Congress Ends Eventful Year in Wartime Record
Washington reports a milestone year with two declarations of war, massive appropriations and loans exceeding 23.0 billion, and landmark laws on draft espionage food control revenue and trading with the enemy. President Wilson addressed Congress five times as allied missions arrived and major investigations followed.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Ameri- Bay
Adiration
America
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Wilson
Senate
Reed
Missouri
Herbert C. Hoover
Harry A. Garfield
Warst
Austria
Will
Esa
Precious relics and church tours across French Canada
Travelers are invited to explore historic churches from Montreal to Quebec, including Notre Dame, St James, Notre Dame de la Paix, and Ste Anne de Beaupre. Highlights cover relics, carved pulpits, and centuries of pilgrimages, with the notable Ursulines and Montcalm’s bones noted. The annual pilgrimage runs July 26 to August 2.
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Europe
New France
French Canada
America
Montreal
Notre Dame
St James
Mt. Royal
St Peter’s
Rome
Jean Lever
Notre Dame de Bonsecours
Our Lady of Londres
Quebec
Notre Dame de la Paix
Westminster Abbey
Canada
Tadousac
Ste. Anne de
Ste. Anne
Ste Anne’s
Stranger's Inquiry Sparks Wife's Fear at Station
A man at a railway station asks a distraught wife about her missing husband in a tense exchange that ends with her relieved mockery. He identifies the husband by tallness and hair color, then reveals the man is alive and shopping for a coconut, warning that coconuts are not healthy this season.
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Hubby
Thomas
Teacher’s Riddle Stumps Class in The People’s Home Journal
The arithmetic TEACHER asks for original problems. William volunteers to toe mlem and the rest of the class must solve it. The dialogue opens with a playful scene as a baby sister’s age and weight enter the light puzzle.
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People’s Home Journal
William
Tolem
Graduation Outfit Cost Prediction Asked by Mother
A reader asks how much their sister's graduation outfit would cost if weight gain continues at two ounces per day until age sixteen and living costs double again within ten years, noting the mother's curiosity about future expenses.
Oranges Bananas and Figs Unite in Dessert Delicacy
A note on preparing a dessert that combines oranges, bananas, and figs, cut into pieces for a tasty and simple treat. The reader is invited to enjoy this quick fruit-forward dish.
If the Ables Fall Kipling Address Warns of a World Under Hun Rule
The piece argues that failure in victory would erase civilization’s decency and democracy. It warns that without victory the Hun’s dominance would replace freedom and humanity, turning life into domination, oppression, and brutal labor, with no escape or appeal.
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Historical Churches OF
Teacher
Rudyard Kipling
Folkestone
U.S. Pat
J. Mittelman
Main ST
Middletown and
Hartford
Ren. D. Mittelman
Pelham Bay
Reuben Mittelman
BORAX
F. Brewer
Nourse-Sherman Co
Ee Main St
Spear Bros
Ipswich
James H. Bunce Co
Main St. Jos
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