Produce Mole! A Call to Boost Production and Cut Living Costs
A New York Times excerpt from the United States Council of National Defense urges increasing goods production to lower living costs. It links profiteering to inflation, stresses hard work and saving, and argues wage hikes alone won’t raise purchasing power without more output.
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New York Times
United States Contcil
National Defense
Navy
Agriculture
Commerce
Federal Reserve Bulletin
United States
Labor Department
Great Britain
King
University of Wisconsin
Council of Defense
Propaganda and the public on the League of Nations debate
The piece criticizes the press and chautauqua circuits for shaping opinion on Wilson’s League of Nations with propaganda akin to the Kaiser era, arguing the public misled by sensational reporting and entertainment media. It laments the failed propaganda efforts and the widespread misunderstanding among the people.
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League of ‘Nationa Covenant
Wilson
Chautauana
Industrial Conference Faces Likely Labor Share Proposals
The Industrial Conference will hear over 200 proposals for settling issues, including work attributed to Harvard’s Charles W. Eliot on giving labor a share in management and profits. Most proposals focus on labor partnership, a path likely to exhaust the gathering without yielding useful results.
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Harvard
Charles W. Eliot
Management and capital in industry by skilled leaders
The piece argues that successful industries require the highest skilled labor in management and that capital is useless without competent direction. It condemns diluting management with a purely laboring or capitalistic element and stresses the need for rational discussion to educate on this truth.
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Acro Capitals
Wilson and gifts from foreign rulers spark controversy
Secretary Tumulty reports gifts to President Wilson from foreign rulers include gold statues silverware mosaics and bronzes. Critics question why Congress must authorize retention after a long delay and urge prompt reporting and disposition of the gifts to avoid a national scandal.
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Tumulty
Wilson
Tamulty
Congress
Rodenburg
Illinois
Wheat Crowers Game With Market Outlook in Kansas
Kansas wheat farmers debate market forecasts with experts, deciding to plant a large winter grain acreage beyond prior years. They argue government price guarantees suppressed prices, and once removed, the 1920 market should rise. Preparations target over eight million acres for sowing.
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Kansas
Sunflower
Speculation Backed by Farmers on Wheat Market Pendulum
The excerpt argues speculation affects grain operations after harvest. It notes sowing a war acreage could misjudge 192 market demand and trigger a drastic wheat price swing. For 1920 Kansas farmers face possible losses while flour consumers might gain. growers support risking their judgment in the experiment.
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Kansas
Allies Accused of Betraying Russia in War Policy
The Central Committee at Vladivostok protests to leaders of all parties in Russia and the Allies urging a clear policy explanation. It charges that the Paris conference treats Russia as conquered, while Kolchak and Denekiene press for restoring Russia’s former status and access to Constantinople amid Allied diplomatic schemes. Americans are cautioned by alleged behind the scenes maneuvering in Paris.
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Denekiene
Kolchak
Russia
Vladiovostok
England
France
Germany
Brest Litovsk
Lenine
Ukrainia
Lithuania
Esthenia
Livonia
Courland
Finland
Ol Romanoff
Rodzianko Lvoff
Milno[colt
Peter the Great
Constantinople
Rusia
Grea
Rusia Io
Turkey
Paris
Churches Embrace Newspaper Advertising Across Denominations
The Presbyterian Church executive committee at Atlantic City urges 300 presbyteries to fund systematic newspaper advertising. Pastors note early church resistance to ads has faded, as broader reach and proven success replace sign boards, with many congregations already benefiting from this broader outreach.
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Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph
Executive Commission of
The
Presbyterian Church
Atlantic City
Andel
No clear headline due to fragmented OCR text
The passage presents a collage of observations on Lenine Gompers and Judge Gary, discussions of voting by men, sugar hoarding by wheelers, Mrs Pankhurst heckling, and Lipton eyeing a 1924 cup race, all in a satirical Washington correspondence tone.
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Borse
Leniie
Lenine
Washington
Sam" Gompers
Gary
New York
President Wilson's Condition Fronted by Gazette Times
The Pittsburgh Gazette Times discusses President Wilson's condition and the prospects of resuming official duties. It notes Congress is in session with high priority legislation and that cooperation between the executive and legislative branches is constitutionally imperative for war powers in force.
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Wilson
Oakland Wedding Brings Nina Isner and Durley Kisner Surprise
A complete surprise wedding occurred in Oakland Maryland on Saturday October 4 uniting Nina Isner eldest daughter of Bert and Mrs Isner and Durley Kisner a respected Carr China Company employee in this city. The couple plan to reside in Gratton with Rev Lambert of Huntington officiating.
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Daily Sentinel
Oakland
Nina Isner
Durley Kisner
Bert Isner
Beech Siree
Carr China Company
Rev. Lambert
Huntington
Walter Hyndlin
Pittsburgh
BE. T. Southworth
George W. Reese
I. H. Bunner
Wendel
Gratton
President Wilson Health Quarrel Sparks Constitutional Debate
The article argues over whether President Wilson remains fit to govern while seriously ill and addresses the constitutional process for a possible vacancy. It warns against undermining executive authority and stresses that the country must know the president's true condition and that a constitutional fill is required if incapacity is confirmed. It notes public officials’ statements and West Virginia Republican dynamics in a related governor race.
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England
America
League
Spain
Assembly
Hedjez
Afghanistan
Abyssinia
Arabia
Engalnd
United States
League of Nations
London
W Son
Wilson
White House
Iis
Public Service Commission
Judge Morgan
Washinglton
West Virginia
Republian
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