Hope for a League of Nations Then World Peace
A 1920 opinion piece argues for a League of Nations to enforce permanent peace after World War I. It cites labor and capital tensions, the Paris conference, and the need for international arbitration, warning against a financial or labor autocracy and urging U.S. leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
League of Nations
Paris
London
New York
Chicago
Galicia
Poland
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
United States
Russia
Western Newspaper Union
Taxes in Germany Heavy After War Terms
The article notes Germany imposes steep estate and income taxes with a cap on inheritance tax and rates up to about 70 percent on higher incomes. It mentions profits, wealth taxes, and a possible capital levy amid shortages of food, coal, and clothing, as agitators exploit the crisis. Germany endured two prior crises after surrender and the peace conference period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
The Farmer is Not Interested in Bolshevik Program
The text argues American farmers resist bolshevist calls for national revolution. It praises property rights for farmers and workers, insisting ownership gained by toil must be protected. It warns confiscation of capital or government bonds endangers all property ownership and calls for convincing arguments over wholesale confiscation.
Salvation Army Drum Beat Leads To Court vindication
Mrs. Adam Gifford defied police by beating a bass drum at Salvation Army meetings, was jailed for one night, and later the state supreme court upheld the Army’s stance. The incident sparked riots fears but ended with drum confiscations halted and similar protections adopted nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Adam Gifford
New England
Supreme Court of the State
Army
Gifford
Union
Michigan News Tersely Told
A concise digest of statewide happenings highlights politics, economy, and social issues in brief items. Officials, institutions, and localities are named where readable, with dates and figures kept to essential facts.
Michigan and County Tax Allocations and Local Shifts
Caro-Tuscola county diverts state automobile tax of 20524.33 into county funds. Adrian-Late grains face chinch bug threat. Ralph Carr notes reappearance after oats damage. Grand Rapids-Hopkins district fire destroys most buildings. five of eleven left standing.
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Caro—Tuscola County
Adrian
Ralph Carr
Grand Rapids
Hopkins
Allegan County
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Frank Comerford
Colonel Adam Gifford
Salvationist
Michigan News
South Hayren
South Haven Gas Co
Caro
Tuscola County
Cadillac
W. F. Johnston
Wexford County
Harbor Springs
Great Lakes Training Station
Michigan Farmers’ Tour
John Delaney
Deerfield
Minden City
L. A. Reidel
William Hughes
Hudson
Three Rivers
Kalamazoo
Allendale
Gull Lake
Kalamazoo Merrymnakers
Monroe
Ohio Line
R. D. Baker
Detroit
Western Michigan
H. J. Cheney
The
Growers’ Association
Port Huron
Charles Carson
St. Clair
Carson
Lansing
Kinskegon
Public Utilities Commission
Jitney
William Stanton
Canada
Tuttle
Stanton
Charles Curtis
Traverse City
Kalamazoo College
Mt. Clemens
Edgewater Beach Club
Margolies Inn
Lake Shore Drive
W. S. Thorne
Lake Shore
Hastings
Howard Kingsbury
Michigan Central
St. Joseph
Albion
Calhoun County
State Health Department
Blissfield
Mich
Maude Calbeck
Boyne City
Rust Township
Montmorency
Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena
Atlanta
Hotel Secor
Mitchell
Hillsdale
Ransom Township
County Farm Bureau
Litchfield
Water Department
Standish
West Branch Chamber of Commerce
Omer
Sterling
Rifle River
Adrian—Lightiuics
F. W. Wickwire
Milo Aldrich
M. A. Baker
Long Lake
Lake
Decatur
Southwestern Michigan
Hobbs
University of Michigan
Dowagiac
Petoskey
Thomas Ryan
Alias Smith
U. S. District Court
Chattanooga
Tenn
Myrtle Irene Swafford
Ryan
Boardman River
Grand Rapids—Carmen
Grand Rapids Railway Co
Pontiac
General Motors Corporation
Pontiac Board of Education
George T. Murphy
Selfrince Field
Michigan War Preparedness Board
Uniform
Michigan
California
Murphy
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