Preparation For Peace From Theodore Roosevelt Saratoga Speech
The speech argues for preparing for peace after victory in war. It calls for universal six month military training for youths 19 to 21, with possible industrial training, to foster Americanism and counter Bolshevism and anti-American movements. It supports gender equality in voting and political roles, cooperative industry under limited state control, and cautious government ownership to avoid tyranny and promote private action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevelt
Saratoga
Washington
Socialistic Party
Gov
Protective Tariff Argument Cited as Essential for War Recovery
The article argues that government control should curb profiteering but allow legitimate profit to sustain business, pay labor, and serve the public. It cites past wartime misery and asserts a protective tariff is needed to prevent artificial stimulation of business.
Sugar Statement Errors Prompt Reissuance of Certificates
The U S Food Administration in Newark warns about widespread errors in sugar statement filings. About 1000 applications lacked addresses or answered questions incompletely. Dealers must file corrected blanks at 601 Broad Street to receive certificates. current certificates cover July only with August and September ones to follow on fixed dates.
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U. S. Food Administration
Broad Street
Newark
N. J
The
Food Administration
Taxing the Sights and Smells of the Past
A historical note recalls antique levies from theatres to statues and gardens. It mentions the entertainment tax imagined for parks and playhouses plus old taxes on watches, wigs, soap, salt, gloves, and more as part of a long history of public taxation.
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Ranelagh
Vauxhall
Sadler’s [Wells
Astley’s
London
Lord North
Just Holding Pal's Place
Professor Walker at One Hundred Tenth Street and Fifth Avenue watches a beggar pose as a blind man and steal a penny. The man confesses he is not blind and explains he is merely holding the place for the real beggar while he takes an afternoon off to the movies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professor Walker
One Hundred and Tenth Street
Fifth Avenue
New York Times
Legal War Bride Finds Ruth Hampton Connection
Robert Peters, a New York attorney, learns that Ruth Hampton of Berkeley is his cousin once removed when a newspaper notice reveals two Ruth Hamptons. He pursued the truth, later defending Ruth Slumpion in a trial and plans a June wedding.
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Robert Peters
Mary Borden
Ruth Hampton
Mother
Dad
Ruth
Morton
New York
Peters
Robert
Ruth Hamptons
California
Western Union
Callec
Ruth Slumpion
Bob
Asten
Berkeley
West
Syracuse
Lake Lopnor and Its Wandering Shoreline in Turkestan
The article chronicles Lake Lopnor in eastern Turkestan as a shifting water body along the Tarin river. It describes its southern position, harsh climate, reed-lined shores, fishing life of locals, and the annual sediment rise that gradually reclaims the lake bed forcing it to migrate north or south over generations.
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Lopnor
Taylamakan
Turkestan
Lop Nor
Lake Loonor
Tarin
Armchair Critics Tangle in Scratched Horse Debate
A government official derides a war expert as ignorant while recalling an Indy protest at the S P C A meeting. The speaker mocks the idea of preventing horses from being scratched, recounting a husband’s racing night grief and laments over a horse scratched in papers.
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Indy
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Cranbury Press
Cranbury
Geo. W. Burroughs & Son
ASSEN
New Jersey
Liberty’and’Union
Oneland Insepar
Webster
England
Pal
Sat
McClure
Eastern
Peppler
Hoover
O. K
Boggs
Lancaster
VanBrunt
Oliver and
Fairbanks
Pittsburgh
Thomas Peppler
Palm Beach
Eagle Brand
Balbriggan
Delpack
B. F.gunson
Clothier and Haberdasher
E. State Street
Hotel Windsor
Trenton
Hightstown Garage
Ford Cars
Hightstown
East Windsor
Mercer County
Washington Township
Middlesex County
Ford
Detroit
Leon Ely
N.J
Af.c, Leamning, Pres
Cor. State and
Warren St's
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