Conscription debate frames wartime service and postwar aims
John Sharp Williams endorses compulsory military service during the war while opposing peacetime conscription. He argues for mobilizing to defeat Germany and prevent future militarism, warns volunteers alone are insufficient, cites recruitment failures, and urges a selective draft to ensure a rapid, decisive victory and deter future conscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sharp Williams
Germany
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Holland
France
Paris
Europe
North Sea
English Channel
Great Britain
India
Illinois
America
Rhine
Berence Mera
Rankin County Board Sets Road Changes and Bids
Rankin County Board meets May 7 1917 with full slate, approving road change petitions for the Jackson Gulfport route via Star and naming R A Kennedy and W H Till to view the proposed new route. Various bids and staff actions approved including feed contracts, dipping vats limit, bridge bids, and tax and payroll adjustments.
Symbol of Health Five Pointed Star on Tablets
The text claims the red five pointed star on Chamberlain's Tablets is a symbol of health tracing back to Pythagoreans. It promotes the tablets as a quick relief for indigestion biliousness and constipation and notes availability everywhere.
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Greece
Notice to Dealers and Contractors for bridge work bids
Sealed bids are invited at the Chance Clerk's office Brandon Mississippi until 12 noon on the first Monday in June 1917 for a tent, duck materials, and building a bridge across Conway Slough in Beat 2 and another across Dabbs Creek in Beat 5. The board may reject all bids. Special Commissioner to disclose a Rankin County real estate sale on May 21 1917 in Brandon.
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Board of Supervisors of
Rankin County
Board of Supervisors
Jackson
Gulfport
Star
Said
Dr. Webb
R. A. Kennedy
Baylor-Wills Grocery Co
E. N Ross
W. G. Barnes
Conway Slough
Dabbs Creek
Thomas Harris
L. C. Cooper
Ollie Dent
Bates School
R. L
Laura Wilson
Whitfield Stock Law District
Martha Terry
J.C. Crain Stock Law District
W. H. Patrick
Chance Clerk
Brandon
Miss
Onway Slough
J. A. Robinson
M. B. Pierce
Chancery Court
Mississippi
Court House
North
North West
Wee
North Est
South West
H. L. McCaskill
R. B. Ricketts
Notice for Publication and Local Bond Ordinance in Mississippi
Public notices detail Roy Ly Hose consents to purchase timber land in Choctaw Meridian under Timber and Stone Law with appraised values and a July 28 1917 final proof date. Also Brandon Mississippi ordinances authorize a $5000 town bond issue for 1917 street improvements with publication and June meeting conditions. A Rankin County trustee sale outlines foreclosure on Rankin land to satisfy a deed of trust, with sale set for June 4 1917 at the Brandon courthouse front door.
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Arrilla Watkins
Chancery Court
Rankin County
Mississippi
Brandon
Court House
Rog
Department of the Interior
U.S. Land Office
Jackson
U. S. Land Office
W. F. Commmins
Register
Seaboard National Bank
City of
New York
Bell
Brandon News
Board of Aldermen
A. M. Shields
al Ved
Pat K Henr
Sheld
Aurelia Shedd
J.A. Morris
J. P. Barksdale
Board of Supervisors
Chancery Clerk
Mclntyre
Aare Ees
Chancery
Timber Crew Wanted At Tallahatchie Lumber Co
Job listing from Philipp Mississippi seeks colored laborers timber cutters track men and farm hands. Pay ranges from 1.25 to 2.75 dollars per day with pay every two weeks. Contact A B Stubblefield Jr manager for details.
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Tallahatchie Lumber Co
Philipp
Miss
A. B. Stubblefield, Jr
Mgr
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Ad
An 19th century style advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy that reaches the blood to treat catarrh and claims endorsements from physicians. It touts a combination of tonics and purifiers, offers testimonials, and lists pricing and availability through F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. It also sells Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Fall
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Trainmen's High Wages Debate by Chicago Merchant
John V. Farwell of Chicago Merchant notes Interstate Commerce Commission reports show trainmen earn about 50 percent more than other railway workers and nearly double the average American wage. He cites locomotive engineers averaging over 2,000 dollars yearly, with long service engineers earning 2,000 to 3,000, arguing hours and responsibilities justify their pay against small merchants, farmers, or doctors.
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Interstate Commmerce Commission
John V. Farwell
Chicago
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W.s.may
United States
Ereas
Joe Ross
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W. C. Stowell
Tom Sleen
W. H. Till
H. H. Bullock
Patience McLaurin
Celia McAfee
E. H. Grissom
C. H. Pethune
A. G. Thornton
Lervat R. M. Carter
I. D. Donnell
Morrison Coal Co
E. S. Barksdale
A. Hobson
J. B. Williamson
M. Kersh
F. H. Boteler
A. P. Dear & Son
Mdse
D. Donnell
J. E
Hindword
Arthur Gray
C. J. Winstead
Portrry
Ed Chapman
Wm. Riddle
I. F. Warren
Senatobia Book Co
Mdise
Smith Taylor
Charlie Purnell
T. J. Davis
Tom Morris
Jay Renno
Sam Sass
W. E. Pope
J. P
C. A Jones
Shepperd
Sir A. Smallwood
W. T. Glenn
J. Ford
M. Upton
R. G. Hawkins
Haire Rhodes
C. A. Walker
Medi- Opties
Sheeley
Scott Filing
R.A. Warwick
Robinson
Mashburn
Sao B. Fr
T. G. Lawrence
T. M. Harrell
A.J Grantham
Orki R. Kennedy
J.T. Berry
Inewbeot and Telephone Co
Colliervat
L. Childress
Constable
H. C. Lackey
John Tisdale
W.E. McIntyre
Cumberland Telephone Co
J. W. Patrick
Busick
Moise Farm
R. Busick
Cole Jim Hobson
Dickson
Jin Hays
H. J. Ford
J. J. Danel
F. Freiley
Jim Graves
Cm McIntyre
Tenance
Austin-Western Machinery Co
L. McDonald
ustin-Western Road Machinery Co
Rankin County Bank
J. Q. White
Peocnimery
C. K. Jones
R. R. Busick
J. D. Washburn
Austin-Western Road
Geo. Hemphill
R. R. Bastels
H. C. Washburn
Chinery Co
A. B. Collum
J. D
Tindale
Austin-Western Road Machinery Co
R. W. Walker
T. J.rogers
E. N. Ross
Wilburn Floyd
J. E Weathered
Lj. A. Jackson
J.C. Howell
Isaac Lewis
Tom Myers
C. B. May
Jesse Dickson
Mossy Oak School
J. C. McKay
T. C. Thompson
A. M. Davis
H. S. Garrett
S. D. Donnell
Tucker & Brinson
Dan Comfort
Murrey & Brown
VY. Loveless
J.J. Daniel
W. E. Laird
J. D. Mashburn
E. M. Odom
Dan Allen
Jackson Hardware Co
Taylor-Wills Grocery Co
Ben Mangum
L. D. Smith
J.L. McDonald
Good Roads
Pelahatchie
Good ‘Roads District
Capital Natt’s Bank
Z. D. Davis
Cver
Caria National Bank
Good Roads District
Township 6
E. Q. White
Good Road
Sanvent
Meridian
Avis Pierce
Marin Pierce
Melrose Smith
J. A. Hodge
Fanningui
Ize Pees Homme Peat
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