Higher Costs Await State Government and Public Told
Tax bills are rising as the state faces an advanced cost system similar to that households endure. Next two years will bring pricier government despite efforts to curb expenses. The session is blamed for added costs, though funds are set for roads under a federal post road plan. Payroll cuts and job dismissals occur under Governor Lowden’s code. Inmates require more feeding and clothing, increasing costs from two years ago. The assembly pledges help to storm‑stricken communities amid broader spending.
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Lowden
General Assembly
Dogs in the Red Cross and wealthy New Yorkers
A satirical look at New York dog owners buying Red Cross memberships for their pets. Protests arise over lavish pet expenditures contrasted with human need. The piece mocks food politics and wartime rationing while noting mastiffs and royal dogs guiding charity debates.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
New York
Hoover
America
Mercy
St. Bernards
Woman fined for wasting bread in Bromley dustbin
Louisa Heritage of Masons Hill Bromley faced Bromley police court over four pounds of bread discarded in a dustbin. A dustman testified to prior warnings about waste fat and bread. The court ruled the act serious, fining her 5 pounds with two months in jail as an alternative, three weeks to pay.
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Louisa Heritage
Masons Hill
Bromley
London
Hentage
Louisa
London Times
United States
Estimate of 1917 draft pool by census figures show 10.14 million men
The census bureau projects about 10,140,000 men registered based on 1910-1911 population trends with 5,872,100 single and 4,345,900 married. Manufacturing and industrial sectors provide the bulk, agriculture and forestry 2,864,000, trade 1,054,000, transportation 967,090, and some 500,009 men unemployed. The government will target individual cases to balance the economy while avoiding broad exemptions.
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Census Bureau
War Department
Prence
England
Democracy and Lincoln Awe Illinois Voters in War Message
Illini volunteers and citizens hear a call to uphold democracy against autocracy. The speaker invokes Abraham Lincoln, urges unity beyond party lines, and stresses the duty to register and vote to prove popular government can defend liberty. The address centers on america's wartime resolve and the nation's perilous moment in 1917.
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Ninteen
Chubby's Mother Discovers Her Loss
Mrs. Reddy returns with food for the brood while Chubby wanders off beyond sight. Dusky confesses to the mother, who hunts the Green Forest homeward to find her disobedient sister before danger befalls her.
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Chubby
Thornton W. Burgess
Green Forest
Dusky
Reddy Fox
Mrs. Reddy
Cutie
Stubby
Shipbuilding plans favor Great Britain in postwar era
Washington reports an odd slant in shipbuilding as the United States lends Britain money to build a merchant fleet that could outpace American ships after the war. Denman asserts wooden ships. Goethals favors steel, yet Britain has booked American yards. The plan involves US funding, wartime contracts, and a vast rebound in global rebuilding with Russia and Europe driving demand.
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United States
Great Britain
France
Herbert Corey
Washington
Congress
Lincoln
Denman
The
Shipbuilding Board
General Goethals
Goethals
Sam
England
Balfour
Europe
Germany
Russia
Billy Sunday Promotes Herbal Cure Philosophy
In Boston, evangelist Billy Sunday claimed every disease has a curing weed and cited Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a convenient, affordable remedy long used for women’s ailments. He praised herbal cures and urged adoption of herbal remedies.
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Boston
Lydia E. Pinkham
Simpul Exercises and School News From Our Day
A school update describes students coping with sadness as time passes, noting Miss Palmer plans simple exercises this Friday to keep students focused. Andy Anderson and Richard Purdy shape plans for summer, with Richard displaying attentive behavior at prayer meeting and choosing honesty over sneaking out.
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Miss Palmer
Anny Peaces
Brigham
Andy Anderson
Mister Johnson
Verry
Crowder Outlines Draft Estimates for New Army
Washington report shows War Department plans to draft 900000 to 1500000 men from an estimated 10000 who will register today. Exemptions could cut immediate service to about 625000. Crowder says drafting at least 900000 and possibly 1560000 may be needed to fill 500000 army vacancies and keep training camps running. He favors immediate drafting after registration.
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Washington
War Department
General Crowder
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Crowder
Senate panel votes 2 percent direct tax on advertising
Washington June 5 The Senate Finance Committee after hours of debate backed a direct two percent tax on advertising receipts for newspapers magazines and other publications in wartime. The measure was tentative but expected to become final.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Promises Cure
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for a catarrh cure with Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It claims thirty five years of use, blood bloodstream action, and improved health after short use. Mentions testimonials and Toledo Ohio seller J Cheney & Co.
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Hall
Halls
Senda
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
War gardens grow Witloof chicory for winter salads
There is time to plant Witloof chicory also known as French Endive. It is easy to grow and simple to force in cellars near the furnace. A few dozen roots provide a winter succession of salads, and though Belgium imports it in normal times, it deserves a place in every garden.
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Belgium
Italians Postpone Mission Trip Through the U S
Washington reports the Italian war mission tour through the south and middle west is postponed due to illness of Prince of Udine and Signor William Marconi.
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Washington
South
Middle West
Prince of
Udine
William Marconi
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Thase
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Croeks
Securitty
Building Board
Billy Sunday
Mannidge
Anny Credick
Andy
House Pleasant View
Purdy
Richard
Senate Committee
Lee
Rettig
Bremser
Maine
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Bragg, Fern
Johnston
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