The Spending of Your Hundred Million Dollars
A wartime Red Cross address outlines how over one hundred million dollars has been spent for relief in France and at home. It highlights milk relief for children, seed and food programs, medical care, canteens, and troop support, noting vast expenditures and the impact on morale and reconstruction.
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Pete
Commission
France
Red Cross
Seenee
United States
Fea
Etx
Dis
Treasure burrowing legends of Niddan in Texas frontier
The article recounts a legend of buried gold tied to a frontier group named Niddan. Wagon raids and looting tales align with a long search for treasure reportedly hidden in an adobe hut floor. A half Indian medicine man from San Marcos visited three years ago with a divining rod to locate the cache. Holes dug in the hut remain visible.
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Muixtaek
Rerum
Cmd
San Marcos
Prison fitness linked to crime and war reforms
The article argues that poor physical condition among 1600 men of military age in New York penal institutions explains high recidivism and prison population. It notes Blackwell's Island inmates were not fit for service and suggests war will improve bodies and reduce prisons. It also recounts historic caterpillar remedies and extols Japan as a nation that deeply cherishes childhood and education.
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New York City
Blackwell's Island
Illinois State Journal
Japan
Silence at the polls in semantike era politics
In a restrained exchange Senator Sorghum echoes the value of silence in political discourse. He argues that a skilled politician knows when not to discuss local elections, highlighting restraint as a strength in governance.
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Semantike
Sorghum
The Subordinated Pumpkin
A farmer jokes about feed for his cows and pumpkin pie. Farmer Jones questions winter plans as cows show a fondness for pumpkin.
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Farmer Jones
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American Red Cross
No Man’s Land
Patie
General Pershing
Gold
Suried
Laon
Villenore
Ciasis
America
C. E. McGowan
Anton Dale
The
United States Food Administration
Swift & Company
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