President Wilson Sends Message From Europe to Congress
President Woodrow Wilson, writing from Europe, urges urgent funding for 1919-1920 government operations and outlines labor relations and industrial reform. He calls for federal action on eight hour day expansion, veterans' employment, taxation reform, tariffs, and suffrage amendment, urging cooperation between capital and labor and international economic rebuild.
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Congress
League of Nations
Committee On Labor
Daddy's Evening Fairy Tale by Mary Graham Bonner
Two bugs lie on their backs unable to crawl and worry about being eaten by potential threats. A boy with ducks and a puppy pass by, the bugs hope for help, and a kind boy finally turns them over so they can crawl again, ending their plight.
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United States
United States Tariff Commission
Congress
Tariff Commission
House of Representatives
Mary Graham Bonner
Fur Defied: A Schoolroom Tale of Truth and Fear
A classroom exchange shows a teacher asking about fur and a student answering F U R. The lesson reveals a grim view that fur is “an awful long way,” highlighting a conflict between word spelling and moral meaning in a school setting.
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Tommy
Thomas
Question About Clemenceau as Savior of France
A Paris paper recalls a cartoonish exchange where a child asks if Clemenceau is the savior of France, likening him to Joan of Arc, and the father confirms the comparison, noting the eulogies at the peace conference by Wilson and Lloyd George.
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M. Clemenceau
Wilson
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
France
Joan of Arc
le Cri de
Paris
Best Medicine Promises Real Cure in Kidney Ailments
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a highly effective kidney liver and bladder remedy. It claims sworn testimonials and widespread sales due to fulfilling many wishes. A sample bottle offer via Parcels Post from Dr Kilmer and Co with ten cents enclosed. bottles available at drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Ady
Atmospheric Injustice and the Rainy Parable
A quoter notes rain falls on the just and unjust but a furrowed brow man counters that the unjust often carry the umbrellas of the just. The exchange ends with the hunter giving up.
Housewife Thanks Red Cross Bag Blue at Grocers
A housewife smiles at a basket of clean clothes and thanks Red Cross Bag Blue as groceries are priced five cents.
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Red Cross
A High Flyer
A quip from the Boston Transcript notes a bankrupt man once had a $10,000 yearly income, but his wife fixed it three months after their marriage.
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Boston Transcript
Writing is a weak way to borrow money, presence persuades
The quote contrasts methods of obtaining a loan, suggesting that personal presence can be more effective than written requests. It highlights the power of in-person persuasion in financial dealings.
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Department of Labor
Secretary of the Interior
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