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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
2
Pinchot warns that postwar cost pressures and wartime tax policy may fail if consumer taxation is excessive. He notes rising wealth concentration with more than 2 percent owning 65 percent of wealth and argues a large income tax on the rich is needed to fund the war effort.
A poem by E. D. Gibbs in the New York Herald warns that Wilhelm of Germany will face divine judgment for the deaths caused by his actions. It imagines the souls of ship crews and grieving families awaiting his reckoning at God's White Throne.
J M Dallow manager of African Banking Corporation writes from London praising Sarasota Florida for sending a militia company to the Great War. He thanks W M Tuttle for the folder and notes the town’s greatness despite being small, calling English readers united in supporting right and liberty.
The war preacher Billy Sunday, opposing the Kaiser, invokes a prayer at his New York tabernacle denouncing human cruelty. He references Franz von Rintelen, a German agent in the U.S., who declined to shake his hand at the tombs. The pulpit prayer denounces a nation that harms women and children and uses human bodies for glycerine.
The Florida governor vetoed House bill 899 which aimed to regulate primary elections and repeal earlier statutes. He cited the need for careful consideration of suffrage laws and noted defects in the measure, while saying the existing primary law is superior and should be amended rather than replaced. The note references the two primary system and costs shifting to state and counties.
City tax books for the year nineteen sixteen will close June 30 1917. City Clerk Paul Thompson announces the deadline and urges taxpayers to file before the cutoff.
If the Americans remove the letter t from the phrase submarine terror, the remaining form would resemble the character of Hohenzollern policies. The statement draws a symbolic link between wartime rhetoric and royal German governance.
Poem by Edward A. Guest argues integrity over victory. It contrasts a clean loss with a win gained by deceit, warning that cheats regret their prize while the honest competitor carries pride and a clear soul even in defeat.
A brisket is seasoned with pepper and salt then browned with butter and onions. The mixture is simmered with water and French beans for four hours. A vinegar glaze thickened with flour and brown sugar is added twenty minutes before serving.
Following the break in US Turkey relations, daily bathing appears less essential. The remark suggests shifting perceptions of personal hygiene norms amid international tension.
Several large plants in the country now require women workers to wear overalls. The move emphasizes uniform standards and practicality, with slogans like waste not want not reflecting the policy’s spirit.
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