Newspaper Tax Fight By Focht Prompts War Bill Critique
Congressman Benjamin K Focht publisher from the Lewisburg district denounces a war revenue bill taxing newspapers harshly, citing Williamsport Grit’s $207570.42 potential tax and arguing such measures threaten American publications and press independence amid war. He warns higher costs would force many papers to suspend.
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Benjamin K. Focht
Lewisburg
Focht
Williamsport Grit
Sus Gested
Fecht
United States
Bes Aos Seaday
Donan
Practical Americanization Campaign Gains Ground in Youngstown
An experiment named Practical Americanization in Youngstown Ohio draws attention through the Chamber of Commerce. In a little over a month the campaign has infused community life with a spirit of unity and loyalty. A night school for a common language has been funded with 1500 dollars and adults will attend classes in public school buildings. Foremen and employers urged non-English speakers listed by factories and organizations to join programs.
Mayor urges wartime Americanization efforts in Harrisburg
The text notes broad mobilization to Americanize foreign born residents through pro Americanization programs. It cites a Proclamation by the Youngstown mayor, a Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce plan with a legal aid bureau, social clubs, and civic groups aiding newcomers, and calls for labor employers and Rotary Club cooperation to encourage Americans in thought and purpose. It ends with a plea to buy American bonds and avoid German bonds.
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Chamber of Commerce
Harrisburg Telegraph
United States
Employers of Labor
Rotary
Plan for reorganizing New York City government proposed
A Pittsburgh era review discusses Mayor Mitchell’s plan drafted by Henry Bruere to reorganize New York City administration with a city manager option and a radical shift for borough presidents. It ties to wartime efficiency, home rule debates, and national hopes for better governance as Harrisburg considers similar changes.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
New York City
Henry Bruere
America
Europe
Albany
Beidleman
Bruere
Board of Estimate
United States
New York
Harrisburg Rally Urges YMCA Field Work for Soldiers
Doubt among Harrisburg residents about supporting the YMCA field work in military camps has faded after Judge Joseph Buffington's address. The stay-at-home crowd is urged to provide safeguards for the moral and physical well being of the service men. Now, everyone should unite to plan against the pan Germans.
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League To Enforce
William Howard Taft
League of Nations
Harrisburg
Joseph Buffington
Take Away the Subsidy from Second Class Mail
The New York Tribune argues before the Senate Finance Committee that publishers seek to preserve the second class mail subsidy through undercharges. It warns a general tax on advertising with a retained flat rate would perpetuate postal inequities and waste public funds subsidizing long distance distribution.
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Senate Finance Committee
Parcel Post
New York
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Post Office Department
New York Tribune
Schwab cites wives' influence as business obstacle
Charles M Schwab argues that men fail in business more from a wife's attitude in youth than from vices. He says a nagging or unsupportive wife who demands impossible things blocks a man's mental focus and cripples his usefulness to himself, employers, and society.
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Charles M. Schwab
Baseball extras fade as evening papers cut editions
The shift away from baseball extras in large city evening papers is documented as newspapers cut editions to save print space. Public interest wavers as scores arrive in late editions, while morning papers gain advantage. Magnates face pressure to adapt or lose publicity and attendance may drop.
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Buffalo
The New Indiana Awakens as a Progressive State
The Cleveland Leader notes Indiana's rapid transformation across political and social lines. Recruits filled the army quota, suffrage and prohibition gained support, and the state emerges as a modern, prosperous example aligned with progressive trends nationwide. Indiana's enduring patriotism and industrial growth mark a notable shift in its public life.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Indiana
Union
Liberia and World War I Rally A Tiny Nation Stands
The Boston Herald notes Liberia’s stance in the war as a democratic ally. Liberia, with a population around 1.5 to 2 million, has broken relations with Germany mirroring the U.S. It has a small navy, a 400 strong militia and many citizens ready to serve. Germany eyed Liberia’s palm oil and used Siberians in the past. now Liberia and its American Liberians resist German interests and mobilization may aid Allied efforts.
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Boston Herald
Little
Little Republic
Liberia
Germany
France
War Readiness Hinted by Decorated Lampposts Commentary
A Boston Advertiser quotation notes readiness undercut by poetic imagery about lampposts adorned with peddlers of defective shells. The line critiques preparedness through surreal, sardonic metaphor.
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Boston Advertiser
Hohenzollern retort warms Civil War memory in editorial
Louisville editorial by Henry Watterson recalls Lincoln era unity and patriotism as Confederate veterans join today’s war effort. It lauds the South’s quick mobilization, notes lasting Americanism, and cites the rebel yell as a voice against German empires. It pictures veterans marching with The Star Spangled Banner.
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Kearny
Custer
McPherson
Stonewall Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Courier-Journal
Lee
Grant
South
Hohenzollern
Hapsburg
MacCallum
Jeanie Deans
Confederacy
Mother Nature Smiles In Farming Insight
In The Nation's Business interview F D Coburn credits nature with a friendly mood as winter wheat suffers frost and drought while corn may surge. He cites unmet rainfall, deep soil readiness, and a unique chance for America to aid others with wheat, wine, and oil in a historic global role.
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F. D. Coburn
America
Liquor Industry Faces Public Backlash Across City
In Philadelphia reports the liquor trade confronts broad public disapproval, with even opponents of prohibition acknowledging industry resistance to reform. Community sentiment hints at upcoming debates and policy pressure as authorities weigh regulatory changes.
Keep On Ageing Our Nation's War Production Drive
Every man must focus on his job to support the war effort. Boost production and improve distribution across railroads farming mining advertising and retail work. The current transition period requires disciplined work in finance and industry until the nation is ready to move to direct war tasks later.
Labor notes show wage demands and union schedules
Labor notes from Pueblo demand seven dollars for an eight hour day while International Fur Workers Union sets a June fourth meeting in Boston. The piece cites 35000 US worker deaths and two million injuries last year from preventable accidents and notes wage gains across the metal trades. It reports four times as many NY state factory workers as construction workers and more construction fatalities in four years. It cites a British committee criticizing overtime and night work as unproductive and fatiguing.
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New York State
State Industrial Commission
British Health of Munition Workers’ Committee
Civil War Draft Jury Wheel and Local Farming Notes
Historic Dauphin County display features an old jury wheel used for Civil War drafts, with districts now handling draft selections. The article also covers spring gardening, rose один, rye and wheat harvests, and state public safety efforts led by Lewis Sadler, highlighting local farming and legislative activity.
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Dauphin County Historical Society
Notable Local Figures in Law and Religion Activities
Wealth of community leaders announced with new posts and moves. Cyrus Derr to speak on The Philosophy of Lawmaking. Rev Martin G King named moderator of the Hackawanna Total Abstinence. Rev R J Pilgram accepts call to Lancaster Reformed church. Rev R A Honn resigns California post to serve as war chaplain. John D Hitchman becomes Tenth Pennsylvania officer and former Westmoreland county controller. Capt C C Gangloff forms engineer companies in Pottsville. Major A M MacReynolds, recommissioned, is a Doylestown editor. Judge Josiah Cohen opens Jewish Social Conference in Pittsburgh. Robert Garland reelected president of Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce.
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Cyrus G. Derr
State Bar Association
Martin G. King
Scranton
Hackawanna Total Abstinence Organization
R. J. Pilgram
Pittsburgh
Lancaster
R. A. Honn
California
John D. Hitchman
Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment
Westmoreland County
C. C. Gangloff
Pottsvile
National Guard
A. M. MacReynolds
National
Harrisburg men direct stores for campaigns
Harrisburg figures Anthony Wayne and John Sullivan oversee assembling munition components as part of the historic patriot effort. Generals supervise manufacture of military stores during the campaign period, reflecting early American logistics.
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Harrisburg
Anthony Wayne
John Sullivan
Senator Lewis Aims for Compulsory Agricultural Army
The Chicago Herald reports Senator Lewis proposing a compulsory agricultural army. The plan envisions soldiers trained as caledges to distinguish them from regular conscripts, outlining a distinct agricultural service component.
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Lewis
Chicago Herald
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