German Boys and the Rule of Fair Play in Sport
In a New York Booksellers' Convention discussion James Walter Smith quotes Heyliger arguing that German youth lack juvenile literature on honor and fair play. He compares German sports culture unfavorably with Anglo-Saxon games like baseball and football, noting German youths’ preference for physical prowess and cheating, and calls for instilling fair play to curb aggression in wartime Germany.
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Belgium
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Riehthofen
Geldy
Finiah
Sudan Telegraph Clerk Sees Wolves Where None Exist
In a Sudan outpost a lone telegraph clerk, overwhelmed by desolation, sent a warning about encroaching danger. Headquarters replied that there are no wolves in the Sudan. The next day he clarified his message referring to his wife and wolves.
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Sudan
Hearings Begin On Tax Measure In Congress
Washington June 7 The House Ways and Means Committee opened hearings on a war revenue bill to raise about 8.0 billion dollars for 1919. Secretary McAdoo proposed a combined tax plan including a real war profits tax, higher normal income tax on unearned incomes, and heavy levies on luxuries. He urged taxing one third of fiscal year expenditures and urged superimposing the new tax on the existing excess profits tax.
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Washington
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Kitchen
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How Mrs Boyd Avoided an Operation in Canton Ohio
Canton, Ohio notices a woman suffering from female troubles who was advised three doctors to undergo an operation. Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is urged as a trial before any operation. The letter claims the remedy enabled her to continue housework and avoid surgery, and invites other women to write for counsel.
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Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Manin
Herb Pakree
Iikbam
Acta
Lynn
Muss
Tax Proposals On Unearned Incomes And Luxuries
The proposal calls unearned incomes from securities taxed at 4 percent, with 12 percent on returned incomes for normal profits and excess profits taxed at 4 percent, while a higher rate than 2 percent applies to Unearned Incomes, and heavy taxation on luxuries is urged for fairness.
Sour Stomach Advice and Remedy
A brief health note explains sour stomach as mild indigestion from fast or excessive eating or unsuitable food. It advises eating slowly, thorough chewing, limiting meat, and avoiding supper, then suggests Chamberlain's Tablets to aid digestion. The guidance emphasizes no medicine is needed if habits improve.
Roosevelt Calls for Censorship on Boasting in War Talk
Madison speaks as Col Roosevelt rails against government boasting and censorship. He says the nation would have won earlier if prepared three years ago and criticizes false claims of wartime feats. He urges restraint and notes Wisconsin loyalty and the state university receive praise.
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Madison
Wis
Speer
Col. Roosevelt
United States
Cal. Roosevelt
Beastfox
England
France
Cholera Morbus Urged With Household Remedy
Mr Charles E Bayeart of Huntington Indiana cites Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as immediate relief during a summer 1911 cholera morbus outbreak that struck his children. The ad-like account urges keeping the medicine in homes to combat painful symptoms before doctors arrive.
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Chamberlain
Charles E Bayeart
Huntington
Ind
New Production Rules For Red Cross Garment Chapters
Washington issues new instructions altering Red Cross production rules. Chapters must halt garment sewing until assigned from the division, and all raw materials must be bought through the division warehouse to stabilize supplies and prices. Quotas fix specific articles and quantities to prevent overproduction and ensure balanced stocks across hospital garments and other items.
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Washington
Instraoo
Ehaguer
Red Cross
Mranes
Italy
F. E. Abbott
Bureau of
Red Cram Oak
Wages Germany Article in Literary Digest
An exhaustive piece in a recent Literary Digest issue surveys German wage structures. It notes historical trends, labor conditions, and economic implications, highlighting comparisons with other economies. The analysis emphasizes worker compensation and industrial relations context in Germany.
Traitors Face Speedy Trial in Treason Case
New York June The death penalty will be demanded if the speedy trial for treason and espionage conspiracy defendants Milne Maria K DeVictorica Jeremiah O Leary John T Ryan Albert P Prick Willard J Robinson Carl Von Ridger Amil Kepper results in conviction. O Leary and Sryan are fugitives. Authorities say a powerful confederate network planned to boat personnel and supply munitions for the Allies. Dudley Field Malone announced today to act as colonels for Mime.
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New York
Milne
Maria K. DeVictorica
Jeremiah O'Leary
John T. Ryan
Albert P. Prick
Willard J. Robinson
Carl von Ridger
Amil Kepper
O'Leary
Sryan
Pers
Allie
Dudley Field Malone
de Victoria
Soldier’s Dog Mourns Though News Has Not Arrived
A clipping recounts a soldier’s dog grieving and wasting away before word reached the family of his master’s death, with the dog’s sorrow said to begin two days prior, tied to the young man’s fate and reported by Buckburet fin.
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Frei An Kogiieh Humane Parhidioad
M. Clarke Buckburet
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