April 1 Last Day for Federal Returns
The notice urges timely federal income tax returns with penalties for false or late filings. It explains extension options up to 80 days, mentions commissioner authority for meritorious longer extensions, and emphasizes tax as a war measure. Women and widows receive details on exemptions, with married men required to file only if earning $2,000 or more.
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Internal Revenue
Adslee
Cocomissioner
Roper
Commissioner Roper
Congress
WuiIney
Jett
D. C. Raper
The Badge of Citizenship in Liberty Bond Era
A plain statement questions the liberty bond button as a symbol of citizenship. It argues the badge has shifted from representing liberality to marking loyalty, urging readers to consider if they wear it as a badge of citizenship today.
United States Food Exports Support Allied Nations During War
Statistics from the Food Administration show U S food exports to the United Kingdom France Italy and Russia from July 1 1914 to January 1 1918 could supply full yearly rations for over 57 million adults with protein to feed more than 22 million additional men. Since the war began the U S has shipped enough to sustain about 16 million people annually with excess fats and proteins for several million more. Wheat and flour exports to the Allies totaled about 384 million bushels with Britain receiving 145 million bushels of wheat and 8.6 million barrels of flour France receiving 79.8 million bushels of wheat and 5.5 million barrels of flour Russia tiny amounts. Pork exports neared 2 billion pounds and sugar exports exceeded 2.27 billion pounds. Corn exports were 28.28 million bushels with oats and rye also shipped.
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The
Food Administration
United Kingdom
France
Italy
Russia
United States
Society's Secret Service Says That Everyone Is Watched
Irving Bavhelter in the April American Magazine warns of a pervasive secret service within observers who monitor character. He notes countless unseen eyes and keen minds evaluating every move, urging sincerity to align public and private conduct and calling living the truth the mark of greatness.
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Irving Bavhelter
Secret Service
No Sense in Hating People
Christian Girl in the Ryal American Magazine argues against hate and revenge. She says hatred harms personal discipline and societal function, noting bitterness is self-defeating and that misfortune will balance itself in time.
Tobacco for the Soldiers Letter to the Editor
A Milwaukee Journal excerpt from C. W. McKanxie of Arpin urges support for tobacco sent to soldiers in the trenches. He criticizes women opposing tobacco, highlighting his son’s service, luxury among women, and the need to spare labor for food production to avert starvation.
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Milwaukee Journal
C. W. McKanxie
Arpin
Tobaccco
Fife
Uncle Sam
Farmers urged to buy affordable bonds within means
A farmers guidance piece cautions against overextending financially on bonds. It urges choosing a bond small enough to pay within the term, avoiding new borrowing, and treating the bond as a savings vehicle rather than a heavy debt. If a $1000 bond is unaffordable, consider a $400 option to keep finances stable.
Typhoid Deaths Drop Shown in Wisconsin 1927 Report
A Madison study compares 1927 typhoid deaths with 1910 and earlier years, noting 424 fewer deaths than 1910 and 186 fewer than 1911, with smaller gains against 1916. The year 1917 saw a 7 percent reduction from 1910, 58 percent from 1911, and 23 percent from 1916.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Quotations on Ability From Famous Thinkers
A collection of old aphorisms on ability from Mathew Wreh Gibbon La Rochefoucauld Chesterfield Fraude Longfellow and an anonymous source. The notes contrast youth hopes with diligence and self judgment, highlighting belief in hard work over credit.
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Times
Mathew Wreh
Gibbon
Butler
The Flop Ink Hotel Rules and Oddities
A spoof rule sheet from the Flop Tan tavern in an Alaska town outlines quirky hotel policies. It absurdly notes meals at set times, guests not speaking to a dumb waiter, self rising flour offered, diamonds and cheese not guaranteed, a large safe, and odd safety tips. The piece ends with “suparted by its foundation-Luke McLuke.”
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B.T. A
Hotel m
Luke McLuke
Wife of congressman and nursemaid scandal story
A wife of a congressman confronts a nursemaid about the maid taking the two sons out for a good time. The maid admits a preference for the husband for a real good time. The father learns of the situation and the tale ends with surprising innuendo.
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Minnie
Tom
Harry
Bagalogy
German officer and boy at Belgian road skit on a jackass
On a Belgian road a German officer teased a boy guiding a donkey, asking its name in heavy jovial fashion. The boy replies he holds his king in high regard, avoiding a mock name for the animal. The officer insists and the boy repeats his praise of his king.
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Belgium
Albert
aMeer
Willam
Eagle class subs and wartime controls at home and camps
Wartime notes detail restrictions on sale of British and Irish wealth to unauthorized persons and record keeping for Indians serving in the armed forces. Farmers in northwestern states buy newspaper ads urging food conservation. Ford’s new submarines to be named Eagles forming a new class. Some states ban playing the national anthem in medleys. Over $41,000 in 5-cent mileage coupons collected by the Commission on Training Camp Activities in Washington for camp theater admissions. Soldiers in small towns received books early as mileage cooks sales boosted by local response.
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Grein
Ford
Commission On Training
Washington
Empey Valor Celebrated In Verse By John Luther Long
The Vigilantes poetically praises Empey for courage and resilience amid injuries including a jaw shot, a rib injury, and a ball through the chin. The verse extols his spirit and enduring cheer, noting that courage is smiling and endurance is being gay.
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Empey
John Luther Long
The
Vigilantes
Traveling Man Meets Country Hotel Waitress in Dining Room
A well known traveling man enters a small country hotel dining room and, after a flirtatious exchange, the waitress asserts her independence, naming herself as a local, respectable worker and recounting a past incident with a boastful traveler. She firmly declines companionship and indicates wages and place suit her.
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Tam
When the Lights Go Out in Fall Showdown
A clipped verse celebrates an end to late nightlife and performances as lights go out earlier to save coal. Grantland Rice underscores the shift, urging merrymakers to mend their ways and retire by ten.
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Grantland Rice
Other People's Fault. Look at Home First in Speech
A short verse admonishes against judging others for faults while ignoring one’s own. It urges readers to mind their own business and reflect on personal shortcomings before criticizing others. The tone is moralizing and cautionary.
Barley Crop Seen As Key For Wisconsin Farmers
Barley seeks a large share of Wisconsin sowing as malt and brew supply tightens yet mulling use remains strong. Farmers expect barley to stay a major crop despite restricted brewing and malting demands.
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Wisconsin
The White Nights in Parand and Winland
In Parand a owl dead newspaper shows an open night at midnight with bright tender radiance and no break between sunset and dawn. Summer in Winland lasts one long day, with star glimmer signaling autumn near. The long light boosts vegetation as leaves grow enormous, though development is brief yet striking.
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Paranda
I Uo
Winland
Buyer Wae Wines T50 and Burnished Trade Practices
A New York Mines item cites a small dealer exposing discount tactics by a shop that buys from smaller manufacturers and wholesalers on cash terms. A salesman from a minor house is accused of price fixing to favor the buyer, who then demands cancellation of the order amid talk of a 1 percent fee.
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Burley Goody
Ibera
Buser
Crady
New York
The Paper Photographer’s Duty to the Town
The editor urges readers not to blame the newspaper for community issues. He states it is the editor’s duty to present a typographical photograph of the town each week and to improve the image next time if the current one is homely.
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Entors
Liberty Day April Sixth Promotes Third Liberty Bond Drive
An editorial stresses Liberty Day on April six 1918 as the kickoff for subscription to the third Liberty Loan bonds. It urges Americans to support the war effort, urging families to buy bonds now and fully back troops, imagining a united front and pride in history.
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American
York
Apel
United States
Washington
Lincoln
Dal
Jane
Bakers Hit By New Rule On Licensing Thresholds
A revised regulation covers bakers who use more flour and operate longer, bringing some smaller operations under food administration licensing. The rule narrows exemptions for those with higher monthly output and extended production periods.
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Food Administration
Wisconsin Senate Race Withdrawal Talks Fail
Milwaukee Wisconsin L Legion committee reports failure to withdraw either Davies or Irving L Lenroot from the senatorial race. The panel notes both campaigns insist on continuing and no withdrawal is recorded.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin L Legion Committee
GE. Davies
Irving L. Lenroot
Vom
Conti
Third Liberty Loan Seeks $3 Billion With 4 1/4 Percent
Secretary of the Treasury W. Glenn F. Gladow announced the third Liberty Loan would total $3,000,000,000 with interest at 4 1/4 percent. He noted war expenditures are lower than expected and the market condition may influence sales and payoff timing despite prior forecasts of at least $5,000,000,000.
Man Denies Abusive Marriage In Odd Court Scene
A bemused husband, small and wary, testifies before a judge about his marriage while his wife, described with a square jaw and a dim eye, questions him in a tense courtroom moment. The exchange reveals his awkward attempt to defend himself amid allegations of mistreatment.
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