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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1917
Page
3
Leaders declare the war session work as the most remarkable in parliamentary history. Harmony is praised as a feature with no dissension noted. The administration faced defeat on only one major bill during the six months.
Congress approved a declaration of war against Germany on April 6 and authorized extensive wartime funding. War bond issues total 15.54 billion dollars, war appropriations 14.39 billion, and war loans 7 billion to the Allies. The draft covers 10 million men, and the espionage and revenue measures plus food control and trading with the enemy acts are enacted. Soldiers and sailors insurance is established.
Washington marked the Sixty-fifth Congress war session as the most remarkable in history. Legislation totaled vast appropriations and new taxes, including a 2.5 billion war revenue bill, taxes on incomes, alcohol, salutary fees, and charges. Major measures expanded the military and naval forces, established credits for allies, and funded national security and defense for 1918.
Havre reports Belgium issues gray book refuting German accusations of civilian savagery. The document states 40 000 to 50 000 Belgian houses were destroyed by German forces in the early war period, countering the May 1915 German white book claims.
London Oct 8 Machinists Mate Perente of an American naval vessel will be liberated on bail on a manslaughter charge in connection with the death of a dockyard laborer named Plummer who died from a jaw blow on Sept 8. Perente pleaded not guilty saying I did not mean to injure my friend.
Peru formally broke relations with Germany following an overwhelming congressional vote. The government issued passports to the German minister as the rupture was reported from Lima on October 8 and confirmed by Buenos Aires dispatches noting Uruguay’s parliament expected to back immediate cut in diplomacy with Germany.
Miss Eleanor Chase daughter of Irving H. Chase married Sergt. Maj. Charles Phelps Taft II A S A son of William H. Taft and Mrs Taft of New Haven at Rose Hill the Chase family home Waterbury. Rev Robert E Brown of the Second Church officiated the ceremony with the bride given away by her father.
The California State Federation of Labor adopted a resolution here urging the ouster of the I.W.W. from the labor movement. The action was taken during a meeting in Sacramento on October 8.
The article describes a national October 21 28 campaign linking the second Liberty loan to a food pledge drive. Herbert Hoover calls the effort a democracy driven war creed for kitchens. Americans urged to display a dedication card in windows to show support and conserve wheat meat and dairy.
A weary Tommy is halted by a subordinate who asks why he is not at the front. The Tommy responds with a terse explanation about his unit’s status and duty.
A sermon contrasts burdens current with ancient loads, tracing sin as rebellion against God, and exploring how believers help others through counsel, intercession, and guidance. It notes temperaments shape strife after conversion and urges chivalry to lift a brother, while stressing human incompleteness requires mutual bearing.
A reflective note on cultivating virtues to weaken faults. It urges seeking good in every person, honoring and imitating it, so faults fall away like dead leaves in time, echoing Ruskin's moral guidance.
Lima Ohio resident Mrs Jenetz Moyer testifies to relief from displacement fatigue and childbirth discomfort after using Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She offers to answer inquiries and promotes the tonic for women suffering weakness irregularities nervousness backache and bearing-down sensations.
A brief excerpt cites Phillips Brooks on faith as a safe harbor found only in action's shrine, urging readers to place belief where it can endure.
A columnist catalogs a recurring joke about a stingy kiss in Eden, noting its presence from Talmud and Aesop to vaudeville and modern comic papers. The piece traces variants like the spider on the rose and streetcar tenor lines, inviting readers to send clippings for a growing collection.
A lighthearted exchange between a bride and groom centers on a complexion mask. The bride jokes about wearing it at night and the groom quips that her daytime wear is the real issue, turning domestic humor into a playful squabble.
The note observes that divorces are so routine that they appear in theatrical advertisements as a commonplace topic, reflecting changing social norms and commercial culture of the period.
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