War Department Sets State Quotas for 687000 Draft Lies
The War Department announces the 687,000 men to be drafted under the selective service act. States and territories receive quotas to apportion among local boards, with a lottery to determine order of service. Net national quota total is 687,000 after credits for National Guard and war volunteers.
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Washington
War Department
United States
Regular Army
National Guard
National Army
Secretary of War
Baker
National’ ‘Army
District of Columbia
Congress
Act of Congress
Regular
Allotment by states for selective draft in World War I
War department announces state quotas for the national draft. Quotas reflect proportionate population and include National Guard paronet and regular army enlistments from April 2 to June 1917. The article lists gross quotas net quotas and credits for each state with final tallies.
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Uncle Sam
National Army
War Department
Census Bureau
National Guard
Regular Army
Army
United States
Alabama
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Arizona
Eee
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
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Hanois Oo
Indiana
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Eaweere Eee Ns
Eaes
Sas
Ss Bese Seta Eeeeus
Terreee Wee Eres
Tucky
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Aineee
Seraerneenes
Ryland Veenee
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Sylvania Erearerseoer
First Japanese Woman Shinto Missionary Arrives in America
Toshiko Sakamati, hailed as the first Japanese woman Shinto missionary to America, travels to reach young Japanese women and promote refined traditional manners and customs.
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Toshiko’Sakamati
America
You Can’t Get Blood Out of a Turnip Phrase
In a terse aphorism the speaker mocks the idea of extracting value from an impossible source. The phrasing suggests a regional or colloquial expression captured in a compact note.
Wilson urges just prices and patriotism in war effort
President Wilson appeals to business leaders to set fair prices for war supplies and freight, arguing profits must not trump duty. He warns that high ocean rates hinder the war, urges equal pricing for government and private purchases, and calls all citizens to sacrifice.
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Washington
Wilson
France
United States
Germany
America
Lesson on Sennacherib and Hezekiah in Days of Judah
The July 22 lesson presents Sennacherib's invasion of Judah as a moral lesson on prayer faith and God's deliverance. It links Hezekiah’s supplication and Isaiah’s counsel to the divine defeat of Assyria in 701 BC, noting parallel biblical accounts and the Taylor cylinder cross reference.
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Hezekiah
Assyria
Judea
Sennacherib
Nineveh
British Museum
Sargon
Jerusalem
Egypt
God
Isaiah
Rod
Jehovah
David
Anoth
Odd Sweater Finishing Method Highlighted
A brief note promotes a novel sweater finish using a solid color with white buttons on belt ends. Loops cross and fasten over the buttons creating a three button trimming at the front, serving both decoration and fastening.
Idleness and Time In a Quiet Contemplation
A fragment reflects a meditation on idle moments and their ripple effects. The lines suggest a voice troubled by excessive leisure and a longing for purpose through disciplined focus.
Woman Recovers After Lydia E Pinkham Plant Remedy
Aurora Illinois resident Mrs Carl A Kreso credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing seven months of severe back and side pains and nervous debility. She used six bottles and regained strength to perform housework. The Pinkham Laboratory notes numerous unsolicited testimonials supporting the remedy's value for female ills and invites others to seek confidential advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Aurora
Lydia E. Pinkham
Carl A. Kreso
North Ave
Pinkham Laboratory
Lydia E. Pinkam
United States
Rastus The Detective Suspects Squirrels Take Coal
Major Higgins finds coal missing from his bin and questions the garden aide George. George concludes the apparent theft is by squirrels, not coal, saying the rodents carried it off.
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Rastus
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Promotes White Clothes
An advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as pure blue dye for fabrics that makes clothes whiter than snow. The ad urges using the best and notes a large package is sold by reputable grocers for 5 cents. Request it today.
Naval captains grow serious minded and religious says London Mail
The London Mail notes naval ranks influence behavior with captains often becoming serious and religious. A captain once hosted prayer meetings for crew, warning no favoritism or payoffs would gain promotion, underscoring a disciplined leadership approach.
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London Mail
Untimely Protest Sparks Airs Of Arrest Of a Scientist
A staged exchange questions a man under arrest named Professor Flappers a noted scientist. He faces charges of obstruction of recruiting after a recruiting station encounter where a stage beauty kissed every enlistee and shouted warnings about germs. The dialogue ends with a quip on courage and frayed trousers.
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Professor Flappers
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Dollar Patriots
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Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Lydia
Pinkham
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