Wilson urges budget system and labor reform in message
President Wilson asks Congress to establish a single budget system with a unified expenditure plan and executive responsibility. He urges simplification of income and profits taxes, extended food control, and a constructive program to improve labor relations while warning against unrest and radicalism.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
House of
Executive
Secretary of the Treasury
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Fragmentary Note on Mind and Growth
Fragmented readable text hints at a discussion of beauty, mind development, and balance between serene focus and social interaction. The passage is incomplete and lacks clear events, persons, or concrete details to form a fuller summary.
Drive Away Madness Keeps Mind in Check
A fragment from a Chicago American item notes an effort to ward off mental distress and maintain sanity, with terse wording reflecting a wartime or medical advisory tone. The unreadable OCR leaves only hints of treatment or publicity around mental health care.
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Tnd
Chicago
Right to bargain guarded by government in crisis era
A defense of labor and capital balance asserts government must protect all people, not pits groups against each other. It warns against direct action and revolution, urging reform through representative government and the path of justice to achieve economic progress and social harmony.
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Marsansinginlbhe
Pala’ Ito
Russia
America
Low Standard of Goodness for Germany Cited by Senator King
Senator King of Utah mocks Germanys moral standard, comparing it to a boy who lies about cleanliness. The remark frames Germany as promising to be good but not meeting high expectations, using a humorous family anecdote to illustrate perceived shortcomings.
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Germany
King
Utah
Billy
Peculiar Tailor Shop Bargain Scrape
A rough exchange in a tailor shop centers on a man who bought a suit for $35 and faced another customer’s demand to resell at $100. The dialogue reveals tension over price and fairness as one party insists on a higher quit price despite opposition.
Old-Time Bosses Fade as New Talk Dominates
A fragmented excerpt portrays a transition from traditional political bosses to a modern style that centers on knowledge of international covenants and subtler connections. Senator Sorghum comments on the shift, noting the change in what earns leadership.
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Sorghum
League of
Upnl
Indicted in 1918 Michigan election fraud case
Federal grand jury charges include fraud conspiracy and perjury against Truman H Newberry and fourteen associates over the 1918 primary and general elections. Newberry faced eight counts for campaign spending excesses and possible $10,000 fine with up to two years imprisonment. The probe alleged voter manipulation editors subsidies and cinema buyouts to defeat Henry Ford.
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Girard
Rapids
United States
Truman H. Newberry
Nut Mercius
Michigan
Newberry
Ford
Onda
Up Rn
Henry Ford
Workers Granted Wage Increase Across Major Meat Packagers
Federal Judge Samuel Alschuler awarded raises totaling about 12 million dollars a year to some 125000 stock yards workers in Chicago and eight other cities. Unskilled workers gain about 7 percent and mechanical trades 12 to 14 percent, with specific boosts for kill and cut gangs and helpers. The award retroactive to September 1, 1919, denies a 44 hour week and double overtime pay, and rejects many other worker demands.
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Chicago
Ill
Samuel Alschuler
Kansas City
Omaha
Lincoln
Forth Worth
St. Paul
Gast
St.Louis
Sioux
Alschuler
Daring Omaha robbery nets 65000 from Hayden Brothers
Yeggmen bound two night watchmen and blew open two safes in Hayden Brothers department store. Three robbers spent most of the night in the heart of Omaha's business district, escaping with about 48000 in cash and bonds plus 17000 in jewelry. Gold and silver valued at 50000 were left behind due to weight.
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Omaha
Neb
Hayden Brothers
May Resolutions Urge Refusal to Haul Nonunion Coal
May resolutions from the Brotherhoods of Engineers Conductors Firemen and Trainmen in Pittsburgh Kansas protest being required to handle coal mined by nonunion labor and oppose Governor Allen sending in military forces. They authorize officials to refuse to haul or handle nonunion coal.
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Pittsburgh
Kans
Brotherhoods ‘of Engineers
Allen
Mooney Guilty Rumors and Gov Letter Stir Public
Fragmentary notes claim belief in Mooney guilt and reference a gubernatorial letter. The material mentions Sacramento, California, murder ties to San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing and indicates possible clemency discussions. Details are unclear and partially garbled.
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Mooney
Sacramento
Cal
Thomas
San_ Francisco
Siam
I Stephens
Mogaboy
Five bandits sentenced for life in swift Iowa case
A Sioux City era is recalled as five bandits are indicted and sentenced to life in the state penitentiary for killing the son of a Plymouth County sheriff. The record notes this as one of the swiftest justice periods in town history. The report also covers local farm bureau finances in Hardin County, bids on North Town pike work, and Iowa fleece growers attendance at Marshalltown.
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Plymouth
Spheriff
Mars ‘Elect
Towa
Ordeas
Sioux City
Gate Way
Ben H. Walker Han
Farm Bureau
Hardin County
Floyd County
North Town
Charles City
Rudd
Iowa
Iowa Fleece, Growers’ Association
Marshalltown
Strat's Hall
Popejoy
Westfolk
Franklin
Misa
Rebecca- Atkinson
Reeve
Hamilton Townships
Morgan
Dubuque
Unclear fragment hints at medicinal potions and herbal care
The readable lines reference roots herbs stage skill and care used in a medicinal prep. Lydia B. Binkhera is named with vague claims of health restoration and ongoing attestations to its virtue.
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Hag
Lydia B. Binkhera
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Secretary of Agriculture
Sta. Jist
Gulsea
Department of Justice
Tts
Ita
Indoraement
League
Natidna
Trowbridge
Ola Kentucky’ Mfg. Co., Inc
Paducah
California
Child's
Californ
Childre
Bilious
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