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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
2
A fragmentary ad column questions Villa's status and cites high drink costs in New York. It likens Ford's boom to a light vehicle and warns about mosquitoes from rain-filled cans. It ends with a general tip to ignore insults and consider the source.
The passage credits Roosevelt as a practical peacemaker who kept the nation out of war and achieved at least one significant triumph for world peace in each of his seven presidential terms, claiming no prior president matched this record.
Charles A. Dane of the New York Sun recommends The Book of Proverbs as the most wonderful book on wisdom and folly, noting its deep reach into minds and hearts as a guiding text for a young man starting a business career.
Quote from Vian Dyke about wealth, empire, and joy rising beyond limits. It asserts the lowly life can be the sweetest and condemns wealth as not the source of true peace.
The piece notes Theodore Roosevelt and Pastree Hehes as leading candidates for the Republican nomination with Roosevelt favored. It mentions state variations on early ballots and cites Fairbanks as a regional favorite in Tudiuna. It emphasizes a decisive national consensus for a bold woman who speaks out, naming Roosevelt as a strong choice to mobilize a global stance.
The piece counsels country readers to seek opportunity locally rather than chasing city prospects. It argues that valuable returns can be earned at home with proper effort, noting many move to cities for wages yet miss better chances available nearby and warning rail routes do not guarantee success.
A temperance column reports Kansas City on July 1 1906 with 250 saloons 200 gambling dens and 60 houses of ill fame. Bank deposits rose 1 700 000 in one year with 72 percent from savers who had never saved. Building operations up 200 percent and three times as many homes built. Court costs down 25 000. Poor farm notes show fewer elderly in the house as families save for drink. Eighteen new teachers hired for 600 children aged 12 to 18 who had not attended school. Bonded debt reduced by 245 000 without sales tax revenue. Population 80 655 per census 12 percent gain. two years bank deposits reach 3 030 000.
A South Dakota prohibition push cites alcohol as a disease risking millions of victims and urges women to collect eggs as part of a new plan. Local groups mobilize to support the effort with crates and drives, challenging citizens to back the program.
The Chicago Herald reports dropping liquor advertisements did not hurt sales, increasing daily circulation by 66 000 while declining 50 000 worth of liquor ads. Boyce weeklies canvassed 3 600 readers and found little opposition to removing liquor ads, noting revenue loss is the only factor extending the drink trade.
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