States rush to ratify Susan B Anthony suffrage amendment
Governor Sproul urges Pennsylvania to push ratification as Ohio, Wisconsin, and Texas consider early action. Southern resistance grows amid debate on federal suffrage and the prospect of enfranchising Black women. Advocates plan a national push for 1920 presidential voting, with calls for special sessions before year end. The piece notes most bomb outrages suspects are unemployed.
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William G. Sproul
Pennsylvania
Union
Senate
Ohio
Buckeye Assembly
Wisconsin
Texas
Hull
Lamoot
South
United States
Government moves to register aliens under Johnson bill
Aliens Commissioner Caminetti endorses the Johnson bill in the House to require government kept records and semiannual reports from all aliens. The aim is to monitor radicals and bolshevist propaganda amid warnings of July 4 outbreaks and extensive national vigilance.
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Caminetti
House
United States
Congress
Canton Voters Asked To Support 1.425 Million School Bond
Canton children campaign to back a $1,425,000 school bond due for a vote on Tuesday June 17. Teachers explain needs for new rooms and better facilities, urging electors to grant a square deal for all city schools.
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Canton
Board of Education
Food Surplus Seen for Europe with Conditions Ahead
Herbert Hoover reports a sufficient global food surplus but warns American wheat and rye must meet European needs this year. Europe may need up to 50 million bushels of wheat and rye until next harvest. rationing and coordinated distribution likely continue.
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Herbert C. Hoover
Allied Relief Association
Europe
Mr. Hoover
Poland
Balkans
United States
Asia
Uplift Efforts Surpass Doubts Amid War Years
The article notes a decade of massive giving for welfare causes led by the Methodist Episcopal Church, Red Cross, Salvation Army and other groups. It highlights no religious distinctions in donations, vast government loans not hindering relief work, and plans for five years of reconstruction, Americanization, and religious democracy in India China and Africa.
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United States
Young Men's Christian Association
Red Cross
Knights of Columbus
Salvation Army
Hebrew Relief Organizations
Methodist Episcopal Church
India
China
Africa
Harmless society fictions and worldly maxims
A column reflects on brides as social favorites and the expense of vacations for wives. It notes that happiness comes from simpler thoughts, and comments on fashionable yet sensible dress, old fashioned parenting, and the wait for fall peaches to bloom. It also observes gossip fatigue and luncheon costs versus past school board expenditures.
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Solomon
Oh Madge Rita Brown and the baby's future
In a one room home, Madge Durkee frets over her son Alfred’s fledgling romances and the idea of a daughter-in-law named Rita Brown. The narrator smiles at fears of lost motherhood while Mrs. Durkee vows to remarry if Alfred weds Rita, previewing a shared domestic future.
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Miss Durkee
Mrs. Durkee
Alfred
Richard
Madge
Junior
The Wise Man, The Giver Of Opinions And Knowledge
A poem by Edgar A. Guest extols listening to sages who share knowledge while rejecting the arrogance of those who claim to know it all. The piece contrasts learned talk with overconfident chatter and ends noting Japan’s shift from importer to exporter of refined zinc.
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Edgar A. Guest
Japan
Japanese Schoolhouse Visit Teaches Bobby Manners
A boy named Bobby scowls after school until a travel elf takes him to a Japanese classroom. There he watches students bow before and after lessons, remove wooden clogs, and practice politeness. The visiting lesson persuades Bobby to say good morning and return home with a renewed view of school.
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Bobby
Gocomeback
Gocome
Ara
Mind Shyness About Thinking Across a Simple Lesson
Side Talks reflects on how people avoid hard thinking, preferring to rely on others and accepted conclusions. The piece questions whether most adults and students exercise reasoning, citing examples of lazy mental habits and the ease of outsourcing thought to others.
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Phillip
Teschett
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