Cardinal Mercier’s Freeedom Restrained by German Rule
The Cardinal Mercier of Ma rines Belgium was not imprisoned but his freedom restricted. He warned of ruined churches schools and other institutions across his diocese after visiting many towns in 1915. Other items note parliamentary duration limits and voting eligibility across U S states.
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Marines
Belgium
Russian Peasants Turn Against Bolshevists in Russia
A London based traveler reports that Russian peasants and workmen are largely opposed to Bolshevism. Peasants control food, reject Bolsh eat tactics, and fear retribution from relatives. The movement challenges Soviet authority as grain seizures persist.
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Fress
London
Russia
Moscow
Republic
Bomolny Institute
Roads to Prosperity Planned in Illinois
Illinois moves to use postwar labor surplus to fund a $60,000,000 statewide hard road system. The plan, passed by the last general assembly, aims to build about 4,600 miles of roads touching every county, with broad support from autovists farmers and manufacturers.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
General Assembly
King Salute At Gate As Americans See Montenegro Ruler
A husky lumberman of the 20th engineers recalls meeting the aged king of Montenegro near a base port. The monarch, greeting U S soldiers at a park gate, tipped his hat after exchanging a brief, curious exchange in broken French. The scene followed a New York Post story on Newfoundland casualties and military decorations amid armistice terms.
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France
20Th Engineers
Montenegro
England
Newfoundland
New York Post
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Militia Department
Capitalism and Self Government in Abbott's Yale Analysis
The article reviews Wilbur C. Abbott's Yale Review argument that industrial capitalism created a new aristocracy aided by a compliant state. It traces wealth concentration, franchise expansion, and rising labor unrest, noting reforms aimed at curbing employer power and using self government to temper capitalism.
Czech Emigrants Highly Educated Despite Distance
Official statistics show Czech emigrants to the United States have very low illiteracy. Of 8439 Czech arrivals in 1612 only 76 were illiterate, indicating most were skilled workers or farmers. Nebraska’s northern and eastern counties host about 300 Czech teachers, with some serving as school superintendents.
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Creech
Charles Pergier
Asia
United States Emigration Bureau
United States
Nebraska
Ne Hotel Restrictiona From the pase Public Ledger
Public Ledger reports wartime restrictions on hotels and eateries easing after widespread acceptance. Readers note rationing of bread butter sugar had been tolerated as necessary and the shift reflects adjusted American tastes as shortages eased.
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Hotel Restrictiona
Pase Public Ledger
Varying Impression on Hearty Dishes and Market Woes
A collage of quotes from Washington Star and Baltimore American echoes about culinary waste from hearty dishes and shifting opinions on ease of selling. The piece cites Farmer Corntoesel’s view on price pressures and a note about Henry Ford planning plants in Mexico with an initial investment of 1,000,000 for tractor manufacture.
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Washington Star
Farmer Corntoesel
File
Henry Ford
Mexico
Henry Drummond on charity and withholding aid
The reflection notes that giving a copper to a beggar is easy yet cheap, while true compassion may require more. The author confesses a struggle between sympathetic feelings and action, admitting love is tested by withholding relief and the urge to do more for the needy.
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Henry Drummond
Canadian Soldiers Found After Armistice Missing in Germany
Fifteen hundred Canadian soldiers long reported missing and assumed dead have been located in Germany since the armistice. Many were missing since the Ypres battle and their mail was never received. German authorities did not report them, violating international war regulations.
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United Press
Ottawa
Ont
Germany
Ypres
Venizelos Calls for Solid League of Nations at Peace Conference
Paris report quotes Greek Premier Venizelos urging an effective league of nations as essential for lasting peace. He argues a practical interim framework is needed now to secure international control and uphold Wilsonian principles in Europe and the Near East. He notes Greece’s wartime stance and political resolve despite German influence.
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London Times
Public Ledger Co
Bronx City Tribune
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Venizelos
Greece
League of Nations
M. Venizelos
Society of Nations
Near East
Robert Cecil
Wilson
Western
Europe
Service medal awards approved for 2 civilians and 16 officers
Secretary Baker approved recommendations to award distinguished service medals to two civilians, H. M. Felton and R. J. Thorne, and 16 officers for wartime service. Recipients include Maj. Gen. D. C. Shanks, Wm. Graves, Wm. Sibert, Henry P. McCain, Wm. Snow, and others across embarkation, artillery, supply, and staff roles.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Baker
M. Felton
R. J. Thorne
D. C. Shanks
Hoboken
Grote Huttson
Newport News
Frank W. Coe
Coast Artillery
Wm. 8. Graves
Siberia
Wm. L. Sibert
Chemical Warfare Service
Henry P. McCain
Camp Devens
Wm. J. Snow
Field Artillery
R. E. Wood
Henry C. Learnard
Adjutant General's Department
P. P. Biahop
General Staff
Charles B. Drake
Mooney Transport Corps
Hugh 8. Johnson
Edward ©. Anderson
Samuel T. Ansell
Cornela W. K. Wilson
War Department Cable Service
Ira C. Welborn
Tank Corps
Appeal Cable Injunction and Franco American Alliance Formed
The Commercial Cable Company won permission from Federal Judge Hand to appeal to the Supreme Court a decree denying an injunction blocking its merger with Western Union under federal control. Defendants named include Postmaster General Burleson and Western Union President Newcomb Carlton. Prominent Cubans and members of American and French colonies formed the Franco-American alliance to aid devastated France.
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Associated Press
New York
Commercial Cable Company
Hand
United States Supreme Court
Western Union
Burleson
Newcomb Carlton
France
Irish Delegates Named for Peace Conference
United Press from Dublin reports Sinn Fein members of parliament selected Count Plunkett and Edmond Lora as Ireland’s delegates to the peace conference. The choice was announced after yesterday’s Sinn Fein meeting.
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United Press
Dublin
Count Plunkett
Edmond Lora
Sinn Fein
Nebraska Votes Dry and Nation Goes Dry July 1
Nebraska senators vote aye with one negative. the House sees strong Women's Christian Temperance Union support. The nation adopts Prohibition after 36 states ratify, effective one year from final ratification. Distillers plan plant conversions for industrial alcohol. California seeks injunctions to notify federal government of ratification. Missouri and Wyoming ratify, moving toward nationwide dry status.
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P. A. Barrows
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United States
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Trans-Oceanic Company
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Cal
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Theodore Bell
California Wine Growers’ Association
Bell
Washington
State Department
Sheppard
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Jefferson City
House
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