Taft Outlines League of Nations Purpose and Plan
Former president Taft explains the League of Nations aims to prevent wars, resolve disputes, and promote international cooperation. He argues for U S involvement, outlines a world court, arms limits, and penalties for aggressors, and warns against isolation while stressing shared gains.
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Taft Explains League of Nations Plan for Americans
Former President Taft presents the League of Nations concept in plain terms to clarify its aims for the American public. He seeks to strip away diplomatic jargon and partisan bias, outlining simple principles behind the proposal.
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World cereals yield and tech advances headline summary
The survey notes global cereal yields from 16 to 19 billion bushels and reports diverse items from a Georgia law school admitting women to a range of innovations. It covers a six foot ten inch witchgrass blade, oil spreaders for rough seas, and shell materials for instruments. It also mentions bread's global prevalence, rice as staple in many countries, soil irrigation methods, color vision signals, sand production from slag, and polar vegetation growth linked to atmospheric currents. It cites the Mound bird in Australia, peach spread to Europe, a Switzerland turbine, concrete in irrigation gates, a German headband to prevent wrinkles, magnetized lamp filaments, and Swiss mountain car brakes.
Clamp-on fishing rest and reef brake bracket
A bracket clamped to boat side holds a fishing pole and acts as a brake on the reef. Mecca long served as a busy trading hub and cultural center with music and poetry. Before an Arab music school, the camel driver's chant was Arabia’s national song.
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Expenditures and Tax Levies Proposed for 1919 in Vanburen Township
The Vanburen Township trustee John L Beasley plans a September 2 1919 meeting at his residence to approve the 1919 expenditures and tax levies. The proposal lists township expenditures 800 tax 10 cents per hundred. local tuition 4000 tax 35 cents. special school tax 1500 tax 20 cents. read tax 2000 tax 25 cents. poor expenditures 150 tax 2 cents. total expenditures 9350 total tax 22 cents. net taxable property about 779000. polls 179.
Expenditures and Tax Levies for Madison Township 1919
The Madison township trustee in Daviess County announces proposed expenditures and tax levies for 1919. At the Advisory Board meeting September 2 at 2 p.m. in the trustee’s office, totals include township expenditures 649.52 with 7 cents tax, local tuition 3,237.29 with 33 cents tax, 920.25 with 10 cents tax, road tax 1,173.89 with 12 cents tax, library 156.52 with 2 cents tax, and poor expenditures 151.26 with 2 cents tax, totaling 6,288.73 in expenditures and 66 cents tax rate per hundred. Net township property valued at 1,000,000.
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Sells-Floto Super Circus Tidings From Denver Tour
R D McCarter on August 4 1919 notes a remarkable gathering of circus people in the Sells Floto Super Circus. The troupe, hailed as a superb aggregation, hails from Denver and is touring the East this season under one large organization.
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Circus Calendar At Linton Seeks Huge Turnout
A Bloomington Ind man Henry Gentry heads the Sells Floto Shows offering a day of pageantry and circus acts in Linton on Wednesday Sept 3. The program starts at 11 am with a street pageant and features statuary work riders clowns and child friendly acts with performances at 2 and 8 pm daily.
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