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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1918
Page
4
An exhortation urging readers to visualize themselves in wartime danger. It guides the reader to draw a self portrait of resolve, duty, and sacrifice, culminating in a sudden explosion that forces recognition of a comrade’s betrayal and ends with a note on the German use of the French 75 field gun.
Missouri leaders urge every resident to pledge War Savings Stamps on June 28 to exceed a $71,000,000 state quota. Officials emphasize a statewide canvass, schoolhouses and town halls as pledge sites, with a target of $50,000,000 in new pledges.
Registration of Germano alien females starts Monday June 17 and ends Wednesday June 26 for cities with 5000 or more people, handled by police, while smaller communities use postmasters. Fingerprints will be required for identification. the method mirrors that used for German alien males and U S military practice. The piece includes a disparaging WWII era aside about air raids and cradle destruction.
The 1916 federal Child Labor Law, banning interstate shipment of products made by child labor, was ruled unconstitutional by the U S Supreme Court. Justices Holmes McKenna Brandeis and Clarke dissented. The challenge began in Greensboro North Carolina where a federal judge ruled the statute invalid. The government appealed amid opposition from Southern cotton textile owners who used child labor.
The next state legislative session will be a revoking session held every ten years to revise statutes. It will last at least 120 days, longer than the usual 70 day session, and will review tax laws and liquor legislation. Several candidates for Speaker are already in the field. A painting titled Drove of Swine sold for 12600, reflecting sharp questions about pork.
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