Prohibition Sparks Debate on a Ten Year Alcohol Test
In a Senate debate Senator John Sharp Williams urged a ten year ban on all alcohol for the white race, arguing medicinal use is wrong and praising a hypothetical run of the experiment. City leaders forecast nationwide prohibition with a federal amendment or a heavy tax to curb liquor.
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United States Senate
John Sharp Williams
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sheppard
Texas
District of Columbia
Uquor
Naughty Shell and the Wounded Gobber Encounter
A busy old lady asks a wounded gobber how the injury occurred. The gobber replies in a weary tone that a shell did not explode but crept up quietly and bit him, creating a darkly comic exchange.
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Gobber
Wiliam
Gift of Tongues Reveals National Speech Habits Abroad
A humorous critique of language talent and nationalism. The piece notes Mme. Sarah Bernhardt’s struggle with English, contrasts French disdain for foreign tongues with Russian and German linguistic flair, and mocks English and American reluctance to adopt other languages while praising foreigners’ curiosity.
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Mme. Sarah Bernhardt
France
The
New York Tribune
Europe
Mme. Sembrich
Joseph Conrad
Cattle Growth Seen Across Nation by Livestock Expert
John Clay, a noted livestock commission man, reports cattle numbers rising nationwide. He cites $30 to $35 calves driving breeding herd expansion, notes a postwar meat export surge, and predicts lower prices when peace returns. Hog market shows record Chicago receipts and high prices amid weight shifts.
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John Clay
Livestock Commission
Livestock Report
Chicago
Millions in Need Across Europe and Albania Famine Report
The Christian Herald details widespread hunger in Belgium France Serbia Poland East Prussia Armenia Albania and the Caucasus. It cites millions in destitution with prices soaring for corn flour and macaroni and calls for urgent relief totaling about 25.3 million people needing aid.
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Albania
France
Christian Herald
Belgium
Commission’ For
Serbia
Poland
East Prussia
American Relief Committee For Widows and Orphans
Germany
East
Prussia
He Tackled It and He Did It Poem Revival
Poem recounts a determined figure who defies doubt and finishes a task deemed impossible. Despite scoffs and worry, he removes doubt and sings while he works, proving perseverance can overcome disbelief.
Good Roads Good A Survey Finds Economic Gains Across States
The Department of Agriculture notes早 in Spotsylvania Virginia higher school attendance after road improvements, plus forest product shipments up over seventy eight percent between 1909 and 1913. Franklin New York automobile registrations rose from 371 to 853 after 1912 14. Florida Manatee planted area grew by 1500 acres as roads spread wealth and education.
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Department of Agriculture
Spotsylvania County
Virginia
Franklin County
New York
Manatee County
Florida
United States
Ots
Billona
Hershey Trust Company Annual Meeting Notice 1917
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Hershey Trust Company of Hershey Pennsylvania will be held at the banking house on Thursday January 4 1917 at 1 oclock for the election of officers and a board of directors to serve for the ensuing year. Ss C Stecher secretary.
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Hershey Trust Company
Hershey
Ss. C. Stecher
Notice of Administration in Estate of Francis C Cassel
Letters of Administration granted in the estate of Francis C Cassel late of Derry Township Dauphin County Pennsylvania to Harry P Boyer. All persons indebted to the estate must pay and those with claims or demands should present them without delay. Administrator Harry P Boyer Swatara Station Pa Attorney Elmer E Erb Hockersville Pa.
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Francis C. Cassel
Derry Township
Dauphin County
Pennsylvania
Harry P. Boyer
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Williams
Senate
America
Armenia
Turkey
Damascus
Zor
Aleppo
Caucasus
Persian
P. O
Swatara Station
Elmer E. Erb
Hockersville, Pa
Walter T. Bradley
S. E. Corner
Ninth and Thompson Streets
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Hershey Improvement Company
Hershey, Pennsylvania
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