Honors for Milwaukee's Paper That Fought Hun
The Milwaukee Journal won the 1919 Pulitzer gold medal for public service for its strong anti German propaganda campaign. The jury praised its courageous stance in a hostile environment and noted its extensive translations and monitoring of foreign propaganda.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Journal
Pulitzer School of Journalism
Columbia University
Wisconsin
Melville I. Stone
Associated Press
Propa
Congress Ready to Work After July Recess
United Press reports Congress returns to work with a busy summer ahead. House factions clash over prohibition enforcement while Senate action centers on President Wilsons schedule and the league of nations covenant. Senators Robinson and Fletcher defend the league, Borah opposes the French defense treaty as paving war and undermining disarmament.
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L. C. Martin
United Press
Washington
Wilson
Congress
House
Senate
League
Robinson
Fletcher
Borah
France
Clemenceau
Clouds and pockets bulge on trousers noted
A brief report notes a curious issue where clouds are described as having a silver lining while trousers pockets show bulging with a peculiar pocket bulge.
Americans Train For Big Regatta At Henley
The American army crew led by Herman L. Rogers of Yale trains at Greenwood Henley for the Henley regatta. Maj. Paul Withington coaches the eight with coxswain Lieut. Guy Gale and rowers from Yale Harvard Cornell and California. British crews from Oxford and Cambridge are expected rivals with the Americans not favored but holding an outside chance for victory.
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London
Herman L. Rogers
Yale
Greenwood
Henley
Paul Withington
Harvard
Oxford
Cambridge
Guy Gale
California
Colin J. Coe
Bow
Royal Pullen
Washington
Louis Penny
J. A. Jeffries
H. L. Rogers
Homer
Brooks
Cornell
Cows Resist Daylight Saving Edict in Sayville
In Sayville on July 7, Otis B Peabody warns that cows resist milking an hour earlier under daylight saving. He claims the policy cost the United States millions of dollars in reduced milk supply as dairy flows slow and cows balk at the time change.
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Sayville
L. I
United States
Otis
Peabody
Letter Travels 15000 Miles Setting New Record
A recently discharged naval officer mailed a letter May 12, 1918 from Brooklyn Navy Yard. It traveled about 15000 miles over more than four years, visiting District of Columbia, Paris, Genoa then Washington before returning to Brooklyn.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Naval Headquarters
Broadway
District of Columbia
Paria
Genoa
Washington
Brooklyn
Judge with cure for cruelty settles marriages with cigar
London July 7. Justice W D Cornish offers a novel remedy for marital strife. He invites the husband to call, seats him in an armchair, gives him a cigar, and conducts a private heart to heart to patch up the troubles.
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London
W. D. Cornish
Romford Butcher Ordered to Pay Long-Term Fine
In Bow county court Judge Graham ordered Morris Galin sky the Romford butcher to pay 1.25 dollars monthly for 27 years to an elderly needlewoman who was struck by the butcher shop boy delivering packages on a bicycle. The total fine amounts to 420 dollars.
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London
Morris Galinsky
Romford
Graham
Bow County Court
Ancient Bell Unearthed in Kirkmoyle Graveyard
A farmer digging in the ruins of Kirkmoyle parish church graveyard near London uncovered a bronze church bell believed over 300 years old. The bell was in splendid preservation and rang clearly with a powerful tone.
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London
Kirkmoyle
Thief Won Medals and Is Sentenced Again
London report states Frank Percy Berry, who earned the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the Military Medal in France after release from prison, is sentenced to six months in the Tower Bridge court for stealing 350 dollars. Also noted is the repatriation of a Belgian man and his English wife, plus a parsnip price surge and notable rises in other vegetables.
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London
Frank Percy Berry
France
Tower Bridge
War Office
Andon
Bad Teeth Repaired By Seattle Dental Office
An advertisement from a Seattle dental office promises affordable, thorough exams and modern, guaranteed work by graduate registered dentists. It stresses low costs due to high volume, state board certificates on the wall, quality materials, and a long standing reputation for square dealing.
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State Dental Board
Seattle
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