Dodging the Subsidy Issue in Postal Rates Debate
The Senate Finance Committee faces pressure from second class mail subsidy supporters while House leaders push for fair rates. Critics urge eliminating undercharges by raising rates and adopting a zone system, arguing the current subsidy harms public finances and favors publishers.
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Postage reform urged to end postal service excesses
Publishers urge up to date charge limits and equalization of wartime postal rates. Chairman Simmons calls it the psychological moment to readjust inequalities in postal charges as war conditions erode old administrative abuses and Congress is urged to act decisively.
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Congress
False Trail on Press Censorship Debate in Washington
The text argues against reviving wartime press censorship, deeming it unnecessary and dangerous. It cites Senator Hastings and warns that broad authority to pre‑emptively police newspaper content would threaten free expression, urging prosecution of actual treason or sedition under existing laws. It emphasizes the dangers of creating a state press dictatorship.
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Obsolescent Spellings and Printer's Style Reflections
A Tribune letter discusses outdated spellings such as curb for kerb and obstinately mixed forms like curd herb and obsolescent terms. The writer notes printer style choices, dictionary usage, and calls for uniform spelling and punctuation across offices and publications.
Obsolescent spellings in early English usage noted
A discussion on spelling variants such as humour versus humor and kerb versus curb. The letter argues that Leonard’s dictionary reference may be the New English Dictionary or the Concise Oxford and that his distinctions are fanciful. It notes kerb as a valid but obsolescent variant tied to one sense of the word.
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Canada
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Sinn Féin and the Irish Convention Explored
The British plan to free 1916 prisoners may quiet Sinn Féin critics yet split the movement. Some accept the convention while republicans demand full independence. Moderates may enter the convention, but dissidents fear an English-imposed label and policy.
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Talkative Inventors and the Submarine Challenge
A historical report pinpoints American engineers under pressure to solve submarine threats amid public hunger for electric miracles. It notes several devices tested for subs suppression, with mixed promise, and stresses the national urge to find a truly effective method without premature hype.
Suffrage Color Choice Tied to Sunflowers and 19th Century Campaigns
The text recalls why yellow symbolized the women’s suffrage cause, linking it to sunflowers and the Kansas 1887 municipal vote. It notes earlier gains in Wyoming and Utah, the era of limited progress, and mentions key figures like Anna Howard Shaw and Lucy Stone, plus a book titled The How Ribbon Speaker.
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Women and the Food Crisis Letter to the Editor
A New York reader laments the lack of public female support for the food administration during the Hoover era. She argues women are capable leaders in propaganda and urges enlisting prominent American women such as Mrs Catt and Mrs Philip Moore to bolster the effort. June 15, 1917.
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Letter to editor questions attribution of Marie Antoinette quote
Lillian Al Beardsley of New York disputes the citation that Marie Antoinette asked Why don't they eat cake and asserts no solid authority supports the remark. She cites Mme de Boigne’s memoirs noting other princesses faced famine with sympathy and urges focusing on lighter respite amid daily horrors.
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Cornmeal Start for Sour Dough Trail Cookery
A Tribune reader outlines a sour dough starter from cornmeal and sour milk for camp bread and hot cakes. The method covers starter storage in stone crocks and jar, baking in iron pans with bacon fat, and adjustments for muffins and rings. It notes adding sugar to muffins and varying soda quantity per sour milk batch.
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Quebec French Canadians and Ontario bias in conscription debate
Arthur J. Laliberte criticizes Hopkins's Cat war essay as incomplete and biased against French Canadians, argues that Ontario proponents misrepresent habitant identity, cites population data and historic figures to defend French Canada’s patriotism, and condemns misleading images from the feature. He notes conscription opposition spans across Canada, with Ontario stereotypes and Toronto figures cited.
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Yermak and the Siberian Conquest in 16th Century Power Struggles
In a Tribune appraisal Adachi Kinssenke’s view of Russia in Asia is critiqued. The piece notes Yermak’s 16th century drive into Siberia, aided by Stroganov patrons, seizing lands between the Tobol and Irtish rivers. It emphasizes private enterprise over government action and frames Yermak as liberating fur interests while tightening Muscovy control. New York, June 12, 1917.
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Wichardson Wright
New York
Building Prostration Foreseen in Illinois Law Change
A letter argues against halting building activity, warning that copying Illinois Legislature’s budget cuts could cripple construction, raise unemployment, and hinder war financing. It urges continuing current building programs to sustain capital flow, prosperity, and wages. Signed by Lewis and Maxfield from New York, June 7, 191%.
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New York
Greece Debacle Abdication Could Redirect Nation to War
Ex Deputy P Aravintinos argues that if Constantine abdicates and Alexander aligns with Venizelos, Greece would unite, restore democracy, and pursue war with Germany and Bulgaria. The note outlines military and logistic consequences, including naval expansion, coastal and rail corridors, and mobilization plans drawing on 1910s-era manpower estimates.
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Helfenea
Statesmen and Diplomacy Amid Global Alignments
Paul Wallace argues that entente governments will seek peace without annexations, while warning that misread signals could push powers toward a holy war. He asserts Russia’s sway, warns against German terms, and urges U S leadership to avoid a grotesque alliance that could reshape world order. Philadelphia, Penn Fuse 15.
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Editorial on Flag Day Etiquette and Labor
A letter from M K Reely of White Plains New York discusses editorials on Flag Day and flag etiquette. He questions regulatory aspects of flag manufacturing and state etiquette and asks whether flag devotion has become sacred under state influence.
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