Dealers Violating Regulations to Lose Their Permits
Washington reports active control of sugar prices resumed by the government. The Food Administration and Department of Justice will revoke licenses of dealers proven to profiteer, with sugar distributors each given a fair price near 11 cents per pound under Sugar Equalization Board rules. The House is ready to act on an extension of powers.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Food Administration
United States Sugar Equalization Board
House
Palmer
House Agricultural Committee
Costa Rica Case: Tinoco Regime Not Recognized by U S
President Wilson told Senate the United States did not recognize the Tinoco government of Costa Rica and urged Nicaragua to refrain from interfering in Costa Rican affairs. He noted Costa Rica had declared war on Germany but Tinoco was legally non existent and not treated as belligerent.
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Tinoco
America
Washington
Senato
Wilson
United States
Nicaragua
State Department
LaFollete
Costa Rica
Germany
Daniels Dedicates Drydock at Pearl Harbor Visit
In Honolulu on August 22 Mrs Jos ephus Daniels pressed the flood button to open the Pearl Harbor drydock as Secretary Daniels dedicated the structure. Hundreds of army and naval officials attended and heard him tie the dock to the future of Pacific commerce and naval power. The Prince of Wales then arrived in Quebec with a royal salute marking his first visit to the historic city.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy
Honolulu
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Army
Naval
Prince of Wales
Quebec
the King
Canada
War cost tally cited by Lloyd George in Commons
London August 19 Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons that the war cost 200 billion dollars with most funds spent for destruction. He cited financial and industrial strain and noted import restrictions among the measures shaping the economy.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Change seen in soldier son thanks Tanlac cure
Kansas City police captain J. J. Ennis lauds Tanlac for his son Wilfred a former engineer with the 12th U S Army Corps who after rheumatism stomach troubles and weakness regained appetite slept better and works steadily now with a new position at the Kansas City Terminal Railway.
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Kansas City
J. J. Ennis
Jackson Avenue
Missouri
Ennis
Wilfred
Tanlac
Company A 12Th Engineers
France
Kansas City Terminal Railway
Braddock
J. F. Fitzgibbons
The ABC of the League of Nations overview
A primer explains the League of Nations as a union of great powers formed after World War I. It outlines goals to promote world peace, prohibit secret treaties, improve international law, and cooperate on common concerns. It notes limits on ending war, comparing limits to crime in governance.
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Council
Postal Union
League
Congress
United States
League of Nations
Questions and Answers on the League of Nations
A fragment discussing the League of Nations asks if war would occur without the League and answers no, citing seven million deaths and vast costs. It notes the League as humanity’s greatest deed and defends citizens’ right to hold opinions while explaining opposition linked to politics and party loyalties.
Alone in the City Slums a Forsaken Soul Succumbs
A stark portrait of isolation and ruin describes a penniless soul amid city slums. The text laments the void of companionship and spiritual desolation, questioning why men endure life when death holds more mercy.
Life and death in cold hands at Milwaukee Journal
A terse meditation on poverty and struggle echoes through a Milwaukee Journal fragment. The speaker laments waning funds and the urge to keep living despite hardship, noting how only those with fierce resolve grasp life more fully.
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Milwaukee Journal
Patti the Queen of Wales and Her Castle Opera Breathing Fame
A writer for Everybody's Magazine reports Patti lives on at Craig-y-Nos in South Wales with her third husband Baron Cederstrom. At seventy six she occupies a half million pound estate where she sometimes hosts operas in a theatre replica of the Balrenth. Her beauty faded but she remains beloved by locals who call her Queen of Wales.
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Everybody's Magazine
Patti
Raslly
Craig-y-Nos
Swanses
South Wales
Baron Cederstrom
Balrenth
Alberthall
London
Wales
Soldier Secures Railroad Job After Business Training
Clyde J. Stewart after leaving Dickinson E Bched completed a secretarial course at the Dakota Business College and secured an immediate position with the Northern Pacific Railroad in St. Paul. Miss Mable Thoemke also found work with J. B. Taber & Co. through a secretarial program. For more info on business courses contact F L Watkins at 806 Front St Fargo ND.
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Clyde J. Stewart
Dickinson - E Bched
Fargo
Stewart
Northern Pacific Railroad
St. Paul
Dakota Business College
Mable Thoemke
J. 8. Taber & Co
F. L. Watkins
N. D
Fragmentary note on language learning and effort
A terse remark discusses how many pronounce words but few succeed in mastering them. It highlights effort and persistence as keys to progress, though the exact source text is incomplete.
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