Wilsons Message to Congress Seeks Broad Economic Reform
President Wilson urged a peacetime program to restore business, reform taxation, curb unrest, lower living costs, and modernize labor and farming policy. He called for a budget system, simplified income and excess profits taxes, tariff readjustment, veteran relief, and measures to bolster rural production and democratic industry. He warned against radicalism and urged cooperation between labor and capital.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
United States
Lane
New Jersey
U.S. Senate Abandons Resolution on Mexican Break
Republican leaders withdraw a resolve to sever diplomatic ties with Carranza regime after President Wilson informs Senator Fall he will oppose. The incident follows a memo linking radicals in Mexico with plans to incite a U.S. revolution and possible border-state seizures, detailing letters from Carranza associates.
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Washington
Wilson
Carranza
Senate
Tali
New Mexico
Congress
Fall
Brandegee
Connecticut
Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
Senate Fall
Artois
Mexico
United States
Fall of
Mexico City
Lodge 23
Industrial Workers of the World
Texas
Atlantic
Eldes
Colorado
Manuel Aguirre Berlanga
Gobernacion
Lino Cabello
Most Dangerous Disease Warning for Kidneys and Gold Medal Pills
An old health ad urges urgent kidney care, warning that failing kidneys cause toxins and uric acid buildup. It touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a long standing remedy, available imported from Holland with a money back guarantee and three sizes.
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Haya
Physiciind
Haarlem
Holland
Hunt's Salve Backed by Local Drugstore Guarantee
An advert promises Hunt's Salve with a money back guarantee backed by the local druggist. It claims thirty years of use for eczema itch and ringworm and cites a Durant Oklahoma dry goods dealer's ten year suffering and cure after one box. The ad urges trying the salve for 75 cents, via druggist or mail order.
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M. Timertin
Durant
Oklahoma
Hunt
War on Hawks and Carrier Pigeons Discussed in Text
The piece notes hawks as enemies of carrier pigeons in wartime and praises marks against birds preying on messengers. It cites Sir Walter Raleigh on hypocrisy and Shakespeare’s imagined childhood as sources of commentary.
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Shakespeare
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter
Dickens
Chiildhood
Groster
Tago
Agricultural Policy and the Land as Industrial Support
Lloyd George argues that a strong agricultural policy underpins a thriving industrial system. He advocates returning people to farming to stabilize labor and create a nursery of vigorous workers who sustain other industries and maintain an active industrial economy.
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Lloyd George
Hair Tonic Exchange Sparks Courtroom Quip
A fragmentary dialogue shows a judge prompting a jurist with a brisk exchange about hair tonic options inside or out. The excerpt captures a legal setting with terse humor amid the ongoing hearing.
Aristocracy debate shifts cinema terminology in press
The Pittsburgh Gazette Times notes a push by motion picture engineers to retire the word movie in favor of cinema, arguing it reflects higher prestige and artistry rather than plebeian usage.
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Pittsburgh Gazette Times
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A. B. Richards Medicine CO
Sherman
Griglish
Postum Cereal Company
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