Public reaction to the child labor ruling and possible remedies
The piece surveys widespread disappointment after the Supreme Court strikes down the federal child labor act. It discusses proposals by Senator Owen to bind courts, suggests states or federal power as fixes, and argues that sweeping federal action or a constitutional amendment may be needed to protect child workers.
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Supreme Court
Owen
Oklahoma
Congress
United States
Bigger and Better Taxes for a Wartime Revenue Overhaul
The article argues for a rewritten revenue act to replace a confusing tax system with a single comprehensive law. It expects higher taxes on personal and corporate earnings, including an 8 percent surcharge on certain incomes and adjustments to unearthed profits taxes. Congress is urged to enact a fair, broad reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
England
Men Who Laugh At The Front In War News
A front line correspondent describes American soldiers as cheerful and boisterous in battle. They sing joke and jest while fighting with bayonets and grenades, returning unscathed or wounded with smiles. The piece notes grave rivals fight grimly but Americans mix humor with fierce resolve.
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Tommy
Kipling
Europe
Jobs Ad Calls for Volunteers to Aid War Effort
A midwestern city runs a page ad urging all residents to join the workforce for war aid. The piece argues for organized national mobilization and suggests compulsory measures may follow if not achieved.
Cheese Dishes and Salads From Household Hints
A sequence of cheese based dishes and salads including Delicious Cheese Galad, Cheese and Nut Salad, Escalpped Hominy and Cheese, and Baked Cowpeas and Cheese. Each recipe shows mixing methods with dressings, layers, and baking steps for salads and hot dishes.
Honey and Nut Gingerbread and Barley Gingerbread Recipes
Classic recipes for Honey and Nut Gingerbread Rice Sponge Cake and Barley Gingerbread detail ingredients and steps. Instructions include creaming butter and honey, beating eggs, sifting dry ingredients, folding in whites, and baking times in moderate ovens.
Lib erty Bond Aid Shows Saving Ladies Humor
A colored woman uses saved coins to buy a Liberty bond in a humorous scene at a Liberty loan desk. Mr Simkins returns from a holiday to find funeral signs for the mayor outside the house. A Sunday school class asks about Methuselah and the teacher ends by fielding a child’s question about birthday presents.
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Liberty Loan
Mr. Simkins
draft labor laws and economic conscription debate
The passage argues that all should work and that draft shirking is justifiable, but most states will avoid it as a last resort. If voluntary work fails due to public or private indifference, economic conscription will spread widely.
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Stars and Stripes
Ray
Dinty
Hop
South America
The Red Cross Praised For Its Work And Integrity
An editorial extols the Red Cross as a voluntary body free from graft and incompetence. It notes its readiness, effectiveness, and the world’s admiration while contrasting critics from southern congressmen who would rather be at home.
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The
Red Cross
Yday Etiquette Advice Column Excerpts
Questioned etiquette guidance from Marie Reilley includes handling mourning rings after a fiancé’s death and attending funerals with mourners. Other notes cover engagement visits for soldiers, personal stationery, and marking envelopes for safe return with proper address placement.
Letters From France Describe War Life and Home Ties
Private Joseph N. Marquis of the 6th Field Artillery sends Myrtle Mitchell updates from France in April 1918 and May 1918. He mentions mail delays, chevrons, war bread, flags, and soldiers at a chateau hospital, plus memories of home and family, and asks about Alma, Audra, and his mother.
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Myrtle Mitchell
France
Joseph N. Marquis
Ordinance Detachment 6Th
Field Artillery
Joe
Athens
James Salters
Alma
Brother Bowie
Audra
Mother
N. G
Sis
O. K
U. S
Salvation Army
Patriotic Green's Run Flag Raising At Mine Event
Athens county reports a flag raising at Green's Run with mothers and fathers of soldiers, the Glouster-Jackonville band, and speeches by Rev. Mills and Bomber McGinnis, urging unity and revenge against the Kaiser. A June 8 1918 dispatch from Glouster, Ohio.
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Athens County
Green
Betsy
Mills
Jacksonville
Savage
Ohio
McGinnis
U. S
Glouster
Mother's Day Message From the Front Brightens Letters
A WWI correspondent in France notes unusually warm sunlit days, shares a Mother's Day greeting, mentions General Pershing urging letters home, recalls graduation ten years earlier, and closes with best wishes from CPL. James H. McKinley of Company C, 7th Engineers, AEF.
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General Pershing
France
Mothe
Helen
Cpl
James H. McKinley
Co. C
Engrs
Doan’s Kidney Pills Endorsement by Mrs French in Athens
Athens resident Mrs. Wm. French testifies the Doan’s Kidney Pills cured her kidney trouble after six years of swelling feet feverish eyes and back pain. She first endorsed the remedy over two years ago and repeats praise in 1914 claiming complete relief after five boxes and urges others to try Foster Milburn Buffalo claims 60 cents at dealers.
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Athene Messenger
Meenid Priming Company Prep
W. Ma Batter
Macgenger
Tricybones
Daily Messenger
Xeepc
Cartier
Postoffice
Athena
Ohio
Audit Bureau
Robert B. Ward
Astern CO
Pith Ave
New York
Estern
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Athens
Doan
Wm. French
Dean
Hart-McKee Drug Co
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J. H. McKinley
States
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the Messenger
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Onserve
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Athens County Buick Co
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