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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
2
A newspaper excerpt urges the value of labor and a pure life. It contrasts idleness with diligence, condemns non reverence for sacred things, and notes the gap between schooling and worship in youth. The piece emphasizes work, moral discipline, and enduring spiritual influence.
The text notes rising prices from flagmakers after public enthusiasm for flags and spuds are in surplus as people increasingly grow their own. It reflects inflationary pressures and self-sufficiency trends with a focus on home potato cultivation and raising prices on goods.
A reflective note urges gratitude and resilience, saying life feels sweet to the barefoot boy and to anyone who endures sorrow. It counsels smiling to the world even while privately weeping, noting that many pleasant faced people have faced deep personal sorrow and that a sour face leads to being shunned.
The passage notes that brewers claim the grain used in beer goes to cattle feed, arguing food value is diverted from their products as their industry faces removal. The tone mocks the inconsistency of advertising grain’s value yet opposing its use.
The excerpt argues that high unselfish character is the world’s ideal reforming force. It states there is no substitute for right and truth and that character cannot be measured by brains or wealth. True value lies in the pursuit of righteousness.
The piece condemns high food prices as a hold-up by food speculators, arguing shortages are fake. It accuses speculators of exploiting patriotic sentiment and predicts they may regret their actions once government action follows.
The piece argues that thinking about aging prompts self-fulfilling outcomes, as life is built on habits. It contrasts essential good habits with non-essential ones, noting that clean morality and conduct invite social acceptance while bad habits hinder influence. It urges careful self-establishment to command respect.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union plans a statewide, unpaid poll of all men and women to gauge wet and dry sentiment and suffrage views. Volunteers will use poll books printed for distribution from Mrs. Wayhinger in Upland. The Indiana Dry Federation and Franchise League back the effort to map public opinion ahead of constitutional convention and city elections.
Brewers argue against war prohibition by recalling a Bengali lawyer defending a man accused of stealing chickens. The story features quips about distance, moonlight, ducks, and grain’s value, claiming beer uses little grain and that cereal byproducts feed cattle.
The president acknowledges First Presbyterian church of Chicago resolutions praising anti liquor policies during wartime. He notes Congress should act. amid pressure from prohibition petitions and press, eastern Democrats are cited as obstructing the beer trade for political aims. Business leaders back prohibition to power the war effort.
A section of the new army bill limits soldiers near camps and cribs with diseased women, reducing exposure and reshaping military housing proximity rules.
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