President Wilson urges acts to curb high living costs
In a congressional address President Wilson argues current laws fail to check rising prices. He calls for immediate relief by selling government surplus, extending food control, and licensing or regulating interstate commerce to prevent profiteering and hoarding while urging cooperation among producers, labor, and retailers.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Emblemen
Germany
Wiich
Department of Justice
Excessive profits blamed for high shoe prices
The federal trade commission reports that shoe prices cannot be justified by market conditions. It states that large packers control hides, earn excess profits, and push higher costs down the line, while tanners and shoe manufacturers also earn unusual margins. It suggests enforcing antimonopoly laws and barring hides producers from tanning to curb prices.
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Federal Trade Commission
Commission Iier
Congress
Missionary Obligation and Early Foreign Missionaries
The lesson stresses the church task to preach to every creature, powered by the Holy Spirit, starting at home then to the ends of the earth. It recalls Barnabas and Saul as first foreign missionaries, chosen by the Spirit, sent by Antioch, and enduring opposition and miracles as they spread the gospel.
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Jerusalem
Christ
Barnabas
Saul
Holy Spirit
Antioch
Elymas the Sorcerer
Elymas
Sergius Paulius
Paul
Jupiter
Mercury
Iconimu
Stephen
Good
The Erring Soul
Long fellow reflects on mercy toward sinners, imagining a single repentant heart’s struggles and temptations, urging forgiveness and leaving the erring soul to the hand that made it.
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Longfellow
Prof Diggs Lags On Home Team Standings
A witty exchange notes Prof Diggs is behind the times and unable to name all of Babylonia's famous pinch hitters without using his hooks, as quoted by the Birmingham Age Herald.
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Prof. Diggs
Babylonia
Birmingham Age-Herald
Aamian Shows Gratitude For Ul-timed Favor
Aamian expresses gratitude for an Ul-timed favor received, highlighting its timely impact and personal significance. The note acknowledges the favor’s thoughtful nature and its quiet help during a crucial moment.
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Aamian
Summer Cold Ad Advises Boschee Syrup
An advertorial note extols a summer cold remedy Boschee's Syrup, recommending bed rest when possible, avoiding drafts, gradual eating, and occasional dosing. It claims practical, proven American-made relief for over fifty years and urges purchase at medicine stores. The line about prayer contrasts solemnly with the humorous petitioner remark.
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America
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