churches schools colleges and public gatherings amid a worsening health crisis. Clemson College moves to demobilize the SAT C by December 21 reverting control to civilian authorities for military duty reductions and exams December 18-20. Savings clubs in Columbia distribute about 125000 to members by December 16. A cotton holding association forms in Newberry pledging 35 cents a pound floor and acreage reductions to secure fair prices. Citadel land donation approved by Charleston city council for campus expansion. York hosts closing of the tenth annual Women’s Missionary Union convention.
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Spartanburg
Board of Health By
8. A. T. G .Clemson College
W. M. Riges
Clemson College
War Department
Army Training Corps
S.A T. C
Clemson
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Columbia
Bank of Columbia
People National Bank
Peoples National Bank
Clul
Cotton Holding Association
Newberry
Court House
George Y. Hunter
W. C. Brown
Thomas M. Keitt
Thomas M. Mills
Citadel
Charleston
South Carolina
Ashley River
Hampton Park
War gardens bloom as irrigation feeds workers in Arizona
County Agent J. R. Sandige fuels a large irrigation based program for Inspiration Copper employees in Miami Arizona. Seven thousand fifty one eighth acre plots yielded thirty thousand dollars in vegetables last year and may nearly double in 1918. Gardens are tended by miners smelter workers and their families with company supplied ground seed water and spraying materials. A dedicated garden market and new canning and drying facilities support surplus produce while two more copper companies have started gardens. Local backyard plots surge boosting total impact to about seventy thousand dollars plus.
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America
Arizona
J. R. Sandige
Gila County
Ariz
Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company
Miami
Arix
Sandige
Copper Company
Okra Good in Gardens and Home Use
Okra, a long standing staple in the South, becomes increasingly popular in the North. It grows easily in good soil and a few plants feed a family. Pods must be picked young for soups, stews, boiled, baked, or salads and can be canned or dried for winter.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Cooperative stores in America show potential with proper management
A United States Department of Agriculture survey of 60 co operative stores finds fundamental co operative principles sound in America though mismanagement and weak business practices have caused failures. Improved leadership, capable management, and favorable locations emerge as core conditions for success alongside larger purchasing power and better cost controls.
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United States
America
Office of Markets and Rural Organization
United States Department of Agriculture
Reliable Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Medicine Ad
An old advertisement extols Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy boosting kidneys liver and bladder. It invites readers to mail ten cents for a sample bottle and underscores years of trusted use. The note also recalls a humorous anecdote about a child and a kitchen fire from Harper's Magazine.
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Kilmer
Medicis
D ‘Ilmer & Co
Binghamton,n. Y
His Position and an Ode to Luck in Wry Verse
A brief, fragmentary piece presents two aphorisms on courage and fortune. The first asserts that an ounce of pluck outweighs luck, while the second notes luck arriving via tone rather than bold kicking, hinting at a humorous or didactic quip within a newspaper page snippet.
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Women urged to study nursing for the home and health
An editorial piece promotes women at home supporting troops abroad and urges study of nursing and domestic health care. It advertises Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic for nervous or weak women, claiming 10 cents buys a trial package and touting a 1000 page medical adviser published in Buffalo New York.
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Medical Adviser
Main St
Buffalo
N. Y
Rodtimers
Dr. Piere
Brees Meares
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Women's Missionary Union
Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church
York A. R. P
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Arizona Mountains
Co-operative
Theodore
Harper's Magazine
California
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