Food criminals face push for crime charges over waste
Lucius P. Brown of the health department urged action after four carloads of vegetables were dumped on Jersey meadows and a fish dealer threatened to dump 2 1/2 tons of fish to drive prices, calling such waste criminal amid wartime shortages. The New York Globe and Hoover cited flour manipulation costing millions monthly, urging swift congressional passage of a law to prosecute such acts as capital felonies and to pursue offenders who aid the enemy.
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Department of Health
Jersey
Board of Health
Congress
New York Globe
Hoover
United States Senate
United States
Two Kinds of Socialists in the Nation and West Texas
The article contrasts two socialist strains across the country and West Texas. It distinguishes public-ownership advocates, aligned with major parties, from a looser, less reputable fringe associated with groups like Farmers and Laborers’ Protective Association and Industrial Workers of the World. It condemns the latter as ne’er-do-wells lacking practical aims.
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Farmers and Laborers’ Protective Association
United States
Quote marks prompt anti socialist exhibit in harsher terms
In the text a speaker claims a man who "hasn't got nothing and don't want nothing" and dislikes any man who bathes occasionally while affording many shirt changes, calling himself a socialist yet being an anarchist and communist. It blames Western citizens who rounded them up and sent them out in cattle cars, calling the treatment appropriate though mild.
Missive on a Soup-House and a Rainy County
A reader replies with a humorous critique of a Western editor's plain speaking, noting subscription dues and a charitable “soup-house.” The writer recalls a donor who paid in advance through February 12, 1918, and cites a dictionary definition of soup-house as a public charity supported by voluntary subscriptions.
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Susie Ann
Get Busy On Conservation Amendment In State
Publicity man A D Jackson visited the city to promote the conservation amendment on August 21. He urged all citizens to inform voters of its far reaching benefits to the state and to ensure passage.
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A. D. Jackson
Dallas Auditor Thomas Pickett Praises Public Book Audits
Mr. Thomas Y. Pickett of Dallas, a renowned accountant, visited the city Saturday en route home from Austin. He assisted Robertson county by auditing the county books and is now auditing Madison, Angelina and Anderson counties. He urged publication of all official financial reports in widely circulated papers so the public can see how their government acts, warning that omitting publication halves the obligation to inform the people.
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Thomas Y. Pickett
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Austin
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Robertson County
Madison
Angelina
Anderson County
County seeks farm agent to boost wartime food drive
Letter from Mrs. F R Pugh and County Judge Franklin notes A and M College offers to fund 800 of the agent’s salary with field experts for a year starting September 1 to aid food and feed crop production, orchard and livestock disease prevention, soil and drainage work. court cannot fund 1000 needed but may supplement with private subscriptions after outreach to Chambers of Commerce in the county and business leaders.
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Franklin
Texas
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Hearne
M. College
Commissioners’ Court
G. W. Orms
Chambers of Commerce
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Large Majority For Present School Site
A Tuesday vote at the Chamber of Commerce rooms on July 17 decided to keep the school building at the current site. The bond issue had proposed relocation, but 224 favored the present site while 166 supported moving farther west.
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Chamber of Commerce
Buttermilk Tragedy Ends Feud Between Neighbors
Temple Mirror recalls a playful feud between the Kirbys and neighboring boys over pickles and buttermilk. A barrel trade, rocks through a rail fence, and a truce signaled by a bucket of buttermilk give way to renewed hostilities after Freck Kirby reveals the family cat drowned in the churn of the buttermilk.
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Kirbys
Kirby
The Singing Wife by Walt Mason
A husband reflects on his wife singing while she works at home. He forsakes luxuries, finding solace in her song and steady labor as she tends chores in the shack. He views her as a bright contrast to the rich, doubting his own worth yet buoyed by her resilience.
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Sarah
Walt Mason
Woodman Camp to Unveil Monuments in Calvert
Woodman Unveiling Sterling Camp No 112 W O W on July 22 1917 at 4 p m will unveil monuments of Past Consul Commander P Franz and others at Old Cemetery Calvert Texas All Woodmen in good standing invited to participate Members meet at hall at 3 p m Judge Graham Gillis Cameron orator Miss Fannie Bonds Calvert recitation
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Sterling Camp
P Franz
Old Cemetery
Calvert
Texas
Navy Seeks Recruits as Pay and Opportunities Rise
Edward S. Clark explains Navy recruitment, pay increases, and benefits for apprentices and sailors. The piece highlights education, travel, and paths to Annapolis, noting new congressionally raised pay and the promise of advance from apprentice seaman to higher rates. It emphasizes duty, tradition, and the enduring appeal of naval service.
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Congress of the United States
Naval Academy
Annapolis
United States
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Decatur
Bainbridge
Hull
Porter
Farragutt
Dewey
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Speed States Navy
William H. ‘H. Southerland
John Munil Roller
Sea Service
Saim
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