High cost of living dominates Congress agenda
Washington reports Congress opens debate on President Wilson’s economic proposals and the peace treaty. Hearings on cold storage regulation, foodstuffs in interstate commerce, wheat price, and food control continue. Senate and House committees plan hearings with leaders and farmers’ groups shaping the discussion amid delays and international diplomacy.
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22 YANKS IN HAVRE
New York reports that Havre, France is virtually deserted by the American army with only one captain 20 soldiers and a chauffeur remaining to represent the American Expeditionary Forces. The depots and docks see the bulk of troops returning home after the war.
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Palmer orders county fair price committees to curb profiteering
Washington August 11 Attorney General Palmer called state food administrators to appoint fair price committees in each county to investigate retail prices and publish fair price lists. He urged reporting hoarding or violations, urging public service without compensation to restore normal conditions and mobilize wartime heroes again.
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Militia and Sheriffs End Strike at Stock Yards
Striking stock yards workers meet and vote to return to work. Militia withdrawal planned for Saturday and deputy sheriffs Sunday relieves tension. The move averts a potential general strike that could cut meat supplies and raise prices nationwide. About 3,000 Black workers are said to be union members, with concerns over a closed shop and nonmembers.
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Chicago
Taft attacks railroad socialist scheme in sharp remarks
Cincinnati August report quotes President Taft denouncing a railroad management plan as socialist and harmful. He says impoverished critics oppose it and suggests Democrats may too, warning the soviet system should not gain a toe hold in America. Taft comments on a railroad shopmen strike and wage demands versus cost of living.
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War crippled veterans accuse federal board of mismanagement
Philadelphia report states hundreds of disabled soldiers and sailors nationwide register serious complaints against the federal board for vocational education. The Association for Disabled Soldiers Sailors and Marines claims the agency, chosen by Congress to retrain disabled troops, administers programs poorly, causing delays, injustice and hardship to those in need of constructive aid and encouragement.
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Fleet Permanent Guard to Pacific Says Daniels
Secretary of the Navy Daniels spoke at Exposition Park in Los Angeles on August 11, declaring the coming Pacific Fleet is permanent and part of a lasting western defense against any potential foreign aggression. Thousands attended the address.
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President urges measures to curb high living costs in Congress
President Wilson told a joint session that price rises are driven by artificial and criminal practices, not shortages. He urged licensing interstate traders, extending food control into peacetime, penalties for profiteering, storage price tagging, and faster ratification of the peace treaty to restore supply and demand.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
America
Bayer Aspirin Ad Emphasizes Bayer Cross Mark
An old advertisement promotes genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross as a safety mark. It notes unbroken Bayer packaging for headache toothache neuralgia and cold relief and mentions small tins and larger packages at drug stores. The piece also includes a dialect cartoon dialogue about trusting a doctor.
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Bayer
Americans Making Good at Sixty Five
Aging not feared when body remains in good condition claim advertisers. Detox and kidney health are emphasized to maintain vigor and mental sharpness. Promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as reliable, money-back guaranteed remedy sold by druggists.
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Haarlem
Qualities of True Beauty and War Time Linen Tips
A short ad notes that true beauty comes from heart and mind and that war time scarcity has raised linen value. It promotes Red Cross Ball Blue to restore whiteness and durability, urging readers to use it and buy from grocers at 5 cents.
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Red Cross
Tommy’s Tommy and the Stomach Spell
A quirky fragment features Teacher Tommy and a playful spelling moment with stomach as the target word. The scene hints at cartoons magazine tones and a subtle theme of misfortune and voice loss through a crow’s cough.
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Cartoons Magazine
Reed Bone dry amendment challenged in Supreme Court
Willis and Azel Williams appealed to the Supreme Court arguing the Reed Bone dry amendment is unconstitutional. They were convicted by a federal judge for transporting 135 gallons of intoxicating liquor from Cincinnati to Indiana, contending the law does not prohibit transport into all states and creates discrimination.
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Supreme Court
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