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Newspaper
Grabill Review
Location
Grabill, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1913
Page
8
The column extols taking time with children to study nature from leaves to snow crystals, and extols a plain Christian home over fashionable life. It urges young men to grow beyond a place by improving, values motherly home, and honor family peace. It recalls John Howard Payne and the song Home Sweet Home as inspiration for home.
A compact critique of editors as merchants of soap and puppets of commerce. It argues editors lie about brides and candidates while omitting truth, driven by subscriptions and ad contracts. The piece laments dependence on paper manufacturers, mortgages, and the public press habit.
A Sunday school lesson outlines Manasseh's downfall through idol worship including high places Beal and Molech, his capture by Assyrians, and his repentance. It notes affliction supplication humility forgiveness restoration and reform, ending with Jerusalem’s defenses strengthened and removal of idols.
A verse from Our Dumb Animals warns drivers and horse handlers to water horses regularly and properly during hot weather. It advises gradual watering, shading, avoiding head coverings that trap heat, recognizing signs of distress, and cooling methods such as sponging, washing, and ammonia or nitre in water. It emphasizes clean stalls, careful hose use, and gentle nighttime care.
The Senate finance committee voted to raise the pending war tax from 1.67 to 2.008 billion dollars. Proposals include boosting corporate and individual income taxes, adding 1 per gallon to distilled spirits, 50 cents per barrel on beer, and higher surtaxes on high earners. Wine taxes and other sugar and coffee levies were discussed but await decisions.
Aurora August 1 Charles Charlie Saunders a 72 year old eccentric farmer known for overalls and rubber boots was struck and killed by a car at the Chicago Aurora and DeKalb railroad crossing west of Aurora near Gregus crossing.
In Washington on August 1 the house debated contested amendments to the river and harbor bill. Madden of Alabama and Moore of Pennsylvania clashed amid heat of the day with exchanges described as brazen and indelicate. The house adjourned and sent the measure to conference.
United States Marshal Thaw McCarthy and a deputy raided the marriage license bureau in New York, clearing the room of about half the men present. Those unable to show blue registration cards were ejected from the facility as brides waited for licenses.
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