Roosevelt backs preparedness and prohibition in 191? era piece
The article portrays Theodore Roosevelt as praising preparedness and war avoidance yet endorsing statutory prohibition as the remedy for vice and war. It questions if a constitutional ban on munitions could cure both evils, presenting a dated debate on national policy and moral reform.
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Theodore Roosevelt
America
Roosevelt
War and temperance ideas in a 1919 editorial voice
An editor reflects on liberty versus force in Prohibition era debates, praising gradual change and individual choice while criticizing coercive measures. The piece references birth records, Red Cross praise for women, Hoover price fixes, and wartime neutrality losses, ending with a critique of a newspaper editor who claims to analyze female nature.
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Red Coss
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Explosive Licensing Agent Appointed for Pocahontas County
Auditor W C Wood has been appointed by the Bureau of Mines as Explosive Licensing Agent for Pocahontas County. Any person desiring to possess or use explosives must appear in person and purchase a license from this agent under the act approved October 6 1917.
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W. C. Wood
Bureau of Mines
Pocahontas County
Grand and Petit Jurors Drawn for Upcoming Sessions
The list names Grand Jurors called to appear January 29 at 9 A.M. and Petit Jurors to report February 6 at 9 A.M. from towns including Fonda Pocahontas Rolfe Laurens Gilmore City Plover Plover Marathon and Havelock with many specific individuals named.
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Joe A. Johnson
Fonda
John Johnson
Rolfe
Peter Green
Gilmore City
J. J. Hubbard
Laurens
Fred Mason
J. L. Lanus
H. C. McLaughlin
Pocahontas
Otto Klingbiel
Palmer
John Kenney
Albert City
W. A. Wiley
Varina
Fred Halder
A. Climpson
Plover
J. T. Grant
Stewart Chilcat
J. H. Seaman
Anton Wagner
F. H. Peterson
Marathon
Teachers Examination Set for Pocahontas Courtroom
The teachers examination will be conducted in the court room at Pocahontas from January 23 through 25. Grace D. Bradshaw, County Superintendent. War savings stamps offer a way for every citizen to aid the government. the article asks if you will do your share.
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Pocahontas
Grace D. Bradshaw
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