Labor Tax Burdens in War Years Spark Debate
The article argues for a fairer distribution of income tax burdens with protests that labor pays too little while investors and capital gain are taxed heavily. It notes one third of the income tax comes from investors, labor bears a small share, and farmers pay only one percent, despite wartime profits and benefits from the period.
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Eee
Ion
Congress
Pracco and
Haase
Mskodd
Caney
Washington
Youths to be drafted may echo Civil War enlistment
The proposed manpower measure may draft youths under twenty one for war, mirroring Civil War and European practices. France already called eighteen year olds as the war extends, while the U S plans to education focused training for eighteen to twenty year olds. France meanwhile keeps troops active into their forties.
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United States
France
Great Britain
War_ Department
War and home front notes mix with indecisive pleas and ads
The column mixes wartime rationing reminders with political calls for earlier conscription and stronger Allied effort. It cites Britain widening conscription age and urges action to hasten victory, laments daylight use of the White Way, and urges proper flag display at homes while noting flags left weathered on Lawrence houses. It also retells a Belleas indigestion ad and sugar coal bread reminders.
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Lawrence
Coruscating claims echo in strike on Bolshevik rumors
The letter-writers insist repeated claims shape belief as they recount persistent reports of Bolshevik movements. They note sensational yet unverified statements about Lenin and Trotsky fleeing Kronstadt and the Czar’s killers, while conceding uncertainty and incredulity in the voice of the era.
Truths and Trifles By Paul C Rankin
A skewed wartime column notes Germans on the run as they tire easily under Munson last shoes. Finland may crown a new king, while the old party leader turns automobile honks into praise. It links profiteers and bootlegging to easy money temptations amid war talk.
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Jon
Munson
Ministers Report On Church Convention Elections
A minister visiting the newspaper office to write a full report on the convention's proceedings recalls covering almost four pages of final decisions and moves to the officers election. He notes the first names remembered are personal friends, followed by others in the list.
Inactive Kidneys Said to Cause Disease Adverts Foley Pills
An old clinic ad notes that inactive kidneys can lead to various ailments from back pain to arthritis and Bright's disease. It claims Foley Kidney Pills restore kidney function, offering quick relief and long-standing success across age groups, with City Drug Store listed as a contact.
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A. A. Godfrey
Forest Grove
Oregon
Parsons
Bright
Foley
City Drug Store
Hickson
Mystery Fifth Member on Executive Committee Revealed
A minister recalls the anxiety of naming the five on the Executive Committee at a meeting. He finally admits the missing member he had been unable to name was himself, after scribbling Rev. and doubting his memory. The editor confirms the new officers and the tale ends with the candid self‑revelation.
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Itive Committee
Fudge
War college option urged for youths to join student army corps
The War Department offers a path for men over eighteen to enter college or remain enrolled and enlist in the Student Army Training Corps. Cadets receive uniforms, drill, and ten hours of weekly military instruction with academic credits. Late in training officers guide specialization toward roles in artillery, medical, or engineering, with potential active service and summer camp between terms.
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Amie
War Department
Student Army Training Corps
United States Army
War, Department
Auth
Nationa
Army
Navy
Soviet removes Kog Kronstad amid peasant band insecurity
The Petrograd Soviet ousts Kog Kronstad citing bands of armed peasants as a threat around Petrograd. They claim widespread hunger and accuse Red Guards of stealing food. Dissatisfaction with the Soviets is described as pervasive across Russia.
Cost of living curbed by Kansas charity institutions
Topeka August 16 The six large state charitable institutions reduced the cost of maintaining 4362 inmates to about 63.3 cents per day including food and upkeep. The Osawatomie and Topeka hospitals ran higher per capita costs, while Winfield Home for the Feebleminded housed 662 inmates at 150.14 dollars each year. The institutions raise a large portion of their own produce, lowering overall expenses.
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Topeka
Kans
Thestate
State Board of Administration
Topeks
State Hospital
Winfield
Osawatomane
Director Henry Bajrep Appointed to War Trade Board Bureau
Henry Bajrep of New York, formerly with the American Trading Co, has been appointed director of the bureau of exports at the War Trade Board.
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Henry Ba Jsrep
New York
The
American Trading Co
Bureau of Exports
War Trade Board
Lenine and Trotzky Flee to Kronstadt Amid Soviet Crisis
Rumors claim Lenin and Trotsky fled Petrograd amid revolutionary threats, with reports of German forces marching toward Petrograd. Dispatches cite British notices of evacuations and Soviet government leaders seeking refuge in Kronstadt as Moscow and others face upheaval and mobilizations near the Volga.
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Moscow
Kralin
London
Lenine
Trotzy
Kronstadt
Trotzky
Lef
Mostow
Russia
Petrograd
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