Conscription Has It a Place in Peace
A Senate resolution by Senator Wesley L. Jones argues that compulsory peacetime conscription should be abandoned and the United States should withdraw from the League of Nations in two years. It contends that disarmament requires all nations to abandon conscription and move toward lasting peace.
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League of Nations
United States
League
Wesley L. Jones
Washington
France
Wilson
Germany
America
Jones
August 28 events span explorers to oil discovery
On August 28 various historical notes mark Pedro Menendes landing in Florida and naming Saint Augustine in 1695, Drake and Hawkins departure for the West Indies, Hudson in Delaware Bay in 1609, Gaines wounded at Fort Erie in 1814, Ira Sankey born in 1840, Goethe birthday homage in 1850, Watsons Flats petroleum discovery in 1869, and Edwin Drake's 1859 oil well breakthrough in Titusville starting the oil boom.
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Pedro Menendes
Florida
Saint Augustine
Flor
Fort Erie
Gaines
Ira Sankey
Evangelist
Sankey
Moody
Moody and Sankey
Weimar
Goethe
Watson's Flats
Allegheny River
Edwin Drake
Drake
Drake & Bowditch
Titusville
Pennsylvania
Rules for a Happy Home from a Young Couple
A dated domestic handyman list offers six home life rules. Comfort over show, avoid quarrels, keep housework manageable, make guests feel welcome, keep the home cheery with light and cheerful decor, and cherish a resilient, happy dwelling despite misfortune. The piece ends with a tongue in cheek nod to the Kaiser and John Barleycorn.
Time Softens Many a Crime in France Caillaux Case
The French attorney general recommends bringing Caillaux to trial for treason while noting years of indifference and political maneuvering. The piece questions justice delayed, cites Duval and Bolo Pasha, and suggests wartime tempers and Clemenceau’s influence shape the outcome.
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France
Caillaux
Republic
Duval
Bolo Pasha
Paris
Clemenceau
Productive Time by Dr Frank Crane
The article outlines the idea of productive versus non productive time. It argues non productive time should feed into productive time and urges balancing work with rest and recreation to stay effective. It compares time use in factories ships and sales trips and stresses planning daily routines.
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Frank Crane
It Was a Great Ol' Ball Game in Versailles
A chaotic ninth inning on the Tri anon diamond in Versailles features the Winners and Lovers in a pennant clash. Players and officials clash over calls as fights erupt, postponements occur, and the game ends amid controversy and a drive for the car.
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Trianon
Versailles
League of Nations
Kid Woodie Wilson
Pierceton Hapiness and Local Jokes Collected Pieces
A sketch of Pierceton as a cheerful, contented town with lines about its happiness and charm. The piece includes brief humorous clippings from readers and misc snippets about peas, garden tricks, a New York preacher, Ford, dandelion wine, a weighmaster quip, and a Chicago peace conference barber anecdote.
Swiftest Kick Hoffman Felt
Bartholdt Hoffman, a painter, mixed a cocktail of ammonia peppermint horse liniment sugar and water and attempted to shoot a policeman who came to arrest him after drinking. The incident occurred at his New York home on August 27.
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New York
Bartholdt Hoffman
Bartholdt
Out of the mouths of babes humor and mishap
A collection of short child misstatements and family moments. A teacher asks about teeth and a pupil answers with a pun. A child explains another hitting with a head and a mother comments on napkin use while a boy compares life to a grease machine for speed.
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Charles
Mamma
Queen Adopts Child for Village Home
Queen Mary has adopted a second child under the Princess Mary Village Homes for Girls program at Addlestone, continuing the royal effort to support underprivileged girls in the village home scheme in London.
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London
Queen Mary
Princess Mary Village Homes For Girls
Addlestone
The Old Gardener Believes Green Manuring Improves Soil
The column advises sowing crimson clover in warm regions or rye in cold areas to grow through winter and plow under in spring. This green manuring adds humus, boosting soil fertility without heavy fertilizer costs.
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