Debate on League of Nations strategy and senatorial doubt
The piece argues that new resolutions are being pushed as a cure for poor strategy, with Senator Root and Senator Knox split on ratification clauses. It notes Borah and Johnson champion independence yet seek peace measures for commerce, and distrust of allies contrasts with proposals to accept German signatures.
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Mr. Wilson
League of Nations
League
Root
Knox
Messrs
Johnson
Borah
United States
Germany
Paying the War Debt Feasible Says New York World
The New York World argues the public has historically paid wars debts promptly. It supports Senator Smoot of Utah proposing a permanent annual outlay from tax revenues. A 1 percent annual payment would clear the debt in 44 years, 2 percent in under 24 years, with exact rate open for discussion.
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New York World
Nets
Smoot
Utah
Canadian Bonds Top Par on Toronto Exchange
Victory issues dominated the Toronto stock exchange with 19 and 1937 issue bonds hitting new highs. The 1975 and 1981 issues reached 10644 and 106 percent respectively while the 1981s returned to par as buying followed Ottawa's budget speech. Large sales of up to 25000 dollars occurred, with many trades above 1000 dollars.
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Toronto Globe
Toronto Stock Exchange
Ottawa
Absolutely square as a moral standard in debt and conduct
The piece extols overbearing praise for blameless conduct and warns that true worth requires paying debts and respecting others. It argues that public praise is earned only through honest actions and consideration for fellow citizens, not vanity or selfishness.
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Jimpson
Johnsing
Smith
Jackson
Lottery Bonds Debate Across Europe and the Americas
The New York Sun discusses a London proposal for government lottery bonds modeled on Paris loans. Such bonds would redeem at maturity with a randomly drawn bonus, sometimes large. The piece notes England bans them while Latin countries adopt them, and it questions American attitudes toward separating gambling from investment.
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New York Sun
London
Paris
England
France
Rmuther
Iinet
Stranger to the Rescue A mysterious defender saves Grady county crops
A bizarre report from New York Evening describes a mysterious cigar shaped creature with whiskers stopping army worm damage in Grady county Oklahoma. The pest fought back against worms and saved wheat and alfalfa, lifting farmers from despair.
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New York
Knight
Grady County
Oklahoma
The Housing Question and Building for Home Purooses
The Berkshire Eagle argues that the main obstacle to a genuine building movement is doubt about future prices. Building for a home is personal and permanent, and paying now yields savings through ongoing work on the property and the comfort of ownership, even if prices drop later by about 500.
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Berkshire Eagle
Becay
Production the Only Cure From Fort Dodge Address
George E. Roberts vice president of the National City Bank of New York told Iowa Bankers Association delegates in Fort Dodge that capital growth strengthens labor’s position not weakens it. He blamed 20 years of rising living costs on capital and urged greater production as the path to social advancement.
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George E. Roberts
National City Bank of New York
Iowa Bankers’ Association
Fort Dodee
Most Bestriped Hero From Texas War Vets
Texas honors Private Charles A. Pettit for 28 wound stripes 25 wounds and 47 front months. He wears 10 as display, cites room limits. Pettit fought in Ypres Dardanelles Rainbow division campaigns, earned Croix de Guerre and British medals after wartime bets. He served with British overseas forces then returned to the United States in 1917.
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Texas
America
Charles A. Pettit
Pettit
Ypres
Dardanelles
United States
Rainbow Division
France
Rainbow
DPD. S&. C
Liechtenstein Ultimatum Shocks Peace Conference
Liechtenstein issues an ultimatum to the peace conference threatening to sever communications unless it is allowed to participate in the League of Nations. The microstate, perched high on the Swiss border, has no army and 10 000 inhabitants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liechtenstein
Uoleas
League of Nations
Paris
Vienna
Austria
Alpa
The Gentleman and His Truthful Conduct
A reflected essay praises a man of truth who embodies lordly virtue through action rather than status or deference. It emphasizes independence from flattery and servile behavior in personal and public life.
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Wentleman
Fragmented OCR Leads to Whimsical Mix of Names and Notes
The readable bits mention Mexico and Switzerland in a debate on adoption plans, Kentucky moonshiners forming a union and setting prices, and victory buttons for war service. A Los Angeles health officer cites Japanese birth rates in the county, presenting a chaotic collage of disparate items.
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Mexico
League of Nation
Switzerland
Kentucky
Low Angeles
Low Angules County
If T Had Created Humans Like Insects Not Apes
An excerpt imagines a different human design by Anatole France with insects as the model. It muses that people would be shaped like caterpillars becoming butterflies and that youth would occur at the end of life, emphasizing love and beauty in a brief existence.
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Anatole
France
May Fool the Men in Carroll Election Preview
In Carroll Herald commentary notes that elections in town show little expected change as women vote. It argues party strengths will stay similar while crooked politicians face tougher obstacles to official advancement.
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Carroll Herald
Believed Voter Mixup Reveals Family Irony in Toulouse
In Toulouse a voter claims he already voted but the clerk finds the Christian name was misrecorded. The man discovers the correct voter is Gonzague Tartarin, his father presumed dead four years, provoking a bittersweet moment and a joke on political trickery.
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Cri de Paris
Toulouse
Allona
Marius Tartin
Gonzague Tartarin
Gonzague
Colored aspirant for a commission faces battlefield question
A colored applicant for a commission is tested on how he would gather dispersed troops on campaign. He replies with a humorous mispronounced plan to use a path ob dice and shout for a dollar, reflecting dialect humor from the trench era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollah
Moving pictures director coaches scene misfire
A Vancouver Province snippet recalls a film director struggling with a kiss scene and a hesitant actress answering how she has never stopped a man’s advance. The item shifts to a light note about an American family awaiting Bessie for a wedding.
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Vancouver
B. C
Bessie
A Child Explains Missing Cake in Dark Pantry
An oversimplified tale from the Post Post features Lillian and her mother discussing three cake pieces. the girl attributes the disappearance to darkness and not seeing the remaining slice, revealing a playful move of intuition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Post
Lillian
The Brides Advice From Eldorado Rejoinder
A Bride in Eldorado Kansas counsels a dairyman whose best cow has gone dry to sell the animal for dried beef. The tale plays as a humorous miscommunication with a separate Omaha News quip about a failed kiss and a receding mother.
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Omaha News
English Bridal Superstitions from London Answers
Old British beliefs on marriage timing hushed by moon phase. North folk fear odd guest counts at weddings. A dog crossing the couple on wedding day is bad luck in the highlands. Bees are warned in Derbyshire as hives are decorated. A rustic custom breaks wedding cake over the bride’s head for luck.
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North Country
North
Highlands
Derbyshire
England
Scotland
Financial Panorama on Credit Growth and Nation’s Prosperity
The piece praises the Fed stance on data from member banks to curb speculative expansion and notes the mixed response from business. It highlights Labor demands for hours and wages, tariff pushes by manufacturers, and warns that production remains the sole wage source. It also references the Credit Men’s calls for scientific taxation as impractical.
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Federal Reserve Boards
National Association of Credit Men
Congress
Delegates Press For Equality at Methodist Jubilee Convention
Delegates at the jubilee convention declare power in politics economy and industry should not be concentrated to the detriment of others. They urge abolition of class distinctions and equal treatment across society. Pennsylvania reportedly has diverse residents while New Mexico shows higher percentages of certain groups. South Australia covers vast land with limited cultivated acreage detailed in the report.
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The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Pennsylvania
New Mexico
French Municipalities Demand Unified Police Force Reform
The London Times reports that towns including Lyons and Toulon request interior minister aid to form municipal police organizations akin to those in urban departments. The interior minister has received many pleas from authorities unable to curb rising crime, prompting plans to reorganize provincial police for constant surveillance across rural and suburban areas.
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London Times
Nfe
Lyons
Marsoiles
Toulon
Minister of the Interior
Department of the
Bene
Willard Dempsey Fight Banter Echoes Moral Zeal
In the war era debate over boxing heroics Willard and Dempsey are urged to abandon brutal clashes. The speaker argues for nobler paths over ring violence and questions the broader value of weltering head blows amid postwar renewal and social goals.
Confidence Amid Romance and a Wagging Tail of Tales
A Pullman porter Isham Johnson defends his wife’s reputation after a ferryboat suicide note and an unbroken string of self preserved myths. The scene unfolds on the Richmond ferry with a Connecticut detour and a sister’s home. A Gompers anecdote from London follows, recounting a mistaken encounter with General Pershing.
Reversing Advertising Curiosities and Shifts in News Voice
A fragment from Sioux Falls Argus-Leader mashes satire on money ads with a surreal pitch inside commerce talk. It weaves in poetry lines about farming and longing, followed by notes on Italian art claims, war statistics, and a Gen. Leonard Wood remark, revealing a collage of historical miscellany and clipped commentary.
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Sioux Falla
Stock Dividends as Income at Supreme Court Issue
The U S Supreme Court may rule during the term whether stock dividends are taxable income under the 16th Amendment. The case of Myrtle Macomber vs Mark Eisner involves a 50 percent stock dividend from Standard Oil of California and questions whether post 1913 surplus gains are income. The ruling could affect corporate policies and potential refunds of taxes paid on stock dividends since 1916.
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Alan H. Temple
Commerce
Supreme Court of the United States
New York
Mayer
Mark Eisner
Internal Revenue
Myrtle H. Macomber
Standard Oil Company of
California
American Owned Ships from the Bache Review
The Bache Review notes heavy U S ship delivery by the Shippping Board with 344 ships in April May and the first three weeks of June bringing near 2 6 million deadweight tons. For the year ended May 31 1919 total ships built reached 2 157 with 3 639 020 gross tons. By 1920 American overseas tonnage may reach about 16 million deadweight tons with government ownership around 18 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Shipping Board
Wooden Money and Global Reach of Hudson Bay Company
The piece discusses wooden currency or castors used by the Hudson Bay Company spanning a vast trading territory. It notes the company’s domination, Indigenous labor, and extensive fur revenue while weaving in irregular verse and snippets on French baby names and wartime naming trends. It ends by stating the extensive swamp and wetlands cover across states, comparing to Iowa Illinois Indiana and France.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Hudson Bay Company
London
Mecca
King's Posts
Pelly Banks
Paria
Samarcand
Creamery Butter in Cold Storage Tops 20 Million Pounds
The New York Journal of Commerce notes butter in cold storage reaches 20,000,000 pounds, up from 9,000,000 the previous year, with no change in ultra storage figures. Agricultural department data show overall food in cold storage at a high level, while a Kansas memorial notice honors soldiers who died in battle.
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New York Journal of Commerce
Agricultural Department
Prarfoo
Kvtelingen
Kan
Returning to the Farm Dream in Postwar Talk
A young artilleryman and an infantryman recount longings of home after service. They reminisce about Georgia and Michigan farms, peaches, melons, and family moments, contrasting city meals with rural abundance and farm life after the hitch ends.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
Sam
Georgia
Slster
Mother
Michigan
New York's First Bank Founded in New York City
The Bank of New York in Wall Street is cited as the oldest bank in the city, organized 136 years ago by merchants at a coffee house. Alexander Hamilton helped draft its constitution, and Gen. Alexander McDougall served as first president. Hamilton and Burr were stockholders, with the bank later part of early U.S. banking leadership.
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Rochester Post-Express
New York City
Bank of New York
Wall Street
Merchants’ Coffee House
Financial Institution
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander McDougall
Hamilton
Walton Mansion
Aaron Burr
Bank of North America
Philadelphia
Bank of Massachusetts
Boston
United States
Bank of New York Ban Vou
That's Different from the Senate on Treaties
The Milwaukee Journal notes widespread senator upset over presidential treaty negotiation and the push for private input. It recalls Minister Root and questions the Senate’s prerogative in the matter.
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United States
Mowsoon
Etthy Hoot
Maal
Min Root
Jan
Senate
Moths and Plans Move Through Scrambled News Pages
A quirky note on moths and ventilation appears amid garbled lines. amid stray text, a plan for a Southwestern Minnesota G A F association revolution is hinted, with July meetings and mention of Europe and a national rally in Chicago.
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Tte
Minnesota
Osibtenen
Vipestone
Europe
Wil
Aerope
Marvhiy
Citel
Ralety Cova
Chiov
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South Australia
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Dempsey
Ludendorff
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Vale of Tears
Isham Johnson
Richmond
Liberty
Leip
Evelyn
Connecticut
Gompera
Dallas Morning News
Samuel Gompers
Huntleh
General Pershing
Bam
Gompers
Andrew Dodd
Italy
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Great Eitala
Turkey
Leonard Wood
Inciannum
Bache Review
James Enimore Cooper, Jr
Pearson's
Vierre
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Tommy Alwas
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